Jean-Pierre MarielleFilmography

Gotta Dance!

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Sabine Azéma, Bulle Ogier, Bakary Sangare

Synopsis: An elderly couple and their grown-up children must deal with the consequences of advancing age in this comedy-drama from France. Sarah (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) and her husband Francois (Arie Elmaleh) are a happy couple in their early forties who are facing with a dilemma not uncommon to folks Read More

The Da Vinci Code

Actors: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow

Synopsis: Dan Brown's controversial best-selling novel about a powerful secret that's been kept under wraps for thousands of years comes to the screen in this suspense thriller from director Ron Howard. The stately silence of Paris' Louvre museum is broken when one of the gallery's leading curators is found Read More

Le Grand Meaulnes

Grey Souls

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jacques Villeret, Denis Podalydès, Marina Hands, Michel Vuillermoz

Synopsis: 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 opens, the body of a young girl, Morning Beauty (Joséphine Japy) is found on the banks of the river, an apparent murder victim. We then flash back several months. Lysia (Marina Hands Read More

La Petite Lili

Actors: Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ludivine Sagnier, Robinson Stévenin

Synopsis: Anton Chekhov's The Seagull receives an updated adaptation in this drama from veteran French filmmaker Claude Miller. Mado (Nicole Garcia) is a successful actress who is spending the summer at her country estate with her boyfriend, Brice (Bernard Giraudeau), a noted filmmaker who directed her Read More

Atomik Circus, le Retour de James Bataille

Synopsis: True love, motorcycle daredevils, and alien visitation all find their way into this wildly imaginative fantasy, written and directed by Didier Poiraud and his brother Thierry Poiraud, a pair of comic artists who adapted the story from their own work. James Bataille (Jason Flemyng) is in love with Read More

Tomorrow We Move

Actors: Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Natacha Régnier, Lucas Belvaux

Synopsis: Director Chantal Akerman helmed this offbeat comedy about a mother and daughter who find themselves living together again for the first time in many years. Still reeling emotionally from the recent death of her husband, Catherine (Aurore Clément) has chosen to leave her old home and move in with Read More

Claude Sautet, ou le Magie Invisible

Actors: Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Sarde, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Graziella Sautet, José Giovanni

Les Acteurs

Actors: André Dussollier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jacques Villeret, Claude Rich

Synopsis: The son of actor Bernard Blier, director Bertrand Blier is known throughout France for his documentaries and dark depictions of sex and its impact on society. Though his influences and personal opinions clearly shine through, Les Acteurs is a satirical take on the ups, downs, and numerous Read More

Une Pour Toutes

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Parillaud, Alessandra Martines, Marianne Denicourt, Alice Evans

Synopsis: Noted French filmmaker Claude Leloud directs this romantic comedy about a trio of femme fatale musketeers. In order to repay a stack of debts after a disastrous self-financed production of Chekhov's "Three Sisters," Olga (Anne Parillaud), Macha (Alice Evans), and Irina (Marianne Denicourt) hatch a Read More

L'Elève

Actors: Vincent Cassel, Caroline Cellier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Caspar Salmon

Synopsis: Based on a story by Henry James and set in the late 19th century, this complex and irony-laced French costume drama chronicles the convoluted relationship between young Morgan and his highly intelligent tutor Julien. When the 25-year-old Julien is first hired, teen-aged Morgan objects. A power Read More

Les Grands Ducs

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Catherine Jacob

Synopsis: Three old French jamons attempt to make a comeback by working in a road-show production of Scoubidou in this hilarious French farce. Also on the tour are the flighty leading actress Carla Milo, and a murderous producer, Shapiron, who knows the show is a stinker and tries to convince Read More

Les Milles

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ticky Holgado, Rüdiger Vogler, Philippe Noiret

Synopsis: This French WW II action-adventure is based on a fascinating footnote in history. Set just after the Franco-German armistice was signed in June 1940, it chronicles the courage of a compassionate French officer who defied his superiors and, acting alone, redirected a train full of German refugees Read More

Le Sourire

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Richard Bohringer, Emmanuelle Seigner, Chantal Banlier, Nadia Barentin

Synopsis: The unbearable vanity of the human male facing death is one of the subtler themes of this French drama which tells the story of a dying man who finally finds and desires to conquer the perfect sex object. Poor Le Clainche is about ready to keel over from a heart attack. He's already had one and Read More

Le Parfum d'Yvonne

Actors: Hippolyte Girardot, Sandra Majani, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Richard Bohringer, Josephine Sourdel, Isabelle Tinard, Laurence Lerel, Paul Guers, Corinne Marchand, Claude Aufaure

Synopsis: In this romantic French drama, an older man remembers a meaningful summer romance he had in 1958. It begins as Victor is seen staring into the flames of an apparent bonfire. He is remembering the day he met Yvonne in the luxurious lobby of a Swiss hotel on Lake Geneva. They encounter Dr. Meinthe Read More

Max et Jeremie

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Christopher Lambert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christophe Odent, Feodor Chaliapin, Jr.

Synopsis: Even among bombers and murderers, there is a social ladder, a hierarchy to climb. Jeremie is a mere bomber who blows up people and places for mobsters in Paris. He may not look it, scruffy lad that he is, but he is a sensitive fellow, and he feels his lowly status keenly. If only he could graduate Read More

Un, Deux, Trois Soleil

Actors: Anouk Grinberg, Marcello Mastroianni, Myriam Boyer, Olivier Martinez

Synopsis: This experimental drama is something of an actor's challenge: see if you can convincingly play an age range from six to thirty six without any makeup or costume changes, just by using your gifts as a performer. In this film, the role of Victorine poses just such a challenge to Anouk Grinberg, who Read More

All the Mornings of the World

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu, Caroline Sihol

Synopsis: Jazzman-turned-director Alain Corneau brings his extensive musical savvy to All the Mornings of the World. Jean-Pierre Marielle stars as legendary 17th-century baroque composer and cellist M. de Saint Colombe. Believing the only "true" music is that which is written down, Sainte Colombe is Read More

Uranus

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Michel Blanc, Florence Darel, Michel Galabru

Synopsis: Uranus is set in a post-war French village that has been all but obliterated by the bombing. Jean-Pierre Marielle plays a middle-class family man who agrees to shelter many of those who've lost their homes. The polyglot of political beliefs held by these new tenants sows the seeds of discontent. Read More

Quelques Jours Avec Moi

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Vincent Lindon

Synopsis: Claude Sautet's A Few Days With Me (Quelque Jours avec Moi) stars Daniel Auteuil as the emotionally disturbed heir to a supermarket empire. Auteuil's mother Danielle Darrieux tries to give her son some purpose in life by assigning him the task of reinvigorating one of the supermarket chain's least Read More

Les Deux Crocodiles

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Carmet, Julien Guiomar, Marie-Christine Adam, Annie Savarin, Catherine Lachens, Dora Doll

Synopsis: Rene (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is a small-time crook who tries to shake down storekeeper Emile (Jean Carmet) in this uneven and humorless comedy. Things change when Rene starts to fall for the terminally boring and provincial Emile. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More

Tenue de Soirée

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Caroline Sihol

Synopsis: Menage begins as a comedy of sorts, but be warned: it develops into a very dark, very confusing probe into the seamier aspects of Parisian life. Gerard Depardieu plays a crude but charismatic thief, whose own gayness does not prevent his commiserating with those of the opposite sex. Miou-Miou Read More

Les Mois d'Avril Sont Meurtriers

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Pierre Bisson, François Berléand, Brigitte Roüan

Synopsis: Fred (Jean-Pierre Marielle) follows hired killer Gravier (Jean-Pierre Bisson) in this routine crime drama. He knows Gravier is responsible for a gangland murder but must shadow the killer to provide solid evidence of the crime. The two engage in a psychological game of cat-and-mouse before the Read More

L'Amour En Douce

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Emmanuelle Béart, Sophie Barjac, Daniel Ceccaldi

Synopsis: In this standard romantic drama, a tangled web of relationships may not be that easy to straighten out for the people involved. Marc (Daniel Auteuil) is a lawyer married to Jeanne (Sophie Barjac), but his roving eye leads him into sexual encounters with other women on a regular basis -- and Read More

Hold-Up

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kim Cattrall, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Tex Konig

Synopsis: This French/Canadian "caper" comedy stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as an oh-so-clever bank robber. Disguised as a clown, Belmondo robs a major Montreal bank, taking Guy Marchand and Kim Cattrall as a hostages. We soon learn that both Marchand and Cattral are actually Belmondo's accomplices in his Read More

Partenaires

Actors: Nicole Garcia, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Michel Galabru, Michel Duchaussoy

Synopsis: This routine drama about a thespian couple, Marion (Nicole Garcia) and Gabriel (Jean-Pierre Marielle) takes place during the second half of their hit comedy, as the two try to work out their differences. Marion plays one of the leads in the comedy, opposite an actor of lesser abilities who also Read More

Signes Exterieurs de Richesse

Actors: Claude Brasseur, Josiane Balasko, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Charlotte de Turckheim, Roland Giraud

Synopsis: In this routine romantic comedy, a veterinarian who mingles with humans of a higher pedigree gets an unwelcome visit from a female tax inspector -- and tries to seduce her as a way out of his dilemma. His screwball accountant's version of keeping books is no help, and so in desperation, the Read More

Jamais Avant le Mariage

Actors: Mireille Darc, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Regis Musset, Alain Rocca

L'Indiscretion

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Dominique Sanda, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Roland Bertin

Synopsis: 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 around with a ham radio set he bought for his son, he picks up some suspicious conversations in a neighboring apartment. After some more eavesdropping, he hears about an Read More

Petrole, Petrole

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bernard Blier, Catherine Alric, Henri Guybet, Charles Gerard

Synopsis: An Arab Emir (Bernard Blier) is searching for his long-lost daughter (Catherine Alric) in order to leave her his kingdom, oil wells and all. Her inheritance is jeopardized by a French petroleum czar who wants that oil for himself. The comedic tone is set by the Emir's private jumbo-jet, equipped Read More

Asphalte

Actors: Carole Laure, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Georges Wilson, Louis Seigner

Synopsis: The 20th century not only produced the modern woes of super-highway crashes and interminable traffic jams, but also movies that center around the same theme. In this drama about life and death in the fast, middle, and slow lanes, Juliette (Carole Laure) finds herself stranded on a busy highway Read More

Coup de Torchon

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stéphane Audran, Eddy Mitchell

Synopsis: Based on pulp master Jim Thompson's Pop. 1280, Bertrand Tavernier's Coup de Torchon is a sardonic thriller that remains true to its source's spirit, even as it transposes the action from the American South to colonial West Africa. Lucien (Philippe Noiret) is the bumbling police chief of Bourkasa Read More

Voulez-Vous un Bebe Nobel?

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Darry Cowl, Daniel Prévost, Jean Rougerie

L'Entourloupe

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jacques Dutronc, Anne Jousset, Gérard Lanvin

Cause Toujours... Tu M'interesses

Actors: Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Michel Blanc, Jacques Francois

Comme La Lune

Actors: Sophie Daumier, Anna Gaylor, Dominique Lavanant, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marco Perrin

Synopsis: After he leaves his wife and daughter for a butcher-shop owner, one would imagine that Roger had been as foolish as he was going to be. However, before he can marry the shopkeeper, she runs off with an old friend of his, who leaves behind his own mistress. Roger takes up with this his friend's Read More

Plus Ça Va, Moins Ça Va

Actors: Jean Carmet, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Niels Arestrup, Louis Jourdan, Henri Garcin

Synopsis: When they are called upon to investigate a sex murder, Melville and Pignon (Jean Carmet and Jean-Pierre Marielle), two rude and crude (not to mention racist) policemen, find themselves in the midst of the multicultural machinations of members of the international film community in fashionable St. Read More

L'Imprecateur

Actors: Jean Yanne, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Lonsdale

Synopsis: In this sardonic comedy, after an executive is killed in a mysterious automobile accident, the French offices of his multinational company is inundated with mysteriously threatening be-ribboned anti-capitalist tracts, delivered overnight to everyone's desks. Later, the executive's body is brought Read More

Un Moment d'Egarement

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Victor Lanoux, Christine Dejoux, Agnes Soral, Martine Sarcey

Synopsis: In this frothy and sexy French farce, a pair of middle-aged pals go on a vacation with their two teenage daughters. The trouble begins when one of the friends gets entangled with the others' daughter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Sturmtrüppen

Actors: Massimo Boldi

Synopsis: In this slapstick comedy, almost a vaudeville revue, the Italian side of World War II is affectionately re-created, while the cream of Himmler's German troops, the dreaded Stormtroopers, consistently make fools of themselves. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

Cours Après Moi Que Je T'Attrape

Actors: Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marilù Tolo, Geneviève Fontanel, Sylvain Rougerie

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, two separate people place "mate wanted" ads in the newspaper personals. Jacqueline (Annie Girardot) is a dog-groomer, and Jean-Pierre (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is a tax-collector. There are a number of quite substantial obstacles to their getting together: she has a lot of Read More

Calmos

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Bertin, Bernard Blier, Brigitte Fossey, Claude Piéplu

Synopsis: Two middle-aged victims of the war of the sexes, Paul and Albert (Jean-Pierre Marielle and Jean Rochefort) run away from their families at the same time. They indulge themselves by eating what they want to, when and where it pleases them. Trouble finds them in the form of their abandoned wives Read More

On Aura Tout Vu

Actors: Pierre Richard, Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Renée Saint-Cyr, Henri Guybet

Synopsis: A professional still photographer (Pierre Richard) has long wanted to make a movie from a story about love and politics. When the opportunity arises, he and his lady-love (Miou-Miou) are overjoyed. However, when the producer strongly urges that the movie be transformed into a hardcore pornographic Read More

Les Galettes de Pont Aven

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bernard Fresson, Jeanne Goupil, Andréa Ferréol

Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Marielle stars in this gentle comedy as a traveling salesman whose wife adamantly refuses to let him make paintings of her buttocks. At some point, fed up, he leaves his family and, after several tries, establishes himself as a painter. This is all thanks to the imperturbable kindness Read More

La Traque

Actors: Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Luc Bideau, Michel Constantin, Michel Lonsdale

Synopsis: When a young Englishwoman (Mimsy Farmer) crosses the paths of an annual hunting party, two of the hunters rape and try to kill her. She manages to shoot one of them and escape. The rest of them decide to hunt her down. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

Dupont Lajoie

Actors: Jean Carmet, Pierre Tornade, Jean Bouise, Michel Peyrelon, Ginette Garcin

Synopsis: A boisterous, cheerful and lusty man, Lajoie (Jean Carmet) meets his friends every year at a family campsite. During the whole vacation, Lajoie has been eyeing his teenage son's nubile girlfriend. During an occasion which puts them alone together, he attempts to rape her. When she fights back, he Read More

Let Joy Reign Supreme . . .

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christine Pascal, Marina Vlady

Synopsis: The humanistic actions of Philippe D'Orleans, the cultured gentle regent to young Louis the XV in pre-revolutionary France (1719) are chronicled in this French costumer. Though the regent endeavors to keep his subjects cultured and happy to stop the peasants from rising up, he knows he has no real Read More

Comment Reussir Quand On Est Con et Pleurinichard

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: In this broad French satire, a thoroughly unappealing salesman manages not only to sell his wares, but succeeds in forging an idyllic life for himself through his artful manipulation of the lusts and greeds of those around him. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

Dis-Moi Que Tu M'aimes

Actors: Mireille Darc, Daniel Ceccaldi, Marie-José Nat, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Synopsis: Happy chauvinists that they are, it comes as a complete surprise to the three men of this story when their wives, egged on by the more feminist of the three, leave them. They are appalled to discover that the women seem quite happy without them. After a number of unsuccessful attempts to find Read More

L'Affaire Crazy Capo

Actors: Jean Servais, Maurice Ronet, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marika Green

Synopsis: When his mobster bosses give the order, a young man prepares to kill his father, who years before had a clown act called "The Crazy Capo." In this French film, the murder scheme is foiled with tragic consequences for the lawman on the scene and the unfilial son. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

Charlie et Ses Deux Nenettes

Actors: Serge Sauvion, Jeanne Goupil, Nathalie Drivet, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Synopsis: This French film offers a clear-sighted look at a hard-working segment of the transient underclass in France. Charlie (Serge Sauvion) travels around Paris and the surrounding countryside selling oilcloth at outdoor bazaars. While he is looking for more permanent work, he runs into two girls Read More

La Valise

Actors: Mireille Darc, Michel Constantin, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Lefebvre

Synopsis: Tunisia is a rough placed to be trapped in, especially if you are an Israeli spy (Jean-Pierre Marielle) on the run. Fortunately, the French embassy gives the ill-fated fellow a place to hide. Unfortunately, they can't smuggle him out, because there is an airline strike. Fortunately, he finds love Read More

Le Sex Shop

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Claude Piéplu, Natalie Delon, Claude Berri

Synopsis: French director Claude Berri wrote, directed, and stars in this comedy as Claude, a bookstore owner whose personal life, like his struggling business, is failing. Claude is trapped in a loveless marriage to Isabelle (Juliet Berto), who does not seem to possess any sexual attraction to her husband Read More

Quattro Mosche di Velluto Grigio

Actors: Michael Brandon

Synopsis: After wrapping up a recording session with his garage band, drummer Roberto (Michael Brandon) follows and confronts a mysterious stranger who has been stalking him to an abandoned theater where Roberto impulsively stabs him. A grinning puppet-like figure takes photos of the attack from a mezzanine Read More

Le Petit Poucet

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marie Laforêt, Titoyo, Jean-Marie Proslier

Synopsis: In the children's film Le Petit Poucet, a small young man outwits a powerful cannibalistic giant and not only saves his life, but wins the hand of a princess. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

Sans Mobile Apparent

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

On Est Toujours Trop Bon Avec Les Femmes

Synopsis: This French farce/drama takes place in Ireland in 1916, during one of the peak periods of revolutionary violence. Seven Irish revolutionaries have taken over a post office, totally evacuating the building. Or so they think. They missed Gertie Gertel, who was in the bathroom at the time. By the Read More

Le Pistonné

Actors: Guy Bedos, Yves Robert, Rosy Varte, Georges Géret, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Synopsis: Claude (Guy Bedos) is content with his life. He has a girlfriend Tania (Zorica Lozic) and he aspires to become an actor. When he receives his draft notice, a friend convinces Claude he can get out of military service with his connections in Paris. When the connections fall through, Claude is sent Read More

Les Caprices de Marie

Actors: Marthe Keller, Bert Convy, Valentina Cortese, Fernand Gravey, Philippe Noiret, François Perier

Synopsis: Marie (Marthe Keller) is the most beautiful girl in her small village. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby town and wins the top prize. Broderick (Bert Convey) is the young American businessman who falls in love with the newly crowned beauty queen. She agrees to marry him but states she cannot Read More

Les Femmes

Actors: Brigitte Bardot, Maurice Ronet, Anny Duperey, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Synopsis: An older woman uses a younger woman to satisfy both his personal and professional needs in this offbeat sex comedy. Clara (Brigitte Bardot) is beautiful young woman who has been hired by Jerome (Maurice Ronet), a middle-aged novelist, to work as his secretary and take dictation. However, Jerome Read More

Le Diable Par La Queue

Actors: Yves Montand, Maria Schell, Madeleine Renaud, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: An eccentric family in need of money turns their crumbling chateau into a hotel in order to renovate the old place. Repairs are made to the aging structure, but they only have one guest and too many empty rooms. The young granddaughter, with the help of her mechanic boyfriend, manages to make sure Read More

L'Amour C'Est Gai, L'Amour C'Est Triste

Actors: Bernadette Lafont, Chantal Goya, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Claude Melki

Synopsis: In this amusing comedy, Leon (Claude Melki) is the naíve tailor who believes men are coming to see his trollop sister Marie (Bernadette Lafont) to have their palms read. Her boyfriend Maxime (Jean-Pierre Marielle) acts as her pimp. Marie saves Arlette (Chantal Goya) from suicide and the shy Leon Read More

Quarante-huit Heures D'Amour

Actors: Bulle Ogier, Thelma Ramstrom, Sven-Bertil Taube, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Synopsis: This confusing film deals with the guilt, morality and near suicide of several people in the wake of the sexual revolution. A girl from Sweden arrives with two friends to meet an old French lover who is now married. The man's wife has an affair with a professor and tearfully confesses her sins to Read More

Tender Scoundrel

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nadja Tiller, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Geneviève Page, Robert Morley

Synopsis: Jean-Paul Belmondo is a lovable lothario who delights in his womanizing ways in this ribald comedy adventure. When two women can't get enough of him, he is chased to Tahiti and back to Paris by admiring females. His experiences are exhausting to the point that he considers giving up his life as a Read More

Roger La Honte

Actors: Georges Géret, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Irene Papas, Jean Topart

Monnaie De Singe

Actors: Dr. Robert Hirsch, Sylva Koscina, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Yanne

Synopsis: Fulbert (Robert Hirsch) is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter in this slapstick situation comedy. He accompanies a woman posing as a grieving widow on a trip to Spain in a hearse. Unaware she is the mistress of a notorious gangster, Fulbert is chased by thugs who want Read More

Cent Briques et des Tuiles

Actors: Michel Serrault, Jean-Claude Brialy, Sophie Daumier, Pierre Clémenti, Marie Laforêt, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Synopsis: A inept group of crooks conspire to rob a department store before the Christmas holiday in this crime comedy. They get the money but it is dropped in glue and later taken by juvenile delinquents. The crooks get the money back and carefully wash the bills and hang them out to dry. A charging bull Read More

How Not to Rob a Department Store

Synopsis: In this French comedy, a desperate gambler has one week to repay a large debt; and therefore, enlists the aide of a bungling thief to help him rob a large Paris department store. They choose to pull the heist on Christmas Eve. With the help of another, the gambler poses as Santa Claus. They fill a Read More

Un Monsieur de Compagnie

Actors: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Irina Demick, Jean-Claude Brialy, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Sandra Milo, André Luguet

Synopsis: Following up 1964's Academy Award nominated L'Homme de Rio, French filmmaker Philippe de Broca wrote and directed this big-screen adaptation of André Couteaux's novel Un monsieur de compagnie. Jean-Pierre Cassel stars as Antoine, a young man who holds the philosophy "Laziness is the mother of all Read More

Weekend à Zuydcoote

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, François Perier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Georges Géret

Synopsis: In this WW II drama set during a weekend in June of 1940, German invaders force British troops to flee Dunkirk. The French soldiers stationed on a nearby beach also want to withdraw so they too can battle the Germans, but they have been ordered to stay in place and the British are to use the boats Read More

Echappement Libre

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Gert Fröbe, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Enrico Maria Salerno

Synopsis: A greedy gold smuggler hires a handsome hero to transport a stolen fortune to a new hideout in this thrilling adventure. The smuggler sends his moll to accompany (and spy on) the hero. The two set out for Beirut to get instructions as to where the gold is located. They travel throughout exotic Read More

Faites Sauter la Banque

Actors: Louis de Funès, Georges Wilson, Anne Doat, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Valmont

Synopsis: French comedian Louis de Funes stars as Garnier, a shopkeeper who gets taken advantage of by a local banker. He decides to retaliate by planning a bank robbery. Rather than going about it in a more conventional manner, Garnier begins digging a tunnel from his store, intending to reach the bank Read More

Peau De Banane

Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gert Fröbe

Synopsis: In this lightweight French comedy a pair of sharpers, Cathy (Jeanne Moreau) and her ex-husband Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) attempt to bilk a miserly millionaire out of his fortune during his visit to the French Riviera. Unfortunately for them, he is just as crafty as they are. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Read More

Dragées Au Poivre

Actors: Guy Bedos, Sophie Daumier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Francis Blanche, Jacques Dufilho

Synopsis: Director Jacques Baratier's Sweet and Sour is an independently produced project with a surprising amount of European movie-industry input. Guy Bedos, a Brando wannabe, plays one of several young French cineastes who take to the streets to make improvisational movies. The "cinema verite" quality of Read More

Les Animaux

Actors: Frédéric Rossif, Maurice Escande, Marcelle Ranson, Martine Sarcey

Synopsis: Director Frederic Rossif takes a scattered look at the world and the animal kingdom in this docudrama. Wildlife is witnessed in scenes raging from lovable comedic moments, to the life-and-death struggles for survival. Commentary spoken by Maurice Escand and music from Maurice Jarre are added Read More

Que Personne Ne Sorte

Actors: Philippe Nicaud, Jacqueline Maillan, Marie Daems, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Climats

Actors: Marina Vlady, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Alexandra Stewart

Everybody Wants to Kill Me

Synopsis: Francois Perier, Peter vanEyck, and Anouk Aimee star in this tense tale of five highly skilled thieves who all pool their resources in hopes of pulling off the perfect heist. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More