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Bresson

British  
/ brɛsɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Robert (rɔbɛr). 1901–99, French film director: his films include Le Journal d'un curé de campagne (1950), Une Femme douce (1969), and L'Argent (1983)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It’s a wonderfully understated method to refresh audience interest in such figures as Claude Chabrol, Robert Bresson and Jean-Pierre Melville.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

We went really high and deliberately quite obnoxious — Bergman, Tarkovsky, Rohmer, Bresson.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2022

This technique has a long history in cinema, from Robert Bresson and the Italian neorealists to the Dardenne Brothers and Abbas Kiarostami more recently.

From New York Times May 26, 2022

Initially a film critic before he turned to moviemaking, he published the book-length study “Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer” in 1972.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2021

I believe, maître, that you and I came to the river-bank with the same purpose, that of fishing up the object which Bresson got rid of, did we not?

From The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective by Leblanc, Maurice

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