Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

50 • BARAT, FRANÇOIS
Filmography
1990 Hors Saison (16-mm short; also screenwriter,
dialogist; shot in 1988)
1994 Tout ce Temps que je n’ai pas passé dans les Cafés
(short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2003 Julius (16-mm short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2005 Mauvais Joueurs (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2008 Un Monde à nous (also co-screenwriter, dialogist)
BARAT, FRANÇOIS (1943, Paris, France–)
The co–chief editor of the theoretical review Ca /
Cinéma, he entered fi lms playing in a short (1970
Requiem pour un pauvre Mec, Jean Marboeuf). He also
produced movies (1976 Son Nom de Venise dans Calcutta
désert, Marguerite Duras; 1977 Le Camion / UK: The
Lony / USA: The Truck, Marguerite Duras; 1979 La Fille de
Prague avec un Sac très lourd, Danielle Jaeggi; 1996 Tout
doit disparaître, short, Jean-Marc Moutout; 1997 Le Voleur
de Diagonale / Zeihar lapurra / The Diagonal Thief, short,
Jean Darrigol; 2000 C’est pour bientôt, short, Nader
T. Homayoun; Lavomatic, short, Véronique Kratzborn;
2002 Impatience, documentary, short, Antoine Fumat).
Filmography
1978 Guerres civiles en France (segment “Premier
Empire”; also screenwriter, dialogist)
BARATIER, JACQUES (Jacques Baratier de Rey /
March 8, 1918, Montpellier, Hérault, France–)
The son of fi nancier Louis Baratier de Rey, he graduated
with a bachelor’s degree in law and started out
as journalist and fashion drawer (1944–1948). In
1948, he went to Africa to sell “minute portrayals”
and met by chance director René Chanas, who hired
him as assistant director (L’Escadron blanc). He spent
a year serving as assistant director (1950 L’Intrigante
Théodora, Henry Lepage; Nous avons tous fait la même
Chose, René Sti; Mon Ami le Cambrioleur, Henry Lepage).
He already had directed his fi rst shorts. Other
credits (as actor): 1967 Les Demoiselles de Rochefort /
USA: The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy); (as
production manager): 1992 Oh Pardon! Tu dormais . . .
(TV, Jane Birkin).
Filmography
1948 Les Filles du Soleil (short)
1949 Désordre (documentary; short; also screenwriter)
1951 La Cité du Midi (short)
1952 Métier de Danseur (short)
1953 Chevalier de Ménilmontant (short)
1954 Paris la Nuit (short; co-director with Jean
Valère; also co-screenwriter)
Histoire du Palais ideal (short)
1959 Goha (France / Tunisia; shot in 1957)
1962 La Poupée / USA: He, She or It / The Doll (also
producer; France / Italy)
1963 Dragées au Poivre / Confetti al pepe / UK: The
Sweet and the Bitter / UK and USA: Sweet and
Sour (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)
1964 Pablo Casals (documentary; short)
1965 L’Or du Duc (co-director with Bernard Toublanc-Michel;
France / Italy)
1966 Voilà l’Ordre (short)
1967 Le Désordre a Vingt Ans / USA: Disorder Is 20
Years Old (documentary)
Eden miseria (short)
1968 Eves futures (documentary; short)
Piège ou La Peur d’être volé (short; also coscreenwriter)
1969 Les Indiens du Brésil (documentary; mediumlength)
Goha et après (short)
1971 Le Berceau de l’Humanité (documentary;
medium-length)
1974 Vous intéressez-vous à la Chose? / Haben Sie Interesse
an der Sache? (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist; France / West Germany)
1975 Enfance africaine (documentary; mediumlength)
Opération Séduction (short)
1976 La Ville-bidon / La Décharge (also co-screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, actor)
1986 L’Araignée de Satin (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist, producer, actor)
Television Filmography
1969 Cinéastes de notre Temps (documentary; segment
“René Clair”)
BARBERIS, RENÉ (March 11, 1886, Nice, Alpes-
Maritimes, France–August 11, 1959, Syra, Greece)
He made his apprenticeship as assistant director (1924
Mandrin, eight parts: “Le Révolté,” “L’Exempt Pistolet,”
“L’Etrange Escamoteur,” “L’Eloge de Mandrin,” “Le
Château de Mr Voltaire,” “La Grâce du Roy,” “La Trahison,”
“Justice,” “Henri Fescourt”; 1925 Surcouf, eight
parts: “Le Roi des Corsaires,” “Les Pontons anglais,”