Jean-Pierre Lajournade
1937 - 1976He left the ORTF after the strike movement of May 1968. He then devoted himself to the realization of his experimental feature film (Le Joueur de quilles), produced by Jean-Edern Hallier, and three short films produced by Pierre Braunberger.
He collaborated in the journal Cinéthique from 1975.
La Fin des Pyrénées
Jean-Pierre Lajournade
Gérard Bellocq, Fiammetta Ortega
This bitter and ironic satire illustrates the universal problems with youth and their revolt against the bourgeois establishment. The man becomes a symbolic victim of what he is protesting and resigns himself to a gloomy future with bleak prospects for humankind. This directorial debut for Jean Pierre Lajournade was well received at the 1970 Mannheim Film Festival.
La Fin des Pyrénées
Bruno
Jean-Pierre Lajournade
Dorothée Massart, Suzanne Dutrey
An experimental, early form of "docufiction," 'Bruno' follows a young (and fictional) graduate of Philosophy who is confronted with his lack of concrete professional qualification during a job search, including several interviews with real job recruiters. Presented as part of the French news magazine program "Seize millions de jeunes."
Bruno
Seize millions de jeunes: Mods
Jean-Pierre Lajournade, Alain de Sedouy
Kit Lambert, Pete Townshend
A 1965 segment from a French television program "Seize millions de jeunes" which takes a look at the mod movement in the United Kingdom, and includes performances by the Who at the Marquee Club in London’s West End, as well as an interview with Pete Townshend.
Seize millions de jeunes: Mods
