Acting
Jenny Clève
Born April 3, 1930 · Roubaix, Nord, France
Died February 17, 2023 · aged 92
Jenny Clève (3 April 1930 – 17 February 2023) was a French actress. Born in Roubaix on 3 April 1930, Clève was the daughter of André Clève and Marie Debode. She left her hometown during World War II and stayed with her father's cousins in Vernou-sur-Brenne. She returned to Roubaix in 1948 and was admitted to the Conservatoire de Roubaix, where she met Claude Talpaert, whom she married on 3 April …
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Welcome to the Sticks · 2008Welcome to the Sticks
★ 6.72008
MovieComedyDrama
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...
One Deadly Summer · 1983One Deadly Summer
★ 7.01983
MovieMysteryDrama
Shortly after Elle Wieck moves to a small French village, she begins dating Pin-Pon, a quiet young mechanic who has grown obsessed with the beautiful newcomer. But Elle has her own reason for the relationship...
Femmes Fatales · 1976Femmes Fatales
★ 6.11976
MovieComedy
Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...
Mr. Klein · 1976Mr. Klein
★ 7.21976
MovieMysteryDrama
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.
Lucie Aubrac · 1997Lucie Aubrac
★ 6.41997
MovieDramaWar
A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...
Germinal · 1993Germinal
★ 6.71993
MovieDramaRomance
It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.
A Mother · 2015A Mother
★ 5.32015
MovieDrama
Marie lives alone with her 16 year old son. She struggles to get by with this teenager who gets deeper and deeper in violence and juvenile delinquency. Speaking sentimentally, things are not going better: the relationship with her lover has come to an end. It may seems depressing, but Marie doesn’t give up, even if love seems to be an inaccessible dream. But love, there is. We can feel the affection of this mother for her troublesome child, thanks to Mathilde Seigner, who gives an astonishing performance. A subtle directing, a strong and captivating story, in short: a must see.
Élisa · 1995Élisa
★ 6.41995
MovieDrama
Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.
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One Deadly Summer · 1983One Deadly Summer
★ 7.01983
MovieMysteryDrama
Shortly after Elle Wieck moves to a small French village, she begins dating Pin-Pon, a quiet young mechanic who has grown obsessed with the beautiful newcomer. But Elle has her own reason for the relationship...
Mrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's Mother