2 Movies Starring Charles Blavette

Toni

Toni

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1936-11-04

Languages:

French, Italian, Spanish

Countries:

France

Runtime:

81 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (868 Reviews)

Director:

Jean Renoir

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jean Renoir (screenplay)

Jacques Levert (story)

Fullplot:

In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in the agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. Even a well-ordered existence is not immune from boredom, friendship, love, or enmity, and Toni gets entangled in a web of increasingly passionate relationships. For there is his best pal Fernand, but also Albert, his overbearing foreman; there is Sebastian, a steady Spanish peasant, but also Gabi, his young rogue relative; there is Marie, but there is also Josefa.

The Long Absence

The Long Absence

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-11-15

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (284 Reviews)

Director:

Henri Colpi

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Henri Colpi

Marguerite Duras

Gèrard Jarlot

Fullplot:

Thèrèse Langlois, who runs a small cafè in the Paris region, lives alone with her souvenirs. One day she thinks she recognizes her husband in a tramp walking past her establishment. It must be said that her spouse has not not shown any signs of life ever since he disappeared during the War. But the stranger has lost his memory. Thèrèse tries hard to stir up memories in him but she fails. Was the stranger really the man of her life ? Anyway, the tramp disappears once more. Alone again, Thèrèse still hopes he will come back to her.

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