Jacques Ciron
Biography: Jacques Ciron (17 May 1928 – 7 December 2022) was a French actor. Ciron was born in the 17th arrondissement of Paris on 17 May 1928. After gaining recognition for his looks and his voice, he became very popular in cinema and boulevard theatre, particularly in the program Au théâtre ce soir. He was also very active in dubbing, lending his voice to several animated Disney films, as well as to the character Alfred Pennyworth in several live-action Batman films. He also lent his voice to the evil clown It in the miniseries of the same name. Ciron died in the 20th arrondissement of Paris on 7 December 2022, at the age of 94. Source: Article "Jacques Ciron" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Birthday: May 17, 1928
Deathday: December 07, 2022
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The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
1976-01-21
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Overview: The evil knight Torchesac, who is at the service of the sinister lord of La Mortaille, gets a very powerful magic flute and uses it for evil purposes. Johan and Pirlouit, assisted by the magician Homnibus, travel to the land of the Smurfs, the only manufacturers of this sort of instrument, to get a new one and battle the usurpers.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-01-21
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The Happiest of Men
1952-11-26
The Happiest of Men
Overview: An industrialist who prefers painting to business is cheated on by his wife with a painter who prefers business to painting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-11-26
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The Lottery of Happiness
1953-02-15
The Lottery of Happiness
Overview: Mr Lucas, a grocer, wants to attract the clientele; he imagines a lottery; every week, you can win a bike. It's a big success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-02-15
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A Caprice of Darling Caroline
1953-03-06
A Caprice of Darling Caroline
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-03-06
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Les Dents longues
1953-03-15
Les Dents longues
Overview: 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...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-03-15
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The Secret of the Selenites
1984-02-01
The Secret of the Selenites
Overview: The film follows the adventures of Baron Munchausen, who is prompted to travel to the moon by his cousin Sirius, an astrologer convinced that it is inhabited by an ancient race called the Selenites. The Selentites incidentally possess the secret of immortality. The Baron takes up his cousin's offer and travels to the moon using a tall masted ship pulled by three hot air balloons and he is aided by his super-ability friends (who are from the prequel to this film, The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen). When they reach the moon, they are initially placed in jeopardy as their craft lands in a crater and they fall into a subterranean sea inhabited by monsters...
Genres: Family Animation Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-02-01
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L'Amour foot
1994-10-15
L'Amour foot
Overview: The arrival of an unruly young man in the football team of a small town in France is turning the life of the Mayor upside down. Some revelations about him may well cost him his re-election by a population averse to bribes and scandals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-10-15
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Monstres... Pas si monstrueux!
2013-02-20
Monstres... Pas si monstrueux!
Overview: We are used to see terrifying monsters on screen... But they are not always as bad! These five short films offer an overview of the most terrible creatures on the planet, in a new light filled with tenderness and humor!
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-02-20
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The Brain
1969-03-07
The Brain
Overview: Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-03-07
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988-02-05
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Overview: Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-05
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3 femmes en colère
2013-02-14
3 femmes en colère
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-02-14
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Maigret Sets a Trap
1958-01-29
Maigret Sets a Trap
Overview: Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes to realize that for the elusive man that he suspects to be unmasked, he has to set him a trap.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-01-29
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My New Partner
1984-09-19
My New Partner
Overview: A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-09-19
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Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
1955-09-14
Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
Overview: A man of of principle leads a double life: one for his mistress and one he takes home to his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-09-14
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Good Evening Paris
1956-12-14
Good Evening Paris
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-12-14
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Je suis un mouchard
1953-04-17
Je suis un mouchard
Overview: Mado loves Henry but is coveted by Bob Torquella, a dangerous gangster. The latter, mad with jealousy, is prepared to do everything to get rid of Henri. He and his accomplice involve him in a dangerous robbery. Henri is hurt and arrested by the police. But the young man, a weak character, denounces his accomplices. Two years later, the two gangsters run away from prison. Bob finds that Henri and Mado are husband and wife and have a daughter. In a panic, Henri runs for cover.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-04-17
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French Cancan
1954-12-27
French Cancan
Overview: Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-12-27
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Naked in the Wind
1953-04-29
Naked in the Wind
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-04-29
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Experiment in Evil
1960-07-04
Experiment in Evil
Overview: Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong friend, Maître Joly, becomes concerned when Cordelier draws up a will that bequeaths his entire estate to a stranger, Monsieur Opale; he cannot understand why Cordelier defends him, considering Opale attacks women and children. After a colleague is killed, Joly confronts Cordelier and discovers the truth behind his friend's behavior.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-07-04
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Ernest & Celestine
2012-12-12
Ernest & Celestine
Overview: Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama Family Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-12-12
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Les Livreurs
1961-07-24
Les Livreurs
Overview: These two friendly delivery boys from a Parisian department store not only take their job to heart as much as possible, but also consider themselves responsible for the happiness of the customers they have to deliver to. This leads them successively to help, at the cost of incredible acrobatics, a young couple celebrating the first anniversary of their marriage, to mingle with the clientele of a rather disquieting doctor, to almost perish in an ambush that was of course not intended for them, and to avoid a domestic quarrel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-07-24
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Thank You, Natercia
1960-11-02
Thank You, Natercia
Overview: A wealthy widow, Natercia, helps Alain, a poor young man, to put together the film he plans to make. They decide to pool their resources to make the project a reality. At the first screening, Natercia realizes that Alain no longer needs her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-11-02
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Sortie de secours
1970-09-30
Sortie de secours
Overview: A failed actress sinks into neurosis and mythomania. To give relief to her dismal existence, she engages in all kinds of activities ranging from false testimony to occasional prostitution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-09-30
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Hunting & Gathering
2007-03-21
Hunting & Gathering
Overview: When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-03-21
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Frantic
1988-02-19
Frantic
Overview: The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-19
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Hotel Room
1981-02-12
Hotel Room
Overview: A couple of young movie makers have secretly filmed for over a year what was going on in a hotel room, trying to realize a "live act" of common people living their life. They get in touch with old and money-tight producer Mengaroni to edit their movie, but while they contact the accidental actors for gathering authorization, he starts to manipulate their work.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-02-12
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Ma femme s'appelle Maurice
1998-01-09
Ma femme s'appelle Maurice
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-01-09
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The Three Musketeers
1959-12-25
The Three Musketeers
Overview: The Three Musketeers (French: Les trois mousquetaires) is a 1959 French TV film based on a play adaptation of the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is notable for featuring Jean Paul Belmondo in the lead.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-12-25
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Chérie Noire
1966-10-27
Chérie Noire
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-10-27
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Le Faiseur
1977-03-12
Le Faiseur
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-03-12
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Les Charlots en délire
1979-10-23
Les Charlots en délire
Overview: Gérard, CEO of the factory "La voix du peuple", decides to close his factory by dismissing all his staff, starting with Jean Barbier, the chief of staff, and Phil Dechambre.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-10-23
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Azaïs
1968-11-09
Azaïs
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-11-09
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Célimare le bien-aimé
2003-03-08
Célimare le bien-aimé
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-03-08
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Fric-Frac
1971-10-14
Fric-Frac
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-10-14
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Interdit au public
1966-12-22
Interdit au public
Overview: Backstage at a Paris theater, a famous, exasperatingly fatuous playwright learns that the actress who was to play the lead in his play is expecting a child. No great actress is available to take on the role. Except the famous actress Gabrielle Tristan, to whom he was married for ten years and to whom he no longer speaks. But their love of theater and their playfulness outweigh all their grudges, and Gabrielle takes on her ex-husband's play.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-12-22
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The Ogre
1996-09-12
The Ogre
Overview: Frenchman Abel Tiffauges is a naive man who lives a simple life working as a mechanic. Falsely accused of being a child abuser, he is recruited as a soldier when World War II begins, but is captured soon and taken to the heart of Nazi Germany.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-09-12
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The Scarlet Lady
1969-05-14
The Scarlet Lady
Overview: Comedy about a self-made woman in Paris contemplating the idea of suicide at first, then murder.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-05-14
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Pumpkins and Old Lace
2011-03-03
Pumpkins and Old Lace
Overview: The perfect "Granny or Grandpa" poster face is what the photographer from Discra, an adult diaper company, hopes to find as he approaches a retirement home, camera in hand. A quick look at a couple of "nice old folks" and that should be it. But it's just the beginning of the story (or rather stories). While the folks he meets are a bit long in the tooth, they have a lot to say. With Pumpkins and Old Lace, Juliette Loubières joins the classic tradition of puppet animation films, creating a sincere, whimsical fairy tale with a moral that reminds us that old age is sometimes a mask guarding the treasures of our souls.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-03-03
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Lady L
1965-12-17
Lady L
Overview: Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-17
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...And God Created Woman
1956-11-28
...And God Created Woman
Overview: Juliette Hardy is sexual dynamite, and has the men of a French coastal town panting. But Antoine, the only man who affects her likewise, wouldn't dream of settling down with a woman his friends consider the town tramp.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-11-28
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588 rue Paradis
1992-01-14
588 rue Paradis
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-01-14
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Woman in Chains
1968-11-20
Woman in Chains
Overview: Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of surprising works. His newest acquisition is a sculpture by Gilbert, whose wife Josée is captivated by Stanislas. But unbeknownst to her, Stanislas is amassing photographs of a very perverse, disturbed nature.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-11-20
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