Pierre Léon Movies

The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where...

Pierre Léon ingeniously condenses and updates Dostoevsky’s novel about a 19-year-old intellectual reconnecting with his estranged family...

Elegantly and carefully, Léon trains his sights both on Chekhov’s famous play written in 1896 and on its earlier, lesser known version...

1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.

An actress will play Barbara, the French singer. The shoot will soon start. The actress works on her character, her voice, the songs, scores, the...

Mrs. Géquil is an eccentric teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When...

Alexandre, a thirty-year old tailor, has decided to improve his cultural level. That is the reason why he has decided to attend an evening school....

A "three people relationship" with a pact involving a terrible past. The pact concerns France, Anne and Pierre.

Christina Goering and Frieda Copperfield suddenly decide to abandon their suffocating universe. They embark on a trip around the world in search of...

During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up...

A love story of two women who meet up in their late forties and attempt to retrieve the romance they had in their youth.

It is due to some professional obligations that brothers Charles and Fredi turn their attention to theater. Charles, an actor does not want Fredi to...

North of Italy, the von Kettens dispute the forces of the Episcopate of Trent. Herr Ketten seeks marriage in a distant country, Portugal. After their...

A lonely man receives a baby in the middle of the night. He is ill prepared to care for this mysterious infant. He develops an attachment.

Two film directors and a writer are in Portugal for an expedition through various images, moments from the history of Western allegorical...

Created at irregular intervals, Pierre Léon’s small oeuvre oscillates between experimental home movie and theatrical...