Jean-Paul Belmondo

  • Louis Malle – Le Voleur AKA The Thief of Paris (1967)

    1961-1970CrimeDramaFranceLouis Malle

    Synopsis:
    In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance’s family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a life-time of burglary.Read More »

  • Claude Lelouch – Les Misérables (1995)

    Drama1991-2000Claude LelouchFrance

    Quote:
    This is one of the greatest films ever made. Mark my words. History will bear me out.
    Acclaimed French filmmaker Claude Lelouch, whose classic examinations of intimate emotions
    include the Oscar-nominated “A Man and A Woman,” paints a sweeping portrait of the human
    condition in his epic drama “Les Miserables,” a twentieth-century tale inspired by the
    nineteenth-century masterpiece of French writer Victor Hugo. Lelouch’s “Les Miserables”
    focuses on two French families who struggle, hope, suffer and ultimately find love and
    friendship in the face of nearly insurmountable odds.
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  • Henri Verneuil – Le corps de mon ennemi AKA Body of My Enemy (1976)

    Drama1971-1980CrimeFranceHenri Verneuil

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    Synopsis:
    ‘Francois Leclerc returns to his home, an industrial town in northern France, after serving a seven year prison sentence for a murder he did not commit. He recalls the events which led up to his trial, beginning with his romance with Gilberte Liegeard, daughter of a powerful industrialist, and the spectacular opportunities for social climbing this offered him.Before his fall from grace, Leclerc was a popular figure, managing an exclusive night club. But he had some dangerous enemies, who implicated him in a double murder. Seven years on, Leclerc is determined to have his revenge…’

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  • Jean-Luc Godard – Pierrot le Fou (1965)

    1961-1970ArthouseDramaFranceJean-Luc Godard

    Quote:
    A man leaves his bourgeois comfort and wife for a life of adventure and for a girl involved in smuggling, leaves his name Ferdinand for a nickname, Pierrot, leaves his boredom for crazy love, society Paris for “wild” France… to eventually tune himself up with his visions and ideals.Read More »

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