Françoise ArnoulFilmography

Born:: June 3, 1931 in Constantine, Algeria
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Originally touted as the newest French sex symbol of the '50s, only to be overshadowed by the spectacular Brigitte Bardot, unusually pretty and petite Françoise Arnoul had enough talent and range to forge a decent film career for herself in such highly regarded films as Jean Renoir's French Can-Can...Read More

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Actors: Marie Rousseau, Erick Deshors, Françoise Arnoul

Synopsis: A story about a man and his dog, this film is a wrought urban drama about the gritty realities of life on the street. Middle-aged Michel (Jacques Hansen) wanders the streets of Paris aimlessly until he happens upon an abused dog. When the police threaten to take the animal away, he reluctantly Read More

1999
After Sex

Actors: Brigitte Roüan, Patrick Chesnais, Boris Terral, Nils Tavernier, Jean-Louis Richard

Synopsis: A middle-aged woman temporarily abandons her role as wife and mother to embark upon a mad love affair with a man 20 years her junior. Up until the time she meets handsome young Emilio, Diane Clovier had a relatively happy life with her husband, kids and career. Emilio, with his amoral charm, is Read More

9/3/97
Temps de Chien

Actors: Catherine Arditi, Françoise Arnoul

Synopsis: Over the course of five seasons, this film chronicles a young woman's rise to power within a tempestuous all-female office. Employing elements of fantasy, realism, drama and satire, much of the story takes place in the confines of an oppressive looking steel and glass skyscraper owned by a Read More

3/5/97
Les Annees Campagne

Actors: Charles Aznavour, Benoît Magimel, Sophie Carle, Clémentine Célarié, Françoise Arnoul

Synopsis: Jules is a refreshingly level-headed fifteen-year old who lives with his grandparents in the country because his parents have careers that require them to travel a great deal. He enjoys fishing with his grandfather, and the local kids are just fine with him. Whenever his mother appears on the Read More

1992
Voir L'Elephant

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Jean-Marc Thibault, Bernard Menez, Michel Duchaussoy

1990
Nuit Docile

Actors: Patrick Jouane, Claire Nebout, Françoise Arnoul

Synopsis: Director Guy Gilles combines black and white for the present and color for the past in this dramatic art film. Jean (Patrick Jouane) is a successful painter who leaves his mistress, though he stops intermittently to phone her with explanations why he left. Sometime she is responsive but other Read More

1987
Ronde de Nuit

Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Eddy Mitchell, Françoise Arnoul, Raymond Pellegrin, Lisette Malidor

Synopsis: Jean-Claude Missiaen had a very brief career as a director in the mid-1980s, and this is one of his typical police dramas that allude to American movie tough guys and detectives, to previous films in the same genre, and to well-known police/criminal actors or types (such as Humphrey Bogart). The Read More

1983
Jacko and Lise

Synopsis: This French comedy stars Laurent Malet as Jacko, an aging delinquent who falls for businessman's fiancee Lise (Evelyne Bouix). ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1982
Dernière Sortie Avant Roissy

Actors: Pierre Mondy, Anne Jousset, Herve Bellon, Roseline Villaume, Françoise Arnoul

Synopsis: In this drama, unemployment complicates a father's relationship with his estranged daughter. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

1977
Violette et François

Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Jacques Dutronc, Serge Reggiani, Lea Massari, Sophie Daumier

Synopsis: Violette (Isabelle Adjani) is fascinated with the shabby background and low-down ways of her boyfriend Francois (Jacques Dutronc), and despite her middle-class family's objections, she marries him. Unable to keep a job, and without any real skills, he has a hard time supporting them, especially Read More

1976
Le Petit Theatre de Jean Renoir

Actors: Fernand Sardou, Nini Formicola, Marguerite Cassan, Françoise Arnoul

Synopsis: Jean Renoir's last completed work was this made-for-television effort, comprised of three short films along with a musical interlude courtesy of Jeanne Moreau. Included are The Last Christmas Dinner, The Electric Floor Waxer and A Tribute to Tolerance. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1969
Le Dimanche De La Vie

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Pierre Moulin, Oliver Hussenot, Françoise Arnoul, Hubert Deschamps

Synopsis: Julia Danielle Darrieux is a woman who marries a younger man in this pre-World War II drama. The newlyweds settle down and run a store inherited by the bride. With storm clouds of war on the horizon, the woman's brother-in-law makes a small fortune dealing in guns and ammunition, and when war Read More

4/20/67
The Sleeping Car Murders

Actors: Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Mondy, Simone Signoret, Catherine Allegret, Jacques Perrin

Synopsis: The first film directed by Costa-Gavras, The Sleeping Car Murders was based on a novel by Sebastien Japrisot. During a Marseilles-to-Paris overnight train trip, a girl is found dead in a sleeping car. As Paris detective Yves Montand steps up his investigation, more and more passengers turn up Read More

11/17/65
Vacances Portugaises

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Marc Bory, Catherine Deneuve

Synopsis: In this offbeat ensemble comedy from French New Wave director Pierre Kast, Françoise Arnoul and Michel Auclair star as Mathilde and Michel, a couple who rents a chateau for the weekend. To liven things up, Mathilde invites a diverse group of guests to enjoy the scenic retreat. Among the eclectic Read More

1963
À Couteaux Tirés

Actors: Pierre Mondy, Daniel Ivernel, Françoise Arnoul, Petula Clark

1963
Le Diable Et Les Dix Commandements

Actors: Michel Simon, Françoise Arnoul, Jean-Claude Brialy, Danielle Darrieux, Charles Aznavour, Alain Delon, Fernandel, Georges Wilson

Synopsis: Filmmaker Julien Duvivier returns to the multistoried format of his earlier omnibus films Tales of Manhattan and Flesh and Fantasy with the 1962 French production The Devil and the Ten Commandments. Actually, there are only seven separate episodes in the film, covering such commandments as "Thou Read More

9/14/62
Les Parisiennes

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Françoise Brion, Darry Cowl, Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Ary, Henri Tisot, Dany Robin

Synopsis: The French omnibus feature Tales of Paris is made of four separate romantic playlets, each with its own cast, director, and scenarist. "The Tale of Ella," directed by Jacques Poitrenaud, stars Dany Saval as an ambitious nightclub performer who very nearly messes up her chances for success by Read More

1/17/62
Le Bal des espions

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Michel Piccoli, Francois Patrice, Charles Regnier

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a crook tries to pull off the biggest job of his illustrious career by stealing extremely important, valuable documents. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

9/2/60
La Morte Saison des Amours

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Daniel Gélin, Françoise Prevost, Pierre Vaneck

Synopsis: A routine, wordy romantic drama about far-from-routine relationships, this tale by Pierre Kast looks at the personalities and love life of two couples. One couple is comprised of a writer and his wife, the writer being egocentric and out of inspiration after his one good novel. His wife is Read More

1960
The Testament of Orpheus

Actors: Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermit, Yul Brynner, Henri Cremieux, Maria Casarés, Luis Miguel Dominguin, François Perier

Synopsis: In his final film, Jean Cocteau brilliantly evokes memories of his past triumphs, Blood of a Poet (1930) and Orpheus (1949). Cocteau casts himself as an aging poet who knows he is dying (as indeed he was); his greatest desire is to be reborn so that he can qualify for celestial immortality. The Read More

1960
Le Chemin Des Ecoliers

Actors: Bourvil, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Françoise Arnoul, Jean-Claude Brialy

Synopsis: This well-acted-though routine wartime drama is the second such film in a row for young Jean Claude Brialy, who plays a member of one of two families who are experiencing the effects of the German Occupation. In general, both morals and morale have declined in the families so that a lonely married Read More

9/23/59
La Bete a L'affut

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Henri Vidal, Françoise Arnoul, Gaby Sylvia

Synopsis: Not reaching much beyond a routine and predictable crime-romance story, La Bete a L'Afflut features (Francoise Arnoul) as an attractive widow faced with an unusual dilemma. A convict has escaped from prison and gets into her place, whereupon she is prevented from calling the police. The Read More

1959
La Chatte Sort Ses Griffes

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Francois Guerin, Francoise Spira

Synopsis: This is a wartime action drama featuring Cora (Françoise Arnoul) the same heroine (known as the "cat') whose activities in the French underground were featured in the 1959 film La Chatte. She is back, this time with a string of bad luck, starting with her capture by German forces. Once she is Read More

1959
The Cat

Synopsis: In this suspenseful WW II drama a Parisian widow assists with the Resistance. Unfortunately, she falls in love with a German soldier. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1959
Therese Etienne

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, James Robertson Justice, Pierre Vaneck, Guy Decomble

2/7/58
La Chatte

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Bernhard Wicki, Bernard Blier, Kurt Meisel

Synopsis: La Chatte (The Cat) in this wartime meller is played by Francoise Arnoul. When her husband is murdered by the Gestapo, Cora (Arnoul) joins the French resistance movement. Gaining a reputation underground for her catlike grace and cunning, Cora has sworn not to complicate her life with romance Read More

1958
Asphalte

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Massimo Girotti, Marcel Bozzuffi, Jean-Paul Vignon, Georges Riviere

Synopsis: In this routine melodrama by director Herve Bromberger, Francoise Arnoul stars as a somewhat confused young woman from an impoverished family who marries well out of her economic class. Life on the leisurely side eventually becomes boring, and so she decides to cruise back to her old neighborhood Read More

1958
Cargaison Blanche

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Renée Faure, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Claude Michel

Synopsis: Cargaison Blanche (White Cargo) bears no relation to the steamy tropical stage melodrama of the same name. The "cargo" referred to in the title consists of innocent young girls who are transported to parts unknown for immoral purposes. Female journalist Francoise Arnoul tries to catch the Read More

1958
Sait-On Jamais?

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Christian Marquand, Robert Hossein, O.E. Hasse, Franco Fabrizi

Synopsis: Roger Vadim's second directorial project was Sait-On Jamais, which was released in English-speaking countries as Does One Ever Know and No Sun in Venice. Set in Italy, this romantic suspenser is inventively paced to the musical improvisations of the Modern Jazz Quartet. On a Venetian holiday, a Read More

5/31/57
Paris, Palace Hotel

Actors: Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul, Tilda Thamar, Roberto Risso

Synopsis: Screen star Charles Boyer made a rare return to his home turf in the Franco-Italian Paris Palace Hotel. Boyer plays Delomel, a roguish middle-aged husband who uses an attack of gout as an excuse to escape his spouse. While staying at the titular hotel, Delomel gets mixed up with manicurist Read More

10/19/56
Si Paris Nous Etait Conté

Actors: Sacha Guitry, Françoise Arnoul, Jean Marais, Danielle Darrieux, Robert Lamoureux, Michèle Morgan

Synopsis: Producer/director Sacha Guitry's contribution to the 1956 film season was the free-flowing historical pageant Si Paris Nous Etait Conte (If Paris Were Told to Us). Guitry himself appears as the ghost of King Louis XI, who relates the story of Paris to a group of fascinated modern-day students. As Read More

1956
Le Pays, d'ou Je Viens

Actors: Gilbert Becaud, Françoise Arnoul, Claude Brasseur

Synopsis: The old "mistaken identity" device is given a fresh slant in Marcel Carne's Le Pays d'Ou Ja Viens (The Country I Live In). Gilbert Becaud essays the dual role of a mild-mannered nobody and his exact double, a self-confidant musician. Mistaken for his more brash lookalike, the meek Becaud slowly Read More

1956
Les Amants du Tage

Actors: Daniel Gélin, Françoise Arnoul, Trevor Howard, Ginette Leclerc, Betty Stockfeld

Synopsis: Les Amants du Tage (The Lovers of Tage) was based on a novel by Joseph Kessel. Daniel Gelin plays a soldier who is acquitted after committing a crime of passion. Relocating to Lisbon, and still feeling remorse over his impulsive killing of his faithless wife, Gelin manages to find love in the form Read More

1955
Des Gens Sans Importance

Actors: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Pierre Mondy, Paul Frankeur

Synopsis: Director Henri Verneuil co-adapted Des Gens Sans Importance from a novel by Serge Groussard. The title translates to People of No Importance, an all-too-apt description for the film's cast of characters. Jean Gabin plays an aging, world-weary truckdriver who falls in love with restaurant Read More

1955
French Cancan

Actors: Jean Gabin, Maria Felix, Françoise Arnoul, Gaston Modot, Gianni Esposito

Synopsis: Beautifully photographed, this comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge. The film is also title Only the French Can. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More

12/27/54
Secrets D'Alcove

Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Richard Todd, Gianni Franciolini, Vittorio De Sica, Dawn Addams, Martine Carol, Marcel Mouloudji

Synopsis: Franciolin) FI An all-star lineup of actors and directors was responsible for the omnibus feature Secrets D'Alcove. The film is made up of four separate playlets; the only "character" common to the four stories is a huge bed. The characters whose behavior is governed by being in close proximity of Read More

5/21/54
Orage

Actors: Raf Vallone, Françoise Arnoul

Synopsis: Director Pierre Billon co-adapted the screenplay of Orage from a novel by Henri Bernstein. Released in the U.S. as Storm, the film stars Raf Vallone as André, a good husband and family man. André, in fact, is too good to suit his mistress Françoise (Françoise Arnoul). Realizing that he'd be better Read More

4/17/54
La Rage Au Corps

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Raymond Pellegrin, Philippe Lemaire

Synopsis: La Rage au Corps (Tempest in the Flesh) stars Francoise Arnoul as Clara, a woman with quite a past and a questionable future. Employed as a lunchroom worker by a Parisian construction company, Clara is rescued from a potentially fatal on-the-job accident by a handsome laborer. She expresses her Read More

1954
Le Mouton à Cinq Pattes

Actors: Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul, Andrex, Paulette Dubost

Synopsis: The matchless French farceur Fernandel essays six different roles in The Sheep Has Five Legs. We first see the horse-faced one as an elderly wine grower, looking forward to an upcoming family reunion with mixed emotions. One by one, the other five Fernandels make their appearances; these are the Read More

1954
Les Amants de Tolede

Actors: Alida Valli, Pedro Armendáriz, Gerard Landry, Françoise Arnoul

Synopsis: Les Amants de Toledo was filmed in four different versions: French, Spanish, Italian and English. The cast, however, remained constant throughout. Pedro Armendariz stars as Don Blas, the seemingly corrupt police chief of Toledo, Spain. When Ines (Alida Valli), the girl friend of condemned Read More

1/28/53
Dortoir des Grandes

Actors: Jean Marais, Françoise Arnoul, Denise Grey, Jeanne Moreau

1953
Inside a Girls' Dormitory

Synopsis: A French boarding school is where a detective searches for a killer. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1953
Adieu Paris

Actors: Françoise Arnoul

1952
Le Fruit Défendu

Actors: Fernandel, Claude Nollier, Françoise Arnoul, Sylvie, René Génin

Synopsis: The unbeatable combination of star Fernandel and director Henri Verneuil strikes again with Le Fruit Defendu (Forbidden Fruit). Fernandel plays a rural doctor, trapped in a dull, uneventful marriage. During a visit to the city, the doctor falls for a young lady (Francoise Arnoul) of very loose Read More

1952
La Foret De L'Adieu

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Jean Pascal

Synopsis: Jean-Pierre (Jean-Pierre Pascal) is the foreman of the lumber empire managed by a powerful family. The family's daughter Christine (Francoise Arnoul), sent to England as punishment for an indiscretion, returns to their forest home. It is a foregone conclusion that Jean-Pierre and Christine will Read More

1952
La Plus Belle Fille Du Monde

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Nicole Francis, Paul Bernard

Synopsis: The title of this French film translates literally to The Most Beautiful Girl in the World. This lyrical cognomen somewhat obscures the film's intent: to expose the seamier side of the beauty-contest business. Five young lovelies are selected as finalists in a Parisian beauty pageant. Their Read More

1951
Le Desir Et L'Amour

Actors: Martine Carol, Antonio Vilar, Carmen Sevilia, Françoise Arnoul

Synopsis: Le Desir et L'Amour is an interesting precursor to such "how movies are made" efforts like Day for Night and Sweet Liberty. A French film company heads to Spain for a location shoot. All sorts of mishaps befall the cast and crew, some of them self-inflicted, others beyond their control. The main Read More

1951
La Maison Bonnadieu

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Françoise Arnoul, Yves Deniaud

Synopsis: Set in fin de siecle Paris, La Maison Bonnadieu stars Bernard Blier as a middle-aged bourgeois husband named Felix. Much to his discomfort, Felix learns that his wife Gabrielle (Danielle Darrieux) is carrying on with a young man--a very young man. Rather than express outrage, Felix decides that Read More

1951
Quai De Grenelle

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Henri Vidal, Pierre Louis, Maria Mauban

Synopsis: Jean-Louis (Henri Vidal) makes his living by trapping deadly snakes and selling them to zoos. In love with shopgirl Simone (Francoise Arnoul), Jean-Louis gallantly comes to her defense during a minor skirmish with a policeman. Things get out of hand, and before long Jean-Louis is a fugitive from Read More

1950
Mammy

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Pierre Larquey, Françoise Arnoul, Philippe Lemaire

1950
Mon Ami Le Cambrioleur

Actors: Philippe Lemaire, Françoise Arnoul, Pierre Louis, Nathalie Nattier

1950
Nous Irons a Paris

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, Philippe Lemaire, Henri Genes, Pasquali

Synopsis: Nous Irons a Paris is a gentle but pointed satire of the government-controlled French radio industry. Fired from his singing job, hero Jacques (Phillipe Lemaire) sets up a "pirate" radio station with the help of a few friends. Before long, Jacques' illegal broadcast facility gains enormous Read More

1949
L'Epave

Actors: Françoise Arnoul, René Blancard, Aimé Clariond

1949

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