René Féret
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 26, 1945
- Died
- April 28, 2015
- Birthplace
- La Bassée, Nord, France
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.
Filmography
Anton Tchekhov 1890 2015
Director, Screenplay
Le Prochain film 2013
Director, Writer
Madame Solario 2012
Director, Producer
Mozart's Sister 2010
Director, Writer
Like a Star Shining in the Night 2008
as Marc and Eric's chef (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
Il a suffi que maman s'en aille… 2007
Director
L'Enfant du pays 2003
as Pierre Merveille, Director, Writer
- Rue du retrait
Rue du retrait 2001
Actor, Director, Writer
East/West 1999
as Ambassadeur de France
Destiny 1997
Producer
- Les frères Gravet
Les frères Gravet 1996
Director
- Discussion sur le préservatif entre un père et son fils
Discussion sur le préservatif entre un père et son fils 1994
Actor
Couchettes express 1994
as Le médecin
The Place of Another 1993
Director, Writer
Summer Strolls 1992
Director, Dialogue, Screenplay, Producer
Baptême 1989
Writer, Director
Savannah 1988
as Fabien
L'Homme qui n'était pas là 1987
as Charles, Director, Screenplay
The Mystery of Alexina 1985
Director, Screenplay
Side Roads 1983
Producer
Idylle 1983
Producer
Sarah 1983
as Duparc, producer
Last Summer 1981
Producer
The Prodigal Daughter 1981
as Le mari
Fernand 1980
Director, Delegated Producer, Scenario Writer
Solemn Communion 1977
as Julien Gravet I, Director, Writer, Producer
I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother… 1976
Delegated Producer
Lumière 1976
as Julien
The Story of Paul 1975
Director, Screenplay
Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous 1975
as Marc, the shy colleague
Credits from TMDB.