Franck Beckmann
Also Known As: Frank Bekmann, Franck Beckman, Frank Beckmann, Franck Bekmann
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Department: Acting
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Gender: Male
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The First Man
Overview: Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-09-09
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La légende de Thierry Mauvignier
Overview: In August 2021, the director Thierry Mauvignier revisited a Poitevine legend of "the grave of the child" with his brother, the writer Laurent Mauvignier. This immersive and humanist documentary retraces the long road that Thierry and his actors and his technical team had to travel to reach the end of his production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-12-19
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L'Innocent
Overview: The film is based on real events be tween the years 1978-1980. Theo Grangier, a man without education, with no parents nor family, is involved in the robbery along with two recidivists. But the policeman is killed during a robbery. But Theo is the only one who is arrested and charged with murdering an officer of laws, even though the other two perpetrators are not found and Theo is not conclusively proved to be a murderer. He is later sentenced to death. The trial galvanizes the French society - Jean-Paul Sartre comes out publicly in favor of Theo Grunge...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-09-26
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This is My Mother
Overview: Pierre, a successful 33-year-old florist, has his life turned upside down by the sudden arrival of his mother Judith, whom he hasn’t seen for two years. Mercurial and extravagant, she suffers from bipolar disorder and has recently escaped from a clinic. Pierre has only one idea in mind: bring her back as quickly as possible so his life can get back on track. But nothing happens as he hoped for. Their unexpected reunion, as funny and explosive as it is heart-wrenching, will transform Pierre and Judith forever.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-03-06
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Valiant Hearts
Overview: In August 1942, during the Second World War, Six Jewish children are trying to escape the Nazis. They are hidden by the resistance in the Chambord Castle, where paintings from Le Louvre are being stored as well. The Nazis are looking for paintings from private collections that would be hidden there as well.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-05-11
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Vivace
Overview: A young couple, Pauline and Alex, moves from Paris to a quiet neighbourhood in the French countryside. Pauline loves to take care of her garden and the plants. She is also fascinated with her older neighbour Gilles who lives alone. They spend much time together and he helps her with her garden. Finally, he gives her a special plant from Brasil as a gift. The plant needs a lot of attention and is sensitive to the mood around it. As the plant grows, it takes up all of Paulines time which endangeres her relationship with Alex.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-04-15
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The Charge of Texel
Overview: 1795, Holland. The French vanguard is pushing towards the north, through a strong blizzard, beyond the enemy lines. At the head of the cavalry, Major Lahure learns that a British fleet, seeking to escape to England, is trapped by the ice off the coast, and prepares one of the boldest ventures of its time.
Genres: Animation War History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-10-14
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Monsieur Léon
Overview: During the Occupation, a kid is taken in by his old grandfather, wrongly considered a collaborator.
Genres: Drama History War TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-12-31
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For My Son
Overview: Commander Paul Leclerc is determined to learn the truth behind his son's death on a mission in Africa.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-12-17
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Gare au Fenwick
Overview: Alan, a withdrawn and solitary young man, usually finds solace in his inner world. Today is the big day: he’s leaving the family home to enter working life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-09-14
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La Loi de Simon - Des hommes en noir
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-05-17
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The Red Collar
Overview: In 1919, in a small town under the crushing heat of summer, a war hero is held prisoner in an abandoned barracks. Outside, his mangy dog barks night and day. Not far off in the countryside, an extraordinarily intelligent young woman works the land, waiting and hoping. A judge whose principles have been sorely shaken by the war is coming to sort out this case of which it is better not to speak.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-03-28
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Clemence's Afternoon
Overview: Clémence and her parents take part in a big country picnic. Arriving late, Clémence joins the other children who are already playing away from the adults, but it doesn't turn out to be as much fun as she expected.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-02-20
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Voyages
Overview: A woman meets a man in a bar late in the evening and goes to his apartment. A woman picks up a girl from school and runs with the child through the park. If we see such scenes in a movie, or are we watching such situations in life, we quickly believe we know who these women are: a woman looking for a fleeting adventure in the first scene, a caring mother in the second.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-07-18
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Ava
Overview: Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so as to spend their best summer ever. Ava confronts the problem in her own way. She steals a big black dog that belongs to a young man on the run...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-06-21
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Monsieur Hernst
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-08-25
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Au bas de l'échelle
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-11-08
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Adrift
Overview: Jérôme has killed Driss, of Moroccan ancestry, who used to be his best friend. Is it an accident, a drama caused by jealousy or a racist murder? The story of Jérôme's long drift is discovered as the police carry out its investigation.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-03-30
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Goodbye and See You Soon
Overview: 60-something Henri meets 50-something Lila, and sparks fly - until they both must reconcile their very different lives and backgrounds.
Genres: Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-06-29
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Né sous silence
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Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-02-20
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Sarah's Key
Overview: On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the history of France. She starts digging archives and through Sarah's file discovers a well kept secret about her own in-laws.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-16
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Silence of the Sea
Overview: In a small town in the West of France, during the German Occupation, a room is requisitioned by a Wehrmacht captain, Werner von Ebrennac. The house where he now stays is inhabited by young Jeanne, who makes a living by giving piano lessons, and by her grandfather. Quite upset, the two "hosts" decide to resist the occupier by never speaking a word to him. Now Werner is a lover of France and its culture, and he tries to persuade them that a rapprochement between Germany and France would be beneficial for the two nations. Quite unexpectedly Jeanne, little by little, falls in love with Werner. At the same time, the Francophile officer loses his illusions, realizing at last that what Nazi Germany actually wants is to thrall France and to stifle its culture...
Genres: Romance Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-09-18
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La Loi de Pauline, mauvaise Graine
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-02-12
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Deadly Hitch
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-09-28
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