An underground lair serves as the point of inspiration for this deeply whimsical fantasy comedy (with echoes of Jodorowsky's...
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Slammer
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2010
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A fancy wedding brings out the worst in nearly everyone in this comedy from France. Vincent (Jermie Renier) and Berengere...
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2010
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An elderly couple and their grown-up children must deal with the consequences of advancing age in this comedy-drama from...
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2007
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Dan Brown's controversial best-selling novel about a powerful secret that's been kept under wraps for thousands of years...
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2006
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2006
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A series of tragedies befalls a small French town near the front during World War I in Yves Angelo's Grey Souls. As the film...
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2005
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Simon Marceaux
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2004
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True love, motorcycle daredevils, and alien visitation all find their way into this wildly imaginative fantasy, written and...
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2004
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Director Chantal Akerman helmed this offbeat comedy about a mother and daughter who find themselves living together again for...
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2004
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2003
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Himself
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2000
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Noted French filmmaker Claude Leloud directs this romantic comedy about a trio of femme fatale musketeers. In order to repay...
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Bayard
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2000
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Three old French jamons attempt to make a comeback by working in a road-show production of Scoubidou in this hilarious French...
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Georges Cox
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1996
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Based on a story by Henry James and set in the late 19th century, this complex and irony-laced French costume drama...
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1996
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This French WW II action-adventure is based on a fascinating footnote in history. Set just after the Franco-German armistice...
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Charles Perrochon
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1995
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In this romantic French drama, an older man remembers a meaningful summer romance he had in 1958. It begins as Victor is...
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Dr. Rene Meinthe
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1994
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The unbearable vanity of the human male facing death is one of the subtler themes of this French drama which tells the story...
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Le Clainche
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1994
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This experimental drama is something of an actor's challenge: see if you can convincingly play an age range from six to...
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1992
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Even among bombers and murderers, there is a social ladder, a hierarchy to climb. Jeremie is a mere bomber who blows up...
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Almeida
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1992
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Jazzman-turned-director Alain Corneau brings his extensive musical savvy to All the Mornings of the World....
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Monsieur de Saint Colombe
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1991
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Uranus is set in a post-war French village that has been all but obliterated by the bombing. Jean-Pierre Marielle plays a...
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Archambaud
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1990
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Monsieur Fonfrin
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1989
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Rene Boutancard
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1987
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Menage begins as a comedy of sorts, but be warned: it develops into a very dark, very confusing probe into the seamier...
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Depressed Man
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1986
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Fred
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1986
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Gabriel Gallien
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1985
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This French/Canadian "caper" comedy stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as an oh-so-clever bank robber. Disguised as a clown, Belmondo...
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Simon Labrosse
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1985
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In this standard romantic drama, a tangled web of relationships may not be that easy to straighten out for the people...
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Antoine
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1985
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In this routine romantic comedy, a veterinarian who mingles with humans of a higher pedigree gets an unwelcome visit from a...
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Bouvier
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1983
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Alain Tescique (Jean Rochefort) is in Paris on a brief vacation from his job on a North Sea oil rig, and while he is playing...
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Daniel Queresa
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1982
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Le Kermadec
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1982
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Tardel
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1981
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The 20th century not only produced the modern woes of super-highway crashes and interminable traffic jams, but also movies...
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Albert Pourrat
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1981
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Le Peron,Le Peron's brother
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1981
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Casterlard
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1980
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1980
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Francois Perrin
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1979
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In this frothy and sexy French farce, a pair of middle-aged pals go on a vacation with their two teenage daughters. The...
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Pierre
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1977
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In this sardonic comedy, after an executive is killed in a mysterious automobile accident, the French offices of his...
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Roustev
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1977
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Pignon
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1977
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After he leaves his wife and daughter for a butcher-shop owner, one would imagine that Roger had been as foolish as he was...
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Roger
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1977
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In this slapstick comedy, almost a vaudeville revue, the Italian side of World War II is affectionately re-created, while...
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1976
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Paul
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1976
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In this romantic comedy, two separate people place "mate wanted" ads in the newspaper personals. Jacqueline (Annie Girardot)...
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Paul
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1976
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A professional still photographer (Pierre Richard) has long wanted to make a movie from a story about love and politics. When...
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Producer
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1976
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Jean-Pierre Marielle stars in this gentle comedy as a traveling salesman whose wife adamantly refuses to let him make...
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Salesman
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1975
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When a young Englishwoman (Mimsy Farmer) crosses the paths of an annual hunting party, two of the hunters rape and try to...
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Danville
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1975
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A boisterous, cheerful and lusty man, Lajoie (Jean Carmet) meets his friends every year at a family campsite. During the...
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1975
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The second of director Bernard Tavernier's first three critically acclaimed films, this historical costume drama was the...
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Marquis Pontcallec
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1975
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Happy chauvinists that they are, it comes as a complete surprise to the three men of this story when their wives, egged on...
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Richard
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1974
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In this broad French satire, a thoroughly unappealing salesman manages not only to sell his wares, but succeeds in forging...
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Gerard
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1974
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When his mobster bosses give the order, a young man prepares to kill his father, who years before had a clown act called...
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Inspector
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1973
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This French film offers a clear-sighted look at a hard-working segment of the transient underclass in France. Charlie...
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Tony
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1973
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Tunisia is a rough placed to be trapped in, especially if you are an Israeli spy (Jean-Pierre Marielle) on the run....
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Bloch
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1973
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French director Claude Berri wrote, directed, and stars in this comedy as Claude, a bookstore owner whose personal life, like...
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Lucien
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1972
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In the children's film Le Petit Poucet, a small young man outwits a powerful cannibalistic giant and not only saves his...
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Ogre
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1972
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After wrapping up a recording session with his garage band, drummer Roberto (Michael Brandon) follows and confronts a...
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1972
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This hard-boiled French crime thriller begins with the bold murder of a well-heeled Frenchman. The detective assigned to the...
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1971
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This French farce/drama takes place in Ireland in 1916, during one of the peak periods of revolutionary violence. Seven...
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1971
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Claude (Guy Bedos) is content with his life. He has a girlfriend Tania (Zorica Lozic) and he aspires to become an actor. When...
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Lieutenant
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1970
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Marie (Marthe Keller) is the most beautiful girl in her small village. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby town and wins...
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1970
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An older woman uses a younger woman to satisfy both his personal and professional needs in this offbeat sex comedy. Clara...
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Editor
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1969
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An eccentric family in need of money turns their crumbling chateau into a hotel in order to renovate the old place. Repairs...
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1969
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This confusing film deals with the guilt, morality and near suicide of several people in the wake of the sexual revolution....
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Professor
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1969
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In this amusing comedy, Leon (Claude Melki) is the naíve tailor who believes men are coming to see his trollop sister Marie...
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Maxime
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1969
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Jean-Paul Belmondo is a lovable lothario who delights in his womanizing ways in this ribald comedy adventure. When two women...
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Bob
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1966
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1966
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Fulbert (Robert Hirsch) is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter in this slapstick situation...
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Raymond
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1966
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A inept group of crooks conspire to rob a department store before the Christmas holiday in this crime comedy. They get the...
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Justin
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1965
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Following up 1964's Academy Award nominated L'Homme de Rio, French filmmaker Philippe de Broca wrote and directed this...
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Balthazar
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1965
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In this French comedy, a desperate gambler has one week to repay a large debt; and therefore, enlists the aide of a bungling...
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1965
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In this WW II drama set during a weekend in June of 1940, German invaders force British troops to flee Dunkirk. The French...
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Father Pierson
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1964
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A greedy gold smuggler hires a handsome hero to transport a stolen fortune to a new hideout in this thrilling adventure. The...
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Hode
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1964
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French comedian Louis de Funes stars as Garnier, a shopkeeper who gets taken advantage of by a local banker. He decides to...
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Andre Durand-Mareuil
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1964
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Reynaldo
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1963
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Director Jacques Baratier's Sweet and Sour is an independently produced project with a surprising amount of European...
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Rakanowski
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1963
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Director Frederic Rossif takes a scattered look at the world and the animal kingdom in this docudrama. Wildlife is witnessed...
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1963
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1962
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1962
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Francois Perier, Peter vanEyck, and Anouk Aimee star in this tense tale of five highly skilled thieves who all pool their...
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1958
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