James Cuenet

Películas

Wise Guys
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La película refleja la vida relajada y disoluta de unos jóvenes burgueses parisinos ("godelureaux" significa en español "petimetres"). Todo comienza cuando Ronald (Jean-Claude Brialy) quiere vengarse de Arthur (Charles Belmont) por un encontronazo que ha tenido con su pandilla en el café Le Flore. Para ello se servirá de la bella Ambroisine (Bernadette Lafont).
Los ambiciosos
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Cuando el gobernador de la prisión situada en un país imaginario de la América latina es asesinado, su secretario, Ramón Vázquez, asume el rol de gobernador en funciones a la espera que llegue el nuevo mandatario. Vázquez, un idealista, aprovecha esta oportunidad para intentar mejorar las condiciones de los prisioneros y empezar una relación con la viuda del antiguo gobernador, Inés.
Obsession
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Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.
The Secrets of the Bed
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Four-episode Franco-Italian omnibus film. Four men from different national and cultural background take refuge in a cabin after being sidetracked by bad weather on their way to conference.
Tres destinos de mujer
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Tres episodios: un hombre al que nunca vemos presenta a las tres protagonistas del film. Elizabeth, una víctima de la II Guerra Mundial; Juana, que hizo la guerra, y Lisístrata, que luchó contra la guerra.
The Moment of Truth
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Una llamada de última hora obliga al doctor Pierre Richard a retrasar su regreso a casa justo el día que va a celebrar su aniversario de bodas con Madeleine, su esposa. Al atender al artista Daniel Prevost en su habitación, ve una fotografía de su esposa sobre la mesita de noche. Al regresar a su casa, Richard exige explicaciones a Madeleine, quien le confiesa los detalles de su aventura con Daniel.
Savage Triangle
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Based on the novel of the same name by writer Edouard Peisson, this Jean Delannoy film display one boy’s unconditional love for his mother, despite her tragic mistreatment of him. After being raised by a shepherd for the past 12 years, Simon (Pierre-Michel Beck) is reunited with his mother Marie (Madeleine Robinson). Marie is a prostitute in Marseilles and is now stable enough to welcome Simon back into her life. Unaware of her profession at first, Simon is happy to have his mom back, but in time he learns how she makes her living. This troubles Simon but he continues to love her, despite not loving her chosen profession. His anger toward this issue gets directed toward Marie’s louse of a boyfriend, Paul (Frank Villard), and the result is a heartfelt tale about love and family.
Dakota 308
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A Dakota plane is carrying a ton of gold bound for Brazzaville, but it is hijacked over the Camargue. On arrival, we find nails instead of gold!
In the Eyes of Memory
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Director Jean Delannoy's immediate followup to his brilliant Les Jeux sont Faits was the more conventional Aux Yeux du Souvenir (aka Souvenir and To the Eyes of Memory). The film is based on a true story, wherein an France airliner managed to survive a journey from Rio De Janeiro to Dakar with two of its engines incapacitated. To this already intensely dramatic situation has been added a romantic subplot involving Claire Magny (Michele Morgan) and Jacques Forester (Jean Marais). The love story adds very little to the film; fortunately, neither does it detract from the film's overall quality. As was the case with many French productions of the 1940s, Aux Yeux du Souvenir benefits immeasurably from the Wagnerian musical score by Georges Auric.
Noah's Ark
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Bitru is a carefree fellow who, one day, decides to buy a houseboat on the River Seine. He moves there and starts living surrounded by a circle of colorful friends. Among them, the daughter of an auto maker but also a group of scientists who have developed "Aqua Simplex", a device that could enable motorists to fill their tanks with... water ! Panic sets in in the automobile industry and Bitru is appointed his friends' middle man to represent them on the various car makers directors' boards.