Néstor Almendros Movies

As he prepares for a show, fashion designer Giorgio Armani discusses his principles of fashion, his family history and the city of Milan.

An educational documentary film about planting and harvesting tomatoes.

In Asamblea general (1960), the documentary about Fidel's address of the First Declaration of Havana in the Plaza of the Revolution, Alea practises...

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and...

A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.

Daniel needs some money to buy a duffle coat that is in fashion, so he agrees to work for a photographer by dressing up as Santa Claus. He discovers...

Nadja is a guest student, who stays at Cité Universitaire and visits the Sorbonne, while preparing a thesis on Proust; she also likes to...

Eric Rohmer and his actors prepare and rehearse "Perceval le Gallois".

Young José María goes through a painful journey until he discovers that he is a transsexual.

In just a few simple lines, a picture of the French countryside in the 1960s: the last moments of a disappearing, changing world. The simplest...

A documentary about the Cuban Revolution's transition into an authoritarian dictatorship, including repression, imprisonment, torture, and execution...

An American art student thinks she's found love with a handsome prince, but things are not what they appear to be.

Short film about the Mapuga tribe’s feast of pigs with sweet potatoes.

Éric Rohmer's short for the portmanteau film Paris vu par (Six in Paris, 1965), concerning a haberdasher and his umbrella. Convinced he has...

An interview with cinematographer Nestor Almendros about his work with French film director François Truffaut. Footage taken from the 1986...

Short film that examines the different types of ceremonial make-up worn by the Mapuga tribe.

This film is a record of the first Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It reflects the various ways the festival was given shape by...

Government agents hire a mercenary to infiltrate a crime ring that's selling guns to a right-wing militia in Texas.

Wednesday July 31, 1968, almost six months after the start of the "Langlois affair" which saw the government attempt to oust the founder of the...