Noël Simsolo Movies

This documentary consists mainly of archive interviews of Jean Cocteau, and it features interesting contributions by Jean Marais and especially...

An interview with French film scholar Jean Narboni about Jean-Luc Godard's 1962 film VIVRE SA VIE.

Bernardette is feeling bored in a country house. She decides to send weekend invitations to a lot of people.

A travelogue of abandoned strip mining sites in France extolling their potential for recreational use.

Documentary about the making of Louis Malle's 1963 film "The Fire Within".

The wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.

What is the future of cinema? In 1982, in Cannes, Wim Wenders invited many movie makers to answer this question. 26 years later, the question...

Simone, a leather-clad porn theater worker, spends her shifts bantering with her coworker and observing eccentric customers in the cinema’s...

A comedy on the theme of the law being debated where, in the face of growing insecurity and the upsurge in gratuitous violence, anyone can become a...

Three old sisters get together every Sunday. For Epiphany Sunday, the program is busy: eating at the Chinese restaurant, drawing the kings and...

A man looks for a job, ignoring the selection process of employees. Part of "Contes modernes: A propos du travail."

The mayor of a small provincial town, caught up in mundane affairs and corruption, summons his three deputies before fleeing: one of them will have...

Sylvain, a young man, devotes his life to small, local movie theater destined to be shut down. He lives in the theater's basement and is the theater...

The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their...

A short video by filmmaker Noel Simsolo discussing Jean Cocteau and Jean-Pierre Melville’s creative relationship and the production of the 1950...

Shady poetry, all crimson and women’s legs as Pierre Molinier loved it – this poetry died with him a few days ago. This picture was...

A troubled young woman who lives alone in a rundown house meanders around and one day reveals a hidden talent when she goes into a bar, plays...