David is an accountant. He leaves town every Friday, pretending he is going to take care of his parents at their old people’s home. Read More »
Tag Archives: Gérard Depardieu
Camille Claudel (1988) Bruno Nuytten, Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Madeleine Robinson
Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. Read More »
Germinal (1993) Claude Berri, Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou
It’s mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner’s town. They are exploited by the mine’s owner. Read More »
Danton (1983) Andrzej Wajda, Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Biography, Drama, History
Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre’s incitement Read More »
Vidocq / Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (2001) Pitof, Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Inés Sastre, Action, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Paris, 1830. Former criminal, inventor, master of disguise, scientist, detective, and all around genius Vidocq (Gerard Depardieu) appears to have become a victim of his latest case. Read More »
Le Garcu / Le garçu (1995) Maurice Pialat, Gérard Depardieu, Géraldine Pailhas, Antoine Pialat, Drama
Antoine is four years old. His father Gerard leaves his mother Sophie. Gerard has several mistresses, but never knows how to leave them. Sophie takes a new lover, Jeannot.
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Les temps qui changent / Changing Times (2004) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Gilbert Melki, Drama, Romance
Connections and personality: France and Morocco, sisters, mothers and sons, husbands and lovers. Antoine arranges a job in Tangiers so he can reconnect to Cécile, his first love, unseen for 30 years.
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7 morts sur ordonnance / Bestial Quartet (1975) Jacques Rouffio, Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu, Jane Birkin, Drama
Dr. Brézé and his sons, all surgeons with limited abilities fight any competition on their sector with all means.
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1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) Ridley Scott, Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Adventure, Biography, Drama
Big budget account of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the Americas. Released in 1992 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the discovery. Shows the disastrous effects the Europeans had on the original inhabitants, and Columbus’ struggle to civilize the New World.
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Nathalie Granger (1971) Marguerite Duras, Lucia Bosé, Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Depardieu, Drama
This art film has no conventional dialog between the main characters. This tells a strangely compelling story of two women in a suburban home who are listening to radio news broadcasts about a missing child in their area.
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