Françoise Fabian — Actor (26)
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Down the Ancient Stairs (1975)
Per le antiche scale WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mauro Bolognini actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Barbara Bouchet …
other title: Per le antiche scale / Vertigens …
A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to isolate the germ of madness. He is also a very active ladies'man and makes three women benefit from his sexual itch: Francesca the hospital manager's wife, Bianca, his devoted nurse and Carla, a nymphomaniac doctor's wife. His well-ordered universe starts being challenged with the coming of Anna, a trainee psychiatrist, who disapproves of his theory on the origin of madness. Worse, she resists his advances. As Bonaccorsi is more insecure than he looks, what will become of him?
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Burning Fuse (1957)
Le Feu aux poudres WikiData IMDb TMDB
Henri Decoin actor: Raymond Pellegrin / Charles Vanel …
other title: X3 operazione dinamite / Dem Satan ins Gesicht gespuckt …
Lola, the wife of arms dealer Pedro Wassewich, is attracted to Ludovic, a young painter who turns out to be the emissary of a notorious gangster. He claims to have been sent by the latter to pick up a shipment. In fact, it's the police who, behind the scenes, orchestrate the operation to catch Wassewich red-handed.
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The Thief of Paris (1967)
Le Voleur
Louis Malle actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo / Geneviève Bujold …
other title: Il ladro di Parigi / Der Dieb von Paris …
In turn-of-the-century Paris, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. In retaliation, Georges steals the fiancé's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a lifetime of burglary.
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Maigret Sees Red (1963)
Maigret voit rouge IMDb TMDB
Gilles Grangier actor: Jean Gabin / Françoise Fabian …
other title: Maigret e i gangsters / Kommissar Maigret sieht rot! …
Gangsters from the United States try to kill a key government witness whose testimony could help land an influential mobster in jail. It's up to detective Maigret to deal with the FBI and a series of underworld figures to save the life of the witness...
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That Naughty Girl (1956)
Cette sacrée gamine WikiData IMDb TMDB
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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How to Kill a Judge (1975)
Perché si uccide un magistrato IMDb TMDB
Damiano Damiani actor: Franco Nero / Françoise Fabian …
other title: Perché si uccide un magistrato / Warum musste Staatsanwalt Traini sterben? …
A filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the murder of a magistrate who orders the film's seizure.
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The Cop (1970)
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Yves Boisset actor: Michel Bouquet / Françoise Fabian …
other title: L'uomo venuto da Chicago / Ein Bulle sieht rot …
A crackdown on drugs leads a burned out cop to take the law into his own hands and seek revenge against villainous drug dealers. Word comes down from above that the United States feels French authorities have been lax on their arrests of the dealers. A violent action feature finds the harried inspector battling his colleagues as much as the criminal element targeted for extermination.
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The Pleasure of Love (1991)
Plaisir d'amour WikiData IMDb TMDB
Nelly Kaplan actor: Pierre Arditi / Françoise Fabian …
other title: Plaisir d'amour
Guillaume de Burlador is a private tutor who hits a low point sufficiently severe for him to contemplate a somewhat theatrical suicide. Instead he is taken off by flying boat to a mad French colonial possession bedecked by mad servants and crazy decor. Three educated and rather gorgeous women live there, and they hire him to tutor a young teenager, but more with plans to seduce him in mind.
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The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
L'Univers de Jacques Demy WikiData IMDb TMDB
Agnès Varda actor: Agnès Varda / Anouk Aimée …
other title: Die Welt ist ein Chanson / L'Univers de Jacques Demy …
Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.
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The Females (1970)
Die Weibchen WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Zbyněk Brynych actor: Uschi Glas / Irina Demick …
other title: Femmine carnivore / Die Weibchen …
A young woman joins an exclusive women's health clinic only to discover it's run by feminist cannibals.
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At the Meeting with Joyous Death (1973)
Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse WikiData IMDb TMDB
Juan Luis Buñuel actor: Françoise Fabian / Jean-Marc Bory …
other title: Rendezvous zum fröhlichen Tod / Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse …
The premise deals with a family living in a country-house which turns out to be 'alive' – to the point where a TV crew is brought in to 'capture' the paranormal phenomena
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Happy New Year (1973)
La Bonne Année WikiData IMDb TMDB
Claude Lelouch actor: Lino Ventura / Françoise Fabian …
other title: Una donna e una canaglia / Feliz Ano Novo …
Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.
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Out 1: Spectre (1973)
Out 1: Spectre WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Jacques Rivette actor: Juliet Berto / Jean-Pierre Léaud …
other title: Out 1 : Spectre / Out 1: Espectro
Out 1: Spectre begins as nothing more than scenes from Parisian life; only as time goes by do we realize that there is a plot—perhaps playful, perhaps sinister—that implicates not just the thirteen characters, but maybe everyone, everywhere. Real life may be nothing but an enormous yarn someone somewhere is spinning...