Mado Maurin
Also Known As: Madeleine Maurin
Biography: Madeleine Jeanne Louise "Mado" Maurin (24 September 1915 − 8 December 2013) was a French actress, whose career spanned over 55 years. Born in Paris, Maurin began her acting career in 1955. Maurin was married twice and was the mother of actors Jean-Pierre Maurin (1941−1996), Yves-Marie Maurin (1944−2009), Patrick Dewaere (1947−1982), Dominique Collignon-Maurin (born 1949), Jean-François Vlérick (born 1957), and Marie-Véronique Maurin (born 1960). Mado Maurin died of natural causes on 8 December 2013, aged 98, in Paris. Source: Article "Mado Maurin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Adult: No
Birthday: September 24, 1915
Age: 109 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: December 07, 2013
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Je suis Pierre Rivière
Overview: The story about Pierre Riviere, who tired of the constants demands of her mother to her father decides to kill her, but also his brother and his siste
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-07
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A Bad Son
Overview: Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. His first stop is at his father's apartment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-10-14
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The Stolen Diary
Overview: A young woman in a lesbian relationship keeps a diary that is stolen by a young man who loves her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-04-28
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Such a Lovely Town...
Overview: Stephane (Victor Lanoux) is the mayor of a small village. He is also the manager of the tannery which provides the inhabitants with work. In a fit of anger, he kills his wife (Edith Scob). A judge (Jean Carmet) tries to prove his culpability, but it's not an easy task, because there is a political and social pressure.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-02-28
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The Car Keys
Overview: Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-12-10
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Le revolver et la rose
Overview: Eric, a 14-year-old boy, is now almost alone. His mother, faced with her husband's bizarre behavior, left the marital home. Eric's father, for his part, leads a triple existence. On the other hand, he maintains apparently normal relations with his son, but at the same time he leads an unacknowledged, secret life "elsewhere", where confused, equivocal relations bind him to a strange, elusive woman, whose vision sometimes inspires feelings of filial love, sometimes reveals to him the bitter taste of a passion faded by time.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-11-25
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Long Live Life
Overview: The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection room. Even the movie's trailer shows only a long sequence of faces gazing speechlessly in space. "Like all my movies, this one is about a man and a woman", says Lelouch in the interview.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-04-18
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L'amour mensonge
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-01-23
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The Poisoner
Overview: Loudun, October 1947. Leon Besnard and Marie celebrate their eighteenth wedding anniversary with friends and Ady, a former German prisoner they have "adopted". A few days later, Leon dies. Louise, a friend of the couple's and probably Leon's mistress claims that, on his deathbed, the deceased told her that Marie was poisoning him. The whole town soon condemns Marie and she is arrested and sent to jail. Did she really kill Léon as well as twelve other members of her family as she finds herself charged with?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-09-03
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Unloved
Overview: France in the fifties. The teenage orphan Sylvie is put in an institution for "fallen" or endangered girls, subjected to harsh treatment by the bigoted nuns who run the institution like a prison. Sylvie befriends a girl who wants to escape.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-10-21
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Un point c'est tout !
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-09-19
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The Bitch
Overview: After serving time for sexual assault, a disgraced cop finds work as a private detective and becomes enmeshed in a bizarre web that includes a gangster and his former girlfriend…the same woman who sent the cop to prison years before.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-09-05
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Uhloz
Overview: Uhloz is the story of the adventures and misadventures of two children on Christmas Eve.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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La vie à mains nues
Overview: A business school graduate causes consternation in his family when he decides to become a mason, like his grandfather.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-03-27
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Alice au pays des merveilles
Overview: Alice sets off in pursuit of a mysterious white rabbit in a hurry. After a dizzying fall into a deep well, she discovers a strange world populated by beasts who behave like humans. She changes size, is invited to a wacky tea-time party and becomes a witness to a momentous trial conducted by the Queen of Hearts.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-12-22
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La Femme flic
Overview: Young police inspector Corinne Levasseur interrogated a dealer without the judge's consent. Following an indiscretion of her lover, the substitute Berthot, Corinne is transferred to a small town in the North who lives under the thumb of a rich industrialist and his family. He is given subaltern tasks. Intrigued by the strange death of a teenager, she stubbornly leads an investigation that allows her to trace the chain of a child prostitution network in which are mixed a notable and his son-in-law. A young investigating judge decides to investigate the case, but he is the victim of pressure ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-01-08
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Legitimate Violence
Overview: In the course of a violent hold-up at Deauville station, several innocent bystanders are shot dead. The victims include a politician, Robert Andréani, and three members of the same family. Devastated by the death of his wife, daughter and mother, Martin Modot resolves that their killers will be brought to justice. When the police fail to make any progress in their investigation, he decides to take matters into his own hands, with the support of a neo-fascist vigilante organization.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-09-01
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Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Overview: The actress Lola Dewaere recounts the film career and traumatic life of celebrated actor Patrick Dewaere, the father she never knew, under the watchful eye of director Alexandre Moix.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-05-17
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Sexe, magouilles et culture générale
Overview: Franck Petit, an unscrupulous and vulgar producer, has been in charge of "Culture pour tous", a very popular game show, for years. But for some time now, the ratings have been dropping significantly. Paulette is responsible for this, a contestant who has been winning for eighteen weeks and who no longer appeals to viewers, whether they are housewives, teenagers or even young dynamic executives. A solution is needed to solve the problem: eliminate her. To achieve this, Frank Petit decides to use all means, even the most vile, hoping to impose, instead, the young and sultry Cindy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-06-11
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Si je peux me permettre
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
Overview: A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-01
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Picture Perfect
Overview: The American photography student Josh gets involved in a mysterious and deadly intrigue, when he takes pictures during an attempt on the top model Francesca's life.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-21
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Rebelote
Overview: Rémi Chauveau, ten years old, lives in a broken home. He first experiences an austere boarding school and then an authoritarian and abusive nanny. Teenager, he works as butcher in Paris. On Saturday, he made “silly little things” that sometimes lead to prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-09-05
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Tout le monde peut se tromper
Overview: A young woman, employed in a jewelry store, decides to take advantage of the heist she witnesses. She shoots down one of the burglars; the other will pursue her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-02-10
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Ubu enchaîné
Overview: Father Ubu, grotesque king and symbol of the tyranny of power in Ubu king, decides to become a slave to acquire real power. This is the first sequel to "Ubu roi" (1965) directed by Averty.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-10-02
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Les Ritals
Overview: This 2-part TV film, adapted from an autobiography, tells the childhood of writer François Cavanna, son of an Italien emigrant and a French mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-05-24
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Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-10-20
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