Alain Poiré

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Alain Poiré

Born February 13, 1917 · Paris, France

Died January 14, 2000 · aged 82

Alain Poiré (13 February 1917 – 14 January 2000) was a French film producer and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, and died in Neuilly-Sur-Seine. Alain Poiré graduated from law school and worked for advertising group Havas. In 1938, he moved to working for the film company Société Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont (SNEG) as assistant general manager in order to save the company from financial …

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The Dinner GameThe Dinner Game · 1998
The Dinner Game
★ 7.81998
MovieComedy
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
The StudentThe Student · 1988
The Student
★ 5.91988
MovieRomanceComedy
An ambitious teaching student's finals studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.
The PartyThe Party · 1980
The Party
★ 6.61980
MovieDramaRomance
A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
Ace of AcesAce of Aces · 1982
Ace of Aces
★ 7.11982
MovieAdventureComedy
In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.
Manon of the SpringManon of the Spring · 1986
Manon of the Spring
★ 7.61986
MovieDrama
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.
FantomasFantomas · 1964
Fantomas
★ 6.81964
MovieComedyCrime
Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.
Delusions of GrandeurDelusions of Grandeur · 1971
Delusions of Grandeur
★ 7.41971
MovieComedyHistory
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
Le GuignoloLe Guignolo · 1980
Le Guignolo
★ 6.01980
MovieComedyAction
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men into buying a fake copy of a stolen Caneletto. On the aeroplane, a stranger asks him to look after his briefcase until after they have landed. Alexandre agrees, but the stranger is shot dead soon after and Alexandre himself becomes the target of enemy agents who are keen to recover the briefcase...

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