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André Cayatte

 
Director: André Cayatte
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  • Born: Feb 03, 1909 in Carcassonne, France
  • Died: Feb 05, 1989 in Paris, France
  • Occupation: Director, Writer
  • Active: '40s-'70s
  • Major Genres: Drama
  • Career Highlights: Mourir d'aimer, Le Miroir à Deux Faces, Nous Sommes Tous des Assassins
  • First Major Screen Credit: Entree des Artistes (1938)

Biography

André Cayatte was a lawyer fascinated with the notion of using film to express his opinions about the social and moral status of his native France. He decided to become a filmmaker in the mid-'30s and so left his law practice to begin working as a screenwriter. His first script was for Allegret's Entree des Artistes (1938). A few years later he made his directorial debut (he continued to write or co-write all of his screenplays). True to his higher purpose, his subsequent films tend to be more concerned with expressing his ideas through content than they are with artistry. Many of his films such as Le Dossier Noir(1955) and Nou Sommes Tous des Assassins (1957) strongly criticize the French judicial system. When not making social critiques, Cayatte made romantic films to explore the different facets of love. Among his best is Les Amants de Verone, a reworking of Romeo and Juliet. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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André Cayatte
Born Marcel Truc
3 February 1909(1909-02-03)
Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Died 6 February 1989 (aged 80)
Paris, France

André Cayatte (3 February 1909, Carcassonne – 6 February 1989, Paris) was a French New Wave filmmaker and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility, themes which Cayatte persisted in affirming regardless of changing contemporary attitudes.

Some of Cayatte's earlier films that covered these themes include Justice Est Faite (Justice is Done, 1950), Nous sommes tous des assassins (We Are All Murderers, 1951), and Tomorrow Is My Turn (1962).

In 1963, André Cayatte undertook a bold experiment in film narrative with a set of two films entitled Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc), and Françoise ou La vie conjugale (Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise). Anatomy of a Marriage tells the same story from two different points of view, forming a cinematic pairing that anticipated later works like Alain Resnais’ Smoking/No Smoking (1993).

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