Pierre Léon Movies

  • 2016
    Correspondences

    Correspondences

    Correspondences

    6.62016HD

    Jorge de Sena was forced to leave his country. First he moved to Brazil, and later to the USA. He never returned to Portugal. During his 20-year-long...

    Correspondences
  • 2019
    Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies

    Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies

    Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies

    5.32019HD

    Two film directors and a writer are in Portugal for an expedition through various images, moments from the history of Western allegorical...

    Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies
  • 2014
    Remains

    Remains

    Remains

    02014HD

    Something takes us underground, where gods and monsters are active, amid the ruins of a world they move around with their innumerable hands. Inspired...

    Remains
  • 2023
    The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)

    The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)

    The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)

    02023HD

    The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
  • 2019
    Une habitude de jeune homme

    Une habitude de jeune homme

    Une habitude de jeune homme

    12019HD

    It could have been a normal day for Virgile, but that's not the way it turned out. After being the victim of a strange attack, the young man is then...

    Une habitude de jeune homme
  • 2023
    My Dear Spies

    My Dear Spies

    My Dear Spies

    62023HD

    Two brothers, Pierre and Vladimir, wonder if their Russian grandparents, Lily and Constantin, worked for the Soviet secret services in Paris during...

    My Dear Spies
  • 1989
    Les cinéphiles : Le retour de Jean

    Les cinéphiles : Le retour de Jean

    Les cinéphiles : Le retour de Jean

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    Esther and André are a part of a group of young people. They go to the cinema and speak about it often. They love each other from time to...

    Les cinéphiles : Le retour de Jean
  • 2008
    Adieu la rue des radiateurs – Nina

    Adieu la rue des radiateurs – Nina

    Adieu la rue des radiateurs – Nina

    02008HD

    Writer Mathieu Riboulet read an excerpt from his work "Le Regard de la source" at home. In this passage emerges a portrait of a woman "neither a...

    Adieu la rue des radiateurs – Nina
  • 2001
    L'Étonnement

    L'Étonnement

    L'Étonnement

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    L'Étonnement
  • 2013
    Electra, for Instance

    Electra, for Instance

    Electra, for Instance

    12013HD

    An homage to Greek tragedy.

    Electra, for Instance
  • 2023
    COOL (News from Belarus)

    COOL (News from Belarus)

    COOL (News from Belarus)

    02023HD

    In this cinematic zine, directors scattered all over the world adapt to screen hilarious and poignant Belarusian news stories. Featuring phone...

    COOL (News from Belarus)
  • 2014
    Phantom Power

    Phantom Power

    Phantom Power

    02014HD

    Created at irregular intervals, Pierre Léon’s small oeuvre oscillates between experimental home movie and theatrical...

    Phantom Power
  • 2004
    Le Dieu Saturne

    Le Dieu Saturne

    Le Dieu Saturne

    02004HD

    Laurent comes to visit his father not far from Bethune. But his father, who lives a hermit's life deep in the woods, has only one thing on his mind :...

    Le Dieu Saturne
  • 1998
    Le Dieu Mozart II

    Le Dieu Mozart II

    Le Dieu Mozart II

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    Le Dieu Mozart II
  • 1994
    Li per li

    Li per li

    Li per li

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    Five extraterrestrials like no other are enjoying their last moments on planet Earth. Only one will stay to keep the secrets.

    Li per li
  • 2010
    À la barbe d'Ivan

    À la barbe d'Ivan

    À la barbe d'Ivan

    02010HD

    Léon uses images from Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible to reflect upon the 2010 beating of young cineaste Joachim Gatti by police and the...

    À la barbe d'Ivan
  • 2007
    Guillaume et les sortilèges

    Guillaume et les sortilèges

    Guillaume et les sortilèges

    62007HD

    Contemporary Paris, mid-July. Guillaume arrives in the capital to caretake a large apartment until the end of the summer. Lucie, the...

    Guillaume et les sortilèges
  • 2001
    The Adolescent

    The Adolescent

    The Adolescent

    62001HD

    Pierre Léon ingeniously condenses and updates Dostoevsky’s novel about a 19-year-old intellectual reconnecting with his estranged family...

    The Adolescent
  • 1997
    Oncle Vania

    Oncle Vania

    Oncle Vania

    01997HD

    Elegantly and carefully, Léon trains his sights both on Chekhov’s famous play written in 1896 and on its earlier, lesser known version...

    Oncle Vania
  • 2004
    Nissim dit Max

    Nissim dit Max

    Nissim dit Max

    02004HD

    Two sons, Pierre and Vladimir, question their father, Max Léon, about his biography in a domestic environment. What could be a simple family...

    Nissim dit Max