Gérard Frot-Coutaz

Directing

Gérard Frot-Coutaz

Born September 18, 1951 · Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France

Died March 12, 1992 · aged 40

No biography available.

Known For

Fine MannersFine Manners · 1978
Fine Manners
5.71978
MovieDrama
Camille, a young, provincial, proletarian man works for Hélène Courtray, who is still beautiful and seductive. She's a sophisticated, cultivated and well-to-do woman who has engaged him to care for her reclusive son who has spent the past few years voluntarily locked up in his room. An encounter between two persons and two worlds where the relationship of the young man to this closed, strange and unknown universe rapidly turns tragedy.
Lest We ForgetLest We Forget · 1991
Lest We Forget
7.01991
MovieDocumentaryDrama
A compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas Wanggai, West Papuan activist who has since died in prison. The short films were commissioned by Amnesty International.
Le Tiers providentielLe Tiers providentiel · 1986
Le Tiers providentiel
9.01986
Movie
In a supermarket parking lot, two shoppers push a shopping cart to their car. A helpful man approaches them. Friendly at first, his behavior soon becomes strange, invasive and aggressive.
The Theatre of the MattersThe Theatre of the Matters · 1977
The Theatre of the Matters
7.01977
MovieDrama
The fortunes of a small theatrical company based in the Paris suburbs.
La Campagne de CicéronLa Campagne de Cicéron · 1990
La Campagne de Cicéron
7.81990
MovieDramaComedy
In this romantic farce, former opera-singer and current music festival organizer Hermance (Judith Magre) is married to Charles-Henry (Jean Roquel). However, she still has a passion for her former lover Simon (Carlo Brandt), but he has a thing for Francoise (Sabine Haudepin). Meanwhile, Nathalie (Tonie Marshall) keeps trying to put the moves on Hippolyte (Jacques Bonnafe), who is either unaware of or is ignoring her efforts, while her lackluster former lover Christian (Michel Gauthier) looks on and stays out of the whole mess. Who comes out the worst in this deal? Naturally enough, it's Christian, the fellow who has, for good or ill, kept the most distance from it, when Hermance, who seems jealous of everyone, tries to get even with Simon for running off with Francoise. Don't worry, it's supposed to be confusing.
At the Top of the StairsAt the Top of the Stairs · 1983
At the Top of the Stairs
7.21983
MovieDrama
A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband, who collaborated with the nazis, was murdered. Her motives are unclear.
Simone Barbès or VirtueSimone Barbès or Virtue · 1980
Simone Barbès or Virtue
5.41980
MovieDrama
Simone, a leather-clad porn theater worker, spends her shifts bantering with her coworker and observing eccentric customers in the cinema’s lobby. Tonight, she clocks out and heads off to meet her girlfriend, a waitress at a lesbian club. Later, she’ll encounter a lonely man on the prowl.
Archipelago of LoveArchipelago of Love · 1983
Archipelago of Love
4.01983
MovieRomance
Nine short films about love.

Filmography

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La Campagne de CicéronLa Campagne de Cicéron · 1990
La Campagne de Cicéron
7.81990
MovieDramaComedy
In this romantic farce, former opera-singer and current music festival organizer Hermance (Judith Magre) is married to Charles-Henry (Jean Roquel). However, she still has a passion for her former lover Simon (Carlo Brandt), but he has a thing for Francoise (Sabine Haudepin). Meanwhile, Nathalie (Tonie Marshall) keeps trying to put the moves on Hippolyte (Jacques Bonnafe), who is either unaware of or is ignoring her efforts, while her lackluster former lover Christian (Michel Gauthier) looks on and stays out of the whole mess. Who comes out the worst in this deal? Naturally enough, it's Christian, the fellow who has, for good or ill, kept the most distance from it, when Hermance, who seems jealous of everyone, tries to get even with Simon for running off with Francoise. Don't worry, it's supposed to be confusing.

Screenplay

Good Weather, But Stormy Late This AfternoonGood Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon · 1986
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon
5.71986
MovieComedy
This slice-of-life drama about an elderly couple and their estranged son covers twenty-four fateful hours that begin with the usual daily routine for the retired pair of former teachers (Micheline Presle and Claude Pieplu). Then their son telephones to say he will be coming over with his girlfriend and the normal pattern is changed, as he visits them rarely. While the mother is obsequious to her son when he arrives, past hurts and resentments bubble up during lunch, making it difficult for the son to tell them he is getting married. This is news enough, but the effect that announcement has on the son and his fiancée is unexpected and events later on in the day take a turn for the worse.

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