Patrick Dewaere Filmography

Born:: January 26, 1947 in Sain-Brieuc, France
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Jean-Marie Bourdeau
Biography:: Short-lived Patrick Dewaere was one of the most promising and popular French actors of the '70s. In 1968, he joined Café de la Gare, the troupe of performers which also included such future stars as Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. After initially appearing under the pseudonym Patrick Morin, he...Read More

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Patrick Dewaere

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Bertrand Blier, Miou-Miou

Synopsis: The Breton-born French actor Patrick Dewaere (1947-1982) was acclaimed as one of the two best actors of his generation, along with Gerard Depardieu, before his death by suicide at age 35. This documentary is an exploration of the man's life and work, featuring clips from his many films and Read More

1992
Paradis Pour Tous

Actors: Patrick Dewaere, Jacques Dutronc, Fanny Cottençon, Stéphane Audran, Philippe Léotard

Synopsis: In this sci-fi film a suicidal salesman is saved when he encounters a scientist who is working on a revolutionary new antidepressant. The man becomes so peaceful of all around him, that he begins driving everyone around him crazy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1982
Mille Milliards de Dollars

Actors: Patrick Dewaere, Caroline Cellier, Anny Duperey, Jeanne Moreau, Fernand Ledoux

Synopsis: A young jounalist (Patrick Dewaere) stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American multinational company intent on taking over several French industries. The journalist's objective is Read More

1981
Hotel des Amériques

Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Dewaere, Etienne Chicot, Josiane Balasko, Sabine Haudepin

Synopsis: The beautiful Helene (Catherine Deneuve) works in a hospital as an anesthesiologist and so when she accidentally hits Gilles (Patrick Dewaere) while driving her car, she can jump out and know exactly what to do to make sure he is not seriously hurt. The two start off a relationship based on this Read More

1981
Psy

Actors: Patrick Dewaere, Anny Duperey, Michel Creton, Catherine Frot, Jennifer

Synopsis: The cartoonist Gerard Lauzier wrote this satire of psychologists, their practice, and the whole idea of group therapy, around Marc (Patrick Dewaere), a psychologist who may need more help than he gives. Right now, Marc is living in the countryside with Colette (Anny Duperey), but not without Read More

1981
Beau-Père

Actors: Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet, Nicole Garcia, Nathalie Baye

Synopsis: In French filmmaker Bertrand Blier's seriocomic Beau Pere, Ariel Besse plays a 14-year-old girl who is perversely attracted to her 30-year-old stepfather (Patrick Dewaere). Daddy fends off these unnatural attentions, but eventually gives in and allows himself to be seduced. ~ Hal Erickson, All Read More

1981
Plein Sud

Actors: Patrick Dewaere, Clio Goldsmith, Jeanne Moreau, Guy Marchand, Pierre Dux

Synopsis: In his final film before taking his own life, Patrick Dewaere stars as Serge, a writer whose life is disrupted by an affair with the enigmatic Carol (Clio Goldsmith). ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1980
Un Mauvais Fils

Actors: Patrick Dewaere, Brigitte Fossey, Jacques Dufilho, Yves Robert, Claire Maurier

Synopsis: This is a quiet drama about the struggles of a former drug addict and dealer, Bruno Calgagni (Patrick Dewaere), as he is released from prison in the U.S. and arrives back home in France. His unhappy father blames this disgraceful prison stint for the death of Bruno's mother. No one wants to hire Read More

1980
L'Ingorgo

Actors: Alberto Sordi, Orazio Orlando, Annie Girardot, Fernando Rey, Miou-Miou

Synopsis: A large international cast takes part in this comedy in which the stories of numerous individuals whose cars are stalled in a massive Roman traffic jam are told. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

1/12/79
Série Noire

Actors: Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Bernard Blier, Marie Trintignant, Andreas Katsulas

Synopsis: The title Serie Noire refers to a popular French mystery series, and literally means "Black Series." The story is based on American author Jim Thompson's hardboiled detective story A Hell of a Woman, and is close in spirit to the U.S. film noir mysteries of the 1940s. Frank Poupart (Patrick Dewaere Read More

1979
Paco l'Infaillible

Actors: Alfredo Landa, Christine Pascal, Jean Bouise, Patrick Dewaere

Synopsis: Paco (Alfredo Lando) is a middle-aged glass blower who has a lucrative after-hours business as a male stud in this unusual comedy drama. His wife Maria (Christine Pascal) is the supposedly barren woman who approves of her husband's sideline. Paco meets Pocapena (Patrick Dewaere) in a local bar and Read More

1979
La Clé Sur la Porte

Actors: Annie Girardot, Patrick Dewaere, Eleonore Klarwein, Stephane Jobert, Barbara Steele

Synopsis: Marie (Annie Girardot) teaches high school and has a 16-year-old daughter in her class. Divorced some years previously, she has some vague egalitarian notions about friendship with her students and leaves her door open to them. One of her protégés is found beaten up just outside her door, and an Read More

1978
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure, Riton Liebman, Michel Serrault, Elenore Hirt

Synopsis: The lightly mocking title Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Préparez Vos Mouchoirs) sets the tone for this Bertrand Blier-directed amalgam of the sentimental and sardonic. Gérard Depardieu plays an at-wit's-end husband, Raoul, who'll go to any lengths to sexually satisfy his wife, Solange (Carole Read More

1978
Coup de tete

Actors: Patrick Dewaere, France Dougnac, Michel Aumont, Jean Bouise, Paul Le Person, Corinne Marchand

Synopsis: Like other young men in his soccer-obsessed town, a belligerent and rebellious factory worker Francois Perrin plays on a local team. His obnoxious tendencies endear him to no one. Trouble brews when a woman cries rape and the team's star player becomes the chief suspect. To protect the valued Read More

1978
La Stanza Del Vescovo

Actors: Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Patrick Dewaere

Synopsis: In this drama, Temistocle Orimbelli (Ugo Tognazzi) is a middle-aged man with a profound appreciation for womankind -- an appreciation that does not extend to Cleofe (Garbiella Giacobbe) his dried up old shrew of a wife. He is much taken with the charms of his sister-in-law Matilde (Ornella Muti) Read More

3/18/77
Le Juge Fayard Dit le Sheriff

Actors: Patrick Dewaere, Aurore Clément, Philippe Léotard, Michel Auclair, Jean Bouise

Synopsis: Fayard (Patrick Dewaere) is a magistrate of the French courts, who is unusually enthusiastic in seeking justice. For instance, when his girlfriend is trapped in a store-front bordello, he has no qualms about arranging (and joining) a police raid on the place. This stunt earned him the nickname Read More

1977
Marcia Trionfale

Actors: Franco Nero, Miou-Miou, Michele Placido, Patrick Dewaere

Synopsis: The drawbacks and difficulties of military life are explored in this film. Paolo Passeri (Michele Placido) is a college graduate, somewhat spoiled, somewhat effete, who finds himself in an officer training program under the stern martinet, Captain Asciutto (Franco Nero). He gradually becomes Read More

3/12/76
F Comme Fairbanks

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Michel Piccoli, John Berry, Jean-Michel Folon

Synopsis: Patrick Dewaere plays Andre, a hot-tempered young man who whiles away his spare time by fantasizing about the action films of Douglas Fairbanks. For years, a relative of his has promised him a job. For years, he has waited for the job, but to no avail. Finally too frustrated to stand it any more Read More

1976
The Best Way to Walk

Actors: Patrick Dewaere, Patrick Bouchitey, Christine Pascal, Claude Piéplu

Synopsis: Also known as The Best Way to Walk, this film was originally released in France as La Meilleure Façon de Marcher. It was the first feature-length effort of François Truffaut associate/disciple Claude Miller. Patrick Dewaere and Patrick Bouchitey head the cast as a pair of teenage summer-camp Read More

1976
Catherine et Cie.

Actors: Jane Birkin, Patrick Dewaere, Jean-Claude Brialy, Vittorio Caprioli, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: Jane Birkin stars in this sex farce as a young British prostitute in Paris who, after her soft-core business fails, decides to go big-time and incorporate herself, selling stock to four disparate investors. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

10/22/75
Lily, Aime-Moi

Actors: Rufus, Jean-Michel Folon, Patrick Dewaere, Zouzou, Roger Blin

Synopsis: Sometimes the story that a journalist is assigned lands him with a boring tale. That's what Francois (Jean-Michel Folon) believes when he is given the job of writing about a "worker"'s life. When he meets the man, he discovers that the man's wife has just left him and moved back to her mother's. Read More

1975
Adieu Poulet

Actors: Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere, Victor Lanoux, Françoise Brion, Claude Rich

Synopsis: In truth, there are two French Detectives in this European crime melodrama. Lino Ventura plays an aging, been-around gumshoe, while Patrick Dewaere is his young, callow and cynical associate. The two detectives don't like each other much at first, but this will change. Their current assignment Read More

1975
Au Long de la Riviere Fango

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Rufus, Sophie Chemineau, Elisabeth Wiener

Synopsis: Into a timeless, pastoral community, which lies along the river Fango, come two restless men on horseback, their heads filled with citified ideas and schemes. The men encounter the simple folk of the place, and start to make some friendships. However, when one of them wants to run off with a local Read More

1975
Going Places

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Jeanne Moreau, Jacques Chailleux

Synopsis: Director Bertrand Blier's Les Valseuses features Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere as a pair of sociopaths wending their way across France. Though Depardieu is the more dominant of the two, both men are equally culpable in their disregard for common decency. They are particularly rough on Read More

3/20/74
Belle

Actors: Jean-Luc Bideau, Danièle Delorme, Adriana Bogdan, Roger Coggio

Synopsis: The line between fantasy and reality is once more blurred in this Belgian/French drama about a professor of literature who develops an obsession with a beautiful woman he meets (or imagines meeting) in the woods. He has an affair with this woman, but before he can run off with her, his daughter Read More

1973
La Jeune Veuve

1972
La Maison Sous Les Arbres

Actors: Patrick Vincent, Faye Dunaway, Frank Langella, Barbara Parkins, Karen Blanguernon

Synopsis: This English-language French production, directed by Rene Clement is a psychological/spy thriller, and features an excellent score by Gilbert Becaud. Faye Dunaway is Jill, the wife of a former industrial spy (played by Frank Langella). Her husband's employers are not perfectly reconciled to his Read More

6/9/71
Les Mariés De L'An II

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Laura Antonelli, Sami Frey

Synopsis: This film is a French period comic romance, set in the time just surrounding the French Revolution (1789). "Year Two," of the French title refers to the second year following the revolution. Those who guided the French Revolution renamed the days of the week, the months of the year, and much more. Read More

4/7/71
La Vie Sentimentale De Georges Le Tue

Actors: Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Gérard Depardieu, Romain Bouteille

1971