The Paul Dédalus Collection

Number of Movies: 4

Overview

Films telling the life of Paul Dédalus, Desplechin's recurring character.

Featured Cast

Louis Birman

Paul (6 years old)

Dominique Païni

The Painter

Françoise Lebrun

The Grandmother

Sandra Laugier

The Philosopher

Olga Milshtein

Philosophy Student

Milo Machado-Graner

Paul (14 years old)

Margaux Mussano

La jeune fille ciné-club

Sam Chemoul

Paul (22 years old)

Micha Lescot

Professor Censier

Featured Crew

4 Movies

Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his long-standing girlfriend, or should he re-start with one of his other lovers?

A Christmas Tale

May 21, 2008

When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.

My Golden Days

May 20, 2015

Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.

Filmlovers!

January 15, 2025

What does it mean, to go to the movies? Why have people been going for over one hundred years? I set out to celebrate movie theaters and their manifold magic. So I walked in the footsteps of young Paul Dédalus, as if in a filmgoer’s coming-of-age story. Memories, fiction, discoveries come together in an irrepressible torrent of pictures.

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