Jean Herman
Nacimiento : 1933-05-17, Pagny-sur-Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Muerte : 2015-06-16
Historia
Jean Vautrin (17 May 1933 – 16 June 2015), real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic.
After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the University of Bombay; he became assistant director to Roberto Rossellini. Back in France, he produced five feature films.
He became famous among the general public in 1989, winning the Prix Goncourt for his novel Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu. He also won the 1986 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Baby-boom. In 1987, with writer Dan Franck, he created a press photographer character with a big heart called Boro (the "model" most likely was Robert Capa).
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With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a slightly archaic, brooding and almost reactionary virility. But who is he really? Often hired to play marginalised Native American or Mexican characters before he was typecast as the image of a lone killer, Bronson was a major figure in the popular cinema of the 1960s and 70s and his stony-faced, physical acting and career are worthy of a second look.
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En Puerto San Juan, Puerto Rico, antes de acudir con su joven y bella esposa Chantal a una gala benéfica, el abogado Henry Hearst, una de las personalidades más importantes de la isla, es llamado por el capitán de la policía Victor Benezet para que declare unos detalles del atestado que hizo sobre el rapto y el asesinato de una niña, la tercera en un mes fallecida en similares circunstancias. Sin embargo, la visita de rutina se convertirá en un duro interrogatorio de consecuencias impredecibles.
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Charlie (Guy Marchand) returns home after being declared legally dead to reclaim his wife Georgia (Caroline Cellier) and cash in on a lucrative life insurance policy in this shadowy drama. He finds Georgia is married to the crooked cop William (Niels Arestrup), who has his eye on the insurance money. Antihero Charlie and the villainous police inspector head towards an inevitable confrontation, while Georgia is caught in the middle.
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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.
Novel
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.
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In this strange and beautiful crime drama, Bernard Giraudeau is Daniel Chetman, someone who wants to leave the life of violence he knew in his neighborhood -- and cannot do so because his nemesis, a strutting street gangster now involved with organized crime, continues to terrorize the inhabitants of Chetman's turf. After much spilled blood, a parade of ugly underground types, and various sexual scenes, Chetman reduces the forces of evil to a reasonable level of opposition -- but who knows if the neighborhood will be different in the end...
Dialogue
In this strange and beautiful crime drama, Bernard Giraudeau is Daniel Chetman, someone who wants to leave the life of violence he knew in his neighborhood -- and cannot do so because his nemesis, a strutting street gangster now involved with organized crime, continues to terrorize the inhabitants of Chetman's turf. After much spilled blood, a parade of ugly underground types, and various sexual scenes, Chetman reduces the forces of evil to a reasonable level of opposition -- but who knows if the neighborhood will be different in the end...
Adaptation
In this strange and beautiful crime drama, Bernard Giraudeau is Daniel Chetman, someone who wants to leave the life of violence he knew in his neighborhood -- and cannot do so because his nemesis, a strutting street gangster now involved with organized crime, continues to terrorize the inhabitants of Chetman's turf. After much spilled blood, a parade of ugly underground types, and various sexual scenes, Chetman reduces the forces of evil to a reasonable level of opposition -- but who knows if the neighborhood will be different in the end...
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El comisario Philippe Jordan, un policía de expeditivos métodos, se ha propuesto acabar con el capo de la droga Sauveur Meccacci; sin embargo, éste es un criminal inteligente que conseguirá apartarlo de Marsella, el punto clave del narcotráfico. Una vez en París, lejos de darse por vencido, Jordan trama la estrategia definitiva para salir vencedor de este duelo.
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Un ilustre notario, casado con una hermosa mujer, lleva una vida tranquila y apacible. Esa paz se rompe inesperadamente cuando es conducido a una comisaría el día de Nochevieja. Tras el hallazgo de los cadáveres de dos niñas violadas, las sospechas de la policía recaen sobre el notario. Poco a poco, lo que en principio parecía un trámite rutinario se convierte en un duro interrogatorio que parece confirmar las sospechas iniciales.
Adaptation
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Two little criminals without major, dream of adventure and easy life. They agree to go to work in the Poitou as representatives of musical encyclopedias luxury. But their friend Valerie arrive from Paris and just changes their life.
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Poco después de salir de la cárcel, Alexandre Dupré se verá, muy a su pesar, implicado en una rocambolesca aventura. Durante un viaje a Venecia, el hombre que le pide que le guarde su maletín para pasar la aduana es asesinado. Dupré, sin saberlo, tendrá entonces en su poder la fórmula de un combustible milagroso destinado a revolucionar la industria. A partir de ese momento, se verá perseguido por distintas mafias sin que sepa cuál es la causa de tal cacería.
Adaptation
Un agente secreto es enviado desde París a Niza para investigar el asesinato de un policía. Una vez allí, tendrá que enfrentarse no solo con los criminales, sino también con la corrupción policial.
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TV movie adaptation of a novel by Jacques Perret.
Writer
Émile Morland convence a su antiguo cómplice Aristide de que secuestre a al joven hijo de Rifai, un armador multimillonario.
Director
Adaptación televisiva de una historia de Peter Cheyney protagonizada por el detective Slim Callaghan.
Scenario Writer
Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge.
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Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge.
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Claudia Cardinale is Popsy, who double-crosses her older partner Silva (Stanley Baker). Silva has arranged to divert diamonds from a large corporate-run diamond mine in the South American jungle, and Popsy does her “pop” wrong as they are both pursued by police.
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Claudia Cardinale is Popsy, who double-crosses her older partner Silva (Stanley Baker). Silva has arranged to divert diamonds from a large corporate-run diamond mine in the South American jungle, and Popsy does her “pop” wrong as they are both pursued by police.
Director
Jeff is a gangster who's disappeared with a million dollars, and Laurent is looking for him to catch him before the other members of the gang find him.
Director
Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th-century collection of novellas known as The Decameron, this innovative film combines short works from seven directors who set out to interpret Boccaccio's masterwork for the modern age. The result is an assortment of titillating tales ranging from the erotic to the tragic.
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Después de servir juntos en la legión durante el conflicto de Argelia, un médico (Alain Delon) y un mercenario (Charles Bronson) regresan a Marsella donde siguen caminos separados. El médico llega a un acuerdo con una misteriosa joven para devolver a la caja fuerte de su empresa, unos títulos que ella sustrajo tiempo atrás. Ponen en marcha un meticuloso plan en cuya fase final, él se quedará encerrado en la planta baja del edificio; burlará las medidas de seguridad; devolverá los títulos y huirá cuando se abran las puertas durante una ronda de vigilancia. Antes, para no levantar sospechas, se habrá encargado de la revisión médica del personal. Llega el momento señalado pero, de pronto, hace su aparición el mercenario, quedándose encerrado en el edificio junto al doctor...
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Después de servir juntos en la legión durante el conflicto de Argelia, un médico (Alain Delon) y un mercenario (Charles Bronson) regresan a Marsella donde siguen caminos separados. El médico llega a un acuerdo con una misteriosa joven para devolver a la caja fuerte de su empresa, unos títulos que ella sustrajo tiempo atrás. Ponen en marcha un meticuloso plan en cuya fase final, él se quedará encerrado en la planta baja del edificio; burlará las medidas de seguridad; devolverá los títulos y huirá cuando se abran las puertas durante una ronda de vigilancia. Antes, para no levantar sospechas, se habrá encargado de la revisión médica del personal. Llega el momento señalado pero, de pronto, hace su aparición el mercenario, quedándose encerrado en el edificio junto al doctor...
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After five years in the army, Valentin Brû marry a haberdasher. They move to Paris, where Valentin sells frames, while his wife becomes fortune teller. One day, Valentin replaces her, and predict a terrible event which will happen.
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In the course of an investigation into a gang of asocial youngsters, the author meets Colette (19) and Jean-Claude (18 and a half) who live on the fringes of society. Their young lives have been tossed back and forth between prison and children's prison.
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A French short film
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A documentary by Jean Herman
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