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Michel Deville (1931 – 2023) was a French film director and screenwriter.

Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and international recognition of some of his contemporaries such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol, possibly because of his more conventional filmmaking style. Nevertheless, his films, especially his comedies from the 1970s and 1980s, were popular in his native France.

One of Deville's comedies, La Lectrice (The Reader) was probably his biggest success with international audiences. La Lectrice is about a woman (played by Miou-Miou), who finds work reading novels for the blind but gradually finds herself unwittingly attracting a clientele of fetishists who enjoyed being read to.

Of note are also Le Voyage en douce and Death in a French Garden.

A clip from his 1968 film Benjamin is included in Robert Bresson’s A Gentle Woman (1969).

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Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Screenwriter
1958 A Bullet in the Gun Barrel Template:Yes Template:Yes
1961 Tonight or Never Template:Yes Template:Yes
1962 Adorable Liar Template:Yes Template:Yes
1963 Because, Because of a Woman Template:Yes Template:Yes Also as producer
1963 Girl's Apartment Template:Yes Template:Yes
1964 Les Petites Demoiselles Template:Yes Template:Yes Telefilm
1964 Lucky Jo Template:Yes Template:Yes
1966 The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen Template:Yes Template:Yes
1966 Martin Soldat Template:Yes Template:Yes
1967 Zärtliche Haie Template:Yes
1968 Benjamin Template:Yes Template:Yes Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film
1969 Bye bye, Barbara Template:Yes Template:Yes
1970 The Bear and the Doll Template:Yes Template:Yes
1971 Raphael, or The Debauched One Template:Yes Nominated—1971 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
1973 The Woman in Blue Template:Yes
1974 Love at the Top Template:Yes
1977 The Apprentice Heel Template:Yes Template:Yes
1978 Dossier 51 Template:Yes Template:Yes César Award for Best Writing
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best French Film
Nominated—1978 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard
Nominated—César Award for Best Film
Nominated—César Award for Best Director
1980 Le Voyage en douce Template:Yes Template:Yes Nominated—30th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear
1981 Eaux profondes Template:Yes Template:Yes
1983 The Little Bunch Template:Yes
1984 Les Capricieux Template:Yes Telefilm
1985 Death in a French Garden Template:Yes Template:Yes César Award for Best Director
Nominated—35th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear
Nominated—César Award for Best Film
Nominated—César Award for Best Writing
1986 Paltoquet Template:Yes Template:Yes
1988 The Reader Template:Yes Template:Yes French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best French Film
Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film
Montreal World Film Festival - Grand Prix des Amériques
Nominated—César Award for Best Film
Nominated—César Award for Best Director
Nominated—César Award for Best Writing
1990 Summer Night in Town Template:Yes
1991 Lest We Forget Template:Yes Segment: "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam"
1992 Toutes peines confondues Template:Yes
1994 Aux petits bonheurs Template:Yes
1997 La Divine Poursuite Template:Yes Template:Yes
1999 Sachs' Disease Template:Yes Template:Yes Chicago International Film Festival - Gold Hugo
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best French Film
San Sebastián International Film Festival - Silver Shell for Best Director
San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Screenplay
San Sebastián International Film Festival - Solidarity Award
Nominated—César Award for Best Director
Nominated—César Award for Best Writing
2002 Almost Peaceful Template:Yes Template:Yes Nominated—59th Venice International Film Festival - Golden Lion
2005 The Art of Breaking Up Template:Yes



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