Pisier, Marie-France

Inch'Allah dimanche ( Visual )
10 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in French and held by 526 libraries worldwide
Film about the "family reunion," the French government's euphemism for a 1974 law allowing Algerian wives to rejoin their husbands working in France. Strong-willed Zouina parts tearfully from her mother in the port of Algiers; once in France, she and her three small children are at the mercy of her mother-in-law and confused by the strange customs of their local grocer and garden-obsessed neighbor. The radio is her only window on life and on the women of this new country.

L'amour en fuite Love on the run ( Visual )
14 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 367 libraries worldwide
The conclusion of the Antoine Doinel series. Antoine is now in his thirties, in the process of divorcing Christine, enjoying moderate success as a novelist, and clinging to his romantic fantasies. The newly single Doinel finds a new object of his affections in Sabine, a record store salesgirl whom he pursues with the belief that without love, one is nothing. Along the way he renews his acquaintance with previous loves and confronts his past.

Le temps retrouvé Time regained ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in French and held by 311 libraries worldwide
Set in 1922, this film opens with Proust on his deathbed remembering his life. Gradually his own experiences give way to the characters in his novel.

The adventures of Antoine Doinel five films ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2003 in French and held by 260 libraries worldwide
Five films featuring the enthusiastic, melancholic, and hopelessy romantic trouble maker Antoine Doinel, played by Jean-Pierre Léaud. The films take Doinel from his troubled childhood through myriad frustrations and romantic entanglements, from his stormy teens through marriage, children, divorce, and adulthood.

The other side of midnight ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1985 and 2007 in English and held by 184 libraries worldwide
"Although American WWII pilot Larry Douglas promises to marry French femme fatale Noelle Page, he instead returns stateside and marries well-to-do Catherine Alexander. And once Noelle takes a Greek multi millionaire as a lover, she plots to shame Larry by arranging for him to be the tycoon's private pilot. But in one of many delicious twists of fate in this gripping tale of love, war and betrayal, Noelle and Larry again become passionate, and when Catherine refuses to divorce Larry, the cheating couple seek a murderous revenge."--Container.

Dans Paris Inside Paris ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in French and held by 175 libraries worldwide
Paul, depressed from his recent break-up with Anna, returns home to live with his divorced father and womanizing, slacking younger brother, Jonathan. With little success, his carefree sibling and doting father try to cheer him up with women, wine, and home-cooked meals. When, in the midnight hour, Paul is forced to entertain one of his brother's desperate girlfriends, he begins to realize that while things never go according to plan, family and the pursuit of love are always worth the fight.

Le bal du gouverneur : roman by Marie-France Pisier ( Book )
21 editions published between 1984 and 2005 in French and Undetermined and held by 121 libraries worldwide
Analyse : Roman d'amour.

Two short films by François Truffaut Les Mistons ; Antoine & Colette ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1999 and 2002 in French and held by 121 libraries worldwide
The mischief makers in Les mistons are five boys who spend a summer pursuing and harassing a young couple in love.

Cousin, cousine Albert Schwartz, Imre J. Rosenthal present ; directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella ; screenplay and dialogue by Jean-Charles Tacchella ; a production Films Pomereu-Gaumont ; produced by Bertrand Javal ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1988 in French and held by 114 libraries worldwide
This is a story about the happy adventures of Marthe and Ludovic, cousins by marriage. Thrown together at a series of family gatherings, they embark on a platonic friendship and eventually decide to go way beyond the kissing stage.

L'Amour en fuite ( Visual )
19 editions published between 1978 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 100 libraries worldwide
"In The 400 Blows we first met Truffaut's alter ego Antoine Doinel, age 13. Now Doinel is in his thirties, newly divorced and renewing love affairs with several women from his past. But when his mother dies, he is forced to confront his emotional immaturity and inability to sustain a lasting relationship ..."--External container.