An account of the life and work of French filmmaker Claude Chabrol (1930-2010), a sybarite Buddha, a furtive anarchist, an insolent lover of life.
Direction
Daughter's loving but clear-eyed portrait.
Director
Cécile Maistre-Chabrol
Cécile Maistre-Chabrol
Self - Narrator (voice)
Isabelle Huppert
Self - Actress
Monique Pinçon-Charlot
Self - Sociologist
François Cluzet
Self - Actor
Jacques Santamaria
Self - Screenwriter
Benoît Delépine
Self - Filmmaker
François Guérif
Self - Film Critic
Jean-François Rauger
Self - Film Critic
Marin Karmitz
Self - Film Producer
Pascal Mérigeau
Self - Film Critic
Alain Wermus
Self - Filmmaker
Claude Chabrol
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Michel Piccoli
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Bernadette Lafont
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chabrol financed his debut Le Beau Serge by scamming a contract for a sci-fi film he never intended to make. Classic.
The 'maverick' label stuck because he survived the New Wave's collapse while his Cahiers peers flamed out or went Hollywood.
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