Direction: Pierre Granier-Deferre

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Cat

1971 · Movie · 83 min. · France

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Jean Gabin · Simone Signoret · Annie Cordy · Jacques Rispal

Synopsis Courbevoie (France), 1971. Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he...

7.2

317 votes

7.2

317 votes

The Widow Couderc

1971 · Movie · 87 min. · France

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Alain Delon · Simone Signoret · Ottavia Piccolo · Jean Tissier

Synopsis Her youth has been spent working for a farm family, being raped by father and son, marrying the son who has now left her a happy widow. She is happy because World War I is over and she is enjoying...

6.4

134 votes

6.4

134 votes

Cloportes

1965 · Movie · 95 min. · France

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Lino Ventura · Charles Aznavour · Irina Demick · Maurice Biraud

Synopsis Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But...

6.3

23 votes

6.3

23 votes

The French Detective

1975 · Movie · 91 min. · France

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Lino Ventura · Patrick Dewaere · Victor Lanoux · Claude Rich

Synopsis In the French city of Rouen an election is marred by a fight between the supporters of two of the candidates. In the fracas a man is beaten to death and the killer then shoots a passing police officer. The...

6.3

105 votes

6.3

105 votes

The Horse

1970 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Jean Gabin · Danièle Ajoret · Michel Barbey · Christian Barbier

Synopsis Auguste Maroilleur sits at the head of a family of traditional French farmers on a piece of land in Normandy. He lives with his two daughters and their husbands, to whom he intends to pass on his farm when he...

6.2

40 votes

6.2

40 votes

A Woman at Her Window

1976 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Romy Schneider · Philippe Noiret · Victor Lanoux · Umberto Orsini

Synopsis Romy Schneider plays an aristocratic woman in 1936 Greece, who amuses herself pursuing a shallow loveless affair with a nobleman, but unexpectedly falls in love with a political activist.

5.8

109 votes

5.8

109 votes

Elite Group

1974 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Alain Delon · Sydne Rome · Jeanne Moreau · Claude Rich

Synopsis Julian, a young politician, is aobut to become Prime Minister in the new government. His ambition makes him forget everyone in his life - except for a stunning fashion model with whom he has a passionate affair. Ultimately, Julian must...

5.0

21 votes

5.0

21 votes

Cours privé

1986 · Movie · 95 min. · France

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Strange Affair

1981 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Michel Piccoli · Gérard Lanvin · Nathalie Baye · Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Synopsis Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. He has little to do, but seems content with his marriage to Nina, his visits to his mother and grandmother, and poker games with friends. When new...

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L'homme aux yeux d'argent

1985 · Movie · 97 min. · France

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant · Alain Souchon · Tanya Lopert · Lambert Wilson

Synopsis After serving his sentence, a robber returns to his small, quiet hometown to retrieve the loot. But a ruthless Police inspector and his equally nasty young subordinate are after the criminal.

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Le fils

1973 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Yves Montand · Lea Massari · Marcel Bozzuffi · Frédéric de Pasquale

Synopsis Ange leaves New York to fly to his native Corsica. His mother is dying and Ange, who was not present when his father died, wishes to be present at her death. In Corsica Ange finds his brother Baptiste who married...

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La dernière fête (TV)

1996 · Movie · 100 min. · Switzerland

Direction Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast Charlotte Rampling · Stéphane Freiss · Bernard Dheran · Manfred Andrae

Synopsis The story of Marquise De Prie, the wife of Marquis De Savoy and the mistress of King Louis XV.

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La voix

1992 · Movie · 86 min. · France

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The Cage

1975 · Movie · 100 min. · France

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