Danièle Huillet

Danièle Huillet

May 1, 1936 · 90 years old

Danièle Huillet was born on May 1, 1936 in Paris, France. She was a director and editor, known for Sicily! (1999), Class Relations (1984) and The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968). She was married to Jean-Marie Straub. She died on October 9, 2006 in Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, France.

Known For

7 titles
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Sicily!

Sicily!

1999 · 1h 6m · Movie

A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sh...

6.7
2
Class Relations

Class Relations

1984 · 2h 6m · Movie

After making the domestic servant pregnant, a woman who doubles his age, a young man of only seventeen years from the German bourgeoisie is sent by his family to the United States in order to avoid a huge scandal.

6.8
3
From the Clouds to the Resistance

From the Clouds to the Resistance

1979 · 1h 44m · Movie

Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese's "Dialoghi con Leucò", taken from classical mythology. The second segment is taken from Pavese's novel "La luna e i falò": after WWII the emigrant 'The Bastard' ...

6.5
4
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

2003 · 1h 44m · Movie

Two directors struggle to survive in the movie industry.

7.9
5
History Lessons

History Lessons

1972 · 1h 25m · Movie

A shot from a car coursing through Rome in 1972 opens this interpretation of Brecht's unfinished experimental novel The Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar. In a second part set in contemporary Rome, a young researcher discusses...

6.5
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Fortini/Cani

Fortini/Cani

1977 · 1h 23m · Movie

The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortini's book 'I Cani del Sinai'. Fortini, an Italian Jew, reads excerpts from the book about his alienation from Judaism and from the social relations around him, the rise of Fascism ...

6.3
7
Communists

Communists

2014 · 1h 10m · Movie

Composed in six parts, Communists (Kommunisten) re-ignites scenes from the diverse filmography of Straub and Huillet, moving from Switzerland to Italy to Egypt, to chart a story of resistance across the 20th century.

6.0