Noël Simsolo Movies

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

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

At 45, divorced, unemployed and father of two children, Franois Morot realizes that he can no longer support the society in which he lives and...

Laurent is seeking a path in life after living his childhood and teenage years in laziness. He has a conflictual relationship with Rodolphe, his...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Semi-documentary exposé of scandalous hunting practices in the Sologne, a wooded area south of Orléans where he shared a house at the...

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...

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...

Reel 5 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.