Paul Vecchiali

Known for Directing

4/28/1930

Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, France

Biography

Paul Vecchiali (April 28, 1930 - January 18, 2023) was a French filmmaker and author.

Known For (24 credits)

Movie

Bonjour la langue

2025

When his train stops at Draguignan station, Jean-Luc suddenly decides to get off and pay an impromptu visit to his father, who he hasn’t seen in over six years. An answer to "Adieu au langage" by Godard.

6.2

Movie

Un soupçon d'amour

2020

A theater actress leaves her show to retire with her sick son to her childhood city.

Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !

7.1

Movie

Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !

2019

Danielle Darrieux - icon and actress of the century: as a 16-year-old, the French actress perfectly embodied what we would call an "It Girl" today. She conquered Hollywood at a young age with elegance and charm. She defied the taboos of patriarchal society. The documentary takes a look back at Darrieux's 80-year career.

4.3

Movie

Train de vies

2018

"Train de vies" crosses a series of characters who, in pairs, confess to each other their innermost desires and their most secret memories.

5.8

Movie

The Dunce

2016

Laurent is seeking a path in life after living his childhood and teenage years in laziness. He has a conflictual relationship with Rodolphe, his father, and both are too emotional to express their mutual affection. Despite the women of his life hanging around him , Rodolphe has but one obsession: meeting Marguerite again, the first love of his life.

7.0

Movie

Un, parfois deux

2016

Laurent Achard set up his camera on the set of Paul Vecchiali’s film Le Cancre to capture the director’s creative power. Although Vecchiali’s precision is impressive, Achard also shows moments where his collaborators’ input is essential. Under the director’s eye, the stars are becoming actors again, and Achard revives the heritage of Vecchiali’s '70s and '80s production studio Diagonale.

4.7

Movie

It's Love

2016

Odile suspects her husband, Jean, is cheating. Thus she decides to give him a taste of his own medicine. Fate gets her in touch with an actor, Daniel, who she will use for her revenge. The actor, living with a former serviceman, Albert, will make love with her. But there will be unexpected consequences: Odile and Daniel will be bound forever by an irrepressible love.

5.9

Movie

White Nights on the Pier

2014

A man walks every night along the jetty. There he meets a young woman who is waiting for the man of her life. Over four nights, they discuss life and he gradually falls in love with her.

1.0

Movie

Wrong Harmonies

2014

After the death of his partner, a man discovers on the Internet that the latter had virtual relations with another man.

2.0

Movie

The Ceremony

2014

A young man (hypothesis 1) and a young woman (hypothesis 2) refuse any dinner or other invitations so as to give themselves over to an evening ritual.

Movie

Biette

2013

Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette.

Movie

L'autographe

2013

An exchange, between Palermo and Paris, between a director who signs an autograph and his recipient who receives it, while listening to an extract from his favorite film.