Pierre Prévert
Also Known As: Пьер Превер
Biography: Pierre Prévert (26 May 1906 – 5 April 1988) was a French film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is the brother of Jacques Prévert, who is the subject of his documentary Mon frère Jacques. He is the father of screenwriter Catherine Prévert. Source: Article "Pierre Prévert" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Birthday: May 26, 1906
Deathday: April 05, 1988
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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L'Âge d'or
Overview: The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1930-11-28
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The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Overview: Made a year after Luis Buñuel's death in 1983 this is an illuminating portrait of the surreal and visionary director, featuring clips, archival interviews, and commentary from scholars and contemporaries including Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, and Jeanne Moreau. Directed by Anthony Wall with readings from Buñuel's autobiography by Paul Scofield. Six trims to meet copyright restrictions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-11
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Pitiless Gendarme
Overview: The police superintendent may be good-natured but he has got a lot on his plate with all the witnesses that come to make a statement before him. They are all crazier than the others and although the superintendent is not too bad at keeping his self-control, he might well go nuts after all with this bunch of lunatics!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-01-01
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Baleydier
Overview: The attempt of a young hairdresser to act in a serious film with his chosen co star , recognized during the shooting as inept, is mistakenly taken by the audience to be deliberately comic.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-01-15
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Le soleil a toujours raison
Overview: Tonio, pretty Micheline's fiance, meets Georgia ,a gypsy who makes advances to him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-01-27
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Two Shy Ones
Overview: Jules Frémissin is shy and in love. The father of the object of his flame is also shy. The marriage proposal is very laborious, because before marrying Cécile Thibaudier, Jules must fight a duel with the arrogant Vancouver, convinced that all this eager and awkward courtship was intended for his own wife, also named Cécile.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1943-03-03
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Twilight
Overview: At the beginning of the 20th century, the destiny of Félicie Nanteuil, a young girl from the provinces who became a big star on the stage thanks to a comedian who committed suicide out of love for her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1944-12-20
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Mystery Tour
Overview: The basic premise: A retired bus driver fulfills his lifelong dream of providing an extended "voyage surprise" (the title is translated as "Mystery Tour") for unsuspecting vacationers. They soon realize, while riding in the old man's home-made bus, that he hasn't bothered to plan any kind of itinerary. As a result, they end up in completely preposterous situations, of course. Voyage surprise!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1947-05-21
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Prices and profits, the potato
Overview: Prix et Profits is a 20-minute short film originally made for educational purposes and released in 9.5mm format. As the title suggests, the film follows the supply chain of a potato, from farmers to consumers, and examines the mechanisms of capitalism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-12-31
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Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
Overview: An overview of Luis Buñuel's career. Includes an interview with the filmmaker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-21
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L'Atalante
Overview: Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1934-04-24
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Drôle d'oiseau
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-11-25
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Bizarre, Bizarre
Overview: A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-10-20
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