Jean-Claude Rousseau

Jean-Claude Rousseau

Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Paris

Biography

Jean-Claude Rousseau is one of the most unconventional lone fighters in French cinema. His predominantly short films deal with no less than cinema per se: space, time and movement. As abstract as each of these concepts might seem taken alone, Rousseau assigns their ultimate designation as an integral whole: A person (or no-one, for that matter) moves (or does not move) within a room (or looks into another room) for a certain amount of time.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Last Stop for the Circular Ticket poster

Last Stop for the Circular Ticket

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2025
Requiem poster

Requiem

Movie · Director

2024
Où sont tous mes amants? poster

Où sont tous mes amants?

Movie · Director

2024
Flamenco poster

Flamenco

Movie · Director

2023
Souvenir d'Athènes poster

Souvenir d'Athènes

Movie · Director

2022
The Tomb of Kafka poster

The Tomb of Kafka

Movie · Director

2022
Welcome

Welcome

Movie · Director

2021
A Floating World poster

A Floating World

Movie · Director

2019
In Memoriam poster

In Memoriam

Movie · Director

2018
Une Vie Risquée poster

Une Vie Risquée

Movie · Director

2017
So Far, So Close poster

So Far, So Close

Movie · Director

2017
La Villa poster

La Villa

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2017
Delft dans le lointain poster

Delft dans le lointain

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2016
Late Season

Late Season

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2016
Chansons d'amour poster

Chansons d'amour

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2015
Passion poster

Passion

Movie · Director

2014
Under a Changing Sky

Under a Changing Sky

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2014
Remembering Wavelengths poster

Remembering Wavelengths

Movie · Director

2014
Fantastique poster

Fantastique

Movie · Director

2014
Partage des Eaux poster

Partage des Eaux

Movie · Director

2014
Terrasse avec vue poster

Terrasse avec vue

Movie · Director

2013
L'air d’être là poster

L'air d’être là

Movie · Director

2013
Éclaircie poster

Éclaircie

Movie · Director

2012
Saudade poster

Saudade

Movie · Director

2012
Eaux profondes poster

Eaux profondes

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2011
White Night

White Night

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2011
Senza mostra poster

Senza mostra

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2011
Attic poster

Attic

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2011
Last Breath

Last Breath

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2011
Un autre jour

Un autre jour

Movie · Director

2010
Festival poster

Festival

Movie · Director

2010
Veduta poster

Veduta

Movie · Director

2010
A Day poster

A Day

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2010
Mirage poster

Mirage

Movie · Director

2009
Série noire poster

Série noire

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2008
L'Appel de la forêt poster

L'Appel de la forêt

Movie · Director

2008
301 poster

301

Movie · Director

2007
De son Appartement poster

De son Appartement

Movie · Director

2007
Pas cette nuit poster

Pas cette nuit

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2007
Twice Around the World

Twice Around the World

Movie · Director

2007
False Start

False Start

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2006
Starless Night poster

Starless Night

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2006
Three Times Nothing poster

Three Times Nothing

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2005
Non rendu poster

Non rendu

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2005
Une vue sur l'autre rive poster

Une vue sur l'autre rive

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2005
Comme une ombre légère poster

Comme une ombre légère

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2004
Just Before the Storm poster

Just Before the Storm

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2004
Faibles amusements poster

Faibles amusements

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2004
Contretemps poster

Contretemps

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2002
Lettre à Roberto poster

Lettre à Roberto

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1995
The Enclosed Valley poster

The Enclosed Valley

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1989
The Antiquities of Rome poster

The Antiquities of Rome

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1987
Keep in Touch poster

Keep in Touch

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1984
Venise n'existe pas poster

Venise n'existe pas

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1983
Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window poster

Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window

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