Personal Info
Birth date
1944-11-02 (80 Years)
Day of death
2013-10-07
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France
Also known as
-Patrice Chéreau
Biography
Patrice Chéreau (1944-2013) was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor, and producer.
Filmography
Intimacy
6.242
Overview:
Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows her and learns about her. This eventually disrupts their relationship.The Last of the Mohicans
7.384
Overview:
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
8.5
Overview:
Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women were affected by this political system, one of the most unjust and bloodiest in history. Using newly discovered propaganda films and archival photos, these four episodes explore the mysteries of this totalitarian political machine that lured its share of important followers into the fold. Known as the red church, communism seduced its ardent followers like some earthly religion.Queen Margot
7.2
Overview:
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.Danton
6.896
Overview:
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.Adieu Bonaparte
5.8
Overview:
This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.Lucie Aubrac
6.478
Overview:
A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...The Wounded Man
5.7
Overview:
Henri is a lonely, isolated young man who lets no one get close to him. He meets a street hustler and comes out of his shell, going 180 degrees into gay obsession. Though he has yet to physically approach the object of his affection, Henri builds up so much unrequited lust that it explodes with horrible results.Against Oblivion
6.5
Overview:
Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas Wanggai, West Papuan activist who has since died in prison. The short films were commissioned by Amnesty International.Flesh of the Orchid
5.4
Overview:
A disturbed young woman is kept prisoner in a castle by her aunt for her money. The game-keeper, her guardian, tries to rape her but she escapes. In her flight she meets a man also running away, from two killers.Gabrielle
5.6
Overview:
Wealthy but arrogant writer Jean Hervey comes home one day to find that his wife, Gabrielle, has left him for another man. Realizing her mistake, Gabrielle returns, and the pair begin a merciless analysis of their marriage as the relationship comes undone.Persecution
4.5
Overview:
A solitary man and his partner share a tense love/hate relationship. Their lives are disrupted when a stranger enters, gradually insinuating himself into their world. The stranger’s persistence creates strain, leaving the man with lingering questions about his motivations and the impact on his life.Time of the Wolf
6.098
Overview:
When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
6.8
Overview:
Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major figure in genre and auteur films, she is unclassifiable: between presence and absence, shyness and audacity, she's always hypnotic, magnetic and fascinating. From her film debut in the mid-1960s in England, to her unconventional career path, through the tragic loss suicide of her older sister that will irremediably mark her acting, this film is a dive into the existential quest of a complex actress, whose every facet is discovered through her roles. Through a conversation with the actress herself, along with personal archives and extracts from her films, this documentary raws a dazzling portrait of her life and career.Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
6.1
Overview:
A group of mourners travels by train to bury a recently deceased artist in Limoges. As they journey, secrets and desires unfold, with relationships shifting, past loves resurfacing, and personal connections revealed. At the funeral and afterward, tensions rise among the group, leading to further emotional complexities at the artist’s family home.Nearest to Heaven
5.321
Overview:
People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter, to colleagues. Beneath the surface, she roils with passion for a lost love, Philippe. She watches "An Affair to Remember" again and again, and when she receives a letter from Philippe asking her to meet him atop the Empire State Building, she swoons. She's writing a book on an aged painter, so she organizes a trip to New York ostensibly to secure photographs of some of his pieces. The publisher assigns her a photographer, Matt, on the surface spontaneous and flip, but also aggressive about his attraction to her. Will she be with the one she loves? Will she smile? Written byHis Brother
5.636
Overview:
After years of estrangement due to difficulties accepting his brother's sexuality, a man diagnosed with a terminal illness decides to reconnect. As the brothers grow closer, their renewed bond starts to alienate their partners, leading to emotional turmoil and strained relationships.Wagner: Siegfried
6
Overview:
The third opera in Richard Wagner's epic Ring cycle, Siegfried follows the adventures of the son of demigods Siegmund and Sieglinde as he conquers his enemies and rescues the beauteous Brunnhilde with the help of his magic sword. This video preserves the controversial 1976 Bayreuth Centenary production, with Pierre Boulez leading the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Manfred Jung leads the cast as Siegfried, with Gwyneth Jones as Brunnhilde, Donald McIntyre as the Wanderer, and Hermann Becht as Alberich.Bête de scène
6
Overview:
Bernard Nissille’s little gem imagines a love triangle between the director, the Queen, and the Bear during a staging of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. An actor who appeared with Bulle Ogier in Olivier Assayas’s Irma Vep, Nissille enlisted the brilliant opera and film director Patrice Chéreau to appear in the film opposite Ogier, Michel Piccoli, and Emmanuelle Salinger, the star of Arnaud Desplechin’s The Sentinel.Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude
10
Overview:
A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields" by Bernard Marie Koltès with Pascal Greggory and Chéreau himself. From the first reading around the table through the first contact with the performance space, rehearsals and lighting to opening night, the entire creative process unfurls in front of our eyes. The film shows us the evolving and ongoing dialogue between Greggory and Chéreau, a dialogue full of crises and magical moments of harmony and insight via which the truth, intensity, complexity, mystery and depth of Koltès’ text gradually emerge to form an implicit bond between these two men. The film also shows Chéreau directing rehearsals for Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" in Salzburg, revealing both the unity of and profound differences between his opera and theater work.Francois Simon the Presence
NYR
Overview:
The work of legendary actor François Simon, son of Michel Simon.Judith Therpauve
6.3
Overview:
A former hero of the French anti-Nazi resistance is approached by old comrades to lead a financially struggling liberal newspaper. Initially reluctant, she takes on the challenge, mortgaging her house to keep it afloat. As conservative forces intensify their opposition, she is eventually forced to sell the paper, seeing it as a personal failure.Wagner: Götterdämmerung
6.5
Overview:
Götterdämmerung, the fourth of Richard Wagner's four Ring operas. The cast features Manfred Jung as Siegfried and Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde, with music provided by Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester conducted by Pierre Boulez. This title is available in a boxed set with the other Ring operas, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, and Siegfried.Elektra
6
Overview:
Last production staged by Patrice Chéreau, this Elektra will remain as the main and most striking lyrical event of these last years in Aix-en-Provence. This production is leaded by three amazing singers: the German soprano Evelyn Herlitzius gave a tremendous, never-to-be-forgotten account of the title role, Waltraud Meier portrays a human and chilling Clytemnestra and Adrianne Pieczonka is a fantastic Chrysothemis. Everyone's loneliness and intimate struggles are Patrice Chéreau's favorites theatrical themes. With Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Orchestre de Paris, this production of Elektra becomes an unforgettable experience.Tristan und Isolde
NYR
Overview:
The legendary Patrice Chéreau (Bayreuth Jahrhundertring, Queen Margot, Intimacy) directed this production of Richard Wagner's psychological music drama Tristan und Isolde at the Teatro alla Scala in 2007. It stars Ian Storey, Waltraud Meier, Matti Salminen, Gerd Grochowski and Michelle DeYoung; the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Alla Scala provide musical support, under the baton of Daniel Barenboim.Wagner: Das Rheingold
6.4
Overview:
This is a beautifully conducted and thoughtfully staged performance of the first opera (the prologue) in Wagner's Ring Cycle. As soon as the clouds of mist have dissipated, while the daring, long-held opening chord is still reverberating, the screen clears to show not only the River Rhine and the three maidens (dressed like prostitutes in this production) assigned to guard the gold hidden there. It also shows an enormous dam (not mentioned in Wagner's text). This is the underwater base of a hydroelectric plant, and its presence tells us two things immediately: that this production takes the story out of the vaguely medieval fantasy world in which Wagner had placed it, and that a basic theme of the four-opera cycle would be power. Alberich, the Nibelung, is willing to renounce the love of women, after stealing the gold from the Rhine, to become the ruler of the world. Another basic theme is greed.Acting
2023Patrice Chéreau, irrésistiblement vivant as Self (archive footage)
2023The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling as Self (archive footage)
2022Des Amandiers aux Amandiers as Self (archive footage)
2021Resistencia Cultural as Himself (archive)
2021René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu as Lui-même
2013Il était une fois… « La Reine Margot » as Self
2012Square (2 Episodes) as Self
2010Patrice Chéreau, the body at work as Self
2003Time of the Wolf as Thomas Brandt
2002Nearest to Heaven as Pierre
1999Faith of the Century: A History of Communism (4 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
1999Un atelier de Patrice Chéreau à la Manufacture des Œillets as Himself
1997Lucie Aubrac as Jean Moulin
1996Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude as Self
1994NeXt (1 Episode) as Self
1994Bête de scène as Unknown
1992The Last of the Mohicans as General Montcalm
1991dans la solitude des champs de coton as le dealer
1987Il était une fois dix-neuf acteurs (3 Episodes) as Self
1986Francois Simon the Presence as Self
1985Adieu Bonaparte as Napoléon Bonaparte
1983Danton as Camille Desmoulins
1983The Making of 'The Ring des Nibelungen' as Self
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1 Episode) as Self
1967Trotsky as Self
Directing
TBAOffenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann ... Stage Director
2013Elektra ... Stage Director
2012Rêves d'automne ... Stage Director
2010Rêve d'automne ... Stage Director
2009Persecution ... Director
2007Tristan und Isolde ... Director, Stage Director
2007From the House of the Dead ... Stage Director
2005Gabrielle ... Director
2005Così fan tutte ... Stage Director
2003Phèdre ... Stage Director
2003His Brother ... Director
2001Intimacy ... Director
2000Teaspoon ... Director
1998Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train ... Director
1997ADN ... Director
1994Queen Margot ... Director
1994Wozzeck ... Director
1991dans la solitude des champs de coton ... Director
1991Against Oblivion ... Director
1987Hôtel de France ... Director
1986Alban Berg - Lulu ... Stage Director
1983The Wounded Man ... Director
1981Peer Gynt ... Stage Director, Director
1980Wagner: Das Rheingold ... Stage Director
1980Wagner: Die Walküre ... Stage Director
1980Wagner: Siegfried ... Stage Director
1980Wagner: Götterdämmerung ... Stage Director
1978Judith Therpauve ... Director
1975Flesh of the Orchid ... Director
Writing
2009Persecution ... Screenplay
2005Gabrielle ... Screenplay
2003His Brother ... Screenplay
2001Intimacy ... Screenplay
1998Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train ... Screenplay
1994Queen Margot ... Screenplay, Adaptation
1987Hôtel de France ... Screenplay
1983The Wounded Man ... Screenplay
1978Judith Therpauve ... Screenplay
1975Flesh of the Orchid ... Screenplay
Production
2005Gabrielle ... Producer
1996Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude ... Producer