Néstor Almendros Movies

A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.

As he prepares for a show, fashion designer Giorgio Armani discusses his principles of fashion, his family history and the city of Milan.

Viviane, a French Consul's wife, is in New Guinea to find exotic feathers for export to Paris. She encounters four European travelers who are en...

An educational documentary film about planting and harvesting tomatoes.

Eric Rohmer and his actors prepare and rehearse "Perceval le Gallois".

A documentary about the Cuban Revolution's transition into an authoritarian dictatorship, including repression, imprisonment, torture, and execution...

Nadja is a guest student, who stays at Cité Universitaire and visits the Sorbonne, while preparing a thesis on Proust; she also likes to...

An American art student thinks she's found love with a handsome prince, but things are not what they appear to be.

In just a few simple lines, a picture of the French countryside in the 1960s: the last moments of a disappearing, changing world. The simplest...

Daniel needs some money to buy a duffle coat that is in fashion, so he agrees to work for a photographer by dressing up as Santa Claus. He discovers...

This film is a record of the first Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It reflects the various ways the festival was given shape by...

An old lady returns from Africa where she made a fortune to find her son in Paris, whom she has not seen in five years, with the intention of...

A documentary film about the creation and organization of an agricultural cooperative and the economic benefits for farmers.

Young José María goes through a painful journey until he discovers that he is a transsexual.

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and...

Eric Rohmer directs this short documentary that narrates the presence of women in French universities as of the time of its release -- 1966. During...

"...it had no plot. The film was more a study of people's behavior, shot in 16mm with a hand-held camera, which was hidden most of the time. In its...

Éric Rohmer's short for the portmanteau film Paris vu par (Six in Paris, 1965), concerning a haberdasher and his umbrella. Convinced he has...

An interview with cinematographer Nestor Almendros about his work with French film director François Truffaut. Footage taken from the 1986...