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Monsieur Albert (1976)
Character: Mr. Masure
In this poetic slice-of-life film that reveals the problems and needs of a group of lowlife characters, unwed mother Vivaine (Dominique Labourier) falls in love with working-class youth Francois (Patrick Chesnais) who has a shady past. Albert (Philippe Noiret), a no-good insurance con-artist, poses for many years as Francois' friend, but tragedy ensues when Albert comes between the lovers, and Francois and Albert resort to physical violence to settle their differences.
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Les amours finissent à l'aube (1953)
Character: An inspector
Didier's wife is ill, and he does the best he can to take care of her. But he's often absent and he has casual love affairs. But Leone he meets in Bruxelles wants to become his one and only mistress.
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Le Voyage en Amérique (1951)
Character: Le curé
As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the prosperity they have heard about.
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Les Bons Bourgeois (1981)
Character: Firmin, the valet
In May of 1968, a well-off family from the XVIth district in Paris lives through the revolutionary fever of the Latin District in its own idiosyncratic way. The play harks back to Molière's plays 'Femmes savantes' and 'Précieuses ridicules'
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La Passion de Bernadette (1990)
Character: Monsignor Fourcade
French filmmaker Jean Delannoy directs this inspiring sequel to his biopic about Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (portrayed by Sydney Penny), a young shepherdess who claimed to have seen numerous apparitions of the Lady in White at Lourdes in 1858. Chronicling Bernadette's years with the Sisters of Charity of Nevers convent, the film traces her life from age 22 until her untimely death from tuberculosis at age 35.
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Le Crime du Bouif (1952)
Character: Boubou
A poacher nicknamed "Le Bouif" is accused of having murdered his son-in-law, trainer of a horse stable in Maisons-Laffitte.
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Le Juge (1984)
Character: Camoin
A courageous judge tries to dismantle a drug traffickers ring.
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État de siège (1972)
Character: Dean of the Law School
Assigned to South America, US official Philip Michael Santore is employed by a counterinsurgency agency. His position makes him a target for a local band of guerrillas, and, before long, Santore is kidnapped. As a prisoner, he undergoes interrogation, shedding light on the violent situation in the country. Once the insurgents are done with their questioning, they must decide whether Santore lives or dies.
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J'ai épousé une ombre (1983)
Character: Maître Jacques Bassot - le notaire
After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.
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Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976)
Character: Rene
A man accused of murder discovers a trail of corruption leading to the powerful family of his former love. Going underground, he seeks allies in a town where trust is scarce.
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Celles qu'on n'a pas eues (1981)
Character: Christine's grandfather
In a train compartment, 6 people who do not know each other tell the story of their troubles in love. Only one of those seems to be a positive one.
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René la canne (1977)
Character: N/A
"René la Canne" was the second collaboration between Francis Girod and Ennio Morricone, coming after "Le Trio Infernal" (1974) and before "La Banquière" (1980). His film is an adaptation of a story by Roger Borniche about the gangster René Girier and relates the fantastic adventures of a flamboyant mobster (René/Gérard Depardieu) and a maverick police inspector (Fernand la Sournoise/Michel Piccoli), through the 1940s.
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La Nuit de Varennes (1982)
Character: Innkeeper at Chaintrix
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
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Eaux profondes (1981)
Character: Dr. Franklin
On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference.
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Le Retour de Martin Guerre (1982)
Character: Judge Rieux
Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat claiming to be Martin, the Guerre family recognizes him as such; but doubts soon arise about his true identity.
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Ça n'arrive qu'à moi (1985)
Character: Le curé
A particularly unlucky man meets a beautiful young woman, daughter of a rich businessman. This one, pursued by blackmailers, is going to take him along in her galleys.
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Stavisky... (1974)
Character: Gauthier
Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent help small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French political power. But when his great scam involving millions gets exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.
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Deux sous de violettes (1951)
Character: Le père de Solange (uncredited)
Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire against her, whether her petty Paris family, or her relatives in the province bristling with false respectability, or her lustful employer, or the boy she loves who seduces her and abandons her. But at the end of the day there is Yvon, her childhood friend. Will he be the one that will love her truly?
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L'Aveu (1970)
Character: N/A
In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.
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Que la fête commence ! (1975)
Character: Priest who initiates Dubois
A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
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