Bruno Cremer
Biography: Bruno Jean Marie Cremer (6 October 1929 – 7 August 2010) was a French actor best known for portraying Jules Maigret on French television, from 1991 to 2005. Bruno Cremer was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. His mother, Jeanne Rullaert, a musician, was of Belgian Flemish origin and his father, Georges, was a businessman from Lille who, though born French, had taken out Belgian nationality after the French armed forces refused to accept him for service in the First World War. Bruno himself opted for French nationality when he reached the age of 18. His childhood was largely spent in Paris. Bruno attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school. Having completed his secondary studies, he followed an interest in acting which had interested him since the age of 12 and trained in acting from 1952 at France's highly selective Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (English: French National Academy of Dramatic Arts). His career began with ten years spent acting in live theatre, playing roles drawn from works of Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Jean Anouilh. Aged already 30, he created the role of Thomas Becket in the 1959 world premiere of Anouilh's Becket, and held Anouilh in veneration all his life. Later Cremer played Max in a French production of Bent by Martin Sherman in 1981. He regarded his basic profession as that of a stage actor, though he gravitated firmly to films. It was in 1957 that Cremer had his first credited part in a film, Quand la femme s'en mêle (When a woman meddles), which starred Alain Delon. However, it was in 1965 that Cremer's career really began to prosper, with the film La 317e section, (The 317th Platoon), directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer and set in Indochina during the French colonial wars. From then onwards, Cremer became a popular actor and appeared in over 110 productions for cinema and television. While Cremer tried to avoid labels and typecasting, he tended to be offered tough-guy roles, often military men. Examples from various points in his career include Section spéciale (1975), La légion saute sur Kolwezi (1980) and Là-haut, un roi au-dessus des nuages (2004). Special Section (French original title: Section spéciale), released in 1975, is about a kangaroo court set up in collaborationist Vichy France to ensure judicial convictions of innocent people so as to mollify the Nazis. A French language film directed by the Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras, it features Cremer as Lucien Sampaix, a Communist-leaning journalist. The 1980 film La légion saute sur Kolwezi (English Operation Leopard), directed by Raoul Coutard, is a documentary-style portrayal of a real-life operation headed by the French Foreign Legion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1978 to rescue foreign hostages. Cremer plays a military commander. Pierre Schoendoerffer’s 2004 film Là-haut, un roi au-dessus des nuages (Above the Clouds), based on his own novel, Là-haut. Cremer played the Colonel. ... Source: Article "Bruno Cremer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Birthday: October 06, 1929
Deathday: August 07, 2010
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A Simple Story
1978-11-22
A Simple Story
Overview: A middle-aged woman leaves her partner and drifts back to her ex-husband, while the lives of her middle class friends intersect with her own.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-11-22
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Objective: 500 Million
1966-06-29
Objective: 500 Million
Overview: Reichau, a former army captain, is back in France after serving three years in prison for belonging to the OAS (Secret Armed Organization), a dissident paramilitary group during the Algerian War. Marked by his past, he does not believe in the values of his country any more. At a loss to know what to do with his life, he agrees one day to take part in a heist set up by Pierre, a pilot, the very man who gave him away in Oran. The operation, in which Yo, a gorgeous woman, participates, consists in stealing a bag containing 55 million francs during a Paris-Bordeaux flight...
Genres: Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-29
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Ménage
1986-04-23
Ménage
Overview: Bickering couple Monique and Antoine are interrupted by bisexual burglar Bob while fighting in a bar. With husband and wife in need of cash, Bob teaches them the most efficient house burglary methods. Monique is attracted to the charismatic thief, but Bob is more interested in Antoine, who eventually succumbs to his attentions. As the trio continues living together, Monique grows unhappy about being ignored by both men.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-04-23
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Is Paris Burning?
1966-10-26
Is Paris Burning?
Overview: Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-10-26
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The Good and the Bad
1976-01-19
The Good and the Bad
Overview: The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspirator Simon as their robberies, beginning well before the Second World War, take on a political coloration under the occupation.
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-01-19
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Under the Sand
2000-09-11
Under the Sand
Overview: When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-09-11
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Hunter Will Get You
1976-02-01
Hunter Will Get You
Overview: L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks before killing them.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-02-01
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Pour un sourire
1970-04-29
Pour un sourire
Overview: A deserter who has lost all hope meets with a little girl in a ruined city.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-04-29
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The Stranger
1967-10-14
The Stranger
Overview: Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-10-14
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The 317th Platoon
1965-03-31
The 317th Platoon
Overview: In Laos, 1954, eight days before the french defeat in the Indochina war, the 317th platoon – four french soldiers and 41 laotian combatants – has been ordered to leave its outpost and to retreat for the plains of Diên Biên Phu, where the french army is getting stucked. Led by the inexperienced and idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, fresh out of the military academy, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht, the group must cross 150 kilometers of jungle. But dripping rainwater, hostile nature, and the Viêt-minh ambushes expose them to constant danger.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-03-31
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The Suspects
1974-11-27
The Suspects
Overview: When an American tourist is murdered in the south of France, the police must investigate. In this movie, the police inspector re-creates the girl's journeys through France until the murder is solved. Suspicions are narrowed down to four possible perpetrators early on, and flashbacks illuminate the roles each one played in the girl's vacation.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-11-27
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White Wedding
1989-11-08
White Wedding
Overview: A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-11-08
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Spy, Stand Up
1982-01-27
Spy, Stand Up
Overview: Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative to discover how one of their own secret agents was found out and executed in broad daylight.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-01-27
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Josepha
1982-03-10
Josepha
Overview: An acting couple is forced to assess their life together when the wife falls for a wealthy horse-breeder while shooting a film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-03-10
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Bonnot's Gang
1968-11-01
Bonnot's Gang
Overview: The story of a notorious French criminal gang of the 1910s.
Genres: Crime Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-11-01
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Sorcerer
1977-06-24
Sorcerer
Overview: Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
Genres: Thriller Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-24
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Brothers in Arms
1989-03-15
Brothers in Arms
Overview: Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover agent from the military intelligence, whose mission he was not aware of. The two men pursue the narc investigation, which will lead them to confront middle eastern terrorists together.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-03-15
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Falsch
1987-05-07
Falsch
Overview: In an apparently empty airport, a Jewish family has gathered to greet one of its members who has come there to be with them. However, the airport is actually the ante-room of Death, and the family member is a recently deceased American survivor of the Holocaust. Although the party begins by greeting the man with warmth and affection, the gathering soon degenerates into a squabble about why most of those assembled failed to heed the warnings about the Holocaust and flee Germany.
Genres: Drama War Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-05-07
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A Brutal Game
1983-09-28
A Brutal Game
Overview: A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret and tortured life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-09-28
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Sound and Fury
1988-06-01
Sound and Fury
Overview: This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he spends most of his time alone, in a phantasy world, while his mother is away at work. But then he befriends the violent Jean-Roger, who's from a severely disturbed family, where nobody cares what he's doing. In school Jean-Roger drives their teacher into despair just for fun. To separate the two boys, she starts to stimulate Bruno's interests by giving him extra lessons. When Jean-Roger fears loosing his one and only friend, he becomes even more aggressive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-06-01
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Flesh of the Orchid
1975-01-29
Flesh of the Orchid
Overview: A disturbed young woman is kept prisoner in a castle by her aunt for her money. The game-keeper, her guardian, tries to rape her but she escapes. In her flight she meets a man also running away, from two killers.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-01-29
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Above the Clouds
2003-10-06
Above the Clouds
Overview: Henri Lanvern is shooting a film in Thailand. One evening, at the end of the shooting, he sees a friend of the war, General Cao Ba Ky, escaped from a communist re-education camp. No more news from Lanvern since.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-06
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When a Woman Meddles
1957-11-15
When a Woman Meddles
Overview: French film favorite Edwige Feuillere plays a high-class gangster's moll named Maine. When Maine's first husband and daughter pay a visit, it's an awkward time for our heroine and her current amour, gang boss Godot (Jean Servais). In addition to fielding a lot of embarrassing questions, Godot also has to deal with a pesky turf war with a rival mobster. Not that the ex-husband is a paragon of virtue: he's busy trying to get even with a crooked business associate.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-11-15
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If I Were a Spy
1967-08-30
If I Were a Spy
Overview: A medical doctor gets into trouble when one of his patients turns out to be hunted by the mafia.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-08-30
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Fanny Straw-Top
1984-07-02
Fanny Straw-Top
Overview: In the slums of Barcelona, Fanny, a woman just released from prison, tries to carry out a revenge that has nourished for years: to kill "El Gallego", the corrupt and brutal policeman who killed her boyfriend
Genres: Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-07-02
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Operation Leopard
1980-01-09
Operation Leopard
Overview: In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a group of communist guerillas coming from nearby Angola. The Europeans who work for the Belgian mining company and the Blacks who live in the town are taken as hostages by the invaders, who start a blood bath, shooting Europeans as well as Africans. Many of the Europeans being French, the French decide to organize a counter-attack, and to send a Regiment of Paratroopers from the Foreign Legion. The movie follows the stories of Delbart, a former non-commissioned officer, who was about to go back to France with his African wife and his child, Damrémont, who was Delbart's replacement, Bia, a Zairian doctor, and Annie, an American married to a Belgian engineer as well as Non com Legion officer Federico and the French Ambassador and the Military Attaché.
Genres: War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-01-09
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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 Assassination
1972-10-04
The Assassination
Overview: Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to film a television special about the Third World. Sadiel, the exiled leader of a North African state, is being hunted by the ruthless Colonel Kassar, who will stop at nothing to capture his political rival. Once Sadiel arrives in Paris, Darien realizes he has been manipulated. He tries to turn back the clock, not realizing what or who he’s truly dealing with.
Genres: Thriller History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-10-04
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The Protector
1974-06-05
The Protector
Overview: Recently released from prison, Samuel Malakian, a wealthy architect, investigates the disappearance of his daughter, Nathalie, kidnapped by thugs linked to the underworld. When he discovers that she is a prostitute, he will descend into the slums of the city and rub shoulders with these dangerous environments. For him, from now on, all means will be good in order to find the fruit of his entrails.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-06-05
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Marco the Magnificent
1965-08-06
Marco the Magnificent
Overview: Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-08-06
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La Puce et le privé
1981-03-11
La Puce et le privé
Overview: Val Brosse, a private detective, receives Françoise, who confesses to him that she murdered her husband. The story is false, but Val, intrigued, decides to investigate.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-03-11
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Safety Catch
1970-04-07
Safety Catch
Overview: A doctor disbarred for euthanasia is called in by a man to help his son, who has been depressed since the suicide of his partner. But in the dead woman's handbag, an undeveloped film is discovered by the doctor, who decides to investigate the young woman's alleged suicide.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-04-07
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Money
1991-04-06
Money
Overview: A young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in this odyssey through the world's major financial centers.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-06
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A Vampire in Paradise
1992-08-19
A Vampire in Paradise
Overview: Is Nosfer Arbi a vampire? Or is he just a very emaciated, very strange and possibly quite lonely young man from an Arabic country with an obsession with death? On the other hand, why is the previously cheery Parisian teenager Nathalie Belfond throwing fits and speaking in Arabic? Her strange behavior began with the appearance of a caped and cadaverous man outside her window. Mr. & Mrs. Belfond have their hands full trying to sort this mess out, in this extremely unusual and award-winning comedy which puts a new wrinkle on the vampire mythos.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-08-19
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Tumultes
1990-05-28
Tumultes
Overview: A death in the family. Patrick dies and his three sisters gather at their parents' home in Normandy. Anne, the oldest, is steady, married with two children, showing little emotion. Isabelle, who's cut herself off from her family for eight years, returns from Paris. Claude, Patrick's twin and still a student, grieves for her other half. Along with their parents, each must face family grievances first before they can grieve together for Patrick. Then comes the revelation of how he died, and new feelings come to the fore. Can a death help a family to heal, coax an aging mother back to sanity, bring a couple into each other's arms, and enable two sisters to grow?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-05-28
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Without Warning
1973-02-15
Without Warning
Overview: A discredited police inspector is given a second chance, in the form of a dangerous assignment. Chosen because of his uncanny resemblance to a Lt. Revere, the inspector impersonates him in order to penetrate a group of mercenaries with orders to assassinate its leader.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-15
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The Time to Die
1970-07-08
The Time to Die
Overview: The movie starts with a mysterious girl riding her horse into a tree. Then she's rescued by millionaire Max Topfer, who is startled to discover in her possession a video showing him being shot by a man he doesn’t know. Both the girl, who has total amnesia, and the tape appear to have come from the future. With the aid of bodyguard Helmut, Max Topfer tries to find out why a total stranger is apparently going to kill him on camera.
Genres: Crime Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-07-08
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Drummer-Crab
1977-11-09
Drummer-Crab
Overview: "Le Crabe Tambour" ("Drummer Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-11-09
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Bye Bye Barbara
1969-03-11
Bye Bye Barbara
Overview: A chance meeting with an alluring stranger leads a sports journalist down a twisted path of deception.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-03-11
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The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
2023-06-18
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Overview: Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major figure in genre and auteur films, she is unclassifiable: between presence and absence, shyness and audacity, she's always hypnotic, magnetic and fascinating. From her film debut in the mid-1960s in England, to her unconventional career path, through the tragic loss suicide of her older sister that will irremediably mark her acting, this film is a dive into the existential quest of a complex actress, whose every facet is discovered through her roles. Through a conversation with the actress herself, along with personal archives and extracts from her films, this documentary raws a dazzling portrait of her life and career.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-18
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Act of Sorrow
1990-08-30
Act of Sorrow
Overview: In this painful melodrama, an aging mother (Claudia Cardinale) attempts to cope with the progressive deterioration of her grown son due to his drug addiction. At first only manipulative, in addition to stealing from her he eventually becomes abusive and violent, and she must take strong measures if she is to save her own life, much less his.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-08-30
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Last In, First Out
1978-08-30
Last In, First Out
Overview: A woman on a train becomes the center of attention when she is mistaken for a spy by opposing factions who are traveling on the same line.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-08-30
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The Smugglers
1971-11-27
The Smugglers
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-11-27
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Effraction
1983-04-06
Effraction
Overview: During a robbery that goes wrong, Valentin Tralande kills his accomplices and bank customers.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-04-06
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The Algerian War
1972-03-22
The Algerian War
Overview: A French historical documentary that retraces the events leading up to Algeria's war of independence from 1954 to 1962, based on archive footage and testimonies from key players of the period.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-03-22
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To Die of Love
1961-08-30
To Die of Love
Overview: Michel, a writer of detective novels, is married to Pat, a pretty woman he's been neglecting. One day, the results of a private investigation reveal that his wife is cheating on him. But he'd never contacted a private detective before. The facts are all the more disturbing in that they coincide with the detective story he is writing with his beautiful young secretary. Pat is murdered and found next to her dying lover, who is said to have attempted suicide. But the police soon realize that this is a double murder. The investigation develops; Michel is strongly suspected, as many presumptions seem to weigh heavily on him. The outcome of the investigation brings a surprise that clears Michel's name.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-08-30
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We Forget Everything!
1979-01-03
We Forget Everything!
Overview: Anne, who has just had an argument with her boyfriend Vassili, is put up for the night by Jacques and Odile, a couple of friends. But when Jacques takes her home the next day, he is arrested by the police, who mistake him for Vassili. In reality, Vassili is a terrorist.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-01-03
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Biribi
1971-06-02
Biribi
Overview: Infantryman Jean Froissard is sentenced to two years in Biribi Military Prison in North Africa. He seems to get along, but as incompetence, corruption and sadism of his superiors (which include sexual abuse of the prison inmates) force him and others into rebellion. Court martial ensues ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-06-02
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Shock Troops
1967-04-05
Shock Troops
Overview: A French resistance group frees twelve captured soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently there is an additional prisoner among them who is suspected of being an enemy spy.
Genres: War Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-04-05
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L'Été de la Révolution
1989-07-11
L'Été de la Révolution
Overview: Part 1: In May 1789, in Versailles, a game tug of war takes place between conservative and more progressive bigwigs. Part 2: As the people of Paris revolt, King Louis XVI finds it increasingly difficult to get the situation under control.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-07-11
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The Prize of Peril
1983-01-25
The Prize of Peril
Overview: In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-01-25
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Coma dépassé
1990-09-30
Coma dépassé
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-09-30
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Aimée
1981-09-06
Aimée
Overview: Cannes Film Festival 1981
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-09-06
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Anthracite
1980-09-08
Anthracite
Overview: In a Jesuit secondary school , the headmaster imposes an iron discipline on the unfortunate students. Enter Father Godard who believes in Christian love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-09-08
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Derborence
1985-04-27
Derborence
Overview: Antoine leaves his new bride behind to go on a skiing excursion with his uncle up the mountain behind their village of Derborence. Nine weeks after an avalanche apparently buries them alive, Antoine returns home. Certain that his uncle has also survived, he resolves to go back up and look for him—leaving his now-pregnant wife behind once more.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-04-27
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Le Transfuge
1985-11-13
Le Transfuge
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Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-11-13
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Le Matelot 512
1984-12-19
Le Matelot 512
Overview: Max, who dreams of adventures, abandons his studies at 18 to become involved in the navy. He becomes the sailor 512.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-12-19
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The Book of Mary
1985-01-23
The Book of Mary
Overview: Anne-Marie Miéville, frequent collaborator of Jean-Luc Godard, made this partner piece to Godard's own 'Je vous salue, Marie'. Marie, eleven years old, is experiencing difficult times. Her parents will separate. The perception of her universe is profoundly disturbed. This exacting portrait of a child immersed in her books, music and dancing casts a dispassionate yet touching eye on the girl's reaction to the new upheaval in her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-01-23
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My Father Saved My Life
2001-04-25
My Father Saved My Life
Overview: Novelist and filmmaker Jose Giovanni turned to the remarkable true story of how his father helped him escape a date with the guillotine for this drama, which is based closely on events from his own life. During World War II, Manu (Vincent Lecoeur, as a character Giovanni modeled after himself) fought with the French Resistance, but near the end of the war he fell into a life of crime, and in 1947, 22-year-old Manu was arrested for his part in a bungled robbery that left a man dead. While Manu did not pull the fatal trigger, he refuses to say who did, since it would mean implicating his uncle, one of the few members of his family who has stood by him; Manu's brother is dead, and he turned his back on his father Joe (Bruno Cremer) years ago. Manu is sentenced to death, and while he protests his innocence, his attempts to escape from prison do little to convince anyone that he's telling the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-04-25
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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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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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Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme
1980-04-16
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-04-16
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The Killer Likes Candy
1968-04-12
The Killer Likes Candy
Overview: Shrewd and evasive ex-Nazi and top assassin Oscar Snell is determined to rub out the King of Kafiristan. Snell's sole weakness is his sweet tooth; he leaves candy wrappers at the scene of his every crime. It's up to no-nonsense CIA agent Mark Stone to find Snell and stop him before it's too late.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-12
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Special Section
1975-04-23
Special Section
Overview: In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-04-23
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L'Énigme blanche
1985-12-26
L'Énigme blanche
Overview: Like every year, five old friends come together in a chalet in the middle of a Canadian snow desert. Henri, his wife Apolline, brother-in-law Maxence, Jean and Paul are waiting for cozy evenings with board games and good food - a typical ski holiday. But on the first day Henri announces that he knows about the affair between Apolline and Jean. An oppressive mood spreads in the secluded hut until the spiral of jealousy and sadism kills one from its midst.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-12-26
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Une page d'amour
1980-10-18
Une page d'amour
Overview: In Passy, Paris, 1895. The young widow Hélène calls the doctor Henri Deberle during the night, when her daughter Jeanne suddenly gets breathless. Together they spend the night at the bedside, and it develops from a trusting encounter a love relationship. When the doctor Hélène one day confesses his love, the daughter comes from jealousy in another, life-threatening crisis. A film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Émile Zola, which addresses the social milieu of the bourgeois family in the "Second Empire".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-10-18
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A Question of Rape
1967-12-05
A Question of Rape
Overview: A mysterious violent man breaks into a rich couples apartment and holding his wife hostage. The threatening and dangerous situation devolve into an erotic game.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-12-05
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Une robe noire pour un tueur
1981-01-14
Une robe noire pour un tueur
Overview: The "black robe" in the title of this suspense film belongs to a female lawyer, Florence Nat who has just lost a case in which she defended Simon Risler, a man wrongly accused of murder. Risler escapes before he can be put in prison, and seeks help from attorney Nat in finding the real killer, partly by going after the police inspector who framed him in the first place. A retired surgeon, in the process of setting up a drug rehab clinic gets involved in solving Risler's case, and soon the solution seems to be pointing to high-ranking figures with every desire and ample means to keep the truth well-hidden.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-01-14
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Le tout pour le tout
1962-07-06
Le tout pour le tout
Overview: An unlucky trumpeter and a young singer try to rebuild their lives in Brazilian nightclubs. They will try everything for everything while making a risky heist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-07-06
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Adieu, je t'aime
1988-05-04
Adieu, je t'aime
Overview: A wife struggles with her husband's infidelity with another man and eventually gives herself to both of them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-05-04
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Night Taxi
1993-12-01
Night Taxi
Overview: It is only a few years into the future, but the face of France has changed drastically, due to its takeover by a moralistic, hypocritical and totalitarian regime. Women with children who want to divorce their husbands are not allowed to do so, all political parties have been outlawed, smoking is illegal and everyone must work. After a spat with her boyfriend, Carole (Laure Marsac) hails a taxi, not realizing that she has done so without any of the money or identification papers she needs. Her driver (Bruno Cremer) attempts to help her, but a variety of mishaps bring her to the attention of the police, who proceed to arrest her on made-up charges and a phoney HIV-positive result on tests given at the time of arrest.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-12-01
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