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Andrzej Żuławski ([ˈandʐɛj ʐuˈwafskʲi]; born 22 November 1940) is a Polish film director. He was born in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). Żuławski has often gone against mainstream commercialism in his films, and has enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences.
In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. His second feature The Devil (1972) was banned in Poland, and Żuławski went to France. After the success of That Most Important Thing: Love in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent two years making The Silver Globe (1988). The work on this film was interrupted by the Polish authorities. After that, Żuławski moved to France where he became known for controversial and violent art-house films. Żuławski is also known for his work with certain specific actresses including Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau.
His films have received 16 awards at various international film festivals. Żuławski has also written several novels, for example: Il était Un Verger, Lity Bór (a.k.a. La Forêt Forteresse), W Oczach Tygrysa, and Ogród Miłości.
En 1971, il a un fils, Xawery Żuławski avec l'actrice Małgorzata Braunek.
En 1974, il coadapte et réalise L’important c’est d’aimer, tiré du roman de Christopher Frank La Nuit américaine. Le succès de ce film – on se souvient tout particulièrement des rôles de Romy Schneider et de Jacques Dutronc – lui permet de retourner en Pologne. Pendant deux ans, 1976 et 1977, il tourne un film de science-fiction adapté de l'œuvre de son grand-oncle, Jerzy Żuławski, Le Globe d'argent. Le tournage de ce film est arrêté par les autorités polonaises neuf jours avant la fin. Ce film n’a vu le jour qu’en 1987, où le montage final et la fin proche de la censure lui ont permis de sortir dans quelques salles.
En 1978, il a un second fils prénommé Ignacy.
Reprenant un scénario écrit en 1978, il parvient à tourner, à Berlin une coproduction franco-allemande, Possession, crise conjugale entre un agent secret et une femme possédée par une force étrange. Présenté à Cannes, Possession vaut à Isabelle Adjani le Prix d'interprétation féminine.
Le tournage de L'Amour braque (une adaptation libre de l’Idiot de Dostoïevski) est pour Żuławski particulièrement important : il y rencontre Sophie Marceau, qui devient par la suite sa compagne et qu'il dirige dans Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours, d'après le best-seller de Raphaële Billetdoux, puis dans La Note bleue et, plus tard, dans La Fidélité. Outre le cinéma, Żuławski travaille également pour le théâtre. Il a été nommé chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres en 1996.
Il vit avec Sophie Marceau, de vingt-six ans sa cadette, durant 17 ans sans jamais se marier, suite à une invitation sur un plateau télévisé de Claude Pinoteau en 1981 lors du festival de Cannes, et à leur rencontre à l'hôtel Majestic. De cette union naît un fils, Vincent, le 24 juillet 1995. Andrzej Żuławski et Sophie Marceau se séparent en 2001. Żuławski consacre deux livres à la description de sa rupture avec l’actrice française (O niej et L’Infidélité).
Il meurt le 17 février 2016 à l'hôpital de Varsovie des suites d'un cancer à l'âge de 75 ans. Ses obsèques ont lieu le 22 février 2016 à Góra Kalwaria, où il est inhumé.
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Andrzej Żuławski ([ˈandʐɛj ʐuˈwafskʲi]; born 22 November 1940) is a Polish film director. He was born in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). Żuławski has often gone against mainstream commercialism in his films, and has enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences.
In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. His second feature The Devil (1972) was banned in Poland, and Żuławski went to France. After the success of That Most Important Thing: Love in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent two years making The Silver Globe (1988). The work on this film was interrupted by the Polish authorities. After that, Żuławski moved to France where he became known for controversial and violent art-house films. Żuławski is also known for his work with certain specific actresses including Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau.
His films have received 16 awards at various international film festivals. Żuławski has also written several novels, for example: Il était Un Verger, Lity Bór (a.k.a. La Forêt Forteresse), W Oczach Tygrysa, and Ogród Miłości.
Biography
Fils du diplomate et écrivain Mirosław Żuławski (1913-1995), attaché culturel à l'ambassade de Pologne à Paris, puis ambassadeur auprès de l'UNESCO pendant une partie de son enfance et de sa jeunesse, il effectue plusieurs années de sa scolarité en France. Après avoir étudié à l'IDHEC de 1957 à 1959, Żuławski revient en Pologne pour devenir assistant d’Andrzej Wajda de 1960 à 1966. Il étudie entre-temps la philosophie à l’Université de Varsovie et les sciences politiques à la Sorbonne. À cette époque, il publie des textes sur le cinéma, ainsi que ses propres poèmes. Il débute en 1967 avec un moyen métrage pour la télévision, intitulé Pieśń triumfującej miłości (Le Chant de l’amour triomphant) (pour lequel il a reçu le diplôme d’honneur de la Los Angeles Academy of Television Arts and Sciences en 1968), et réalise en 1971 son premier long métrage Trzecia część nocy (Troisième partie de la nuit), qui remporte nombre de prix internationaux. Le réalisateur décide ensuite de travailler en France après avoir rencontré des problèmes avec Le Diable (interdit par la censure polonaise en raison de la violence et de la cruauté de certaines scènes).En 1971, il a un fils, Xawery Żuławski avec l'actrice Małgorzata Braunek.
En 1974, il coadapte et réalise L’important c’est d’aimer, tiré du roman de Christopher Frank La Nuit américaine. Le succès de ce film – on se souvient tout particulièrement des rôles de Romy Schneider et de Jacques Dutronc – lui permet de retourner en Pologne. Pendant deux ans, 1976 et 1977, il tourne un film de science-fiction adapté de l'œuvre de son grand-oncle, Jerzy Żuławski, Le Globe d'argent. Le tournage de ce film est arrêté par les autorités polonaises neuf jours avant la fin. Ce film n’a vu le jour qu’en 1987, où le montage final et la fin proche de la censure lui ont permis de sortir dans quelques salles.
En 1978, il a un second fils prénommé Ignacy.
Reprenant un scénario écrit en 1978, il parvient à tourner, à Berlin une coproduction franco-allemande, Possession, crise conjugale entre un agent secret et une femme possédée par une force étrange. Présenté à Cannes, Possession vaut à Isabelle Adjani le Prix d'interprétation féminine.
Le tournage de L'Amour braque (une adaptation libre de l’Idiot de Dostoïevski) est pour Żuławski particulièrement important : il y rencontre Sophie Marceau, qui devient par la suite sa compagne et qu'il dirige dans Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours, d'après le best-seller de Raphaële Billetdoux, puis dans La Note bleue et, plus tard, dans La Fidélité. Outre le cinéma, Żuławski travaille également pour le théâtre. Il a été nommé chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres en 1996.
Il vit avec Sophie Marceau, de vingt-six ans sa cadette, durant 17 ans sans jamais se marier, suite à une invitation sur un plateau télévisé de Claude Pinoteau en 1981 lors du festival de Cannes, et à leur rencontre à l'hôtel Majestic. De cette union naît un fils, Vincent, le 24 juillet 1995. Andrzej Żuławski et Sophie Marceau se séparent en 2001. Żuławski consacre deux livres à la description de sa rupture avec l’actrice française (O niej et L’Infidélité).
Il meurt le 17 février 2016 à l'hôpital de Varsovie des suites d'un cancer à l'âge de 75 ans. Ses obsèques ont lieu le 22 février 2016 à Góra Kalwaria, où il est inhumé.
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, 4h12Directed by Josée Dayan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Everett, Nastassja Kinski, Leelee Sobieski, Danielle Darrieux, Andrzej Żuławski
Roles Antoine Gercourt
Rating63%
An updated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' classic 18th Century tale of seduction, betrayal and revenge set in the modern 1960s world of Parisian high society. The beautiful Madame de Merteuil (Catherine Deneuve) seeks vengeance against her ex-lover Gercourt (Andrzej Zulawski) when he becomes engaged to her young goddaughter, Cécile (Leelee Sobieski). Merteuil turns to her ex-lover/partner-in-crime, Valmont (Rupert Everett), famous for his reputation as a Don Juan, to seduce Cécile and emotionally destroy her. While on his mission, Valmont gets sidetracked when he goes to visit his aunt and falls for Madame Tourvel (Nastassja Kinski), a virtuous, married woman who knows of his womanizing ways, but that only makes the challenge more exciting to Valmont. Together, Madame de Merteuil and Valmont make a dangerous team and they will stop at nothing when it comes to matters of the heart.
On the Silver Globe (1989)
, 2h46Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Krystyna Janda, Jan Frycz, Henryk Bista, Andrzej Żuławski
Roles Himself (uncredited)
Rating72%
A group of astronauts leaves Earth to find freedom, and their spaceship crashes on an unnamed Earth-like planet. The astronauts, equipped with video-recorders, reach a seashore, where they build a village. After many years, only one member of the crew, Jerzy, is still alive, watching the growth of a new society, whose religion is based on mythical tales of an expedition from the Earth. The first off-Earth generation calls him the Old Man, treating him as a demi-God. The Old Man leaves them and before his death sends his video diary back to Earth in a rocket. A space researcher named Marek (Andrzej Seweryn) receives the video diary and travels to the planet. When he arrives, he is welcomed by the cast of priests as the Messiah, who can release them from the captivity of the Szerns, indigenous occupants of the planet. Shortly afterwards, Marek organizes an army and enters the city of the Szerns. Meanwhile, the priests start to believe that Marek was an outcast from the Earth, rather than a messiah who came to fulfill the religious prophecy.
The Ashes (1965)
, 3h54Directed by Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Żuławski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Daniel Olbrychski, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Pola Raksa, Władysław Hańcza, Jan Koecher, Zbigniew Sawan
Roles (uncredited)
Rating70%
Le film se déroule pendant les guerres napoléoniennes.
Samson (1961)
, 1h57Directed by Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Żuławski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Serge Merlin, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Alina Janowska, Elżbieta Kępińska, Tadeusz Bartosik, Roman Polanski
Roles Killed Student (uncredited)
Rating62%
A dark coming-of-age film, Samson follows its Jewish protagonist (Serge Merlin) from an anti-Semitic private school to a prison, then into a Jewish ghetto, and finally over the ghetto wall to the outside world. Wajda uses this journey as a means to explore expressionist cinematography and the weighty issues facing the Jewish people.
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Cosmos (2015)
, 1h43Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Sabine Azéma, Ricardo Pereira, Johan Libéreau, Victoria Guerra, Jean-François Balmer, Andy Gillet
Rating57%
Witold a raté ses examens de droit et Fuchs vient de quitter son emploi dans une boite de mode parisienne. Ils vont passer quelques jours près de la mer et des montagnes, dans une pension dite de famille, où les accueille un moineau pendu dans la forêt, puis un bout de bois tout aussi pendu, puis une série de signes au plafond et dans le jardin, indiquant une volonté et une direction.
Fidelity (2000)
, 1h45Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sophie Marceau, Pascal Greggory, Guillaume Canet, Michel Subor, Magali Noël, Édith Scob
Rating56%
Talented Canadian photographer Clélia (Sophie Marceau) lands a lucrative job in Paris with a tabloid called La Verite run by scandal-mongerer Rupert MacRoi (Michel Subor). Clélia's mother once dated MacRoi years ago while working as a caberet singer. Once she became pregnant with Clélia, she stopped seeing MacRoi and married Clélia's father. Accompanying her daughter to Paris, she tells Clélia that her strongest principle was honour, and encourages her to get married and settle down.
Szamanka (1996)
, 1h50Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Bogusław Linda, Paweł Deląg, Paweł Burczyk, Agnieszka Wagner
Rating59%
In Warsaw, a student only known as the "Italian" (Polish: Włoszka, played by Iwona Petry) is on the search for an apartment. The Italian, who is beautiful and a free spirit, is originally from the countryside. During her search she meets anthropology professor Michał (Bogusław Linda), who is renting her an apartment that was occupied by his brother. The business is concluded by a violent sex scene between the two in the empty apartment.
The Blue Note (1991)
, 2h12Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about music and musicians, Piano
Actors Sophie Marceau, Marie-France Pisier, Janusz Olejniczak, Féodor Atkine, Aurélien Recoing, Gilles Détroit
Rating62%
Une mise en scène de quelques jours de la vie de Frédéric Chopin et de George Sand, portée par les interprétations au piano de Janusz Olejniczak.
, 1h50Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about domestic violence, Films about cancer, Films about psychiatry
Actors Sophie Marceau, Jacques Dutronc, Valérie Lagrange, Myriam Mézières, Laure Killing, François Chaumette
Rating60%
Lucas (Jacques Dutronc) inventeur génial d'un nouveau langage de programmation, apprend qu'il est atteint d'une maladie rare qui touche sa mémoire. Il rencontre Blanche (Sophie Marceau), une jeune femme désaxée qui le fascine. Célèbre pour ses séances d’hypnose où elle se dénude en révélant les secrets les plus noirs des spectateurs, elle vit sous la coupe d'une mère abusive et nymphomane. Ces deux êtres hors normes vivent alors une histoire d'amour passionnelle, mouvementée et tragique, où calembours et dialogues surréalistes tiennent lieu de mots d'amour.
On the Silver Globe (1989)
, 2h46Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Krystyna Janda, Jan Frycz, Henryk Bista, Andrzej Żuławski
Rating72%
A group of astronauts leaves Earth to find freedom, and their spaceship crashes on an unnamed Earth-like planet. The astronauts, equipped with video-recorders, reach a seashore, where they build a village. After many years, only one member of the crew, Jerzy, is still alive, watching the growth of a new society, whose religion is based on mythical tales of an expedition from the Earth. The first off-Earth generation calls him the Old Man, treating him as a demi-God. The Old Man leaves them and before his death sends his video diary back to Earth in a rocket. A space researcher named Marek (Andrzej Seweryn) receives the video diary and travels to the planet. When he arrives, he is welcomed by the cast of priests as the Messiah, who can release them from the captivity of the Szerns, indigenous occupants of the planet. Shortly afterwards, Marek organizes an army and enters the city of the Szerns. Meanwhile, the priests start to believe that Marek was an outcast from the Earth, rather than a messiah who came to fulfill the religious prophecy.
Boris Godunov (1989)
, 1h55Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Ruggero Raimondi, Delphine Forest, Anne-Marie Pisani, Galina Vishnevskaya
Rating71%
Chamberlain of Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godounov is after the Tsar's death regent of Feodor I, before becoming the Tsar of Russia himself.
The Devil (1988)
, 1h59Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Horror, Historical
Actors Małgorzata Braunek, Wojciech Pszoniak, Leszek Teleszyński
Rating70%
During the Prussian army's invasion to Poland in 1793, a young Polish nobleman Jakub is saved from the imprisonment by a stranger who wants in return to obtain a list of Jakub's fellow conspirators. Following his mysterious saviour across the country, Jakub sees the overall chaos and moral corruption including his father's death and his girlfriend's betrayal. Being apparently demented by what he has seen, he commits a number of seemingly motiveless and gory killings.
Mad Love (1985)
, 1h40Directed by Andrzej Żuławski, Emmanuel Gust
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Sophie Marceau, Francis Huster, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Marc Bory, Christiane Jean, Marie-Christine Adam
Rating60%
Following a successful bank robbery, Micky (Tchéky Karyo) tries to take back his girlfriend Mary (Sophie Marceau) who had been taken from him by the brothers Venin. On his way to Paris, Micky meets Leon (Francis Huster), a neurotic dreamer who is considered an idiot by Micky and his associates. Uncertain about Micky's actions, Leon follows him everywhere and eventually falls in love with Mary. This strange love triangle leads to a tragic ending.
The Public Woman (1984)
, 1h53Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films
Actors Valérie Kaprisky, Francis Huster, Lambert Wilson, Patrick Bauchau, Roger Dumas, Gisèle Pascal
Rating63%
An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into committing a political assassination.
Possession (1981)
, 2h4Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Political films
Actors Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer, Shaun Lawton
Rating72%
Mark (Sam Neill) is a spy returning home from an espionage mission (the nature of this mission is vague, but it involves long trips abroad, cash stuffed into briefcases, and vials of secret liquids) to find that his wife, Anna (Isabelle Adjani), wants a divorce. She won't say why, but insists it's not because she's found someone else.