France, the beginning of the XIV century. Every night, Queen Margaret of Burgundy Read More »
Tag Archives: Pierre Brasseur
Lucky Jo (1964) Michel Deville, Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Georges Wilson
Lucky Jo and his three friends are little criminals, who try to live from small burglaries. Read More »
A Matter of Resistance (1966) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Brasseur, Philippe Noiret
In the countryside near Normandy’s beaches lives Marie, unhappy. Read More »
The Nina B. Affair (1961) Robert Siodmak, Nadja Tiller, Pierre Brasseur, Walter Giller
Businessman who lives from blackmailing begins to be blackmailed by his own wife who hates him. Read More »
Lumière d’été (1943) Jean Grémillon, Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson
A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle Read More »
Carthage in Flames (1960) Carmine Gallone, Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin, Anne Heywood, Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, War
Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage. Read More »
La tête contre les murs / Head Against the Wall (1959) Georges Franju, Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Drama
Goto, l’île d’amour / Goto, Island of Love (1969) Walerian Borowczyk
Walerian Borowczyk’s second feature was just as original as his first. Almost entirely live action this time, it is situated on the archipelago of Goto, which has been cut off from the rest of human civilisation by a massive earthquake and has consequently developed its own arcane rules. Melancholic dictator Goto III (Pierre Brasseur) is married to the beautiful Glossia (Ligia Branice), who in turn is lusted after by the petty thief Gozo (Guy Saint-Jean) as he works his way up the hierarchy.
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