Biography: life and films
Alain Cavalier is a French film director. He was born in Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, France on 14th September 1931.His best films as a screenwriter include Ivan Govar's thriller La Croix des vivants (1962), Le Combat dans l'île (1962), L'Insoumis (1964) and Jean-Paul Rappeneau's comedy La Vie de château (1966), and whose best work as a film director include Le Combat dans l'île (1962), L'Insoumis (1964) and Martin et Léa (1979).
Alain Cavalier has so far scripted 21 films, directed 17 films (including 2 shorts), was cinematographer on 6 films and appeared in 6 films.
His most frequent genres include: drama (9 films), comedy-drama (4), Thriller (4), crime-thriller (3), Documentary (3), romance (2) and comedy (2).
Our average rating for Alain Cavalier over all films is: 2.9
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer; c = cinematographer
La Croix des vivants (1962) [w]
Le Combat dans l'île (1962) [d,w]
L'Insoumis (1964) [a,d,w]
Mise à sac (1967) [d,w,c]
La Chamade (1968) [d,w]
Le Plein de super (1976) [d,w]
Ce répondeur ne prend pas de messages (1979) [d,w]
Martin et Léa (1979) [d,w]
Un étrange voyage (1981) [d,w]
Thérèse (1986) [d,w]
Libera me (1993) [d,w]
La Rencontre (1996) [d,w,c]
Vies (2000) [a,d,w,c]
René (2002) [d,w,c]
Le Filmeur (2005) [a,d,w,c]
J'aimerais partager le printemps avec quelqu'un (2008) [a]
Irène (2009) [a,d,w,c]
Pater (2011) [a,d,w,c]
Le Paradis (2014) [d,w]
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