Jacques Prévert
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Biography: Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist movement, and include Les Enfants du Paradis (1945).
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Adult: No
Birthday: February 04, 1900
Age: 125 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 11, 1977
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Ciboulette
Overview: Duparquet is the controller of Les Halles, and plays matchmaker between the young farm-girl Ciboulette and Antonin, a young spoiled aristocrat.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-11-10
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Dream of the Wild Horses
Overview: The horses in Denys Colomb Daunant’s dream poem are the white beasts of the marshlands of the Camargue in South West France. Daunant was haunted by these creatures. His obsession was first visualized when he wrote the autobiographical script for Albert Lamorisse’s award-winning 1953 film White Mane. In this short the beauty of the horses is captured with a variety of film techniques and by Jacques Lasry’s beautiful electronic score.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-06-01
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Paris la belle
Overview: A look at Paris in 1928 in black and white and then color sequences filmed in the same places in 1959.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-04-30
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Bim, the Little Donkey
Overview: An Arab boy, Abdullah, loves his donkey, Bim, but another boy, Massoud, who also happens to be a prince, is jealous of Abdullah and his relationship with Bim, so Massoud steals the donkey and plays mean tricks on him, such as painting him and trying to cut his ears off. Abdullah tries to rescue Bim but is caught by palace guards and is imprisoned. Realizing Abdullah's love for his donkey, Massoud becomes ashamed of his meanness and frees Bim and Abdullah. However, the donkey eats Massoud's father's lunch and is taken to a butcher. Abdullah and Massoud try to rescue Bim from the butcher, but robbers get there first and steal the donkey along with the butcher's goods. The robbers escape to the sea, and Abdullah and Massoud stage one last rescue attempt with all of their friends to try to save Bim.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-04-01
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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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Arletty, Lady Paname
Overview: A biography of the French actress Arletty.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-07-16
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The Small Tent
Overview: Documentary filmed during the shooting of “À Valparaiso” which shows the children’s reactions to the performance of a circus show. “It is the tender gaze of a poet on the smallest circus in the world and his audience of children”.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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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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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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Souvenir de Paris
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1928-01-01
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Bulles de Vian
Overview: "Vian Bubbles" - On June 23, 2009, fifty years to the day after the death of Boris Vian, a supernatural phenomenon crosses all of France: in the streets, one sings everywhere his songs and one expresses oneself only in the language of the poet. In Paris, Antoine de Caunes wakes up to discover the strange "vianic" epidemic, which also affects radio waves and the small screen. A boss of channel proposes to him to organize, for the same evening, a show dedicated to the songs of Boris Vian. Jean-Pierre Marielle tells us the story of this phenomenon, as supernatural as inexplicable. A tribute in songs to the glowing cast.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-06-18
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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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S'il n'en reste qu'un, nous serons ces deux-là
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-10-15
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Life Begins Tomorrow
Overview: Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1952 as Life Begins Tomorrow. Made in cooperation with UNESCO, the film speculates on the future of mankind after the advent of Atomic Energy. Many prominent French artists and intellects contribute to the narration: Jean-Pierre Aumont plays The Man of Today, Andre Labarthe is the Man of Tomorrow, and Jean-Paul Sartre, Daniel Agache, Jean Rostand, Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso and Andre Gide are respectively seen as "The Existentialist," "The Psychiatrist,' "The Biologist," "The Architect," "The Artist" and "The Author". Film clips of hospitals, schoolrooms, scientific laboratories, and even nightclubs are woven into Védrès' fascinating tapestry.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-13
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Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-03-13
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It's in the Bag
Overview: Benjamin Déboisé, a hatter, his salesman and a young man want to kidnap an American millionaire, put him in a bag and hold him to ransom. But they make a mistake: the fellow they find in the bag is not the millionaire himself, but his son...!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1932-11-25
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