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Claude Chabrol
[1930-2010]
![auteur Claude Chabrol [1930-2010] at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2009](images/ClaudeChabrol-color2009.jpg "auteur Claude Chabrol [1930-2010] at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2009") | short profile |
"You emerge from [Chabrol's] movies neither sunk nor defeated, but poised
on the brink of good cheer." — critic Anthony Lane, in 2010
B I O
h e r e
Claude Chabrol entry at Wikipedia
Claude Chabrol credits [1956-2010] at Internet Movie Database
Claude Chabrol received
a Silver Sail Award at Locarno International Film Festival, 1958
the Prix Jean Vigo for "Le Beau Serge" [1958]
a Golden Berlin Bear for "The Cousins" [1959]
nominations for two Golden Lion Awards at Venice Film Festival, 1959 & 1995
the FIPRESCI Prize at Berlin International Film Festival, 1973
the Golden Ciak Award for Best Film at Venice Film Festival, 1988
two Filmcritica 'Bastone Bianco' Awards at Venice Film Festival, 1988 & 2007
four César Award nominations, 1989 & 1996
two Seashell awards at San Sebastián International Film Festival, 1997
the Prix Louis Delluc for "Merci Pour le Chocolat" [2000]
and a Berlinale Camera Award, 2009
L i n k s
Claude Chabrol entry at Wikipedia
Claude Chabrol credits [1956-2010] at Internet Movie Database
browse Claude Chabrol on DVD at Amazon
Claude Chabrol biography on New Wave Film Encyclopedia
Claude Chabrol article at Senses of Cinema
Pathfinder Home Ent. Chabrol pages
Movies of Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol credits [1956-2010] at Internet Movie Database
browse Claude Chabrol on DVD at Amazon
 | "Claude Chabrol Collection" DVD Box Set [2003]
Pathfinder color DVD [5/2003] 8 disks for $71.99 includes eight feature films: "Les Biches" (aka 'Bad Girls') [1968]; "This Man Must Die" (aka 'Que la Bête Meure') [1969]; "The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme Infidele)" [1969]; "La Rupture (The Breach)" [1970]; "The Butcher (Le Boucher)" [1970]; "Ten Days' Wonder" (aka "La Décade Prodigieuse") [1971] starring Orson Welles; "Nada" [1974]; & "Innocents With Dirty Hands (Les Innocents aux Mains Sales)" [1975 |
 | "Claude Chabrol's Tales of Deceit" DVD Box Set [2006]
Kimstim widescreen color DVD [11/2006] 5 disks for $80.99 contains five feature films: "Poulet au Vinaigre" (aka "Cop au Vin") [1985]; "Inspecteur Lavardin" [1986]; "Betty" [1992]; "L'Enfer" [1994]; & "The Color of Lies" (aka "Au Cœur du Mensonge") [1999]]; extras include audio commentary, featurettes & original French trailers |
 | music from films of Claude Chabrol [2008] Composed by Pierre Jansen, performed by Andre Girard, Antoine Duhamel & others Emarcy Import soundtrack CD [3/2008] 9 tracks for $16.98 includes music from the films "Docteur Popaul", "Juste Avant la Nuit", "L'Œil du Malin", "La Décade Prodigieuse", "Landru", "Le Boucher", and "Que la Bête Meure" |
 | "From Novel To Film: Claude Chabrol's Adaptations of Ruth Rendell's Novels La Cérémonie and La Demoiselle d'Honneur" [2010] by Damien Armengol Lambert Academic Publng 8¾x6 pb [8/2010] for $90.00 |
1959 Jan: Claude Chabrol's "Le Beau Serge" began the French New Wave movement
"Les Bonnes Femmes" [1960]
directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Clothilde Joano, Bernadette Lafont, Mario David; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies Revisited (5/2012)
"Les Biches" (aka 'Bad Girls') [1968]
"This Man Must Die" (aka 'Que la Bête Meure') [1969]
"The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme Infidele)" [1969]
"La Rupture (The Breach)" [1970]
"The Butcher (Le Boucher)" [France 1970]
"Ten Days' Wonder" {aka "La Décade Prodigieuse"}
[France Dec 1971, USA April 1972]
 | A young sculptor wakes up in a hotel room, hands bloodied and not knowing how he got there; he recruits a college professor to go with him to his father's country chateau, where they find family intrigue, adultery, and blackmail • Directed by Claude Chabrol; based on a 1948 Ellery Queen novel; starring Orson Welles, Michel Piccoli, Anthony Perkins & Marlène Jobert Pathfinder dubbed color DVD [5/2003] for $17.99 Pathfinder dubbed color VHS [5/2003] for $19.98 Vivendi subtitled color VHS [5/93] for $18.99 full credits from IMDb |
"Innocents With Dirty Hands (Les Innocents aux Mains Sales)" [1975]
"Poulet au Vinaigre" (aka "Cop au Vin") [1985] /tt0089832/
"Inspecteur Lavardin" [1986] /tt0091270/
"Les Dossiers Secrets de l'Inspecteur Lavardin" [TV series 1988-89] /tt0174386/
"Betty" [1992]
"L'Enfer" [1994]
"La Cérémonie" (1995) based on Ruth Rendell's novel "A Judgement In Stone"
"The Color of Lies" (aka "Au Cœur du Mensonge") [1999]
"La Demoiselle d'Honneur" [2004]
based on Ruth Rendell's novel "The Bridesmaid"
"A Girl Cut In Two" [2008] /tt0901485/
"Inspector Bellamy" [2009] /tt1188983/
Other Works by Claude Chabrol
 | "Et Pourtant Je Tourne (Operateur et Monteur)" [1978] by Claude Chabrol, cinéaste Ramsay Editions French-language pb [2/99] out of print/scarce |
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"Hitchcock: The First Forty-Four Films" [1979] by Eric Rohmer & Claude Chabrol, Translated by Stanley Hochman Roundhouse Publng pb [10/92] out of print/used Ungar Publng 8½x5¼ hardcover [5/79] out of print/used |
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"Conversations avec Claude Chabrol: Un Jardin Bien a Moi" [1999] by François Guérif Denoel Editions French-language pb [1999] out of print/imported |
 | "Pensées, Répliques et Anecdotes" [2002] by Claude Chabrol Le Cherche-midi Editeur French-language 8x5¼ pb [1/2002] out of print/imported |
 | "Wie Man einen Film Macht (How One Makes A Film)" [2004] by Claude Chabrol, mitt François Guérif Autorenhaus Verlag 7¼x4¾ pb [3/2004] out of print/imported |
 | "Comment Faire un Film" [2004] by Claude Chabrol & François Guérif Rivages Editions French-language mass pb [4/2004] out of print/imported |
Works About Claude Chabrol
"La Nouvelle Vague par Elle-même" TV documentary [1964]
Directed by André S. Labarthe & Robert Valey; interviewees include Claude Chabrol, Jacques Demy, Georges Franju,
Jean-Luc Godard, Henri Langlois, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Jacques Rivette, Jean Rouch, Jacques Rozier, François Truffaut
& Agnès Varda; video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb
 | "Claude Chabrol" biography [1970] by Robin Wood & Michael Walker Praeger/Littlehampton 6½x6 pb [10/70] out of print/used Praeger/Littlehampton hardcover [10/70] out of print/used |
 | "Claude Chabrol" biography [1971] by Guy Braucourt Editions Pierre Seghers French-language pb [1971] out of print/imported |
 | "Claude Chabrol" biography [1987] by Joël Magny from Cahiers du Cinéma; scarce at Amazon France, not available at Amazon.com |
 | "Claude Chabrol" biography [1989] by Christian Blanchet Rivages Cinéma French-language mass pb [1989] out of print/imported |
 | "French Film Directors: Claude Chabrol" [1999] by Guy Austin Manchester Univ Press 7¾x5¼ pb [12/99] for $25.00 Manchester Univ Press 8¼x5¼ hardcover [12/99] for $59.95 |
 | "Claude Chabrol: La Traversée des Apparences" [2003] by Wilfrid Alexandre Le Félin 9x6 pb [1/2003] out of print/imported |
Family & Friends
first wife Agnès Goute Chabrol (married 1956, divorced 1962)
son Matthieu Chabrol, a composer who scored most of his father's films from the early 1980s
second wife actress Stéphane Audran Chabrol (married 1964, divorced 1980?)
son actor Thomas Chabrol
third wife Aurore Paquiss Chabrol (married 1983-2010)
a script supervisor since the 1950s
Claude Chabrol had four children
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