Lelouch Polars
Ever since he made his debut in the 1960s, Claude Lelouch has carried on making both big-budget and indie films, regardless of trends.
While he was in Moscow in 1957 capturing life’s moments on film, he realized he wanted to work in film. After he did his military service with the Military Film Unit in 1960, he felt he wanted to be his own boss and started his production company, Les Films 13. In 1960 he made his film debut, The Right of Man. With the money he made on the hundreds of “scopitones” and commercials he had directed, he produced his second feature, the critically acclaimed In the Affirmative (1962). With a few friends of his, including Pierre Barouh, Amidou and Jean-Pierre Kalfon, he shot To Be a Crook (1964) which garnered multiple awards at several festivals. 1966 marked a turning point in his career – everyone would then be humming A Man and A Woman’s main title on Cannes’s famed Croisette Boardwalk. A melodrama starring iconic Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Lelouch’s A Man and a Woman won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. The film also took home two Academy Awards and no less than forty-two international awards.
Claude Lelouch has since written and directed over thirty feature films, and although some of his films were unsuccessful, he never lost faith. His films include Money, Money, Money (1972), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, The Good and the Bad (1976), Bolero : Dance of Life (1981), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Edith and Marcel (1983), Long Live Life ! (1984), which was presented at the Venice Film Festival, Going and Coming Back (1985), Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988), which was nominated for three César Awards, There Were Days… and Moons (1990), which was presented at the Venice Film Festival, All That … for This ?! (1993), Les Misérables (1994), which won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Film, Men Women : A User’s Manual (1996), One 4 All (1999), Crossed Tracks which was partially shot in Beaune (2007), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and What Love May Bring (2010).
PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHIY
- 1960 LE PROPRE DE L’HOMME
- 1964 UNE FILLE ET DES FUSILS (To Be a Crook)
- 1966 UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME (A Man and a Woman)
- 1967 VIVRE POUR VIVRE
- 1970 LE VOYOU
- 1972 L’AVENTURE C’EST L’AVENTURE (Money, Money, Money)
- 1973 LA BONNE ANNÉE
- 1975 LE CHAT ET LA SOURIS
- 1976 LE BON ET LES MÉCHANTS (The Good and the Bad)
- 1978 ROBERT ET ROBERT
- 1981 LES UNS ET LES AUTRES (Bolero : Dance of Life)
- 1983 ÉDITH ET MARCEL (Edith and Marcel)
- 1984 VIVA LA VIE ! (Long Live Life !)
- 1985 PARTIR, REVENIR (Going and Coming Back)
- 1986 ATTENTION BANDITS !
- 1988 ITINÉRAIRE D’UN ENFANT GÂTÉ (Itinerary of a Spoiled Child)
- 1990 IL Y A DES JOURS… ET DES LUNES (There Were Days… and Moons)
- 1992 LA BELLE HISTOIRE
- 1993 TOUT ÇA… POUR ÇA ! (All That… for This ?!)
- 1995 LES MISÉRABLES
- 1996 HOMMES, FEMMES, MODE D’EMPLOI (Men Women : A User’s Manual)
- 1998 HASARDS OU COINCIDENCES
- 1999 UNE POUR TOUTES (One 4 All)
- 2002 AND NOW… LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
- 2004 GENRE HUMAIN 1ÈRE PARTIE : LES PARISIENS
- 2005 LE COURAGE D’AIMER
- 2007 ROMAN DE GARE (Crossed Tracks)
- 2010 CES AMOURS-LÀ (What Love May Bring)
