Maurice Pialat

Pialat's films are said to have dispensed with mannerisms, and his everyday stories tell the bittersweet nature of the French petty bourgeoisie.This earned him the disregard of some critics, but also enduring popularity, with films characterized by a psychological narrative style, often set outside the metropolises.[4] Having acquired a camera at age 16, he tried his hand at documentary films before making his first notable short, L'amour existe, in 1960.The film, which was co-produced by French New Wave director François Truffaut, won the Prix Jean Vigo.In a posthumous tribute written for the French film magazine Positif, critic Noël Herpe called Pialat's style "a naturalism that was born of formalism".
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