Jean-Claude Rousseau Movies

“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quiet still...

After Faibles Amusements and Contretemps, this is the third film in a triptych mischievously entitled Three Time Nothing, probably a discreet homage...

Three friends lounge around on pillows after having lunched on the terrace. One of them leaves staggering. It is a matter of expectation and...

«301» is the number of a hotel room, in which Rousseau is waiting for something - or someone. The camera insistently studies a picture on...

Experimental short film by Jean-Claude Rousseau

L'Appel de la forêt follows the call of nature, but, as it is always the case with Jean-Claude Rousseau, in the form of an image. At first...

A triptych formed by FAIT LES AMUSEMENTS, CONTRETEMPS, and COMME UNE OMBRE LEGERE. The viewer is challenged to find and occupy his own position, to...

In a darkened room a dark figure holding numerous flickering candles walks towards the camera. The single frame, however, keeps the secret of the...

"He came to read. He opened two or three books; historians and poets. But he barely read for ten minutes before giving it up." C. Cavafy

Changing and renewed figures before the immutable monument.

A day at the beach.

At first glance, Jean-Claude Rousseau’s films seem like quickly outlined sketches. They are snapshots of various situations and locations, as...

Rousseau is shown sitting in a room, waiting. Voices leave messages on his answering machine (sound); a table lamp (light) and an empty writing pad...

Rooms must be vacated before noon on the day of departure. An extra night will be charged for all late departures." Jean-Claude Rousseau has used...