Jacques Rozier, Leading French Director of ‘Adieu Philippine’, Passes Away at 96

French filmmaker Jacques Rozierwho was part of the movement known as Nouvelle Vague, died at the age of 96, sources close to him confirmed to the French press this Saturday.

Rozier, originally from Paris, was known for films such as “Adieu Philippine”, his first feature film shot in 1962 and considered one of the films that best exemplifies the Nouvelle Vague style, or “Du côté d’Orouët” (1973). .

The death took place on June 2, as confirmed today by a close associate of the filmmaker to the newspaper Le Monde.

Other outstanding films of his career were “Les Naufragés de l’île de la Tortue” (1976) and “Maine Océan” (1986), although Rozier’s cinema was more appreciated by critics and by his colleagues than in movie theaters. cinema.

With information from EFE

Source: Elcomercio

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