4 Movies Starring Charles Aznavour

Three Fables of Love

Three Fables of Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-12-21

Languages:

French, Spanish

Countries:

France, Italy, Spain

Runtime:

76 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (51 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Rafael Azcona

Alessandro Blasetti

Hervè Bromberger (screenplay)

Hervè Bromberger (story)

Suso Cecchi D'Amico

Renè Clair

Frèdèric Grendel (screenplay)

Frèdèric Grendel (story)

Jean de La Fontaine (novel)

Fullplot:

"Les quatre vèritès" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century French poet Jean de la Fontaine. The US cut usually features only 3 segments. The first segment "Death and the Woodcutter" about a common organ grinder (street performer who plays mechanical musical instrument called street organ on the street for a living) who is driven to the edge of sanity by bureaucracy was cut from the US release for its serious tone. The second story "The Crow and the Fox" is about a jealous husband who keeps his wife under lock and key since he lives in a town full of single men. Their neighbor is determined however to service the missus. The third story "The Tortoise and the Hare" follows a jealous wife who decides to win her adulterous husband back. The final tale "Two Pigeons" is about a young man and woman who accidentally lock themselves up in a flat and end up falling for each other.

The Hatter's Ghost

The Hatter's Ghost

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-05-25

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (766 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Cast:

Writer:

Claude Chabrol

Georges Simenon (novel)

Fullplot:

Ararat

Ararat

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-12-06

Languages:

English, Armenian, French, German, Turkish

Countries:

Canada, France

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (8429 Reviews)

Director:

Atom Egoyan

Genres:

DramaWar

Fullplot:

People tell stories. In Toronto, an art historian lectures on Arshile Gorky (1904?-1948), an Armenian painter who lived through the genocide in Turkey in 1915. A director invites the historian to help him include Gorky's story in a film about the genocide and Turkish assault on the town of Van. The historian's family is under stress: her son is in love with his step-sister, who blames the historian for the death of her father. The daughter wants to revisit her father's death and change that story. An aging customs agent tells his son about his long interview with the historian's son, who has returned from Turkey with canisters of film. Parents and children. All the stories connect.

The Colonel

The Colonel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-15

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Belgium

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (442 Reviews)

Director:

Laurent Herbiet

Cast:

Writer:

Costa-Gavras (story)

Jean-Claude Grumberg

Laurent Herbiet

Francis Zamponi (novel)

Fullplot:

A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of this murder. She receives the diary of Lieutenent Guy Rossi who served under The Colonel in Algeria in 1956, and has been reported as missing in action since 1957. The revelations found in Rossi's diary go far beyond The Colonel's actions in Algeria, and give an insight on how dirty Algeria's War for Independence really was.

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