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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

“Hide the ideas, but so that people find them,” Bresson said.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2022

The writer Mulk Raj Anand, her good friend, introduced her to photography greats like Robert Capa and Henri Cartier Bresson, who became her mentors.

From New York Times Feb. 22, 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

Now Skeffy told Bella every morning in the most mysterious manner how he had checkmated Bresson, the French Minister, and outwitted Caraffa and the Cardinal Riario.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James

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