Birthday: 1943-01-07 Born in: Paris, France Biography: Pascal Aubier (1943) studied Russian, Chinese, Mongolian, Georgian and Wahilu (New Caledonian) at the Ecole de Langues Orientales in Paris. Aubier was an assistant director to Jean-Luc Godard (Bande à Part, Le Mépris, Pierrot le Fou, Masculin Féminin, Weekend). In 1970 he made his first feature film Valparaiso, Valparaiso. Since then he has made about forty shorts. In 1976, he made his second feature Le Chant du Depart.
Known for
Pierrot le Fou
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil.
A story told quietly of Vincent a welder at a large and seemingly toxic plant along the Rhône, living in a village with his sons, wife, and mother, saying little to each other.
A porcelain table service and a painting from the 19th century pass from hand to hand and deteriorate over time, sealing the fate of different characters who cross paths in Paris.