Léon Rousseau Movies

An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his...

Kate Winslet has charted her own course, choosing to play authentic women with complex psyches and realistic bodies, showing unfailing resolve in her...

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and...

The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977)...

Cédric is a worker in a precision mechanics factory in the French Alps. When he finds out that the factory is about to be sold to an investment...

An immersive film essay on tennis legend John McEnroe at the height of his career as the world champion, documenting his strive for perfection,...

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City...

Exclusively created with period engravings, this animated feature explores the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the ensuing Paris Commune revolution...

A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated...

A series of 12 short movies from the start of the twentieth century. These movies were the first adult movies, and, according to the film-maker...

Aging painter Louis and his wife Michelle struggle to cope with Louis' advancing dementia.

Since the cult success of Merci Patron!, activist/journalist/filmmaker François Ruffin has become an MP. Here, he attempts to table a law...

The Japanese volleyball players called the “Oriental Witches” are now in their 70s. From the formation of the team at the factory until...

The story of how sound was paired with images in early years of cinema; offering an in-depth look at the people behind-the-scenes and the...

Art and science have worked together to allow cinema to switch to color. Numerous processes have succeeded one another to try to solve this...

Has everything really been said about the Algerian war? Although the archives are opening up, almost fifty years after the signing of the Evian...

Holding her 16mm camera, an optical prosthesis for a 20th-century stroller, Agnès Varda filmed 42nd Street in NYC in 1967, filming crowds of...

When, after one too many drinks in Paris, Lou reaches out on video chat to Mani, her Iranian rock star crush in New York, their call charts an...

Documentary taking a look at the difficulties in Abel Gance's End of the World.