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Tag Archives: Philippe de Broca
Practice Makes Perfect AKA Le cavaleur (1979) Philippe de Broca, Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, Jean-Claude Ventura
Pianist deemed Edouard Choiseur continues to run between sentimental and professional contingencies. Read More »
The Seven Deadly Sins AKA Les sept péchés capitaux (1962) Philippe de Broca, Claude Chabrol, Marie-José Nat, Dominique Paturel, Danièle Barraud
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. Read More »
Chouans! (1988) Philippe de Broca, Philippe Noiret, Vincent Schmitt, Raoul Billerey
In 1793 when terror is widespread in France, peasants known as Chouans fight the revolutionaries Read More »
Jupiter’s Thigh AKA On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980) Philippe de Broca, Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Francis Perrin
Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. Read More »
The African AKA L’Africain (1983) Philippe de Broca, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Balmer
A travel agent travels to Africa intending to start a resort hotel only to encounter her crusty ex-husband and ivory smugglers. Read More »
I Was a Male Sex Bomb (1964) Philippe de Broca, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Irina Demick, Catherine Deneuve
Antoine was raised into the easy life by his very rich grandfather. Read More »
Swords of Blood (1962) Philippe de Broca, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jess Hahn
In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot’s gang, but their ways are too ‘unethical’ for him. Read More »
The Man from Acapulco (1973) Philippe de Broca, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Francois Merlin is an espionnage-book writer. He likes to mix every-day character he can met in his book. Read More »