Original photograph of Claude Chabrol and Stephane Audran, circa 1968

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Vintage borderless photograph, with right margin, of Claude Charbrol having his hair cut by his wife Stephane Audran, along with a second, unidentified woman, circa 1968. A giant of French cinema, Chabrol was the first of the core five Cahier du Cinema's film critics turned filmmakers (Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, and Claude Chabrol) to direct (and write) his own feature, "Le Beau Serge" (1958), a thriller indebted to Hitchcock, often cited as the first film of the French New Wave. Chabrol, an incredibly prolific and popular filmmaker for over five decades, averaged a film a year, and is perhaps best known for his crime thrillers, but tackled genres across the spectrum, from war films, to costume dramas, to psychological dramas, often with an biting criticism of the French bourgeoisie just beneath the surface. In 1964 Chabrol married actor Stephane Audran (they divorced in 1980). Chabrol and Audran were one of the most prolific director / actor couples in cinema, making 23 films together beginning with "Les Cousins" in 1959. Audran also starred in such noteworthy films as Luis Bunuel's "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (1972), Samuel Fuller's "The Big Red One" (1980), Bertrand Tavernier's "Coup de Torchon" (1981), and Gabriel Axel's "Babette's Feast" (1987). 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 150872

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