Laurent Jaoui

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Laurent Jaoui

Born June 30, 1962 · Tunis, French Protectorate Tunisia [now Tunisia] (age 64)

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ColombaColomba · 2005
Colomba
7.02005
MovieDrama
1815. Port of Marseille. Lydia Neuville accompanies her father on an "educational" trip. This time, they set off for Corsica, an island of beauty, mystery, and game-filled scrubland. During the crossing, Lydia meets Lieutenant Orso Della Rebbia, recently demobilized after five years on the battlefield. He wants to settle in a peaceful place on the continent to forget the horrors of war. In the meantime, he returns to his native country, two years after the death of his father, who was allegedly killed by a bandit named Agostini
Dombey and SonDombey and Son · 2007
Dombey and Son
2007
MovieDrama
The dream of Charles Dombais, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, his wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
La fonte des neigesLa fonte des neiges · 2004
La fonte des neiges
4.32004
MovieDrama
When the friend who was visiting them suddenly dies, an unremarkable couple is forced to take in his young pregnant wife of Russian origin.
CrescendoCrescendo · 2026
Crescendo
6.72026
MovieComedyDrama
Behind the scenes of an ambitious staging of the opera The Marriage of Figaro, an accusation of sexual assault emerges, upsetting the balance of the cast. The film explores the tensions linked to generational conflicts and individual stances, in an artistic context in crisis.
Cent pages blanchesCent pages blanches · 2013
Cent pages blanches
6.02013
MovieComedy
Some Shooting StarsSome Shooting Stars · 2024
Some Shooting Stars
4.32024
MovieComedy
These old friends now have to train the next football generation with the help of their own offsprings...
Cita mortal a l’Up & DownCita mortal a l’Up & Down · 2003
Cita mortal a l’Up & Down
7.02003
MovieCrime
Carvalho is investigating the murder of a prison officer. The police suspect a young delinquent who had threatened to kill the officer. But Carvalho and Biscuter are on the trail of a friend and ex-cell partner of the defendant called "el Navajas" ("the penknife"). He is a pusher in the discotheque Up & Down. Things get worse when "el Navajas" turns out to be the main suspect of the murder in cold blood of a boy from a good family in the discotheque. Carvalho must find the pusher before the police in order to avoid that his client is sentenced to life imprisonment.
L'affaire KergalenL'affaire Kergalen · 2001
L'affaire Kergalen
3.02001
MovieDramaCrime
After the discovery of the bodies of two women raped and murdered, Lieutenant Sarlat, is assigned to the case. During your research you will find a family linked to black magic, and two gypsy women, Ana and her mother Marina, without having any connection that may be the key to the whole mystery. Sarlat will be responsible for discovering the connection between a serial murderer, and this dark and complex family.

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ManhuntManhunt · 2008
Manhunt
6.92008
MovieDramaTV Movie
Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld devoted twelve years of their lives to relentlessly tracking down Klaus Barbie, who had fled to Latin America under a false identity. La Traque looks back at their early exploits in Germany, through to the legal and media battles that led to the major trials in France. How was Klaus Barbie able to reinvent himself so easily and continue to wreak havoc in Bolivia with complete impunity in the 1970s? This is what this fictional account reveals, drawing its originality from the various points of view it adopts: that of the Klarsfelds, who had never before been the heroes of a fictional story, but also that of Klaus Barbie and the Bolivians, the new victims of this "exiled" barbarity. Between historical clarifications and revelations, this story forcefully reminds us that memory is not a given, but something that must be fought hard to achieve.

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