Agnes is a nun who goes with her order to the beach for a swim in the ocean. Read More »
Tag Archives: Jean Carmet
Kisses Till Monday AKA Bons baisers… à lundi (1974) Michel Audiard, Jean Carmet, Bernard Blier, Maria Pacôme
Three thieves, Henri-Pierre, Bob and Dimitri decide to take on Frankie Strong, a wealthy businessman. Read More »
Dog Day AKA Canicule (1984) Yves Boisset, Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet
A fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars hides out in the house of a farm family. Read More »
Alice or the last escapade AKA Alice ou la dernière fugue (1977) Claude Chabrol, Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel, Fernand Ledoux
Alice Carol leaves her husband one rainy night, telling him that she does not love him anymore. Read More »
The Common Man AKA Dupont Lajoie (1975) Yves Boisset, Jean Carmet, Pierre Tornade, Jean Bouise
As every summer, Georges Lajoie, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou’s campsite. Read More »
Buffet froid (1979) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet
Black comedy about solitude and the dehumanization of the modern world, through the adventures of three men. Read More »
The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974) Yves Robert, Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort
With ‘little captain’ Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called “super spy” Read More »
Les misérables (1982) Robert Hossein, Lino Ventura, Jean Carmet, Michel Bouquet
The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert. Read More »
Violette (1978) Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Within a interwar France struggling with deep political and social change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the limits of her working-class (and potentially incestuous) household, with troubling consequences. Read More »
La victoire en chantant / Black and White in Color (1976) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jean Carmet, Catherine Rouvel, Jacques Spiesser, Comedy, Drama, War
French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Read More »
Die Fälschung / Circle of Deceit (1981) Volker Schlöndorff, Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jean Carmet, Drama, War
Laschen, a German journalist, travels to the city of Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians to produce an essay about the situation. Read More »
Mon beau-frère a tué ma soeur / My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister (1986) Jacques Rouffio, Michel Serrault, Michel Piccoli, Jean Carmet, Comedy, Thriller
This parody of the detective-story genre merrily detours into spoofing French foibles as well, making it more of an exercise in verbal gymnastics than a narrative with a mission. Read More »
La Controverse de Valladolid / The Controversy of Valladolid (1992) Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Carmet, Drama
Spain conquered the seas, found a new world and different realities than the one known in Europe. But a question needed to be answered with what they found in those new territories: do the Indians have souls? The Church, bound to protect and convert the natives and the conquerors who treated them like slaves and thought they were only merchandising, expose their arguments and reasonings at what would be known as the Vallidolid controversy. Between them, there’s a cardinal hearing both parts and trying to get reasonable answers from this critical question.
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