Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

598 • LARY, PIERRE
L’amante pura / USA: Christine, Pierre Gaspard-Huit,
France / Italy; 1960 Austerlitz / La battaglia di Austerlitz
/ Napoleone ad Austerlitz / USA: The Battle of Austerlitz,
Abel Gance, France / Italy / Yugoslavia; 1961 Tintin
et le Mystère de la Toison d’Or, Jean-Jacques Vierne;
1962 Shéhérazade / La schiava di Bagdad / Scherazade
/ USA: Scheherazade, Pierre Gaspard-Huit, France /
Italy / Spain; 1964 Le Journal d’une Femme de Chambre
/ Il diario di una cameriera / UK: The Diary of a Chambermaid
/ USA: Diary of a Chambermaid, Luis Buñuel,
France / Italy; 1966 Cartes sur Tables / Cartas boca arriba
/ USA: Attack of the Robots, Jess Franco, France /
Spain; Safari Diamants / Für eine Handvoll Diamanten,
Michel Drach, France / West Germany; 1967 Belle de
Jour / Bella di giorno / USA: Belle de Jour, Luis Buñuel,
France / Italy; 1968 Adieu l’Ami / Tecnica di una rapina
/ Due sporche carogne / USA: Farewell, Friend / Honor
Among Thieves, Jean Herman, France / Italy; 1969 La
Voie lactée / La via lattea / Die Milchstrasse / USA: The
Milky Way, also actor, Luis Buñuel, France / Italy / West
Germany; 1970 Tristana, Luis Buñuel, France / Italy /
Spain; 1972 La Course du Lièvre à travers les Champs /
La corsa della lepre attraverso i campi / USA: And Hope
to Die, René Clément, France / Italy; Le Charme discret
de la Bourgeoisie / Il fascino discreto della borghesia / El
discreto encanto de la burguesia / UK and USA: The Discreet
Charm of the Bourgeoisie, also actor, Luis Buñuel,
France / Italy / Spain; 1974 Le Fantôme de la Liberté /
Il fantasma della libertà / UK and USA: The Phantom
of Liberty / The Specter of Freedom, also actor, Luis
Buñuel, France / Italy; 1977 Cet Obscur Objet du Désir
/ Ese oscuro objeto del deseo / USA: That Obscure Object
of Desire, Luis Buñuel, France / Spain). He played
small parts for friends in fi lms (1978 La Jument Vapeur
/ UK and USA: Dirty Dishes, Joyce Buñuel; 1981 Viens
chez moi, j’habite chez une Copine, Patrice Leconte)
and TV movies (1978 Les Héritiers, episode “Photos
de Famille,” Juan-Luis Buñuel; 1980 Les Héritiers,
episode “Ressac,” Juan-Luis Buñuel; 1984 Série Noire
episode “Aveugle, que veux-tu?,” Juan-Luis Buñuel;
Buñuel, documentary, as himself, Rafael Cortés; 2003
Histoires de Fiction, 6 52', as himself, Sabine Chalvon-
Demersay, Patrick Jeudy).
Filmography
1954 Les Chemins qui marchent (short; also screenwriter)
1959 La Femme et l’Enfant (short; also screenwriter)
1960 Bébé prend le Départ (short; also screenwriter)
Une Naissance entre toutes (short; also screenwriter)
1963 Quinze Mille Voisins (short; also screenwriter)
1965 Les Pieds dans le Plâtre (co-director with
Jacques Fabbri)
1970 Elle est là qui attend (short; also screenwriter)
1971 On n’échappe jamais (short; also screenwriter)
1972 L’Ascenseur (short; also screenwriter)
1977 Le Diable dans la Boîte (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1981 La Revanche (also adapter)
1982 L’Indiscrétion (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
1968 Les Secrets de la Mer Rouge (13 26'; codirector
with Claude Guillemot)
1975 Les Secrets de la Mer rouge (13 26'; codirector
with Claude Guillemot)
1977 Les Héritiers (episode “Le Quincaillier de
Meaux”)
1978 Médecins de Nuit (episodes “Henri Gillot,”
“Retraité,” “Les Margiis”; France / West Germany)
1980 Aéroport Charter 2020 (also co-screenwriter)
1981 Salut Champion (episodes “L’Eté commence à
Roland Garros,” “La Perle du Brésil”)
1986 Les Aventuriers du Nouveau-Monde (TV miniseries;
co-director only)
1989 Bonne Espérance (13 52'; co-director with
Philippe Monnier; France / UK / West Germany
/ Italy)
Napoléon et l’Europe (episode “Le 18 Brumaire”;
Belgium / Canada / France)
1990 Le Lien du Sang (also co-screenwriter)
La Femme du Consul
1992 Les Merisiers (also co-screenwriter)
1993 L’Homme de la Maison (also co-screenwriter)
1995 L’Instit (episode “Aimer par Cœur”; France /
Switzerland)
1997 Les Bœuf-Carottes (episode “Emotions
fortes”)
C’est l’Homme de ma Vie (also co-screenwriter)
Ni vue, ni connue (also co-screenwriter)
1999 Le Portrait (also screenwriter, dialogist; France
/ Spain)
2000 La Banquise
2003 Le Compagnon (episode “Choisir son Père”)