Direction: Jacques Giraldeau

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jacques Giraldeau. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Puppeteers (S)

1952 · Documentary · 6 min. · Canada

Direction Jacques Giraldeau

Plot An appreciative audience of infants and adolescents are watching puppet show, which is a jumping off point for the discussion of what it takes to put on such a show,...

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We Are All... Picasso

1969 · Documentary · 59 min. · Canada

Direction Jacques Giraldeau

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La toile blanche

1989 · Documentary · 70 min. · Canada

Direction Jacques Giraldeau

Plot Tribute to local artists and to the place they occupy in our society, 'La Toile blanche' plunges us into the heart of creation. Fifteen artists, young and old, express their...

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Les Amoureux de Montréal

1992 · Documentary · 79 min. · Canada

Direction Jacques Giraldeau

Plot This feature-length documentary presents Montreal (in Canada) in all its forms, in all its folds - Montréal bathed in all its lights, summer and winter, revisited by a filmmaker in...

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The Irises (S)

1991 · Movie · 4 min. · Canada

Direction Suzanne Gervais · Jacques Giraldeau

Plot Recreating garden's sounds and natural light, this short animation film evokes the dizzying heights to which the bidding rose when one of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings was sold...

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La toile d'araignée

1979 · Documentary · 118 min. · Canada

Direction Jacques Giraldeau

Plot "La toile d'araignée" is a five-part film about the practice of visual arts in Quebec (Canada).

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Down Through the Years (S)

1964 · Documentary · 10 min. · Canada

Direction Jacques Giraldeau

Plot A quick glance at Montreal in the early 1960s.

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L'homme de papier

1988 · Movie · 56 min. · Canada

Direction Jacques Giraldeau

Cast Denis Bouchard · Michel Garneau · Pierre Hébert

Plot Born of the imagination of an artist, a character lives an adventure where the fantastic and the marvelous merge with reality. While entertaining, this fictional film reveals to the viewer...

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Opéra zéro (S)

1984 · Movie · 6 min. · Canada

Direction Jacques Giraldeau

Plot Inspired by a quote from William Shakespeare about life "told by an idiot, full of noise and fury, which means nothing", this animated short film looks at human passions and...

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The Shape of Things (S)

1965 · Documentary · 10 min. · Canada

Direction Jacques Giraldeau

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Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 4: The Heart of the City

1963 · Documentary · 28 min. · Canada

Direction Ytzen Brusse · Jean-Claude Chiabaut · Léonard Forest · Mogens Gander

Cast Lewis Mumford

Plot A study of the growing sterility, dullness, and congestion that is replacing the vitality and variety that once made cities attractive.

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Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 3: The City and Its Region

1963 · Documentary · 28 min. · Canada

Direction Christopher Chapman · George Fenyon · Mogens Gander · Jacques Giraldeau

Cast Lewis Mumford

Plot A look at how cities and the countryside can live in harmony.

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Le tableau noir

1989 · Documentary · 73 min. · Canada

Direction Jacques Giraldeau

Plot A fascinating sociological inquiry into the system of art, money and artists. 'Le tableau noir' reveals the complex workings of this vast machine through the personal experience and critical reflections...

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