Myriem Roussel
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Biography: Myriem Roussel is a French actress born in Rabat (Morocco) on 26 December 1961. She is most noted for her role as Marie in Jean-Luc Godard's 1985 film Je Vous Salue Marie/Hail Mary which was controversial at the time. She had come to Godard's attention when she appeared as an extra in Passion. Other film appearances include The Patriots (1994), Dark at Noon (1993), the 1985 adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's 1964 novel Beauty and Sadness, and First Name: Carmen (1983)
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rabat, Morocco
Adult: No
Birthday: December 26, 1962
Age: 62 years old
Gender: Female
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Sadness and Beauty
Overview: Hugo is a writer whose one great book was based on an affair he had with Lea, a sculptor. Bereft of inspiration for a follow-up, Hugo returns years later to rekindle the flame of romance and creativity. Lea soundly rejects him, and her student Prudence feels a burning hatred for the man who deserted the teacher she admires.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-08-28
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The Devils of Monza
Overview: The young noble Don Monza is caught and thrown out by the nun Virginia de Leva when she catches him flirting with one of her nun sisters across the stone wall between their gardens. He hears the rumor that she'd have an affair with her trustee - so he kills him in a set-up duel and aims to take his place. Against her initial resistance, Monza manages to win her heart - and to get into her bed. This doesn't stay a secret for long, but Monza, now in love, does everything to keep it going.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-06-16
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First Name: Carmen
Overview: The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-12-01
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Hail Mary
Overview: A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-01-23
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Godard's Passion
Overview: While shooting a film, the director becomes interested in the unfolding struggle of a young factory worker that has been laid off by a boss who did not like her union activities.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-05-26
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Blue Hell
Overview: Ned, a petty criminal, falls into the trap laid by Frank, a sadistic cop who, after having beaten him, takes him home. But Frank's wife Lily helps Ned escape and they fall in love.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-03-12
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The Venus Trap
Overview: The 30-years old Max is MD and engaged to the attractive Coco, who jealously keep watch over him. After he heard the lovely voice of an unknown misdialing woman, he starts a restless search ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-05-19
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Dark at Noon
Overview: In this mystical comedy, Felicien has traveled to Portugal from France soon after the end of the First World War. It seems that his recently deceased father had invested a lot of money in a factory located in a remote village, and he has come to evaluate that investment. He gets some clues to the real situation in the town when the man driving his coach refuses to go any further and leaves him on a section of road which is practically paved with abandoned crutches. After a short trek, he meets up with the local dignitary who is to show him around, and he meets a priest and an artist. The priest gives a further clue to the events taking place in the village when he indicates that he's completely exasperated with the endless miracles that seem to be taking place. From that point onward, amazing coincidences, visions and miracles take place in great numbers.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-10-01
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The Patriots
Overview: Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from Remy Prieur, a French atomic scientist.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-05-18
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Au petit Marguery
Overview: Hippolyte, the chef at the small Paris restaurant of the title, is losing his sense of smell - and without that, you can’t cook. Not in France. The restaurant has to close. Guests and customers of the ailing master chef gather for one last fabulous meal. Between courses, personal conflicts are explored and flashbacks flesh out incidents from the lives of the restaurant owners.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-11-08
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Jeunes gens
Overview: Céramique and Louis are a carefree and charming young couple. But soon the whims of love appear. They have to face up to it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-06-26
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Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie'
Overview: Notes on the inception and making of Hail Mary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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A Bottle of Wishes
Overview: 4 young people are long time friends. They have a dinner together, which will turn into a mess when they play a game which consists in writing a vow on a little piece of paper to be put into a bottle: they love each other, but they are not able to transcend their loneliness and their selfishness.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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