Jacques Famery
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 30, 1923
Deathday: January 18, 2014
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My First Love
1945-09-12
My First Love
Overview: Bob, a student, is very emotionally close to his mother Suzanne. He is alarmed when she seems about to begin a relationship with a novelist, regarding it as a betrayal.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-09-12
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Bichon
1948-05-21
Bichon
Overview: Augustin, the bashful but model secretary of Fontange,a tyrannical industrialist, is desperately in love with Christiane,his boss's daughter. Of course Daddy will never allow. On the contrary he wants to force his daughter to marry his business partner, a single man, whose money would be a welcome help. To escape such an unfortunate lot, Christiane must find a subterfuge. The solution is Bichon, the baby that Jacques, her younger brother, is supposed to have had from a certain Loulou. By claiming that the baby is hers and that Augustin is the father, she hopes to compel her father not to marry a man she does not love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-05-21
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Death Threat
1950-02-22
Death Threat
Overview: André Garnier, a young pianist, who was sent to deportation following a denunciation, absolutely wants to find his informer. He falls in love with Hélène, the mistress of a wealthy industrialist, Bernier, in whom he soon discovers the man who once sold him to the Gestapo. Bernier is soon found murdered. André deflects suspicion on Jacques, the victim's secretary. Hélène and André's affair ends up being discovered by the police, who seem to see in it the motive for the crime. André surrenders to justice.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-02-22
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Sextette
1948-09-17
Sextette
Overview: A man remembers all the incredible stories that took place in his hotel.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-09-17
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Les vagabonds du rêve
1949-08-05
Les vagabonds du rêve
Overview: The Dombreval troupe is the last vestige of an outdated form of entertainment: the traveling theatre. Mireille is the director, strong, courageous, but overwhelmed by the hardships and financial difficulties. Full of dignity, she refuses negotiations and compromises, confronting the gendarmes with determination. The end is however near, Mireille is aware of it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1949-08-05
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The Ferret
1950-02-10
The Ferret
Overview: A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around Paris. Among those caught up in the police manhunt is a fraudulent clairvoyant.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-02-10
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This Age Without Pity
1952-06-25
This Age Without Pity
Overview: Léon, André, Christiane and Monique, who all study drama, decide to go camping together. Unfortunately - although unsurprisingly - their old jalopy breaks down on the road. Chance has it that in the village where they are stranded a historical movie is being shot by famed director Médéric, starring sexpot Barbara Glamour and Latin heartthrob Edouardo Tocato. Two of the young people start flirting with the two film stars until their friends make them see reason : they love each other. The four of them end up being hired as extras and all is well that ends well.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-06-25
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The Sparrows of Paris
1953-06-11
The Sparrows of Paris
Overview: An American manager and his daughter want to hire "the little singers with the wooden cross" for a tour of the United States,but Jeannot,a young member of the choir recognize his grandma's locket round the girl's neck .
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-06-11
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The Exchange Student
1967-12-01
The Exchange Student
Overview: Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-12-01
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Puccini
1953-04-29
Puccini
Overview: Produced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including a sexy, beautiful singer (Two for the Road's Nadia Gray) whom he drops for a small town girl (Sirocco's Marta Toren), and a servant girl who commits suicide over him. Well-selected excerpts from Manon, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are featured along with other Puccini music, including the voice of Beniamino Gigli. Sets, costumes and production values are first class, all sumptuously filmed by Claude Renoir.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-04-29
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La Dame aux camélias
1953-11-06
La Dame aux camélias
Overview: Young and handsome Armand Duval falls in love with Marguerite Gautier, a 'demi-mondaine'. He manages to persuade her to give up her life as a courtesan and they both settle down in the country. Tthe beginning of their idyll is like a dream but a short-lived one as their relationship is considered scandalous by Armand's family. During a secret visit to Marguerite, Armand's father convinces her to leave his son, which she does broken-heartedly but out of love for Armand. Her end will be doubly tragic; not only does she suffer from terminal tuberculosis but she is abandoned by everyone, including by Armand, who believes she has betrayed her. At long last, learning the truth, Armand rushes to her bedside and Marguerite has the joy to breathe her last in his arms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-11-06
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Tête à claques
1982-02-17
Tête à claques
Overview: Alex Berthier would love to be a famous songwriter. Meanwhile, he has to cope with unemployment, a witty 12 years old son and a rich and cute heiress who tries to help Alex as much as he tries to escape her: she brings nothing but trouble ! Fortunately, luck will strike again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-02-17
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976-12-25
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Overview: Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she politely claims that he's in the city on business. But when the landlady's creepy and increasingly persistent son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with kindly neighbor boy Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-25
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Sahara on Fire
1961-01-18
Sahara on Fire
Overview: A young engineer, Lucien Rombeau, is sent to the Sahara by the oil company that employs him, which wants to put an end to drilling that it considers unproductive. He ends up agreeing with the chief prospector, who refuses to stop the work and is convinced that prospecting will not be in vain.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-01-18
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A Few Acres of Snow
1972-12-28
A Few Acres of Snow
Overview: In 1837, in Quebec, against a historical backdrop of rebellion against the English, we follow the sentimental drama of Simon de Bellefeuille and Julie, the chosen one of his heart, destined for another.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-12-28
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Finalement...
1971-04-22
Finalement...
Overview: A young snack-bar waitress is propelled to supermodel status after meeting a photographer for a French fashion magazine.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-04-22
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Pousse mais pousse égal
1975-02-07
Pousse mais pousse égal
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-02-07
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Bibi Fricotin
1951-04-11
Bibi Fricotin
Overview: To find the heritage of his friend Catherine's ancestors, the leaping Bibi Fricotin, helped by the seer Fatma, goes through a thousand funny or comical adventures, thanks to multiple means of transport, ranging from the bicycle to the helicopter. Despite the pitfalls sown in her path by the young girl's uncle and aunt, the Tartazans, the inheritance will be found with a museum curator.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-04-11
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Master Cats
1971-06-09
Master Cats
Overview: An example of 1970's Maple Syrup cinema from Quebec, this whimsical and sexy tale revolves around two trickster roommates and the women in their lives who want to see them settle down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-06-09
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Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964-09-08
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Overview: The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-09-08
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Tonight the Skirts Fly
1956-06-14
Tonight the Skirts Fly
Overview: At Christmastime, the love affairs of five clothing models working for Pierre Roussel, a renowned Paris fashion designer. Marlène hesitates between two suitors. Blanche, who loves Jean, Roussel's son, wants him to talk to his father about their relationship. Catherine learns that her lover has a wife and two kids. Jeannette throws herself into the arms of an Oriental prince. In despair the fifth one attempts to commit suicide...
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-06-14
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Enigma
1982-10-15
Enigma
Overview: Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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The Possession of Virginia
1972-03-10
The Possession of Virginia
Overview: When his friend suddenly commits suicide, reporter Paul senses something strange about it. When he starts investigating, a series of sinister events leads him to a deadly Satanic cult.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-03-10
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