Acting
Jacques Famery
Born July 30, 1923 · Vernon, France
Died January 18, 2014 · aged 90
Jacques Famery was a French film actor. Although known primarily for roles in the Cinema of France, he lived in Quebec for a time in the 1970s and was also a figure in the Cinema of Quebec during that time.
Known For
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez · 1964Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
★ 7.01964
MovieComedy
The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane · 1976The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
★ 7.01976
MovieDramaMystery
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with a neighbor Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.
The Exchange Student · 1967The Exchange Student
★ 6.81967
MovieComedy
Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...
Enigma · 1982Enigma
★ 5.61982
MovieDramaThriller
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Tête à claques · 1982Tête à claques
★ 5.21982
MovieComedy
Alex Berthier would love to be a famous songwriter. Meanwhile, he has to cope with unemployment, a witty 12 years old son and a rich and cute heiress who tries to help Alex as much as he tries to escape her: she brings nothing but trouble ! Fortunately, luck will strike again.
Puccini · 1953Puccini
★ 6.71953
MovieDramaMusic
The biographical story of Puccini spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including an attractive, beautiful singer whom he drops for a small town girl, and a servant girl who commits suicide over him.
The Idiot · 1968The Idiot
1968
MovieDrama
Prince Myshkin is a good man, yet his goodness borders on naivety—or even idiocy. After spending his youth in a Swiss sanatorium being treated for epilepsy and autism, he returns to Russia to enter social circles riddled with hypocrisy and greed. One emerges from the experience dazed, as if waking from a troubled dream.
The Possession of Virginia · 1972The Possession of Virginia
★ 4.41972
MovieHorrorMystery
When his friend suddenly commits suicide, reporter Paul senses something strange about it. When he starts investigating, a series of sinister events leads him to a deadly Satanic cult.
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