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The Beautiful Troublemaker AKA La Belle Noiseuse (1991) Jacques Rivette, Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife in his countryside Read More »
Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes AKA La morte negli occhi del gatto (1973) Antonio Margheriti, Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Françoise Christophe
In a small Scottish village, horribly murdered bodies keep turning up. Read More »
Slogan (1969) Pierre Grimblat, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Andréa Parisy
In Venice, forty-old-year old Serge Fabergé has just been given the best advertisement director award. Read More »
Around a Small Mountain (2009) Jacques Rivette, Jane Birkin, Sergio Castellitto, André Marcon
Kate (Jane Birkin) is driving along a winding mountain road when her car stalls. Read More »
Catherine et Cie (1975) Michel Boisrond, Jane Birkin, Patrick Dewaere, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Catherine, a young prostitute living in Paris, decides to incorporate herself after learning the basics of big business from her clients. Read More »
Love on the Ground (1984) Jacques Rivette, Jane Birkin, Geraldine Chaplin, André Dussollier, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
One of Jacques Rivette’s most accessible films – a reflection on theatre and life, mixed with playful references to haunted-house thrillers and mysterious-mansion whodunnits. Read More »
Le Neveu de Beethoven / Beethoven’s Nephew (1985) Paul Morrissey, Wolfgang Reichmann, Dietmar Prinz, Jane Birkin, Drama
In an effort to provide a secure future for his nephew Karl, Beethoven is fighting his sister-in-law over the custody for the boy. Read More »
Daddy nostalgie / Daddy Nostalgia (1990) Bertrand Tavernier, Dirk Bogarde, Jane Birkin, Odette Laure, Drama
Jane B. par Agnès V. / Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988) Agnès Varda, Jane Birkin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Philippe Léotard, Biography, Fantasy
Actress and recording star Jane Birkin and filmmaker Agnes Varda shared an interest in feminism.
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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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Kung-fu master! / Le petit amour (1988) Agnès Varda, Jane Birkin, Mathieu Demy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Drama, Romance
Mary-Jane asks, “Do all women fall in love with a boy, or just those without sons?” She’s divorced with two daughters, Lucy and Loulou. Lucy has a party where Mary-Jane notices Julien, 14, small and brassy, but she sees a sensitive side. She contrives to spend time with him and lets him know she’s available to him. He’s on the cusp between child and man, alternating between playing a video game, Kung Fu Master, where he tries to rescue Sylvie, and joining friends in bluff talk about sexual exploits. As Lucy realizes what is happening, she’s repulsed, but Mary-Jane, encouraged by her own mother, carries on. Is it love or jealousy of lost youth? Is there any way this can end well?
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Egon Schiele – Exzesse / Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1981) Herbert Vesely, Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann, Biography, Drama
Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung, also known as Egon Schiele Excess and Punishment (English) and Egon Schiele, enfer et passion (French) is a 1981 film based on the life of the Austrian artist Egon Schiele. It stars Mathieu Carriere as Schiele with Jane Birkin as his artist muse Wally and Christine Kaufman as his wife Edith and Christina Van Eyck as her sister. The film is essentially a depiction of obsession and its constituents of sex, alcohol and uncontrolled emotions.Set in Austria during the Great War, Schiele is depicted as the agent of social change leading to destruction of those he loves and ultimately of himself.
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