Alain Cavalier

Alain Cavalier

Born in 1931, Alain Cavalier is a French filmmaker who has notably received three Césars and the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987.

His journey as a director can be summed up by the title of one of his most radical films, Libera Me (1993): "Deliver me". By moving from fiction to documentary, the film maker gradually freed himself from all the constraints of traditional cinema. He films alone every day with his small camera, as if to steal moments from oblivion and create an almost exhaustive film memory. A compulsive collector of familiar faces, gestures and moments, he is now most certainly defined as a true filmmaker.

OVID has two of Cavalier's earlier films, Le combat dans l'île, a New Wave gem and Fill 'er Up With Super, a classic buddy comedy. (adapted from a biography by the Institut Français)

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Alain Cavalier
  • Le combat dans l'île (Alain Cavalier, w/ Romy Schneider & J-L Trintignant)

    Directed by Alain Cavalier • Drama • With Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant • 1962 • 105 minutes

    A hidden gem of 1960s New French Cinema, Alain Cavalier’s Le Combat dans l’île is as coolly modern as it is tensely gripping. Filled with thrilling plot twists, jazzy gun battles and stormy betr...

  • Fill 'er Up With Super

    Directed by Alain Cavalier • Drama • With Patrick Bouchitey, Etienne Chicot • 1976 • 97 minutes

    Klouk (Bernard Crombey) is a car salesman who has to miss a family holiday to deliver a luxury Chevrolet station wagon to his boss' wealthy client. He decides to take his friend Philippe (Xavier Saint...