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Actors: Fabrice Luchini, Roschdy Zem, Louise Bourgoin, Stéphane Audran, Gilles Cohen
Synopsis: A bodyguard hired to look after a lawyer ends up protecting the man from himself in this breezy comedy from France. Bertrand Beauvois (Fabrice Luchini) is a successful fiftysomething attorney who's hired to represent Edith Lasalle (Stéphane Audran), who has been charged with killing a man with Read More
Actors: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Stéphane Audran
Synopsis: Iconoclastic film director Samuel Fuller spent decades nurturing his dream project, a movie about his experiences in the Army's First Infantry Division during World War II, but it wasn't until 1979 that he was able to finally bring the picture before the cameras. Unfortunately, Fuller was forced Read More
Actors: Alice Evans, Regis Laspales, Philippe Chevallier, Götz Otto, Anémone
Synopsis: In this broad farce from French director Jean-Marie Poire, a Parisian must scramble to save his house, marriage and livelihood -- all having been threatened as a result of his own dishonesty. Georges' (Philippe Chevallier) troubles began while vacationing in Italy with his hot young mistress Read More
Actors: Laetitia Casta, Georges Corraface, Silvia De Santis
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Lindon, Mathilde Seigner, Line Renaud, Stéphane Audran, Danièle Lebrun, Jean Yanne
Synopsis: Who is the worst person you could fall in love with, and what would be the worst moment to fall for them? One possible scenario is presented in the comedy of errors Belle Maman. Antoine (Vincent Lindon) has decided to make an honest woman of his girlfriend, pregnant Severine (Mathilde Seigner) Read More
Actors: Rachel Dennis, Pilar Garrard, Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Hatty Jones, Ben Daniels, Arturo Venegas, Kristian de la Osa
Synopsis: Daisy von Sherler Mayer directed this family film, an adaptation of the famed book series that Austrian-born writer-illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) launched in 1939 with the opening lines, "In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight Read More
Actors: Josiane Balasko, Christopher Lambert, Jean-Marie Bigard
Synopsis: A middle-aged, slightly pudgy and earthy waitress finds herself wooed by a handsome marine animal trainer from a local theme park. Arlette (comedienne Josiane Balasko, France's answer to Roseanne) has no idea that she is the long-lost heir to the vast fortune of a dying business tycoon. Her new Read More
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge, Zach Grenier, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Stéphane Audran, Paul Ben-Victor, Frank Senger
Synopsis: Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a French cop whose colleagues make a startling discovery -- a man named Mikhail, who was killed in a high-speed chase with police, looks exactly like him. Curious about the stranger with his face, Alain is told by his mother Chantal (Stephane Audran) that Read More
Actors: Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Grégoire Colin, Dinara Drukarova, Pascal Bonitzer
Synopsis: This gentle French comedy has a meandering plotline as it traces the exploits of a young man recognized as a the son of a star. The main protagonist is 23-year old Harvey who works as the guide for a group of Georgian singers who have a Paris gig. He is interested in Dinara, the 18-year old Read More
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Michel Aumont, Marie Bunel
Synopsis: For 30 years the title eatery has delighted its customers with good family style French cooking, but as with many good things, its time has come and it must close. This semi-autobiographical French drama, adapted from screenwriter/director Laurent Benegui's novel, chronicles the final meal served Read More
Actors: Patsy Kensit, Stéphane Audran, Julian Sands, Marianne Faithfull
Actors: Daniel J. Travanti, Kristin Scott Thomas, Francesca Annis, Stéphane Audran, Robin Renucci
Synopsis: In this suspenseful mystery, two rival sisters vie for the love of a powerful businessman. One of them ends up murdered and then the real trouble begins. The story is based on a best-seller by Mary Higgins Clark. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Patsy Kensit, Stéphane Audran, Julian Sands
Synopsis: This film offers yet another film version of Henry James classic supernatural thriller. It all begins when an aristocratic uncle hires a nanny to watch over his innocent niece and nephew who are living in a large country manse. Soon she discovers that the poor children have been possessed. She Read More
Actors: Marie Trintignant, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Francois Garreaud, Yves Lambrecht, Christiane Minazzoli
Synopsis: Adapted from a novel by Georges Simenon, Betty stars Marie Trintignant in the title role. A drunken wastrel, Betty is adopted after a fashion by an older female alcoholic named Laure, played by director Claude Chabrol's wife at the time, Stéphane Audran. Fascinated by Betty's hard-luck tales Read More
Actors: Hugh Grant, Megan Gallagher, Megan Follows, Georges Descrieres
Synopsis: Charles Heidseick's fight to introduce and popularize French bubbly in the 19th-century US provides the basis of this romantic made-for-TV biography. It was not an easy task as Champagne Charlie met with considerable resistance from American vintners. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Christopher Mitchum, Telly Savalas, Caroline Munro, Anton Diffring
Synopsis: The demented Dr. Flamand (Helmut Berger) and his beautiful but deadly assistant Nathalie (Brigitte Lahaie) lure unsuspecting victims in this horror feature. The doctor uses the young skins of his victims to perform plastic surgery on his disfigured sister. Telly Savalas is Hallen, the New York Read More
Actors: Ayesha Dharker, Julian Sands, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey
Synopsis: In this unusual feature, Manika (Ayesha Dharker) is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing village is convinced that she has recently had a former life as a Brahman wife in Nepal. Her parish priest, Father Daniel (Julian Sands) is under orders to convince her otherwise, as Read More
Actors: William Forsythe, D.B. Sweeney, Robert Miranda, Samuel Fuller, Stéphane Audran
Synopsis: Distressed at their father's imminent demise, his three sons decide to try and make his last wish come true while he is yet alive. Though he is disabled by a stroke and unable to communicate, his roommate in the Veteran's hospital knows that he has wanted to go back to Normandy since he was there Read More
Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Nigel Havers, Barbara de Rossi, Isolde Barth
Synopsis: Henry Miller's novels were almost entirely autobiographical, and concerned not only his environment and friends, but also recorded his many sexual exploits - which he apparently viewed with something like spiritual awe. Despite his sexual obsessions, his novels are respected worldwide for their Read More
Actors: Philippe Khorsand, Stéphane Audran, Veronique Moest, Kate Johnson
Synopsis: In this routine sex comedy, Jean Chabert (Philippe Khorsand) is the newspaper editor called on to revive the fortunes of a magazine featuring nude women. He is continually distracted by sex-starved secretaries, erotically excited readers, and marital trouble. Jean's dream job soon turns onto a Read More
Synopsis: The English-language title of this Italian thriller is The Spider's Nest. Ronald Wybenga plays an American scientist, who travels to Budapest to confer with a famous colleague. Upon arriving in Hungary, Wybenga discovers that the man he was to meet has died under mysterious circumstances. It seems Read More
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Gudmar Wivesson, Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel
Synopsis: The Danish/French Babette's Feast is based on a story by Isak Dinesen, also the source of the very different Out of Africa (1985). Stephane Audran plays Babette, a 19th century Parisian political refugee who seeks shelter in a rough Danish coastal town. Philippa (Bodil Kjer) and Martina (Birgitte Federspiel Read More
Actors: Charles Vanel, Denise Grey, Jacqueline Maillan, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Luc Bideau
Synopsis: Charles (Charles Vanel) is a 100-year-old perfume magnate who decides to marry the equally ancient Emmanuelle (Denis Grey) in the French sex comedy. Company executives and family members scramble for position in the wake of the surprising announcement. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Farrah Fawcett, James Read, Bruce Davison, Anne Francis, Tony J. Peck
Synopsis: Originally shown in two parts, this massive TV movie adaptation of C. David Heymann's biography stars Farrah Fawcett as Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. With two failed marriages to her credit, 29-year-old Barbara marries film idol Cary Grant (James Read), the first man who loves her for herself Read More
Actors: Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Galabru, Antonella Interlenghi, Saverio Vallone, Benny Luke, Stéphane Audran
Synopsis: Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault go through their well-worn passes in this third sequel to their international hit La Cage aux Folles. In La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding the element of Woman is introduced to the carefree world of the middle-aged gay couple of Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault Read More
Actors: Claude Brasseur, Valérie Kaprisky, Clémentine Célarié, Stéphane Audran, Valerie Rojan
Synopsis: The clash in this Philippe De Broca comedy between a bored middle-class stiff and a much more exciting, lawless female offers no new insights into the genre. Hubert Durieux (Claude Brassuer) works in a staid bank job and has to put up with demands from his ex-wife and a daughter who may not have Read More
Actors: Pierre Arditi, Andréa Ferréol, Michel Galabru, Féodor Atkine, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Macha Beranger, Christian Barbier
Synopsis: A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy anthology by Jean Curtelin. Among the sketches performed is one with Jean Carmet playing a man from the sticks woefully burdened with the challenge of getting through a dog food Read More
Actors: Carole Laure, Nick Mancuso, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet
Actors: Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Frank Augustyn
Synopsis: In this fantasy-drama-romance, forbidden love between an angel (Carole Laure) and a singer (Nick Mancuso) is set against the singer's attempts to resuscitate a fading theater. During the period of one night, the singer is visited by three different guardian angels out to help him succeed in Read More
Actors: Stefanie Powers, Stacy Keach, Timothy Dalton, Lee Remick
Synopsis: A French model (Stefanie Powers) poses for an artist (Stacy Keach), and they begin an affair. It doesn't last, however, and the model moves on to a married man (Timothy Dalton), while the artist has an affair with his benefactor (Lee Remick). This TV miniseries is based on a novel by Judith Read More
Actors: Brigitte Fossey, Stéphane Audran, Christophe Malavoy, Hito Jaulmes
Synopsis: In this French domestic comedy, a young boy lives in a Paris apartment surrounded by three generations of single women: his mother, her mother, and his great grandma, each with their own ideas on how a boy should be raised. Naturally this is quite confusing for the lad. Things get especially tense Read More
Synopsis: This television miniseries derives its plot from The Sun Also Rises, the 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). Set in France and Spain, the miniseries follows the lives of several expatriate Americans and their acquaintances in the decade after World War I. These expatriates -- part of the Read More
Actors: Liv Ullmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Alan Scarfe, Mathieu Carrière, Peter Donat
Synopsis: Kiefer Sutherland won the Canadian equivalent of the Academy Award for his performance in Bay Boy. In 1937 Nova Scotia, Donald Campbell (Sutherland) lives with his dirt-poor parents (Liv Ullmann and Peter Donat). His folks hope that Donald will enter the priesthood, but he isn't keen on this. For Read More
Actors: Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Marie Bunel, Lambert Wilson, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Synopsis: Produced on behalf of the HBO cable service, The Blood of Others is a rare venture into English-language filmmaking by Claude Chabrol. Set during World War II, the film stars Jodie Foster and Michael Ontkean as a pair of French resistance fighters. If you can swallow that, then you'll accept New Read More
Actors: Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Caroline Cellier, Lucas Belvaux
Synopsis: In a routine murder mystery based on a novel by Dominique Roulet, a cruel, wheelchair-bound invalid (Stephane Audran) who consistently terrorizes her teen son Louis (Lucas Belvaux) into abject obedience, is threatened with the loss of her home by a conniving trio who want her property as part of a Read More
Actors: Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Geneviève Page, Guy Marchand, Stéphane Audran, Sami Frey
Synopsis: In this suspense thriller inspired by the novel Eye of the Beholder by Marc Behm, Catherine (Isabelle Adjani), a serial killer, seduces men and then murders them just before moving on to the next victim. She spreads her mayhem through various countries in Europe, only slightly ahead of the Read More
Actors: Véronique Jannot, Bobby Di Cicco, Victor Lanoux, Claude Chabrol, Stéphane Audran
Synopsis: Sam Fuller (1911-1997) directed this rather mediocre crime story about a Bonnie-and-Clyde couple -- how they got together and how they are pursued for a murder they never committed. François (Bobby Di Cicco) and Isabelle (Veronique Jannot) meet in an unemployment office, a likely place to find Read More
Actors: Victor Lanoux, Marie-France Pisier, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Actors: Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Léotard, Etienne Chicot, Francois Perrot
Synopsis: Martin Terrier (Alain Delon) has a problem. He wants to quit his job, but unlike everyone else, he cannot do it because he is a hired hitman and his employers would hate to see him turned out to pasture -- he knows too much, and he is still useful. When he escapes to the countryside for awhile, he Read More
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
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
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Paul Le Person
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier
Synopsis: Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited was offered to television viewers in this 11-part adaptation that originally aired on the U.K.'s ITV network. The miniseries, like the book, lays bare the eccentricities of the young British aristocracy, concentrating upon several Oxford students. The Read More
Actors: Emile Genest, Denise Filiatrault, Gabriel Arcand, Pierre Curzi
Synopsis: The Plouffe Family, aka Les Plouffe, is a Canadian assault to the kidneys directed by Quebec's "critic's darling" Gilles Carle. The film covers seven years (1938 through 1945) in the lives of the French/Canadian Plouffe clan. Emile Genest is the one "name" player in this phlegmatic character Read More
Actors: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Marcel Bozzuffi, Gianni Frisoni, Mark Bodin, Paola Borboni, Giovanni Vettorazzo
Synopsis: Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault), the internationally popular homosexual couple from La Cage Aux Folles, return in this sequel directed by Edouard Molinaro. In this go-round, Renato and Albin find themselves innocent victims of an espionage ring and become involved with killers Read More
Synopsis: Though boasting a British star and director, The Devil's Advocate was essentially a West German production; it was released in Germany in 1977, three years before its bow in English-speaking theatres. John Mills tops the cast as a dying priest who has been summoned to Rome for one last assignment. Read More
Actors: Annie Girardot, Laurent Malet, Charles Denner, Stéphane Audran
Synopsis: A potentially destructive relationship between mother and son is the topic of this drama by Franck Apprederis. Laure (Annie Girardot) has held her own as a successful child psychiatrist for many years. When her adult son Julien (Laurent Malet) shows up after a twelve-year absence, it leads to a Read More
Actors: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Stéphane Audran, Alexandra Stewart, Beatrice Bruno
Synopsis: Le Soleil en Face is a somewhat glib drama about a serious matter -- death. In this case, the death of a writer. Marat (Jean-Pierre Cassel) is a retired novelist living in ease and comfort in his own villa in southern Portugal. His writing has essentially dried up, but he has a good life with his Read More
Synopsis: Samuel Fuller's valedictory war picture, The Big Red One follows the First Infantry Division from Africa to Europe during the years 1942 through 1945. Lee Marvin portrays the division sergeant; he's tough and experienced, to be sure, but he takes on his job with cool professionalism rather than Read More
Actors: Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel, Stéphane Audran, Caroline Langrishe
Synopsis: Though made in Britain and Europe, Eagle's Wing qualifies as a Western. Easterner Pike (Martin Sheen) does a lot of growing up in a hurry when he becomes a trapper out-West. By mid-film, Pike is accomplished enough to compete with Comanche chief White Bull (Sam Waterston, there's a masterpiece of Read More
Actors: Odile Michel, Michel Galabru, Stéphane Audran
Actors: Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries, Elke Sommer, Gregory Sierra
Synopsis: The beloved novel by Anthony Hope is shown here in its sixth film adaptation. In this story, Peter Sellers is Rudolf IV, the reigning monarch of the tiny nation of Ruritania. One day, while flying in a hot air balloon, a champagne cork sends him plummeting to his death. The rightful heir, who is Read More
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Jean Carmet, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Francois Garreaud
Synopsis: Claude Chabrol's Violette was based on the true story of 19-year-old Violette Noziere, who in the 1930s was tried and convicted for the poisoning of her father and the attempted murder of her mother. As played by Isabelle Huppert (who won several awards for her performance), Violette is a Read More
Actors: Alain Delon, Ornella Muti, Stéphane Audran, Maurice Ronet, Mireille Darc
Synopsis: Xavier Marechal (Alain Delon) is a businessman whose long-time business partner and friend is Philippe Dubaye (Maurice Ronet) a member of the French parliamentary assembly. In the film, Philippe has just killed Cerrano, a fellow assemblyman who threatened to disclose Philippe's involvement in Read More
Actors: Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan, Stéphane Audran, Tom Smothers
Synopsis: Director Ivan Passer and screenwriter Peter Stone adapted Paul Erdman's novel concerning a group of con men who arrive in Switzerland and end up conning each other. Michael Caine stars as Doc Fletcher, a lackey for gangster Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam), who is sent to Switzerland to purchase a bank Read More
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Stéphane Audran, Micheline Lanctôt, Lisa Langlois, Laurent Malet, Aude Landry, Donald Pleasence
Synopsis: Making a rare visit to Canada, Claude Chabrol cowrote and directed the low-pressure psychological melodrama Blood Relatives (Les Liens de sang). Donald Sutherland and Donald Pleasence head the cast in this story of the aftermath of a brutal murder. The victim, a 17-year-old girl, was apparently Read More
Actors: Bruce Dern, Stéphane Audran, Ann-Margret, Curd Jürgens, Sydne Rome, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Synopsis: French New Wave director Claude Chabrol steps away from his usual style of mysteries and psychological dramas for the sex comedy Folies Bourgeoises, based on the novel Le Malheur Fou by Lucie Faure. Bruce Dern is the American writer William Brandels and Stephane Audran is his French socialite Read More
Actors: Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Richard Attenborough, Gert Fröbe, Stéphane Audran
Synopsis: An Italian-French-Spanish version of the much-filmed Agatha Christie story, this film is strangely set in Iran, not Great Britain. Ten guests are invited to a remote desert inn and informed that the mysterious host has described in a nursery rhyme how they will all die during the gathering. One by Read More
Actors: George Segal, Stéphane Audran, Lionel Stander, Lee Patrick, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Synopsis: The Black Bird is a satirical sequel to The Maltese Falcon. George Segal plays Sam Spade Jr., who has inherited his dad's detective agency in a seedy section of San Francisco. The ubiquitous, priceless Maltese Falcon, which eluded Bogart and company in the 1941 film, surfaces once again. This Read More
Actors: Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani, Gérard Depardieu, Stéphane Audran
Synopsis: Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others is a gentle character study of a group of friends who meet each weekend in the country for food, drink and conversation. Over the course of the film, the three main characters undergo a variety of personal and professional struggles, which are all vividly Read More
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
Actors: Eric Damain, Stéphane Audran, Maurice Ronet, Madeleine Barbulee
Synopsis: Alexandre (Eric Damain), the neglected teenager in this drama, finally gets some attention when he has a very serious accident while climbing a tree: it leads to the amputation of one of his legs. When he finds out that his mother (Stephane Audran) has a lover, he blackmails her into telling him Read More
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Michel Piccoli, Claude Piéplu, Clotilde Joano
Synopsis: In this Hitchcockian French thriller directed by Claude Chabrol, marital infidelity once again leads to murder. Set in a small village, the plot gets underway when Mayor Paul Delamaire (Claude Piéplu) discovers that his wife Lucienne (Stéphane Audran) is cheating on him. Her lover is the mayor's Read More
Actors: Patricia Neal, Darren McGavin, Burgess Meredith
Synopsis: At first glance, we were prepared to designate B Must Die as a hybrid TV feature, consisting of two episodes of either The Outsider or Night Stalker. That's because the star of this obscure entry is Darren McGavin, who also headlined the two aforementioned weekly series. Further research revealed Read More
Actors: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paul Frankeur
Synopsis: In typical Luis Buñuel fashion, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie surrealistically skewers the conventions of society. Buñuel applies his surrealist touch to a mundane event: a dinner party that may never come to pass. A group of well-to-do friends attempt to gather for a social evening, but Read More
Synopsis: In this drama, a jealous wife murders her husband, a French antique dealer, after she suspects him of marital infidelity. In reality, the man was frequently gone at night because he was doubling as a secret agent. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Glenn Corbett, Christa Lang, Anton Diffring, Eric P. Caspar, Alex D'Arcy
Synopsis: This German-produced film was made by American B-movie director Sam Fuller especially for his European fans who have far more respect for his films than their Yankee counterparts. The story centers on the attempts of a hard-boiled private dick to bust open a ring of international smugglers. He is Read More
Actors: Michel Serrault, Catherine Spaak, Stéphane Audran, Robert Hossein
Synopsis: In this French suspense drama, Paul (Jean-Claude Brialy) is a decent man in an ugly situation. His wife (Stephane Audran), who was crippled in their second year of marriage, has become a bitter and unpleasant virago. Though he keeps company with a lovely mistress (Catherine Spaak), the wife is Read More
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
Actors: Michel Bouquet, Stéphane Audran, François Perier, Dominique Zardi, Jean Carmet, Henri Attal
Synopsis: Claude Chabrol, the French filmmaker known for his masterful explorations of crime, suspense, and the darker sides of human nature, directed this drama about a man forced to come to terms with his double life. Charles Masson (Michel Bouquet) is a successful ad man with a loving wife, Helene (Stephane Audran Read More
Synopsis: In this French romance by documentary director Frederic Rossif, a young woman whose life has lost its savor after she has had an abortion, finds new reason for living as she embarks on a seaside romance with a married, bird-watching professor. The romance flowers in seaside walks and long Read More
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Drouot, Catherine Rouvel
Synopsis: Based on a novel by Charlotte Armstrong, the story concerns Helene (Stephane Audran), the wife of a hopeless would-be writer and drug addict. Her husband's best friend tries to lay a trap for Helene, so that she will be forced to pay dearly for a divorce settlement. Also conspiring against Helene Read More
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Lilli Palmer, Klaus Kinski, Michel Constantin, Jean Claudio
Synopsis: A network of spies affects the lives of people in and out of the organization in this routine espionage drama. Dominique (Stephane Audran) is the neglected wife of a spy who tracks him down at a Paris antique shop. Finding him with a female spy, the enraged wife shoots both of them. Dominique Read More
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Pasquale Ferone, Mario Beccaria
Synopsis: Sexual frustration is the focus of this Hitchcockian thriller from French director Claude Chabrol. Schoolteacher Hélène (Stéphane Audran) comes to a small Périgord village to begin a new job. She is soon romanced by the local butcher, Popaul (Jean Yanne), but is distracted by her job and memories Read More
Actors: Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Stéphane Audran, John McEnery, Bernard Fresson
Synopsis: Dany (Samantha Eggar) is the ad agency secretary to Caldwell (Oliver Reed) in this psychological crime drama. She is asked to drive him to the airport and park the car in the lot after working at his home the night before. Getting in the wrong lane, she decides to use the car for a weekend getaway Read More
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Maurice Ronet, Michel Duchaussoy, Guy Marly
Synopsis: Stéphane Audran plays the title character, Hélène Desvallées, the bored wife of insurance executive Charles Desvallées (Michel Bouquet). Charles suspects Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala (Maurice Ronet). Confronting Victor Read More
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jacqueline Sassard, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Nane Germon, Henri Attal
Synopsis: Bored, wealthy Parisian socialite Frederique (Stéphane Audran, then director Claude Chabrol's wife and the star of many of his films) picks up young sidewalk artist Why (Jacqueline Sassard), brings her home, offers her a nice hot bath and coffee, and seduces her. Then Why follows Frederique to the Read More
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux, Suzanne Lloyd, Stéphane Audran
Synopsis: This stylish psychological thriller from Claude Chabrol has such labyrinthine plotting that many critics called it too confusing. Christine Balling (Yvonne Furneaux) tries to convince Paul Wagner (Maurice Ronet) to sell his venerable champagne business to an American company. She asks her husband Read More
Actors: Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Stéphane Audran, Daniel Gélin, Jacques Perrin
Synopsis: The people of a small town in France react differently to the Nazi occupation in this World War II action drama directed by Claude Chabrol. Mary (Jean Seberg) is willing to risk her life to help the resistance movement in spite of her husband's acceptance of the situation. The movement is slowed Read More
Actors: Micheline Dax, Claude Chabrol, Stéphane Audran, Nadine Ballot, Barbara Wilkin, Jean-Michel Rouziere, Jean-Francois Chappey, Joanna Shimkus
Synopsis: A sextet of French filmmakers collaborated on Six in Paris (originally Paris vu Par...) Jean Douchet directed the film's first episode, "Saint Germain-des-Pres," the story of the up-and-down relationship between a male model (Jean-Francois Chappey) and an American coed (Barbara Wilkin). Jean Read More
Actors: Charles Denner, Danielle Darrieux, Michèle Morgan, Juliette Mayniel
Synopsis: This black comedy is based on the dastardly deeds of French serial killer Henri-Desire Landru, who wined, dined, scammed, and dismembered over 10 women during WW I. He obtained his victims by placing ads in the Personals section of the paper. He then chose wealthy dowagers in their fifties. First Read More
Actors: Jean Poiret, Roger-Pierre, Michel Serrault, Stéphane Audran
Synopsis: A mystery playwright finds that he is the target of a killer. Fancying himself a sleuth, he insists upon solving the puzzle himself. Among his chief suspects are an old friend, his irresponsible wife, a flirtatious secretary, or his assistant -- who is actually the talent behind his successful Read More
Actors: Jacques Charrier, Stéphane Audran, Walter Reyer
Synopsis: In this French drama, a struggling writer is taken in by a successful author and his wife who allow him to use their Bavarian chateau so he can write his stories about Germany. The young writer is a bitter man, jealous of the couple's happiness. He decides he will destroy it, so when the older Read More
Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Charles Belmont, Jean Tissier, Jean Galland
Synopsis: A generally destructive atmosphere settles over this New Wave drama about a trio of youths looking to debunk hypocrisy wherever they find it. One of the early films by Claude Chabrol, the tale looks at the relationship of Ronald (Jean-Claude Brialy), Ambroisine (Bernadette Lafont), and Arthur (Charles Belmont Read More
Actors: Bernadette Lafont, Clotilde Joano, Lucille Saint-Simon, Stéphane Audran, Mario David
Synopsis: The four young women work at the same place and each has to put up with a lecherous supervisor who talks out of one side of his mouth about good morals while the other side has the opposite message. One of the women, Jane (Bernadette Lafont) fixes herself up in a somewhat vulgar manner and goes Read More
Actors: Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel, Claude Cerval, Geneviève Cluny
Synopsis: This was the first of several films that would win international awards for French New Wave director Claude Chabrol. His aloof, innovative approach to the simple story says as much as the plot itself in which two cousins symbolize polar opposites. Charles (Gerard Blain ) is the cousin from the Read More
Actors: Jess Hahn, Jean Le Poulain, Van Doude, Michéle Girardon, Stéphane Audran
Synopsis: This was the first film directed by Eric Rohmer, and although it is not without flaws, this story of a down-and-out foreigner in Paris has its merits. Pierre (Jess Hahn) is a music student and already living on a shoestring when he hears that he has inherited a large sum of money. But just when it Read More
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