Claude Piéplu — Actor (21)
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It Happened All Night (1960)
L'Affaire d'une nuit WikiData IMDb TMDB
Henri Verneuil actor: Pascale Petit / Roger Hanin …
other title: L'Affaire d'une nuit / Amantes de una noche …
Michel Ferréol reluctantly meets up with an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco. Michel didn’t like Antoine much when they were at school and tries to get away by making an excuse. He changes his mind when Antoine introduces him to his wife, a beautiful brunette named Christine.
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The Man in the Buick (1968)
L'Homme à la Buick IMDb TMDB
Gilles Grangier actor: Fernandel / Jean-Pierre Marielle …
other title: Der Mann mit dem Buick / L'Homme à la Buick
Mr Jo, nicknamed "the man with the Buick", is the darling of the small town of Honfleur. But he is in fact a trafficker with a bad reputation who would like to forget about his past, now limiting himself to smuggling rubies under the cover of a charitable organization which offers underprivileged children holidays in Switzerland. However, Mr. Jo is in love with a pretty widow and, in order to marry her, he is willing to get involved in a hold-up again. And "the man with the Buick", who seemed so honorable, will surprise the inhabitants of Honfleur when Inspector Menard reveals his secret activities.
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The Probability Factor (1976)
L'Ordinateur des pompes funèbres IMDb TMDB
Gérard Pirès actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant / Mireille Darc …
other title: Caccia al montone / Computer morden leise …
Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial tables to calculate the most common means of death, he cleverly prepares the family bathroom and brings about her demise. For a while he is content with his new freedom, but then he recognizes that a friend is in a similar situation.
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The Devil by the Tail (1969)
Le diable par la queue WikiData IMDb TMDB
Philippe de Broca actor: Yves Montand / Madeleine Renaud …
other title: Non tirate il diavolo per la coda / Pack den Tiger schnell am Schwanz …
In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of the sabotaged cars belongs to a bank robber. The hotel staff wants the robber out, but they also want to keep his ill-gotten money.
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How to Succeed in Love (1962)
Comment réussir en amour WikiData IMDb TMDB
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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Spray of the Days (1968)
L'Écume des jours WikiData IMDb TMDB
Charles Belmont actor: Jacques Perrin / Marie-France Pisier …
other title: La schiuma dei giorni / L'Écume des jours …
Chick fell in love with Alise because of a shared passion for writer Jean-Sol Partre who gradually devoured their relationship. Soon after, Colin, the main character, also falls in love with a young girl, Chloe, but after their marriage she soon suffers from a strange illness: a water lily grows in her lungs.
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Diabolically Yours (1967)
Diaboliquement vôtre WikiData IMDb TMDB
Julien Duvivier actor: Alain Delon / Senta Berger …
other title: Diabolicamente tua / Mord pr. båndoptager …
A wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife and that he is not the man people keep telling him he is.
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El gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964)
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Jean Girault actor: Louis de Funès / Geneviève Grad …
other title: Una ragazza a Saint Tropez / Strisserne på ferie …
The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.
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Woman in Chains (1968)
La Prisonnière
Henri-Georges Clouzot actor: Laurent Terzieff / Bernard Fresson …
other title: La prigioniera / Seine Gefangene …
Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of surprising works. His newest acquisition is a sculpture by Gilbert, whose wife Josée is captivated by Stanislas. But unbeknownst to her, Stanislas is amassing photographs of a very perverse, disturbed nature.
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Cookies (1975)
Les Galettes de Pont-Aven TMDB
Joël Séria actor: Jean-Pierre Marielle / Claude Piéplu …
other title: Les Galettes de Pont-Aven / Die Gelüste des Herrn Theobald
Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle), an umbrella salesman, leads a quiet life between his work, his family and his passion for painting. During his many business trips, Henri indulges in a few amorous escapades, which provide a welcome change from the tiresome daily routine his bigoted wife locks him into. One fine day, Henri decides to drop everything and live on love and fresh water. He ends up in Pont-Aven, where he meets Émile, a local painter imitating Gauguin, with whom he shares his drinking and other feminine attractions.
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Tell Her That I Love Her (1977)
Dites-lui que je l'aime IMDb TMDB
Claude Miller actor: Gérard Depardieu / Miou-Miou …
other title: Gli aquiloni non muoiono in cielo / Dites-lui que je l'aime …
Industrious accountant David Martinaud claims to be visiting his parents every weekend, but it's merely a cover for the labor-intensive refurbishing of his country cottage. The reason for David's secrecy is that his childhood crush, Lise, lives nearby, and, although she's married, he still believes they'll get together. His devotion to the idea borders on mania, and, when Lise's husband is accidentally killed, he quickly spirals out of control.
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Femmes Fatales (1976)
Calmos IMDb TMDB Skybridge
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...
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Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (1999)
Astérix & Obélix contre César IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Claude Zidi actor: Christian Clavier / Gérard Depardieu …
other title: Asterix & Obelix contro Cesare / Asterix & Obelix i kamp mod Cæsar …
Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.
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The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
Le Roi et l'Oiseau
★ 8.2 5 ratings
Paul Grimault actor: Jean Martin / Renaud Marx …
other title: Il re e l'uccello / O Rei e o Pássaro …
A young shepherdess and a chimneysweep plan to get married and escape the clutches of a tyrannical king in love with her, assisted by the guile of a cheeky mockingbird, the king's archenemy.
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
★ 7.4 21 ratings
Luis Buñuel Portolés actor: Fernando Rey / Delphine Claire Belriane Seyrig …
other title: Il fascino discreto della borghesia / O Charme Discreto da Burguesia …
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
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The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Le Fantôme de la liberté
★ 9.4 5 ratings
Luis Buñuel Portolés actor: Adriana Asti / Milena Vukotić …
other title: Il fantasma della libertà / O Fantasma da Liberdade …
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.