Since the early 1960s, the French maverick and rebel-auteur Philippe Garrel has, in a career spanning over four decades, managed to single-handedly make the most important contribution to modern French cinema outside that of the New Wave, yet his work remains criminally unseen beyond European shores despite his legendary collaborations with such cultural and cinematic icons as Nico, Zouzou, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Catherine Deneuve and Raoul Coutard, as well as his own famous actor-father, Maurice Garrel, and rising star son, Louis Garrel. This mini-retrospective drawn from Philippe Garrel’s large body of work represents a rare opportunity to experience first-hand these rarely screened works, which together represent one of the most radical and groundbreaking legacies in all of French cinema.
– Jameson West, Associate Programmer, Austin Film Society
An ode to Garrel’s artistic muse and former lover, Nico, who, following her rise in The Velvet Underground, appeared in a number of his French films in the mid-70s. » read more
