Birthday:
02-10-1925
Deathday:
09-15-2012 (87 years)
Birthplace:
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Biography
Pierre Mondy (born Pierre Cuq; 10 February 1925 – 15 September 2012) was a French film and theatre actor and director.
He was married four times: to Claude Gensac, Pascale Roberts, Annie Fournier, and Catherine Allary, all actresses. He died on 15 September 2012, aged 87, from lymphoma.
Mondy's first on-screen appearance was in 1949 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet and he appeared in over 140 films over the course of his career. In 1960, he received international recognition for the role of Napoléon Bonaparte in the film Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance. In the 1970s, his most successful film was the comedy Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie?. From 1992 until 2005, he appeared in the French television series Les Cordier, juge et flic.
As a voice actor, he voiced Caius Obtus in Asterix et la Surprise de Cesar (Asterix vs. Caesar; 1985) and Cetinlapsus in Asterix Chez Le Bretons (Asterix in Britain; 1986).
Mondy directed four films and thirteen television episodes, and wrote two television screenplay adaptions. He also directed over 60 theatre productions, many of them at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. In 1973 he directed the first production of La Cage aux folles starring Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault.
Source: Article "Pierre Mondy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
He was married four times: to Claude Gensac, Pascale Roberts, Annie Fournier, and Catherine Allary, all actresses. He died on 15 September 2012, aged 87, from lymphoma.
Mondy's first on-screen appearance was in 1949 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet and he appeared in over 140 films over the course of his career. In 1960, he received international recognition for the role of Napoléon Bonaparte in the film Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance. In the 1970s, his most successful film was the comedy Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie?. From 1992 until 2005, he appeared in the French television series Les Cordier, juge et flic.
As a voice actor, he voiced Caius Obtus in Asterix et la Surprise de Cesar (Asterix vs. Caesar; 1985) and Cetinlapsus in Asterix Chez Le Bretons (Asterix in Britain; 1986).
Mondy directed four films and thirteen television episodes, and wrote two television screenplay adaptions. He also directed over 60 theatre productions, many of them at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. In 1973 he directed the first production of La Cage aux folles starring Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault.
Source: Article "Pierre Mondy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Act like Caderousse
event1961 star_border 7.1
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Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmund of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmund escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmund must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
The Sleeping Car Murder
Act like Le commissaire Tarquin
event1965 star_border 7
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Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
The Wolves in the Sheepfold
Act like Charlot
event1960 star_border 5
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Three gangsters on the run break into a rehabilitation center for delinquent teenagers run by the couple Roger and Irène. The residents are divided over how to deal with the three bad guys, who want to take over the home.
Asterix vs. Caesar
Act like Caius (voice)
event1985 star_border 6.5
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Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...
Asterix in Britain
Act like Cétinlapsus (voice)
event1986 star_border 6.8
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One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's Romans declining and falling. Until a wild race for a barrel of magic potion lands them in the drink.
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
Act like Romeo
event1957 star_border 5.1
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The fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their nephew Otello Bellomo, has a lover. Brigitte is a physician but the two aunts are unaware of the fact. While investigating, Mike and his assistant Johnny discover Brigitte with a prospective patient, the marquis De Vitti who was shot by the husband of the woman he tried to seduce. Afterwards Spillone finds her with her husband who he believes to be her lover.
Pinot simple-flic
Act like Rochu
event1984 star_border 5.6
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The film starts in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1984. Robert Pinot is a police officer as ordinary as clumsy. One day, he stops a certain Josyane, a young drug addict who is also doubled as a pickpocket, nicknamed Marylou. Having discovered that she comes from the same village, Nanteuil, then him, he takes compassion for the young girl and decides to take her under his wing to keep her away from Tony, a dangerous dealer with whom she is in love.
The Night of the Generals
Act like Kopatski
event1967 star_border 6.8
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A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Bebert and the Train
Act like Parmelin
event1963 star_border 6.3
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The Martin family is shopping in a department store. Tiennot is responsible for looking after his little brother, Bébert, but he prefers to chase girls. On the train home, Tiennot leaves Bébert alone. On arrival, Bébert has disappeared. The Martin family sets out to find him.
Le fils préféré
Act like le dentiste usurier
event1994 star_border 6.6
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Jean-Paul Mantegna, the son of Italian immigrants now living in Nice, is a hunted man, riddled with debt and involved in borderline illegal companies. To extricate himself, he has to rely on Philippe and François, his two brothers, and on Raphaël, his father; a family torn by disputes and tragic events. However, by rebuilding family unity, Jean-Paul also discovers the secret of his own destiny...
Take It from the Top
Act like Jean-Pierre Larcher
event1978 star_border 5.4
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Tired of being a housewife, Annie wants to work. Between her professional life and her responsibilities as a parent, she can no longer cope. She decides to leave and starts writing a memoir of her life...
Bankers Also Have Souls
Act like Grégoire Dufour
event1982 star_border 4.9
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A bank clerk is given an unusual retirement gift, a high class call girl. Unaware that he has been 'set up' by colleagues the man goes with the girl to Venice where he enjoys his new found virility.
The Battle of Austerlitz
Act like Napoléon Bonaparte
event1960 star_border 6.5
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Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
Lovely Rita
Act like Marcel
event2003 star_border 3.5
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Edgar Lamarck - an accountant and auditor is coming to the the shipyard on Cote d'Azur in order to check the statements. After completing his mission, he decides to relax and spend the night with the green-eyed blonde with a curvy shape who he met on a porn site. Coming to Rita, he discovers weedy brunette with a pistol in her hand, standing over a fresh corpse. It's not a girl Edgar was looking for but now it's too late to retreat...
The Case of Poisons
Act like le capitaine François Desgrez
event1955 star_border 6.7
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Madame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set eyes on a younger beauty, Marie-Angélique Scorailles. Having had enough of the situation, the rejected mistress decides to visit La Voisin, a woman known as a fortune teller, a doctor, a midwife and who is also said to arrange black masses and sell poisons. Some time later Marie-Angélique, now Duchess of Fontanges, dies mysteriously aged only twenty...
Boulevard
Act like Dicky, l'ancien boxeur
event1960 star_border 6
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Boulevard focuses on Georges 'Jojo' Castagnier, an adolescent who lives in a poor room under the roof of a block of apartments in the Pigalle section of Paris. He ran away from home when he realized that his step-mother hated him from day-one. Among Jojo's many neighbors is the gorgeous Jenny Dorr , a nightclub dancer, whose lover he dreams of being. But, to Jojo's disappointment, Jenny becomes the lover of Dicky, a former boxer, who spends his time loafing about the Pigalle cafés. Jojo lacks for steady work, but manages to meet his financial obligations with a series of odd jobs. He tries selling magazines, which is a success for a while, though posing as Narcissus for two gay artists proves to be something of a disaster. Eventually, he woos Marietta, one of his other neighbors and a girl more suited to his age. But when things go really awry, Jojo becomes desperate and tries to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of his building
Weekend at Dunkirk
Act like Dhéry
event1964 star_border 7
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In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
The Seventh Company Outdoors
Act like Paul Chaudard, quincailler
event1977 star_border 6.7
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The third part of Seventh Company adventures.
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Act like Sergent-chef Chaudard
event1973 star_border 7.3
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1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody knows they've been taken captive. Only their scouting patrol, three witty but lazy guys, can escape and now wanders around behind the German lines. They'd like to just stay out the fights, but a Lieutenant urges them to use a captured truck to break through to their troops.
The Buddies
Act like Broudier
event1965 star_border 5.5
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Seven old pals live inseparable lives, dividing their time between hilarious pranks and memorable drinking bouts. Bénin is the mastermind, Broudier the enforcer and Lesueur the prankster. One evening, a grandiose plan was hatched: to wreak havoc in two peaceful sub-prefectures: Ambert and Issoire. Broudier begins: in the middle of the night, disguised as a minister, he wakes up a barracks in Ambert and sets in motion a thunderous maneuver. The next day, disguised as a Dominican, Bénin climbed to the pulpit of the cathedral and delivered a sermon insulting Christian doctrine. The same day, in Issoire, the local authorities were preparing to unveil a statue of Vercingetorix. But the statue came to life, pelting the crowd with tomatoes: it was Lesueur. With their minds at rest, the friends headed off to the Côte-d'Or for a vacation. But already, one of them begins to perform a new prank.
People of No Importance
Act like Pierrot Berty
event1956 star_border 5.9
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During a stay at a roadside inn, long-distance lorry driver Jean Viard meets a young woman Clothilde who works there. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair, even though Jean is already married and is old enough to be Clothilde’s father. Things take a turn for the worse when Jean loses his job and his wife finds out about his affair. But Clothilde’s predicament is even more distressing...
Lost Souvenirs
Act like Agent (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5.5
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Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has things to say about Raoul, a humble policeman who lost Solange, a widowed grocer he loved, to a god-dam seducing busker also named Raoul. -A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide. -A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead. After having told their respective story, the objects return to their customary stillness.
Un jour avec vous
Act like Georges
event1952
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The young Mathilde de Marsan, believes she is in love with a singer, Philippe Mazières, and steals his photo. This one, who had written a song start, searches for this photo as far as the castle of Geoffroy and Estelle de Marsan, where Mathilde's uncle and aunt take him for the husband of one of their guests, Claude Cartier. and will finally marry her while Georges, Claude's ex-fiancé will fall in love with his hosts' niece, Mathilde.
Matrimonial Agency
Act like The client of the agency 'Nuptia'
event1952 star_border 5.1
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Noël is a bachelor who inherits a matrimonial agency. After contemplating selling it, he chooses to manage it.
Hitch-Hike
Act like André, le manager de Bobby
event1962 star_border 5.5
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Agathe, 18, dreams of change. Gone are her vacations on the rainy beaches of Belgium! She decides to hitchhike down to the South of France, where she'll have many happy and less happy encounters. On the way to Paris, men of various ages offer to shorten her wait by the roadside. Some try to take advantage of her, while another, in a fit of madness, tries to stab her. Despite these assaults, Agathe continues her journey, heading for Valence and then Aix-en-Provence.
The Happiest of Men
Act like Inspector Gaston
event1952
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An industrialist who prefers painting to business is cheated on by his wife with a painter who prefers business to painting.
The Pink Telephone
Act like Benoît Castejac, propriétaire de Castejac & Cie
event1975 star_border 4.7
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A small industrialist from Toulouse, goes to Paris to negotiate the buyout of his company from an American financial group. During his stay, the representative of the large firm calls on a luxury call girl to facilitate their "business".
Rendezvous in July
Act like Friend of the 'gabardiné' student (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 5.7
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Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.
Love and the Frenchwoman
Act like Édouard, le père de Bichette (segment "L'Adolescence")
event1960 star_border 4.9
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The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity, 4 - Marriage, 5 - Adultery, 6 - Divorce, 7 - The Single Woman.
Law of Men
Act like Judge Béguin
event1962 star_border 4
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After a planned robbery on an armoured car the investigating police officer encounters a female journalist who specialises in criminology, and who he suspects may have had a role in the heist.
Victor
Act like un détenu
event1951 star_border 7
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Secretly in love with Françoise, the companion of his best friend Marc, Victor decides to go to prison in his place.
A Legitimate Defense
Act like Petit Bob
event1958 star_border 5.6
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Two friends from the last war, Pierrot, a bar owner, and Gustave, a police inspector, are in contact with a notorious gang of racketeers in Montmartre. Tired of putting up with Albert the King's demands, Pierrot kills the gangster during a bar brawl. His first instinct is to flee, but on Gustave's advice, he turns himself in to the law. All things considered, he'll be safer in prison than exposed to the reprisals of the "underworld". Pierrot goes to trial. He was acquitted as having acted in self-defense. But his release leaves him open to the vengeance of Bob, one of Albert's accomplices. Pierrot narrowly escapes an ambush, but is finally able to rid himself of the threat hanging over him, thanks to the friendship of Inspector Gustave, and finally reunites with the companion of his life, Dora, who has never stopped trembling for him.
The Fighter
Act like Rouxel
event1983 star_border 5.8
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Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.
Shut Up, Gulli
Act like Bibi Kenavec
event1974 star_border 6
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A TV channel organizes a super-8 competition, and Kenavec family decides to film their small village in Brittany.
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Act like Alfred Dupont
event1959 star_border 5.8
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Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her childhood friend Labaule. Warned too late to prevent the ceremony from taking place, Labaule follows the couple on their honeymoon and prevents the consummation of the marriage by repeatedly intruding on the couple's privacy. Put on notice by Paulette's parents to consummate the marriage, Trivelin - who believes himself to be at fault - consults a psychiatrist. The latter advises him to visit a lady of lesser virtue: Gloria. But Gloria's clientele includes Dupont himself - Paulette's father - and Labaule!
Impossible Is Not French
Act like Antoine Brisset
event1974 star_border 6.6
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Antoine, an accountant by trade, becomes a private detective to support his family. His wanderings lead him to transport a cargo of malachite to Le Havre, in the hope of a large bonus. With the help of his family, and despite a few mishaps, Antoine achieves his goal.
Retour en force
Act like Roger, bus driver and Teresa's new husband
event1980 star_border 3.2
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Released after 8 years in prison, Adrien finds his family home. He discovers that his wife Teresa has moved in with Roger, and his children make the 400 blows and his former accomplices are not decided to give him his share of the booty.
Demoniac
Act like André Vilsan
event1957 star_border 6
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Gervais escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased fellow prisoner. Knowing that the dead man has been carrying on a romance by correspondence with Hélène, whom he has never seen, Gervais makes the acquaintance of the woman and they move in, but her sister Agnès dabbles in the black arts, which should be warning enough for Gervais to make himself scarce. Yet he sticks around, intrigued that the dead man's sister, Julia, refuses to blow the whistle on him.
Daggers Drawn
Act like Robert Antonini
event1964 star_border 5.9
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Via Something Weird: "Four men representing the world’s great criminal organizations unite to locate a cache of sunken treasure. The treasure is in fact a fortune in diamonds and secret documents that was lost by the Germans in the seas off Monte Carlo during the war. Following their every move are representatives from every secret agency in the world, amongst them, the British, the Russians, the Germans, and the Americans, all seeking the important papers contained within the treasure."
It Happened All Night
Act like Antoine Fiesco
event1960 star_border 4.8
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Michel Ferréol reluctantly meets up with an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco. Michel didn’t like Antoine much when they were at school and tries to get away by making an excuse. He changes his mind when Antoine introduces him to his wife, a beautiful brunette named Christine.
The Flea in the Ear
Act like Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise
event1956 star_border 6.1
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Raymonde Chandebise suspects her husband Victor-Emmanuel of cheating on her. She received a package from the hotel "Le minet galant". The package contained a pair of suspenders belonging to her husband. Her best friend, Lucienne, advises her to find out for sure and to use a stratagem. They both send him a fake, passionate letter, written by a beautiful stranger, asking him to meet her at the "Minet Galant"! But little do they know that the hotel's simpleton bellboy is a look-alike of poor Victor-Emmanuel!
Honey, Scare Me
Act like Commissioner Morel
event1958 star_border 2.5
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A crime story writer comes to the French Alps for vacation. However, an envelope given by a strange man, would put him in a conflict between two teams of spies. A young blonde hotel burglar will help him get out of this mess.
Histoire vraie
Act like Varnetot
event1973
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A servant girl, given in marriage when she turns out to be pregnant, can't bring herself to live away from her master.
The Ragpickers of Emmaus
Act like Thomas
event1955 star_border 7
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The Emmaüs community opened and functioned thanks to the generous impetus of Abbé Pierre Groues, bringing together a cross-section of the underprivileged: unemployed truck drivers, former paratroopers, young people leaving prison, etc., and underprivileged families. The "ragpickers" manage to make a bit of money by practicing the art of "chine", while the abbé tries his hand at winning radio games. The accident and death of one of them will unite the Emmaus companions even more.
Crime Does Not Pay
Act like Clerget
event1962 star_border 5.1
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Husband try to kill his wife with a help of the plan he saw in a film. But reality is not a film.
Signé Furax
Act like Amédée Gonflard
event1981 star_border 4.8
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The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
Captain Slipper
Act like Henri, l'ami d'Emmanuel
event1953 star_border 6
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A bank clerk is bored to death with his nine-to-five work under his boss ' watchful eye. His missus is a pain in the neck and his in-laws are not better.
Slices of Life
Act like Le Président
event1985 star_border 5.4
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A series of humorous sketches on life: "A Night to Remember", "Summit Showdown", and "A Book? That's personal!"
The Tricyclist
Act like Gendarme
event1957 star_border 5.5
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Antoine Peyralout is baker Mouillefarine's tricycle delivery man. Comical and stuttering, Antoine shows more interest in the local soccer team than in professional integrity. A wedding cake pays the price for it and the young man is dismissed. Not dispirited in the least, Antoine decides to go to Nice, where his favorite team will play the final of the Cup. On his merry (and eventful) way, he has the opportunity to save a pretty camper, Popeline, with whom he falls in love. Once in Nice, he discovers that Dabek, the brilliant goal-keeper is not up to his task following bad news...
Hardboiled Egg Time
Act like Le maître nageur
event1958 star_border 5
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A shy, penniless employee of the garage owner Grillot, the gentle Louis wins $10 million in the lottery. Flitting along the banks of the Seine, he takes in Raoul Grandvivier, an unknown, untalented painter who has just botched a spectacular suicide intended to draw attention to himself. Raoul takes him back to his studio, where he meets his charming daughter Lucie. In order to see Lucie again, with whom he is in love, Louis offers to sell the paintings. In reality, he's the one paying for them, to make it look like a wealthy art lover.
The Troubles of Alfred
Act like François Morel
event1972 star_border 5.8
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Unlucky in love, Alfred tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a simultaneous attempt by a nearby young woman. Recovering, the young lady puts him up at her house, as he has run out of places to live. He joins a Parisian sporting team and seems to have transferred his bad luck to a corrupt television boss who is attempting to manipulate the game so that Alfred's Paris team loses.
A Man and His Dog
Act like Le cuistot
event2009 star_border 5.9
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An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.
The Indiscreet
event1956 star_border 4
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A dying man entrusts 25 million to a young girl's care, but she's afraid of being suspected of theft.
Life Together
Act like Monsieur Lebeaut
event1958 star_border 6.1
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The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book "Life as a Couple", which was based on the loving relationships of four couples. Now he's setting up his will and wants to leave his wealth to the couples among the four, which are still as deeply in love - if any: else, his companions get the money. He sends them out to visit the couples and test their love.
The Wheel
Act like Jean Marcereau
event1957 star_border 6
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Pierre is an engine driver who adopts a small girl, a WWI orphan. A widower, he sees in her the image of her mother.
L'Âge heureux
Act like Le régisseur
event1966 star_border 7
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The young heroines are the "Petits Rats de l'Opéra" =pupil of the opera of Paris ballet class .One of them,Delphine,wants to be a ballerina.It's her wildest dream.But alas,in the wake of a night on the roof of the opera -a forbidden place- ,she is fired -and however she was not alone on that roof,her friends were with her!Delphine is desperate and she hides the terrible truth from her mother .What will become of her?
An Evening at the Music Hall
event1956 star_border 4.7
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A GI on furlough attends a Folies-Bergères show. He falls in love with a dancer, Claudie, the star of the theater.
Casse-cou, mademoiselle!
event1955
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Working for a stock-car team, Robert dreams of becoming a racing driver himself. For a long time this is only a pipe dream until one day fortune smiles on him when he saves the life of a young woman. Gisèle, the young lady in question, happens to be the daughter of a car manufacturer. Robert and Gisèle fall for each other and decide to marry. They get on quite well except on one point: Gisèle does not want her husband to take part in car races. But passion is the strongest and, breaking the ban, Gilbert wins the La Baule car event. Overcoming her aversion, Gisèle finally allows her husband to pursue his brilliant career.
Cherchez la femme
Act like Georges Tessard
event1955
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Barbara Van Looren is the lively, clever daughter of the well-known shipowner. For her, life is a breeze, even when she's kidnapped by Mike Cortez's men. A young journalist, Mercier, who tried to defend her and was forced to follow her, doesn't share her optimism and manages to escape. Barbara is sequestered because her father has caught wind of a diamond deal. If he renounces the customs action, his daughter will be returned to him. Mercier, with the help of a couple of loyal friends, discovers the instigator of the traffic, a member of the board of directors, and finds Barbara, still as petulant as ever.
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
Act like Denis Bonneval
event1966 star_border 3
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In order to appoint his new right-hand man, a CEO decides to organize a weekend with all the candidates.
Graduate at 70!
Act like Louis Merlet
event2007 star_border 7.1
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18-year-old Alice decides to drop out of school just before the final exams and go to work for her baker grandfather Louis, who never could afford to get an education yet it's something he has dreamed of.
Panurge's Sheep
Act like Table neighbor at the restaurant (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 1
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Charles and Jeanne Renard live with their young kids in a dormitory town. Everyday train and metro,work and return by train and metro to the dormitory town (the famous french sentence "Métro,boulot,dodo"). But how fragile is marital bliss ?
The Costly Truth
Act like Antoine Bossy
event2004 star_border 3.5
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Investigating judge at the 3rd Criminal Chamber of Marseille, Françoise Larchey is the wife of Jean-Pierre Larchey, a famous architect of the Coast. The couple has a son, Valentin, seventeen years old... The death of Edith Mesniel, a local political figure, puts the town in turmoil. But when Emilie, Edith's only daughter and Valentin's girlfriend, confides to Françoise that her mother's death was not accidental, Madame le Juge decides to look into the case. By attacking this case, Françoise disturbs many people. She receives death threats, her son and Emilie are also threatened but she refuses to give up. And she discovers little by little that the mafia infiltrated in all the country.
Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis
Act like Olivier Galmisch
event1975 star_border 3
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After the death of one of his clients, a Swiss industrialist decides to call his brother to transport the corpse to Switzerland. The journey will not be easy.
Son of the Circus
event1963
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A child flees his abusive father and takes refuge with a clown.
The Postman Goes to War
event1966 star_border 4.2
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The unsuspecting Parisian postman Thibon accepts a transfer as army mailman in Indochina. In the hospital, after his mail van is blown up by a mine, he falls in love with his Indochinese nurse Vang.
Love Lies
Act like Marcel Thiebault
event1983 star_border 1.5
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After a harrowing breakup, Marcel returns to his favorite hotel to find his room occupied by a journalist, whom he attempts to impress.
Call Me Mathilde
event1969 star_border 8.5
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Mathilde de Blanzac is abducted on her way home from an evening at the opera with her wealthy industrialist husband. Her pathetic pieds-nickelés kidnappers begin by holding her hostage at the home of Petit Jean, a country bumpkin, before demanding a ransom from her husband. At the same time, Hubert de Pifre, a fighter pilot in distress, ejects over Petit Jean's farm.
Pierre and Paul
Act like Pierre
event1969
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Pierre is a middle-aged factory worker with plenty of unresolved anger. After his father's death, his mother feels compelled to move in with him. Having just moved there with his beautiful girlfriend, he begins to feel the pressure. When the May Day revolt begins, he goes crazy.
Requiem pour un caïd
Act like Antoine Delille
event1964 star_border 5.8
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Police officer Antoine Delille is in charge of putting an end to the activities of a "kingpin", Jo Pinelli, trafficker, racketeer and pimp. He has three women working for him, including Eva and Jeannette, and is currently "conditioning" a charming, naive Orly employee, with whom he poses as an honorable businessman. Inspector Delille's plan is to arrest Jo for some crime and, while he's being held at the P.J., to delve into his other criminal activities and confound him.
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Act like Sergent-chef Chaudard
event1975 star_border 7.3
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The second part of the Seventh Company adventures.
Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé...
Act like Georges
event1978 star_border 3.2
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Camadule is in charge of buying several barrels of the Beaujolais Nouveau. The Captain and Kamel will travel with him to get the divine beverage.
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Act like M. Bluette
event1958 star_border 6.9
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In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridiculed by a smart poacher.
Le Braconnier de Dieu
Act like Brother Grégoire
event1983 star_border 5
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A monk for thirty-seven years, Brother Gregory could not resist the temptation. Leaving the monastery for the first time to fulfill his duty as a voter, he catches up with pastis and women.
Till the End of the World
Act like Pierre Desmoulins
event1963 star_border 3
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This brave, lonely man who arrives in Corsica, in a poor village, has no idea that he will have to take in this 9-year-old child whose mother has just died and of whom he is undoubtedly the father. His only hope is to find a place for the child, a place where he can get rid of his mother, a place where the child can stay, grow up, eat his fill and become a man. In this long race on foot through the mountains or by hitchhiking, they successively reject all the solutions that are offered, for the taste of freedom, which is more deeply rooted in them than that of security. This common feeling gradually brings them closer together, and after many incidents, they decide to face life and its uncertain future together.
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Act like Self
event2003 star_border 6.1
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A documentary on Louis de Funès based on unseen archives and film extracts, interviews from close friends and comedy specialists.
Without Leaving an Address
Act like L'ami de Forestier
event1951 star_border 6.1
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A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left her without leaving an address.
Que les hommes sont bêtes
Act like Joselito
event1957 star_border 2
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Sylvie is a young cashier in a Montmartre café, "le bar des Philosophes", owned and run by Monsieur Marcel, a former safe cracker. One day, the pretty creature accepts to give a helping hand to two regulars, Francis and Josélito. But what the naive girl does not know is that the two men are gangsters and that they plan to steal 50 million francs deposited in the safe of Maître Roland Devert, a charming young notary. Actually things do not go according to plan all the more as a love story between the notary and Sylvie was not at all on the two gangsters' agenda.
Bingo!
Act like le directeur du théâtre
event2003 star_border 6
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At the age of 40, Georgette is a cleaning lady in airplanes. One day on a game show she wins a trip to Reunion Island. But, the problem is that Georgette has never taken a plane, and has an absolute phobia of flying.
Le Costaud des Batignolles
Act like Accomplice
event1952 star_border 2.5
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Jules, small and weak, dreams of becoming a formidable athlete. He strives every morning to practice physical culture exercises and takes comforting tablets, without success. But he meets Nénette, a woman who, when he kisses her, suddenly endows him with prodigious strength.
Young Girls Beware
Act like Tonio
event1957 star_border 5.3
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Raven, a mobster just released from prison, settles the score by murdering Mendetta and her partner, who had turned him in. Having taken over Mendetta's various bars, he finds himself at war with other mobsters who want to kill him.
Fantôme sur l'oreiller
Act like Le chauffeur
event1989 star_border 4.7
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A man is about to buy a castle from his wife, who has secretly decided to leave him. He discovers belatedly that the building is haunted.
Mission to Venice
Act like Paul Trégard
event1964 star_border 7
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An American polo player in Paris gets roped into intrigue when he's asked to find a family friend whom has gone missing.
Women Are Weak
Act like André, Agathe's Husband
event1959 star_border 5.2
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A playboy is pursued by three women seeking romance.
Démons de midi
Act like François
event1979
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At 45, divorced, unemployed and father of two children, Franois Morot realizes that he can no longer support the society in which he lives and decides to leave everything.
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
Act like Max, small-time alcohol and cigarette dealer
event1959 star_border 4.7
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Martine runs a sports center for women ,but they are short of the readies. To avoid seizure,she turns her health club into a nightclub with plenty of whiskey and wild women.
In the Mouth of the Wolf
Act like Commissaire Rémy
event1961 star_border 8
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Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.
Tout chante autour de moi
Act like Paul Nollier
event1954
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Georges works in a small-town drugstore. Passionate about music, he writes songs. When Anne-Marie, whom he loves, loses her parents, he leaves with her for Paris, protecting her because she is blind. His friends Paul and Marthe put them up in the vacant apartment of the publisher Recordier. When he returns, he's irritated, but Anne-Marie sings Georges' songs so well that he makes her a radio star. Georges flies into a rage, slamming doors. An upset Anne-Marie has an accident. Operation restores her sight. All that's left for good Paul to do is reunite the brave Georges with the sweet Anne-Marie.
Anyone Can Kill Me
Act like Émile Chanu
event1957 star_border 5.9
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The holdup of the bank is a success. All happened according to plan. Now, Cyril Gad and his four accomplices must secure an alibi. What better place than a prison cell? As a result the five gangsters have themselves arrested on minor charges and start waiting until they are released. Unfortunately three of them die mysteriously, another one is openly murdered. The only man still alive, Tony, is scared. Easy to understand why...
The Mysteries of Paris
Act like Le Chourineur
event1962 star_border 6.5
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The Marquis Rodolphe de Sombrueil accidentally runs over a working man with his carriage and helps his widow -- unjustly accused of robbery -- to find her missing daughter.
Way of Youth
Act like Lulu
event1959 star_border 6
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This movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation: black market, war profiteers, cracking open bottles of Champagne while most of the Parisians are almost starving.
The Elders of Saint-Loup
Act like Puy-Tirejol
event1950 star_border 5.9
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Due to financial problems, the boarding-school of Saint-Loup is on the verge of closing its doors. In desperation, Jacquelin, the headmaster, has the idea to invite former students to a fund-raising reunion. Among the alumni, three men whose common point is to have been in love at the time with the headmaster's niece. One is a banker, the second a priest and the last one a globetrotter. All of a sudden, the peace of the assembly is disturbed: Jacquelin's niece has just been murdered.
People in Luck
Act like Henri Duchemin (« Le Yacht »)
event1963 star_border 5.6
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A light French comedy of 5 segments.
Crainquebille
Act like 'La Trogne'
event1954 star_border 6
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In the Mouffetard district of Paris, Jérôme Crainquebille, an affable four-season merchant, is stopped by a police officer and taken to the station, unjustly accused of shouting "Mort aux vaches!" ("Death to the cows!"). When he returns to work after a fortnight's detention, he is ostracized by his neighbors. Lonely, Crainquebille sank into despair and alcoholism. His life in prison seemed sweeter, and his attempts to return were in vain. He owes his salvation to the affection of a local kid.
Les Filles à papa
Act like Jean-Jacques Daloiseau
event2001 star_border 7
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Jean-Jacques Daloiseau has worked as civil servant in the Ministry of Health and his now retired.Jean-Jacques and his old friend Robert have always dreamed of a sailboat and a trip around the world by sailboat.They have found a nice sailboat: Robert has paid his part but Jean-Jacques needs to sell a ground in the Soth of France.And also Jean-Jacques needs to speak with his wife Carole about this trip around the world with Robert.Then begin all the difficulties and impediments.Carole doesn't agree with this and runs away to London.Then one daughter ,Pauline, has problems with her husband and has come back home with her children.So Jean-Jacques becomes a nanny and has to solve all the problems of his daughters, find the money for boat and recover the love of Carole.
Deux Romains en Gaule
Act like Le restaurateur
event1967 star_border 6.5
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This film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO, chronicles the adventures of a little boy, Antoine, entered the world of antiquity by studying its history lesson and two Romans, and TICKETBUS PROSPECTUS, who prefer to leave their life of legionnaires and discover the lifestyle of Gaulois.Antoine meeting Asterix cartoon form, which explains certain peculiarities of life in Lutetia.
Papa, the Lil' Boats
Act like Jeannot le Corse
event1971 star_border 4.2
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In this whimsical French comedy, Cookie (aka Venus de Palma) is a tough, sweet little rich girl, and is rather smart, too. She's smart enough and charming enough to outwit her kidnappers by setting one against the other until they have all killed each other or died trying to prove thier worth to her.
Arden de Faversham
Act like Thomas Arden
event1960
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Faversham's Arden, the first tragedy to be about ordinary people, is both a realistic, social painting of 16th-century England and a psychological portrait. Alice and her lover Mosbie, with whom she has a complex and passionate relationship, decide to murder her husband Thomas Arden, but their plan repeatedly fails.
L'homme au parapluie
Act like L'inspecteur Martin
event1956
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A heart stops beating and two others no longer dare to face each other. While an old lady is found poisoned, the two main suspects in the investigation see their mutual love decline behind vile suspicions. 35 years before Les Cordier, judge and cop, Pierre Mondy is already trying his hand at the role of inspector.
The Healer
Act like Robert, assistant de Laurent
event1953 star_border 5.3
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Pierre Laurent, a former doctor, has established himself as a renowned healer in Brittany. A young girl, Isabelle, who follows his results with admiration, declares her love for him and becomes engaged. The reactions of his former colleagues bring Pierre before the courts. A misunderstanding with Isabelle thwarts the wedding plans. Later, the young girl, suffering from a brain tumor, allows herself to be cured by the healer. Pierre does not cure her, but leads her to her death without suffering.
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Act like Commissioner Lucas (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 10
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L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency.
Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.
Les Cordier, juge et flic
Act like Pierre Cordier (60 ep.)
event1994 star_border 5.4
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The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.
Petit déjeuner compris
Act like Gauthier Leroux (6 ep.)
event1980 star_border 6.3
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A couple who live in the French provinces are surprised to inherit a hotel in Paris. These new owners are determined to sell it, but that's without the charms, vagaries, and clientele of this typical inn implanted in a nice neighborhood.
At Theatre Tonight
Act like Harry Brock (1 ep.)
event1966 star_border 7.5
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At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
Midi Première
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 10
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Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
Palace
Act like Client qui participe à la partouze / Client de l'ascenseur du 14e (1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 6.7
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The action takes place - as the title suggests - in a Palace, a really nice hotel. Funny scenes happen in different places: the kitchen, the reception, the elevator, the rooms, ...
The Octopus
Act like Don Amilcare Attilio Brenno (6 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.9
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An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 6
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A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Numéro un
Act like Self (3 ep.)
event1975 star_border 6
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A French variety show.
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