Jean Lara

Acting

Jean Lara

Born September 22, 1922 · Dijon, France

Died September 25, 2010 · aged 88

Jean Lara (born Jean Joseph Marie Usandivaras; 20 September 1922 - 3 April 2010) is a French actor and director.

Known For

The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie · 1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
★ 7.41972
MovieComedyFantasy
An upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Farewell, FriendFarewell, Friend · 1968
Farewell, Friend
★ 6.31968
MovieCrimeAction
After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways. Later, they are reunited and become involved with a caper involving millions in a high-security safe. The two men become locked in during a holiday weekend as they attempt to crack the safe's combination.
Devil in the FleshDevil in the Flesh · 1947
Devil in the Flesh
★ 6.21947
MovieDramaRomance
In France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the front lines. Marthe then begins a tempestuous affair with 17-year-old François, with whom she had a dalliance before marrying Jacques. Jealous François struggles with the fact that Marthe is married, while she tries to prove her devotion to her young, hotheaded lover. Things become even more complex when Marthe becomes pregnant with Jacques' baby.
The MarginThe Margin · 1976
The Margin
★ 6.01976
MovieDrama
A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.
And Hope to DieAnd Hope to Die · 1972
And Hope to Die
★ 6.31972
MovieCrimeThriller
Young pilot Tony Cardot goes on the run after inadvertently crashing his plane into a group of Gypsy children. He reaches Montreal and crosses paths with American gangster Charley Ellis, who forces him to join in his gang's latest scheme.
Witness in the CityWitness in the City · 1959
Witness in the City
★ 6.31959
MovieCrimeThriller
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.
American DreamerAmerican Dreamer · 1984
American Dreamer
★ 6.31984
MovieActionAdventure
American housewife Cathy Palmer loses her memory on a trip to Paris after being hit by a car. She wakes up in the hospital believing she's the fictional international spy, Rebecca Ryan.
King on HorsebackKing on Horseback · 1958
King on Horseback
★ 6.01958
MovieAdventureDrama
Henri La Tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. So, when, after accomplishing a brilliant feat, he is awarded a title by King Louis XV, the Duke of Saint-Sever takes offense at it and challenges Henri to a duel. However, while they fight, a group of Austrian soldiers appear suddenly and the two rivals instantly unite to repel their enemies. Unfortunately, Saint-Sever is mortally wounded and, feeling he is about to die, he entreats his new friend to offer protection to Toinon, his natural daughter, whose life is being threatened...

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A Legitimate DefenseA Legitimate Defense · 1958
A Legitimate Defense
★ 6.01958
MovieCrimeDrama
Two friends from the last war, Pierrot, a bar owner, and Gustave, a police inspector, are in contact with a notorious gang of racketeers in Montmartre. Tired of putting up with Albert the King's demands, Pierrot kills the gangster during a bar brawl. His first instinct is to flee, but on Gustave's advice, he turns himself in to the law. All things considered, he'll be safer in prison than exposed to the reprisals of the "underworld". Pierrot goes to trial. He was acquitted as having acted in self-defense. But his release leaves him open to the vengeance of Bob, one of Albert's accomplices. Pierrot narrowly escapes an ambush, but is finally able to rid himself of the threat hanging over him, thanks to the friendship of Inspector Gustave, and finally reunites with the companion of his life, Dora, who has never stopped trembling for him.

l'avocat de Pierrot