5 Movies Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau

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.

Le Sauvage

Le Sauvage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-04-01

Languages:

French, English, Spanish

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (972 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Paul Rappeneau (scenario)

èlisabeth Rappeneau (scenario)

Jean-Loup Dabadie (scenario)

Jean-Loup Dabadie (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Caracas, Venezuela. Just after her engagement with Vittorio, Nelly runs away from him. As he pursued her, she looks for help to Martin, a French middle-aged man she met by accident. He helps her to escape and drives her to the airport and gives her a plane ticket to Paris. Then he thinks he can go back to his peaceful lonely life on his island. Of course, he is wrong and will be bothered again by Nelly...

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-12-01

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (16764 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Claude Carrière

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Edmond Rostand (play)

Fullplot:

The Horseman on the Roof

The Horseman on the Roof

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-10-06

Languages:

French, Italian

Countries:

France

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (4626 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Claude Carrière

Nina Companeez

Jean Giono (novel)

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Fullplot:

In 1832, cholera ravages Provence (South of France). After several misadventures, Angelo, young Italian officer hunted by the Austrian secret police, meets Pauline de Theus, a young lady. After a second accidental meeting, both will start the search of Pauline's husband in a chaotic country.

Bon voyage

Bon voyage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-05-21

Languages:

French, German, English, Italian

Countries:

France

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(4153 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Paul Rappeneau (scenario)

Patrick Modiano (scenario)

Jèrème Tonnerre (adaptation)

Jean-Paul Rappeneau (adaptation)

Gilles Marchand (adaptation)

Julien Rappeneau (adaptation)

Fullplot:

At the start of World War II, the fate of the free world hangs in the balance at the posh Hotel Splendide in Bordeaux. Cabinet members, journalists, physicists, and spies of all persuasions gather in order to escape the Nazi occupation of Paris. High society socialites hobnob with jailbirds. Murderous intrigues, scientific secrets and love affairs flourish.

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