マルグリット・デュラス

French writer and film director (1914-1996)

1.26body-of-work score · ranked #740 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
April 4, 1914 · Gia Định
Died
March 3, 1996 · 6th arrondissement of Paris
Nationality
France
Work
writer, film director, screenwriter, novelist
Movement
Nouveau Roman
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of マルグリット・デュラス
Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1975 · France · drama

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #146 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.532 citations
  2. 2
    The ChildrenLes Enfants

    1985 · France · comedy

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1985 #8 · Kehr's annual top 10 1985 #5

    0.512 citations
  3. 3

    1972 · France · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  4. 4
    The LorryLe Camion

    1977 · France · drama, romance

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 18 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1967La Musica
  • 1969Détruire, dit-elle
  • 1972Jaune le soleil
  • 1972Nathalie Granger
  • 1974La femme du Gange
  • 1975India Song
  • 1976Des journées entières dans les arbres
  • 1976Her Venetian Name in Deserted Calcutta
  • 1977Baxter, Vera Baxter
  • 1977The Lorry
  • 1978Le navire Night
  • 1979Aurélia Steiner
  • 1979Cesarée
  • 1979Les mains négatives
  • 1981Agatha et les Lectures Illimitées
  • 1981L'homme atlantique
  • 1982Il dialogo di Roma
  • 1985The Children