Virginie Thévenet
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Biography: Virginie Thévenet was born on January 12, 1954 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Jeux d'artifices (1987), The Night Wears Suspenders (1985) and Quartet (1981).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: January 12, 1957
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Gender: Female
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Small Change
Overview: Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakening interest in girls, couples double-dating at the movies, brothers giving their friend a haircut, a boy dealing with an abusive home life, a baby and a cat sitting by an open window, a child telling a dirty joke, and a boy who develops a crush on his friend's mother.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-03-17
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Full Moon in Paris
Overview: Louise is dissatisfied with her mundane life in a bleak Parisian new-town. She rents a pied-à-terre in the city so she can experience independence.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-08-29
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The Cry of the Owl
Overview: Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in...
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-10-28
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Quartet
Overview: When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-10-25
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Les zozos
Overview: The romantic adventures of two teenagers in the 60s, boarding at a provincial college.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Winter's Child
Overview: Feckless aspiring architect Stéphane leaves his pregnant girlfriend for theater designer Sabine; Sabine in turn vainly attempts to overcome her violent obsession with an actor in her theater company. A game of emotional chutes and ladders ensues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-06-14
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Opium
Overview: The frustrated loves of Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet at the beginning of the 1920s. The death of Radiguet that sank Cocteau into opium. A story under the influence of drugs. A narrative in the spirit of Cocteau. And all this in a musical.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-10-02
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Il ne faut jurer de rien
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Like a Turtle on Its Back
Overview: Unable to put a single word on paper, a youngish man with one novel to his credit finds that his life is crumbling to ruins around him because of his severe case of writer's block. He tries every remedy known to man and makes up a few new ones in this comedy. All his efforts are futile: he loses his girlfriend and his apartment and has a succession of misadventures until finally, homeless and hospitalized, he rediscovers his inspiration.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-09-27
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Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
Overview: Faustine suffers the wounds of first love. During a summer when she is staying with her grandmother, she comes to know the nearby neighbors. Two brothers live in the large house. One is divorced and one has recently remarried, both of them live there with their teenaged and adult children. Though the boys of the household are drawn to Faustine, she grows ever more smitten with the divorced older man...
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-01-12
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Rosette vend des roses
Overview: A short film directed by and starring Rosette, best known for her acting work with Éric Rohmer, featuring a star-studded cast and crew of regular players from Rohmer films. With the help of her friends, Rosette takes advantage of a gullible stranger passing by in order to sell him all her roses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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La Surprise du chef
Overview: Hubert has a mistress, Papinou would like to seduce her. To do so, he convinces Hubert to go abroad. After years he became editor-in-chief, while Papinou did not succeed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-28
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Sophie's Ways
Overview: Céline is a free-spirited woman is married to a dull, middle manager Philippe. Her husband's co-worker pegged her as a household ornament because of the union. She befriends a woman who shows her how to juggle the couple's living expenses to get what she wants. As she asserts her independence and gradually frees herself from her husband's claustrophobic world, she turns to painting and writing about the inequity between genders.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-02-01
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Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)
Overview: This is the tale of a father-son duo who are unable to leave each other. The trouble begins when the son decides to destroy his father's image.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-05-12
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A Dirty Story
Overview: A group of friends listen as one man tells them a story about a time when, in a small cafe, he discovered a peephole into the ladies' bathroom and became addicted to looking through it at female genitals. They ask him questions and come to conclusions about sex. This is a filmed, scripted version. Then, the actual person who this happened to relates the same story; this time, however, it is an unscripted documentary, in which the same things occur as in the scripted one.
Genres: Documentary Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-11-09
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A Good Marriage
Overview: Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse introduces her to her cousin Edmond, a busy lawyer from Paris. Sabine pursues Edmond, with the encouragement of Clarisse, but Edmond does not seem very interested.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-05-19
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Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
Overview: Barely out of prison, where she spent five long years, a pretty prostitute sows disorder in the life of a hitherto peaceful couple.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-08-17
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Rosette cherche une chambre
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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The Adventures of Rosette
Overview: A series of stories told by Rosette about her vacation. Filmed in super 8 by Eric Rohmer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-04-02
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Jeux d'artifices
Overview: Elisa and Eric are two teenage war orphans. They change their apartment on the outskirts of the city into a photo-studio to make a living, and they are very devoted to it. The two seem to live like heavenly beings without connecting to the outside world. Their only contact with the exterior is through Jacques, a loyal friend, but he also cuts himself out of any social life. The sister and the brother then take to get in touch with the world by Mrs Jean, a friend of their deceased mother with whom Elisa takes courses of singing. They live in harmony until a young man, whom Elisa falls for, eventually leaves with Eric for the USA and left her brokenhearted alone in France.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-03-17
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