Paul Vecchiali
Directing
Biography
Paul Vecchiali (April 28, 1930 - January 18, 2023) was a French filmmaker and author.
Born: April 28, 1930
Place of Birth: Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, France
Known For
Happiness
A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
Danielle Darrieux - icon and actress of the century: as a 16-year-old, the French actress perfectly embodied what we would call an "It Girl" today. She conquered Hollywood at a young age with elegance and charm. She defied the taboos of patriarchal society. The documentary takes a look back at Darrieux's 80-year career.
Un, parfois deux
Laurent Achard set up his camera on the set of Paul Vecchiali’s film Le Cancre to capture the director’s creative power. Although Vecchiali’s precision is impressive, Achard also shows moments where his collaborators’ input is essential. Under the director’s eye, the stars are becoming actors again, and Achard revives the heritage of Vecchiali’s '70s and '80s production studio Diagonale.
Trous de mémoire
On Paul's initiative, Françoise and Paul met after a long separation, on the pretext to search in commun for a lost memory, a song. It soons appears that Paul's objective is to win her back.
White Nights on the Pier
A man walks every night along the jetty. There he meets a young woman who is waiting for the man of her life. Over four nights, they discuss life and he gradually falls in love with her.
The Dunce
Laurent is seeking a path in life after living his childhood and teenage years in laziness. He has a conflictual relationship with Rodolphe, his father, and both are too emotional to express their mutual affection. Despite the women of his life hanging around him , Rodolphe has but one obsession: meeting Marguerite again, the first love of his life.
Un soupçon d'amour
A theater actress leaves her show to retire with her sick son to her childhood city.
Bareback ou la Guerre des sens
A cinephile meets his favourite film maker on a beach in Ramatuelle. He proposes a film project to the director based on the painful adventures that he has just experienced. The two men work on the scenes, each in its own way. The film maker keeps pushing the project, arguing that the shooting is not good. But perhaps there's another reason not to leave the good adventure.
La Machine
Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. This 30-something solitary factory worker who lives on the edge of society is sentenced to death. A damning indictment of the death penalty and the manipulative behaviour of the media.
It's Love
Odile suspects her husband, Jean, is cheating. Thus she decides to give him a taste of his own medicine. Fate gets her in touch with an actor, Daniel, who she will use for her revenge. The actor, living with a former serviceman, Albert, will make love with her. But there will be unexpected consequences: Odile and Daniel will be bound forever by an irrepressible love.
Filmography
as L'homme qui danse avec Isabelle (uncredited)
as Self, Filmmaker
as Henri Lemoine
as Rodolphe
as Self
as Le vieux
as Father
as Self
as Reader
as Patrick Séraud
as Monsieur Paul
as Self
as The man
as Maître Altiani
as Paul