Jean Lescot
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 30, 1938
Deathday: April 29, 2015
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Known For
The Last Train
1973-10-31
The Last Train
Overview: Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-10-31
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Simon Konianski
2009-07-29
Simon Konianski
Overview: Simon, 35, has returned to live temporarily with his father. They make life unbearable for each other. To add spice to this situation, Uncle Maurice and Aunt Mala, Ernest's brother and sister, meddle in everything and, notably, try to find a "nice little Jewish girl" for Simon to marry. When Ernest passes away, Simon fulfils his father's last request: bury him in the village where he was born, in the depths of Ukraine. And so Simon finds himself caught up in an event-packed road movie in the company of his paranoid old uncle, his aunt who nags him endlessly about his "Goy dancer", his six-years-old son, his father's body and his ghost, and also a rabbit. Not to mention his ex who hassles him by phone. The journey will be nothing like a cruise down the Nile!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-07-29
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Time Has Come
2005-07-13
Time Has Come
Overview: In a time and place indeterminate a bandit has kidnapped Rixo Lomadis Bron’s daughter. Bron is a wealthy landowner who reigns over the shepherds of the Purple Mountain. The time has come when Rixo Lomadis Bron accuses Manjas-Kebir of killing his daughter and urges all the country’s inhabitants to track down the assassin. It’s the time when Radovan Remila Stoï, the land’s greatest warrior, rises up against this foolhardy act which has every chance of leading to war...
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-07-13
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T'aime
2000-04-26
T'aime
Overview: Zef, twenty years old, is a simple-minded man who can only say one word: "love you". Always happy, loving everyone, he lives with his sister Sophie on a farm in the Lot. Attracted by the sad smile of Marie, he rapes her one evening without realizing the gravity of his act. Commited in a psychiatric asylum, Zef falls into a deep silence. Hugues, a doctor with avant-garde methods, is in charge of caring for Marie. He decides to confront her with Zef, convinced that her healing goes through a long reappropriation of life and love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-04-26
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He's My Girl
2009-12-03
He's My Girl
Overview: A clarinetist is trying to finish his record when his wife and ten year old son reappear in his life. His 10-year-old son whom he has never seen, and Naim, a young Muslim transvestite who will change his life ...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-12-03
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L'Affiche rouge
1976-11-10
L'Affiche rouge
Overview: A company wants to make a play about Mont Valerien resistant fighters who were shot by the Nazis and the French collaborators.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-11-10
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Délire à deux
1968-12-22
Délire à deux
Overview: The absurd argument of an old couple in their apartment which is being destroyed by the bombardments of war.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-12-22
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Paris Does Not Exist
1969-10-22
Paris Does Not Exist
Overview: In this film, an artist attending a party smokes some dope and develops the ability to see into the future and the past. He returns to his apartment where he sees the vision of a woman who had lived there 30 years ago. His psychedelic hallucinations increase with time. Starring Richard Leduc and Danièle Gaubert with Serge Gainsbourg who also did the score.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-10-22
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The Punishment
1973-06-28
The Punishment
Overview: Britt, deluxe call-girl, is punished by the brothel owner because she was not accomodating enough to a customer. From now on, she must obey to all customers sadistic wishes, or else.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-06-28
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Gaspard des montagnes
1965-12-30
Gaspard des montagnes
Overview: We are in 1814, in Auvergne, in the dark fir forests of Livradois, near La Chaise Dieu. Gaspard and his beautiful cousin Anne-Marie see their love thwarted and their lives disrupted because of a treasure that an old uncle, who made his fortune in Guadeloupe, buried in the mountains of Auvergne.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-12-30
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L'illusion comique
1970-04-14
L'illusion comique
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-04-14
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États d'âme
1986-05-28
États d'âme
Overview: In this political drama, five left-leaning friends gradually lose heart in the Socialist government elected in 1981 in France. One of the five men is a television broadcaster; the others are a teacher about to become an academic inspector, a tax man, the director of a cultural center, and a sociologist who is about to step into a ministerial position. Their interlocking lives are told in alternating vignettes over a four-year period, and the professions director Jacques Fansten has chosen for his main characters seem to be a comment on the media, education, budget or finance, the arts, and government bureaucracy under Socialist rule.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-05-28
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Bad Spelling
2004-11-03
Bad Spelling
Overview: At a French boarding school for troubled youth in the early 1970's, the Headmaster and his wife decide that their son Daniel, who is fifteen years old but looks younger, should finally go live in the dorm with all the other students, as they do not want it to seem Daniel is receiving any special treatment. Daniel is now faced with the challenge of earning the trust and respect of the other students, who all come from troubled backgrounds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-11-03
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Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi
1983-02-03
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi
Overview: Divorced parents are concerned about the behavior of their teenage son who is rebelling against society.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-02-03
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Fausses innocences
2009-10-27
Fausses innocences
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-10-27
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Among Dead Men
2008-01-19
Among Dead Men
Overview: Bobby Delgado, undefeated MMA World Champion is incarcerated for eight years after accidentally killing his opponent. During this period of purgatory, Bobby experiences a paranormal 'life changing' event that will dictate his future path to redemption. Infuriated by the financial loss and the death of his master fighter, Jarvis Sweet swears vengeance on Delgado and finds himself a new hitter in the form of Wade Bull, a vicious ex underworld enforcer with killing skills few men can match.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-19
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The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
1994-03-23
The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
Overview: Raoul is a 20 years old student in Paris. Girls are not interested in him, though he is good-looking. He wonders why. Raoul does not look for a great passion, he only wants to be kissed. We will follow his love tribulations.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-03-23
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Bardot et Godard
1964-04-30
Bardot et Godard
Overview: A documentary short following director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of Contempt.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-30
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Le Chambon
1994-10-03
Le Chambon
Overview: During the Nazi regime in France in World War II, Pastor Fontaine and the town of Chambon undertake a mission to protect and shelter the children of many of the Jews sent to concentration camps.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-10-03
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Ces jours heureux
2002-06-01
Ces jours heureux
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-06-01
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Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques
1970-03-24
Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques
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Genres: TV Movie Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-03-24
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Paparazzi
1964-09-22
Paparazzi
Overview: Paparazzi explores the relationship between Brigitte Bardot and groups of invasive photographers attempting to photograph her while she works on the set of Jean-Luc Godard's film Le Mépris (Contempt). Through video footage of Bardot, interviews with the paparazzi, and still photos of Bardot from magazine covers and elsewhere, director Rozier investigates some of the ramifications of international movie stardom, specifically the loss of privacy to the paparazzi. The film explains the shooting of the film on the island of Capri, and the photographers' valiant, even foolishly dangerous, attempts to get a photograph of Bardot.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-09-22
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The Little Apocalypse
1993-02-10
The Little Apocalypse
Overview: An unknown Polish writer can't publish his novels, so his ex-wife decides to help him and get some of the profit for herself. She finally finds a publisher, but there's a strange single condition that could cost the writer his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-02-10
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The Suspended Vocation
1978-07-27
The Suspended Vocation
Overview: The film centers on a Dominican monk named Jérôme (played by one actor in colour and another actor in black-and-white) and his interactions with various higher-ups within the French Catholic Church. Ruiz's intention was to reflect the ideological arguments that plagued Latin American left-wing political parties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-07-27
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Une visite
1996-10-06
Une visite
Overview: Carole sees her parents twice a year in Paris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-10-06
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I... For Icarus
1979-12-19
I... For Icarus
Overview: Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-12-19
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Les Gauloises bleues
1969-06-07
Les Gauloises bleues
Overview: The harsh life of a troubled young man provides the basis of this grim French tragedy that begins when the fellow stops into a shop to buy a pack of the title cigarettes. There he meets a pretty shop girl with whom he falls in love and eventually marries. It was a foolish choice, for the two cannot get along and constantly fight. Things get worse when the husband resumes his criminal activities and gets caught. The two are about to divorce when the woman gets pregnant. The time comes for their baby to be born and while sitting in the waiting room, the husband reflects upon his past activities, which are revealed via flashback.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-06-07
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Little Marcel
1976-04-06
Little Marcel
Overview: A homeless young man, living in his delivery truck, is simultaneously adopted by a pranksome group of youngsters and made into a police informer. Believing that he is doing something good both for the other kids and for himself, he has no qualms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-06
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Civil Wars in France
1978-03-15
Civil Wars in France
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Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-03-15
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Night Women
1963-01-01
Night Women
Overview: A mondo-movie on the theme of women, with interviews and mock reports: plastic surgery, transvestites, Victoria Nanquin stripper, divorce and jealousy, dance classes, modeling school, nude modeling, prostitution in the woods, Miss Françoise masseuse, Miss Spaghetti contest.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Dans le vent
1963-10-10
Dans le vent
Overview: Short subject on how fashion is created-- not by the great couturiers, but on the street.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-10-10
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My American Uncle
1980-05-21
My American Uncle
Overview: Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing. Janine is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite. Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-05-21
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The Confession
1970-04-29
The Confession
Overview: The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement by his blackmailers.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-04-29
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The Fourth Power
1985-10-02
The Fourth Power
Overview: Yves Dorget, major reporter in a daily newspaper, finds on an "affair" part of a simple news item Catherine Carré, his former friend, editor and chief and star presenter of a television newscast.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-10-02
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Pardon Mon Affaire
1976-09-22
Pardon Mon Affaire
Overview: On an otherwise normal day, Étienne, a happily married man and a good father, sees something that stops him dead in his tracks: a gorgeous woman in a billowing red dress. Long after she has left his vision, her memory continues to haunt his mind. He falls instantly in love with her and tries everything to get to know her better. Helping Étienne snare his elusive lady in red are his three bumbling buddies, which all have secret affairs and/or cheat on their wives.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-09-22
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F as in Fairbanks
1976-05-05
F as in Fairbanks
Overview: André Fragman, nicknamed "Fairbanks" after his childhood idol by his film projectionist father, returns home from military service. He meets and falls in love with Marie, an aspiring actress who is rehearsing for a stage production of 'Alice in Wonderland'. All his attempts to find a job and a way out end up in failure, his friends Étienne and Jean-Pierre are powerless to help him, and the dreamy yet desperate hero loses his mind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-05-05
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For Those I Loved
1983-10-12
For Those I Loved
Overview: Polish Martin Gray recalls the Holocaust, New York prosperity, and losing his wife and family.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-10-12
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Exit-exil
1986-04-02
Exit-exil
Overview: A drama of passion and social conscience.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-04-02
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Le Dernier Été
1997-05-14
Le Dernier Été
Overview: The story of Georges Mandel, an anti-Nazi French parliamentarian who refused to abdicate to the Vichy regime.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-05-14
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Rendez-vous manqués
1986-07-30
Rendez-vous manqués
Overview: To relieve her boredom, a lonely woman embarks on adventures that turn out to be disappointing.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-07-30
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La Faute
1980-12-16
La Faute
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-12-16
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Paris 36
2008-09-24
Paris 36
Overview: A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-09-24
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