Jean-Michel Portal
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Birthday: May 29, 1970
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Dark Night, October 17, 1961
2005-06-07
Dark Night, October 17, 1961
Overview: Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and its supporters adopted the tactic of murdering French policemen in hopes of forcing a withdrawal. When French law enforcement retaliated by brutalizing Algerians and imposing a strict curfew, the FLN organizes a peaceful demonstration that drew over 11,000 supporters, resulting in an order from the Paris police chief to take brutal countermeasures. Told through the eyes of both French policemen as well as Algerian protestors, Tasma’s film attempts to get to the root of the tragedy by presenting both sides of the story.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-06-07
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Why Not Me?
1999-01-06
Why Not Me?
Overview: Four gay French expatriots share a business in Barcelona. When they and their parents are thrown together for a "coming out" party, another French Farce ensues.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-01-06
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The Officers' Ward
2001-09-26
The Officers' Ward
Overview: The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris. Five long years, and his life will change forever...
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-09-26
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The Beautiful Person
2008-09-17
The Beautiful Person
Overview: In the wake of her mother's tragic death, French teenager Junie transfers to a different high school. Though Junie lives mostly inside her own head, her beauty and stoicism win her the attention of the entire male student population. Junie begins dating the gentle Otto Cleves, but finds herself intensely drawn to her youthful Italian language teacher, Nemours. When Nemours begins to reciprocate, serious complications ensue.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-09-17
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The Man I Love
1997-12-05
The Man I Love
Overview: This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters' coming out with all its difficulties, the bitter-sweet pleasures of first love and the dreadful moment when one comes down to reality and realizes that one's beloved friend has a hard way to go yet. The positive message the film tries to transmit is the somewhat common motto "Live each day of your life as if it were your last."
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-12-05
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No Big Deal
2003-03-05
No Big Deal
Overview: Three sons are sent on a journey to trace their father's checkered past.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-03-05
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Je suis un no man's land
2011-01-26
Je suis un no man's land
Overview: Philippe is a singer and in the existence of a singer, there are times when everything accelerates especially when a crazy groupie, neglected parents, a lunar ornithologist and a tough childhood friend strive to complicate the life... How to get out ?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-01-26
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Our Happy Lives
1999-05-19
Our Happy Lives
Overview: Six people whose lives are intertwined struggle to find happiness amid broken relationships and painful life changes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-05-19
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Courts mais Gay : Tome 1
2001-06-23
Courts mais Gay : Tome 1
Overview: A collection of gay and lesbian short films. The 8 short films are: My Friend Rachid [Mon copain Rachid] (1998); I Can Just Imagine [Je vois déjà le titre] (1998); Troubled Waters [Ô trouble] (1999); The Abandon [L'abandon] (1996); Paulo and His Brother [Paulo et son frère] (1997); Emma & Louise (2000); The Life of Others [La vie des autres] (2000); Aniel (1998).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-06-23
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Julie de Carneilhan
1990-02-20
Julie de Carneilhan
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-02-20
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Albert souffre
1992-09-02
Albert souffre
Overview: Albert dreams of going to Australia. Jérôme loves Jeanne, but ignores her while cramming for exams. An African named Charles writes and is a watchman at night. The American girl, Joann, lives her life in a " bachelor pad. " Love, friendship and chance take them all to a hotel in Bordeaux where, in the course of a weekend, their lonely hearts meet. The weekend is held over to leave time for love.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-09-02
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Burnt Out
2006-02-15
Burnt Out
Overview: François Durrieux, a man in his forties, married to Clémence and father of Benjamin, has been employed for years by the firm DSBO. In order not to lose his job, he always submits to his boss's demands whether it means working after office hours, canceling planned holidays or harming his family life. However, when one night, Simon Lacaze, his best friend and colleague, commits suicide just after being fired ignominiously, François rebels...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-02-15
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Love Is in the Air
2005-06-17
Love Is in the Air
Overview: Yann Kerbec is a flight instructor: he evaluates pilots’ abilities under extreme conditions on flight simulators. But Yann has a big problem: he is so airsick since he was born in a plane, that he couldn’t even follow the love of his life when she moved to Australia. Yann is now thirty years old and remembers with both nostalgia and humour the numerous love stories he spoiled because of his phobia. Will he finally accept to become a grown up or will he keep making plans in the air?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-06-17
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Welcome to Veraz
1991-06-21
Welcome to Veraz
Overview: An old man teaches a young man to live in the forest and to understand the wild world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-06-21
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Inéluctable
2008-11-07
Inéluctable
Overview: An Indian delegation, headed by Kuldip Badhwar, is going to Cateneau's French power plant to negotiate the purchase of four new generation nuclear reactors. Before signing the contract, the Indian representative requires guarantees on the safety of the installations and requests an emergency shutdown test of the reactor. But a succession of incidents occur and seem to turn to disaster.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-11-07
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Main basse sur une île
2011-02-25
Main basse sur une île
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-02-25
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Alors voilà,
1997-10-22
Alors voilà,
Overview: A trucker, an accountant, a former plumber hospitalised after a suicide attempt... Presided over by the accountant, the three families decide to buy a truck, a trucker's dream. The father, practical joker, and larger-than-life lover, keeps a watchful eye. The children are his accomplices. One is his heroine. His daughter is his other heroine. A puzzle of life's desires in which all veers into the imaginary, into dreams of far-off lands.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-10-22
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Aniel
1998-11-22
Aniel
Overview: A young foreigner replaces sick worker in a factory. The mystery that surrounds him, along with his charm and nonchalance, soon make him an object of desire and hatred. The life of the factory and, in particular, that of one of its workers, are changed for good by this unusual young man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-11-22
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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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Manon Roland
1989-12-28
Manon Roland
Overview: The story of revolutionary woman Manon Roland.
Genres: History TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-12-28
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