René Féret
René Féret (26 May 1945 – 28 April 2015) was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. His film Solemn Communion, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. In The Man Who Wasn't There (L'Homme qui n'était pas là), his 1987 film adaption of Roderick MacLeish's novel, he played alongside Claude Jade in the leading role of Charles Elaine. Very much an independent creator, Féret made several films around an invented family living in northern France, the Gravets, but based on his own life experience. He often used members of his own family in his films. Féret also turned to marginal individuals, in trouble: a man sent to a psychiatric hospital in Histoire de Paul (1975), a hermaphrodite in Mystère Alexina, old age in Rue du Retrait (2000) and cancer sufferers in Comme une étoile dans la nuit (2009). Later in his career he turned his attention to historical artistic figures (Nannerl, la sœur de Mozart, 2010), Anton Tchékhov 1890 (2015). He work was described as “subtle and possessing great sensibility”. Source: Article "René Féret" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
L'homme qui n'était pas là
(Charles)
Solemn Communion
(Julien Gravet I)
L'Enfant du pays
(Pierre Merveille)
Savannah
(Fabien)
East/West
(Ambassadeur de France)
Sarah
(Duparc, the producer)
Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous
(Marc, the shy colleague)
The Prodigal Daughter
(Le mari)
Like a Star Shining in the Night
(Marc and Eric's chef (uncredited))
Couchettes express
(Le médecin)
Lumière
(Julien)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
40° à l'ombre
(Self)
L'homme qui n'était pas là
(Screenplay)
L'homme qui n'était pas là
(Director)
Mozart's Sister
(Writer)
Mozart's Sister
(Director)
L'Enfant du pays
(Director)
Like a Star Shining in the Night
(Director)
Like a Star Shining in the Night
(Writer)
Like a Star Shining in the Night
(Producer)
The Mystery of Alexina
(Director)
The Mystery of Alexina
(Screenplay)
Summer Strolls
(Director)
Summer Strolls
(Dialogue)
Summer Strolls
(Producer)
Summer Strolls
(Screenplay)
Le Prochain film
(Director)
Le Prochain film
(Writer)
Solemn Communion
(Director)
Madame Solario
(Director)
Anton Tchekhov 1890
(Director)
The Story of Paul
(Screenplay)
The Story of Paul
(Director)
The Place of Another
(Director)
The Place of Another
(Writer)
L'Enfant du pays
(Writer)
Fernand
(Director)
Les frères Gravet
(Director)
Fernand
(Delegated Producer)
Fernand
(Scenario Writer)
Rue du retrait
(Director)
Last Summer
(Producer)
Madame Solario
(Producer)
Baptême
(Writer)
Baptême
(Director)
Il a suffi que maman s'en aille...
(Director)
Destiny
(Producer)
Solemn Communion
(Writer)
Solemn Communion
(Producer)
Anton Tchekhov 1890
(Screenplay)
I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…
(Delegated Producer)