6 Movies Starring Jean-Franèois Stèvenin

Small Change

Small Change

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-03-17

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (4009 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Franèois Truffaut (original scenario)

Suzanne Schiffman (original scenario)

Fullplot:

In the town of Thiers, summer of 1976, teachers and parents give their children skills, love, and attention. A teacher has his first child, a single mother hopes to meet Mr. Right, another mom reaches out to Patrick, a motherless lad who is just discovering the opposite sex. Patrick befriends Julien, a new student who lives in poverty with his mother and has a terrible secret. Bruno shows his friends how to chat up girls. Sylvie stages a witty protest against her parents. Brothers give a friend a haircut. A toddler falls from a window and is unhurt. Everybody goes to the cinema. At camp, Martine catches Patrick's eye. A teacher explains: "Life is hard, but it's wonderful."

Lune froide

Lune froide

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-05-22

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (326 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jackie Berroyer (dialogue)

Jackie Berroyer (scenario)

Patrick Bouchitey (dialogue)

Patrick Bouchitey (scenario)

Charles Bukowski (novels)

Fullplot:

Simon and Dede are best friends: two aimless drunks who spend their days getting sloshed and any other available time getting laid. Simon is living on unemployment benefits in a trailer parked near his sister's apartment. Dede works at a fish-packing plant on the night shift. Neither man is sensitive, young, or good looking. However, their sang-froid (literally, "cold blood," referring to a quality of imperturbability) stands them in good stead as they go about their seedy lives, picking up one woman and having sex with her on the beach, or when Simon calmly has sex with a prostitute in front of the woman's brother. In the past, a bizarre necrophiliac situation led to Simon experiencing his only sense of what it might be to truly love someone.

For Sale

For Sale

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-08-26

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (500 Reviews)

Director:

Laetitia Masson

Fullplot:

A Private detective is hired to trace a woman who ran away and disappeared on her wedding day. The movie follows him and recounts the story of her life through her eyes and the eyes of those interviewed by the detective.

Man on the Train

Man on the Train

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-06-20

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, UK, Germany, Japan

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (5879 Reviews)

Director:

Patrice Leconte

Fullplot:

A teacher and a gangster meet by chance in a small town pharmacy. As a friendship of sorts develops between these opposite personalities, each starts to envy the other and by the week's end, everything will change for both of them.

Of Snails and Men

Of Snails and Men

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-09-14

Languages:

Romanian, French, Spanish

Countries:

Romania

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1445 Reviews)

Director:

Tudor Giurgiu

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Bright Days Ahead

Bright Days Ahead

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-06-19

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (977 Reviews)

Director:

Marion Vernoux

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Fanny Chesnel (novel)

Marion Vernoux (screenplay)

Fanny Chesnel (screenplay)

Marc Syrigas (collaboration)

Fullplot:

The retired dentist Caroline attends a class for computer users. Although she is married, she falls in love with her significantly younger lecturer. It turns out he used to visit her surgery because primarily in order to enjoy her view. Her husband finds out about her affair with this admirer.

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