3 Movies Starring Franèoise Dorlèac

That Man from Rio

That Man from Rio

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-02-05

Languages:

French, English, Portuguese

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2564 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Paul Rappeneau (screenplay)

Ariane Mnouchkine (screenplay)

Daniel Boulanger (screenplay)

Philippe de Broca (screenplay)

Daniel Boulanger (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Farce, spy spoof, and adventure. Swarthy thieves ignore jewels to steal an Amazon figurine from the Museum of Man in Paris' Trocadero Palace and kidnap the world's authority on the lost Maltec civilization. Cut to Agnes, the daughter of a murdered man who possessed one of two other such figurines. Moments after her sweetheart, Adrien, an Army private with a week's leave, arrives in Paris to see her, Agnes too is kidnapped, drugged, and loaded on a plane to Rio. Adrien is in hot pursuit, and before he can rescue her (with the help of a shoeshine boy), foil the murderous thieves, and solve the riddle of the Maltecs, he must traverse Rio, Brasèlia, and the Amazon heartland... all before the end of his week's leave.

The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-04-20

Languages:

French, Portuguese, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (4361 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Franèois Truffaut (original scenario)

Jean-Louis Richard (original scenario)

Fullplot:

Pierre Lachenay, a middle-aged, well-known publisher and lecturer, is married to Franca, an unbalanced woman, and father of Sabine, a 10-year-old girl. While traveling to Lisbon for a lecture, Pierre Lachenay has a one night stand with Nicole, the Panair do Brasil air stewardess. He wants to see her again and again, they travel to Reims together, and Pierre hides the affair from his family, mostly to spare his daughter the anguish of a separation. Nicole is taking it lightly but Pierre, misunderstanding her feelings and expectations, decides to live with her. The couple's break-up leads to a tragic end.

Cul-De-Sac

Cul-De-Sac

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-11-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (7886 Reviews)

Director:

Roman Polanski

Fullplot:

A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle, a meek Englishman and his willful French wife, are initially the unwilling hosts to the criminals. Quickly, however, the relationships between the criminal, the wife, and the Englishman begin to shift in humorous and bizarre fashion.

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