Martial Matthieu

Novelist, Screenwriter

About

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Birth Place
France
Born
August 10, 1922
Died
December 25, 1983
Cause of Death
Stabbed To Death By Wife

Biography

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Noted for his (often dark and misanthropic) collaborations with Claude Chabrol....

Filmography

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Une Partie de Plaisir (1974)
Philippe
Helle (1972)
La Ligne de Demarcation (1966)
Frankenstein 90 (1984)
Screenwriter
Ave Maria (1984)
Screenwriter
Les Folies d'Elodie (1981)
Screenwriter

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Champagne Murders, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Haven't Had Enough Television
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Purple Noon (1961) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Care For Your Pal

Family & Companions

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Danielle Gegauff
Wife
Divorced.

Biography

Noted for his (often dark and misanthropic) collaborations with Claude Chabrol.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Une Partie de Plaisir (1974)
Philippe
Helle (1972)
La Ligne de Demarcation (1966)

Writer (Feature Film)

Frankenstein 90 (1984)
Screenwriter
Ave Maria (1984)
Screenwriter
Les Folies d'Elodie (1981)
Screenwriter
Historien om en Moder (1979)
Screenwriter
Brigade Mondaine la secte de Marrakech (1979)
Screenwriter
Brigade Mondaine la secte de Marrakech (1979)
Dialogue
Les Magiciens (1975)
Dialogue
Les Magiciens (1975)
Screenplay
Une Partie de Plaisir (1974)
Screenwriter
La Rivale (1974)
Screenwriter
La Rivale (1974)
Adaptation
La Rivale (1974)
Dialogue
La Vallee (1972)
Adaptation
La Vallee (1972)
Dialogue
La Vallee (1972)
Screenwriter
Docteur Popaul (1972)
Screenwriter
Ophélia (1964)
Literary collab
The Third Lover (1963)
Literary collab
Les Godelureaux (1961)
Screenwriter
Les Godelureaux (1961)
Adaptation
Les Godelureaux (1961)
Dialogue
The Sign of Leo (1960)
Writer (Dialogue)
The Sign of Leo (1960)
Screenplay
Les Cousins (1959)
Screenplay
Les Cousins (1959)
Writer (Dialogue)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Une Partie de Plaisir (1974)
Other

Life Events

1959

First feature film as writer (dialogue only), "Les Cousins"

1959

First feature as screenwriter, "Lein Soleil"

1961

First film as director, "Reflux"

1962

Film acting debut in "La Vice et la Vertu"

Videos

Movie Clip

Champagne Murders, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Haven't Had Enough Television Christine (Yvonne Furneaux) is finally making headway with playboy Paul (Maurice Ronet), who controls the name of her vineyard, which she's desperate to sell, trying also to use the influence of her husband Christopher (Anthony Perkins), who's also his best pal, in Claude Chabrol's The Champagne Murders, 1967.
Purple Noon (1961) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Care For Your Pal Easy to forget they're playing Americans, in Rome, Tom (Alain Delon) has been paid by the father of Philippe (Maurice Ronet) to bring him home, friend Freddy (Billy Kearns) having none of it, opening Rene Clement's treatment of the first Patricia Highsmith "Ripley" novel, Purple Noon, 1961.
Purple Noon (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Low Class Ambition With girlfriend Marge (Marie Laforet), Philippe (Maurice Ronet), whose father is paying Tom (Alain Delon) to bring him home to the states, launches on a yacht trip from Rome to Sicily, tensions emerging, in Rene Clement's Purple Noon, 1961, from a Patricia Highsmith novel.
Purple Noon (1961) -- (Movie Clip) The Inside Is Perfect Idle-rich Philippe (Maurice Ronet), with tag-along buddy Tom (Alain Delon), has been neglecting girlfriend Marge (Marie Laforet), in Italy studying Fra Angelico, as weirdness becomes explicit, in Rene Clement's Purple Noon, 1961, based on Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Companions

Danielle Gegauff
Wife
Divorced.

Bibliography

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