André Rouyer
Also Known As: André Rouillé
Biography: André Rouyer (20 June 1929 – 28 January 1994) was a French film actor, born in Argentan. He appeared in 60 films between 1956 and 1994. Source: Article "André Rouyer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Argentan, Orne, France
Adult: No
Birthday: June 20, 1929
Age: 95 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 28, 1994
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The Vampire of Dusseldorf
Overview: A true story of Peter Kurten, a serial killer who committed nine murders and many other offenses in Dusseldorf during the Great Depression era.
Genres: Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-04-07
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Falling Point
Overview: Three men kidnap a young girl and keep her in a small house on an isolated beach, waiting for her father to pay up the ransom. But the youngest one, in charge of watching her, let accidentally the girl see his face and it becomes no longer possible to return her alive...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-09-11
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The Cat
Overview: Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives affection to, he becomes the object of Clemence's anger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-04-24
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The Last Train
Overview: Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-10-31
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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
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-07
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Male of the Century
Overview: The wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-03-12
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Maîtresse
Overview: After breaking into a house he believes is empty, thief Olivier is caught by the owner, Ariane, who turns out to be a dominatrix. Improbably falling for her, Olivier returns periodically, and an impulsive romance blossoms despite Ariane's profession. Soon Olivier becomes more familiar with her work, even joining in on occasion. However, when he discovers that Ariane has a son, he attempts to "fix" her, hoping to give her a better life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-02-11
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Forgive Our Trespasses
Overview: In a port area of France, clashes between a gang of young delinquents and a tribe of gypsies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-08-01
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The Widow Couderc
Overview: The relationship between a middle-aged French widow and a young drifter takes a turn when her young niece pays a visit.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-09-15
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Caméléons
Overview: The means used by foreign spy services to obtain the trade secret of a French invention.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-11-10
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La Gueule du loup
Overview: Upset by the death of one of her patients, Marie, a young nurse, decides to go in search of the relatives of the deceased. This is how she meets the gang of thugs of which he was a part.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-11-10
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Angelique
Overview: In 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenience, but eventually, she falls in love with him. So when Jeoffray is arrested and then vanishes, she bravely sets out to find him. This is the first of many dramas based on Anne and Serge Golon's novels about strong-willed Angélique and her adventures during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King.
Genres: Adventure Romance History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-08
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Operation Abduction
Overview: The Secret Service abducts a "rocket scientist" to better protect him against gangsters acting for Chinese agents.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-10-08
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Les Trois Sœurs
Overview: Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find satisfaction in teaching but secretly longs for a home and family. Masha, unhappy with her marriage to a timid schoolmaster, falls hopelessly in love with a married colonel. Irina works in the local telegraph office but longs for gaiety. Their sense of futility is increased by their brother's marriage to Natasha, a coarse peasant girl. She gradually encroaches on the family home until even the private refuge of the sisters is destroyed. They dream of starting a new life in Moscow but are saddled with the practicalities of their quiet existence. Despite their past failures, they resolve to seek some purpose and hope when the army post is withdrawn from the town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-03-30
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Le voyage à Paimpol
Overview: The dream, which filled half of her life, was no longer enough for Maryvonne. She leaves her husband, child, lover and leaves for Paimpol. And there, it's a breath of fresh air in the form of real life, reality finally joins the dream.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-11-27
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Night of Lust
Overview: A French crime potboiler starring Verner and Kalfon as rival gang leaders who clash over control of the narcotics trade. Parisian drug gangs are battling over turf, leading to kidnappings, beatings, murders, betrayals, and other intrigues. Featuring Chet Baker's marvelous free-jazz Score, (rivaling Miles Davis's for "Ascenseur pour l'echafaud") and the most beautiful French Babes the World has ever seen. It pricks the Conscience, probes the libido, and excites the senses!
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-11-29
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Et la femme créa l'amour
Overview: Laurent, a young playboy, lives off his charms, maintained by wealthy women of the world. He becomes the lover of Sonia, a young woman painter, a lover at heart of course. But Sonia has a provincial friend, Clotilde. One day, Clotilde pays Bona a visit. As she has just come into a large inheritance, Laurent courts her and marries her. The young couple embark on a misguided life of easy pleasures and questionable company. Clotilde's nerves crack at this game. Among Laurent's acquaintances, François, a doctor, treats her in his clinic: sleep cure, rest, etc. Meanwhile, Laurent distracts himself with other women. But Clotilde, convalescing, refuses to resume life together. Laurent turns to his former mistress, Sonia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-05-24
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Chronique d'un couple
Overview: A couple, convinced that extramarital affairs bring marriage to life, are having the time of their lives. But trouble begins when the bride falls in love with another man and abandons her husband.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-11-24
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Vagabond Humor
Overview: Benoît, a young provincial, arrives in the capital. He has left his family (mother, wife and child) in his native Charente. But for him, the difference in the standard of living is trying, and he loses his bearings among this crowd of anonymous people. A young woman, Myriam, crosses his path. But the encounter is short-lived, and Benoît returns home. A tragedy has occurred.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-07-05
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Blow for Blow
Overview: The film describes a strike in a French textile factory, when the striking workers occupy the factory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-06-01
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The Accuser
Overview: In this sardonic comedy, after an executive is killed in a mysterious automobile accident, the French offices of his multinational company is inundated with mysteriously threatening be-ribboned anti-capitalist tracts, delivered overnight to everyone's desks. Later, the executive's body is brought to company offices for an official wake -- only no one at the company has ordered that such a thing be done. A mysterious prankster, who is able to imitate the voice of the company's president, has arranged these things. When Americans from the head office get wind of these developments, they institute a search for the perpetrator which leads to mysterious subterranean passages under the company's skyscraper.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-09-07
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The Conspiracy
Overview: Paris 1960. DeGaulle determines to end a bitter war in Algeria by granting its independence. Millions oppose him, including a group of DeGaulle's disenchanted Arm Officers. In a desperate attempt to save the colony for France, they plan a daring jailbreak of their imprisoned leader. A network of snitches inform a tenacious detective leading to an explosive three-way cat-and-mouse game among the rebels, the Gaullist politicos and the police.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-05-10
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Défense de savoir
Overview: When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. Laubret, the court-appointed defense lawyer, does everything in his power to expose the truth.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-08-29
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Justine de Sade
Overview: Therese, a beautiful but naive young girl, who finds herself being passed around from depraved pervert to depraved pervert, enduring just about every kind of sexual degradation there is while still believing that some kind stranger will eventually help her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-05-19
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Fantastic Planet
Overview: On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-12-01
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December
Overview: In Algiers, during the Algerian War of Independence, one of the leaders of the FLN was arrested by the French colonial army, which used the most violent methods to make the prisoners speak. The use of torture poses a conscience problem for a French officer. Playing shot-reverse-shot, between the tortured and his torturer, in a suffocating camera, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina approaches torture by drawing inspiration from the story of his father, who died of abuse.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-02
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The Phantom of Liberty
Overview: This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-09-10
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The Assassination
Overview: Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to film a television special about the Third World. Sadiel, the exiled leader of a North African state, is being hunted by the ruthless Colonel Kassar, who will stop at nothing to capture his political rival. Once Sadiel arrives in Paris, Darien realizes he has been manipulated. He tries to turn back the clock, not realizing what or who he’s truly dealing with.
Genres: Thriller History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-10-04
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Under Your Hat
Overview: An illegal gambling den where players can lose millions... and the owners make their fortune.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-09-03
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Love Life in Luxembourg
Overview: The story of a hotel boss that, from time to time, observes the couples in the rooms and even films them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-09-11
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Pillaged
Overview: Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-11-15
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The Bit Between the Teeth
Overview: Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math whiz who uses his talent for picking the winners. Charles (Michel Galabru) is the wealthy scrap-iron magnate who has embarrassing evidence on many prominent political figures. Loic (Jacques Dutronc) is the aspiring politico who seeks to further his career by any means possible. Charles approaches Loic and asks his political party for a loan in hopes of fixing an upcoming race....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-09-01
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The Horse
Overview: Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-02-22
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Time of the Wolves
Overview: Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, the criminal (Robert Hossein) is tracked by the inspector (Charles Aznavour), a former childhood friend. Plenty of gunplay and psychology is used to trap the killer. His only tender moments are spent with his girlfriend Stella (Virna Lisi). Dillinger is cornered by the police and kills several innocent victims in a crowd during the shootout. The mob decides to take things into their own hands as they approach the doomed man with a noose when he runs out of bullets.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-01-21
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Two Men in Town
Overview: A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-10-24
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The Question
Overview: 1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-05-04
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La bande du Rex
Overview: What do Patricia, Badou, François, Dingo and P'tit Jeannot have in common? They live in the Paris suburbs, they are young, they are on the verge of breaking away from school, from the working world or from the Army. Their meeting place is "La Javanaise", a bar held by no-nonsense Janine and her lighter husband Lucien. There they mix with their idol, Daniel, also known as Frankie Mégalo, a film projectionist and a rocker without a band. Most of the efforts of these born idlers will consist in finding a band and a venue for Frankie to perform and in laying hands on cash by means fair or foul to go to the Southern sun.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-04-29
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Cloportes
Overview: Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-09-08
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Violette & Francois
Overview: Violette and François are a couple with a child. As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs, François starts to steal.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-03-17
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