Directing

Robert Kernez

Born September 18, 1948 · Saint-Gonlay, Ile-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France (age 78)

Breton director and writer, more specifically dedicated to documentaries on Breton traditions. He produced most of his work in the 1970s and 1980s.

Known For

The island of the marine dead · 1975

The island of the marine dead

1975

MovieDocumentary

Images from a text by P. J. Hélias.

The boat of the dead · 1978

The boat of the dead

1978

MovieFantasy

How do souls travel to the afterlife ? What should the ferryman do ? Morgane, the water fairy, knows this (according to Per Jakez Hélias).

The sunset paradises · 1977

The sunset paradises

1977

MovieFantasy

Images on a text by Per Jakez Helias

A breton movie about dreams.

Tribute to Tristan Corbière. Images of the sea, stars, muses, the poetic universe of Tristan Corbière. Evocation of the Conlie camp, where thousands of Breton volunteers were taken during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871, in order to do their classes there. For lack of means, or fear of a "Chouan peril", these soldiers never received either the equipment or the training necessary for combat. Some of them were however sent to fight, but almost disarmed.

Imagine a land without trees: erosion, desolation, desert... Imagine... Technocrats of "development" and pseudo-farmers, do you happen to have a little imagination ?

Ys · 1980

1980

MovieFantasy

The famous sunken city should reappear, but we must wait for the day when all warfare will have ceased for a hundred years.

Yesterday's Harvest · 1972

Yesterday's Harvest

1972

MovieHistory

A brief history of the various harvesting techniques since wheat has existed.

Filmography

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The island of the marine dead · 1975

The island of the marine dead

1975

MovieDocumentary

Images from a text by P. J. Hélias.

Director

The boat of the dead · 1978

The boat of the dead

1978

MovieFantasy

How do souls travel to the afterlife ? What should the ferryman do ? Morgane, the water fairy, knows this (according to Per Jakez Hélias).

Director

The sunset paradises · 1977

The sunset paradises

1977

MovieFantasy

Images on a text by Per Jakez Helias

Director

A breton movie about dreams.

Director of Photography

Director

Imagine a land without trees: erosion, desolation, desert... Imagine... Technocrats of "development" and pseudo-farmers, do you happen to have a little imagination ?

Director

Ys · 1980

1980

MovieFantasy

The famous sunken city should reappear, but we must wait for the day when all warfare will have ceased for a hundred years.

Director

Yesterday's Harvest · 1972

Yesterday's Harvest

1972

MovieHistory

A brief history of the various harvesting techniques since wheat has existed.

Director

Autour de Boutavant · 1983

Autour de Boutavant

1983

MovieDocumentary

At the edge of the Brocéliande forest is a site where a castle was built, that of Boutavant (Boutavam). We interrogated the ruins and discovered an original defense system.

Director

It was the tenth of June · 1972

It was the tenth of June

1972

MovieDocumentary

The ruins of Oradour: there were 672 victims, burned and methodically massacred by the Nazis. In the face of resurgent fascism, it is forbidden to forget.

Director

Komor's Judgment · 1985

Komor's Judgment

1985

MovieFantasy

Based on a poem by Leconte de Lisle.

Director

The disfigured forest · 1976

The disfigured forest

1976

MovieDrama

The forest is burning. By man's fault. "Accused, look at your harvest of ashes" ; this simple sentence sums up the film.

Director

Among the Papoo of Irian Jaya · 1987

Among the Papoo of Irian Jaya

1987

MovieDocumentary

Anthropological tourism in New Guinea. Ten days of immersion in Irian Jaya.

Director

The tide was black · 1978

The tide was black

1978

MovieDocumentary

In 1976 there were only a few thousand tons of oil on the coast. In 1978, 230,000 ; It was too late to shed tears.

Director

A girl leaves a dying present to be reborn.

Director

Short documentary about La Hunaudaye's castle.

Director

How we destroy the site of Lake Trémelin in Iffendic, in the name of tourism of course. The lake becomes the prey of promoters for a "marina"! A nature museum will be built there.

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Once upon a time in Saint Malo street · 1975

Once upon a time in Saint Malo street

1975

MovieDocumentary

The destruction of part of the rue de Saint-Malo district in Rennes as part of the program to reduce unsanitary housing. Extract from the author's text: "... So, good people, the rue de Saint-Malo is dead, at the end of this crazy 20th century..."

Director

Summary of a Summer · 1976

Summary of a Summer

1976

MovieDocumentary

The drought of 1976 marked the history of agriculture by surprising in its duration and extent. But if there had been better management and use of water...

Director

A glass of cider or nothing · 2018

A glass of cider or nothing

2018

MovieDocumentary

The cider-making process : an art of knowing how to poetize reality.

Director

Before gulping · 1976

Before gulping

1976

MovieDocumentary

Traditional cider making in the small breton town of Saint-Gonlay in 1976. The traditional song called "Son ar sistr" whose words in Breton were written in 1929 by two Morbihan teenagers Jean Bernard and Jean-Marie Prima, is used as a leitmotiv.

Director

There was oil in Ouessant island · 1976

There was oil in Ouessant island

1976

MovieDocumentary

The sinking of the oil tanker "Olympic Bravery". The problem of regulation is posed.

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The life of a peasant family in the years 1650-1670 in Brittany. ; This film was made as part of an Educational Action Project at the Collège de Saint-Méen.

Director

Collection série noire : Tome 4 · 1980

Collection série noire : Tome 4

1980

MovieDocumentary

Back to the pollution caused by oil tankers. After the Torrey Canyon in 1967, the Olympic Bravery in 1976, the Böhlen in 1976, the Amoco Cadiz in 1978, the Gino in 1979, it was the Tanio which ran aground in 1980 off the coast of Brittany, eight dead and spilling 15,000 tonnes of oil. The director makes the sad observation of the impotence of the public authorities in the face of the situation and expresses his desolation and his anger.

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