Pierre Léon Movies

The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where...

The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before met. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980.

Mrs. Géquil is an eccentric teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When...

Nastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois...

When a director sets out to make a film about popular French singer Barbara, both he and the actress who is to play her are overwhelmed by the...

Jorge de Sena was forced to leave his country. First he moved to Brazil, and later to the USA. He never returned to Portugal. During his 20-year-long...

A love story of two women who meet up in their late forties and attempt to retrieve the romance they had in their youth.

An homage to Greek tragedy.

Two film directors and a writer are in Portugal for an expedition through various images, moments from the history of Western allegorical...

Created at irregular intervals, Pierre Léon’s small oeuvre oscillates between experimental home movie and theatrical...

North of Italy, the von Kettens dispute the forces of the Episcopate of Trent. Herr Ketten seeks marriage in a distant country, Portugal. After their...

Nora is a bright young professional whose new job at a financial firm turns out to be a trial by fire when she learns that her bosses share a...

Paris, at the beginning of the 21st century. Edouard is a painter, Charles is a poet. The two artists are friends, but their adverse circumstances...

Continuation of the essay on the cinema of Louis Skorecki through the relations of some young cinephiles.

In this cinematic zine, directors scattered all over the world adapt to screen hilarious and poignant Belarusian news stories. Featuring phone...

Thirty years old, a nothing job, a timid love affair: Rémi is a little at sea in his life. Until the day when he must share it with his...

Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette.

During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up...