Francis Lai

1932-

Biography: life and films

Francis Lai is a French composer. He was born in Nice, France on 26th April 1932.

His best films as a musician include Claude Lelouch's Un homme et une femme (1966), La Bonne année (1973), Les Uns et les autres (1981), Nikita Mikhalkov's Oci ciornie (1987) and Les Misérables (1995).

Francis Lai has so far supplied the music for 95 films and appeared in 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Claude Lelouch (31 films), Claude Zidi (4), Richard Balducci (3), René Clément (3), Michel Boisrond (3), Michael Winner (3), Jean Delannoy (3), Christian Gion (3), Nadine Trintignant (2) and Dino Risi (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (47 films), romance (20), comedy (20), comedy-drama (15), Thriller (13), crime-thriller (7), comedy-thriller (5), comedy-romance (5), Fantasy (3), history (2), Western (2) and War (2).

Our average rating for Francis Lai over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: m = musician; a = actor

Un homme et une femme (1966) [m]

I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) [m]

Le Soleil des voyous (1967) [m]

Mon amour, mon amour (1967) [m]

The Bobo (1967) [m]

Vivre pour vivre (1967) [m]

13 jours en France (1968) [m]

House of Cards (1968) [m]

La Leçon particulière (1968) [m]

La Louve solitaire (1968) [m]

Mayerling (1968) [m]

Du soleil plein les yeux (1969) [m]

Hannibal Brooks (1969) [m]

La Vie, l'amour, la mort (1969) [m]

Le Passager de la pluie (1969) [m]

Madly (1969) [m]

Three Into Two Won't Go (1969) [m]

Un homme qui me plaît (1969) [m]

Hello-Goodbye (1970) [m]

La Modification (1970) [m]

Le Voyou (1970) [m]

Love Story (1970) [m]

The Games (1970) [m]

Le Petit matin (1971) [m]

Smic Smac Smoc (1971) [a,m]

L'Aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972) [m]

L'Odeur des fauves (1972) [m]

La Course du lièvre à travers les champs (1972) [m]

Le Petit poucet (1972) [m]

Dans la poussière du soleil (1973) [m]

La Bonne année (1973) [m]

Reigen (1973) [m]

Child Under a Leaf (1974) [m]

Mariage (1974) [m]

Par le sang des autres (1974) [m]

Toute une vie (1974) [m]

Un amour de pluie (1974) [m]

Visit to a Chief's Son (1974) [m]

Emmanuelle: L'antivierge (1975) [m]

Jeune fille libre le soir (1975) [m]

Le Chat et la souris (1975) [m]

Le Bon et les méchants (1976) [m]

Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976) [m]

Si c'était à refaire (1976) [m]

Striptease (1976) [m]

Anima persa (1977) [m]

Bilitis (1977) [m]

Nido de viudas (1977) [m]

Un autre homme, une autre chance (1977) [m]

International Velvet (1978) [m]

Leidenschaftliche Blümchen (1978) [m]

Les Ringards (1978) [m]

Oliver's Story (1978) [m]

Robert et Robert (1978) [m]

À nous deux (1979) [m]

Les Borsalini (1980) [m]

Beyond the Reef (1981) [m]

Les Uns et les autres (1981) [m]

Madame Claude 2 (1981) [m]

Édith et Marcel (1983) [m]

Salut la puce (1983) [m]

Canicule (1984) [m]

J'ai rencontré le Père Noël (1984) [m]

Les Ripoux (1984) [m]

Marie (1985) [m]

Attention bandits! (1986) [m]

Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà (1986) [m]

Association de malfaiteurs (1987) [m]

Oci ciornie (1987) [m]

Bernadette (1988) [m]

Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté (1988) [m]

Keys to Freedom (1988) [m]

Les Pyramides bleues (1988) [m]

Der Atem (1989) [m]

La Passion de Bernadette (1989) [m]

Il y a des jours... et des lunes (1990) [m]

Le Provincial (1990) [m]

Ripoux contre ripoux (1990) [m]

Tolgo il disturbo (1990) [m]

Les Clés du paradis (1991) [m]

L'Inconnu dans la maison (1992) [m]

La Belle histoire (1992) [m]

Tout ça... pour ça! (1993) [m]

Le Voleur et la menteuse (1994) [m]

Les Misérables (1995) [m]

Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi (1996) [m]

Le Serment sous la lune (1997) [m]

Hasards ou coïncidences (1998) [m]

Une pour toutes (1999) [m]

Les Insaisissables (2000) [m]

Ripoux 3 (2003) [m]

Le Genre humain - 1ère partie: Les parisiens (2004) [m]

Le Courage d'aimer (2005) [m]

Ces amours-là (2010) [m]

Un plus une (2015) [m]

Chacun sa vie (2017) [m]



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