Néstor Almendros Movies

Government agents hire a mercenary to infiltrate a crime ring that's selling guns to a right-wing militia in Texas.

Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son...

Eric Rohmer directs this short documentary that narrates the presence of women in French universities as of the time of its release -- 1966. During...

A documentary about the Cuban Revolution's transition into an authoritarian dictatorship, including repression, imprisonment, torture, and execution...

A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.

Daniel needs some money to buy a duffle coat that is in fashion, so he agrees to work for a photographer by dressing up as Santa Claus. He discovers...

The story of the persecution of homosexuals and intellectuals in Cuba under Fidel Castro's dictatorship, from the beginning of the Cuban Revolution...

Short film that examines the different types of ceremonial make-up worn by the Mapuga tribe.

In just a few simple lines, a picture of the French countryside in the 1960s: the last moments of a disappearing, changing world. The simplest...

A short film based on a story by Franz Kafka. Two men meet to resolve an issue, but are unable to do so due to a series of adverse circumstances.

Promising young racing car driver Joe Joe Quillico leaves the stock car racing scene in the United States in order to pursue Grand Prix racing in...

Short film on the ceremony of ‘Sing Sing’ practised by Papua New Guinea’s tribes.

Short film about the Mapuga tribe’s feast of pigs with sweet potatoes.

An interview with cinematographer Nestor Almendros about his work with French film director François Truffaut. Footage taken from the 1986...

This film is a record of the first Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It reflects the various ways the festival was given shape by...

"...it had no plot. The film was more a study of people's behavior, shot in 16mm with a hand-held camera, which was hidden most of the time. In its...

In Asamblea general (1960), the documentary about Fidel's address of the First Declaration of Havana in the Plaza of the Revolution, Alea practises...

Éric Rohmer's short for the portmanteau film Paris vu par (Six in Paris, 1965), concerning a haberdasher and his umbrella. Convinced he has...

An episode of the show "Océaniques " about the craft and lighting techniques of the legendary French cinematographer Henri Alekan