Med Hondo
Also Known As: Abid Med Hondo, Mohamed Abid Hondo
Biography: Med Hondo was a Mauritanian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor. He emigrated to France in 1959 and began to work in film during the 1960s. He received critical acclaim for his 1967 directorial début Soleil O. Son vrai nom est Mohamed Abid né le samedi 4 mai 1935, à Ain Beni Mathar au Maroc et décédé le samedi 2 mars 2019 à l'âge de 83 ans au 14ème arrondissement de Paris.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Ain Beni Mathar, Maroc
Birthday: May 04, 1935
Deathday: March 02, 2019
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Gender: Male
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The Making of West Indies
Overview: Taken during the filming of "West Indies," this film shows the making of the monumental set in the middle of the former Citroën factory, as well as backstage activity and rehearsals on the set.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Antilles sur Seine
Overview: Corruption threatens to move into a heretofore idyllic village in this comedy-drama. Hector St. Rose is the mayor of a seaside community in the Antilles Islands, a French-controlled territory in the West Indies. Hector has long been determined not to sacrifice the well-being of his constituents in order to make the village more attractive to tourists, which has made him popular with his citizens, but not so much so with outside developers.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-12-13
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Môl
Overview: A young fisherman dreams of motorizing his boat to make his work easier. His dream becomes reality, thanks to his courage and his determination but causes conflict between traditional values and the modern notion of progress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: wo
Release Date: 1966-01-02
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The Spiral
Overview: Documentary on the events provoked by the systematic attack of imperialism on the Popular Unity government in Chile, presided by Salvador Allende.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-27
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Med Hondo – Rebel African Film-maker
Overview: The story of Mohamed "Med" Hondo, from his humble beginnings in Mauritania, to smuggling himself on board a ship to France, to finding recognition as a modern African cinema director and actor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-01
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1871
Overview: A young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-09
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Spike
Overview: Festive children's animation following the adventures of a young elf who graduates to Santa's workshop. Unfortunately, as hard as Spike tries, he struggles to adapt to life in the workshop and cause no end of trouble. From the award winning producer of Jungle Bunch, Spike is the amazing story of how a little elf save Christmas.
Genres: Action Animation Family TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-10-07
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Asterix and the Vikings
Overview: Asterix and Obelix have been given a tough mission: Transform the chief's lazy nephew Justforkix into a warrior. When the Vikings abduct him and bring him back to their homeland, Asterix and Obelix must travel to Norway to rescue Justforkix.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-04-12
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Incontrôlable
Overview: Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-02-08
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La Tragédie du Roi Christophe
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Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Zita
Overview: Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her mother and her aunt (both played by first-class actresses Suzanne Flon and Katina Paxinou). The auntie is dying, and for the first time in her life, Annie has to cope with death. One night, she finds it too hard to bear, and leaving home where the old woman is suffering, she begins to hang around in Paris. She will meet people, and, from dusk to dawn, she will learn to leave her childhood behind and to grow into a woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-01-12
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Safrana or Freedom of Speech
Overview: Four young African workers attempt to break the spell of their poverty-stricken lives in Paris by looking to small farmers on the Gold Coast for information adaptable to their own country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-02-08
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The Ambassadors
Overview: “Each of you is an ambassador, and we are sure that each of you will be the best ambassador of our country.” This is how the film begins; a speech to emigrant workers for France. Salah left his three sisters and his mother to become an ambassador, going to work on a Defense site, wading in the mud, he works with a jackhammer. Salah wanders in search of work and housing. Coming up against racism from the owners claiming the respectability of the building and the good neighborhood, he finds himself in a hotel in the Goutte d'Or district. The body of Mehdi, friend of Salah, was found in the Canal Saint-Martin, murdered by a fascist commando, and Ali died of a bullet, killed by a racist janitor. Faced with crimes that remain unpunished, Salah and his friends organize, unite with the French working class to defend their lives and their right to work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-01-02
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Masculin Féminin
Overview: Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-03-22
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A Walk with Love and Death
Overview: During France’s Hundred Years’ War, a Parisian student seeks refuge by the sea and falls in love with an aristocrat. As they find shelter in a monastery, their romance is overshadowed by the ongoing conflict between peasants and noblemen.
Genres: Adventure Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-05
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Les verts pâturages
Overview: A French TV movie directed by Jean-Christophe Averty , broadcast on December 24, 1964 . The Old Testament set in Louisiana with an all black cast.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-31
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Shock Troops
Overview: A French resistance group frees twelve captured soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently there is an additional prisoner among them who is suspected of being an enemy spy.
Genres: War Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-04-05
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Ouaga
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-04
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The Gods Must Be Daring
Overview: A priceless statuette "Dancing God" is transfered from Africa to France. Scoundrels of all stripes are dreaming of steeling it. The most clever of them are trying to replace the original with the copy. Chases, adventures, breathtaking stunts, shootouts - life is not worth a penny, when the priceless treasure is on stake.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-04-30
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L'Année des Guignols - J'y arrive pas
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-02-28
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