Jacques Poitrenaud

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Jacques Poitrenaud

Born May 22, 1922 · Lille, France

Died April 2, 2005 · aged 82

Jacques Poitrenaud (22 May 1922, Lille – died 2 April 2005, Paris) was a French film director and actor. He was a director and assistant director, known for Stranger from Hong-Kong (1963), Le canard en fer blanc (1967) and Mendiants et Orgueilleux (1972). He died on April 2, 2005 in Poissy, Yvelines, France.

Known For

'Round Midnight'Round Midnight · 1986
'Round Midnight
★ 7.11986
MovieDramaMusic
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.
Three Men and a CradleThree Men and a Cradle · 1985
Three Men and a Cradle
★ 6.41985
MovieComedy
Three young men - Jacques, Pierre, and Michel - share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package to deliver, and asks him if he can leave it discreetly at their place. Jacques agrees and, as he works as a steward, flies away for a one-month trip in Japan, telling Pierre and Michel about the package. Then, one of Jacques' former girlfriends drops a baby before their door, making Pierre and Michel believing it is the package they are waiting for. Their lives are then completely changed.
Strip-TeaseStrip-Tease · 1963
Strip-Tease
★ 5.61963
MovieDrama
In order to pay the rent, a young ballet dancer living in Paris accepts a job in an upmarket strip club. She soon devises a unique act that captivates audiences and catapults her to stardom.
Tales of ParisTales of Paris · 1962
Tales of Paris
★ 5.51962
MovieComedyDrama
A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a love affair with her mother's lover. But it's a guitarist with whom she falls in love. In Françoise, by Claude Barma, a young woman returning to France after living in the United States has an affair with her best friend's lover. In Antonia, by Michel Boisrond, a middle-aged woman tries to convince her ex-lover that she still has many assets to seduce. In Ella, by Jacques Poitrenaud, a Pigalle dancer meets a man in a cab.
Birgit Haas Must Be KilledBirgit Haas Must Be Killed · 1981
Birgit Haas Must Be Killed
★ 6.41981
MovieDrama
"Hangar" is a new agency whose purpose is to carry out missions even too sensitive for the police or intelligence services. The agency must eliminate a German female terrorist by the name of Birgitt Haas. The murder is to be disguised as a crime of passion, so an agent must lure Birgitt into falling in love.
La ParisienneLa Parisienne · 1957
La Parisienne
★ 5.81957
MovieComedy
Brigitte, the beautiful daughter of the French premier, falls for one of her father's aides, the womanising Michel, and attempts to get him to settle down with her. However, as Michel can't curb his flirtations with other women, Brigitte makes a play to seduce the married Prince Charles, resulting in a battle of wills between the gorgeous girl of privilege and her beau.
Life TogetherLife Together · 1958
Life Together
★ 6.11958
MovieComedy
The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book "Life as a Couple", which was based on the loving relationships of four couples. Now he's setting up his will and wants to leave his wealth to the couples among the four, which are still as deeply in love - if any: else, his companions get the money. He sends them out to visit the couples and test their love.
Romuald & JulietteRomuald & Juliette · 1989
Romuald & Juliette
★ 6.71989
MovieComedy
A company president gets framed with a food-poisoning scandal and the only person who can help him is the evening cleaning-woman, who always seems to be at the right place at the right time.

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Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux!Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux! · 1982
Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux!
★ 6.21982
MovieComedy
In this film that sends up the foibles of filmmaking, a standard crew of actors, stage-hands, director, writers, producers, and others are gathered for the filming of a 45-second automobile commercial. Each role embodies an archetype (the harried director who has a deadline to meet, the Scrooge production manager who has a budget to meet, and the writers who are above these mundane concerns), and these personalities drive the working actors over the edge until they decide to lock them up and do their own thing -- happiness can be just around the corner if you are in the driver's seat. Hopefully, the actors will be able to bow out before the police catch on to the situation.

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