Jean Boffety

Jean Boffety

Nacimiento : 1925-06-07, Chantelle, Allier, France

Muerte : 1988-06-25

Historia

Jean Boffety (7 June 1925 – 25 June 1988) was a French New Wave cinematographer known for his collaborations with directors such as Robert Enrico, Pierre Étaix, and Claude Sautet. In 1979 Bofferty was nominated for a César Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Sautet's A Simple Story. Source: Article "Jean Boffety" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Jean Boffety

Películas

Death on a Rainy Sunday
Director of Photography
Thriller about a psycho looking for revenge. Bronsky is a paraplegic because of an accident at a construction site that was partly due to the head architect, David Briand. Many years after the accident, Bronsky shows up at Briand's residence with his family and his trailer looking for assistance. He and his wife insinuate themselves into the household without revealing their true identity. They start to work for Briand and his wife Elaine as a gardener and a babysitter with the sole objective of wreaking havoc on their lives and avenging Bronsky's disabilities.
Día de perros
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Tras huir de la justicia llevándose consigo varios millones de dólares, un delincuente decide ocultarse en casa de unos granjeros, pero acaba descubriendo que éstos son más peligrosos que él.
Waiter!
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After a life of emotional and professional upsets, Alex finds himself headwaiter in a chic Parisian restaurant. Well into middle age, divorced but still very much a ladies’ man, he has one great ambition: to open an amusement park by the sea. One day, an old flame, Claire, suddenly re-enters his life. For Alex, the fires of love are easily re-kindled, but Claire has another man in her life…
El loco, loco mundo del gendarme
Director of Photography
La comisaría de Cruchot se traslada a un nuevo edificio con un equipamiento de última generación y además con cuatro miembros nuevos, que no son otros que cuatro mujeres policías. Todos se pelean para entrenar a las nuevas reclutas. Pero las cosas se complican cuando una tras otra las policías van siendo secuestradas.
Espion, lève-toi
Director of Photography
Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative to discover how one of their own secret agents was found out and executed in broad daylight.
Croque la vie
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Friendships and business do not mix, that's what we find with Theresa, Catherine and Alain, three longtime friends. Freshly graduated, they decided to start their own business, but work is scarce and a fight breaks out between the trio. Separated, married and scattered all over France, the once inseparable trio no longer keep in touch. But four years later, they decided to organize a big party for their reunion which serves as an opportunity for them to put things right and confess everything they have in their hearts.
Los unos y los otros
Director of Photography
Cuatro familias de distinta nacionalidad (rusa, alemana, americana y francesa), apasionadas por la música, ven cómo la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) trastorna sus vidas y sus carreras musicales. (FILMAFFINITY)
Un mal hijo
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El francés Bruno Calgagni (Patrick Dewaere) ha sido encarcelado en los Estados Unidos por tráfico de drogas. Tras ser puesto en libertad, regresa a su país y busca un trabajo decente con la esperanza de empezar una nueva vida. Se aloja en casa de su padre (Yves Robert), un hombre amargado que le echa la culpa de la muerte de su madre, que, al parecer, no pudo soportar el dolor de que su hijo acabara en la cárcel. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Hostage Tower
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A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.
Quinteto
Director of Photography
En un mundo futuro, la Tierra sufre una nueva glaciación. La humanidad ha sido diezmada, y los pocos que han sobrevivido ocupan su tiempo en un juego llamado "quinteto". Para un pequeño grupo de ellos, además, el juego es un asunto de vida o muerte.
99 Dizengoff Street
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In the easy-going, sexually-liberated 1970's Tel Aviv, three young friends, struggling filmmaker Nati, his impressionable girlfriend Ossi and his geeky friend Mushon, move in together in a small apartment in Dizengoff Street number 99. By day, they work a boring desk office job but by night the city is their playground. Their overall goal is to make their way into the commercial movie making business, but harsh realities and romances often sidetrack them. Their fourth friend and Nati's older other girlfriend is aspiring musician, Miri.
Una vida de mujer
Director of Photography
Marie, una exitosa diseñadora, divorciada y madre de un adolescente, se encuentra en un momento crucial de su vida: tras romper con su amante y abortar el bebé que esperaba, decide volver con su ex marido, a pesar de que éste mantiene una relación con una mujer mucho más joven. Paralelamente su círculo de amistades también afronta sus propios problemas sentimentales que les conducen a inesperadas y dolorosas situaciones.
Una mariposa sobre la espalda
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Roland, un marino que ha hecho escala en Barcelona para reunirse con su mujer, descubre un cadáver en la habitación contigua del hotel donde se hospeda. De repente, es encerrado sin saber por qué en una clínica privada y un médico le reclama una misteriosa maleta. Mientras, su vecino de habitación le habla de una mariposa posada sobre su espalda. Roland escapa y busca a la policía. Cuando llegan a la clínica, el lugar está vacío pero encuentran un cadáver. Lo acusan del asesinato, pero él sabe que no lo ha cometido.
La encajera
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Beatrice, una muchacha discreta y silenciosa, trabaja de aprendiz de peluquera con su amiga Maryléne, una rubia coleccionista de hombres y desilusiones. Beatrice conoce a François, un estudiante de buena familia. Se enamoran y deciden irse a vivir juntos a París. Ella plancha y él estudia. Pero las diferencias de clase y cultura percibidas por el chico comienzan a resquebrajar la relación...
Mado
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Un empresario de media edad, Simon Leotard encuentra su futuro en peligro cuando su compañera Julien se suicidad por las deudas. Su enemigo en los negocios, Lépidon, le ofrece comprarle la empresa por una irrisoria cantidad. Simon decide no caer en la trampa y salir de la crisis a su manera, aunque para ello tenga que contratar a una prostituta llamada Mado.
Mad Enough to Kill
Director of Photography
A girl from an asylum is engaged as nurse to a small, spoiled orphan boy, whose uncle has evil designs on him, and who hopes to kill him and cast the blame on the girl.
Bacanal en el aniversario de boda
Director of Photography
Para celebrar su décimo aniversario de boda, Vruno y Jeanne invitan a sus amigos a pasar un fin de semana en su casa de campo. Bruno ha querido realzar el acontecimiento con todo el ceremonial propio de la sociedad bruguesa en que vive. Pero ha querido también que todos y cada uno de los asistentes a la velada se olviden por unas horas de la hipocresia que atenaza sus vidad para que puedan manifestarse tal y como son en realidad, sin tapujos ni mentiras. Durante toda la noche, mientras la campiña cercana sufre la violencia de la tormenta que acaba de desencadenarse, el grupo, olvidándose de tabúes y prejuicios se entrega a una especie de bacanal sin limites, yendo a encontrar en el amor carnal la solución definitiva a todos sus problemas. (FILMAFFINITY)
Tres amigos, sus mujeres... y los otros
Director of Photography
Drama sobre un grupo de amigos y sobre los valores de la vida: amistad, matrimonio, trabajo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Chinese In Paris
Director of Photography
Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, with modern - funny - twists.
Ladrones como nosotros
Director of Photography
En los años 30, dos hombres que se escapan de una prisión de Mississippi buscan un socio para dedicarse a lo único que saben hacer: robar bancos.
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
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Dismissed following an unfortunate initiative, financial advisor Benoît Lepape decides to work for his uncle, a union activist. His capitalist methods will surprise at first, but quickly bring in a lot of money.
Ella, yo y el otro
Director of Photography
Rosalie, una mujer divorciada con una hija pequeña, divide su tiempo entre su familia y César, el hombre del que cree estar enamorada. Cuando Rosalie conoce a David, su plácida vida se verá alterada por su incapacidad para elegir entre los dos hombres.
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
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Selon "Radio plus près de Dieu", rien n'est conçu sans Dieu, surtout pas les shampoings, produits de beauté, la vente des disques... Un animateur dénonce cette escroquerie à l'antenne, ce qui lui vaut d'être licencié. Il réapparaîtra sur de nouvelles ondes avec "Radio plus près de la Vérité".
El bulevar del ron
Director of Photography
En los años de prohibición, los "corredores de ron" viajan a través del Mar Caribe con el licor prohibido escapando de los buques patrulla. En un de las carreras, uno de los contrabandistas se enamora de una actriz durante la filmación de una película.
Act of the Heart
Director of Photography
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
Las cosas de la vida
Director of Photography
La mente de Pierre Bérard, un exitoso arquitecto de mediana edad, está dividida entre su inestable presente con Hélène, su joven amante, y sus felices recuerdos del pasado con Catherine, su exesposa; pero su verdadero destino le espera en una encrucijada de camino a Rennes…
California Impressions
Director of Photography
Impressions of California as seen by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Le Grand Amour
Director of Photography
Pierre married Florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. 15 years later, he is the boss, but his middle-class life worries him a lot. When a new young and lovely secretary comes, he starts dreaming.
Ho!
Director of Photography
François Holin, apodado Ho, es un antiguo piloto de carreras, conductor de una banda de malhechores que no lo respetan demasiado y lo consideran un inútil. Un día se le presenta la ocasión de dirigir una operación, pero los otros se niegan. Ho tendrá que hacerlo solo.
Love in the Night
Director of Photography
French youth drama.
Te amo, te amo
Director of Photography
Tras recuperarse de un intento de suicidio, un hombre es seleccionado para participar en un experimento que consiste en viajar en el tiempo, el cual hasta ese momento sólo había sido probado en ratones. No obstante, una falla provoca que el hombre viva acontecimientos de su pasado en un orden aleatorio.
Zita
Director of Photography
Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her mother and her aunt (both played by first-class actresses Suzanne Flon and Katina Paxinou). The auntie is dying, and for the first time in her life, Annie has to cope with death. One night, she finds it too hard to bear, and leaving home where the old woman is suffering, she begins to hang around in Paris. She will meet people, and, from dusk to dawn, she will learn to leave her childhood behind and to grow into a woman.
Los aventureros
Director of Photography
Tres amigos de espíritu aventurero; Manu, Roland y Laetitia, parten al Congo en busca de un avión hundido con un tesoro oculto, y son perseguidos por un grupo de mercenarios que también van en busca del mismo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Thanos and Despina
Director of Photography
Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marriage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But Despina’s father, Vlahopoulos refuses to give his blessings.
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Director of Photography
Klein obtuvo el premio Jean Vigo con Polly Maggoo, su primer largometraje de ficción. Utilizando la animación, los números musicales y la foto fija, realiza una crónica ácida de la realidad, que sigue siendo válida en la actualidad. Se trata de una sátira elegante del mundo de la moda a través del retrato glamouroso y grotesco de una joven originaria de Brooklyn, exitosa modelo en París, que se convierte en el tema central del programa de televisión ¿Quién es usted?.
Mientras haya salud
Director of Photography
Pierre es un joven serio y estable. Sin embargo se siente incómodo con la época que le ha tocado vivir y todo tipo de contratiempos le acechan. Una pequeña obra maestra satírica y burlesca. Concha de plata en el Festival de San Sebastián 1966.
The Wise Guys
Director of Photography
Hector Valentin returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has difficulties restarting the run-down operation which has inefficient workers and is hampered by the dirty tactics of its bigger...
Yoyo
Director of Photography
The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an equestrienne and becomes a circus clown.
Marked Eyes
Director of Photography
A story about a widow who begins to receive blackmail letters demanding money from her. This is when everyone in the small town she lives in dismissing her husband.
Death of a Killer
Director of Photography
When Massa is released from prison, he's sure that Luciano, an old freind, is responsible for his incarceration. Massa proceeds to keep watch on Luciano, who has been living with Massa's beloved sister Maria. Feeling doubly betrayed because of his unhealthy adoration for Maria, Massa is determined to get back at Luciano and ends up in a deadly game of roulette.
The Good Life
Director of Photography
After twenty-seven long months spent in Algeria, Frédéric Simon, a young photographer is determined to forget this time of trouble. Now that the Army has finally discharged him he wants to live the good life. And at first, things go according to his wishes: not only does he marry Sylvie but they are invited by a wealthy man to Monte Carlo, where they spend a dream honeymoon. But back in Paris, hard times await them. Not finding work easily along with having to live in a cramped apartment make Frédéric bitter and unpleasant. When Sylvie becomes pregnant, he slams the door and finds consolation in the arms of Christine, an ex girlfriend, which he soon regrets. At last, the situation improves. Frédéric finds work and starts making money as a fashion photographer. But the good life cannot go on: one morning a policeman knocks at the young couple's door: the country wants Frédéric back in the Army.
Chickamauga
Director of Photography
Chickamauga (1962) is another of Robert Enrico’s three short films based on the Civil War stories of Ambrose Bierce. The withdrawal of hope at the end of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge may seem bleak but that story is positively cheerful beside the horrors of Chickamauga in which a small deaf boy wanders from home to find a new playground in the aftermath of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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Un espía del bando confederado de la Guerra de Secesión americana vive sus últimos momentos antes de ser conducido ante la horca.
Le propre de l'homme
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