Jacques Davila

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Jacques Davila (born December 25, 1941 in Oran , Algeria , † October 14, 1991 in Paris ) was a French director and screenwriter .

Life

After studying literature, Davila worked from 1969 to 1972 as an assistant director for French television, where he also supervised Dim, Dam, Dom , a variety show that included music, ballet and short scenic skits. From 1972 he was involved in the shooting of short films and the design of smaller cinematic units. At the Festival du Marais in 1973, Davila directed several plays including Turcaret , a comedy by French writer Alain-René Lesage that was a scandal at the time of its creation.

In 1975 he made his first feature film, Certaines nouvelles . He was awarded the Jean Vigo Prize in 1979. It is a prize given to French directors who distinguish themselves through the independence of their minds and the originality of their style. The film is set in 1961 at the time of the Algerian War . Micheline Presle and Bernadette Lafont play the leading roles. The strength of the film lies in the observation of daily life and is considered an authentic testimony. During the filming there were difficulties with the production and distribution, so that Certaines nouvelles was not published in France until March 1980.

Moving a little outside the usual system, Davila made films such as Archipel des amours (1983), where he was responsible for one of the episodes alongside other directors, and Qui trop embrasse ... (1986), a film about the vicissitudes of married life. His style of strict simplicity is also expressed in the 1989 film La Campagne de Cicéron , which tells of three couples for whom a holiday in Languedoc leads to difficult decisions. However, the film was primarily noticed at film fairs.

Davila died of AIDS in 1991 .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1980: Certaines nouvelles
  • 1983: Archipelago des amours
  • 1986: Beau Temps, Mais Orageux en Fin de Journee (screenplay)
  • 1986: Qui trop embrasse ... (also screenplay)
  • 1986: Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée
  • 1990: La Campagne de Cicéron
  • 1990: Après après-demain (screenplay)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jacques Davila at franceculture.fr. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b c Jacques Davila at encyclopedie.personnalites.bifi.fr. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b Jacques Davila at cineclubdecaen.com. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ Pas très catholique, mais très cinématographique In: humanite.fr, April 6, 1994. Accessed November 28, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Davila, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Oran , Algeria
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1991
Place of death Paris