"I SHALL WRITE A BOOK SOME DAY ABOUT THE APPROPRIATENESS OF NAMES"

By: Antoine Doinel

This is a collection of short films that are all named after (or allude to) a character in the film, more often than not they are named after a female character (perhaps because these films were predominantly made by men, French men!), in many ways the films are cinematic odes to the characters/actors/people they are about … and in some cases the names have been ‘immortalized’ by the filmmakers.

Geneviéve Bujold in “Geneviéve” (1964)

Nadja Tesich in “Nadja in Paris” (1964)

Jean-Pierre Léaud and Marie-France Pisier in “Antoine et Colette” (1962)

The following films are not currently in database:

ISABELLE AUX DOMBES (1951) Dir: Maurice Pialat

GENEVIÉVE (1964) Dir: Michel Brault, with Geneviéve Bujold! – Part of the portmanteau film “La fleur de l’âge”

MARIE-FRANCE ET VÉRONIQUE (1964) Dir: Jean Rouch – Part of the portmanteau film “La fleur de l’âge”

BEPPIE (1965) Dir: Johan van der Keuken

ANNIE (1969) Dir: Phil Niblock

L’ILYA (2000) Dir: Tomoya Sato

the list is compiled by date and is a work in progress, please feel free to suggest others:

• 01
  All the Boys Are Called Patrick
  Jean-Luc Godard
• 02
  Charlotte and Her Jules
  Jean-Luc Godard
• 03
  Antoine et Colette
  François Truffaut
• 04
  Madeleine, Madeleine
  Vlado Kristl
• 05
  Suzanne's Career
  Éric Rohmer
• 06
  Joseph Kilian
  Pavel Jurácek
• 07
  Nadja in Paris
  Éric Rohmer
• 08
  Vivian
  Bruce Conner
• 09
  White Morning
  Hiroshi Teshigahara
• 10
  My Name Is Oona
  Gunvor Nelson
• 11
  Carol
  Ed Emshwiller
• 12
  The Book of Mary
  Anne-Marie Miéville
• 13
  Kairat
  Darezhan Omirbaev
• 14
  A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• 15
  Janine
  Maurice Pialat
• 16
  Véronique and Her Dunce
  Éric Rohmer
• 17
  Following Sean
  Ralph Arlyck