Jacques Kébadian

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Jacques Kébadian

Born April 20, 1940 · Valence, Drome, France (age 86)

Jacques Kébadian is a French filmmaker of Armenian descent. He began his career assisting director Robert Bresson on Mouchette (1967). Kébadian has directed several documentaries and feature films, often focusing on social and political themes. His works include Nous avons bu la même eau (1995) and Retour en Arménie (2007), exploring Armenian identity and history. Kébadian is also known for his in…

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Au Hasard BalthazarAu Hasard Balthazar · 1966
Au Hasard Balthazar
★ 7.51966
MovieDrama
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.
MouchetteMouchette · 1967
Mouchette
★ 7.41967
MovieDrama
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.
Emergency KissesEmergency Kisses · 1989
Emergency Kisses
★ 7.41989
MovieDrama
When film director Mathieu casts a famous actress to portray a character based on his aspiring-actress wife, he creates a rift in his marriage. French filmmaker Philippe Garrel's family members portray versions of themselves in this lyrical drama.
A Gentle WomanA Gentle Woman · 1969
A Gentle Woman
★ 6.81969
MovieRomanceDrama
When his young wife commits suicide with no explanation, an introspective pawnbroker looks back on their life together.
Paradis PerduParadis Perdu · 1975
Paradis Perdu
★ 4.01975
MovieDrama
Young trans women turn the streets of Paris into their cabaret. Their dreams are quickly caught up by reality.
Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big WorldParis, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big World · 2000
Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big World
★ 6.22000
MovieRomanceDrama
Lunettes and Myope: two ways of resisting the world. Identical and opposites, face to face or, more often, back to back, in a small room in a timeless space. Twins and adversaries, these two girls make one: Lunettes uses her glasses to help her understand the world, or at least accept it; Myope can't see, except within herself, and lost in her blurred, but sharp, experience of the world, rebels continuously. Incited by Lunettes, Myope creates (in the same city and climate, but in another dimension) two characters: Pierrot and Agathe. To a certain degree, these two are a disjointed response to Myope, Lunettes, neighbors, and distant representatives. It's very hot. The inhabitants are interested in fountains and shadows. They build cool cabins, hanging curtains over the balcony balustrades. Asphalt sticks to the soles of sandals and when the wind blows, the canopies flap above the café terraces.
Empty Quarter: A Woman in AfricaEmpty Quarter: A Woman in Africa · 1985
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
★ 7.41985
MovieRomanceDrama
A man invites a woman to share his room in a hostel and gradually falls in love with her.
TrotskyTrotsky · 1967
Trotsky
★ 5.01967
MovieHistory
Story of the life of an extraordinary man, who with Lenin, was the symbol of the Revolution of 1917.

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Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big WorldParis, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big World · 2000
Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big World
★ 6.22000
MovieRomanceDrama
Lunettes and Myope: two ways of resisting the world. Identical and opposites, face to face or, more often, back to back, in a small room in a timeless space. Twins and adversaries, these two girls make one: Lunettes uses her glasses to help her understand the world, or at least accept it; Myope can't see, except within herself, and lost in her blurred, but sharp, experience of the world, rebels continuously. Incited by Lunettes, Myope creates (in the same city and climate, but in another dimension) two characters: Pierrot and Agathe. To a certain degree, these two are a disjointed response to Myope, Lunettes, neighbors, and distant representatives. It's very hot. The inhabitants are interested in fountains and shadows. They build cool cabins, hanging curtains over the balcony balustrades. Asphalt sticks to the soles of sandals and when the wind blows, the canopies flap above the café terraces.

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