Françoise Fabian — Actor (25)
Down the Ancient Stairs (1975) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Per le antiche scale
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?
Burning Fuse (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le Feu aux poudres
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.
The Thief of Paris (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le Voleur
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.
Maigret Sees Red (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Maigret voit rouge
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...
That Naughty Girl (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Cette sacrée gamine
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.
How to Kill a Judge (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Perché si uccide un magistrato
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.
The Cop (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Un condé
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.
Secret Defense (1998) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Secret défense
other title: Strettamente riservato / Geheimsache
After biologist Sylvie discovers her brother Paul trying to steal a gun from her lab, he explains that he wishes to avenge the death of their father whom he suspects died at the hands of his business partner.
The Pleasure of Love (1991) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Plaisir d'amour
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.
The World of Jacques Demy (1995) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'Univers de Jacques Demy
director: 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.
The Females (1970) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB Skybridge
Die Weibchen
director: 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.
At the Meeting with Joyous Death (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse
director: 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
Happy New Year (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
La Bonne Année
director: 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.
The Letter (1999) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
La Lettre
director: Manoel de Oliveira actor: Chiara Mastroianni / Pedro Abrunhosa
other title: La lettera / A Carta
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She keeps her distance from him, confessing her love to a friend who is a nun and, later, to her husband. Hunger for her love and jealousy consume him; she attends him as he wastes away. With his death, she can marry and express her passion, but what she does and how she explains herself, particularly to her cloistered friend, is at the heart of the film. Glimpses of convent life and of Abrunhosa on stage give contrast and mute comment.