Maurice Pialat

Biography

Maurice Pialat  (21 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor noted for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as being "realist", though many film critics acknowledge that it does not fit the traditional definition of realism.

Known For

A Nos Amours

as Le Père

This Man Must Die

as Inspecteur Constant

Under the Sun of Satan

as Menou-Segrais

My Little Loves

as Henri's Friend

The House in the Woods

as L'instituteur

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Cinématon

as N°236

One Minute for One Image

as Narrator

The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows

Lola's Lolos

as The tool seller