René Féret

Directing·May 26, 1945·La Bassée, Nord, France

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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.

Film	Credit
Anton Tchekhov 18902015 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Le Prochain film2013 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Madame Solario2012 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Mozart's Sister2010 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Like a Star Shining in the Night2008 · Marc and Eric's chef (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer	Marc and Eric's chef (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
Il a suffi que maman s'en aille…2007 · Director	Director
L'Enfant du pays2003 · Pierre Merveille, Director, Writer	Pierre Merveille, Director, Writer
RRue du retrait2001 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
East/West1999 · Ambassadeur de France	Ambassadeur de France
Destiny1997 · Producer	Producer
LLes frères Gravet1996 · Director	Director
DDiscussion sur le préservatif entre un père et son fils1994 · Actor	Actor
Couchettes express1994 · Le médecin	Le médecin
The Place of Another1993 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Summer Strolls1992 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Baptême1989 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Savannah1988 · Fabien	Fabien
L'Homme qui n'était pas là1987 · Charles, Director, Screenplay	Charles, Director, Screenplay
The Mystery of Alexina1985 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Side Roads1983 · Producer	Producer
Idylle1983 · Producer	Producer
Sarah1983 · Duparc, producer	Duparc, producer
Last Summer1981 · Producer	Producer
The Prodigal Daughter1981 · Le mari	Le mari
Fernand1980 · Director	Director
Solemn Communion1977 · Julien Gravet I, Director, Writer, Producer	Julien Gravet I, Director, Writer, Producer
Lumière1976 · Julien	Julien
The Story of Paul1975 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous1975 · Marc, the shy colleague	Marc, the shy colleague