Jean-Claude Rousseau
An image from Late Season, one of the productions that also features Jean-Claude Rousseau.
Jean-Claude Rousseau

Jean-Claude Rousseau

January 1, 1946 — Paris

Jean-Claude Rousseau is one of the most unconventional lone fighters in French cinema. His predominantly short films deal with no less than cinema per se: space, time and movement. As abstract as each of these concepts might seem taken alone, Rousseau assigns their ultimate designation as an integral whole: A person (or no-one, for that matter) moves (or does not move) within a room (or looks into another room) for a certain amount of time.

The Enclosed Valley

The Enclosed Valley

1995

Saudade

Saudade

2012

Senza mostra

Senza mostra

2011

The Antiquities of Rome

The Antiquities of Rome

1989

Welcome

Welcome

2022

Just Before the Storm

Just Before the Storm

2004

Late Season

2016

False Start

2006