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Georges Perec

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Georges Perec

Born March 7, 1936 · Paris, France

Died March 3, 1982 · aged 45

Georges Perec was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was murdered in the Holocaust, and many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play.

Known For

The Man Who SleepsThe Man Who Sleeps · 1974
The Man Who Sleeps
★ 7.81974
MovieDrama
A young student decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around him.
Serie NoireSerie Noire · 1979
Serie Noire
★ 7.41979
MovieDramaCrime
In the shadowy outskirts of Paris, a desperate door-to-door salesman crosses paths with a mysterious young woman trapped in a grim world. As his obsession deepens, his grip on reality begins to slip—and the line between escape and destruction starts to blur.
Il y auraitIl y aurait · 2000
Il y aurait
2000
Movie
Return to the BelovedReturn to the Beloved · 1979
Return to the Beloved
★ 6.31979
MovieDramaRomance
Julien seeks to reconquer Jeanne, his ex-wife, of whom he is separated and who lives with another man. He is prepared to go far to make it happen.
JupiterJupiter · 1971
Jupiter
★ 10.01971
MovieDrama
Going Up Vilin StreetGoing Up Vilin Street · 1992
Going Up Vilin Street
★ 8.01992
MovieDocumentary
Evocation of N° 24 of Vilin Street where Perec lived his childhood.
Georges Perec, The Man Who Refused to ForgetGeorges Perec, The Man Who Refused to Forget · 2021
Georges Perec, The Man Who Refused to Forget
2021
MovieDocumentary

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