René Féret
Date of birth: 1945-05-26
Place of birth: La Bassée, Nord, France
Known for: Directing
Also known as:
Biography
René Féret (26 May 1945 – 28 April 2015) was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. His film Solemn Communion, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. In The Man Who Wasn't There (L'Homme qui n'était pas là), his 1987 film adaption of Roderick MacLeish's novel, he played alongside Claude Jade in the leading role of Charles Elaine. Very much an independent creator, Féret made several films around an invented family living in northern France, the Gravets, but based on his own life experience. He often used members of his own family in his films. Féret also turned to marginal individuals, in trouble: a man sent to a psychiatric hospital in Histoire de Paul (1975), a hermaphrodite in Mystère Alexina, old age in Rue du Retrait (2000) and cancer sufferers in Comme une étoile dans la nuit (2009). Later in his career he turned his attention to historical artistic figures (Nannerl, la sœur de Mozart, 2010), Anton Tchékhov 1890 (2015). He work was described as “subtle and possessing great sensibility”. Source: Article "René Féret" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movie Credits
L'homme qui n'était pas là
1987-05-06
Charles Elaine, a famous actor, becomes the target of a man who wants to apply to him a theory accor
Solemn Communion
1977-04-27
In this complex chronicle of the evolution of a provincial family's life, the story follows three ge
L'Enfant du pays
2003-08-20
This tale of childhood and adolescence is told through brief sequences that take place in the life o
Savannah
1988-08-17
Colin and Mailland are small-time crooks on the run who are surprised to find the seven-year-old run
East/West
1999-09-01
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load
Sarah
1983-04-27
An insurance investigator meets an attractive woman in a hotel on his way to check out the causes of
Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous
1975-10-11
The Prodigal Daughter
1981-03-25
A young woman in a deep depression leaves her husband and returns to her parents. She discovers her
Like a Star Shining in the Night
2008-12-03
A young couple finds out what love truly means when one of them has a brush with death. When Anne an
Couchettes express
1994-08-10
Antoine steward on the night train Paris-Venice. He must cards and identity documents of travelers i
Lumière
1976-03-24
Sarah, an actress nearing her forties, has invited 3 friends to join her for a holiday in Provence.
Rue du retrait
2001-03-28
Rue du retrait is a film which is quite unique to René Féret for various reasons.Firstly,it is a fil
Discussion sur le préservatif entre un père et son fils
1994-12-01