Paul Vecchiali (28 April 1930 – 18 January 2023) was a French filmmaker and author.
Paul Vecchiali | |
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| Born | April 28, 1930 Ajaccio, Corsica, France |
| Died | January 18, 2023 (aged 92) Paris, France |
| Occupations | French filmmaker and author |
| Known for | Encore |
Biography
editVecchiali was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. He spent his childhood in Toulon[citation needed]. His family, suspected of collaboration, preferred to leave this city after the war[citation needed].
His cinema took as a starting point the French cinema of the 1930s, with an experimental and autobiographical tone[citation needed]. His best-known films are arguably Rosa la rose and Encore.[1] His films were notably low-budget.[1]
In 1987, he became the first French director to address AIDS and its consequences on gay men's lives with his film Encore.[2]
Vecchiali died in Paris on 18 January 2023, at the age of 92.[3]
Selected filmography
edit- Les Ruses du diable (1965)
- L'Étrangleur (1972)
- Femmes Femmes (1974)
- Change pas de main (1975)
- La Machine (1977)
- Corps à cœur (1978)
- That's Life (C'est la vie) (1980)
- At the Top of the Stairs (1983)
- Rosa la rose, fille publique (1985)
- Encore / Once More (1988)
- The Guys in the Cafe (1989)
- Wonder Boy (1994)
- Zone Franche (1996)
- Love Reinvented (1997)
- Tears of AIDS (1999)
- A Vot' Bon Cœur (2004)
- A Diagonal Portrait of Paul Vecchiali (2005)
- Le Cancre (2016)
Bibliography
edit- Vesperales (2008)
References
edit- 1 2 Romain Charbon, 'Vesperales', in Têtu, October 2008, issue 137, page 32
- ↑ Heathcote, Owen; Hughes, Alex; Williams, James S. (April 1998). Gay Signatures: Gay and Lesbian Theory, Fiction and Film in France, 1945-1995. Berg Publishers. ISBN 978-1-85973-987-7.
- ↑ "Le cinéaste Paul Vecchiali est mort". Les Inrockuptibles. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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