By a little bay near Marseilles lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days: Angela, an actress living in Paris, Joseph, who has just fallen in love with a girl half his age and Armand, the only one who stayed behind in Marseilles to run the family’s small restaurant. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.
Robert Guédiguian Director
Filmography Selected
Robert Guédiguian was born in 1953 and has been making films since the early eighties, often using the same actors, especially the trio of Ariane Ascaride (to whom he is married), Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Gérard Meylan, and often set in and aorund Marseilles.
2017
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THE HOUSE BY THE SEA - Venice, in Competition
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2015
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DON’T TELL ME THE BOY WAS MAD - Cannes, Official Selection
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2014
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ARIANE’S THREAD
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2011
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THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO - Cannes, Un Certain Regard
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2009
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ARMY OF CRIME - Cannes, Official Selection
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2008
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LADY JANE - Berlin, in Competition
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2006
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ARMENIA - Toronto, Official Selection
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2005
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THE LAST MITTERRAND - Berlin, in Competition
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2004
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MY FATHER IS AN ENGINEER - San Sebastian, in Competition
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2002
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MARIE-JO AND HER TWO LOVERS - Cannes, in Competition
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2001
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LA VILLE EST TRANQUILLE - Venice, in Competition
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2000
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A L’ATTAQUE! - Toronto, Official Selection
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1998
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A LA PLACE DU COEUR - Toronto, San Sebastian, Special
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Prize of the Jury, Best Screenplay, OCIC Award
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1997
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MARIUS AND JEANNETTE
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César Awards, 7 nominations, Best Actress César – Ariane Ascaride
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1995
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TILL DEATH DO US PART - Toronto, Official Selection
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1993
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MONEY BUYS HAPPINESS
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1990
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GOD THROWS UP THE LUKEWARM
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1985
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KI LO SA
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1984
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RED MIDI - Cannes, Directors’ Fortnight
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1981
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LAST SUMMER - Cannes, Directors’ Fortnight
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★★★★
"A treat for fans of French art house movies"
Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent
★★★★ "Perfectly balanced. Always compassionate.'
Kevin Mahler, The Times
★★★★"Pierre Milon's shimmering cinematography ensures that the Calanque de Méjean provides an atmospheric setting for the musings on tradition, memory, depopulation, class and defying age, with the final sequence beneath the echoing arches of the railway viaduct being indescribably beautiful."
David Parkinson, Empire
★★★★"The House by the Sea is certainly one to be visited not only for its stunning scenery and careful, sensitive and honest acting and direction but because it manages to address key controversial issues about immigration without ever preaching too overtly."
Jonathan Marshall, The Upcoming
★★★★"A father’s legacy is minutely dissected in this stirring tale of regret, nostalgia and the true meaning of community spirit."
Victor Fraga, DMovies
"The House by the Sea is an immensely intelligent and absorbing drama about the ties which bind families together."
★★★★ ‘Ariane Ascaride is outstanding’
Chris Schilling, Total Film