Sylvie Joly
Biography: Sylvie Joly (18 October 1934 – 4 September 2015) was a French actress and comedian. She was best known for her roles in the films Going Places (1974) and Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978). Joly was born in Paris. She had a daughter, Mathilde Vitry, and a son Gregoire Vitry. In October 2010, she revealed she had Parkinson's disease. Joly died from a heart attack on 4 September 2015 in Paris, aged 80. Source: Article "Sylvie Joly" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 28, 1934
Deathday: September 04, 2015
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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
1978-01-11
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Overview: Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-01-11
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Ma chair et mon sang
Ma chair et mon sang
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
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The Red Inn
2007-12-05
The Red Inn
Overview: A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk tries to save the guest's lives without violating the holy secrecy of the confession.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-12-05
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Tomorrow's Another Day
2000-11-15
Tomorrow's Another Day
Overview: A group of Parisians frets over the minutiae of life in the course of one week.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-11-15
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Sylvie Joly - Je suis votre idole
2002-02-20
Sylvie Joly - Je suis votre idole
Overview: Best of de ses spectacles, enregistré au Casino de Paris en 2001.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-20
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Femmes Fatales
1976-02-11
Femmes Fatales
Overview: Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-02-11
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Miracle Healing
1987-02-18
Miracle Healing
Overview: Faking an injury for insurance money, a peddler seeks out a cure to support his claims while a suspicious investigator tries to expose the scam.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-02-18
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The Seasons of Pleasure
1988-02-10
The Seasons of Pleasure
Overview: Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their products in their castle. Garibaldi, their mutilated and somewhat disturbed son-in-law, will be the butler.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-02-10
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Take It from the Top
1978-08-09
Take It from the Top
Overview: Tired of being a housewife, Annie wants to work. Between her professional life and her responsibilities as a parent, she can no longer cope. She decides to leave and starts writing a memoir of her life...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-08-09
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Septième ciel
1987-12-30
Septième ciel
Overview: Vicky goes to Paris to become an actress and ends up as a hostess in a phone sex company. Her friend Jimmy, who lives in the Camargue, discovers her on the cover of a famous magazine. Back in Paris, he meets Zoe, an eight-year-old girl who will help him find Vicky.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-12-30
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Pick Up Your Belongings
1983-01-26
Pick Up Your Belongings
Overview: Pierre Cohen, a sophisticated Parisian psychologist, goes to his brother's farm in order to protect it from very hostile local landowners.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-01-26
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Lucky Luke and the Daltons
2004-11-08
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
Overview: Joe and Averell are the eldest and youngest of the four Dalton brothers, the worst outlaws in Wild West history...
Genres: Comedy Western Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-11-08
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Pierrot mon ami
1979-02-07
Pierrot mon ami
Overview: Pierrot, a short-sighted, indolent and distracted young boy gets involved in a carnival at the Palais de la Rigolade whose main attraction is to place the women in an ascending current of air which makes their skirts fly. A fight in this Palace makes him lose his job. Then he meets Yvonne, the daughter of Pradonet, the owner of the funfair. He falls in love with Yvonne who hardly seems to share his feelings.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-02-07
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Hail the Artist
1973-12-06
Hail the Artist
Overview: Marcello Mastrioanni stars as aging actor Nicolas whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Nicolas attempts a reconciliation with his ex-wife. But in this, as in his professional life, Nicolas is doomed to disillusionment and failure.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-12-06
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Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments
1998-03-01
Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments
Overview: A former schoolteacher turned film distributor, Jean-Pierre Jackson made his directorial debut with this French comedy about two losers. When alimony payments catch up with Felix (Philippe Chevaillier), his furniture is seized. After a decade-long marriage, Raoul (Regis Laspales) leaves his wife. The two team for a job with Le Gai Vendangeur (The Jolly Vintner) as sales reps, but they score zero while tooling around Brittany in a silly station wagon decorated with an immense wine bottle atop the vehicle's roof. However, when they're joined by friendly, sexy Eliane (Cecile Bois), sales surge. The wine pours, and so does the money. Life is sweet, but it all turns sour when an affair begins between Felix and Eliane, much to Raoul's regret.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-03-01
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A Friend of Vincent
1983-09-28
A Friend of Vincent
Overview: Vincent is the victim of an assassination attempt carried out by a young woman who wants to avenge her sister. Albert, the childhood friend of Vincent, wants to help and begins to investigate the woman, but he realizes that Vincent is perhaps not the person he seems to be.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-09-28
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My Wife's Name Is Maurice
2002-09-25
My Wife's Name Is Maurice
Overview: Georges, a wealthy Parisian, has a mistress who wants to marry him, but he has no intention of divorcing his wife, the source of his money. The mistress, meanwhile, has a jealous boyfriend, so when Georges dumps her, two people are angry with him. Add Georges' wife, who suspects the affair. The mistress calls Georges to say she's coming to tell his wife everything, so Georges asks Maurice, a stranger who's passing by, to pose as his wife and scare off the mistress. In this farce, nothing goes as Georges plans.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-09-25
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Wild Animals
1984-04-18
Wild Animals
Overview: Berg and Bela are married stunt drivers, but one night Bela dies in an accident. Jaded and reclusive, Berg becomes a nighttime security guard where he befriends a young woman, Mimi, who works nights too. Soon a shadowy figure from Bela's past comes into Berg and Mimi's lives. Berg is forced to protect Mimi and seems responsible for a murder, but the man from Bela's past who caused her so much pain won't stop until he sees Berg suffer as much as Bela did.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-04-18
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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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Going Places
1974-03-20
Going Places
Overview: Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-03-20
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La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
2004-12-01
La Nuit du rire II à l'Olympia
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-12-01
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La Mort du Chinois
1998-06-24
La Mort du Chinois
Overview: Michel, a children's book author, has always been successful in life until the day his wife leaves him for a Chinese person. Planning on killing his rival, he starts looking for them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-06-24
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L'Ami du jardin
1999-10-06
L'Ami du jardin
Overview: An ordinary night in the village of Beugneux. Mademoiselle Tronchet discovers her brother Léon - a notary and a great collector of garden gnomes - hanging from the beams of the attic. It could be the start of a police intrigue.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-10-06
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022-01-07
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Overview: In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
Genres: History Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-01-07
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Piaf
1974-04-10
Piaf
Overview: Édith Giovanna Gassion is born in 1915. As a young girl she sings on the streets of Paris until a nightclub owner, Louis Leplée, discovers her. When he is murdered the composer Raymond Asso takes care of her and lets her perform at the ABC theatre, which leads to her breakthrough.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-04-10
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The Egg
1972-03-08
The Egg
Overview: Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-03-08
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À la poursuite de l'amour
2009-06-22
À la poursuite de l'amour
Overview: Camille returns from a business trip. Young and rich heiress of a cosmetics company, Cosmos, which she has taken over since the death of her father, she discovers that Vincent, the man who shares his life, took advantage of his absence to leave and move his business without even leaving him a word of farewell. Determined to win back her former lover, she finds an unexpected ally in the person of Zac, Lena's betrayed fiancé, whom she met fortuitously at the Bois de Boulogne, while both were in the process of to spy on their ex. Zac is a broke writer, lacking inspiration: they make common cause to recover their lost loves ...
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-06-22
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Trois coups pour rire
1991-01-01
Trois coups pour rire
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Sylvie Joly : La cigale et la Joly
1999-03-13
Sylvie Joly : La cigale et la Joly
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-03-13
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Sylvie Joly : La si jolie vie de Sylvie Joly
2005-11-08
Sylvie Joly : La si jolie vie de Sylvie Joly
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-11-08
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Sylvie Joly : La Vie C'est Pas De La Rigolade
2001-05-21
Sylvie Joly : La Vie C'est Pas De La Rigolade
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-05-21
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L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères)
1973-08-17
L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères)
Overview: Two monks come to a small village to lead a simple life but their first act of charity is to try and seduce one of the village women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-08-17
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Les 60 ans du one-man-show
2020-01-31
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-01-31
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Your Turn, My Turn
1978-03-15
Your Turn, My Turn
Overview: Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls in love with the driver of the damaged car.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-03-15
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009-10-13
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-10-13
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We'll Grow Thin Together
1979-08-15
We'll Grow Thin Together
Overview: Victor is a screenwriter whose last work about the Marechal Pétain is refused by his producer. To add insult to injury, he tells Victor he is paunchy. The unfortunate man becomes obsessed by his weight. He goes out of his way to lose pounds, abetted by his wife, Corinne, who puts him on a reducing diet. He must also go to a health center where he takes exercise. Nothing really works. And one day, in a brewery, he cannot withstand his diet anymore and he has a gastronomic meal. Desperate, he tries his luck at a weight watchers reunion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-08-15
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Jusqu'au bout de la route
2003-04-12
Jusqu'au bout de la route
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Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-04-12
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Sidecar
1997-02-19
Sidecar
Overview: The gloomy life of a high school censor is turned upside down the day he meets an old classmate.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-02-19
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588 rue Paradis
1992-01-14
588 rue Paradis
Overview: A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian roots to adapting in France, forty years after his family's move to Marseilles. He now goes by a new name to fit in better with French society.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-01-14
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Sylvie Joly - Les trésors de Raphaël Mezrahi
Sylvie Joly - Les trésors de Raphaël Mezrahi
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