Gérard Courant Movies

A cinematographic series (collection) of views of all the places he lived in, from the hospital where he was born to his schools and various houses.

Gérard Courant’s “Cinématon” n°1000 portrait by Gérard Courant on December 31, 1987 in Paris, France.

On the occasion of the 7th meetings of Digne, Pour un autre cinéma, organized by Pierre Queyrel and which presented a retrospective of...

Gérard Courant’s “Cinématon” n°2000 portrait by Gérard Courant on January 1, 2000 in Saint-Maurice, France.

Every Good Friday, since 1980, I have filmed the reconstruction of the Stations of the Cross of the Passion of Christ in Burzet, in an isolated...

Every year since 1980, I have filmed the Good Friday ceremony reconstructing the Passion of Christ in Burzet, a remote village in the Ardèche...

Les Malheurs de Raoul Walsh shows the ravages of time on the print of the film Regeneration that Raoul Walsh shot in 1915. By selecting and slowing...

Portrait of French actor and filmmaker Jacques Robiolles, shot in Lingreville (France) on January 15, 2002 at 7:00 PM.

One year before starting his famous series "Cinematons", Gerard Courant had made an ancestor to this series: the portrait of Martine Rousset, filmed...

"Les Malheurs d'Yvan Noé" shows the ravages of time on the film A Death Without Importance that Yvan Noé shot in 1948. By isolating and...

"Rêveries d'un escaladeur solitaire" is a tribute to "Goupi Mains Rouges", the film Jacques Becker shot in 1943 during the Occupation. The main...

À travers l'univers à la Cinemateca Portuguesa de Lisbonne (June 22, 2017) is an episode of Gérard Courant's Filmed Notebooks...

The film shows this place where the author was a resident from January 4, 1966 to July 31, 1967.

Direction Sud-Est follows L'Anniversaire de Bambou, the previous installment in Gérard Courant's Carnets filmés. It revisits some of...

Les Malheurs de Germaine Dulac shows the ravages of time on the copy of the film La Cigarette , the film that Germaine Dulac shot in 1919. By...