Marika Green
Also Known As: マリカ・グリーン
Biography: Marika Nicolette Green (born 21 June 1943) is a Swedish-French actress. She is mostly famous for appearing in Pickpocket (1959) and Emmanuelle (1974). Born in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholm County, she left Sweden for France in 1953. She played the lead female role in Robert Bresson's Pickpocket at the age of 16. She is the aunt of Eva Green and older sister of Walter Green, husband of Marlène Jobert. Green married Austrian cinematographer Christian Berger, regular collaborator of Michael Haneke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marika Green, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Birthday: June 21, 1943
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Gender: Female
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Pickpocket
Overview: Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-12-16
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Emmanuelle
Overview: An employee at the French Embassy in Bangkok invites his wife to join him – and enjoy the benefits of their open marriage.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-06-25
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Playmates
Overview: Henri Verdier, a young bank manager, has made the acquaintance of Karine, a model of great beauty. Robert, who claims to be Karine's brother, forces Karine to introduce him to Verdier. This is to offer him an urgent business deal: 50 million for a uranium purchase which, within a few days, should yield double that amount. Blinded by passion, Verdier accepts and "withdraws" the necessary sum from his bank. He soon realizes he's been duped. Karine is not Robert's sister and Robert is a crook. Verdier tracks them down.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-07-31
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The Models of 'Pickpocket'
Overview: A documentary that follows up on what happened to the three principle actors in Robert Bresson's "Pickpocket."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-03-29
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Singapore, Singapore
Overview: Singapore. Following the mysterious disappearance of several Marines on leave, the U.S. Secret Service appoints young Art Smith to lead the investigation. Four volunteers decide to assist him in his dangerous undertaking, and prepare to act as bait for the kidnappers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-03-02
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Rider on the Rain
Overview: A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-01-21
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The Crazy Capo Affair
Overview: Jean Diserens has a double life: he's a property developer and... drug dealer. He's looking for a new way to sell it. But his superior, Crazy Capo, doesn't see things the same way.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-09-09
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Them
Overview: An artist grows hateful of commercial demands on his questionable talents when his friend and artist commits suicide. He puts the blame for his friend's death on an art critic and a shady art dealer. He is able to take out his frustrations on the pretentious critic at a party. When an elderly man moves into the boarding house, he brings a machine he invented that can make people realize their subconscious dreams...
Genres: Crime Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-11-18
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By the Sea
Overview: Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of its more vibrant inhabitants, such as a local bar/café-keeper and a hotel owner.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-12
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The Golem
Overview: Athanase Pernath is a gem cutter in the Prague ghetto. In spite of himself, he becomes embroiled in the lives of his neighbors. Family feuds, swindles, jealousies and revenge lead Pernath to prison, while the threat of the Golem, a monster created by a rabbi and awakening every thirty-three years, hangs over the city.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-02-18
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The Girl Across the Way
Overview: A young student visits the home of a friend who has all the good looks, women and luck. Every day, through binoculars from his friend's window, he sees a young girl in front of her home. Although attractive, the woman's face has been badly scarred. He finds out her phone number and the two engage in pleasant conversation. He gets up enough nerve to ask to meet her in person, but the socially inept young man becomes paralyzed with fear. He again summons the courage to meet with her before he is plagued with fear once again.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-01-14
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The Story of Rebecca
Overview: An adaptation of Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Bruno: Sunday's Child
Overview: The weekend of August 15th gives the opportunity to Michel Fauvet, a recently divorced father, to spend two full days with Bruno, his thirteen-year-old son, that he can normally see only one Sunday a month. Feeling guilty, he tries to compensate for the trauma inflicted to Bruno by giving him presents. This time around, Michel has decided to treat him to a nice trip to Bruges and the Belgian Coast. Which will not prevent Bruno from asking his father disturbing questions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-06-06
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Hanna Monster, Darling
Overview: Hanna and Leo are expecting a child. They live near Innsbruck where the mountains touch the sky and where absolute bliss seems to reign. But things turn out quite differently.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-02-07
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Cross of the Living
Overview: Yan, who has just been acquitted of a crime he has not committed, returns to his Flemish village, where he meets hostility, particularly from Franz, the garage owner. Fortunately, Gus, his childhood friend refuses to follow the pack and talks his mother, the richest person in the area, into getting him a job. But Yan is soon drawn to Maria, the sultry girl Gus lives with.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-07-25
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Tollgate
Overview: Georg works up at the highway. He collects the toll from the tourists; he collects the toll from the truck drivers. All of Europe has to go by him. Below, in the shadow of the mighty bridge, Georg lives with his parents in an old farmhouse with its empty stall. Georg makes a career for himself. And then, he falls in love with a young farm woman. He must decide between love and his job.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Emmanuelle: Queen of French Erotic Cinema
Overview: France, 1974. The erotic film Emmanuelle, directed by Just Jaeckin, breaks all records for cinema attendance: the story of the creation of a sensual epic that marked a turning point in the struggle for sexual emancipation.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-06-18
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D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle
Overview: « Emmanuelle » was released 50 years ago. Its main character, played by the young Sylvia Kristel, delve freely into her sexuality, without taboo. This bold movie became one of the great success of french cinema in the 70s, and Emmanuelle became the face of sexual liberation. Through the gaze of a woman, the character is back on the screen in 2024. This new Emmanuelle, written by Audrey Diwan, go in quest of a lost pleasure.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-09-24
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