Jean-Michel Bernard

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Jean-Michel Bernard

Born November 23, 1961 · France (age 64)

Jean-Michel Bernard (born 23 November 1961) is a French pianist, composer, educator, orchestrator, and music producer. He is well known for regularly writing, performing, and scoring for films, such as The Science of Sleep, Hugo, Paris-Manhattan, Ca$h, and Be Kind Rewind. Bernard began playing the piano at the age of two. When he was 14, he was awarded first place at the Bordeaux Conservatory and…

Known For

Be Kind RewindBe Kind Rewind · 2008
Be Kind Rewind
6.32008
MovieDramaComedy
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Madame BovaryMadame Bovary · 1991
Madame Bovary
6.21991
MovieDrama
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
The Officers' WardThe Officers' Ward · 2001
The Officers' Ward
7.02001
MovieDramaRomance
The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris. Five long years, and his life will change forever...
The Science of SleepThe Science of Sleep · 2006
The Science of Sleep
7.02006
MovieComedyDrama
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
The Love PunchThe Love Punch · 2014
The Love Punch
6.02014
MovieComedyRomance
Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a worry-free existence as he arrives at his office on his last day of work. Much to his dismay, he discovers that the management buyout of his company was fraudulent. The company is now bankrupt and the employee pension fund — including his own — has been embezzled. Enlisting the help of his ex-wife Kate, Richard sets out to track down the shady businessman behind the fraud.
At WorkAt Work · 2026
At Work
6.62026
MovieDrama
A successful photographer gives up everything to devote himself to writing and discovers poverty.
Paris-ManhattanParis-Manhattan · 2012
Paris-Manhattan
5.42012
MovieComedyRomance
Alice, an obsessed Woody Allen fan, meets Pierre in a night-club and falls in love with him. But when Pierre sees Alice's sister Hélène, things start to get complicated.
Ca$hCa$h · 2008
Ca$h
5.72008
MovieComedyThriller
A man meets up with two "good guys" to recover what is unlawfully his, taking them on his whirlwind ride, doing things they never would have imagined, just to survive.

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Small WorldSmall World · 2010
Small World
6.32010
MovieDrama
Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big holiday house he keeps. He returns to the town he grew up in, to the family home, where Philippe, Thomas's son, and Simone are getting married. Conrad's frequent memory loss and behavioural problems rapidly reveal a neurological disease (Alzheimer's is suggested by doctor Cohen when he examens Elvira) which leads Elvira, Thomas's stepmother, to install Conrad in a guesthouse on the property, with the help of a nurse. When Conrad looses more and more his landmarks in present and past, memories of his youth come back to surface. They intrigue Simone, since these memories do not entirely fit together with the official family history...

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