4 Movies Starring Jacques Bonnaffè

First Name: Carmen

First Name: Carmen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-01-11

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

85 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2251 Reviews)

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Cast:

Writer:

Anne-Marie Mièville (scenario)

Anne-Marie Mièville (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Carmen is a member of a terrorist gang who falls in love with a young police officer guarding a bank that she and her cohorts try to rob. She leads him on while dragging the two of them closer to their ultimate doom. Jean-Luc Godard intercuts the film with shots of a string quartet practicing Beethoven, and his main protagonist, Carmen, is played by Maruschka Detmers creating a stunning effect in many scenes of extended nudity.

Jeanne and the Perfect Guy

Jeanne and the Perfect Guy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-04-16

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (621 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Olivier Ducastel

Jacques Martineau

Fullplot:

Jeanne has an appetite for love that can never be satisfied. Lovers at every corner of her life she is still in search of that "one". When a impromptu tryst on the subway with Olivier gives her butterflies like never before she finally finds herself in love, truly in love. Yet she continues her affairs but now with a realization that they are not what she wants, she wants Olivier. Olivier reluctant to continue the romance with Jeanne for fear of hurting her or worse yet her seeing him at his worse. Olivier reveals to Jeanne he has AIDS from a bad needle during his heroine use. This however does not scare Jeanne off and her love for him turns her into a new person who wants to care for him, but that is not what he wants. The two share a common friend that is an AIDS Activist but they don't know it. Then Olivier because severely ill and Jeanne professes her love and her infidelity. That is the last she ever sees of Olivier. She returns to the hospital to find he has left with his parents, and left no forwarding address. Much time passes, and still the pain of her lost love resides. She knows of nothing of his whereabouts and no way to find him, until she bumps in to a friend that accompanied Olivier on the subway when she met him. Then she finally learns her love has passed on. A musical about the french governments lack of concern and role in the dire conditions of their citizens and about the different classes in society from the immigrant workers, soldiers, upper class and economic dependency on credit cards. A story that covers all walks of life and the pains of love.

Venus Beauty

Venus Beauty

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-02-03

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (3378 Reviews)

Director:

Tonie Marshall

Cast:

Writer:

Tonie Marshall (screenplay)

Tonie Marshall (dialogue)

Jacques Audiard

Marion Vernoux

Fullplot:

Madam Nadine manages with pride the "Vènus beautè" Salon which offers relaxation, massage and make-up services. The owner and her three beauticians: Samantha, Marianne and Angèle are pros. Contrary to her friend Marianne, who still dreams of the big day, Angèle no longer believes in love. Marie, the youngest of the three employees, discovers love in the hands of a sixty year-old former pilot, who risks everything...

Cète d'Azur

Cète d'Azur

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-03-30

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1792 Reviews)

Fullplot:

A family comprising of a father, mother, daughter and son head to the south of France for summer vacation. Charly's friend, Martin joins them. He is gay and has a crush on Charly. Charly's mother, Beatrix, thinks Charly is gay and having an affair with Martin. Charly's father is somewhat bothered by this and by the open sexuality in the family.

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