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Tag Archives: Michel Boisrond
Famous Love Affairs (1961) Amours célèbres
Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis. Read More »
A Parisian Woman / Une parisienne (1957) Michel Boisrond
The President of France’s daughter falls for her father’s attaché and asks to be his mistress. Read More »
Tales of Paris / Les Parisiennes (1962) Marc Allégret, Claude Barma, Michel Boisrond, Françoise Arnoul, Françoise Brion, Catherine Deneuve
The omnibus made of four separate romantic playlets, each with its own cast, director, and scenarist. Read More »
Tender Moment AKA La leçon particulière (1968) Michel Boisrond, Nathalie Delon, Renaud Verley, Katia Christine
Olivier, a seventeen-year-old high school student, is a good-looking young man Read More »
Three Murderesses (1959) Michel Boisrond, Alain Delon, Mylène Demongeot, Pascale Petit
Julien turns up at one of his former girlfriends’ wedding; she is marrying an “old man”. 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 »
Cette sacrée gamine / That Naughty Girl (1956) Michel Boisrond, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Bretonnière, Françoise Fabian, Comedy, Musical, Romance
In Paris, when the owner of the nightclub Mississippi in Pigalle Paul Latour is wanted by the police accused of distribution of forged dollars in his club, he asks his protégée and lead attraction of Mississippi Jean Clery to protect his beloved daughter Brigitte. Jean is engaged of the psychoanalyst Lily and brings the wild and rebel Brigitte from her conservative boarding school to his fancy apartment while Paul travels to Lausanne to meet a friend to clear his name. While waiting for the return of Paul, Brigitte turns Paul’s life upside down and they fall in love for each other. But the Parisian police and the counterfeit ring are chasing Brigitte, but Jean, his butler Jerome and his friends protect the girl.
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La française et l’amour / Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) Michel Boisrond, Christian-Jaque, Jacqueline Porel, Pierre-Jean Vaillard, Darry Cowl, Comedy
The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 – Childhood, 2 – Adolescence, 3 – Virginity, 4 – Marriage, 5 – Adultery, 6 – Divorce, 7 – The Single Woman.
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