Roland Lethem
Directing
Roland Lethem (born 1942) is a Belgian filmmaker and writer. Influenced at his beginnings by Buñuel , Cocteau , the surrealists and by the Japanese cinema ( Seijun Suzuki , Ishirō Honda , Kōji Wakamatsu , Yoko Ono ), stunned by the Festival of the experimental film of Knokke in 1967 and by May 1968, Roland Lethem wants to push the people to look at the things of which they say they are freed, it's to say to place them in front of their responsibilities. Even if sometimes the results leaves much to be desired, the idea of each one of his films is seductive and exemplary. A fact is certain, his films are disturbing, they are sometimes unpleasant to look at. The narcissistic and provocative play of the debut turned itself into direct, visual, and verbal insult, and in slandering. His dream was one moment to be able to film the intimate life of the pope or the sexual plays of the Belgian sovereigns. Through violence, pornography and cruelty of some scenes, Roland Lethem is a gentle, generous man with a lot of humor. The work of Roland Lethem evolves, becomes political, ecological. The Ballad of the cursed lovers, 1966 or The Bloodthirsty Fairy, 1968 still tell stories. The Sufferings of a ravaged Egg , 1967, poem of love in several parts (Étoiles/Stars, Corps/Bodies, Hymen/Marriage or Hymen (ambiguous in French), Oeuf/Egg) dedicated to all who conceive and to all who are conceived, irresistibly makes you think at the Histoire de l'oeil (Story of the Eye, 1928) of Georges Bataille .
Known for
Directing23
movieLe Petit Bonhomme Vert
2013
Director
movieGourmandises
2004
Director
movieHostel Party
1990
Director
movieLa Saga de Madiana
1981
Director
movieTrois pierres
1980
Director
Super bite
1975
Director
movieSuper huître
1974
Director
movieLe sexe enragé
1970
Director
movieBunch of Assholes!
1970
Director
movieThe Bloodthirsty Fairy
1969
Director
movieLili au lit
1965
Director
Acting24
movieEXPRMNTL
2016
Himself
movie2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieLe journal de Joseph M.
2000
Génie Morlock
moviePieces of Identity
1998
Night Club manager
movieJean-Gina B.
1984
apostle
movieBeef Cattle
1979
vagrant
movieCinématon
1978
N°161
In Memoriam Alfons Vranckx
1974
Man in orgy (archive footage)
movieLe sexe enragé
1970
L'homme dans le lit
Cold Head
1970
Man in orgy
movieLili au lit
1965
The father
Writing16
movieGourmandises
2004
Writer
movieHostel Party
1990
Screenplay
movieTrois pierres
1980
Writer
movieSuper huître
1974
Writer
movieLe sexe enragé
1970
Writer
movieLili au lit
1965
Writer
Editing4
moviePierre
1977
Editor
movieSuper huître
1974
Editor
Production3
movieLa Saga de Madiana
1981
Producer
Super bite
1975
Producer
movieBunch of Assholes!
1970
Producer
Crew2
movieAmer
2009
Thanks
Super bite
1975
Cinematography