Raymond Depardon

Raymond Depardon

Four films by the renowned French directed, Raymond Depardon, who is best known for his photography and raw, unnarrated approach of cinéma vérité.

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Raymond Depardon
  • 12 Days

    Directed by Raymond Depardon • Documentary • 2017 • 87 minutes

    Every year in France, 92,000 people are placed under psychiatric care without their consent. 12 DAYS focuses on those who have been involuntarily remanded to a mental hospital, and more specifically documents the hearings that, accor...

  • France (Les Habitants)

    Directed by Raymond Depardon • Documentary • 2015 • 84 minutes

    The vintage camping trailer making its way along France’s secondary highways looks utterly unremarkable. But once Raymond Depardon parks it—in front of stores, businesses, and town squares across the country—it become the location fo...

  • Journal de France

    Directed by Raymond Depardon and Claudine Nougaret • Documentary • 2012 • 100 minutes

    Travelling alone, internationally acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon spent six years capturing his home country with a large format camera. This long, solitary road trip provided fertile grou...

  • Modern Life

    Directed by Raymond Depardon • Documentary • 2014 • 83 minutes

    Photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon is renowned for his documentation of the French countryside. In Modern Life he casts an affectionate and irreverent eye on a small community of farmers as they are confronted by the problem...