André Cayatte was a French New Wave

French New Wave

The New Wave was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced by Italian Neorealism and classical Hollywood cinema. Although never a formally organized movement, the New Wave filmmakers were linked by their self-conscious rejection of...

 filmmaker and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility, themes which Cayatte persisted in affirming regardless of changing contemporary attitudes.

Some of Cayatte's earlier films that covered these themes include Justice est faite (Justice is Done

Justice Is Done

Justice Is Done is a 1950 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It tackles the subject of euthanasia by depicting a court case in which a woman is tried for killing her terminally ill husband at his request...

, 1950), Nous sommes tous des assassins (We Are All Murderers, 1952), and Le passage du Rhin (Tomorrow Is My Turn) (1960).

In 1963, André Cayatte undertook a bold experiment in film narrative with a set of two films entitled Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc), and Françoise ou La vie conjugale (Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise). Anatomy of a Marriage tells the same story from two different points of view, forming a cinematic pairing that anticipated later works like Alain Resnais

Alain Resnais

Alain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began...

’ Smoking/No Smoking (1993). His 1973 film Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu

Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu

Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu is a 1973 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Special Jury Prize.-Cast:* Annie Girardot - Sylvie Peyrac...

won the Silver Bear Special Jury Prize

Jury Grand Prix

The Jury Grand Prix is a Silver Bear award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition...

 at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival

23rd Berlin International Film Festival

The 23rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 22 to July 3, 1973.-Jury:* David Robinson * Freddy Buache* Hiram Garcia Borja* Eberhard Hauff* Harish Khanna* Paul Moor* Walter Müller-Bringmann* René Thévenet...

.

Selected filmography

• La fausse maîtresse
  La fausse maîtresse
  La fausse maîtresse is a 1942 French comedy film starring Danielle Darrieux. The movie was directed by André Cayatte, based on story by Honoré de Balzac.It was released on VHS in France by TF1 Vidéo on 1 January 1998...
  
  (1942)
• We Are All Murderers (1951)
• Tomorrow is My Turn (1962)
• Le glaive et la balance
  Le glaive et la balance
  Le glaive et la balance is a 1963 French-Italian drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was written by Cayatte, Henri Jeanson and Charles Spaak. It stars the American actor, Anthony Perkins as the protagonist.-Plot:...
  
  (1963)
• Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu
  Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu
  Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu is a 1973 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Special Jury Prize.-Cast:* Annie Girardot - Sylvie Peyrac...
  
  (1973)
• Verdict
  Verdict (1974 film)
  Verdict is a 1974 French-Italian drama film directed by André Cayatte and starring Sophia Loren, Jean Gabin, Julien Bertheau, Muriel Catalá and Michel Albertini. An Italian judge comes under intense personal pressure to acquit a man who is accused of murdering his lover...
  
  (1974)
• State Reasons (1978)
• Question of Love (1978)

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