Charles Gérard

Jean-Paul Belmondo returns to the settings of a fantastic career, accompanied by his son Paul. Over a career spanning 50 years, Jean-Paul Belmondo’s movies drew over 130 million people into cinemas. This logbook takes us back to sets and countries, from where we can revisit the films in reference and find out about his fruitful collaborations with various directors. Paul Belmondo will lead the investigation, meeting the stars and his father’s friends (eye-witnesses all) and questioning his father about his journey, sharing it with us so we can discover the man and his story like never before.

This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). They meet up regularly at a Parisian bookmakers’, their favourite haunt. Tired of frittering away the little spare cash they have, they agree to give up gambling. But no sooner have they taken this pledge than Fate intervenes, in the guise of the turf king, Monsieur Paul. The latter persuades the four friends to buy a champion racehorse, not knowing that it is in fact an old nag…

Desde una reunión de ventas en un hotel de los suburbios a una elegante clínica para adictos al sexo, desde un club nocturno de París a la ostentación de la carne en Las Vegas, los protagonistas se lanzan a la búsqueda del sexo. Cualquier excusa es buena, todos los trucos valen. Son hombres ingeniosos y conmovedores, honestos y cínicos, cobardes e inocentes, enternecedores y despreciables. La esperanza late eternamente en su corazón, pero el camino del placer prohibido nunca es fácil.

A picture of humankind in Paris: singers, shows, social gatherings, businessmen, nightclub barmen, bums, shoppers.

Olivia, Irina and Masha are improving their acting skills. They no longer believe in Prince Charming, and their career is waning. Olivia works at the front desk at the airport and offers a wonderful plan: he would do so that friends will be aboard the Paris - New York plane and will sit next to wealthy men. Their task is to seduce the rich and pull them out of money. But the fraudsters do not suspect that Comissaire Bayard and his young assistant are closely watching them...

Once a successful dancer, Miriam has abandoned her career to bring up her son, Serge, after her boyfriend walked out of her.

After years, Eric decides to track down his mother.

La vida, el amor y la casualidad reúnen a tres hombres, Vincent, Henri y Jacques. Los tres acaban en el banquillo de los acusados y son defendidos y juzgados por dos magistrados: Francis y Fabrice, que a su vez están enfrentados a idénticos problemas. (FILMAFFINITY)

The thief: a gangster on the lam, is waiting for a boat which is to sail away from this harbor,a dead end. The liar: a young woman he meets in a restaurant tells him the story of her life based on the screenplay of a movie she was to make. They fall head over heels in love. The convict who has just escaped from jail wants to keep her out of his predicament, but after a night of desperate love, she refuses to leave him.And the police are tracking him down.

A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past. These stories are juxtaposed.

Trata sobre la influencia de la Luna sobre varios personajes cuyas vidas, al entrecruzarse, originan historias de amor y ruptura, de equívocos, de sonrisas y de llantos. (FILMAFFINITY)

On the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution, this film is a tribute to the French nation, through historical reconstructions of the Revolution and the First Empire, as well as reports on the successes of France modern, the presence of France in the world, its history and its soil.

Bernard is in the middle of a divorce. In the courthouse where he is awaiting the separation settlement, he runs across a childhood friend, Nicolas, who runs a dating service and is passing out flyers to soon-to-be divorcés. Bernard goes with his friend to his club, and gets roped into helping him find his soulmate.

On the day Jean Gabin dies, a kidnaper who also takes a fortune in jewels heisted from Cartiers murders Simon Verini's wife. (Simon was fencing the jewels for a youthful gang who robbed Cartiers; he suspects them of the murder.) He's framed for the theft and spends ten years in prison, writing to his daughter, Marie-Sophie, who's 11 when he's sent away. Released, he reconnects to Marie-Sophie and to the young thieves, seeks revenge, and is quickly arrested again. She doesn't know what to make of her father, retreats to her Swiss fiancé, and is flummoxed when one of the young thieves falls for her. Is resolution possible when crime cuts across families and romance?

1986. Después de su breve encuentro de 1966, Anne Gauthier y Jean-Louis Duroc han seguido rumbos divergentes y no se han vuelto a ver más. Anne sigue estando viuda y se ha convertido en directora de cine. Jean-Louis es el director del equipo automobilístico Lancia y se encarga de organizar el rally París-Dakar; también sigue viudo, pero tiene novia. Anne, que está viviendo una etapa crítica, decide rodar un filme sobre un momento crucial de su vida: su idilio con Jean-Louis. Se pone en contacto con él y se citan en el mismo restaurante en el que empezó su historia veinte años antes.

Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot then imagines a film that could be created from her gripping story. A film entirely made of music because after seeing the young pianist Erik Berchot, Salomé believes seeing her long lost brother, who was a musician as well. A brother she had lost along with her parents in 1943. However, the Lerners did in fact escape the gestapo and might have based themselves in Paris...

En un principio ni Michel Perrin, un importante industrial, ni Sarah Gaucher, una renombrada actriz, tienen nada en común. Ambos desaparecen en el mismo día y a la misma hora para tres días más tardes reaparecer, como si nada. Lo que parece una extraña coincidencia esconde un fenómeno que viene sucediéndose desde hace un tiempo. (FILMAFFINITY)

This tragic musical drama chronicles the star-crossed love between beloved French singer Edith Piaf and World Middleweight boxing champion Marcel Cerdan who died in a plane crash. The tumultuous affair is paralleled by the love affair of a French POW and his young pen pal who get engaged after writing to each other for four years and having never met. Their romances are framed by the sad, torchy songs of Piaf.

The students of a prestigious law school try their best to mess things up.

David, un cineasta judío de treinta años, está trabajando en un guión de tintes autobiográficos. Su novia, Anna, con quien vive, encuentra su historia muy narcisista.

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)

Le PDG d'une importante société pétrolière voit ses manoeuvres illicites déjouées par un jeune concurrent dont la femme n'est autre que la fille de son fournisseur arabe.

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.

Julienne Lebas is a financial assistant at a real estate developer but she has published a novel and hopes to become an actress someday.

Gérard, CEO of the factory "La voix du peuple", decides to close his factory by dismissing all his staff, starting with Jean Barbier, the chief of staff, and Phil Dechambre.

Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math whiz who uses his talent for picking the winners. Charles (Michel Galabru) is the wealthy scrap-iron magnate who has embarrassing evidence on many prominent political figures. Loic (Jacques Dutronc) is the aspiring politico who seeks to further his career by any means possible. Charles approaches Loic and asks his political party for a loan in hopes of fixing an upcoming race....

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.

A gang of small time crooks, prosecuted by an stubborn police inspector, is unfairly accused of a breaking and entering. After being set free by the inspector's wife, she becomes their boss and starts planning their first big score.

1978, France. Young recruits are secretly digging an underground tunnel to get to the boarding school for girls, located in front of their barracks. Sexual girls are digging a tunnel towards...

Marc Lafarge, 13, is idolized by his brother Thomas, 20, future veterinarian and amateur boxer. Thomas has a soul of justice. Thus, returning home with Marc after a fight, he hits a little thug who has just robbed an old lady.

Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) es un especialista que trabaja con su novia Jane (Raquel Welch). El día de su boda, los productores obligan a Mike y Jane a hacer una escena peligrosa para una película en la que están trabajando. Mike, molesto, no mira la carretera y tiene un accidente, lo que hace que terminen en un hospital. Cuando les dan el alta, Jane no quiere hablar con Mike, por lo que él decide conseguirle un trabajo en una película en la que él también trabaja.

Cuando Francois, un periodista, recorre una gran tienda por un artículo, es elegido por el hijo del dueño del periódico, Rambal-Cochet, como su nuevo juguete. Al necesitar dinero y no querer renunciar a su trabajo, Francois acepta esta ridícula tarea. Poco a poco se hace amigo del niño mimado, lo induce a jugar a hacer un periódico, desvelando públicamente el estilo de vida tiránico del padre. El poderoso clímax emocional que experimentamos con el niño asombra a ambos hombres.

Después de pasar siete años en prisión por un crimen que no cometió, François regresa a su hogar en una pequeña ciudad industrial del norte de Francia. Su intención es buscar a quienes le involucraron en este delito y descubrir a los verdaderos culpables. En una ciudad donde todos se conocen y él se ha ganado numerosos enemigos, también descubrirá el amor en la persona de la hija de un rico empresario.

A Victor Vauthier parece que la suerte le ha vuelto la espalda. El día que sale de prisión, después de tres meses de arresto, sólo se encuentra con desgracias: vende el apartamento de su ex amante y pierde el dinero en las carreras, trata de vender un yate, que se hunde con el comprador a bordo; intenta consolar a la mujer del presunto ahogado y el marido los encuentra en la cama. Marie-Charlotte, la asistenta social que debe ayudarle a integrarse en la sociedad es, casualmente, la hija del conservador de un museo que alberga un valiosísimo tríptico de El Greco. Víctor llega a la conclusión de que sólo poseyendo tan valiosa obra de arte podrá alcanzar la reinserción social.

Four wedding anniversaries serve to chronicle the beginning and end of a thirty-year marriage.

A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.

The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.

Henri's wife has divorced him. While Henri is not excessively upset about the divorce, he is sad, hates to be alone, and dislikes the sorts of wrenching changes that are being forced on him. Indeed, his ex-wife cannot get him to leave their shared quarters by the court deadline without having a terrific row with him. When he finally leaves, he leans a great deal on his 10-year-old daughter for company, comfort and support. She gets used to that and has to make adjustments when Henri gets a new woman in his life.

Un permiso especial de año nuevo permite a Simon salir de la prisión por una noche. Han pasado seis años desde su captura y está deseando regresar a su apartamento y encontrarse con su novia. Sin decirle nada, queriendo darle una sorpresa, llega al hogar y comprueba que el sorprendido es él, pues, sin llegar a ser detectado, observa que su novia vive ahora con otro hombre. Decepcionado, decide marcharse. ¿Es esa la compensación que le espera por todos los sacrificios? Él siempre ha sido un hombre meticuloso y astuto. Cada golpe es planeado al detalle y su dedicación al objetivo es total. Bueno, no siempre. Cuando su colega Charlot y él viajan a Cannes para robar una famosa joyeria, no puede evitar fijarse en la dependienta de la tienda de antiguedades de al lado y tomarse ese plan como si de un juego se tratara. (FILMAFFINITY)

A cinco simpáticos truhanes cada vez les cuesta más robar bancos, por lo que deciden reciclarse en el secuestro de personalidades. Primero secuestran a Johnny Hallyday. Después reciben el encargo de un grupo revolucionario sudamericano para "ocuparse" de un embajador, después... quien será el mejor postor?

Catherine y Marcello perdieron a su hija. Solo de 9 meses por una rara enfermedad. Tratan de lidiar sobre ello y recordar momentos felices cuando la bebe esta viva

Charles, Jean and Amidou are workmen at the La Ciotat shipyards and live in the same construction facility. One day, Amidou leaves them to marry Catherine, a salesgirl. The trouble for Charles and Jean is that going to their friend's wedding means buying new clothes, which is problematic given their low income Moreover, they are determined to make this day an unforgettable one, despite their lack of money. Will they be able achieve their aim?

Simon, un abogado condenado por un crimen, se escapa de la cárcel y se refugia provisionalmente en casa de una desconocida. Poco después, se pone en contacto con su ex mujer y con su amigo Charles, sus cómplices en el secuestro del hijo de un empleado de un banco, por el que recibieron un rescate de un millón de dólares. Simon escondió el dinero de ser detenido y ahora se propone recuperarlo. (FILMAFFINITY)

When an oily attorney dies at the hands of the mafia, a dedicated French detective investigates the man's murder. He soon uncovers a drug-smuggling operation and lets his sawed-off shotgun do the talking to the toughs in this Gallic gangster feature.

Via Something Weird: "Four men representing the world’s great criminal organizations unite to locate a cache of sunken treasure. The treasure is in fact a fortune in diamonds and secret documents that was lost by the Germans in the seas off Monte Carlo during the war. Following their every move are representatives from every secret agency in the world, amongst them, the British, the Russians, the Germans, and the Americans, all seeking the important papers contained within the treasure."

Via Something Weird: "Four men representing the world’s great criminal organizations unite to locate a cache of sunken treasure. The treasure is in fact a fortune in diamonds and secret documents that was lost by the Germans in the seas off Monte Carlo during the war. Following their every move are representatives from every secret agency in the world, amongst them, the British, the Russians, the Germans, and the Americans, all seeking the important papers contained within the treasure."

Via Something Weird: "Four men representing the world’s great criminal organizations unite to locate a cache of sunken treasure. The treasure is in fact a fortune in diamonds and secret documents that was lost by the Germans in the seas off Monte Carlo during the war. Following their every move are representatives from every secret agency in the world, amongst them, the British, the Russians, the Germans, and the Americans, all seeking the important papers contained within the treasure."

This drama's main asset is Charles Boyer as Pierre, a father out looking for his son one night. Pierre receives a call from a woman who says she will kill herself because of his son. Naturally disturbed at this news, Pierre takes off to find his son and avert disaster. Along the way, he picks up a malcontent, wealthy young woman who decides to stick with him and help him look for his son. After traveling through some of the worst aspects of Paris' demi-monde, Pierre begins to wonder if his son will ever be found. Meanwhile, the relationship with his newfound wealthy friend is heating up.

Back from Indochina, Tony and Dick, two French soldiers, are now in possession of more than 20 million, entrusted by a trafficker. They buy a nightclub in the district of Montparnasse but are soon hunted by the thug who wants to recover his money.

Back from Indochina, Tony and Dick, two French soldiers, are now in possession of more than 20 million, entrusted by a trafficker. They buy a nightclub in the district of Montparnasse but are soon hunted by the thug who wants to recover his money.

Cinco hombres llevan a cabo un atraco perfecto, y después ingresan en prisión por delitos menores para evitar cualquier tipo de sospechas. Sin embargo, uno a uno comienzan a morir. (

Europa, siglo XVII. Biografía de san Vicente de Paúl, sacerdote católico francés que dedicó su vida a paliar las miserables condiciones de vida de los campesinos pobres, sobre todo después de la Guerra de la Fronda (1648-1653), que dejó asolado el país.

The basic premise: A retired bus driver fulfills his lifelong dream of providing an extended "voyage surprise" (the title is translated as "Mystery Tour") for unsuspecting vacationers. They soon realize, while riding in the old man's home-made bus, that he hasn't bothered to plan any kind of itinerary. As a result, they end up in completely preposterous situations, of course. Voyage surprise!

This is the story of two brothers: the good one, the virtuous gent, an acclaimed singer, and the bad one who leads a wild life.

Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a suspended sentence, she now indulges in smuggling. One day, Victor, one of her former accomplices hounded by the police, finds sanctuary with her. During a drinking spree, he has the bad idea to entrust to her a suitcase filled with bank notes, a loot with which Victor hopes to rebuild his life in South America. But Rose, lured by temptation, betrays Victor, who is arrested by the police. However, he manages to escape with only one thing in mind, to take revenge on Rose...