Philippe Agostini

Nacimiento : 1910-08-11, Paris, France

Muerte : 2001-10-20

Películas

Le Transfuge
Writer
La bonne peinture
Director
A light philosophical movie about a painter who has the ability to produce paintings that can feed people's stomach by watching them.
L'âge heureux
Director
The young heroines are the "Petits Rats de l'Opéra" =pupil of the opera of Paris ballet class .One of them,Delphine,wants to be a ballerina.It's her wildest dream.But alas,in the wake of a night on the roof of the opera -a forbidden place- ,she is fired -and however she was not alone on that roof,her friends were with her!Delphine is desperate and she hides the terrible truth from her mother .What will become of her?
Chicken Soup
Director
The fiancée of a gangster who has been shot by the police takes an entire police station hostage, armed with a revolver and a bottle of nitroglycerine...
Rencontres
Writer
Un pianista pierde la mano derecha en un accidente. Arruinado en el juego, decide fingir su propia muerte para cobrar el seguro.
Rencontres
Director
Un pianista pierde la mano derecha en un accidente. Arruinado en el juego, decide fingir su propia muerte para cobrar el seguro.
Diálogos de Carmelitas
Director
En plena Revolución Francesa, la joven Blanche de la Force decide protegerse en un convento y por eso ingresa en la orden Carmelita. Allí conoce a la alegre monja Sor Constance y a la madre Marie, entre otras, y es feliz junto a ellas a pesar de los conflictos externos y de las presiones de su padre para que deje el convento. Film basado en la real y trágica historia acontecida con las dieciséis monjas carmelitas del convento de Compiègne en 1794, y recogida por el escritor francés Georges Bernanos en su obra teatral homónima, que a su vez se inspiró en la pieza “La última del cadalso” de la escritora Gertrud Von Le Fort.
Tu es Pierre
Director
Catholicism, from the Apostle Peter to Pope John XXIII.
Le naïf aux 40 enfants
Director
Un profesor se hace popular gracias a sus métodos de enseñanza poco ortodoxos.
Three Make a Pair
Director of Photography
Jojo’s ambition is to become a gangster, but to be admitted into a gang he has to prove himself by committing a daring act. To that end, he kills someone in broad daylight, not knowing that his victim is an actor who is playing a scene in a film directed by a cranky film-maker (Darry Cowl). The murder is caught on film, leading Commissaire Bernard (Michel Simon) to think that the killer will be easy to find. Sure enough, Bernard soon makes his arrest, a clown from a circus, but then he faces an almost insurmountable problem. The clown has an identical twin, who is also a clown with the same circus. Both men claim to be innocent…
La pequeña B.B.
Screenplay
Una joven de provincias, ChouChou (Brigitte Bardot) QUE es descubierta por Judith (Micheline Presle) se enamora de Michael (Luois Jourdan), que sin embargo la trata como a una hija. Cansada de este trato se hace acompañar de un famoso modelo y la estrategia comienza a dar sus frutos.
El vendedor de publicidad
Director of Photography
One Christmas Eve, a carefree young man, Eric, arrives in a small provincial town. Here, he meets Julien, a bar pianist who is his exact double. Julien is in love with Marinette, a pretty waitress, but he is too shy to make any romantic overtures. Eric decides to give the course of true love a helping hand by pretending to be Julien. Meanwhile, Eric’s fabulously wealthy uncle has sent his minions out to bring him back home, so that he may celebrate Christmas in the bosom of his family.
Paris, Palace Hotel
Director of Photography
On Christmas Eve, Françoise, a manicurist at the Paris-Palace-Hotel, is invited to celebrate by Henri Delormel, an attractive fifty-something man. She later meets Gérard driving a Cadillac, and passes herself off as the wealthy Delormel's daughter. For his part, the young garage employee claims to own the vehicle.
El mundo del silencio
Director of Photography
Documental sobre las profundidades marinas escrito por el pionero de la biología marina Jacques-Yves Cousteau; y dirigido por él y por Louis Malle. Ambos maestros descubrieron al gran público el colorido y fascinante mundo de las profundidades marinas.
If Paris Were Told to Us
Director of Photography
Ambiciosa producción sobre la historia de París que narra con sentido del humor las peripecias de personajes como María Antonieta, Beaumarchais, Victor Hugo, el cardenal Richelieu o Luis XVI. El polifacético Sacha Guitry la dirigió, escribió el guión y se reservó el papel de Luis XI.
Il padrone sono me
Director of Photography
In Romagna, an Italian district, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the owners of an estate are the professor Edoardo, always lost in reveries, and his wife Maria. They have a son, Robertino, who has a friend: Zvanin. Zvanin is the son of Mingòn and Marianna, two peasants. Dolly is an american cousin and every summer she comes in Romagna. The movie narrates their stories over the years until the post I World War period.
Rififi
Director of Photography
Después de cumplir cinco años de condena, Tony Le Stephanois sale de prisión con la intención de cambiar de vida, pero se encuentra con que su antigua amante está con un conocido gángster. Así las cosas, y careciendo de recursos económicos, no le queda más remedio que volver a su vida pasada y reunirse con sus viejos compinches. Durante semanas prepara minuciosamente con ellos un golpe perfecto: el atraco a una inaccesible joyería de París.
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Self
La belle de Cadix
Director of Photography
Un grupo de cineastas franceses viajan a Andalucía para rodar una película titulada "La Bella de Cádiz". Sus protagonistas son Carlos, un famoso galán, y una desconocida gitanilla, llamada María-Luisa.
El placer
Director of Photography
Adaptación de tres cuentos del escritor francés Guy de Maupassant que versan sobre el placer: (1) Un hombre extraño, que asiste a un popular baile de máscaras en París, baila hasta caer extenuado. El médico que lo atiende descubre sorprendido que tras la máscara se oculta un anciano. Cuando lo acompaña a su casa, la esposa le cuenta al médico la triste historia del bailarín. (2) A Madame Tellier, que regenta un prostíbulo, la invita su hermano Joseph a la primera comunión de su hija. La Madame cierra el negocio y se traslada con sus pupilas a la lejana granja de Joseph para asistir a la ceremonia. Terminada la fiesta, regresan al prostíbulo en medio del regocijo de los hombres, que ya las echaban de menos. (3) Un famoso artista se enamora de su bella modelo Josephine. Sólo pinta retratos de ella y alcanza el éxito, pero su historia de amor tiene un final inesperado.
Gigolo
Director of Photography
Back from the war, Marceau Le Guern remembers. Educated in an orphanage run by Dominican brothers, he fell into misery when he left it. His only asset was his good looks, which did not escape the attention of Madame Alice, a shady woman who persuaded him to pose for pornographic photos meant for lonely aging women. Marceau also served as a gigolo before the war and captivity put an end to this juicy business. Now he wants to start a new life, all the more as ha has found love in the person of a pure young lady named Dominique. But Madame Alice won't hear of it...
The Night Is My Kingdom
Director of Photography
El ex conductor de locomotoras Raymond Pinsard pierde la vista como consecuencia de un accidente de trabajo. Alentado por sus familiares, decide asistir a un centro de rehabilitación, con la esperanza de recuperar parcialmente la vista...
La peau d’un homme
Director of Photography
Simone's friend is murdered and the young woman is implicated. A journalist, Bernard Landry, succeeds in proving her innocence before being himself unmasked by an investigator.
Fugitive from Montreal
Director of Photography
Pierre Chambrac, a French industrialist, and Canadian Paul Laforêt, two former brothers in arms, meet again by chance in Paris five years after the end of World War II. Pierre is engaged to a beautiful foreign young lady by the name of Helen Bering. He introduces her to his friend, which seems to trouble him. To his amazement, Helen and Paul disappear without notice. Pierre, who was beginning to feel jealous, sees his suspicion confirmed. He decides to fly to Montreal where he thinks the couple has taken refuge. Once there, he learns that his dear Helen is actually a criminal and that Paul is a policeman whose duty was to arrest her.
Julie de Carneilhan
Director of Photography
A penniless aristocrat is fooled by her ex-husband, a crook.
The Last Vacation
Director of Photography
A schoolboy remembers his last holiday in the big house of his family in the country, before it was sold.
Las puertas de la noche
Director of Photography
París, 1945. Tras la liberación de la ciudad por los Aliados, Jean Diego se encuentra con un vagabundo que le predice que se enamorará de una bella mujer, pero que las próximas horas que va a vivir serán dramáticas. La profecía se hace realidad y Jean conoce a Marlou, una joven cuyo matrimonio la hace infeliz.
Driving Lesson
Director of Photography
Micheline is a pretty girl but rich, spoiled and whimsical as well. Jacques, the brother of her friend Danielle, is so exasperated by her behavior that he decides to give her a chance to learn about good manners. To that effect, he kidnaps her and detains her in a hut on the edge of a wood. He starts "taming the shrew" but the situation soon gets out of control when criminals - real ones this time - abduct Micheline in earnest... and for ransom!
Sylvia and the Ghost
Director of Photography
A teenager becomes fixated on a painting of the handsome suitor who died in a duel for her grandmother's love. On her sixteenth birthday, her father hires three men who pretend to be the ghost of the suitor to entertain her. Little do they know, the ghost of the suitor himself is roaming the castle halls.
Las damas del bosque de Bolonia
Director of Photography
Hélène tiene la desagradable impresión de que su amante, Jean, se le escapa. Mediante artimañas se entera, para su consternación, de que Jean ya no la ama. Herida, Hélène decide vengarse y pone en marcha un meticuloso plan. Organiza a Jean un encuentro con Agnès, una atractiva bailarina de cabaret a la que ha tomado bajo su protección. Como Hélène había previsto, el plan funciona perfectamente y Jean se enamora inmediatamente de la joven. Consciente de su difícil pasado, Agnès confiesa, en una carta escrita a Jean, que sólo es una chica perdida. Pero Jean se niega a leer la carta...
First in Line
Director of Photography
A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps, near Chamonix and the French/Swiss/Italian borders... Like his father, Zian Servettaz is a dedicated mountain man. His Italian-born wife Bianca does not adjust well to his mountain village in France, and to the ever life-threatening dangers presented by his mountain guiding and climbing. She briefly returns to Italy and to her family. However, after Zian's insistence and trip to Italy, she returns to mountain life in the French Alps. Once back there, events will unfold, changing their lives as well as those of other mountain people forever.
Douce
Director of Photography
In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. However she cannot hope to marry him because of their class difference. Douce's widowed father, the Count de Bonafé, has a wooden leg, and is infatuated with Irène. Douce discovers that Fabien is planning to flee to Quebec with Irène, and also finds out that the Count has asked Irène to marry him. So Douce tells Fabien this and convinces him to run away with her, causing consternation in the family.
Los ángeles del pecado
Director of Photography
Anne-Marie, una acaudalada joven, cree que ha encontrado su verdadera vocación al ingresar como novicia en un convento de monjas dominicas, que se dedica a la rehabilitación de mujeres delincuentes. La muchacha siente una extraña fascinación por Thérèse, acusada injustamente de homicidio, e intenta convencerla para que tome los hábitos y se arrepienta de sus pecados. Thérèse insiste en su inocencia, pero, cuando es puesta en libertad, asesina a balazos al autor del crimen por el que la encarcelaron y se refugia en el convento. Allí, no revela a nadie su secreto, mientras la investigación de la policía sigue su implacable curso.
Love Letters
Director of Photography
A plucky businesswoman agrees to receive love letters to a prefect’s wife from a young official, and soon finds herself embroiled in a scandal that inflames a town’s class tensions.
The Marriage of Chiffon
Director of Photography
Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called "Chiffon", who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. A widow, her mother (Suzanne Dantes) would like to remarry a rich noble. Without realizing it, Chiffon is in love with her uncle, a ruined pioneer of aviation ...
Al despertar el día
Director of Photography
Perseguido por la policía, François (Jean Gabin) se refugia en una casa. Mientras está rodeado, va recordando cómo los conflictivos hechos de los últimos días lo han conducido hasta la apurada situación en la que se encuentra; su pasión por la florista Françoise (Jacqueline Laurent), su compleja relación con la prostituta Clara (Arletty) y el asesinato de Valentin (Jules Berry), un extraño personaje relacionado con ambas mujeres.
I Was an Adventuress
Director of Photography
Old friends of Vera Vronsky remind her of her past and try to blackmail her.
Tempête sur l'Asie
Director of Photography
An adventurer tries to seize oil deposits in Mongolia .
Dance Card
Director of Photography
After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons. Duvivier's American film Lydia (1941) is, to some extent, a remake of this one.
Forty Little Mothers
Director of Photography
After finding and adopting a child, a man gets a job at an all-girls school which doesn't allow families. Once the girls find the baby, they become his forty little mothers. At the same time, the child's true mother searches for him.
Hélène
Director of Photography
Helene is based on Helene Wilfur, a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum. Madeleine Renaud essays the title role, a young medical student in love with aspiring musician Pierre Regnier (Jean-Lous Barrault). Pierre's father, a noted surgeon, puts pressure on his son to give up music in favor of medicine. Unable to withstand his father's remonstrations, Pierre kills himself, prompting the grieving Madeleine to forget all about romance and dedicate her life to the cause of healing others. Wilfur avoids the usual soap-opera goo by offering realistic performances and credible dialogue (the English-language subtitles were composed by erudite film critic Herman G. Weinberg).