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Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Born April 8, 1932 · Auxerre, Yonne, France
Died September 2, 2026 · aged 94
Jean-Paul Rappeneau (8 April 1932 — 2 September 2026) was a French film director and screenwriter. He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le métro in 1960 and Vie privée in 1961. In 1964, he was co-screenwriter for L'Homme de Rio, which starred Jean-Paul Belmondo. The first film that he both wrote and directed was A Matter of Resistan…
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That Man from Rio · 1964That Man from Rio
★ 7.31964
MovieAdventureAction
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.
The Horseman on the Roof · 1995The Horseman on the Roof
★ 6.51995
MovieAdventureRomance
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.
Families · 2015Families
★ 4.72015
MovieComedyDrama
Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is very displeased to learn from her and his hated brother, that the family house in Ambray is going to be sold. Jerome decides to go to the town where he grew up to see what is going on. Little does he know how eventful his escapade will be. Little does he know that it will change his life from soup to nuts...
Cyrano de Bergerac · 1990Cyrano de Bergerac
★ 7.31990
MovieDramaComedy
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
Lovers Like Us · 1975Lovers Like Us
★ 6.61975
MovieRomanceComedy
A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.
A Very Private Affair · 1962A Very Private Affair
★ 5.21962
MovieDrama
After achieving fame as a movie star, a woman finds her private life invaded by relentless fans, leading her mother’s ex-lover to intervene and offer protection.
The Magnificent One · 1973The Magnificent One
★ 7.01973
MovieComedyRomance
A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time at the publisher's demand.
The Married Couple of the Year Two · 1971The Married Couple of the Year Two
★ 6.51971
MovieAdventureComedy
Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.
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1957
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