Armand Meffre
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Maubec, Vaucluse, France
Birthday: March 16, 1929
Deathday: January 22, 2009
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Jean de Florette
Overview: In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-08-27
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Le Combat dans l’île
Overview: The charismatic, surly son of a wealthy industrialist, Clément, leads a double life as a member of a right-wing extremist organization. When he’s ratted out after a failed assassination attempt on a prominent politician, Clément and his long-suffering wife Anne flee Paris to the idyllic country home of his childhood friend, pacifist print-maker Paul. As affection blossoms between Paul and Anne, the emotional, as well as political tensions, soar and eventually explode.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-08-16
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Too Small My Friend
Overview: Ticky Edriss, a dwarf, develops a scheme to avenge him on society and extort a bank.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-08-06
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L'Affaire Lourdes
Overview: In Lourdes, in the 1860s, the young Bernadette disturbs despite herself the peaceful life of the small town. She is the only one to see the apparition of The Lady, every day. The villagers take sides, the notables try to stifle the affair. But crowds come from all over the country. Inspired by the true story of the Lourdes affair.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-11-07
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Le chien qui a vu Dieu
Overview: In a small Italian village live a group of men, each as miscreant as the next. Among them is the baker, violent and miserly. One day, to benefit from an inheritance, he has to distribute fifty kilos of bread a day to the poor for five years. At the moment of distribution, a dog comes along and takes a loaf of bread in its mouth, to take to an old hermit whom the villagers are convinced "has seen God".
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-03-10
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I Believe in Santa Claus
Overview: All Simon wants for Christmas is his parents (who are being held captive by an African warlord) back. So, he and another student stowaway on a flight to Lapland to find Santa Claus. There they meet St. Nick as well as a Christmas Fairy and an evil Ogre.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-12-05
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Under the Sign of the Bull
Overview: In this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his investors when his first prototype explodes. Even his sympathetic mistress has her doubts, as Albert lashes out in a verbal tirade condemning those of little faith in his genius.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-03-28
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Blue Country
Overview: Brigitte Fossey stars as a repressed young nurse who hopes that moving from the city to the country will open up new vistas in her life (thereby reversing the usual country-to-city route of most movie heroines!) She meets and falls in love with bachelor Jacques Serre, likewise a free spirit. Though Fossey and Serre are attracted to one another, both value their freedom too much to make a firm commitment. As they draw closer, the twosome compare their own lifestyles with those of the colorful country folk all around them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-02-23
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life
Overview: On safari at the Masai Mara game preserve in Kenya with Teddy Roosevelt, Indy becomes lost in the vast and dangerous wilderness. Later, in Paris, he explores the fine-art scene and the rather wilder cafe scenes of Montmartre with a young Norman Rockwell.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-20
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Monsieur
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-22
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The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Overview: A butcher dreams of becoming a famous director. He hires stars that he begins to kill.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-02-19
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Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Overview: For 25 years now, under the Provence sun, Antonin, a farmhand, has shared his work and everyday life with a horse named Ulysse. What a shock when Pascal, the farmer, tells him he has decided to sell Ulysse to a picador for being too old. Not only will he be separated from his faithful companion, but he is well aware too that the arenas of Arles mean death for Ulysse. Being unable to stand such injustice, Antonin runs away from the farm in the company of Ulysse. Together, they go through the Lubéron, the Baux de Provence, the Alpilles, the Crau and the Vaccarès. Yet, their journey is no pleasure cruise, specially when it comes to crossing National Road 7. After a visit to Marcellin, an old friend of his, Antonin sets off again with Ulysse, this time towards the Rhône River.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-07-08
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Ubu Roi
Overview: Based on Alfredy Jarrry's 1896 play about a greedy, overweight, selfish dude named Pere Ubu. The story follows Ubu on his journey to overthrow the current ruler and become King of Poland. Along the way he betrays many of his followers, taxes the civilians to an unreasonable degree and eventually slaughters everyone. Along his side, is the equally crude but somehow more likable Mere Ubu, who's like a foul mouthed Lady Macbeth.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-09-20
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Oh, Sun
Overview: An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of his race.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-04
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Over the Wall
Overview: Simone and Jean have just married and, looking for a home in the Paris region, are lucky enough to find a house with a garden in a residential suburb. Expecting their first child, the young couple began to observe how the parents of neighboring families were raising theirs.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-08-22
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The Monk
Overview: Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes. After he has committed numerous crimes, it appears that he will be caught and punished by the Inquisition. Instead, he signs up on the Devil's team and wins his freedom.. and eventually, the papacy.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-11-02
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Lancelot of the Lake
Overview: This story is set in the 13th century, in Britain, where Lancelot, who was raised by Vivian, the Lady of the Lake, becomes one the Knight of the Round Tables and falls secretly in love with Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur, for whom he wants to accomplish many deeds.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-12-25
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Charité biz'ness
Overview: Two friends organize a fake solidarity concert in order to seize the recipe. But their amateurism leads to many misunderstandings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-08-26
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Manon of the Spring
Overview: In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-11-19
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Charlie Dingo
Overview: Charlie (Guy Marchand) returns home after being declared legally dead to reclaim his wife Georgia (Caroline Cellier) and cash in on a lucrative life insurance policy in this shadowy drama. He finds Georgia is married to the crooked cop William (Niels Arestrup), who has his eye on the insurance money. Antihero Charlie and the villainous police inspector head towards an inevitable confrontation, while Georgia is caught in the middle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-10-07
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