5 Movies Starring Michel Auclair

Manon

Manon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-03-09

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (415 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Abbè Prèvost (novel)

Henri-Georges Clouzot (screenplay)

Jean Ferry (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An adaptation of Abbe Prevost's classic French novel 'Manon Lescaut', updated to post-World War II France, in which a former French Resistance activist rescues Manon from villagers who want to lynch her for collaborating with the Nazis. They move to Paris, but their relationship quickly turns stormy after they get involved in profiteering, prostitution and murder...

Funny Face

Funny Face

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-02-13

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (17074 Reviews)

Director:

Stanley Donen

Fullplot:

Fashion photographer Dick Avery, in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore. When the photo session is over the store is left in a shambles, much to salesgirl Jo Stockton's dismay. Avery stays behind to help her clean up. Later, he examines the photos taken there and sees Jo in the background of one shot. He is intrigued by her unique appearance, as is Maggie Prescott, the editor of a leading fashion magazine. They offer Jo a modeling contract, which she reluctantly accepts only because it includes a trip to Paris. Eventually, her snobbish attitude toward the job softens, and Jo begins to enjoy the work and the company of her handsome photographer.

Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-04-07

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy, Romania

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (855 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Paul Rappeneau (scenario)

Jean-Paul Rappeneau (adaptation)

Maurice Clavel (adaptation)

Claude Sautet (adaptation)

Fullplot:

After his escape to America in the year 1787 Nicolas Phillibert wants to marry a rich American heiress. In his homeland France he is still married however to the pretty Charlotte. In order to obtain the divorce, he must return therefore to France. In confusions of the french revolution he soon gets between Royalisten and republicans. After numerous bold adventures he finds his life-merry wife as bride of the best sword fighter of the Bourbonen.

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-07-30

Languages:

English, Italian, French

Countries:

UK, France

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (27372 Reviews)

Director:

Fred Zinnemann

Cast:

Writer:

Frederick Forsyth (book)

Kenneth Ross (screenplay)

Fullplot:

It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have made repeated attempts to kill DeGaulle. The result is that he is the most closely guarded man in the world. As a desperate act, they hire The Jackal, the code name for a hired killer who agrees to kill French President De Gaulle for half a million dollars. We watch his preparations which are so thorough we wonder how he could possibly fail even as we watch the French police attempt to pick up his trail. The situation is historically accurate. There were many such attempts and the film closely follows the plot of the book.

Le Sheriff

Le Sheriff

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-01-12

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (390 Reviews)

Director:

Yves Boisset

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

The young judge Fayard is not afraid of anybody as he does his work honestly.

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