Jean Boffety

Jean Boffety

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

사망 : 1988-06-25

약력

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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Death on a Rainy Sunday
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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.
Dog Day
Director of Photography
A criminal shows up at a farmhouse with the law on his heels and several million dollars in his possession.
Waiter!
Director of Photography
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…
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
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Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.
Espion, lève-toi
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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
Director of Photography
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.
사랑과 슬픔의 볼레로
Director of Photography
제 2차 세계대전부터 1960년에 이르기까지 프랑스, 소련, 독일, 미국의 네 음악가 가족의 이야기. 유태인 강제수용소에서 살아남은 유태인 바이올리니스트와 무명의 여가수, 나치에 부역한 댓가를 치르는 피아니스트와 자유를 갈망하며 망명을 시도하는 무용수, 그리고 그 2세들의 이야기가 프랑스의 반전 콘서트을 무대로 펼쳐진다.
나쁜 아들
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브루노는 막 감방에서 풀려 나와 새로운 인생을 출발하고자 한다. 하지만 그의 첫 장애물은 아버지아의 동거에서 출발된다. 아버지처럼 목공 기술은 있지만 새롭게 직장을 구하는 일은 쉽지가 않다. 인력시장에 나가 일용직으로 받은 일당으로 아버지와 저녁을 먹다가 건너편 창녀들을 끌어들인다. 그 일로 아버지와 다투어 집에서 쫓겨나게 되고 일은 힘들어서 며칠 지나 관두게 된다. 운좋게 서점에 취직하게 되고 거기에서 약물 치료중인 여자를 사귀게 된다. 한편, 아버지와 엄마 친구가 엄마가 죽기 전부터 사귀고 있었다는 사실을 알게 되는데...
The Hostage Tower
Director of Photography
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.
퀸테트 살인 게임
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계시록에나 등장할 법한 빙하시대를 맞은 미래의 지구. 세계에 또다시 빙하기가 닦쳐온다. 식량이 고갈되어 가는 가운데 추위 때문에 안에서만 생활하는 사람들은 긴장과 무료함 때문에 스릴 넘치는 사건을 찾는다. 그결과 생겨난 것이 한사람의 심판을 두고 5명이 서로를 죽이다가 끝까지 살아남는 자가 승리하게 되는 일명 '퀸테트'라는 살인 게임. 이 죽음의 도시에 에섹스란 사나이가 임신한 아내를 데리고 나타난다. 어렵사리 형 프란차의 집을 찾아간 그는 그곳에서 퀸테트의 존재를 알게 되나 관심을 두지 않는다. 그러나 누군가 프란차를 죽이기 위해 설치한 폭탄이 터지면서 죽음의 룰을 모른 채 게임을 즐기던 아내와 살인 표적이던 형이 즉사하고 만다. 분노한 에섹스는 잔인한 승부사가 되어 퀸테트의 룰을 따르기 시작하는데.
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.
A Simple Story
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Marie is pregnant, but her relationship with her partner Serge is at an end. She decides to abort the child, and then separates from Serge. After a short while she regains contact with her ex-husband, her affection for each other rekindles and Marie decides to continue her pregnancy - although she knows she will continue to be alone.
Butterfly on the Shoulder
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On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering who brought him there. The doctor insists he hallucinated, but it's not long before he obtains evidence that it wasn't a dream.
The Lacemaker
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Pomme is a meek and mild French beautician whose life takes a fateful turn during a vacation to Normandy. She becomes the lover of middle-class literature-student François. The relationship sours when François takes her home to meet his parents, thanks in no small part to their differing social backgrounds.
Mado
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Middle-aged businessman, Simon Léotard finds his future in jeopardy when his partner Julien commits suicide after having accumulated a mass of debts. Simon's unscrupulous business rival Lépidon offers to save him from bankruptcy by buying his company, at a discount rate. Reluctant to fall into Lépidon's trap, Simon decides to resolve the crisis himself. A prostitute, Mado, provides him with the solution to his problems...
Mad Enough to Kill
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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.
The Porcelain Anniversary
Director of Photography
Guests gather for the porcelain anniversary of a couple. When another woman's husband leaves her in front of everyone's eyes, the anniversary-celebrating husband gallantly makes loves to her in front of the same people. Then a sexual and confessional free-for-all erupts, until one of the wives, repulsed, runs away.
벵상, 프랑시스 그리고 폴
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Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce. The strains on the men begin to show particularly in François and Paul's friendship and in Vincent's health. A younger man, Jack, becomes attractive to Lucie, François's wife. Another young friend, the boxer Jean, who's like a son to Vincent and whose girlfriend is pregnant, has taken a bout with a merciless slugger. Has happiness eluded this circle of friends?
Chinese In Paris
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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.
보위와 키치
Director of Photography
대공황 시절, 범죄자 티덥과 치카마우, 보위 일당은 농장 감독을 탈출한 뒤, 은행을 털기 위해 모여든다. 이들의 계획에 같이 숨어있던 디 모블리와 키치, 티덥의 친척 매티가 가세해 은행을 털기로 한다.
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
Director of Photography
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.
Cesar and Rosalie
Director of Photography
Rosalie, a beautiful young woman gets involved with successful businessman Cesar. One day, Rosalie's former flame David appears and attempts to win her back. Cesar reacts with a jealous intensity never before seen by Rosalie, and because of that, she returns to David. She remains conflicted regarding her choice of partner, but eventually, one of the men does something which resolves the situation.
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
Director of Photography
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".
Rum Runners
Director of Photography
During the prohibition era, Cornelius, a bootlegger, is on the run from the American coastguards. He comes across a silent film actress, Linda, on the set of a movie and falls in love with her.
Act of the Heart
Director of Photography
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
The Things of Life
Director of Photography
The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to 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
Race driver who has lost his membership card becomes the chauffeur of a gangsters pack
Love in the Night
Director of Photography
French youth drama.
사랑해 사랑해
Director of Photography
자살 미수에서 서서히 치유되던 한 남자가 쥐한테만 테스트해오던 시간 여행 실험에 참여 하게 된다. 그런데 실험이 잘못되는 바람에, 그는 순서가 뒤죽박죽된 자신의 과거를 체험 하게 되는데...
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.
대모험
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마뉘(Manu: 알랑 드롱 분)와 롤랑(Roland: 리노 벤추라 분)은 모험을 즐기는 사람들로 아주 가깝게 지낸다. 마뉘는 묘기로 살아가고 롤랑은 자동차 엔진 개발에 관심을 갖고 있다. 이런 두 사람에게 어느날 자동차로 예술 활동을 하는 레티샤(Laetitia: 조안나 심커스 분)란 아가씨가 찾아온다. 마뉘는 비행기 묘기를 하다가 벨땡이라는 사람때문에 실수를 하고 면허증을 영구히 취소 당한다. 롤랑은 자신이 애지중지하는 엔진을 시험하다가 엔진을 태워 버린다. 레티샤는 첫 전시회를 열었다가 사람들로부터 혹평을 받는다. 세사람은 모두 실패를 만든 벨땅으로부터 귀중한 정보를 얻는다. 5억 프랑이라는 거금을 실은 비행기가 아프리카 콩고 앞바다에 빠졌다는 정보를 얻는다. 이에 세 사람은 의기투합해서 아프리카로 날아간다. 마뉘와 롤랑 레티샤는 거부가 되지만 레티샤는 뜻밖의 사고로 죽는다. 그녀를 수장하고 두 사람은 전해주기 위해서지만 친척들의 냉담한 태도에서 레티샤 생전의 고독의 흔적이 보이는 듯 해 그들은 한편으로 분노하고 한편으로는 더욱 그녀에 대한 애틋한 마음을 가누지 못하는데...
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
In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows where magazine editor Ms. Maxwell is the reigning opinion maker. The ridiculous passes for sublime. Polly becomes the subject of an episode of a vapid TV news documentary series called "Qui êtes-vous?" and is pursued by the filmmaker and by the prince of Borodine, a small country in the Soviet bloc.
As Long as You've Got Your Health
Director of Photography
An anthology film consisting of four stories. (1) A man reads a Dracula novel while in bed, but cannot seem to tell the novel from reality, causing sleep troubles. (2) A man cannot escape the absurd ads he saw at the movie theater that day. (3) A polluted and construction ridden town keeps everybody on edge, sending one man to the doctor. (4) A hunter, a farmer and a couple on a picnic unknowingly cause continuous trouble one another.
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
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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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A southerner in the American Civil War is about to be hanged from a bridge for sabotage when the noose suddenly breaks. After he plunges into the water below, he must find a way to free himself, evade enemy forces and flee to safety.
Le propre de l'homme
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