
Birthday:
02-22-1925
Deathday:
10-29-2010 (85 years)
Birthplace:
Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France
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Le Pion
Act like Boussignac
event1978 star_border 6.5
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Humiliated and down on his luck, a superintendent turns his life around when he decides to write a book.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Act like Serveur
event1972 star_border 7.5
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In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Les Misérables
Act like Un bourgeois
event1958 star_border 7.1
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In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
The Gardener of Argenteuil
Act like Le sacristain
event1966 star_border 6.2
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Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris. His main passions are gardening and oil painting, but he also has a secret source of income. His godson discovers that Tulipe is actually a master forger, producing perfect copies of 10 franc notes. His godson’s girlfriend sees this as an opportunity to get very rich – but she must persuade Tulipe to forge 500 franc notes. Assuming Tulipe’s agreement, his godson and his girlfriend buy an expensive new car and luxury villa in provincial France – but there is a cruel turn of fate in store for them when Tulipe strikes up a friendship with a millionaire playboy.
The Nude Vampire
Act like Voringe
event1970 star_border 4.9
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A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she's being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she's a vampire.
The Marvelous Visit
event1974 star_border 5.1
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In a small French village, an angel appears disguised as a beautiful young blond.
Les Vignes du Seigneur
Act like L'extra au repas mondain (uncredited)
event1958 star_border 5.8
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Now Gisèle Bourjeon is the mistress of the count Hubert Martin de Kardec.After a long journey abroad Henri Lévrier, a champagne producer has come back and meets again his friends Hubert and the Bourjeon family.And surprise, Henri doesn't drink alcohol anymore.He says Gisèle that he was drinking because he loved very much.Henri and Gisèle feel well together and become lovers.
A Mouse with the Men
Act like L'agent de police
event1964 star_border 5.7
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Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Francis leaves his home, loving wife and adorable daughter, frequently to attend meetings and demonstration with customers. His boss trusts him so much that his agenda is always full... at least, that's what he say to his wife! In fact, Marcel and Francis' incomes come from their night job: thieves! Here at least, they are professional. Troubles arise when, during one robbery, they encounter a young, high-pitched voice, candid girl who takes the decision to become their associate in crime... for the fun!
It Happened All Night
Act like le pharmacien
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.
Action Man
Act like Mr. Charles Goulette
event1967 star_border 5.7
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An American talks a retired French crook into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Act like Assessor judge (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited)
event1965 star_border 5.6
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The film consists of three novels. The film begins with the fact that the Bernard Blier hero removes a lantern from the entrance to a brothel. The second part is about how the lantern and jewelery were stolen from a young baroness. And in the third part the hero of Louis de Funes hangs a lantern at the entrance to his house.
The Cow and I
Act like Pommier
event1959 star_border 6.7
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In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.
Perfectionist
Act like Assistant to Doctor Delage (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.2
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Professor Louis Delage is a kidney transplant specialist. He is so good in his field that his peers nickname him the "great man". But one day, one of his patients die during surgery and Delage starts doubting. Is he actually such a great man? To fight desperation he decides to take in the deceased child while devoting more time to Florence, his hitherto neglected wife.
Le Costaud des Batignolles
Act like A spectator at the Vél d'hiv (uncredited)
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.
Forbidden Games
Act like Le deuxième gendarme (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 7.8
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Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.
Paris Pick-Up
Act like Man in the street (uncredited)
event1962 star_border 6
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On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things to hide.
The Forest of Farewell
Act like Postman (uncredited)
event1952
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A young girl marries a man she doesn't love and delights in humiliating him.
Beauties of the Night
Act like Un témoin du duel (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 6.2
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A daydreaming French composer sees himself as a fine figure dashing through history.
The Real Guilty
Act like Gendarme
event1951
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Inspector Dumont and his deputy Inspector Queneau investigate the murder of a young woman. They learn that the victim was pregnant before her death and that she was the mistress of Mario, a shady playboy who had dumped her while she was with child. A doctor is first suspected but is he the real culprit?
It Happened in Paris
Act like Controller at the station
event1952
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Wealthy American Patricia comes to spend some time at her uncle's place in Paris. While out on her own for the evening she meets pseudo-Russian prince Vladimir in a bistro.
The Midnight Witness
Act like Pharmacist
event1953
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Jacques Montet, a successful crime story writer, has already written a hundred books and would like to call it quits now to devote himself to loftier writing. But his wife, a cold-hearted, money-minded, bossy woman won't allow. All the more as she is the one who supplies Jacques with the plots of his detective stories. When Jacques, yearning for true love, meets young, pretty Muriel, he can't stand the situation any longer. Fortunately - for him - the plot of the 101st detective story imagined by his wife is about a ... perfect crime. He simply has to follow her instructions to ... get rid of her. Everything goes according to plan until Jacques discovers a scary detail: the presence of a mysterious witness on the scene of the crime.
The Drunkard
Act like A man (uncredited)
event1953
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Unfairly accused of her husband's murder, a woman is imprisoned.
Les Dents longues
Act like Un journaliste fumeur de "Paris France" (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 5.4
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A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray anyone to achieve his ends...
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
Act like Comrade (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 4.7
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Caroline de Bienre, the 16-year-old daughter of French nobility, meets the handsome rogue, Gaston de Sallanches, who is expected to ask for the hand of her older, plainer sister in marriage. Gaston instead joins Caroline in her secret hiding place in the château's attic, where the infatuated Caroline begins an affair with him. Meanwhile, she is being courted by the dull, sincere Livio, but holds him off since she is in love with Gaston. When the revolution of 1789 breaks out Caroline is sent to a convent but her carriage is waylaid. She escapes and makes her way to Gaston's home, where she finds him in the arms of his mistress. She is angry and then agrees to marry Livio, now an out-of-favor revolutionary and a marked man, and Caroline is also now on the death list.
Don't Tempt the Devil
Act like Robert, Dupré's servant (uncredited)
event1963 star_border 6.4
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A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection.
The Mysteries of Paris
Act like The butler of restaurant 'Masked Ball'
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.
Les Cuisses en Chaleur
Act like Le notaire
event1976 star_border 6
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Gaëtan de Vibestu learns from his lawyer that he will inherit a castle and a very large fortune. However, there is one condition: Gaëtan must remain single and not come close to a woman. Very soon, he will have to show a great imagination to deceive lawyer"s surveillance...
On Trial
Act like Le greffier (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 6.8
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Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth.
Flesh and the Woman
Act like Painter (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 4.1
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In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love.
Retour en force
Act like Passenger on bus 129
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.
The Days When I Don’t Exist
Act like Oncle Alfred
event2003 star_border 6.7
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A story that mixes fantasy, philosophy and everyday reality. The problem with Antoine Martin is that he only exists one day out of two. And it is from this circumstance so personal that he meets Clémentine, a girl who lives full time. All this will only deepen his anguish.
The Children's Rebellion
Act like Mr. Alexis's father
event1992 star_border 5.2
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In the 19th century, children -- particularly the children of the poor -- were considered to be an exploitable resource of docile and cheap labor. Anyone who had the effrontery to steal so much as a portion of a loaf of bread for any reason would (at the very least) go to prison, regardless of their age. However, people of conscience were beginning to protest against this situation. The story takes place in a prison for children where conditions are particularly harsh. The warden is a thick-headed martinet who demands complete compliance with the rules, or the children will be brutally dealt with. The assistant warden is a more modern man, and is appalled by the whole institution, but seeks to begin by reforming it. To that end, he has invited a journalist to come and see the conditions that prevail there, in the hopes that she will rouse public opinion against at least this one form of injustice.
English Education
Act like Julien, L'homme à tout faire du pensionnat
event1983 star_border 4.2
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After losing both her parents, young Sylvie is enrolled in a strict boarding school of Victorian English education. The school readily and willingly resorts to a very strict regime of correction and corporal punishment to discipline its female pupils and the young girls compensate for the rigors of their education by devoting themselves to all kinds of kinky schoolgirl sexual encounters.
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Act like le fossoyeur
event1968 star_border 6.3
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Edmond Dantès, who was active in the resistance against the Nazis, is accused for being a Nazi collaborator and is imprisoned in the fortress of Sisteron.
Life is beautiful
Act like l'homme dans la file
event1956 star_border 4.5
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Paris, 1956. Everything is going smoothly for Roger, married to Denise, and Paul, married to Monique, until the day they win a house in a radio contest. The difficulties of living together and the intrusion of their parents-in-law lead to a falling out.
Incorrigible
Act like Second freed person (uncredited)
event1975 star_border 6.2
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Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make enough money to build a sea wall to protect Mont-Saint-Michel. Charlotte, a parole officer, shows up: she's young and seems taken in by Victor. He discovers she lives above the Senlus Museum, where her parents are the curators. With two pals he decides to steal a priceless El Greco triptych and then ransom it back to the cultural ministry. What will Charlotte do when she realizes he's used her to make a fortune?
Le Tueur triste
Act like L'horloger
event1984
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A crime comedy directed by Nicolas Gessner.
Peek-a-boo
Act like Labaule, un adjoint du détective Michel Lebœuf (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 4.9
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A small-town policeman is informed that "naked women" are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Being the guardian of public morals that he is, he decides to stroll on down there and check it out for himself.
Men Think Only of That
event1954 star_border 5.6
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Alfred is in love, but shy. Desperate not to have the audacity to express his passion to the woman of his dreams, Nicole, a young dairyman, he enthusiastically accepts the proposal of Don Juan to make his sentimental education.
Nights of Shame
event1954 star_border 4.7
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Marie-Thérèse is firmly involved in a charity dedicated to the rehabilitation of prostitutes. She approaches Marcelle who, for the love of Pierre, an honest painter, hides her dishonorable profession, and she befriends Maria, in love with the gentle René. Marcelle's aunt is murdered, and her daughter arrested. Marie-Thérèse sets out to prove her innocence, but the two boys learn all about the two unfortunate women. Pierre is unforgiving. Happier, Maria will start a new life with René.
Pity for the Vamps
event1956
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Paris, 1956. Three sisters, three actresses willing to do almost anything to make it big. Their lives, their loves, their dramas. A savory satire of the world of show business and cinema in particular.
Five Million in Cash
event1957 star_border 1
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Philémon De Montfilet came first in his year in the prestigious engineering school "Poly Art Technique" because of an epidemic which brought all the other examination candidates down.
No Mercy for the Cellers
Act like Manager of the 'Moulin de Montmartre'
event1955 star_border 2
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In Montmartre, prostitutes and neighborhood pimps meet in Victor's bar. One of them, Charly, one day falls in love with the beautiful Laurence, a girl who honestly earns her life as a singer. But Fernand, the local boss, sees a bad eye his acolyte out of the ranks to lead a quiet life in the company of his sweetheart. He provokes the jealousy of Jessy, mistress of Charly. The latter, stung, does not intend to leave without fighting his lover take the tangent. She ruminates her revenge so much that she ends up shooting Charly ...
Pas de souris dans le business
event1955
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Without seeming to touch it, journalist Trupeau is interested in the doings of Mireille, a jewelry store saleswoman. A certain Jojo is hanging around the young girl, and not for the right reasons, but to pull off a "heist". Although one of his men betrays him and has to be shot, Jojo succeeds. The police investigate, question and pursue Mireille. Exasperated and disillusioned, the pretty salesgirl shoots Jojo. Fortunately, the journalist is there to prove that she's as white as an ermine. And the ch timents rain down on the culprits.
Good Evening Paris
event1956
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A foreign pianist who comes to visit Paris is ripped off by a young man and his sister. But he soon falls in love with this one.
Le souffle du désir
event1958
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Daniel Bellanger, a night-club crooner, is a basically straight,honest man. He has just married Christiane, a cashier in a Montmartre hotel and his main objective in life is to live happily with his wife and Pierrot, the son she had of a former union. Unfortunately Daniel accepts the offer of his old friend Freddy to run a gambling den. The place is frequented by a host of dubious guys, among whom a hood named Mario. The latter finds Christiane to his liking and soon shows he is prepared to do anything to take her away from Daniel, including kidnapping little Pierrot.
Au cœur de la ville
event1960
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Louis saves a five-year-old girl, Monique, who wants to throw herself into the river. He consoles her, takes her home and nurses her back to health. Thanks to Monique, the old man regains his zest for life. Monique tells him that she has misplaced her mother's purse and is afraid to go home. Louis takes her back and continues on his way.
It's Tough for Everybody
event1975 star_border 5.5
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After losing his job, an idealistic adman starts his own agency, putting himself in the crosshairs of his jaded ex-boss.
OK Patron
Act like Admiral
event1974 star_border 5
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Mario, the head of the Mafia in France, has just been mortally wounded. His "companion" decides to find him a successor, before the New York "organization" appoints one. She instructs her two bodyguards to take on anyone who likes money, doesn't have any and, above all, doesn't want to work too hard - in short, "the average Frenchman"... They discover Léon Bonnet, a representative of "magic crosses". They send him gifts: champagne, weapons (a mistake...), a ring for his fiancée, and a meal worthy of the finest gourmets. In return, they take him to Mario's dying bedside, and have him sign over the estate. It's then that Leon, with his angelic good looks, restores order within the Mafia, surprising all his adversaries with his manners, and outwitting the police...
The Voracious Ones
event1973 star_border 5.2
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On the Côte d'Azur, a rich man wins a large sum of money playing at the casino. As he leaves the establishment, he is assaulted and knocked unconscious, his loot stolen. A few days later, the young croupier who had given him his winnings is involved in a motorcycle accident while avoiding a car. The investigation brings the two men together, but the millionaire's wife falls in love with the handsome young croupier. The plot begins...
Houla-Houla
Act like Le receveur des P.T.T.
event1959 star_border 5
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Fernand Martin, a schoolteacher in Nogent-le-Roi, is in love with Jacqueline, a postal worker and the older sister of one of his pupils. He asks for her hand in marriage, but her father refuses. One morning, he receives an appointment to Tahiti.
Charade
Act like Hotel Receptionnist (uncredited)
event1963 star_border 7.7
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After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.
Clara and the Villains
event1958 star_border 5
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A rich kid, the daughter of an oil tycoon, lives a life of luxury. Bad guys kidnap the heiress.
Naked in the Wind
Act like Vicar
event1953
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Smalltown confectioner Lespinasse, hopeful of being reelected as chief councillor, is opposed by Darcepoil, the local druggist. Darcepoil arranges for the incumbent's defeat by having Pantaflon, a nightclub singer, lure him to the nudist camp on the Isle of Levant, where Lespinasse is photographed surrounded by half-naked women. At home, he is berated by his wife and thrown out of office; but he returns to Levant with the penitent Pantaflon and is welcomed by the nudists and voted camp president. His forgiving wife follows him and herself becomes a nudist.
Miss Catastrophe
event1957
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A talented but crazy painter, Elvire Mercier agrees to sell one of her canvases to Pierre Leroy, a rich heir. But after a string of misunderstandings, she hands her painting over to a swindler. And her problems have only just begun.
How to Succeed in Love
event1962 star_border 2.5
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Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer. Having lost his own situation, he joins Editions du Soleil thanks to his friend Marcel's manuscript "Comment réussir en amour". Freed of his shyness, he succeeds brilliantly in his career; and having put to good use the teachings of the manuscript, Bernard ends up marrying Sophie. But he soon finds himself confronted by the impetuous young woman's fantasies.
A Woman in White Revolts
event1966 star_border 6
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Preparing her gynecology thesis, Claude Sauvage, at the urging of a village doctor, Vincent Ferrière, agrees to replace him for a few days. During this time, she took it upon herself to abort the schoolteacher, who was afraid of giving birth to a handicapped child. But an anonymous letter denounces her, and she goes on trial.
Paris in August
Act like Customer of the Lipp brewery
event1966 star_border 7.3
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A man is alone in Paris during the month of August while his woman and children go on vacation. He meets a young English girl posing as a model who came to Paris for a shoot.
The Sword and the Balance
event1963 star_border 7.6
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Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pasts are questionable, riddled with violence and controversy. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle.
Over the Wall
Act like Neighbor
event1961 star_border 6
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Simone and Jean have just married and, looking for a home in the Paris region, are lucky enough to find a house with a garden in a residential suburb. Expecting their first child, the young couple began to observe how the parents of neighboring families were raising theirs.
Why Paris?
event1964
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Monique, a Belgian girl, comes to Paris to learn painting and become an artist. She took courses at the Academy and found a studio in Montmartre.
Alice au pays des merveilles
Act like Lackey frog / The executioner
event1970 star_border 5.7
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Alice sets off in pursuit of a mysterious white rabbit in a hurry. After a dizzying fall into a deep well, she discovers a strange world populated by beasts who behave like humans. She changes size, is invited to a wacky tea-time party and becomes a witness to a momentous trial conducted by the Queen of Hearts.
Give Her the Moon
Act like Maître d'hôtel
event1970 star_border 5.4
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Marie, a young provincial girl, is seduced by an American billionaire. She agrees to stay with him if he moves her village to New York.
Ubu Roi
Act like Stanislas Leczinski
event1965 star_border 5.6
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Based on Alfredy Jarrry's 1896 play about a greedy, overweight, selfish dude named Pere Ubu. The story follows Ubu on his journey to overthrow the current ruler and become King of Poland. Along the way he betrays many of his followers, taxes the civilians to an unreasonable degree and eventually slaughters everyone. Along his side, is the equally crude but somehow more likable Mere Ubu, who's like a foul mouthed Lady Macbeth.
Diamonds Are Brittle
Act like Policeman
event1965 star_border 3.5
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Bernard Noblet is a modest bank clerk with a passion for billiards. His fiancée Juliette, a schoolteacher, dreams of one day living the high life, and his best friend Roger, a little-known inventor, is equally despairing. After careful consideration, a solution emerges: a cleverly organized hold-up will enable them to live in luxury for the rest of their lives. Bernard soon makes the acquaintance of Bettina and her mother, Madame Ralton, professionals in the "heist" business.
The Boss of Champignol
event1966
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Claudius finds a foal and takes it home to his boss. The men who stole the animal are looking for him. Claudius names him Champignol and trains him for racing. When he grows up, Champignol wins a regional race. But the thieves return, and Claudius is forced to do odd jobs to keep his horse.
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Act like First customer of the "sexy shop" (uncredited)
event1971 star_border 5.9
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Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the object of interest of two thugs, Kruger and Mister K.
The Lion's Share
Act like Funeral home employee
event1971 star_border 4
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A writer is reunited with an old childhood friend, who gives him the opportunity to devise a heist.
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
event1969 star_border 4.5
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Jean-Louis, a garage worker and womanizer, asks his friend and boss to reverse roles for a while, to make his brother, who has just arrived from South America, believe he's not only the boss, but also his wife's husband.
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
Act like Resident of the slum
event1972 star_border 5.1
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Rosemonde, hailed as "the Princess" reign over a slum in the Paris suburbs. Herbert, a reporter who came to investigate on the pollution, ends up in a grinding machine of her invention. Rosemonde resells the bones to the church authorities who use them as holy relics. Inspector Adrian Bondu is handling the case... But a young hippie who looks like Jesus will have Rosemonde suddenly feel very earthly feelings...
The Angels
event1973 star_border 4
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Larry, who is awaiting a large inheritance, lives with his uncle who hopes to receive part of the hefty sum. He meets another specimen of its kind, weak, lazy and eager to show off, who lives on the hooks of an elderly woman. The two thugs sympathize and cause, by game, a fatal accident. From perverse games to silly games, they enter a deadly spiral.
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
event1973 star_border 1
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Young Berthe, deeply moved by a cinema screening of the notoriously sultry Le Dernier Tango à Paris, goes to the address where most of the action takes place, a building overlooking the Bir-Hakeim Bridge metro station. Reality suddenly seems to mimic fiction when she discovers not only an apartment advertised for rent, but also a man prostrate in a corner who seems to be waiting for her. Hoping for the same torrid embrace as in the film, she discovers that he is in fact preoccupied only by the apartment's defects. Attempting to embark on a passionate affair, she learns that the man suffers from libido problems.
The Lions Are Loose
Act like Majordome (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 5.7
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A young woman leaves her hometown and husband to explore Paris, where she becomes entangled in a rivalry between a doctor and a novelist in high society.
Belle de Jour
Act like Majordomo
event1967 star_border 7.4
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Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
Catherine & Co.
Act like Le vendeur chez Cartier
event1975 star_border 1
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Catherine, a young British sexworker living in Paris, decides to start her own "company" after learning the basics of big businesscom from her clients. She encounters both interest and setbacks in her search for investors.
The Three Musketeers
Act like Un laquais
event1953 star_border 6.3
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The umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love affairs of Anne of Austria and the Duke of Buckingham, incurring the wrath of the Cardinal and exposing themselves to the cold cruelty of Milady de Winter. Also featured are the tender Mme Bonacieux, the hilarious Planchet, the Queen's ferrets and Bethune's executioner, against a backdrop of clanging swords.
Emmanuelle 3
Act like Patron de Paul (uncredited)
event1980 star_border 4.3
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A fashion photographer and his French models travel to Bangkok.
Comme des rois
Act like Portier des Hotels
event1997 star_border 6
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Two Polish brothers arrive in Paris with dreams of becoming rich and famous, and sure enough, they are soon participating in some forgotten film festival as a producer and a director -- but will this get them anywhere?
Like a Pot of Strawberries
Act like Le chef du marketing
event1974 star_border 1
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Amandine is twenty years old, the most beautiful buttocks in Paris, and unfortunately a very ugly nose, which forces her in her profession of model, to pose only from behind. Trying in vain to save money that her sister Joëlle constantly borrows from her, she will finally be reimbursed and will thus be able to afford aesthetic surgery and become a lovely cover girl...
Diary of a Chambermaid
Act like Le sacristain
event1964 star_border 7.1
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Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.
That Obscure Object of Desire
Act like Deporting Policeman
event1977 star_border 7.4
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After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.
The Winner
Act like Le père de Laurent
event1979 star_border 5
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A plumber finally meets the woman of his dreams. But as her uptight family tries to keep him away, he wins the lottery and starts plotting his revenge.
Naked and Lustful
Act like Le Forestier
event1976 star_border 4.9
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A wealthy French couple unable to bear children but determined to start a family agree to use an anonymous surrogate . Upon seeking a professional opinion on the matter, the couple is advised to seek out an anonymous surrogate. Though the procedure is a success, Jean-Paul becomes entirely consumed in his quest to discover the identity of the young woman (Willeke van Ammelrooy) who is currently carrying his child. Upon coming face to face with the ravishing young beauty, Jean-Paul initiates a torrid affair that will profoundly affect the lives of all involved.
Hello Smile!
Act like Le majordome
event1956 star_border 5.9
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A Prime Minister kidnaps three comedians from Paris to make a frowning princess smile for a royal photo, all while secretly dealing with a prisoner hunger strike. The King remains unaware of his mischievous plan.
Famous Love Affairs
Act like un inquisiteur
event1961 star_border 4.2
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Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.
Naked Teenager
Act like Bernard Musson
event1979 star_border 4
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In a French girls' boarding school, things are going haywire. The new professor is seduced by the lusty students and the teacher turns out to be a dominatrix who wants to show the girls the right way. The shameless goings-on do not remain without consequences, Monique and Julie should leave the sinful institute, but the two precocious girls decide to work in a Parisian brothel after school to pay the school fees...
Hardboiled Egg Time
Act like Le commissaire de police
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 Phantom of Liberty
Act like Le père Raphaël
event1974 star_border 7.5
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This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
Macédoine
Act like The orderly
event1971
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The tale of a young pretty girl's rise to a top model and her finding of emptiness in her life after success.
Weekend at Dunkirk
Act like Un croque-mort
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.
Lancelot of the Lake
event1970
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This story is set in the 13th century, in Britain, where Lancelot, who was raised by Vivian, the Lady of the Lake, becomes one the Knight of the Round Tables and falls secretly in love with Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur, for whom he wants to accomplish many deeds.
The Magnificent One
Act like The French Interpreter who speaks Czech
event1973 star_border 7
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A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time at the publisher's demand.
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Act like L'huissier de justice
event1955 star_border 5.8
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Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's parents. For, despite the good will on either side, tension soon arises. What else to expect when there is too little space in their Montmartre apartment for four people (then for six then eight, the couple having... two pairs of twins!) ; the continued presence there of Fernand (who loves peace and quiet) after he is driven to retirement ; the difficult beginnings of Robert as a lawyer in a room of the apartment, etc... Other troubles follow and the harried family is on the verge of implosion...
Seventeenth Heaven
Act like Le patron de François chez Bokaro
event1966 star_border 5
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The brave and moody François, a window washer by trade, has fallen head over heels in love with a delicious woman he spotted while working on the 17th floor of a building. From that moment on, all his dreams turn to the woman he doesn't dare approach. Fortunately, he finally meets her in Perros-Guirec, after following her on a train journey. She calls herself a chatelaine; he introduces himself as a writer. Will love triumph over these pious lies?
Blood on His Sword
Act like Un évêque
event1961 star_border 5.8
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Charles le Temeraire asks in marriage Jeanne de Beauvais, daughter of King Louis XI, wishing to get her valuable lands in dowry. The King is wise to this, and since his daughter does not feel inclined to accept, he refuses. Charles sets up a plan to abduct the prince, in a way that the suspicions will fall upon Robert de Neuville, a noble enamoured of the princess. Robert manages to free her from the castle where she was being kept. Charles keeps setting traps, and managing people to perjure against Jeanne, and the King himself. Finally, Jeanne escapes alive from a pack of wolves, who set watching the lady alone in the snow covered woods, instead of attacking her. Charles does yet accuse her of being a witch - wishing to have her dead rather than being the wife of Robert... Robert will be her champion in a Judgement of God. Will the 'miracle of the wolfs' repeat itself, or fearless Charles defeat Robert in the sword duel?
Paris Loves
event1961
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Les amours de Paris focuses on three disparate couples and their problems in the arena of romantic love. One couple is comprised of a faithful husband and a sick wife whose stay in the hospital is not so bad because she has taken a sudden interest in her doctor. In the second pairing, a womanizer comes to see that the model who is in love with him is worth more than yet another conquest. And to complete the trio, two zany people finally realize they are a couple.
Maxime
Act like A butler
event1958 star_border 6.1
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Story of an aging dandy who is the factotum and arranger of female conquests for a brusque young millionaire.
Pantalaskas
Act like (uncredited)
event1960
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An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language -- he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian. Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact, the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on.
Fantomas
Act like Agent qui arrête le commissaire Juve
event1964 star_border 6.8
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Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.
Belles, blondes et bronzées
Act like Le monsieur galant au bois
event1981 star_border 3.1
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Mistaken for bank robbers, two friends stumble into a group of beautiful girls and follow them to Morocco for a dance show.
À bout de sexe
Act like Le passant
event1975 star_border 4
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Two mechanics, André and Robert, dredge in convertible at the end of their day's work, towards the Côte d'Azur. They meet very welcoming creatures.
The Sicilian Clan
Act like Gardien du fourgon cellulaire (uncredited)
event1969 star_border 7.6
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An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.
Male Companion
Act like Le concierge (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 4.4
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A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.
The Insolent
Act like 'La Fouine'
event1973 star_border 3
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Having escaped from prison Ristack contacts his partner, to organize an attack on a van full of gold. The heist goes well but each man is trying to keep all the loot for himself...
Cat Dance of Sex
Act like Le chauffeur de taxi choqué (uncredited)
event1974 star_border 2
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After 5 years of marriage, a relaxation occurs in the couple Jacques and Nicole. Jacques forgets that a woman in love needs tenderness and Nicole confides in her best friend.
L'Essayeuse
Act like The customer (uncredited)
event1976
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Lena, the operator of a lingerie shop where she models the merchandise for some of her male customers in order to make a sale, is approached by a mysterious woman.
The Day of the Jackal
Act like Usher at Elysée Palace
event1973 star_border 7.5
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An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
The Baron of the Locks
Act like Bailiff at the casino (uncredited)
event1960 star_border 6.3
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The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. Meanwhile, there is a certain charming cafe owner that the Baron finds irresistible -- at least for awhile.
Murder at 45 R.P.M.
Act like Le valet
event1960 star_border 5.7
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Danielle Darrieux stars in this French thriller as a singer having an affair with her accompanist. When her husband dies in an automobile accident, the two lovers suspect each other of having murdered him. Soon after, they receive 45 rpm records with the dead man’s voice, threatening to come back.
Rebelote
Act like The judge
event1984 star_border 5.5
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Rémi Chauveau, ten years old, lives in a broken home. He first experiences an austere boarding school and then an authoritarian and abusive nanny. Teenager, he works as butcher in Paris. On Saturday, he made “silly little things” that sometimes lead to prison.
This Special Friendship
Act like Father teaching
event1964 star_border 7.9
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A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
The Milky Way
Act like L'aubergiste français / Innkeeper
event1969 star_border 7
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Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way they meet a whole assortment of people—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.
The Fugitives
Act like Un prisonnier
event1955 star_border 7.6
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During the Second World War, in 1943, two French prisoners, François and Michel, escape from Stalag B377 in northern Germany near the Baltic Sea. They meet another escaped compatriot, Pierre, who has donned the uniform of a German officer and joins them. Their goal: to reach neutral Sweden. To get there, they'll have to walk part of the way, then take a train to the coast and, from there, find a way to cross the sea to the shores of Sweden.
Love Is My Profession
Act like L'agent bousculé (uncredited)
event1958 star_border 6.5
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Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.
Soupçons
Act like Le notaire
event1956 star_border 9
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"Poisoner" - After her fiancé is arrested Claire finds herself alone and forced to find work. She is hired by a country squire, Etienne de Montenoy, as the tutor of his goddaughter. It does not take long before Montenoy falls for her but a little longer before the young woman, reluctant at first, understands Etienne loves her truly and then requites his love. Etienne lives so happily with her that he decides to make her his heir. Shortly after, he is murdered by poison...
Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent
Act like M. Edmond
event1964 star_border 4.6
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Jeff Gordon, FBI agent, infiltrates a gang and finds himself in the midst of a gang war.
Cherchez l'idole
Act like Indignant passer-by
event1964 star_border 6.2
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After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on returning to the music shop he discovers that the precious instrument has just been sold! The problem is complicated by the fact that five stars all bought the same model that morning...
Unexpected
event1961 star_border 9
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An English teacher seduces a young student in the company of his wife to help him in an ambitious plan with the kidnapping of a newborn baby of a wealthy businessman.
Oh! What a Mambo
Act like Le préposé à la bande-son (uncredited)
event1959 star_border 5.5
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Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his wife is being courted by an Italian fitness instructor.
Dracula's Fiancée
Act like The Sorcerer
event2002 star_border 4.7
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A professor and his protege's search for Dracula leads them to a group of nuns who have held a young woman captive, so she can be married off the vampire.
Justine's Hot Nights
Act like The producer
event1976
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A famous director, Mick is forced by his producer to shoot a porn movie. After having accepted, not without reluctance for he is facing a financial crisis, he realizes that he has in fact no inspiration on the subject.
People in Luck
Act like Le maître d'hôtel du restaurant (« Le Repas gastronomique »)
event1963 star_border 5.6
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A light French comedy of 5 segments.
Only the Cool
Act like Fécamp police inspector
event1970 star_border 5
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A network of spies affects the lives of people in and out of the organization in this espionage drama. Dominique is the neglected wife of a spy who tracks him down at a Paris antique shop. Finding him with a female spy, the enraged wife shoots both of them. Dominique hides out on a boat while the police investigate the murders, and international spies scramble to recover some missing microfilm. Helen is the spy boss who orders a hit man to go after Dominique.
Gigi
Act like Guest at Maxim's (uncredited)
event1958 star_border 6.2
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A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.
Two Men in Town
Act like Prison guard (uncredited)
event1973 star_border 7.1
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A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Last Known Address
Act like Pharmacist (uncredited)
event1970 star_border 7.3
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Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
Papa, the Lil' Boats
Act like Matéo Falcone
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.
Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
Act like Nestor (voice)
event1969 star_border 6.6
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When seven archaeologists find an ancient Inca temple, they become victims of an ancient curse. Back in Europe, one by one they fall into a deep sleep and only once a day, all at the same time, they wake up for a few minutes and experience hallucinations where the sinister living mummy of Rascar Capac appears.
Max and the Junkmen
Act like The Sarcastic Inspector in the Canteen
event1971 star_border 7.1
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A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Act like A reservist
event1954 star_border 5.6
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Celestin works as an organist at a girl's school. By day, Celestin is the meek and mild target of the girls' incessant practical jokes. By night, however, he is the celebrated composer of popular operas -- and the romantic vis-à-vis of a celebrated stage star. When schoolgirl Denise stumbles onto Celestin's secret, she threatens to tell all -- but only if Celestin refuses to escort her to the opening night of his latest opera. As a result, Denise falls in love with a handsome young soldier, while Celestin is accidentally shipped off to an army camp. A series of silly coincidences brings happiness to all concerned by fade-out time.
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Act like Le ministre
event1966 star_border 6.4
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In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows where magazine editor Ms. Maxwell is the reigning opinion maker. The ridiculous passes for sublime. Polly becomes the subject of an episode of a vapid TV news documentary series called "Qui êtes-vous?" and is pursued by the filmmaker and by the prince of Borodine, a small country in the Soviet bloc.
588 rue Paradis
Act like Butler
event1992 star_border 7.1
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A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian roots to adapting in France, forty years after his family's move to Marseilles. He now goes by a new name to fit in better with French society.
Errors of Youth
Act like Le gardien du 52
event1989
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The oddest things come in pairs. In 1989, there were two foreign films on the market whose titles translated to Errors of Youth or Youthful Indiscretion. One was a Russian film, the other was a French picture, originally titled Erreur de Jeunesse. In this one, would-be poet Francis Frappat breezes through a number of relationships. Of paramount importance to Frappat are his attempts to seduce the lovely Géraldine Danon.
One Is Always Too Good to Women
event1971 star_border 3.5
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This French farce/drama takes place in Ireland in 1916, during one of the peak periods of revolutionary violence. Seven Irish revolutionaries have taken over a post office, totally evacuating the building. Or so they think. They missed Gertie Gertel, who was in the bathroom at the time. By the time she is discovered, they are sufficiently besieged that for her own safety, she must stay with them. Gertie, it turns out, is about as pro-British as it is possible to be, and the seven take it on themselves, in the midst of battles and gunfights, to win her over to their cause.
Captain Blood
Act like Concini's guard drinking the glass of wine (uncredited)
event1960 star_border 6.5
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Le capitan is a 1960 French-Italian swashbuckler film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli and Lise Delamare. It is based on a novel by Michel Zévaco.
Impossible Is Not French
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.
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Act like Erster Konferenzteilnehmer (1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 6.1
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Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.
At Theatre Tonight
Act like Gaston Martin (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.
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Act like Maubec (1 ep.)
event1958
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Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes is a crime based French television series
Vidocq
Act like Le notaire Bardoux (1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 9
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Based on the memoirs of Eugène-François Vidocq, Vidocq is a French TV series in thirteen 25-minute episodes, in black and white, created by Georges Neveux (scriptwriter-dialoguist) and Marcel Bluwal.
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