Paul Vecchiali (28 April 1930 – 18 January 2023) was a French filmmaker and author.

Biography

Vecchiali was born in

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, Corsica, France. He spent his childhood in

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. His family, suspected of collaboration, preferred to leave this city after the war. His cinema took as a starting point the French cinema of the 1930s, with an experimental and autobiographical tone. His best-known films are arguably ''Rosa la rose'' and ''Encore''.Romain Charbon, 'Vesperales', in ''

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'', October 2008, issue 137, page 32 His films were notably low-budget. In 1987, he became the first director to link

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in a French film with his film ''Encore''. Vecchiali died in Paris on 18 January 2023, at the age of 92.

Filmography

*''Les Ruses du diable'' (1965) *''L'Étrangleur'' (1972) *''Femmes Femmes'' (1974) *''Change pas de main'' (1975) *''La Machine'' (1977) *''Corps à cœur'' (1978) *''That's Life'' (''C'est la vie'') (1981) *''

At the Top of the Stairs ''At the Top of the Stairs'' (french: En haut des marches) is a 1983 French drama film starring Danielle Darrieux, and was directed by Paul Vecchiali. It tells the story of a widow, who returns to a former house that had been hers 18 years after ...

'' (1983) *''

Rosa la rose, fille publique ''Rosa la rose, fille publique'' is a French film by Paul Vecchiali, released in 1985. Synopsis Rosa is a 20 year old prostitute, the beauty of Les Halles. She is healthy and radiant and does not refuse any fantasy. Men jostle for a pass with ...

'' (1985) *'' Encore / Once More'' (1988) *''The Guys in the Cafe'' (1989) *''Wonder Boy'' (1994) *''Zone Franche'' (1996) *''Love Reinvented'' (1997) *''Tears of AIDS'' (1999) *''A Vot' Bon Cœur'' (2004) *''A Diagonal Portrait of Paul Vecchiali'' (2005) *''

Le Cancre ''Le Cancre'' is a 2016 French film directed and written by Paul Vecchiali. With this film, Paul Vecchiali shows the story of a man who revisits his past as much as that of a filmmaker who revisits a whole part of French cinema. Plot The film foll ...

'' (2016)

Bibliography

*''Vesperales'' (2008)

References

External links

* 1930 births 2023 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French film critics École Polytechnique alumni Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres People from Ajaccio {{France-film-director-stub