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Jean Cayrol

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Jean Cayrol

Born June 6, 1911 · Bordeaux, Gironde, France

Died February 10, 2005 · aged 93

Jean Cayrol (6 June 1911 – 10 February 2005) was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt born in Bordeaux. He is perhaps best known for writing the narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, Night and Fog. He was a major contributor to the subversive, philosophical French publication Tel Quel. In 1941, during the Nazi occupation of France, Cayrol joined the French R…

Known For

Night and FogNight and Fog · 1956
Night and Fog
★ 8.31956
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
Muriel, or the Time of ReturnMuriel, or the Time of Return · 1963
Muriel, or the Time of Return
★ 6.91963
MovieDrama
In the seacoast town of Boulogne, antique furniture saleswoman Hélène lives with her stepson, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit, Alphonse, with his niece Françoise; he too is back from Algiers, where he ran a café. Bernard speaks of his fiancée, Muriel, whom Hélène has not met. The past is obscured by guilt, misperceptions, and missed possibilities. Appearances deceive, things change. As Hélène and Alphonse try to sort out a renewal, everyone seems off-kilter just enough to hint that all cannot end well.
Le Coup de grâceLe Coup de grâce · 1966
Le Coup de grâce
★ 5.81966
MovieDrama
During WWII, Bruno gave away many people to the Gestapo. Now, 25 years after, with a new face given by plastic surgery, he is back and becomes friend with his victims' relatives and friends...
El misteri dels cines desaparegutsEl misteri dels cines desapareguts · 1984
El misteri dels cines desapareguts
1984
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the movie theaters in Valencia that, since the seventies, had been closed or turned into department stores and bingo halls; dream spaces of Valencian cinephilia such as the Cine Alameda.

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