Michel Delahaye
Biography: Michel Delahaye was born in 1929 in Vertou close to Nantes, Bretagne, France. Raised by a very religious father who was an ex-pilot of the Great War (World War I). He attended a Jesuit private school in Saint Malo, during World War II, under the German invasion. In 1951, he did his military service in Germany.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 21, 1929
Deathday: October 22, 2016
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Known For
La chatte sur un doigt brûlant
1975-07-08
La chatte sur un doigt brûlant
Overview: A number of strange characters come to Corecheux, in France: the Lalyre famille, an homossexual notary, a severe-looking governess, a female witch, a veterinarian, a journalist, and possibly the most chaste of them all, a few young girls ready to lift their skirts up at anything... A young priest takes over the mission to preach at this country estate village - but maybe he is too vigorous for the task.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-07-08
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A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
1972-09-13
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Overview: A young sociologist researching criminal women selects a captivating inmate as his subject. As he conducts interviews in prison, her troubled past and justifications for her actions intrigue him. His growing interest soon blurs professional boundaries, testing his ability to resist her charm.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-09-13
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Donkey Skin
1970-12-20
Donkey Skin
Overview: A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-12-20
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The Secret
1974-10-09
The Secret
Overview: A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence the title. Is he lying, or insane - or is he telling the truth? Who, if anyone, is after him? And what *is* - the secret?
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-10-09
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Les jonquilles
1972-01-01
Les jonquilles
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Fugue en sol mineur
1992-09-01
Fugue en sol mineur
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-09-01
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Une sale histoire de sardines
1983-08-30
Une sale histoire de sardines
Overview: Marcel is his garage's handyman. With the smell of grease and petrol wafting through the air, alternating between night watchman, petrol pump attendant and confidant, he is visited every evening by the slightly lost night owls who pass by. They all confide in him about their daily troubles.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-08-30
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The Eagle and the Dove
1977-05-04
The Eagle and the Dove
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-05-04
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The Nude Vampire
1970-05-01
The Nude Vampire
Overview: A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she's being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she's a vampire.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-01
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Exposed
1983-04-22
Exposed
Overview: Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for herself as a fashion model. During a vernissage she's approached by a mysterious man whose motives are unclear...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-22
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Holy Motors
2012-07-02
Holy Motors
Overview: We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-07-02
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Act of Aggression
1975-04-16
Act of Aggression
Overview: After his wife and daughter are raped and killed by a motorbike gang, a man sets out to take revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-04-16
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The Undertaker Parlor Computer
1976-04-07
The Undertaker Parlor Computer
Overview: Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial tables to calculate the most common means of death, he cleverly prepares the family bathroom and brings about her demise. For a while he is content with his new freedom, but then he recognizes that a friend is in a similar situation.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-07
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The Shiver of the Vampires
1971-04-21
The Shiver of the Vampires
Overview: A young, honeymooning couple stop for the night at an ancient castle. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is home to a horde of vampires who have their own plans for the couple.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-04-21
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Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1976-02-17
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Overview: A bumbling film crew attempts to make a porno movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-02-17
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The New World
1963-02-19
The New World
Overview: This short film shows a young couple during a short period after the explosion of a nuclear bomb 120 km above Paris. The city appears unaffected, but the man begins to notice changes in the behavior of the people in general and in that of his girl friend in particular. Part of the Italian anthology film RoGoPaG (1962).
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-19
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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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Zig Zig
1975-05-28
Zig Zig
Overview: Two women work as entertainers and prostitutes to raise enough money for their dream home.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-05-28
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Band of Outsiders
1964-08-05
Band of Outsiders
Overview: Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-08-05
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Lourdes l'hiver
1981-01-01
Lourdes l'hiver
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Simone
1985-07-17
Simone
Overview: The love affair involving the beautiful Simone and the younger Françoise, coming from a frustrated suicide attempt.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-07-17
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The Savior
1971-09-01
The Savior
Overview: This is rural France. It's the summer of 1943, the weather is fine and sunny and life is sweet. On one of these beautiful days, Nanette, a fourteen-year-old peasant girl, meets a slightly injured young man near the farm she lives on. Her life is about to change forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-09-01
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The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985-01-23
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Overview: Marc Elbichon, a novice private sleuth, is investigating a wave of assassinations bearing a particular characteristic: the perpetrator, dubbed the "telephone killer" always strangles his female victims with a telephone cord.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-01-23
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Shadow of the Castles
1977-04-27
Shadow of the Castles
Overview: In the north of France, the life of a nice family of marginalized.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-04-27
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Romanticism
1972-01-01
Romanticism
Overview: This film, set at the end of the 18th century, in a provincial and noble environment raises the question of humans forced to lead a meaningless life. The rich Transylvanian noble youth, Kálmán, absorbed the spirit of freedom and enlightened culture in Paris. Returning to his father's estate, he encounters a superstitious backwardness and an orgiastic storming of violence and instincts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Drugstore Romance
1979-07-04
Drugstore Romance
Overview: Pierrot, mechanic in Paris, falls madly for a female chemist his senior—who at first refuses him, only accepting love after being diagnosed with a deadly illness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-07-04
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Ro.Go.Pa.G.
1963-02-19
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
Overview: Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-19
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Blanche
1972-01-26
Blanche
Overview: Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-01-26
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Brigitte and Brigitte
1966-12-17
Brigitte and Brigitte
Overview: Episodes in the lives of two country girls at school in Paris and their opinions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-12-17
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Simone Barbès or Virtue
1980-02-27
Simone Barbès or Virtue
Overview: Simone and Martine are usherettes in a porno cinema in Montparnasse. Installed in the hall, they greet regulars, put men in their place, chat and pass the time. At midnight Simone departs to a lesbian nightclub.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-02-27
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The Comedy of Work
1988-03-02
The Comedy of Work
Overview: Sylvain Berg, a "professional" unemployed who spends his time hiking and mountain climbing, and "model" bank employee Benoît Constant, who has just been fired and does not want his wife to find out, both find themselves in Françoise Duru's office at an employment agency. Françoise is secretly in love with Sylvain, so in order to keep him close she convinces her employer to give Sylvain a job he doesn't want, instead of Benoit who not only wants it but also has the right qualifications.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-03-02
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Femmes femmes
1974-11-27
Femmes femmes
Overview: The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives in the expensive and difficult world of Paris.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-11-27
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The Lady Banker
1980-08-27
The Lady Banker
Overview: Ambitious Emma Eckhert successfully makes her way into a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. She quickly becomes popular with small savers, but leads a scandalous life that will cost her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-08-27
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Don't Change Hands
1975-06-16
Don't Change Hands
Overview: A well-known politician receives a tape showing her son in a porno movie. She decides to hire a female detective to figure out who is trying to blackmail her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-06-16
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The Theatre of the Matters
1977-12-07
The Theatre of the Matters
Overview: The fortunes of a small theatrical company based in the Paris suburbs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-12-07
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Employment Offer
1982-03-15
Employment Offer
Overview: A man looks for a job, ignoring the selection process of employees. Part of "Contes modernes: A propos du travail."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-03-15
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At the Top of the Stairs
1983-10-12
At the Top of the Stairs
Overview: A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband, who collaborated with the nazis, was murdered. Her motives are unclear.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-10-12
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Pétain's Advent
1980-02-20
Pétain's Advent
Overview: Recall of the events which, from 1914, favored Philippe Pétain's access to power in France in 1940.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-02-20
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Alphaville
1965-05-05
Alphaville
Overview: Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-05-05
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Cry of the Heart
1974-09-11
Cry of the Heart
Overview: Alexandre, a young man from a wealthy family, suffers a serious fall. One leg is finally amputated, leaving the other paralyzed. Desperate, the boy tries to come to terms with his new existence. He quickly adopts a cruel attitude towards those closest to him, blackmailing the house gardener and his mother, who has a lover. Obsessed with sex, he is unable to have an affair with a girl and ends up committing suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-09-11
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Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition
1998-01-01
Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition
Overview: The struggle of Victor Schœlcher for the abolition of slavery in the French colonies.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Pierre and Paul
1969-05-07
Pierre and Paul
Overview: Pierre is a middle-aged factory worker with plenty of unresolved anger. After his father's death, his mother feels compelled to move in with him. Having just moved there with his beautiful girlfriend, he begins to feel the pressure. When the May Day revolt begins, he goes crazy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-05-07
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Chut !
1972-03-23
Chut !
Overview: A small saver discovers the scam that threatens all subscribers to the "Caution foncière". He embarks on an incredible adventure to recover the funds paid in by his friends, and succeeds in exposing the scandal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-03-23
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Every Revolution Is a Throw of the Dice
1977-12-07
Every Revolution Is a Throw of the Dice
Overview: A tribute to Mallarmé that not only asserts the continuing relevance of his work but also confronts its literary ambiguities with political and cinematic ambiguities of its own. In outline, the film could not be more straightforward: it offers a recitation of one of Mallarmé’s most celebrated and complex poems (it was his last published work in his own lifetime, appearing in 1897, a year before his death) and proposes a cinematic equivalent for the author’s original experiment with typography and layout by assigning the words to nine different speakers, separating each speaker from the other as she or he speaks, and using slight pauses to correspond with white spaces on the original page.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-12-07
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Out 1
1990-12-15
Out 1
Overview: While two theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus, two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-12-15
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Love Hate
1971-09-08
Love Hate
Overview: A prisoner escapes and kidnaps a woman with her he falls in love. He's involved in a bad business where politicians and underworld are leading the dance. He'll die like the albatross in Baudelaire's poem.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-09-08
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L'Amour fou
1969-01-15
L'Amour fou
Overview: A troubled marriage is tested by the couple's involvement in a theatrical production of Racine’s Andromaque.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-01-15
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Une villa aux environs de New York
1983-07-26
Une villa aux environs de New York
Overview: Karl, a young immigrant, lives with his uncle in New York who jealously watches over the education of his nephew. A friend, Mr. Pallunder invites Karl to spend a night at his house. Despite strong opposition from his uncle, Karl agrees. On the way, Karl realises he may have displeased his guardian. His desire to turn back will be prevented.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-07-26
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The Brigade
1975-05-07
The Brigade
Overview: This film explores the experiences of some of the members of an anti-Nazi resistance group in France composed mostly of Polish immigrants, known as "La Brigade." Many of them also fought for the leftist cause during the Spanish Civil War, and for them the resistance is simply a continuation of their prior activities. After the war, some of them continue to have a "resistance" mind-set. One of the stories concerns a love relationship between a Polish boy and a French girl who are thrown together because of their war efforts. After the war, they get together and reminisce.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-05-07
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Renault-Seguin la fin
2009-09-01
Renault-Seguin la fin
Overview: Between 1931 and 1993, the main Renault plant occupied the whole of an island in a loop in the river Seine to the west of Paris. This was one of the most modern factories in Europe. It was also a bastion of trade-unionism, one of the major hotspots of the events of May and June 1968. Decugis’ film records a process of dismantlement, month-by-month, from April 2004 to March 2005. Demolition began at the downstream end, with the generating plant, then proceeded building by building. The camera remains on the opposite banks, filming the island from across the river. The narration pinpoints and expounds on what is being shown. By March 2005, ‘deconstruction’ is complete. Depollution lasts into 2006.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-01
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La Machine
1977-09-17
La Machine
Overview: Pierre Lentier murders an 8-year-old in horrendous circumstances. This 30-something solitary factory worker who lives on the edge of society is sentenced to death. A damning indictment of the death penalty and the manipulative behaviour of the media.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-09-17
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Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
1971-04-20
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
Overview: Camille invites some soldiers to spend a Sunday in the country with her. When they arrive, they find that something is amiss.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-04-20
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The Nun
1966-05-06
The Nun
Overview: In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-05-06
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Mr. Klein
1976-09-23
Mr. Klein
Overview: Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.
Genres: Mystery Drama History Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-09-23
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The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
2016-07-01
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
Overview: In June 2015, forty-five years after OUT 1 was made, the filmmakers went to Paris to interview cast and crew members and to revisit some of the film’s most significant locations. THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS features new contributions from actors Bulle Ogier, Michael Lonsdale and Hermine Karagheuz, cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn, assistant director Jean-François Stévenin and producer Stéphane Tchal Gadjieff, but also rare archival interviews with actors Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Michel Delahaye and, most prominently, illuminating statements by director Jacques Rivette himself from two different archival interviews.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-07-01
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Archipelago of Love
1983-03-16
Archipelago of Love
Overview: Nine short films about love.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-03-16
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À titre posthume
1986-07-16
À titre posthume
Overview: A young policeman searches for the murderers of his drug addict sister. While he carries out his investigations, the criminals manage to get him charged with murder.
Genres: Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-07-16
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À vot' bon cœur
2005-08-31
À vot' bon cœur
Overview: French independent director Paul Vecchiali playfully bites the hand that periodically feeds him (and many of the nation's other creative filmmakers) in this dark comedy. Writer and director Vecchiali stars as a moviemaker named Paul Vecchiali, who is trying to complete his latest project, a dramatic love story about a young couple whose relationship is complicated by the man's addiction to drugs. Short on funds, Vecchiali approaches the National Cinema Center, who offer loans and grants to independent filmmakers whom they believe are deserving. The NCC is less than impressed with Vecchiali's latest script, and they turn him down, just as they have done a number of times in the past. Angry and determined that the NCC will never break the spirit of another director, Vecchiali and his crew block out a plan to assassinate the nine members of the funding board, though the press and public seem more bemused than outraged by the sudden rash of killings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-08-31
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Last Affair
1983-12-09
Last Affair
Overview: A lonely Chinese woman in Paris starts an affair with an womanizer musician.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-12-09
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