6 Movies Starring Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Weekend

Weekend

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-09-27

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (8908 Reviews)

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

A supposedly idyllic week-end trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.

L'amour fou

L'amour fou

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-01-15

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

252 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (335 Reviews)

Director:

Jacques Rivette

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Marilè Parolini

Jacques Rivette (dialogue)

Fullplot:

During the rehearsals for the production of the tragedy Andromaque, the leading actress and her director, a couple behind the scenes, can't find a way to leave their personal problems at home. And life imitates fiction, creating a real tragedy for this couple when the man finds comfort with other women while the actress prefers to stay focused on her work, as if nothing is happening with her partner.

Hècate

Hècate

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-11-24

Languages:

French, German

Countries:

Switzerland, France

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (91 Reviews)

Director:

Daniel Schmid

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Morand (novel)

Pascal Jardin (adaptation)

Daniel Schmid (adaptation)

Pascal Jardin (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Strange Affair

Strange Affair

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-12-23

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (219 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Christopher Frank

Pierre Granier-Deferre

Jean-Marc Roberts (novel)

Jean-Marc Roberts (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. He has little to do, but seems content with his marriage to Nina, his visits to his mother and grandmother, and poker games with friends. When new boss Bernard Malair arrives to turn the store around, Louis fears for his job; but Bernard, with his numbers man Paul and his factotum Franèois, invites Louis into an inner circle of long hours of work, nightclubs, and dinners with an androgynous vamp. Nina objects, but Louis cannot say no to Bernard's demands, no matter how personal. In desperation, Nina leaves Louis, but that drives him further into Bernard's orbit. Can anything break this spell?

Confidentially Yours

Confidentially Yours

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-08-10

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3890 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Williams (novel)

Franèois Truffaut

Suzanne Schiffman

Jean Aurel

Fullplot:

Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place than Julien Vercel, an estate agent that knew him and whose fingerprints are found on Massoulier's car. As the police discovers that Marie-Christine Vercel, Julien's wife, was Massoulier's mistress, Julien is very suspected. But his secretary, Barbara Becker, while not quite convinced he is innocent, defends him and leads her private investigations...

The Cry of the Owl

The Cry of the Owl

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-10-28

Languages:

French

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (706 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Cast:

Writer:

Odile Barski

Claude Chabrol

Patricia Highsmith (novel)

Fullplot:

Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife, Vèronique, herself newly engaged. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in. Soon, she's dumped Patrick, decided she's in love with this stranger, and pursues him. Robert's diffident, Patrick is furious, and violence follows. The police are incompetent, Vèronique sees an opportunity to play revenge games, and the impressionable Juliette is ensnared by thoughts of death. Can anyone exercise reason?

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