Jacques François
Biography: Henri Jacques Daniel Paul François (16 May 1920 – 25 November 2003), known as Jacques François was a French actor.[During a sixty-year career (1942–2002) he appeared in more than 120 films and over 30 stage productions. In 1948 he went to Hollywood with a view to playing the lead in Letter from an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948) but the part went to Louis Jourdan. After appearing alongside Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as the playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout in The Barkleys of Broadway (Charles Walters, 1949) he returned to France. François regularly dubbed Gregory Peck into French. During World War II, he served as a captain in the French First Army under General de Lattre. Source: Article "Jacques François" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 16, 1920
Deathday: November 25, 2003
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The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979-01-31
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Overview: The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-01-31
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A Thousand Billion Dollars
1982-02-09
A Thousand Billion Dollars
Overview: A young journalist uncovers an assassination disguised as a suicide, linked to an American multinational seeking to dominate French industries. Determined to expose the truth, he races against time to gather evidence before more lives—and his own—are at stake.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-02-09
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The Blood of Others
1984-08-25
The Blood of Others
Overview: In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-25
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The Day of the Jackal
1973-05-16
The Day of the Jackal
Overview: An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-16
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The Discord
1978-03-16
The Discord
Overview: Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-03-16
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Un mois à la campagne
1966-06-21
Un mois à la campagne
Overview: 1840. The arrival of a young tutor in a wealthy Russian family will stir the hearts of two women. The mother, Natalia Petrovna, and her 17-year-old ward, Vera, fall in love with the frustrated boy... Adaptation of Ivan Tourgueniev's most famous play, starring Delphine Seyrig as Natalia Petrovna.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-21
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The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982-10-03
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Overview: Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-10-03
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Too Shy to Try
1978-08-23
Too Shy to Try
Overview: Pierre is a hotel cashier in Vichy, so shy that he answers an ad from the Psychology Institute and can't say no to the salesman, Aldo; he spends 6,000 francs on tapes, books, and a punching bag. Soon after, he's smitten by Agnes, a hotel guest with a model's looks and photographers wherever she goes. When she leaves for Nice, he follows, meeting Aldo on the way. Aldo becomes his boldness coach. Pierre gets a job washing dishes where Agnes is staying, but after a week or so, she's off to Deauville, with Aldo and Pierre in pursuit. Using funds they get by selling Aldo's car, this time Pierre poses as a polo-playing jet setter. Will this win the heart of Agnes?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-08-23
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L'Opération Corned Beef
1991-02-06
L'Opération Corned Beef
Overview: The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-02-06
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Shut Up When You Speak!
1981-09-02
Shut Up When You Speak!
Overview: Giacomo has an idol: James Bond. When he dreams, he dreams of himself, his fabulous adventures, especially in Tunisia, and a beautiful wife, Belle. In reality he is unemployed, overwhelmed by an obsessive mother who continually called to see if he wore his woolen tank top and is treated by a doctor who thinks he is Einstein. Finally Giacomo is followed by bizarre characters, kidnapped and taken to Tunisia to live a wonderful adventure of her dreams, from the dangers of any kind ... and he met Beatrice
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-09-02
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The Barkleys of Broadway
1949-05-04
The Barkleys of Broadway
Overview: Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-04
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Santa Claus Is a Stinker
1982-08-25
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Overview: Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-08-25
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The Grand Manoeuvre
1955-10-26
The Grand Manoeuvre
Overview: Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon crosses paths with a beautiful Parisian divorcee, who is nothing like anyone he has ever met before.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-10-26
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Actors
2000-04-05
Actors
Overview: Les Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot water, the story of a conspiracy against actors, the story of aging actors whose careers are slowly less active than they used to be, but a stunning tribute to French actors and their cinema.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-04-05
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My Man
1996-01-31
My Man
Overview: In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps in the foyer of her apartment house; she gives him a hot meal, then a place on the floor to sleep by her radiator, then she offers herself. She falls in love, giving him new life, clothes, a place to live. When he grouses that he must bar hop while she uses the flat for her work, she finds them a larger flat. He grows restless, seducing a manicurist and pressing her to prostitution. He's arrested for procuring, so Marie must decide what to do; he, too, must face the consequences of his choices.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-01-31
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La Veuve de l'architecte
1995-05-19
La Veuve de l'architecte
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-05-19
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Bankers Also Have Souls
1982-03-24
Bankers Also Have Souls
Overview: A bank clerk is given an unusual retirement gift, a high class call girl. Unaware that he has been 'set up' by colleagues the man goes with the girl to Venice where he enjoys his new found virility.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-03-24
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Twist Again in Moscow
1986-10-22
Twist Again in Moscow
Overview: Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once. He has a two-hour window to get his ill-got gain out of the hotel, he must misdirect and obstruct the inquiries of a Party auditor who suspects that all is not above board, and he must keep out of sight and out of trouble his interloping and troublesome young brother-in-law, who arrives unannounced with barrels of rotten herring.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-10-22
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One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence
1978-04-25
One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence
Overview: Romance takes a back seat to drama in this movie depicting life at the once-fashionable Parisian bordello known by its address 122 Rue de Provence. Patronized by the wealthy and powerful, this elegant house of prostitution featured a top-ranked restaurant and specialized rooms for men with unusual tastes: a railroad carriage room, a stable room, etc. In the story, two young people "on the make" bump into each other as they are arriving in the same rail station. Though attracted to one another, they are deliberately vague about their destinations. He is headed for a diplomatic career, she is an ambitious young prostitute who wants to work at the best house in France. Later, they meet at 122 Rue de Provence.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-04-25
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I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979-04-04
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Overview: In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of finding his man, he is trapped into becoming a contestant on a children's quiz show. What's worse is that he becomes a very successful contestant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-04-04
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The African
1983-10-22
The African
Overview: Charlotte flies to East Africa to build a tourist center near Lake Williams where the pygmies live. Here she meets her husband Victor, a devoted conservationist who left her three years ago to live in the jungle. Can you imagine his enthusiasm when she arrives at the conclusion that the ideal place to build this holiday resort is his kitchen garden?
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-10-22
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Business Is Business
1942-09-10
Business Is Business
Overview: Isidore Lechat is a ruthless self-made man whose money allows him to humiliate the others, particularly a ruined noble: he wants his daughter to marry this marquis's son but the girl is in love with a young scientist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1942-09-10
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Captain Fracasse
1943-06-19
Captain Fracasse
Overview: Out of love for an actress, Isabelle, the Baron de Sigognac joins a traveling troop en route to Paris. When an actor dies, he takes over his role: that of Captain Fracasse.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-06-19
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The Toy
1976-12-08
The Toy
Overview: When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-12-08
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Queen's Necklace
1946-09-14
Queen's Necklace
Overview: The adventurer Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, descendant (by the left hand) of the king of France Henri II, and who claims to be "Countess de la Motte", imagines a tortuous plan to steal a magnificent diamond necklace that the queen Marie-Antoinette refused to buy from the jewelers Boehmer and Bassange.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1946-09-14
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Cat and Mouse
1975-09-03
Cat and Mouse
Overview: A jaded and charming police inspector is assigned along with his cheerful partner to a case involving the mysterious death and/or suicide of a wealthy entrepreneur. The chief suspect is his enchanting wife who was aware that her husband had a mistress. It is also possible that the dead man may be the victim of a radical terrorist group.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-09-03
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Just a Big Simple Girl
1948-06-09
Just a Big Simple Girl
Overview: The tour of a theatrical troupe is disturbed by the waltz-hesitation love of the young actress Stepha between the young first and the director.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-06-09
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Skipper Next to God
1951-03-02
Skipper Next to God
Overview: Captain Joris Kniper believes so strongly that he is "skipper next to God" that he is used to playing God on his ship. Tough and bossy, he gives orders which are not to be discussed. But, some day, he is driven to accept on board several German Jews fleeing the nazis and who are refused asylum everywhere. He gradually realizes that skipper he is, but next to God only.The Bible will help him to find the way to self-questioning, awareness and charity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-03-02
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Three Women
1952-08-13
Three Women
Overview: The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In Trois Femmes, three De Maupassant stories are dramatized, each conveying the central theme of women falling in love. In the first, a black female carnival entertainer causes an uproar when she falls in love with a white soldier. In the second, a young bride is pressured into having a baby to collect a huge inheritance. And in the final episode, a pregnant girl is "adopted" and protected by a small circle of friends. In standard De Maupassant fashion, each of the three stories in Trois Femmes is capped by a surprise twist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-08-13
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La Mort de Pompée
1961-02-07
La Mort de Pompée
Overview: Political ambitions sometimes lead to the downfall of those who formulate them. For Ptolemy, assassinating Pompey was an opportunity to get into Caesar's good graces. Once the crime is committed, Ptolemy impatiently awaits recognition from Caesar. But a completely different fate awaits Cleopatra's brother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-02-07
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South of Algiers
1953-03-17
South of Algiers
Overview: Archaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an ancient mask.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-17
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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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Un jeu d'enfer
1970-10-26
Un jeu d'enfer
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Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-10-26
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The Ones That Got Away
1981-02-25
The Ones That Got Away
Overview: In a train compartment, 6 people who do not know each other tell the story of their troubles in love. Only one of those seems to be a positive one.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-02-25
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Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985-04-30
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Overview: A parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in 1789, where he decides to visit the Executionner equipment exhibition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-04-30
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Edward and Caroline
1951-04-06
Edward and Caroline
Overview: Newlyweds Edward & Caroline are preparing for an important evening when a quarrel over Caroline's dress sets off a series of domestic brouhahas.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-04-06
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Eros Therapy
2004-08-25
Eros Therapy
Overview: A husband wants to win back his wife, even though she has been living with her lesbian lover for six months.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-08-25
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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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Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976-02-11
Chi dice donna, dice donna
Overview: Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who become prostitutes, a worker who improvises a sexy bomb and a priestess who gives herself as wife to an emigrant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-02-11
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Heart to Heart
1979-01-03
Heart to Heart
Overview: The independently-minded daughter of lower-middle class French shopkeepers, Brigitte, one of three sisters, refused to marry the father of her child when she became pregnant. In this film, she reminisces about her family life beginning when she was about five years old, up to the present when she is in her early 20s. Of her two sisters, one has a nervous breakdown and the other one becomes something of a baby factory. Colorful anecdotes of her eventful life lend additional depth to her insights.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-01-03
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Fifi Martingale
2001-09-05
Fifi Martingale
Overview: The stage director of the play L’œuf de Pâquesis given the importante Molière award. Taking this reward for a bad joke, he thinks that a conspiracy mounts against him and decides to rewrite the play, transforming it into Molière’s La critique de l’École des femmes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-09-05
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Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
1972-05-05
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
Overview: Selon "Radio plus près de Dieu", rien n'est conçu sans Dieu, surtout pas les shampoings, produits de beauté, la vente des disques... Un animateur dénonce cette escroquerie à l'antenne, ce qui lui vaut d'être licencié. Il réapparaîtra sur de nouvelles ondes avec "Radio plus près de la Vérité".
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-05-05
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Le Tueur triste
1984-12-21
Le Tueur triste
Overview: A crime comedy directed by Nicolas Gessner.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-12-21
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The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998-02-11
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Overview: The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the present, with often drastic consequences. Godefroy de Montmirail travels to today to recover the missing family jewels and a sacred relic, guarantor of his wife-to-be's fertility. The confrontation between Godefroy's repellent servant Jack the Crack and his descendent, the effete Jacquart, present-day owner of the chateau, further complicates the matter.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-02-11
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To Paris with Love
1955-01-01
To Paris with Love
Overview: A father and son go to Paris to help each other find love.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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The King Is Dancing
2000-12-06
The King Is Dancing
Overview: Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-12-06
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My Childish Father
1953-07-08
My Childish Father
Overview: A middle-aged man, an architect by trade, decides to make an end run around getting married. He marries a charming young woman, tenderly in love, who proves incapable of holding him back and, above all, of making him work. But a young American arrives in Paris and reveals that he is the architect's natural son. At first reluctant, the latter and his young wife quickly adapt to the new situation, until the son, a businessman through and through, wants to share with his father his ideas on life, which can be summed up in one sentence: hard work, with no time for pleasure. The father is quick to balk, and the son is forced to unwillingly participate in the fickle architect's nightlife. Eventually, the father is able to settle down, while the son, having acquired a taste for love, has a good time.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-07-08
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Caterina
1963-12-21
Caterina
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-12-21
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An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
1967-12-25
An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: Adapted from Pierre Decourcelle's version of the William Gillette play. Jacques François plays a very mannered Holmes, almost effeminate, who is in love with the young Alice Brent. The story is a mix of A Scandal in Bohemia and The Adventure of the Empty House.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-12-25
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Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
1973-02-01
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
Overview: Dismissed following an unfortunate initiative, financial advisor Benoît Lepape decides to work for his uncle, a union activist. His capitalist methods will surprise at first, but quickly bring in a lot of money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-01
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Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
2003-01-03
Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres
Overview: Les Bronzés, le Père Noël, Papy et les autres....Discover or rediscover the emblematic scenes of these cult films that have crossed generations without getting old. Go behind the scenes of these unusual films through completely unpublished anecdotes and funny stories told by the authors themselves.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-01-03
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Églantine
1972-02-25
Églantine
Overview: Léopold, a young schoolboy, returns from boarding school to spend the summer vacations with his family. He is delighted to see his grandmother Eglantine again. The good times spent with all those close to him make him forget the stress of school. But with the start of the new school year fast approaching, Léopold learns of Eglantine's death.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-02-25
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
1954-02-10
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Overview: Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-02-10
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Leopard Ties
1992-02-06
Leopard Ties
Overview: The CEO of a recycling company blames lazy staff for declining results. To motivate them, he sends executives to a survival course in the Corsican maquis, hoping to transform them into conquerors. The executives, in suits and ties, find the hostile environment challenging.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-02-06
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973-10-17
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Overview: In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-10-17
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The Three Musketeers
1953-10-07
The Three Musketeers
Overview: The umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love affairs of Anne of Austria and the Duke of Buckingham, incurring the wrath of the Cardinal and exposing themselves to the cold cruelty of Milady de Winter. Also featured are the tender Mme Bonacieux, the hilarious Planchet, the Queen's ferrets and Bethune's executioner, against a backdrop of clanging swords.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-10-07
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The Father of the Girl
1953-07-16
The Father of the Girl
Overview: Françoise Marinier, a strong-willed young woman, won't accept a husband being forced on her. She left her family and moved to Paris, where she found work as a secretary for a fashionable artist, Edith Mars. The understanding Edith Mars encourages Françoise's budding love affair with an embassy attaché. Edith is the mistress of the Minister of Justice, and the Marinier parents arrive believing it's their daughter they're interviewing. While Mme Marinier puts up with it, her husband is scandalized. Gr ce to Edith, all confusion cleared up, the father is promoted to magistrate and Françoise marries.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-07-16
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Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983-10-26
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Overview: It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-10-26
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Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
1991-06-15
Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
Overview: A fight happens during a a big party organized by a couple for their housewarming
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-06-15
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Les Danseurs du Mozambique
1992-06-11
Les Danseurs du Mozambique
Overview: A novelist finds herself in an auction where two statuettes are up for sale: "The Mozambique Dancers". According to the legend, the one who owns both statues becomes infinitely rich but the one who owns only one of the two pieces is cursed forever...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-06-11
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December
1973-01-02
December
Overview: In Algiers, during the Algerian War of Independence, one of the leaders of the FLN was arrested by the French colonial army, which used the most violent methods to make the prisoners speak. The use of torture poses a conscience problem for a French officer. Playing shot-reverse-shot, between the tortured and his torturer, in a suffocating camera, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina approaches torture by drawing inspiration from the story of his father, who died of abuse.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-02
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Le Greluchon délicat
1978-03-04
Le Greluchon délicat
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-03-04
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Pact with the Devil
1950-01-11
Pact with the Devil
Overview: The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-01-11
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At the Order of the Czar
1954-06-18
At the Order of the Czar
Overview: Carolyn de Sayn was married at the age of sixteen, against her will, to the Prince of Wittgenstein, much older than herself. A few years later, she met Franz Liszt, whose fame had already conquered the whole of Europe. Taking advantage of her husband's absence, the young woman invites the musician to her estate in Woronince. When Franz confesses his love for her, she finds it easier to fight her own feelings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-06-18
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Il est important d'être aimé
1981-02-06
Il est important d'être aimé
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-02-06
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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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Sauve-toi, Lola
1986-09-03
Sauve-toi, Lola
Overview: Lola, a young lawyer, is raising her little boy Bolivar, and sustains his family. Diagnosed with cancer, she decides to fight against this disease as it has always done in life with strength, determination, and above all with humor. In his fight, it is supported by Ferdinand, his fiery lover and naive who is a journalist. In the hospital, treated by Prof. Tobman, deeply human doctor, she met a group of women, all living with the same bad but each following a different social environment. This group will become his new "family".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-09-03
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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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Encore
1951-06-11
Encore
Overview: Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-11
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Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
1951-09-14
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Overview: Is it because his father was a groom that Adhémar Pomme has a long horse head and a horse- toothed smile? Maybe but the fact is that his head has invariably caused laughter whatever the circumstances, which is the tragedy of his life. After having worked as an undertaker, a theater prompter, a casino bouncer, and so on, and failing at each job, he applies out of desperation to an institution where those rejected for physical reasons can hide and live together. But Adhémar immediately starts... laughing at them and gets kicked out as a result! In the end though, he finds his way as a circus artist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-09-14
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Antoine and Sebastian
1974-01-16
Antoine and Sebastian
Overview: Antoine has raised Sébastien, the son of a friend who was killed in a plane crash. Sébastien is doing his military service and Antoine would like him to marry Nathalie, the girl he grew up with. But Nathalie is in love with an American, and the day Sébastien has a leave, she leaves with her lover.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-01-16
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Robinson and Company
1991-05-24
Robinson and Company
Overview: As of his early childhood Robinson Crusoe has wanted to become a sailor. And when he does become one bad luck has it that the vessel he sails on gets shipwrecked. Being the only survivor of the catastrophe, he manages to take refuge on a desert island where he will spend several years, learning how to survive...
Genres: Adventure Animation
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-05-24
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Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
1979-04-18
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
Overview: François Perrin is a journalist who reads the news on RTL radio. Alone in life, his only "amusement" is his neighbor from Africa, who makes mildly fun of him from time to time. One evening, François is bored, and decides to call a random telephone number. He gets Christine on the line, a bit of an old school pharmacist, who hesitates to put down the phone, and plays the game of seduction with the charming "Mr X"...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-04-18
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Seven Days in January
1979-03-28
Seven Days in January
Overview: After the death of Franco, the nostalgic fascist regime attempts to preserve the 1936's order.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-03-28
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North Star
1996-01-03
North Star
Overview: Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800s. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every claim that becomes available, usually after the deaths of the previous owners at the hands of McLennon's 'assistants'. One of the miners targeted by McLennon, a half-Indian hunter named Hudson Saanteek, manages to escape his hired thugs and comes back into town looking to re-establish his claim and get revenge. McLennon and his men have the advantage of numbers and weapons, but Saanteek has his survival skills and knowledge of the Alaskan wilderness.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-03
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Chinese In Paris
1974-02-27
Chinese In Paris
Overview: Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, with modern - funny - twists.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-02-27
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My Wife's Girlfriends
1992-11-04
My Wife's Girlfriends
Overview: A man discovers the qualities of his wife's friends, whom he had always hated.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-11-04
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We're Not Angels... Neither Are They
1981-04-01
We're Not Angels... Neither Are They
Overview: A group of friends is shaken when the girl falls in love. But the three boys will do anything to stop the romance.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-04-01
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Earth Light
1970-11-18
Earth Light
Overview: The Tunisian born hero of the film decides to break with his disorganized yet habit-ridden life in Paris, and sets off to discover his homeland, which he left at 6 years old, and to rekindle the memory of his mother, who died when he was a child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-11-18
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George et Margaret
1993-06-19
George et Margaret
Overview: In a quiet corner of the English countryside, lives the Smith family. Their quietude is disturbed by the arrival of a beautiful young woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-06-19
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L'Amant complaisant
1980-05-17
L'Amant complaisant
Overview: Living comfortably, the Rhodes family is a quiet family. What no one knows is that Mary has a lover, Clive Root. She leaves for a few days with him and tells her husband that she is visiting a friend. Her husband surprises her in Holland, but he does not suspect the truth until later, because of an anonymous letter. Which of the two Marys will she choose
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-05-17
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San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
1981-05-20
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
Overview: Walter Klozett is a spy arrested and imprisoned by the French Police who know him in possession of stolen booty which the French secret services would like to recover at all costs.
Genres: Comedy Crime Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-05-20
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Triplex
1991-04-17
Triplex
Overview: A lawyer defending once successful computer programmer against her prosecuting lawyer boyfriend becomes romantically involved with his client.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-04-17
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Led by the Nose
1984-10-31
Led by the Nose
Overview: Three times divorced, a man consoles himself with another version of success, that of money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-10-31
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