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Tag Archives: Pierre Granier-Deferre
The Horse AKA La Horse (1970) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Jean Gabin, Danièle Ajoret, Michel Barbey
Near the Baie de la Seine swamps, opposite the Port of Le Havre, Auguste Maroilleur Read More »
The French Detective AKA Adieu poulet (1975) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere, Victor Lanoux
When political thugs murder an opponent’s volunteer and also kill a cop Read More »
The Greatest Attack AKA Le toubib (1979) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Alain Delon, Véronique Jannot, Bernard Giraudeau
The story is set in June 1983. Famous surgeon Jean-Marie Desprée Read More »
The Cat AKA Le chat (1971) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy
Courbevoie (France), 1971. Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence Read More »
The Widow Couderc AKA La veuve Couderc (1971) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo
Her youth has been spent working for a farm family, being raped by father and son Read More »
Cours privé AKA Private Tuition (1986) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Elizabeth Bourgine, Michel Aumont, Xavier Deluc
Jeanne Kern is a history teacher in a private mixed class. Read More »
The Last Train (1973) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud, Drama, War
May 1940 – Germany invades Europe, people panic and try to flee by any means possible. Read More »
Une étrange affaire / Strange Affair (1981) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye, Drama
Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. Read More »
La cage / The Cage (1975) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Lino Ventura, Ingrid Thulin, William Sabatier, Drama, Thriller
Julien, a successful property developer, gets more than he bargained for when he accepts an invitation to dinner with his ex-wife Hélène at her detached residence in the suburbs of Paris. Read More »
La race des seigneurs / Creezy (1974) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Alain Delon, Sydne Rome, Jeanne Moreau, Drama
Julien Dandieu, leader of the socialist political party PRU is asked to be part of the new conservative government as minister of foreign affairs. However his reputation is somewhat tarnished by his adulterous relationship with Creezy, a fashion model seen on every magazine cover. Ready to sacrifice his family for his career, he is eventually faced with the ultimate choice: his career ambitions or a lifetime with his beautiful girlfriend, who has recently mysteriously disappeared.
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Une femme à sa fenêtre (1976) Granier-Deferre, Romy Schneider, Philippe Noiret, Victor Lanoux
On August 4, 1936, General Metaxas declared martial law in Greece. A union leader using the name Boutros is sought in Athens by Primoukis, a ruthless police leader. Boutros narrowly escapes and, early the next morning, jumps through the window of Marchese Margot Santorini, the wealthy Austrian-born wife of Rico, a penniless Italian diplomat and playboy. Margot is bored and without purpose: aiding Boutros’s escape invigorates her, and soon she is in love. The film briefly jumps to 1945 when Rico and Raoul (who assisted her out of love) meet in France to talk about her fate, and then jumps 30 years to Margot’s daughter’s visit to Greece to find out about her father.
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