Jean de la Fontaine

Birth : 1621-07-08, Château-Thierry, Aisne, France

Death : 1695-04-13

History

The most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages. -Wikipedia entry

Profile

Movies

Le Lièvre et la Tortue

Novel

A telling of the classic tale about a foot race between a hare and a tortoise.

Lusty Liaisons II

Story

Series of erotic stories, inspired by La Fontaine's and Boccaccio's work.

Lusty Liaisons

Story

Series of erotic stories, inspired by La Fontaine's and Boccaccio's work.

Les contes de La Fontaine

Story

Four tales of Jean la Fontaine tell in a libertine way. The pleasure of infidelity is described in all forms: a woman seduced by her servant, a man seduce his servant, the wives of Messire Guillaume, and a bourgeois and a nun.

3 Fables of Love

Novel

"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century French poet Jean de la Fontaine. The US cut usually features only 3 segments.

The Grasshopper and the Ant

Story

A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes he is not ready for winter and falls ill.

Cock o' the Walk

Story

The title character comes to town, complete with portable boxing ring. He grabs a local chicken and dances with her, inspiring several other barnyard animals to dance. But her rooster takes offense, and enters the ring to do battle.

Eva and the Grasshopper

Writer

Mary and Eva are best friends, although they couldn't be more different. Armand, Mary's fiancee, falls in love with the seductive Eva, who is busy becoming a revue star. When Eva fails and loses her money, Armand tries to help her out.

The Crow that wanted to imitate the Eagle

Original Story

A crow decides, for once, to treat itself the king's meal.