Philippe Agostini
2021Founder of École Louis-Lumière (situated on rue de Vaugirard), Philippe Agostini debuted as assistant to the chief operators Georges Périnal and Armand Thirard. In the 1930s, he began a fruitful career as director of photography, working with directors with such differing styles as Robert Bresson, Marcel Carné, Max Ophüls, Claude Autant-Lara, Jean Grémillon, Yves Allégret, Jules Dassin and even Julien Duvivier. His career as a director was much less remarkable.
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L'âge heureux
Philippe Agostini
Delphine Desyeux, Odette Joyeux
The young heroines are the "Petits Rats de l'Opéra" =pupil of the opera of Paris ballet class .One of them,Delphine,wants to be a ballerina.It's her wildest dream.But alas,in the wake of a night on the roof of the opera -a forbidden place- ,she is fired -and however she was not alone on that roof,her friends were with her!Delphine is desperate and she hides the terrible truth from her mother .What will become of her?
L'Âge heureux
Le dialogue des Carmélites
Philippe Agostini, Raymond Leopold Bruckberger
Jeanne Moreau, Alida Valli
This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion.
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
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Philippe Agostini
Michèle Morgan, Gabriele Ferzetti
Bella Krastner is sunbathing on a beach on the Côte d'Azur when she attracts the attention of an attractive younger man, Ralph Scaffari. It is the start of a whirlwind romance which looks like it might last beyond the end of the summer. Unfortunately, Bella is already married, to Carl Krastner, a once renowned pianist who has become bitter and reclusive after a car accident that irreparably damaged one of his hands. Krastner no longer has any zest for living. He tyrannises both his wife and his sister Laurence and divides his time between scuba diving and gambling. After ratcheting up a small fortune in gambling debts, Krastner decides to fake his own death so that he can claim on his life insurance.
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