Jean-Claude Drouot
Biography: Jean Claude Drouot (born 17 December 1938) is a Belgian actor whose career has lasted over a half-century. At the age of twenty-five, he gained widespread fame in the French-speaking world as a result of portraying the title role in the popular television adventure series, Thierry la Fronde. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Birthday: December 17, 1938
Deathday: N/A
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1969-12-25
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overview: Shakespeare wrote this fantastic comedy in 1594. It features Lysander and Hermia, whose love is thwarted by Hermia's father, who wishes to marry her off to Demetrius, himself loved by Helena. In a magical forest, the couple cross paths with Obéron, king of the elves, who is quarreling with his wife and in possession of love potions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-12-25
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The Breach
1970-08-26
The Breach
Overview: An innocent woman falls prey to her abusive husband, his wealthy father and a shady family friend.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-08-26
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Mr. Freedom
1969-01-08
Mr. Freedom
Overview: Mr. Freedom, a bellowing good-ol'-boy superhero decked out in copious football padding, jets to France to cut off a Commie invasion from Switzerland. A destructive, arrogant patriot in tight pants, Freedom joins forces with Marie Madeleine to combat lefty freethinkers, as well as the insidious evildoers Moujik Man and inflatable Red China Man, culminating in a star-spangled showdown.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-01-08
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Nicholas and Alexandra
1971-11-29
Nicholas and Alexandra
Overview: Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-29
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Happiness
1965-02-10
Happiness
Overview: A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-02-10
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The Light at the Edge of the World
1971-07-16
The Light at the Edge of the World
Overview: Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation.
Genres: Adventure Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-07-16
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The Kiss Under the Bell
1998-02-09
The Kiss Under the Bell
Overview: 1962. Joseph, 13 years old, a choirboy and a true "light" of religion, set out to become Pope. Not less. Of Spanish origin, Angela and José, her parents, fled their country and misery to settle in a small village around Perpignan. Angela, sensual and beautiful to damn a saint, is an attentive and possessive mother. Joseph, this only son, she feels that she has received him as a gift from heaven. So she puts all her energy and maternal love overflowing to encourage the vocation of her son, unlike José who wishes for him a "normal" life, a life of man, simply.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-02-09
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La forêt noire
1968-02-06
La forêt noire
Overview: Inspired by the life of 19th century composer Robert Schumann, this fiction tells the decline of Hans Richter, a great German musician. Then dying, he feels his reason leaving him, while his wife gets closer to his disciple, Friedrich Turner, who has endless admiration for him. After his death, Turner helped make him a legend.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-02-06
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Adom ou Le sang d'Abel
1977-11-16
Adom ou Le sang d'Abel
Overview: Adom is red in Hebrew, and the first times of the first men could only be a confrontation with the elements, nature, characters and differences. Caien lives as a farmer while Abel is from the pastoral people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-11-16
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Rendez-moi ma fille
1994-11-11
Rendez-moi ma fille
Overview: A singer tries to get her daughter out of the grip of a guru by becoming a member of his cult herself.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-11-11
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Un pique-nique chez Osiris
2001-05-21
Un pique-nique chez Osiris
Overview: The year is 1898. Héloïse, 9 years old, comes from a family belonging to the anti-Dreyfus and anti-Semitic Parisian high bourgeoisie. In a spirit of revolt, she begins a love affair with Maxime, a young Jewish journalist. During a terrible quarrel with her father, the latter suffers a stroke and dies. To get her away from Maxime, her mother Mathilde and her cousin Olympe take Héloïse on a trip to the Orient. After Cairo and the Pyramids, they go up the Nile and cross the desert in a caravan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-05-21
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The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973-10-24
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Overview: Colinot's world is turned upside down when his fiancee is kidnapped.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-10-24
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The Islanders
2025-03-19
The Islanders
Overview: The story takes us to an island with no future, given that it’s already partly submerged underwater. A woman is caring for ten or so very elderly individuals, but the arrival of five travellers turns their lives upside down…
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-03-19
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Safari 5000
1969-07-19
Safari 5000
Overview: A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is enlisted to race in an annual endurance race, The East African Safari Rally. Peripheral to this is the story concerning Godai's former lover Yuko (Ruriko Asaoka), a fashion designer, and her friend Anna (Emmanuel Riva), who happens to be Pierre's wife.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-19
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Le grand Batre
1997-09-14
Le grand Batre
Overview: The story of a family and a tradition that remain the same despite the time going by, in a land that has existed for centuries. In La Camarga, one of the last natural sanctuaries that still exist, the Azéracs, landowners and aristocrats, work as wild bulls breeders. Shaken by passion and revenge, the family will have to face the adversities of a fate marked by the events that define the 20th century. In spite of this, the family will struggle to survive in an environment strongly bound to traditions and land.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-09-14
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996-07-26
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Overview: One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.
Genres: Family Fantasy Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-26
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Almost Fall
2022-10-19
Almost Fall
Overview: Two septuagenarians return to a small town in the Dordogne. Every step they take brings them closer to the event that changed their lives sixty years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-10-19
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Va, petite!
2003-07-16
Va, petite!
Overview: Marie is twelve. When she must return to boarding school after summer vacation, she runs away. After five years at sea, François, 35, anchors ship with the aim of getting together with the woman of his dreams. But he feels uneasy with solid ground beneath his feet and takes to his heels. He and Marie cross paths. She’s a runaway kid looking for a world steadfast and true... and a dad to adopt.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-07-16
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The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz
1967-10-28
The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz
Overview: TV adaptation of Jules Verne's posthumously published novel.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-10-28
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Monsieur Constant
2023-05-17
Monsieur Constant
Overview: On the island of the monks in Brittany, Constant Lucas, a former war photographer, lives in the memory of the one who was nicknamed "the star of Siberia". The old man cannot forget this passionate love that haunts him! His son Sergio suddenly arrives on the island with the little Adela that the old man does not know...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-05-17
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Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition
1998-01-01
Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition
Overview: The struggle of Victor Schœlcher for the abolition of slavery in the French colonies.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The Devil's Tricks
1966-06-15
The Devil's Tricks
Overview: Ginette Chaluzac, who has left Central France for Paris, now works as a seamstress in a modest workshop in the Marais district. Her life is quiet and uneventful until the day when, to her surprise, she receives a letter containing a hundred-franc banknote. The sender, who remains anonymous, renews his gift day after day and Ginette grows accustomed to the situation. Her material situation improves but after a while she starts asking herself questions about the one who sends her the money and his/her intentions. Till obsession. To make it clear in her mind she eventually decides to investigate...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-15
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Le Cid
2021-06-07
Le Cid
Overview: An adaptation of Pierre Corneille's play "Le Cid", staged by Yves Beaunesne.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-06-07
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No Gods No Masters
2020-02-11
No Gods No Masters
Overview: The story unfolds in the winter of the year 1215. A mysterious stranger who has escaped from prison arrives in a tiny, remote village in the kingdom of France plagued by famine and leprosy, and ruled by an ageing lord, a former hero from the Crusades, Lord Ocam. Together with his horde of knights, Ocam abducts a young girl from the village in order to exert his droit du seigneur over her. A handful of villagers, backed up by The Stranger, attempt to release her, but they only have until nightfall…
Genres: Drama Adventure History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-02-11
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Il court, il court, le furet...
2003-05-24
Il court, il court, le furet...
Overview: Married for three years, Pierre and Marion are now divorcing. During umpteenth mediation with the judge, both explained how their love for each other faded away little by little.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-05-24
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L'Annonce faite à Marie
2014-01-01
L'Annonce faite à Marie
Overview: A staging of Paul Claudel's play "L'Annonce faite à Marie" by Yves Beaunesne.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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La croisade des enfants
1988-04-07
La croisade des enfants
Overview: TV movie about the children crusade of the Middle Ages.
Genres: TV Movie History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-07
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A Whale That Had a Toothache
1975-04-15
A Whale That Had a Toothache
Overview: Bernardette is feeling bored in a country house. She decides to send weekend invitations to a lot of people.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-04-15
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The Damsels
2018-06-01
The Damsels
Overview: 80-year-old Laurenne lives in a retirement home. Discreet and disciplined, Laurenne is also silently depressed. Until she meets 40-something Sylvie, freshly hired in the establishment. While they become friends, Laurenne finally discovers boldness.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-06-01
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Archipelago of Love
1983-03-16
Archipelago of Love
Overview: Nine short films about love.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-03-16
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Le cavalier des nuages
1995-12-20
Le cavalier des nuages
Overview: Luc Farraud, a journalist and former hostage in Lebanon, lives alone in the wilderness. But his tranquility is disrupted by the arrival of Joss, a young cop, and Melka, a beautiful gypsy car thief.
Genres: Adventure Drama TV Movie Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-12-20
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Laughter in the Dark
1969-05-11
Laughter in the Dark
Overview: Swinging London in the 1960's. Deals with the affection of a middle-aged man for a very young woman, resulting in a mutually parasitic relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-11
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The Separation
2005-12-02
The Separation
Overview: On March 21, 1905, the hemicycle of the Palais-Bourbon resounded with the first session of a crucial and animated parliamentary debate, which was to last nearly ten months and occupy 48 sessions in the Chamber of Deputies. They have to study the bill of separation of the Churches and the State. This law, which founded laicity in France, was adopted on December 9, 1905.
Genres: Drama TV Movie History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-12-02
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Gaston Phébus
Gaston Phébus
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Original Language: fr
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