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1998
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No one knows, or is ever likely to know how many disabled or handicapped relatives have been hidden from the outside world in...
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Emile
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1993
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Jean-Claude Lauzon's highly praised film tells the strange story of Léolo, a young boy from Montréal. Told from Léolo's...
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Grandfather
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1993
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A "ripoux" is, in French slang, a policeman who accepts bribes, shakes down "honest" criminals for a cut of their action, at...
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1990
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The Italians have bocce ball, and the French have a similar game, boules. This is played (generally in the southern part of...
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1990
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For those unfamiliar with Asterix, a popular character in European cartoons and comic books, he is a courageous but...
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1989
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Filmed on location in Ghana, African Timber concerns dirty work in the lumber industry. Heiner Lauterbach plays the new...
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Girolles
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1989
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1988
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Valeria Golino plays a double role in this thrilling crime drama. A woman returns years later to Tangiers in order to track...
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1987
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Julien Derouineau
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1987
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1987
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In this semi-autobiographical comedy by Francis Perrin, he plays a character partially based on himself in the guise of...
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Lucien Berger
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1986
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Le Matou is based on a novel by Yves Beauchemin. The title translates freely to "Alley Cat", in reference to a pet owned by...
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Picquot
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1985
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Based on a book by Nikos Athenassiadis titled A Naked Young Girl, this slight, uneven fantasy-romance takes place on an...
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Loucas
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1985
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Georges Bizet's 1875 opera about Carmen, the colorful cigarette factory worker whose flirtations with the soldier Don José...
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1984
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This run-of-the-mill police comedy drama focuses on two policemen, René (Philippe Noiret), a somewhat grubby plainclothes...
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Commissioner Bloret
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1984
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Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark...
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Bouilloux
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1983
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In this rural comedy Pierre Cohen (Pierre Richard) is a sophisticated Parisian psychologist who travels to his brother's farm...
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Alexandre
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1983
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In this uneven take-off on some reluctant resistance fighters in World War II, a family of musicians find themselves the...
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1983
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Gerard Louvier (Gerard Lanvin), a young criminal trying to stay a few steps ahead of a police manhunt, winds up with Julie...
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Raymond
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1981
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1980
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In one of Coluche's earlier films, the late French comedian stars in this standard comedy by Claude Zidi as the inept police...
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Vermillot
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1980
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Dear Father and Dear Papa are the English-language titles for the Italian domestic drama Caro Papa. Vittorio Gassman plays a...
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Parrella
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1979
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1979
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During a vacation to a remote tropical hideaway on the African Maurice Islands, two Parisians (Jean Lefebvre and...
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1978
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An inventor and a small-time industrialist, Guillaume (Louis De Funes) has come up with something which will take advantage...
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Doctor
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1978
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Vilar
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1978
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1978
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Xavier Marechal (Alain Delon) is a businessman whose long-time business partner and friend is Philippe Dubaye (Maurice Ronet)...
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1977
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Jean-Paul Belmondo plays Michel Gauché, a stunt double and trickster who is crazy in love with his former fiancee, work-mate,...
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Fechner, the producer
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1977
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Michel Piccoli plays Simon, a French businessman reluctantly venturing into middle age. As he deals with his own midlife...
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1976
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Gauthier
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1976
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In this comedy, Louis de Funes is a top restaurant critic, the head of an important French culinary guide. At the beginning...
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Jean Tricatel
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1976
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Based on a true story, Costa-Gavras' Special Section (Section Speciale) is set in wartime France, but the parallels to...
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1975
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Right after his release from prison, Victor (Jean-Paul Belmondo) resumes his con-man activities. He rents apartments he...
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Camille
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1975
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In truth, there are two French Detectives in this European crime melodrama. Lino Ventura plays an aging, been-around gumshoe,...
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1975
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Pierre (Pierre Richard) is a rumpled-looking fellow, consistently overlooked by the nubile girls at the college where he...
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1974
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When Macgregor (Peter Cushing) announces that he is no longer going to appear in horror films, but wants to work in romances,...
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1974
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Director André Téchiné brings his usual obsessions -- including a preoccupation with the fortunes of the bourgeoisie -- to...
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Victor
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1974
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In this bizarre psychological thriller, a handsome young boy (John Mouder-Brown), who is marred by a strange birthmark on his...
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1974
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The friendship between three men and a woman who is the wife of one of them is explored in this French drama. The gentle...
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Julian
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1974
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1973
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When sanitarium cook Surveillant (Raymond Devos) liberates a couple of patients and takes them on a trip to gaze on the ocean...
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1973
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1972
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This French thriller by first-time director Liliane de Kermadec follows the adventures of an amorous threesome on their bike...
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Screenwriter
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1972
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In this French comedy, Alain Delon is Simon, a young man who has entered the priesthood after learning of the death of his...
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Francisco
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1971
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This film is a French period comic romance, set in the time just surrounding the French Revolution (1789). "Year Two," of the...
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1971
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Unhappy women are being murdered by Emile (Jacques Perrin), a psychotic young man suffering from the delusion that his acts...
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Inspector
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1971
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Based on a Eugene Saccomano novel entitled The Bandits of Marseilles, this movie was followed by a sequel entitled...
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1970
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A grandfather (Jean Gabin) kills a gangster who comes looking for his grandson at the family farm. The boy was involved in...
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Inspector
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1970
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While arch surrealist Luis Bunuel never made a secret of his skepticism about the existence of God, he was also raised as a...
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1969
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Z is one of the most politically insightful films ever made, exposing government hypocrisy and cover-up in the wake of a...
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1969
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Also known as La Fiancée du Pirate and Dirty Mary, this French comedy noir stars Bernadette Lafont as Marie, the title...
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Le Duc
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1969
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Louve (Daniele Gaubert) is an accomplished cat burglar on the prowl for a new partner in crime. When she can find no one to...
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Inspector
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1968
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Remi (Charles Vanel) is a man on the verge of old age who begins to have hallucinations. He believes he has found a dog, but...
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Robin
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1968
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A trio of French actors head to Rio in hopes of making decisions about their future. Instead, they end up contending with...
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1968
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L'Abbe La Margelle
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1967
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1967
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The French/Italian/British King of Hearts (Le Roi de Coeur) takes place during World War I, but it might as well have been...
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Bishop Daisy--Monseigneur Marguerite
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1966
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