Robert Benayoun

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Robert Benayoun

Born December 12, 1926 · Port-Lyautey, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Kenitra, Morocco]

Died October 20, 1996 · aged 69

Robert Benayoun (12 December 1926 in Kenitra, Morocco – 20 October 1996, Paris) was a French film critic and author, and one-time member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival of 1980. He wrote books on Tex Avery, Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, and Alain Resnais. He wrote screenplays for and directed three films. Benayoun was one of comedian Jerry Lewis's greatest supporters and …

Known For

Paris Does Not ExistParis Does Not Exist · 1969
Paris Does Not Exist
5.41969
MovieDramaScience Fiction
In this film, an artist attending a party smokes some dope and develops the ability to see into the future and the past. He returns to his apartment where he sees the vision of a woman who had lived there 30 years ago. His psychedelic hallucinations increase with time. Starring Richard Leduc and Danièle Gaubert with Serge Gainsbourg who also did the score.
ErotissimoErotissimo · 1969
Erotissimo
5.71969
MovieComedy
Annie is a middle-age wife, still sexy and pampered by her husband, Phillippe, who is the owner and general manager of a dynamic company. Under the deluge of sexy Swedish movies, sexy advertising on the streets, sexy intimate clothing in ladies' shops, and even talks about sex and marital infidelity with her mother and female friends, Annie starts feeling left aside by her husband, and trying to attract in a number of ways - and failing. It's not the all-purpose secretary at the office that is keeping him late, it's a tax expert that, asking the most innocent questions, is finding out how Philippe can manage a company without profits, and still manage a home, may be two... with high quality levels.
Serious as PleasureSerious as Pleasure · 1975
Serious as Pleasure
3.91975
MovieComedyDrama
Two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic liaison. The woman is probably wealthy anyway, so the trio doesn't worry much about money. One day they decide to take a trip in their beat-up car, managing the whole affair in their own special, insouciant manner. They are followed by a suspicious policeman who thinks there's something fishy about this group.
Jerry Lewis - 2ème partieJerry Lewis - 2ème partie · 1971
Jerry Lewis - 2ème partie
1971
Movie
A “Cinéastes de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critics André S. Labarthe and Robert Benayoun, originally aired 22 October 1971.

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