Biography
André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author whose writings spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement, to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars. The author of more than fifty books, he was described in his obituary in The New York Times as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
L'affaire Matzneff
2020
as (archive footage)
About the Gabriel Matzneff affair and pedophilia in French culture and society from the 1950s to the present day. "It was not very difficult to know w...
I Close My Eyes
2013
Novel
A former teacher, who reforms dropout students with Confucian teaching, decides to take care of a blind girl, who has been abused by her parents.
Return of the Prodigal Son
1976
Original Story
Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Dem...
Prosessen
1962
Writer
Adaptation of Kafka’s famous novel for Norwegian TV. Joseph K. discovers two policeme in his appartment, while in the middle of the morning routine. T...
You Were the One I Loved
1955
Novel
A film adaptation of André Gide's book The Pastoral Symphony.
With André Gide
1952
as Self
Nobel-prize-winning author, social justice crusader, anti-colonialist, adventure traveler, musician, and one-time Communist: André Gide was a larger-t...
Life Begins Tomorrow
1950
as Self
Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1...
Paris 1900
1948
as Self (archive footage)
Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured from more then 700...
Pastoral Symphony
1946
Novel
A minister falls in love with a blind young woman he sheltered, but so does his son.
Pastoral Symphony
1938
Novel
A priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in love with her.
Fanny
1932
as (uncredited)
Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointment of her mother and of Marius's father, César. To...
Voyage au Congo
1927
Writer
Cinema has long fed our fascination with other cultures, and appears to be just one facet of what is a fundamentally visual fascination. One of the mo...