Jean RochefortFilmography

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Jean Rochefort, Karel Roden, Max Baldry, Willem Dafoe

Synopsis: Mr. Bean -- the stick-legged goofball man-child created by Rowan Atkinson on television in the early '90s, and in the 1997 feature Bean -- undertakes his second cinematic adventure in the comic romp Mr. Bean's Holiday. Growing thoroughly sick of the wet, cold, and clammy London weather, Mr. Bean (Atkinson Read More

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

Actors: Sergi López, Anna Mouglalis, Edouard Baer, Jean Rochefort, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Synopsis: Writer/director Samuel Benchetrit takes the helm for this laid-back crime comedy that weaves together four stories which all eventually convene at a roadside diner. Franck (Edouard Baer) is a petty criminal who is currently pondering the prospect of holding up a remote diner. When observant Read More

Twice Upon a Time

Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: An addition to the subgenre of neo-screwball comedies, à la Seems Like Old Times and Illegally Yours, Antoine de Caunes' French-language farce Twice Upon a Time (aka Désaccord Parfait) observes the long-delayed reunion between two former lovers. Alice (Charlotte Rampling) is a British stage Read More

Hell

Actors: Emmanuelle Béart, Karin Viard, Marie Gillain, Carole Bouquet, Guillaume Canet

Synopsis: Director Danis Tanovic picks up where the late-Krzysztof Kieslowski left off by taking on the second installment of Kieslowski's "Heaven," "Hell," and "Purgatory" trilogy (the first was adapted by Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer) with this tale of a family whose dark past returns with a Read More

RRRrrrr!!!

Actors: Maurice Barthelemy, Jean-Paul Rouve, Pef Martin Laval, Marina Fois, Elise Lanicol

The Man on the Train

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Charlie Nelson, Pascal Parmentier

Synopsis: Two men from two different walks of life develop an unexpected friendship in French director Patrice Leconte's 2002 comedy-drama The Man on the Train. Weary from his trip and in anticipation of the heist he's about to perform, Milan (French rock star Johnny Hallyday) steps off the train after Read More

Lost in La Mancha

Actors: Bernard Bouix, René Cleitman, Johnny Depp, Benjamin Fernandez, Terry Gilliam

Synopsis: For years, one of filmmaker Terry Gilliam's great dreams was to make a screen adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's classic tale Don Quixote, and in 2000 it looked as if his dream was to become a reality. In collaboration with Tony Grisoni, Gilliam had written a script called The Man Who Read More

Fanfan la Tulipe

Actors: Vincent Perez, Penélope Cruz, Didier Bourdon, Hélène de Fougerolles, Michel Muller

Synopsis: Directed by Gérard Krawczyk, Fanfan la Tulipe is a remake of the classic 1952 swashbuckling satire by French director Christian-Jaque. Set in the 18th century, Vincent Perez plays the title role of the seductive swordsman Fanfan, who flees his home in order to avoid a forced marriage. A gypsy girl Read More

Le Clefs de Bagnole

Actors: Laurent Baffie, Daniel Russo, Claude Berri, Charles Gassot, Alain Terzian

Blanche

Actors: Lou Doillon, Roschdy Zem, Jean Rochefort, Carole Bouquet, José Garcia

Synopsis: A young woman bent on revenge becomes a legendary thief in the vein of Robin Hood in director Bernie Bonvoisin's 2002 comic swashbuckler Blanche. When she was 14, young Blanche de Perrone's family was massacred by the Cardinal Mazarin's (Jean Rochefort) right-hand man, Captain KKK (Antoine de Caunes Read More

The Closet

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque, Michel Aumont

Synopsis: While there are plenty of stories about gay men who have pretended to be straight for the sake of their careers, this tart comedy from France considers the dilemma of a straight man doing just the opposite. Francois Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) is an accountant whose personality is bland to the point Read More

Honolulu Baby

Actors: Maurizio Nichetti, Maria de Medeiros, Jean Rochefort, Paulina Gálvez, Giulia Weber

Synopsis: A guy finds himself living most men's fantasy, only to learn it isn't as much fun as he imagined in this offbeat Italian comedy. Alberto Colombo (Maurizio Nichetti) has spent 20 years working an insignificant desk job with a large multinational corporation, and he not only has little to show for Read More

Rembrandt

Actors: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Romane Bohringer, Jean Rochefort, Johanna ter Steege, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey

Synopsis: Klaus Maria Brandauer stars in this gorgeously photographed French-German-Dutch biopic on the life of 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn. Told in flashbacks from the point-of-view of the aged artist, the film opens as the young van Rijn arrives in Amsterdam. Soon after establishing his Read More

El Viento se llevo lo que

Actors: Vera Fogwill, Ángela Molina, Fabian Vena, Jean Rochefort, Ulises Dumont

Synopsis: Argentine director Alejando Agresti directed this surreal, allegorical Argentine-French-Dutch- Spanish comedy-drama. Winner of the "Golden Shell Grand Prize" at the 1998 San Sebastian Film Festival, the absurdist tale is set during the '70s. Young Buenos Aires cabdriver Soledad (Vera Fogwill) Read More

In and Out of Fashion

Actors: Delphine Seyrig, Sami Frey, Anémone, André Dussollier, Zouc

Synopsis: The Paris-based photographer-painter-actor-filmmaker William Klein looks back on five decades of his life and multi-careers in this French documentary. Born in 1926, Klein is a native New Yorker who began living in Paris in 1948, studied painting with Fernand Leger, photographed for Vogue from Read More

The Count of Monte Cristo

Actors: Michel Aumont, Jean Rochefort, Georges Moustaki, Stanislas Merhar, Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti

Synopsis: Gerard Depardieu stars in this made-for-TV adaptation of the classic adventure story by Alexandre Dumas. Edmond (Depardieu) has been held in a French prison for nearly 20 years for daring to love Mercedes (Naike Rivelli), a woman who has also been wooed by a man in power, Mondego (Jean Rochefort). Read More

Barracuda

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Guillaume Canet, Claire Keim, Michel Scourneau

Synopsis: This French-German-Belgian thriller, reminiscent of Misery (1990) and The Collector (1965), begins after Fred Astaire-fan Clement (Jean Rochefort) invites comic-book artist Luc (Guillaume Canet) to Sunday dinner with Clement and his wife Violette. Luc's girlfriend Margot announces her pregnancy 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

Ridicule

Actors: Charles Berling, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrëche, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Giraudeau

Synopsis: This is a French costume drama from director Patrice Leconte that recalls both Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Restoration (1995). Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling) is a baron of the 18th century French countryside, wealthy in property and high in social position but poor in cash. Read More

Never Ever

Actors: Jane March, Jean Rochefort, Julian Sands

Synopsis: When young banker Thomas Murray's marriage to the blue-blooded Amanda falls apart, he begins working with his father-in-law Arthur in Paris and ends up finding solace in the arms of the beautiful Katharine. While he is off loving Katherine, Amanda rethinks her position and decides to reconcile Read More

Palace

Prêt-à-Porter

Actors: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Kim Basinger

Synopsis: This large, sprawling comedy directed by Robert Altman concerns a variety of romantic and personal intrigues that intersect against the backdrop of Paris's annual "Pret-a-Porter" fashion extravaganza. With 31 principal characters and a number of cameos from well known models, designers, actors and Read More

Tutti Gli Anni una Volta l'Anno

Actors: Giorgio Albertazzi, Paolo Bonacelli, Lando Buzzanca, Carla Cassola, Paolo Ferrari

Synopsis: In this Italian comedy, eight lifelong friends attending their annual dinner party/reunion must re-evaluate their lives after they read a provocative letter from a group member who recently died. All of the remaining eight are retired. The letter suggests they all move into an empty convent and Read More

Tom Est Tout Seul

Actors: Florent Pagny, Jean Rochefort, Martin Lamotte, Hélène Vincent

Cible émouvante

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Marie Trintignant, Guillaume Depardieu, Patachou

Synopsis: Victor Meynard (Jean Rochefort) is an assassin for hire, and he's proud of it. It's part of his family's business. However, in this comedy, there are occasions when he simply cannot bring himself to pull the trigger and make a "hit." Instead, he adopts the boy (Guillaume Depardieu) who would have Read More

Tombes du Ciel

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Ticky Holgado, Marisa Paredes, Laura del Sol

Synopsis: It is not necessary to know that this story is based on a true incident in order to enjoy it; in real life, a man landed in a major European airport without the necessary papers, and while authorities worked (slowly, ever-so slowly) to resolve his citizenship status, he lived and worked there Read More

La Prossima Volta il Fuoco

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Marie-Christine Barrault, Lila Kedrova

Synopsis: The study of semantics has convinced Amedio (Jean Rochefort) that things only have relative validity, and that everything is changeable. So it seems, because while on an Italian holiday with his family, he conceives the idea that his aging wife (Marie-Christine Barrault) should assume the role of Read More

Tango

Actors: Richard Bohringer, Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Noiret, Miou-Miou, Judith Godrëche

Synopsis: If such a thing as gentle humor can be wrung from murderous misogyny, this all-star comedy is the embodiment of it. The basic point of the film seems to be this: unattached men long to live with women, and once they do, they long to live without them. In this story, Paul (Thierry Lhermitte) is Read More

El Largo Invierno

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Jacques Penot, Elizabeth Hurley, Jean Rochefort, Adolfo Marsillach

Synopsis: In 1939, Ramon (Jacques Penot) was a young man, caught up in his Barcelona family's involvement on the Republic side in the brutal Spanish Civil War. He and his family fled into exile ahead of Franco's troops. Now it is many years later, and he has come back to see how his old homestead fared in Read More

Le Bal des Casse-Pieds

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Odette Laure, Hélène Vincent

Synopsis: In this comedy, veterinarian Henri Sauveur (Jean Rochefort) maintains his dignity and calm in the face of an incredible number of irritating or even genuinely upsetting encounters with inveterate pains-in-the-neck. He suffers from the rudeness (and worse) of Parisian drivers, his relatives, and Read More

Amoureux Fou

My Mother's Castle

Actors: Philippe Caubère, Julien Ciamaca, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Therese Liotard

Synopsis: This charming motion picture relives the beautiful childhood memories of noted film director and writer Marcel Pagnol. While attending school in Marseilles, Marcel Julien Ciamaca daydreams about the nearby hills where he and his family spend vacations at a cottage. It is not enough to sojourn Read More

The Hairdresser's Husband

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Henry Hocking, Roland Bertin, Maurice Chevit, Philippe Clevenot

Synopsis: Erotic, funny, and very French, this film relies heavily on the critically-acclaimed performance of Jean Rochefort. As a child, Antoine (Rochefort) was obsessed with the ample beautician who cut his hair, and since then, his single ambition in life has been to marry a hairdresser. As an adult Read More

Je Suis le Seigneur du Chateau

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Dominique Blanc

Synopsis: When his widowed father M. Bread (Jean Rochefort) hires Mme Vernet (Dominique Blanc) to be his governess to look after him, and she brings along her son (who is the same age) to provide him with a playmate. Thomas (Regis Arpin) is not amused. After all, he muses, Je suis le seigneur de chateau Read More

I Miei Primi Quarant'anni

Actors: Carol Alt, Elliott Gould, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Cosso

Synopsis: Carol Ault and Elliott Gould co-star with Jean Rochefort and Pierre Cosso in this softcore erotic drama. Marina (Ault) is a young woman from a wealthy family who graduates from affairs with her maid and a young count to favoring the brutish attention of domineering men. Although she is portrayed Read More

Le Moustachu

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Claude Brialy, Grace de Capitani, Jean-Claude Leguay

Synopsis: Duroc (Jean Rochefort) is a secret agent called on to deliver an exploding car to a gang of terrorists in this spy spoof. When someone leaks the plan to the terrorists, Duroc becomes the hunted rather than the hunter. He encounters several situations where people unwittingly interfere with his Read More

Tandem

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Gérard Jugnot, Julie Jezequel

Synopsis: A fading television personality and radio quiz-show host is shielded by his right-hand man from learning his show has been cancelled in this situation comedy. Rivetot (Gerard Jugnot) is the loyal longtime assistant to Mortez (Jean Rochefort) who believes the news of the show's demise will be fatal Read More

La Galette Du Roi

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Roger Hanin, Pauline Lafont, Jacques Villeret, Eddy Mitchell

Synopsis: In this conventional, broadly comic farce of greed and royal matrimony, nearly bankrupt businessman Victor Harris (Roger Hanin) is marrying Maria-Helena (Pauline Lafont), a princess who comes with a dowry that is made up of one half of her island kingdom. Her father, the cowardly King Arnold III (Jean Rochefort Read More

Quinze Aout

Actors: Nicole Garcia, Ann-Gisele Glass, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Rochefort

Sortuz Egy Fekete Bivalyert

Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Cottençon, Miklos B. Szekely, Laszlo Mate

Synopsis: In this comedy-drama about human foibles, the aftermath of war undoubtedly has something to do with the behavior and feelings of the people living in a small Hungarian village. The lives of the villagers are seen through the eyes of David (Laszlo Mate), an orphaned Jewish boy who has come to Read More

Frankenstein 90

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Eddy Mitchell, Fiona Gelin, Herma Vos, Ged Marlon

Synopsis: Yet another incarnation of Mary Shelley's 1818 Frankenstein, this uneven spoof by Alain Jessua casts Victor Frankenstein as a cybernetics wizard who constructs his monster with a notable lack of aesthetic sense but invests him with great microprocessors, and the newly-minted ogre finds life rather Read More

Un Dimanche de Flics

Actors: Victor Lanoux, Jean Rochefort, Barbara Sukowa, Maurice Biraud, Jean-Roger Milo

Synopsis: This sometimes confusing yet predictable thriller is about two policemen who bust a heroin deal and, after dumping the white powder, take off with the money, but they cannot escape the mob boss hot on their trail -- he wants his money back. After a detective friend is murdered, one of the two Read More

L'Ami de Vincent

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Françoise Fabian, Fanny Cottençon, Marie Dubois

Synopsis: In this plodding drama about a man searching for his friend's wronged lover, there is neither high action nor high suspense to keep -- or even reach -- a quick-paced storyline. A shallow womanizer (Jean Rochefort) plays the trumpet in an orchestra conducted by his steady and stable friend (Philippe Noiret Read More

Le Grand Frère

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Roger Planchon, Souad Amidou, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: The plot in this story weaves around like a New Year's reveler at four in the morning, heading first in one direction and then in another, with the intention of going home if things would just stop moving. Bernard (Gerard Depardieu) is a doctor whose Hippocratic oath was a hypocritic failure Read More

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

Un Etrange Voyage

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Camille de Casabianca, Arlette Bonnard, Dominique Besnehard

Synopsis: A father-daughter relationship is melded, strained, and deepened by a shared angst: the grandmother in the family left her home by train and never arrived at her destination. The father Pierre (Jean Rochefort) is distraught that the police could basically dismiss the issue as inexplicable, and he Read More

I Sent a Letter to My Love

Actors: Simone Signoret, Jean Rochefort, Delphine Seyrig, Geneviève Fontanel, Dominique Labourier

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Bernice Rubens, I Sent a Letter to My Love stars Simone Signoret as a woman who has reached middle age without truly learning how to live. Responsible for the constant care of her paraplegic brother Jean Rochefort, Signoret seeks a brief respite from her confinement by Read More

Il Faut Tuer Birgitt Haas

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Lisa Kreuzer, Bernard Le Coq, Michel Beaune

Synopsis: Birgitt Haas (Lisa Kreuzer) has become the target of the German Secret Service -- she is a German terrorist and the Secret Service would like her eliminated. To that end, they request some help from their French equivalent, represented by Athanase (Philippe Noiret). His plan is to enlist the Read More

Reveillon Chez Bob

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Guy Bedos, Agnes Soral, Michel Galabru, Mireille Darc

Synopsis: In this routine, somewhat disconnected story, Louis Alban (Jean Rochefort) has been divorced from his wife for awhile when a ruse perpetrated by his son sends him rushing to see her, but not exactly in a direct line. After Louis reads a New Year's card from his son indicating the boy is being Read More

Odio le Bionde

Actors: Enrico Montesano, Jean Rochefort, Corinne Clery, Marina Langner, Paola Tedesco

Synopsis: A gang of thieves begin using a highly-detailed book of crime fiction as a blueprint for their own capers. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

French Postcards

Actors: Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, David Marshall Grant, Valerie Quennessen, Debra Winger

Synopsis: A "critic's darling" of 1979, the modestly produced French Postcards has an appeal that goes beyond the wine and cheese crowd. Miles Chapin plays Joel, an American student in France on an exchange program. Joel's teacher, Mme. Tessier (Marie-France Pisier), is a "Miss Jean Brodie" type whose ideas Read More

Courage Fuyons

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu, Robert Webber

Synopsis: Martin (Jean Rochefort) is a coward who is swept up in the revolt by French students in May, 1968 in this Gallic comedy of errors. He helps the rioters destroy his own auto as his wife and children watch the proceedings in disbelief. Martin wakes up in a student commune and sees the beautiful Eva Catherine Deneuve Read More

Grandison

Le Cavaleur

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, Catherine Alric, Catherine Leprince, Lila Kedrova

Synopsis: A discontented concert pianist causes all sorts of heartbreak with his egotistical and womanizing antics, and all the people in his life attempt to force him to grow up in this French comedy/drama (with English subtitles). ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Actors: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret

Synopsis: Max (Robert Morley) is a wealthy, world-class conoisseur of fine food, who cannot stop himself from eating when the food is first-class. His doctor has given him stern warnings that he must lose over one hundred pounds, or he will die of heart failure. The presence of so many four-star chefs in Read More

Le Crabe-Tambour

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Dufilho, Odile Versois

Synopsis: Le Crabe Tambour (The Crab Drum) stars Jacques Perrin as the title character. An officer in the French navy, Perrin has earned his nickname through his habit of beating his chest a la King Kong after consuming a crab dinner. Stories of this eccentric but courageous warrior remain in circulation Read More

Le Diable Dans La Boite

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Michel Lonsdale, Dominique Labourier, Micheline Presle, Anouk Ferjac, Bernard Haller

Synopsis: After serving faithfully for over 10 years, the mid-level executive in this film has received notice that he is being fired for vague reasons having something to do with "reorganization" rather than his own job performance. As a protest, he tries attending a company party with his pants off, which Read More

Nous Irons Tous au Paradis

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos, Victor Lanoux, Danièle Delorme

Synopsis: This French comedy is the sequel to the well-regarded Pardon Mon Affaire. This version centers on the sexual fantasies of a quartet of four married, middle-class men attempting to deal with the onset of middle-age. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide 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

Pardon Mon Affaire

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos, Victor Lanoux, Danièle Delorme

Synopsis: When this French romantic comedy was released in English-speaking countries, its French title was changed to Pardon Mon Affaire. The four buddies in this picture help one another out, especially when it concerns affairs of the heart. Etienne (Jean Rochefort) is happily married, but when he sees a Read More

Les Magiciens

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Franco Nero, Stefania Sandrelli

Innocents With Dirty Hands

Actors: Rod Steiger, Romy Schneider, Paolo Giusti, Jean Rochefort, François Maistre

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a philandering wife plans to ill her alcoholic husband so she can run away with her lover. It all goes according to plan, and the widow is finally happy. Her happiness is short lived, as the "dead" husband shows up alive on her doorstep. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide 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

Les Vécés étaient fermés de l'interieur

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Coluche, Roland Dubillard, Daniele Evenou, Jean-Pierre Sentier

Synopsis: The feature debut of prominent French director Patrice Leconte is a spoof of the detective genre, done in absurdist, deadpan style. Gaspard Gazul (Roland Dubillard), a harmless bus ticket puncher, has been blown up in his own water closet with the door locked from the inside. A po-faced police Read More

Isabelle Devant le Désir

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Anicée Alvina, Mathieu Carrière, Annie Cordy

Synopsis: Isabelle (Anicee Alvina) seems unable to sustain any kind of relationship in this sexual drama. Perhaps this is due to her father's untimely suicide when she was an adolescent, or maybe it is because she was raped as a teenager by a German officer. In the film, she becomes the mistress of a Read More

Un Divorce Heureux

Actors: Jean Rochefort, André Dussollier, Daniel Ceccaldi, Bulle Ogier, Bernadette Lafont

Synopsis: After having been rescued from suicide, a young man is the object of a bet by his doctor that the doctor can help him recover his joy in life. Ironically, the doctor's life is not a very happy one either, and his boast has a hollow sound. For one thing, although he seemingly has a "happy divorce," Read More

The Phantom of Liberty

Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Monica Vitti, Paul Frankeur, Paul Le Person, François Maistre, Claude Piéplu, Jean Rochefort, Marie-France Pisier, Bernard Verley, Milena Vukotic, Michel Piccoli, Adriana Asti, Julien Bertheau

Synopsis: One of Luis Buñuel's most episodic films, The Phantom of Liberty focuses on no one particular narrative. In the beginning, a man sells postcards of French tourist attractions, calling them "pornographic." A sniper in Montparnasse is hailed as a hero for killing passersby. A "missing" child helps Read More

Dio Mio, Come Sono Caduta In Basso

Synopsis: Frustrated desire motivates the Sicilian newlyweds in this improbable sex comedy when they are discovered to be brother and sister just before their marriage can be consummated. They receive this news in a very unwelcome telegram, and spend much of the rest of the film trying to alleviate their Read More

The Clockmaker

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis, Julien Bertheau

Synopsis: French film critic Bertrand Tavernier made his directorial debut in The Clockmaker. The title character, played by Tavernier's "alter ego" Philipe Noiret, is benumbed by the nihilistic activities of his son Sylvain Rougerie. Arrested on charges ranging from arson to murder, Rougerie offers the Read More

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Actors: Pierre Richard, Mireille Darc, Jean Rochefort, Jean Carmet, Michel Duchaussoy

Synopsis: Not quite in the same league as the runaway hit The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, this 1974 sequel is still amiable and enjoyable on its own terms. Once more, innocent violinist Pierre Richard (the tall blonde man of the title) is up to his neck in espionage. Enemy spy boss Jean Rochefort 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

Salut L'Artiste

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian, Carla Gravina, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: Marcello Mastrioanni stars as an aging actor whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Mastrioanni attempts a reconciliation with his ex-wife. But in this, as in his professional life, Mastrioanni is doomed to disillusionment and failure. Salut L'Artiste should be Read More

Le Complot

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Michel Bouquet, Raymond Pellegrin, Marina Vlady

Synopsis: Le Complot is based on a true spy story of double-, triple- and quadruple-cross. The plot is galvanized by Charles DeGaulle's decision to pull French troops out of Algeria. The central characters include a group of pro-Gaullists, a gang of left-wing insurgents, and the police. It all sounds a Read More

L'Héritier

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

Escape From Death Row

Actors: Lee Van Cleef, Jean Rochefort, Tony Lo Bianco, Edwige Fenech, Fausto Tozzi

Synopsis: This 1973 Italian production (remade by Simon Nuchtern for an American release two years later) is a buddy film with a small-time thug (Tony Lo Bianco) meeting a high-profile gangster (Lee Van Cleef) while in prison. The pair team up to attempt a prison breakout. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Bel Ordure

Actors: Claude Brasseur, Bulle Ogier, Jean Rochefort, Andréas Voutsinas

Synopsis: In this French psychological drama, the tensions of show business parallel and increase the tensions on a married couple, both of whom are performers. The stage magician "Magico" (Claude Brasseur) is married to a singer (Bulle Ogler). Their lives are already somewhat complicated, but as they Read More

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Actors: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc

Synopsis: In this wacky French spy comedy, the chief of the French secret service wants very much to keep his job and stoops to chicanery to prevent rivals from closing in. He points to a man chosen at random from a crowd of people (Pierre Richard), and identifies him to his rival as an important spy who Read More

Les Feux de la Chandeleur

Actors: Annie Girardot, Bernard Fresson, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Le Coq

Synopsis: This tragic French melodrama brings to the screen the story of Marie-Louise (Anne Giradot), a woman whose love for her ex-husband will not die even though he seems to be a heartless cad. Alexandre left her, he says, because she attended a few leftist marches and demonstrations. However, he has set Read More

L'Oeuf

Actors: Guy Bedos

Synopsis: The Egg is "the system," and Magis (Guy Bedos) wants to be a part of it, somehow. He works in a stuffy store and, out of boredom more than anything else, has an affair with an elderly maid. This tasteless act gets him fired. He makes the acquaintance of a middle-class family who help him get a Read More

Celeste

Actors: Debora Duarte, Jean Rochefort, Lea Massari, Raymond Gerome

Synopsis: Celeste (Debora Duarte) is the maid from Portugal working in France and is politically involved in a Marxist-Leninist group in this romantic comedy. A television journalist (Jean Rochefort) is the amorous playboy who eventually falls in love with her. Lea Massari also stars in this offbeat feature Read More

Le Temps De Mourir

Actors: Anna Karina, Bruno Cremer, Jean Rochefort, Catherine Rich, Billy Kearns

Synopsis: Max (Bruno Cremer) cares for a mystery girl (Anna Karina) when she falls off her horse in a riding mishap. A film cannister is her only possession as she is taken to his high tech hideaway. She accidently witnesses a video taped murder and is marked for elimination by the killer. Max is kidnapped Read More

La Liberté En Croupe

Actors: Bernard Le Coq, Juliette Villard, Michel Serrault, Maria Mauban, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: A young man leaves home when he finds the marriage of his mutually adulterous parents to be hypocritical in this romantic comedy satire. He has a gay artist pursuing him and a mistress he does not care for very much. When he leaves home, the mother beds down with the homosexual while his father 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

For a Distant Love

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Julien Guiomar, Jacques Jouanneau, Isabel Jardim, Cristina Jardim

Synopsis: A trio of French actors head to Rio in hopes of making decisions about their future. Instead, they end up contending with romance. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

À Coeur Joie

Actors: Brigitte Bardot, Laurent Terzieff, Jean Rochefort, James Robertson Justice

Synopsis: Too old to be a gamine yet not old enough for matronhood, Brigitte Bardot is the ideally cast leading lady of Serge Bourguignon's Head Over Heels. Bardot plays a thirtysomething beauty who finds herself torn between two desirable lovers. The film's alternate English-language title, Two Weeks in Read More

Pour Un Amour Lointain

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Julien Guiomar, Isabel Jardim

Ne Jouez Pas Avec Les Martians

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Macha Meril, Haydee Politoff, Pierre Dac

Synopsis: This light comedy finds an inept reporter keeping his job only because his uncle owns the paper he works for. He is assigned to cover the story of a woman giving birth to sextuplets on a small island off the coast of France. The gullible reporter is given a false story, by a social worker, that Read More

Les Tribulations D'Un Chinois En Chine

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Jean Rochefort, Maria Pacome, Darry Cowl, Valerie Lagrange

Synopsis: Arthur Lempereur (Jean-Paul Belmondo of Breathless) is a globe-hopping millionaire, engaged to Alice (Valérie Lagrange), a beautiful young woman. As the film opens, Arthur has cut the break line on his fine automobile and proceeds to drive it off a cliff. This, we learn, is his ninth suicide Read More

Merveilleuse Angelique

Actors: Michele Mercier, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Toja, Giuliano Gemma

Synopsis: Angelique (Michele Mercier) is saved by the king of the cutthroats (Giuliano Gemma) when she is endangered in the streets of Paris. After her hero is killed, she has many amorous affairs and becomes a successful businesswoman in this costume-drama sequel based on the book by Serge and Anne Golon. Read More

Angelique et le Roi

Actors: Michele Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jacques Toja, Sami Frey, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: Michelle Mercier continues in her role as Angelique, the beautiful woman in the court of King Louis XIV. She beds down several men before her husband, who she believed was dead, returns for her. This is the third in a series of romantic costumed dramas that chronicle Angelique's amorous Read More

Qui Etes-Vous Polly Magoo?

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Philippe Noiret, Sami Frey

Synopsis: Polly Dorothy MacGowan is a model who tells about her experiences when she is interviewed by a television crew in this offbeat satirical comedy. She dreams of a life with prince charming Sami Frey while contending with the lecherous advances of a whole string of men who constantly hit on her. Some Read More

Angelique Marquise Des Anges

Actors: Michele Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort, Giuliano Gemma

Synopsis: Angelique (Michele Mercier), the beautiful daughter of a once-wealthy nobleman, is married off to their rich neighbor Joffray de Peyrac (Robert Hossein) in this provocative 17th-century costumed drama. Theirs is at first a marriage of convenience until she begins to fall for Joffray. When he is Read More

Du Grabuge Chez Les Veuves

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Dany Carrel, Pascale de Boysson, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: Dany Carrel and Danielle Darrieux star in this adaptation of a novel by Jean-Pierre Ferriere. Attending the funeral of her husband, a widow notices a stranger present. The stranger turns out to be a woman who was involved with a drug deal her deceased husband was making. Now the stranger is after Read More

Les Pieds Nickeles

Actors: Charles Denner, Michel Galabru, Jean Rochefort, Francis Blanche

La Porteuse de Pain

Actors: Suzanne Flon, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean Valerie

Symphonie Pour un Massacre

Actors: Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, Charles Vanel, José Giovanni, Jean Rochefort, Daniela Rocca

Synopsis: Trouble begins when five Frenchmen pool their money in an attempt to pull off a huge drug deal. One intercepts the money and kills his friend to cover his tracks. The others are haunted by doubt and innuendo to the point where they all point fingers and guns at each other. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Read More

La Foire Aux Cancres

Actors: Yvonne Clech, Jean Rochefort, Sophie Desmarets

Synopsis: The experiences of young school boys are illustrated in this lighthearted film in which a song precedes each story. One boy is compelled to shoplift when he is ignored by his parents. Another less-scholarly inclined boy shows incredible mechanical aptitude when he fixes the principal's car. Yet Read More

Le Masque de Fer

Actors: Jean Marais, Jean-Francois Poron, Claudine Auger, Gisèle Pascal, Noël Roquevert, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: An aging musketeer is called out of retirement to help a king in this comic swashbuckler. The king's twin brother is freed after twenty years in an iron mask. He is to be used as a decoy for the monarch while the real king and his court roust some rebels to foil their insurgent uprising. Read More

Cartouche

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jean Rochefort, Odile Versois, Marcel Dalio

Synopsis: Jean-Paul Belmondo romps his way through the role of 18th century French bandit chief Cartouche. At first robbing from everyone in sight (he has to -- he's head man of a Parisian crime syndicate) Cartouche is rechanneled into becoming a Gallic Robin Hood by beauteous gypsy Venus (Claudia Read More

Le Capitaine Fracasse

Actors: Jean Marais, Genevieve Grad, Gérard Barray, Louis de Funès

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Theophile Gautier, this costume drama by Pierre Gaspard-Huit is set in 17th-century France and centers around De Sigognac (Jean Marais), a nobleman fallen on hard times. The once-wealthy and still-titled gentleman is currently working with an itinerant acting troupe where he Read More

20,000 Lieues Sur La Terre

Actors: Tatiana Samoilova, Leon Zitrone, Jean Gaven, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: A French video crew trek across some scenic spots in the USSR in this routine combination travelogue-drama. Good documentary footage on various sites has been spliced with the storyline about one man in the film crew who is looking for an old buddy. This gives some excuse to roam far and wide Read More

Vingt Mille Lieues Sur La Terre

Actors: Jean Gaven, Tatiana Samoilova, Jean Rochefort