Guy Gilles Movies

The action takes place in Paris in 1959, with a flashback. A teenager in search of a mother he has never known enters manhood and discovers love.

A father tells his story to his eight-year-old son. Pictures of his past in Algeria come back in flashback : Bab El Oued, la Madrague, Sidi Ferruch,...

On the Champs-Élysées, between the shop windows, the cars, the passers-by, various characters cross paths. An old lady in a...

Documentary about a small village near Le Mans, commented by the village school-teacher.

A geographical stroll through the Tuileries Garden in Paris, in November. Time to dream of an island in the heart of the city, open to every horizon.

Fleeting images of Paris in winter, the reflections of some Parisians on their city.

Interviews in a big Parisian hotel with actresses who had their hour of glory. These former movie stars each describe the character who made them...

The title sums up the mood of this elegant short film in which a woman recalls her life, locked up for 30 years in the courtyard of a building where...

Algiers, summer, a Sunday. A young loving couple goes to Tipaza: strolls on the beach, detour to the dancing, scooter rides. Imperceptibly, the...

Wanderings during the Cannes and Hyères 1966 festivals. Interviews with Louise de Vilmorin, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Bresson, Jacques Rivette,...

A day in a little café of Paris.

A verlan discussion in a cafe between two young people about a motorbike and girls.

The creation of a painting by Francis Savel (aka Dietrich de Velsa, director of Équation à un inconnu) in his studio in Montmartre: the...

Report on the young people of the yéyé period and pop music. Jerk at the Palladium, Beatles, press clippings, questions about the...

A young man finds in an old abandoned farmhouse in Vans in Ardèche some fifty letters and a notebook forgotten there. Back in Paris, he...

Choreography of familiar gestures that the author was able to spice up with a peculiar and original perspective.

From Venice to Illiers, a journey into the memory of Proust. Freely intersperses documentary language with fiction, embodied in the figure of a...

The real museum of Mexico City is the city, the street. To grasp the intangible, Guy Gilles decides to tell the story of Mexico by questioning the...

In the Saint-Lazare metro and station, a young man dreams of getting away from the dullness and everyday life. Colored snapshots of postcards, metro...

Jean is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone her with explanations. Sometimes she is responsive but...