Valérie Mairesse — Actor (8)
One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
L'une chante, l'autre pas
other title: Die eine singt, die andere nicht / L'une chante, l'autre pas
The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.
Femmes Fatales (1976) [Movie] TMDB
Calmos
director: Bertrand Blier actor: Jean-Pierre Marielle / Jean Rochefort
other title: Calmos
Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...
The Beaches of Agnès (2008) [Movie] WikiData TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb
Les Plages d'Agnès
director: Agnès Varda actor: Agnès Varda / André Lubrano
other title: As Praias de Agnès / Die Strände von Agnès
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Une journée d'Andrei Arsenevitch
director: Chris Marker actor: Andrei Tarkovsky / Marina Vlady
other title: Une journée d'Andrei Arsenevitch / Un día en la vida de Andrei Arsenevitch
Chris Marker’s portrait of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky documents the director at work on his final film, The Sacrifice, during the last year of his life. Interweaving behind-the-scenes footage with excerpts from Tarkovsky’s earlier works, Marker crafts a moving reflection on the artist’s vision, methods, and enduring legacy.
Umbrella Coup (1980) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Le Coup du parapluie
director: Gérard Oury actor: Pierre Richard / Valérie Mairesse
other title: Der Regenschirmmörder / Le Coup du parapluie
Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder.