Louis Malle – MRQE

“Inde fantôme, L'”

Sat, 02 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Louis Malle called his gorgeous and groundbreaking Phantom India the most personal film of his career. And this extraordinary journey to India, originally shown as a miniseries on European television, is infused with his sense of discovery, as well as occasional outrage, intrigue, and joy.

And the Pursuit of Happiness (TV)

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1986, Louis Malle (himself a transplant to the United States) set out to investigate the ever-widening range of immigrant experience in America. Interviewing a variety of newcomers from teachers to astronauts to doctors in communities from coast to coast, Malle paints a humane portrait of their individual struggles in an increasingly polyglot nation.

God’s Country (TV)

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1979, Louis Malle traveled into the heart of Minnesota to capture the everyday lives of the men and women in a prosperous farming community. Six years later, during Ronald Reagan’s second term, he returned to find drastic economic decline. Free of stereotypes about America’s “heartland,” GOD’S COUNTRY, commissioned for American public television, is a stunning work of emotional and political clarity.

Becoming Cousteau

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Liz Garbus takes an inside look at Jacques-Yves Cousteau, adventurer, filmmaker, innovator, author and conservationist.

Place de la République

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Louis Malle presents his entertaining snapshot of the comings and goings on one street corner in Paris.

Calcutta

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When he was cutting “Phantom India,” Louis Malle found that the footage shot in Calcutta was so diverse, intense, and unforgettable that it deserved its own film. The result, released theatrically, is at times shockinga chaotic portrait of a city engulfed in social and political turmoil.