Jean Douchet
Jean Douchet (January 19, 1929 – November 22, 2019) was a French film director, historian, film critic and teacher who began his career in the early 1950s at Gazette du Cinéma and Cahiers du cinema with members of the future French New Wave. As a journalist Douchet wrote extensively about New Wave filmmakers, as well as such directors as Alfred Hitchcock, F. W. Murnau, Kenji Mizoguchi, Vincente Minnelli, Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Daniel Pollet. He enabled Serge Daney to begin working for Cahiers. He also acted in small roles for such directors as Godard, Rohmer, François Truffaut, Jean Eustache, Jacques Rivette, Jean Pierre Lefebvre and François Ozon. He taught at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques and his students included Ozon, Émilie Deleuze and Xavier Beauvois. He was also involved with the Cinémathèque Française and regularly hosts screenings and events. For the Cinémathèque's 2010 tribute to the then recently deceased Éric Rohmer he made the documentary Claude et Éric, an interview with Claude Chabrol about Rohmer's early days at Cahiers du cinema. On November 22, 2019, the Cinémathèque Française announced that Jean Douchet had died at age 90. Source: Article "Jean Douchet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Breathless
as A Journalist (uncredited)A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the...
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Elle
as Party GuestWhen Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown...
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The 400 Blows
as Gilberte's Lover (uncredited)For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded...
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Queen Margot
as uncreditedParis, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the...
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The Mother and the Whore
as Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover...
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Sitcom
as le psychothérapeuteThe adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's...
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Céline and Julie Go Boating
as M'sieur DedeA mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir...
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The Good Girls
as customer (uncredited)Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.
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A Brutal Game
as Le Professeur MarchalThe film follows a famous scientist who rules over his errant disabled daughter with an iron...
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Six in Paris
as A Client (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres...
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A Dirty Story
as uncreditedA group of friends listen as one man tells them a story about a time when, in a small cafe, he...
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Don't Forget You're Going to Die
as Jean-PaulBenoit has his life all planned out before him. Unfortunately, he had totally forgotten to...
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Sodankylä Forever
as SelfThe Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the...
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As Bodas de Deus
as BardamuAfter receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend...
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North
as Christian, boss of the pharmacyThe story of a dysfunctional family in Northern France. Dad is a mean abusive drunk pharmacist,...
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God's Comedy
as Antoine DoinelAn ice-cream seller lusts after the female employees in his shop.
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Gardens in Autumn
as Le père de l'huissierWhen he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty...
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Place de l'Étoile
as A client (uncredited)Éric Rohmer's short for the portmanteau film Paris vu par (Six in Paris, 1965), concerning a...
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Jean Douchet analyse "Deux" de Werner Schroeter à la Cinémathèque française
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Jean Douchet, Restless Child
as SelfThree young cinephiles follow Jean Douchet, question his friends and former students. This...
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Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
as SelfAn overview of the life and work of legendary Japanese filmmaker Kijû Yoshida, a notable figure...
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Godard, Love and Poetry
as SelfDocumentary about director Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina. In 1960, Jean-Luc Godard films for...
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Jean Douchet analyse « Vivre sa vie » de Jean-Luc Godard au cinéma Devosge de Dijon
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Claude Chabrol, l'entomologiste
as Self - InterviewerMade for "Cinéma, de notre temps" series. In a peaceful residence near the Loire River, Chabrol...
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Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story
as SelfA documentary about Yoshishige (Kijû) Yoshida's creative process for his most significant film,...
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Offre d'emploi
as Le directeurA man looks for a job, ignoring the selection process of employees. Part of "Contes modernes: A...
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La photo
as SelfFive, even six, variations on a theme, commentary and interpretation of the same photograph. An...
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Looking Back on Boudu Saved from Drowning
as SelfFrench television program discussing Jean Renoir's 1932 film "Boudu Saved from Drowning".
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