Jean Chapot

Writing

Jean Chapot

Born November 15, 1930 · Bois-Guillaume, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France

Died April 10, 1998 · aged 67

Jean Chapot (15 November 1930 – 10 April 1998) was a French screenwriter and film director who began his career as an actor. In 1972, he was awarded the Short Film Palme d'Or for his film Le fusil à lunette at the 25th Cannes Film Festival. Source: Article "Jean Chapot" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Honorin et l'enfant prodigueHonorin et l'enfant prodigue · 1994
Honorin et l'enfant prodigue
★ 5.61994
MovieDramaComedy
In 1930, Honorin, the mayor of a small village, receives a visit from a young girl claiming to be his child.
A Bomb for a DictatorA Bomb for a Dictator · 1957
A Bomb for a Dictator
★ 5.71957
MovieDrama
RY A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France. The rebels have made careful plans to blow up the dictator's private plane as he returns, but at the last second he changes plans and travels on a commercial flight. The rebels then must make a difficult decision: they must either blow up a flight filled with innocent passengers, or else allow the dictator to return home and take brutal reprisals against the leaders of the uprising.
The Burned BarnsThe Burned Barns · 1973
The Burned Barns
★ 6.61973
MovieThrillerMystery
The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge, Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers have something to do with the murder.
NeaNea · 1976
Nea
★ 4.91976
MovieRomanceDrama
In Genève, bookseller and publisher Axel Thorpe catches willful, rich 16-year-old Sibylle Ashby shoplifting. She brags about her writing, so he challenges her to produce a book. She writes an erotic novel that Thorpe publishes anonymously, and it becomes a best seller. She also tries to capture the love of this 40-year-old publisher but he drops her for her older sister.
La VoleuseLa Voleuse · 1966
La Voleuse
★ 5.81966
MovieDrama
Drama of an unmarried mother who regrets having had her child fostered and fights its foster parents to have it restored to her.
Charles and LucieCharles and Lucie · 1979
Charles and Lucie
★ 5.81979
MovieComedyDrama
An old and poor couple, Charles and Lucie, scrape by working as a concierge and an untalented antique dealer, respectively. But one day, their dreary daily routine is disrupted by the surprising news that they have inherited a luxurious house in the South of France.
Honorin et la LoreleïHonorin et la Loreleï · 1992
Honorin et la Loreleï
★ 8.31992
MovieComedy
During the inter-war period, a young German woman and her little girl arrive in a peaceful Provencal village. They have come to find the father of the latter, a Frenchman who was formerly a prisoner in Germany. But she arrives on the very day of his funeral. This unexpected arrival will cause trouble when the young German woman discovers that he had hidden his living conditions in Germany from the whole village, conditions that were not as uncomfortable as he claimed in his letters. Honorin, the mayor, will take in the two foreigners, while the village will be divided between those who are benevolent and those who are opposed to the presence of these two nationals of the former enemy country.
Velvet PawsVelvet Paws · 1987
Velvet Paws
★ 8.01987
MovieTV Movie
Bernadette Lafont and Michel Bouquet reteam with Kaplan as, respectively, a clairvoyant and a criminologist drawn into the orbit of widow Caroline Sihol; when the latter’s late husband Pierre Arditi turns out to yet have surprises up his sleeve for all of them, Kaplan hones in on the women’s by-necessity connection. The director foregoes her own cameo in favor of ones for colleagues Jean Chapot and Claude Makovski, both as nurses.

Filmography

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Polly West est de retourPolly West est de retour · 1993
Polly West est de retour
★ 8.01993
MovieComedy
Polly West, a very rich American star, has bought the castle of Sainte Apolline, a small village in Provence. As soon as she arrives, the dynamic actress causes trouble among the inhabitants. After having received her in confession, the priest seems to be taken by madness. To add to the turmoil, the country warden and the grocer enter her service. Honorin, the mayor, tries to cope and maintain order. While the people of the village keep asking questions, Polly flies to the rescue of the beautiful Italian girl Clara, who has been raped by the landlord Léonce. Soon, Honotin discovers that Polly is buying up the village's land using a few nominees. He then understands that this woman is not a stranger and that, a few years ago, the villagers chased her away because she was a mother, and these same villagers caused the death of her parents. Polly has returned to seek revenge.

Director

The CocottesThe Cocottes · 1991
The Cocottes
★ 5.21991
MovieComedyRomance
A small village lies peacefully nestled in the hills beneath the Provence sun... until the arrival of an odd group of vacationers. Who are these gorgeous young women from the big city strolling on the village square under the watchful eye of a chaperone as beautiful as she is authoritarian? Scandal arises when it’s learned these dreamy creatures are none other than the employees of a Marseille brothel come to enjoy the good clean air of the country. All hell breaks loose as the villagers take a stand for or against the presence of these "ladies of pleasure". The mayor is called on to relay women of the moral rules of the region to the women. But the fact remains, they can’t be forced to leave: while they have no intention of plying their trade, no law exists to bring their country retreat to a premature end. Different mentalities are revealed, passions unbridled, love kindled... and doesn’t love always solve everything in the end?

Director