Simon de La Brosse
Nacimiento : 1965-10-09, Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Muerte : 1998-04-17
Historia
Simon de La Brosse (9 October 1965 – 17 April 1998) was a French actor from Suresnes. He started his acting career in the role of Sylvain in Éric Rohmer's Pauline at the Beach in 1983. He committed suicide in 1998, shortly after completing the TV film Louise et les Marchés.
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Denis
Blanche, a social worker living in Southern France is assigned the case of a five year old deaf boy, who is found by a Gypsy lady after having been abandoned and tied to a shed near her trailer. The boy's life is in danger apparently because he is related to the family of a local politician who is seeking election as mayor. Blanche, though suffering from manic depression and thus emotionally vulnerable, decides to take charge of the situation, get her act together and besides being told to drop the case, seeks to discover the secret the boy has inside.
Ange Morin
Gino Bartali
Travaire
A French army journalist bears witness to the atrocities of the Algerian war in 1962 in this gripping French war movie. It is based on the 1967 novel by Philippe Labro. The film begins in Paris as Jerome Carier, ready to embark to Algiers, is beaten and questioned about the politically sensitive photographs he has. The photos were sent to him by Francois, a friend stationed in Algiers. Francoise is trying to get the French and the Algerians to reconcile. Jerome arrives in the war-torn country and finds himself faced with unbelievable carnage. The French are behind most of it. Because he took the pictures, Francois life is in jeopardy. He is murdered and Jerome finds himself attracted to his girl friend, a radio station announcer. The film contains graphic pictures of the slaughter.
Tonio
In this surreal comedy, Tonio works very hard for every bit of ill-gotten cash he can get his hands on, but he remains a poor criminal in both senses of the word. He and his buddies Bruno and Hercule think they have the solution to their pocketbook woes. The body of St. Bernadette has been miraculously preserved from decay and is a central object of pilgrimage in the shrine where it is kept. Why not steal that and hold it for ransom? The criminal gang is well able to pull this coup off and are soon in possession of one perfectly preserved corpse and a very fancy coffin. It's too bad for them that the church seems to have a limitless supply of these and doesn't want the one they stole back. Bemused, the lads set the coffin adrift on the river, only to be followed by it as they drive back upriver. In the course of carrying out their criminal designs, these lovable lugs encounter a variety of eccentric characters.
Jorge
Jorge is a DJ at a Lisbon nightclub. But the club owner, Queirós, who is also involved in diamond traffic, is obsessive over a woman, Cláudia, who betrayed him before. When she unexpectedly returns to Portugal and to the club, Jorge immediately understands Queirós's obsession over her. For her, Jorge also gets involved in diamond traffic and is slowly dragged into a world of passion, violence and betrayal.
Corinne Vanier is the young and charming secretary of a computer company run by Jacques Touret. For some time now, she has been seeing on her computer screen declarations of love that are as anonymous as they are passionate. Their author, Michel Alliard, a young executive in love, is too shy to dare approach Corinne directly. While trying to obtain more precise information on the identity of her mysterious suitor, Corinne becomes convinced, through an unfortunate combination of circumstances, that he is none other than Jacques Touret, her manager. This is the beginning of a series of misunderstandings.
Private Denis Fremont
Based on the controversial case of Pvt. Joseph Pringle, a Canadian soldier convicted of murder in Italy in 1945 and executed by firing squad.
In this romantic comedy, Paul, a good-looking gym teacher, falls hopelessly in love with Isabelle a very busy, professional fashion designer whose response to him runs both hot and cold, driving him to distraction.
Raoul
Año 1950. En la escuela donde estudia la joven de 16 años Janine Castang (Charlotte Gainsbourg), comienza a notarse la frecuente pérdida de objetos de los estudiantes, y ya los profesores sospechan de una de las alumnas, mientras que las miradas de sus compañeras apuntan a Janine. Ladrona de oficio diario, la joven Janine busca parecerse a las estrellas de cine que ve con frecuencia en la sala de su barrio y sueña con una existencia parecida a la de ellas. A su vida llegarán luego los hombres, y queriendo encontrar también el amor, ella vivirá ese paso hacia la madurez con muchos reveses y con profundas experiencias que, quizás, transformen su vida para siempre.
Stéphane
Jeanne viaja a Toulon, en el sur de Francia, para asistir a la boda de su hermana. De paso también verá a Alain, su hermano sordomudo. Durante la celebración conoce a Said, el mejor amigo de Alain, y a Stephanne, que acaba de salir de un coma y tiene que volver con su padre, un hombre que vive atormentado por su homosexualidad y se refugia en el alcohol. Jeanne se siente atraída por los dos. Sin embargo, no es ella el motivo por el que estalla un conflicto entre ambos. Lo que ocurre es que los dos están vinculados a ciertos acontecimientos turbios del pasado.
Donald
Paris, October 1948. Nino, Gilles, Donald, Barbara and their friends are a new breed of spectators. They discover the cinema as art, they are moviegoers. They will try to realize their grand project: to found a film club. "My film first wants to be a testimony of young people who have lived for a passion. Cinema"
Henri
Jean and Julie meet again ten years after childhood. Jean has trouble recognizing the grown up girl. Julie is "promised" to Henri, a neighbor. Julie, scathing and capricious, provokes Henri and Jean.
Gabriel
Three young friends steal some music equipment for their struggling post-punk band and, in a panic, kill the shop’s owner. Assayas’ debut feature examines, with characteristic restraint and acuity, the psychological fallout as the band unravels—and each of its members grapple with their own feelings of guilt, paranoia, and despair.
Zorg es un manitas que trabaja en Francia como encargado de unos bungalows en la playa. Su vida es tranquila y pacífica, trabaja con dedicación y escribe en su tiempo libre. Pero un día Betty entra en su vida, una joven tan bella como salvaje e impredecible. De repente, el carácter sin reglas de Betty empieza a descontrolarse.
Jacky Castang
La adolescencia de Charlotte, una niña de 13 años que vive en un poblado rural francés, puede ser una experiencia traumática. La poca atención que le presta su padre, el poco afecto que siente hacia su cuidadora y el engorro de tener que soportar a su obsceno hermano hacen que Charlotte desee poder marcharse de ahí para empezar desde cero en algún otro lugar. Esta oportunidad se hace posible cuando conoce a Clara Baumann, una pianista infantil de gran talento, quien le ofrece ser su asistenta. (
Cédric
Every Saturday, to the great despair of his wife, Emmanuel finds his daughter Elise, fruit of a first union. A demanding and excessive father in his passions, he went to lay a loving trap for Elise.
Philippe
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…
Sylvain
Tercera entrega de la serie "Comedias y proverbios" de Rohmer. Pauline es una adolescente de 15 años que pasa un verano en la costa atlántica francesa con su prima Marion. Marion se encuentra allí con Pierre, un antiguo amigo, que se siente atraído por ella. Sin embargo, Marion prefiere al aventurero Henri, aunque sabe que su relación con él será efímera. Mientras, también Pauline tiene un romance.