The films of
Claude Sautet
Classe tous risques (1960)
Claude Sautet 		  L'Arme à gauche (1965)
Claude Sautet 		  Les Choses de la vie (1969)
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 [More...]   Although his first action thriller, Classe tous risques, was ill-received by both critics and cinema goers, director Claude Sautet persevered a made a second film in the same genre...  [More...]   Although the subject matter of this film is a tad on the soppy side for a quality French romantic drama, the way in which the film is shot and constructed manages to overcome this apparent flaw...  [More...]  
Max et les ferrailleurs (1971)
Claude Sautet 		  César et Rosalie (1972)
Claude Sautet 		  Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (1974)
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In both content and style, Max et les ferrailleurs makes a striking contrast with Claude Sautet’s previous film – the dreamlike, emotionally charged and poetic Les Choses de la vie (1969)...  [More...]   With its memorable dream-like photography and impassioned acting performances, César et Rosalie – quite possibly Claude Sautet’s best film...  [More...]   Four men – four lives – four sets of problems. What they have in common is a friendship that somehow manages to see them through. This is a poignant study of male mid-life crises and the power of friendship...  [More...]  
Mado (1976)
Claude Sautet 		  Une histoire simple (1978)
Claude Sautet 		  Un mauvais fils (1980)
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Another exquisitely composed portrait of mid-life crisis from Claude Sautet, Mado is an absorbing work which engages the spectator by solidly locking onto the personal traumas of its well-drawn characters...  [More...]   Having appeared in four of Claude Sautet’s previous films, mainly in significant supporting roles, Austrian-born actress Romy Schneider takes centre stage in Une histoire simple...  [More...]   In Un mauvais fils, director Claude Sautet explores two of his favourite themes, which predominate in most – if not all – of his films. The first is the conflict between different generations...  [More...]  
Garçon! (1983)
Claude Sautet 		  Quelques jours avec moi (1988)
Claude Sautet 		  Un coeur en hiver (1992)
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Claude Sautet’s third collaboration with Yves Montand – after the popular César et Rosalie (1972) and Vincent, François...  [More...]   Quelques jours avec moi is another engaging romantic drama from director Claude Sautet, this time featuring the dream pairing of Daniel Auteuil with Sandrine Bonnaire...  [More...]   This is the kind of gentle romantic drama in which director Claude Sautet in particular, and French cinema in general, excels. Through some brilliant acting performances (notably from Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuelle Béart)...  [More...]  
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
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Claude Sautet’s final film is amongst his finest achievements, a dark, intriguing tale of repressed love performed by two of France’s most talented actors...  [More...]