Michel Boisrond — Director (16)
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One Is Always Too Good to Women (1971) WikiData IMDb TMDB
On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Tanya Lopert / Jean-Pierre Marielle …
other title: On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes
This French farce/drama takes place in Ireland in 1916, during one of the peak periods of revolutionary violence. Seven Irish revolutionaries have taken over a post office, totally evacuating the building. Or so they think. They missed Gertie Gertel, who was in the bathroom at the time. By the time she is discovered, they are sufficiently besieged that for her own safety, she must stay with them. Gertie, it turns out, is about as pro-British as it is possible to be, and the seven take it on themselves, in the midst of battles and gunfights, to win her over to their cause.
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How to Succeed in Love (1962) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Comment réussir en amour
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Dany Saval / Jean Poiret …
other title: Comment réussir en amour / Como triunfar en el amor …
Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer. Having lost his own situation, he joins Editions du Soleil thanks to his friend Marcel's manuscript "Comment réussir en amour". Freed of his shyness, he succeeds brilliantly in his career; and having put to good use the teachings of the manuscript, Bernard ends up marrying Sophie. But he soon finds himself confronted by the impetuous young woman's fantasies.
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One Night at the Beach (1961) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Un soir sur la plage
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Martine Carol / Jean Desailly …
other title: Un soir sur la plage / One Night on the Beach …
Un soir sur la plage is relatively interesting; the cast includes highly talented Jean Dessailly, Martine Carol, a cast against type Michel Galabru as the cop.The biggest surprise is sixties starlet Daliah Lavi as a simple-minded nymphomaniac girl who is murdered on the beach. The story is essentially a whodunit: in Martine Carol's house, there are many people (too many people actually) and they all have a reason to get rid of her.
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Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Deux Sous de violettes
director: Jean Anouilh / Michel Boisrond actor: Dany Robin / Héléna Manson …
other title: Deux Sous de violettes
Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire against her, whether her petty Paris family, or her relatives in the province bristling with false respectability, or her lustful employer, or the boy she loves who seduces her and abandons her. But at the end of the day there is Yvon, her childhood friend. Will he be the one that will love her truly?
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Million Dollar Man (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB
L'Homme qui valait des milliards
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Frederick Stafford / Raymond Pellegrin …
other title: Der goldene Schlüssel / L'Homme qui valait des milliards …
A U.S. Treasury Department agent is sent to Morocco to find a fortune in counterfeit money hidden by the Nazis during World War II. The agent escapes from prison with the only man who knows the location of the bogus bills. The duo is shadowed by a group of former Nazi soldiers who hope they will lead them to recover the lost loot. The feature plays as a crime drama with overtones of international espionage.
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Tender Moment (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB
La Leçon particulière
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Nathalie Delon / Renaud Verley …
other title: Nachhilfestunden / La Leçon particulière …
An eighteen-year-old student is infatuated with an older woman, the mistress of a famous racing driver. Taking advantage of a misunderstanding between the two lovers, he manages to seduce her and falls in love.
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That Naughty Girl (1956) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cette sacrée gamine
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Brigitte Bardot / Jean Bretonnière …
other title: Mademoiselle Pigalle / Garota Levada …
Accused of dealing in counterfeit, Paul entrusts his daughter Brigitte to the care of a friend, Jean Clary. The girl, a walking catastrophe, finally wins Jean's heart. They unmask the forgers, clearing Paul's name and can now concentrate on their love.
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Catherine & Co. (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Catherine et Cie
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Jane Birkin / Patrick Dewaere …
other title: Un letto in società / Catherine & Co …
Catherine, a young British prostitute living in Paris, decides to start her own "company" after learning the basics of big businesscom from her clients. She encounters both interest and setbacks in her search for investors.
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O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Frederick Stafford / Marina Vlady …
other title: OSS 117, a Tokio si muore / OSS 117 - Teufelstanz in Tokio …
After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsibility, and threatening the US with another attack, if they don't pay.
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Tom Thumb (1972) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Le Petit Poucet
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Marie Laforêt / Jean-Pierre Marielle …
other title: Le Petit Poucet / Pulgarcito …
Classic fairy-tale story about Tom Thumb against Giant. Parents are poor and want to leave Tom Thumb in forest. But Tom Thumb is clever and marks his way by stones. Second time he is unsuccessful - he has only bread-crumbs and birds eat them. Tom Thumb finds a Giant and a beautiful princess in his entrapment, and is determined to free the princess.
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Way of Youth (1959) IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Le Chemin des écoliers
director: Michel Boisrond actor: Françoise Arnoul / 布尔维尔 …
other title: 青年之路 / Le Chemin des écoliers …
This movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation: black market, war profiteers, cracking open bottles of Champagne while most of the Parisians are almost starving.