André Delvaux

André Delvaux

André Albert Auguste Delvaux (21 March 1926 – 4 October 2002) was a Belgian film director. He co-founded the film school INSAS in 1962 and is regarded as the founder of the Belgian national cinema. Adapting works by writers such as Johan Daisne, Julien Gracq and Marguerite Yourcenar, he received international attention for directing magic realist films. Delvaux received the Louis Delluc Prize for Rendezvous at Bray (1971) and the André Cavens Award for Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979) and The Abyss (1988). The king of Belgium made him a baron in 1996. The Académie André Delvaux is named after him and he posthumously received the first Honorary Magritte Award in 2011. André Albert Auguste Delvaux was born in Heverlee, Belgium, on 21 March 1926. He studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and worked as a silent film pianist at the Belgian cinématheque in his early 20s. He studied law and took a degree in German philology at the Free University of Brussels, after which he worked as a teacher. Delvaux's filmmaking career started in 1954 when he began to make television documentaries about film directors for the broadcaster RTB. Notably, he made a four-part series about Federico Fellini in 1960. In 1959 he co-directed a short fiction film with Jean Brismée, La Planète fauve. In 1962 he co-founded the film school INSAS in Brussels and became the director of its directing department. From that point cinema was his primary occupation. Delvaux's first two feature films were based on books by Johan Daisne. Delvaux received international attention for his first feature film, The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965), which is based on Johan Daisne's novel with the same title. It was followed by another Daisne adaptation, One Night... A Train, in 1968. His first colour film, it shares several elements with the previous film: an uncomfortable teacher, a tragic ending and a confrontation between love and death. Rendezvous at Bray (1971), loosely based Julien Gracq's novella King Cophetua, is set during World War I and places great emphasis on atmosphere. The film stars Mathieu Carrière, Roger Van Hool, Bulle Ogier and Anna Karina, and became a turning point in Delvaux's career, because its critical success allowed him to choose his subjects more freely. Belle (1973) is about an affair with a mistress who may or may not be imaginary. Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979), set in German-occupied Flanders during World War II, is among Delvaux's more realist films. It is about a woman who is torn between the Belgian Resistance and her collaborationist husband. The painterly Benvenuta (1983), based on Suzanne Lilar's book La Confession anonyme, plays with reality and imagination through a story about a screenwriter who adapts a novel for film. Delvaux's last feature film was his largest project, The Abyss (1988). The film is an episodic drama set in 16th-century Europe and based on a book by Marguerite Yourcenar. Like Belle and Woman Between Wolf and Dog before it, The Abyss played in the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival. Delvaux's final short film, 1001 films, was shown as a special screening at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. ... Source: Article "André Delvaux" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: André Delvaux
  • Popularity: 0.22
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1926-03-21
  • Place of Birth: Heverlee, Brabant, Belgium
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André Delvaux Movies

  • 1992
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    Between Heaven and Earth

    Between Heaven and Earth

    4.7 1992 HD

    Maria Garcia (Carmen Maura) is a television journalist and she's about to be a single mother. Her career foremost in her mind, she doesn't slow down...

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  • 1984
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    De droomproducenten

    De droomproducenten

    1 1984 HD

    Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.

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  • 1990
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    Janssen & Janssens draaien een film

    Janssen & Janssens draaien een film

    1 1990 HD

    A documentary celebrating 25 years of flemish subsidised cinema.

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  • 2019
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    Zénon the Rebel

    Zénon the Rebel

    1 2019 HD

    Zénon is the hero of “The Abyss”, the famous novel by Marguerite Yourcenar published in 1968. He is also the main character in...

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  • 1971
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    Appointment in Bray

    Appointment in Bray

    4.2 1971 HD

    In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend...

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  • 1968
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    One Night... a Train

    One Night... a Train

    6.1 1968 HD

    The Belgian linguistics professor Matthias is going through a difficult period in relations with his girlfriend Anne. She is French, he is Belgian,...

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  • 1968
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    One Night... a Train

    One Night... a Train

    6.1 1968 HD

    The Belgian linguistics professor Matthias is going through a difficult period in relations with his girlfriend Anne. She is French, he is Belgian,...

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  • 1988
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    The Abyss

    The Abyss

    5.4 1988 HD

    The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe...

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  • 1988
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    The Abyss

    The Abyss

    5.4 1988 HD

    The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe...

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  • 1983
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    Benvenuta

    Benvenuta

    5.7 1983 HD

    A passionate affair set against the intense encounter between a film-maker and a novelist. The story begins with young scriptwriter François...

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  • 1983
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    Benvenuta

    Benvenuta

    5.7 1983 HD

    A passionate affair set against the intense encounter between a film-maker and a novelist. The story begins with young scriptwriter François...

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  • 1973
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    Belle

    Belle

    5.6 1973 HD

    A married, middle-aged professor meets a mysterious woman in the woods and has an affair with her.

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  • 1973
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    Belle

    Belle

    5.6 1973 HD

    A married, middle-aged professor meets a mysterious woman in the woods and has an affair with her.

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  • 1966
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    The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short

    The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short

    6.7 1966 HD

    Govert Miereveld is a lawyer from a small Flemish town who also teaches in a school for girls. He harbors a secret love for one of his young...

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  • 1966
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    The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short

    The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short

    6.7 1966 HD

    Govert Miereveld is a lawyer from a small Flemish town who also teaches in a school for girls. He harbors a secret love for one of his young...

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  • 1979
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    Woman Between Wolf and Dog

    Woman Between Wolf and Dog

    5.6 1979 HD

    Lieve is a Belgian woman who marries just as World War II is beginning. When the Germans invade, her husband goes off to fight them, but he swiftly...

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  • 1989
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    1001 Films

    1001 Films

    5.5 1989 HD

    An ode to film preservation, it presents a night-time visit to a seemingly depopulated repository (presumably the Royal Film Archive of Belgium),...

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  • 1985
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    Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1975
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    Met Dieric Bouts

    Met Dieric Bouts

    6.3 1975 HD

    A filmed essay about the painter Bouts.

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  • 1971
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    Appointment in Bray

    Appointment in Bray

    4.2 1971 HD

    In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend...

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  • 1960
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    Second Look: Fellini

    Second Look: Fellini

    1 1960 HD

    A four-part documentary series about the Italian director Federico Fellini. Episode 1: His Childhood, His Beginnings; Episode 2: His First Films;...

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  • 1962
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    Schooldays

    Schooldays

    1 1962 HD

    Once his girlfriend says he can go and work for her father a student loses all motivation to go to law school, something his father is very keen on.

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  • 1980
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    To Woody Allen from Europe with Love

    To Woody Allen from Europe with Love

    1 1980 HD

    Initiated by producer-director Pierre Drouot, Woody Allen for the very first time agrees to let a filmmaker, Belgium's André Delvaux, film him...

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  • 1986
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    The brass band is a 100 years old

    The brass band is a 100 years old

    1 1986 HD

    Short documentary on the centenial of a brass band.

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  • 1995
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    Fin de Siglo

    Fin de Siglo

    1 1995 HD

    A portrait of daily life in Cuba in the late 1990s,

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  • 1960
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    Second Look: Fellini

    Second Look: Fellini

    1 1960 HD

    A four-part documentary series about the Italian director Federico Fellini. Episode 1: His Childhood, His Beginnings; Episode 2: His First Films;...

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  • 1972
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    Midi trente

    Midi trente

    6 1972 HD

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  • 1970
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    Midi trente

    Midi trente

    1 1970 HD

    Belgian television series about the making of The Young Girls of Rochefort.

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