Andrée Damant
Also Known As: Andree Damant, Andrée Darmant
Biography: Andrée Damant is a French actress. Andrée starred in many commercials. She also specializes in the roles of sympathetic Méridionales often Marseillaises pure strain, which led from time to time to interpret on screen characters from the world of Marcel Pagnol. Source: Article "Andrée Damant" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Avignon, Vaucluse, France
Birthday: September 20, 1932
Deathday: December 06, 2022
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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House of D
Overview: In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa, Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-07
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Whatever You Say
Overview: Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own television show.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-12-17
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The Seducers of Saint-Tropez
Overview: Four friends discover the pleasures of Saint-Tropez.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-09-27
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Les Insaisissables
Overview: Romain, a well read and articulate real estate agent, protects his grandmother from a bailiff that wants to seize her property,
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-05-03
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Everything Must Disappear
Overview: Robert Millard has based his industrial kingdom - based on all the noise technologies - thanks to his marriage with the wealthy and cantankerous Irene, he blithely cheat for years. However, his last link with his pretty secretary, Eve, is the straw that broke the camel : Irene has indeed hired a detective-photographer, aptly named M.Colle order to have a maximum of incriminating shots. Threatened to divorce and thus to total ruin by his wife, the unfaithful husband should give up and dismiss Eve.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-01-22
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Baby Love
Overview: They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-12-18
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Métisse
Overview: Lola is pregnant, and she isn’t sure who the father is: Félix, a Jewish delivery boy, or Jamal, a black law student.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-08-18
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The Day Will Come
Overview: Thirty years after giving her daughter up for adoption in order to join the terrorist underground in Germany, Judith is tracked down by her now adult daughter Alice to a vineyard in the Alsace where she is now living with a new family and a new identity. Alice calls on her mother to give herself up, but Judith doesn't regret any of her past deeds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-10-01
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Mayday
Overview: This a beautiful May evening. The sun has just set behind the hill. Tonight the inhabitants of the Le Corbusier housing unit are going to experience a slight change of program. They are all sitting in front of their TV sets and in twelve minutes the face of the new President of the Republic will appear on the screens..
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-03-14
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The Time of Secrets
Overview: The story takes us from the dear Garrigue to the secondary school where Marcel is first ill at ease because he is a scholarship holder and because he went to the grade school (the other bourgeois pupils had probably a private tutor). A fight against a rich kid ,that augurs badly for what is to follow. (to be followed in "Le Temps des Amours" )
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-06-12
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The Time of Love
Overview: The last episode of Pagnol's memories (see also "La Gloire de Mon Père" "le Château de Ma Mère" and "Le Temps des secrets") deals with the teenage years of Marcel. While always spending his Summers in his dear Garrigue, he is now on the way to the Baccalaureat. He 's got a good pal Lagneau (The Lamb) who of course infuriates the teachers when he "bleats"...
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-06-13
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A Pain in the Ass
Overview: An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Club de rencontres
Overview: Bernard is in the middle of a divorce. In the courthouse where he is awaiting the separation settlement, he runs across a childhood friend, Nicolas, who runs a dating service and is passing out flyers to soon-to-be divorcés. Bernard goes with his friend to his club, and gets roped into helping him find his soulmate.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-09-21
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When the Cat's Away
Overview: When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally makes an arrangement with the elderly Madame Renée, who often watches over other peoples' cats and dogs. However, when Chloe comes back, Madame Renée tells her that unfortunately the cat has been lost, and the unlucky owner goes on a search for her dear animal friend. While looking for the cat, she meets many colorful characters who populate the neighborhood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-04-03
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Just Retired
Overview: Marilou and Philippe prepare for their future retirement in Portugal. But their daughter separates and a whole procession of solicitations falls on them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-11-20
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Amélie
Overview: At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-04-25
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My New Partner III
Overview: It's been ten years since the paths of René and François parted ways. From the glorious era when, as cops, they roamed the Montmartre district, they only have a handful of memories left, the money from their cronies having evaporated over time. Everything comes to an end. Until it starts again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-12-10
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Belle and Sebastian
Overview: Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-12-18
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Laisse un peu d'amour
Overview: 58-year-old Monique lives in a small apartment in the projects on the outskirts of Paris. She has retired from assembly-line work with a small textile company, only to learn that her retirement benefits barely match her rent. One of her daughters, Giselle plans to enter the Drama Conservatory in Paris, while her other daughter Sandra is recovering from a suicide attempt.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-05-26
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A Man of My Measure
Overview: A tall and gangly Victoire arrives in Paris looking for the ideal French lover -- and because she stands well above many of her preceding romantic partners, that is an added dimension to consider. As she finds and drops a series of possibilities -- a free-wheeling sociologist, an up-tight intellectual, and a dentist fixated on sports -- she begins to wonder if this simple quest may turn out to be an impossibility after all.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-01-16
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Rape of Love
Overview: Nicole, nurse in Grenoble, is raped one night by four men. Deeply scarred, emotionally and physically, she thinks she will never recover from the trauma. Following a friend's advice, she decides to file a lawsuit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-01-10
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Clémence
Overview: Clémence is a fulfilled woman, happy with her job as an investigating judge and her family. But everything changes when she learns that her husband, Philippe, is cheating on her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-10-29
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Marthe
Overview: An old couple. The evening routine. It’s been years since he last looked at her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-21
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L'envolée belle
Overview: Two tourists in Provence meet an old naive peasant painter who tells them the extraordinary story that happened in the village in 1890: Amédée, the teacher, succeeded in stealing.
Genres: Romance Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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On the Edge
Overview: A man. A woman. A single night in Paris. Such is the basic framework of this French romance that begins when middle-aged middle-class housewife Clara, happily drives to the airport to meet her husband who was supposed to come in on the evening flight and is devastated to learn that he has remained at his hotel and is having an affair. Clara sees a younger man eating a sandwich and asks him to have a drink. Later, she and he, an amiable baggage handler, spend the evening talking and exploring the nightlife on the outskirts of Paris. There they meet many people from other countries who come to Paris and work as laborers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-07-26
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Venise sous la neige
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-05-17
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Cigalon
Overview: Cigalon, a restaurant owner in a small village in Provence, refuses to serve customers... And suddenly Mrs. Toffi, his former laundress, opens a restaurant with her nephew Virgil... Annoyed, Cigalon counter-attacks and goes back to cooking.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-12-25
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À vos caisses !
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-12-18
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Marianne's Temptations
Overview: Innocent young Marianne works in a ski resort high in the French Alps. One night she agrees to go on a date with Bob, a young guy on vacation. Bob excites her in ways that her oafish boyfriend never could.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-08-02
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Dad Friend
Overview: Stéphane defers his frustration at not having had a son on his sons-in-law. So when her younger daughter decides to leave a rugby player than the idolatrous father for a doctor he can not stand, he will do everything to get his son-in-law back. His daughter will not let it go.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-12-19
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Heures Chaudes
Overview: In this drama, a jilted bride and her little sister flee their hometown to search for better lives. They go to stay in their aunt's boarding house. There they meet a notorious philanderer and his mistress. The younger sister soon tries to lure him away from his love. Unfortunately, he falls for the older sister. As they make love, the poor little sister is left all alone.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-06-07
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Tu es si jolie ce soir
Overview: Prosecutor Vadim, who has an uneasy relationship with his glamorous wife Chanéac, vanishes at the time a psycho is offing club girls to the strains of the "Tu es si jolie ce soir" song.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-06-17
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La femme du boulanger
Overview: In a small village of Haute-Provence, it is an event. The abandoned bakery comes back to life. Aimable and his wife Aurélie bring out the first batch of bread for the happiness of the inhabitants. Among the first customers, Dominique, a young shepherd, does not leave Aurélie indifferent...
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-06-07
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Inner City
Overview: Pierre, a young man in his thirties, grew up with his two brothers in a city in the suburbs of Paris. He still lives there today with his wife, Deborah. His everyday life is divided between a job where he is exploited, discussions with his friends and brothers, family meals and unpreventable altercations with the cops.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-06-14
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La Haine
Overview: After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-05-31
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Man Is a Woman
Overview: Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homophobic uncle, looking to continue the family legacy – if he gets married and has a child, he will receive ten million francs and inherit his uncle's luxurious mansion. After meeting Rosalie Baumann at his cousin David's wedding, and with some convincing on his mother's part, Simon sees an opportunity to fulfill his uncle's wishes and the pair go ahead and get married, but not before traveling to New York to meet Rosalie's Orthodox Jewish family. As Simon tries to develop real feelings for Rosalie, he struggles with his feelings for his newlywed cousin David.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-03-11
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Tokyo!
Overview: Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-16
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Yiddish Connection
Overview: Two middle-aged Jewish merchants plot to crack a safe with a clergyman and some neighbors in Paris.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-08-27
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Dead Tired
Overview: Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-05-18
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My Father's Glory
Overview: Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, who teaches him about rural life.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-08-29
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La Femme du cosmonaute
Overview: Anna and her husband Jean-Paul have to face a long and difficult separation since Jean-Paul is a spationaut. Thanks to a video device they can see each other and communicate... But definitely not for the best!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-12-17
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It Only Happens to Others
Overview: Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-10-08
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La Belle Verte
Overview: As part of an intergalactic coalition, a well-meaning space alien volunteers to bring a message of self-actualization and harmony with nature to the one planet rejected by all her peers as incorrigible: Earth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-09-18
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The Harem of Madame Osmane
Overview: In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-07-12
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