René Féret

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Mozart's Sister (2010) — Director
2. Anton Tchekhov 1890 (2015) — Director
3. The Mystery of Alexina (1985) — Director
4. Like a Star Shining in the Night (2008) — Director
5. Solemn Communion (1977) — Director
6. L'Enfant du pays (2003) — Director
7. Summer Strolls (1992) — Director
8. Baptême (1989) — Director
9. The Story of Paul (1975) — Director
10. The Place of Another (1993) — Director
11. Rue du retrait (2001) — Director
12. Fernand (1980) — Director
13. L'Homme qui n'était pas là (1987) — Director
14. Madame Solario (2012) — Director
15. Le Prochain film (2013) — Director
16. Les frères Gravet (1996) — Director
17. Il a suffi que maman s'en aille… (2007) — Director
18. Grands mères (1980) — Director

Also appeared in

1. East/West (1999) — Ambassadeur de France
2. The Prodigal Daughter (1981) — Le mari
3. Lumière (1976) — Julien
4. Solemn Communion (1977) — Julien Gravet I
5. Like a Star Shining in the Night (2008) — Marc and Eric's chef (uncredited)
6. L'Enfant du pays (2003) — Pierre Merveille
7. Sarah (1983) — Duparc, producer
8. Rue du retrait (2001)
9. L'Homme qui n'était pas là (1987) — Charles
10. Savannah (1988) — Fabien
11. Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous (1975) — Marc, the shy colleague
12. Couchettes express (1994) — Le médecin
13. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
14. 40° à l'ombre (1987) — Self
15. Discussion sur le préservatif entre un père et son fils (1994)