Jean Cosmos

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Jean Cosmos

Born June 14, 1923 · Paris, France

Died August 24, 2014 · aged 91

No biography available.

Known For

Fan-Fan the TulipFan-Fan the Tulip · 2003
Fan-Fan the Tulip
★ 5.52003
MovieAdventureComedy
In this 2003 remake of the classic 1952 French film, Fanfan la Tulipe is a swashbuckling lover who is tricked into joining the army of King Louis XV by Adeline La Franchise, who tells Fanfan that by doing so, he will eventually marry one of the king's daughters
The Princess of MontpensierThe Princess of Montpensier · 2010
The Princess of Montpensier
★ 6.32010
MovieActionDrama
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
D'Artagnan's DaughterD'Artagnan's Daughter · 1994
D'Artagnan's Daughter
★ 5.71994
MovieAdventureAction
It is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where he's taken sanctuary and kill both the fugitive and the Mother Superior, they little realise that one of the novices is the spirited daughter of retired musketeer D'Artagnan.
Conversations with My GardenerConversations with My Gardener · 2007
Conversations with My Gardener
★ 6.52007
MovieComedyDrama
A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a former schoolfriend. A warm, fruitful conversation starts between the two men.
The Great MeaulnesThe Great Meaulnes · 2006
The Great Meaulnes
★ 5.42006
MovieDrama
A coming-of-age story set in France in the years leading up to World War I. Two teenage boys experience love, loss, anguish and betrayal in a rural setting of great beauty.
Safe ConductSafe Conduct · 2002
Safe Conduct
★ 6.52002
MovieDramaWar
During the Nazi occupation of France, two filmmakers try to build a career without compromising their ideals.
Secret AgentsSecret Agents · 2004
Secret Agents
★ 5.52004
MovieActionCrime
From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus"; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe...
Life and Nothing ButLife and Nothing But · 1989
Life and Nothing But
★ 7.21989
MovieWarDrama
In 1920, Major Dellaplane, a man of honor and ethics, searches for missing French soldiers. He meets Madame Irène de Courtil, a politically connected Parisian, and their paths cross.

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Secret AgentsSecret Agents · 2004
Secret Agents
★ 5.52004
MovieActionCrime
From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus"; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe...

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Ardéchois, cœur fidèleArdéchois, cœur fidèle · 1974
Ardéchois, cœur fidèle
★ 7.11974
SeriesAction & AdventureFamily
In 1822, Toussaint Rouveyre, a former captain in Napoleon's army, returned to his village in the Ardèche after the defeat at Waterloo and a seven-year stay in America. There, he reunited with his family, persecuted by the Restoration regime. In order for his father to give him his share of the inheritance in advance of his permanent move to America, he needs the consent of his younger brother Antoine, a carpenter who is on the Compagnons' Tour de France. When Toussaint learns that his brother, a member of the Compagnons du Devoir (Devoirants) association, has been killed by a companion from the rival association, the Compagnons du Devoir de Liberté (Gavots), he is determined to find the murderer, a certain Tourangeau Sans-Quartier, and avenge his brother. To find this man, he joins the Compagnons du Devoir de Liberté incognito.

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