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Alain Tasma
Born February 26, 1959 · Tunis, Tunisia (age 67)
Alain Tasma, born February 26, 1959 in Tunis, is a French film director and screenwriter. In 1981, he began his career as assistant director to François Truffaut on Truffaut's film 'The Woman Next Door', followed by Godard's 'Passion' in 1982 and Barbet Schroeder's 'Tricheurs' in 1984. Alain Tasma then began writing screenplays and directing. Since the late 1980s, he has directed films and series…
Known For
The Last Metro · 1980The Last Metro
★ 7.21980
MovieDramaRomance
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
The Woman Next Door · 1981The Woman Next Door
★ 7.11981
MovieDramaRomance
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
Le Viol · 2017Le Viol
★ 6.22017
MovieDramaTV Movie
21 August 1974. In Marseille, two Belgian tourists, Nicole and Malia, are savagely attacked and raped by three men. Their attackers claim that the women consented and are allowed to remain free. Though their friends and family advise them to forget the ordeal, Nicole and Malia instead decide to fight. Helped by their lawyer, Gisèle Halimi, they request that the attackers be judged at the assize court. On 8 May 1978, after a long battle, they finally obtain justice. A trial which made history as until then rape had been considered simply as a misdemeanor, whereas now it became a crime.
God Is Great and I'm Not · 2001God Is Great and I'm Not
★ 4.52001
MovieComedyRomance
Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boy-friend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and jewish. Michèle decides to convert into Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.
Opération Turquoise · 2007Opération Turquoise
★ 7.02007
MovieWarDrama
Godard's Passion · 1982Godard's Passion
★ 5.61982
MovieDramaComedy
While shooting a film, the director becomes interested in the unfolding struggle of a young factory worker that has been laid off by a boss who did not like her union activities.
Harkis · 2008Harkis
★ 7.12008
MovieTV MovieDrama
1972, in the south of France, deep in the forest, a family with meager luggage discovers the new camp where they will live. Despite the camp leader's overt paternalism, the Harkis lead a difficult life without real freedom. A life of poverty and guardianship that Leila, the Benamars' eldest daughter, rejects. She is at the age of rebellion, and also of her first love. For her, her father, Saïd, scarred by war and exile, accustomed to giving in, owes nothing to the French who enlisted him in the French army, then failed to protect them in Algeria. Thanks to her, with the help of a peasant couple, he will raise his head and the Benamars will leave the camp for a nearby farm.
Pékin Central · 1986Pékin Central
★ 3.31986
MovieComedy
The unique distinction of this standard comedy drama is that it is the first foreign, feature-length movie filmed in mainland China. Novice director Camille de Casabianca obtained permission from the authorities and set up her story around Valerie (Christine Citti), a woman who follows Yves (Yves Renier), the man she loves, to China. Yves is a journalist assigned to report on Western tourists behind the Bamboo Curtain, and it is an unintentionally comical group of tourists at that.
Filmography
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The Last Metro · 1980The Last Metro
★ 7.21980
MovieDramaRomance
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Marc, Jean-Loup's Assistant
The Woman Next Door · 1981The Woman Next Door
★ 7.11981
MovieDramaRomance
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
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