Acting
Florence Brière
Born October 23, 1895 · Paris, France
Died September 21, 1985 · aged 89
No biography available.
Known For
Sin with a Stranger · 1968Sin with a Stranger
★ 5.51968
MovieDrama
François, a journalist, is approached on the train home by pretty a blonde. She leaves at the same station as him and follows him until he ends up inviting her to his house.
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.
Return to Life · 1949Return to Life
★ 6.41949
MovieDramaComedy
In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.
Pastoral Symphony · 1946Pastoral Symphony
★ 6.21946
MovieDrama
On Christmas Eve, Swiss minister Jean Martens takes in a blind, half-crippled orphan and brings her up among his own four children. But Gertrude grows into a woman and Jean gradually falls in love with her without admitting it to himself. On the contrary, he lulls his conscience by interpreting the Scriptures to his advantage. But neither his wife nor his oldest son are fooled. Following a long-delayed operation, Gertrude recovers her sight but she is not long to find out that sin has corrupted the soul of her benefactor.
The Twilight Girls · 1957The Twilight Girls
★ 4.11957
MovieDrama
A beautiful and sophisticated teenager is placed in a regimented French girls' boarding school after her father apparently commits suicide over a business scandal. She immediately gains admirers -- a lustful middle-aged artist, a handsome young composer, a fellow female student -- as well as a jealous rival. With the help of her schoolmates, she attempts to elope with the composer, but the adults catch on to the plot, and she is locked into her room at night.
Not Dumb, the Bird · 1972Not Dumb, the Bird
★ 5.81972
MovieComedyCrime
An old lady is far from suspecting everything that is going on behind her back, in particular what her servants are up to.
L'échelle · 1964L'échelle
1964
Movie
Le destin s'amuse · 1946Le destin s'amuse
★ 10.01946
MovieComedyDrama
A guardian, abusing his prerogatives, imposes on a young girl the husband he has chosen for her. On the very day of the wedding ceremony, the bride fled. She is picked up on the road by four bandits who are going on a business expedition. After many adventures, each as implausible as the next, the heroine will marry the man of her choice.
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Return to Life · 1949Return to Life
★ 6.41949
MovieDramaComedy
In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.
Gossip (segment *Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)
L'échelle · 1964L'échelle
1964
Movie
la voisine
Too Small My Friend · 1971Too Small My Friend
★ 6.51971
MovieCrime
Ticky Edriss, a dwarf, develops a scheme to avenge him on society and extort a bank.
La femme de ménage
Detective Story · 1972Detective Story
★ 8.01972
MovieComedy
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