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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

Like Bresson, Jackson uses hands to remind us that our identities consist of more than faces and names, that a touch or a gesture can be equally expressive of who we are.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 2, 2023

“He had a great sense of design in his photographs, and at the same time gave you some information about the situation he was capturing,” Mr. Schapiro said of Mr. Bresson.

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2022

Some critics were reminded of Robert Bresson, whose 1959 “Pickpocket” is a masterpiece of elliptical cinema.

From New York Times Jul. 21, 2021

M. Bresson was to follow with the Queen, and the rest of the suite were to come to the ferry-boat one after another, but none of the party were to know each other.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Arthur Christopher Benson

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