Pierre Barrat
Acting
Biography
Pierre Barrat, born in 1931, is a French actor who was active mainly during the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in several ORTF television productions, where he was noted for his understated acting style and discreet yet memorable screen presence. He is particularly remembered for his appearance in Roberto Rossellini’s The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966), in which he portrays one of the courtiers in this historical reconstruction that has since become a classic of French television. Barrat also took part in various TV dramas and literary adaptations, often playing solid supporting roles that contributed to the narrative or ensemble cast.
Known For
Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Bisexual attorney Alain is bedding his female boss, his murderer client, the client's hairdresser girlfriend, and a precocious boy who knows what he wants and tries to convince Alain that he can 'have it all'.
Confusion of Genders
Repudiated by her husband Jason, Medea takes cruel revenge on her children.
Médée
Hélène, a Parisian nursery director, navigates her son Paul's hidden heroin addiction, straining their bond in this poignant tale.
Mother of a Drug Addict
In 1962, two teenage friends discover love in the form of a beautiful gypsy.