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Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Born September 3, 1953 · Roanne, Loire, France (age 72)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French film director and screenwriter known for the films Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Alien: Resurrection and Amélie. Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his long…
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Amélie · 2001Amélie
★ 7.92001
MovieComedyRomance
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
Alien Resurrection · 1997Alien Resurrection
★ 6.21997
MovieScience FictionHorror
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.
The City of Lost Children · 1995The City of Lost Children
★ 7.21995
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
A Very Long Engagement · 2004A Very Long Engagement
★ 7.32004
MovieDramaRomance
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
Delicatessen · 1991Delicatessen
★ 7.31991
MovieComedyScience Fiction
In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet · 2013The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
★ 6.92013
MovieAdventureDrama
A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Micmacs · 2009Micmacs
★ 6.72009
MovieActionComedy
While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of trash. There Bazil begins his quest for revenge against the people who produced the gun that shot him.
Bigbug · 2022Bigbug
★ 5.32022
MovieScience FictionComedy
Set in the world of 2045, where communities have robotic helpers, a group of suburbanites are locked in for their protection by their household robots, while a rogue, self-aware AI android revolt uprising takes place outside.
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De l'autre côté · 1989De l'autre côté
★ 7.01989
SeriesAnimation
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