Jacques E. StraussFilmography

Occupation:: Associate Producer, Executive Producer, Producer

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Ripoux 3

Crew: Associate Producer

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Lorant Deutsch, Chloe Flipo, Bernadette Lafont

2003
Le Boulet

Crew: Associate Producer

Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia, Djimon Hounsou, Rossy de Palma

Synopsis: French filmmakers Alain Berberian and Frédéric Forestier direct the buddy action comedy Le Boulet (Dead Weight). Tough criminal Moltes (Gérard Lanvin) lands in jail after killing the brother of the Turk (José Garcia). Prison guard Reggio (Benoît Poelvoorde) lets Moltes have a weekly lottery ticket Read More

2002
J'embrasse pas

Crew: Producer

Actors: Manuel Blanc, Hélène Vincent, Philippe Noiret, Emmanuelle Béart

Synopsis: Young, naive and innocent, Pierre (Manuel Blanc) has dreams of becoming an actor. He is a good-looking and personable boy, and he has just moved to the city to see if he can't accomplish his dreams. He gets a job as an orderly at a hospital and is further supported by an older woman (Helene Vincent Read More

1991
Jesus of Montreal

Crew: Producer

Actors: Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Rémy Girard, Robert Lepage

Synopsis: A modern-day Passion Play becomes a reenactment of the life and death of Jesus Christ in more ways than one with this critically acclaimed drama from Quebec filmmaker Denys Arcand. Lothaire Bluteau stars as Daniel Coloumbe, an intense young actor in Montreal who is hired by church fathers to Read More

5/25/90
Les Portes Tournantes

Crew: Executive Producer, Producer

Actors: Monique Spaziani, Gabriel Arcand, Miou-Miou, Francois Methe, Jacques Penot

Synopsis: Set in a small Quebec town in the late '20s, this moving drama follows the life and exploits of Celeste Beaumont, a talented young pianist, who gains local celebrity at the town movie theater for her gifts as a silent film accompanist. As an added attraction, Celeste dons ornate gowns for each Read More

1988
Poussière D'Ange

Crew: Executive Producer, Producer

Actors: Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Jean-Pierre Sentier, Fanny Cottençon, Michel Aumont

Synopsis: Simon Blount (Bernard Giraudeau) is a weary cop who takes solace in the bottle after his wife leaves him for another man. His spirit is lifted when he meets Violet (Fanny Bastien), the wispy, mysterious female he considers somewhat of an angel. Simon is unaware she has systematically murdered the Read More

1987
Au Nom de Tous les Miens

Crew: Producer

Actors: Michael York, Brigitte Fossey, Macha Meril, Helen Hughes

Synopsis: Unfortunately bound by clichés and stereotypes rather than original insights and new viewpoints, this condensed movie version of an 8-hour television series does not do complete justice to its noble topic of courage in the face of the World War II holocaust. The story is based on the memoirs of Read More

1983
Violette et François

Crew: Producer

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 Secret

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret, Marlène Jobert, Jean-François Adam

Synopsis: Le Secret, based on a novel by Francis Ryck, begins with the escape of mental patient David Daguerre (Jean-Louis Trintignant), who kills an asylum guard in the process. Daguerre hides out in the home of writer Thomas Berthelot (Philippe Noiret), explaining that his wounds and bruises are the Read More

1974
L'Héritier

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Carla Gravina, Jean Rochefort, Charles Denner

Synopsis: Murder, industrial espionage, political intrigue and Jean-Paul Belmondo are the strengths of this French thriller. Cordell (Belmondo) is the heir of a French industrialist, who dies in an air crash. When someone almost succeeds in framing Cordell with a case of drugs, he begins to suspect that his Read More

3/21/73
Sans Mobile Apparent

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda, Sacha Distel, Carla Gravina

Synopsis: This hard-boiled French crime thriller begins with the bold murder of a well-heeled Frenchman. The detective assigned to the case is most puzzled for there seems to be no motive. Then a old man and an astrologer are killed in exactly the same way, leaving the detective to figure out how the three Read More

9/15/71
Le Clan des Siciliens

Crew: Producer

Actors: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, Danielle Volle, Irina Demick, Amedeo Nazzari

Synopsis: Roger Santet (Alain Delon) is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese (Jean Gabin). They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's American friend Tony Nicosia Read More

1969
L'Echelle Blanche

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Gisèle Pascal, Pierre Zimmer, Marc Porel, Jean-Francois Maurin

Synopsis: Wendy (Jacqueline Bisset) is the British guest of a French couple and the daughter of the man who saved the host's life during World War II. Living with the couple is their 20-year-old son and a 12-year-old nephew whose parents were killed in an automobile accident. The father and son both try to Read More

1969