André Ruellan

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André Ruellan

Born August 7, 1922 · Courbevoie, Seine, France [now Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France]

Died November 10, 2016 · aged 94

André Ruellan was born on August 7, 1922 in Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France], France. He died on November 10, 2016 in Paris, France. As 'Kurt Steiner', he was a prolific novelist.

Known For

Ville à vendreVille à vendre · 1992
Ville à vendre
5.21992
MovieCrimeComedy
A man comes to a small town in France and witness the apparent murder of a woman pharmacist. He teams up with the victim's vulgar assistant to try to solve the mystery.
DistractedDistracted · 1970
Distracted
6.11970
MovieComedy
A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem to another.
Paradise for AllParadise for All · 1982
Paradise for All
6.01982
MovieDramaComedy
Doctor Valois has invented the "flashage", a cure for depressed people. After having tested it on monkeys, he tries with a first human patient, Alain Durieux. This is great success, everybody's happy except may be Alain's wife, Jeanne, who's worrying about the changes in Alain's personality. Other patients use the treatment with similar successes, and Valois's happy about it. But the monkeys are changing: non-cured ones are made mad by the over-stability and stereotyped behaviour of the cured ones. So are the humans. When Valois realises he can't stop the process, he decides to "flash" himself.
The Troubles of AlfredThe Troubles of Alfred · 1972
The Troubles of Alfred
5.91972
MovieComedy
Unlucky in love, Alfred tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a simultaneous attempt by a nearby young woman. Recovering, the young lady puts him up at her house, as he has run out of places to live. He joins a Parisian sporting team and seems to have transferred his bad luck to a corrupt television boss who is attempting to manipulate the game so that Alfred's Paris team loses.
The DogsThe Dogs · 1979
The Dogs
6.01979
MovieThrillerDrama
After several inhabitants of a new city were bitten by dogs, a young doctor tries to put a stop to the climb of violence.
Black for RemembranceBlack for Remembrance · 1995
Black for Remembrance
6.11995
MovieThrillerMystery
This French thriller begins with a flashback to a small village dance where a six-year-old girl is kidnapped and killed. Seventeen years later the murder remains unsolved. The girl's parents Caroline and Chris have gone on with separate lives Caroline remarried and had another daughter while Chris became an alcoholic. The two are thrown back together when each begin receiving strange messages that imply their daughter has returned from the dead for vengeance. They contact a police detective (the lover of Caroline's best friend) who finds the case intriguing and decides to reopen it. Unfortunately, as soon as he begins questioning the old suspects, people begin to die.
Les araignées de la nuitLes araignées de la nuit · 2002
Les araignées de la nuit
10.02002
Movie
In the lead up to the presidential elections five candidates turn up from out of nowhere. Then, as the days go by, they are eliminated one by one, each meeting with a violent death, until one is left to become president.
Divine enfantDivine enfant · 1989
Divine enfant
7.01989
MovieComedy
Much against his will, Aurélien Brada is put in charge of a cute orphan girl and her cute dog.

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BonsoirBonsoir · 1994
Bonsoir
4.11994
MovieComedy
Having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society. He admits himself into people's homes, by pretending to be a relative or an official, and persuading his victims to give him a night's free board: He finds at first a lunch at the horrible couple Dumont, where a thief follows him for a robbery. Alex spent an evening in front of TV at Marie, mother of seven children. He runs from Marie to find an evening and a new bed at the home of charming but shy lesbian Caroline and her funny lover Gloria. To save her inheritance, Caroline - accused for her homosexuality by her horrible sister Catherine - tells her aunt Amélie, that Gloria is her secretary and Alex her lover. So Alex has to present himself nude in Caroline's bed. He saves Carolines inheritance. The police officers investigating the case are so terminally stupid that Alex has little chance of being arrested.

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