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The films of
Claude Piéplu
Claude Piéplu
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D'homme à hommes (1948) Christian-Jaque |
Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) Alex Joffé |
L'Affaire d'une nuit (1960) Henri Verneuil |
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| Christian-Jaque’s account of the life of Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, is a masterful composition, meriting a place amongst the director’s best works and a must-see film for anyone interested in... [More...] |
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La Française et l'amour (1960) Michel Boisrond |
Le Caïd (1960) Bernard Borderie |
Comment réussir en amour (1962) Michel Boisrond |
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La Chambre ardente (1962) Julien Duvivier |
Le Diable et les dix commandements (1962) Julien Duvivier |
Le Glaive et la balance (1963) André Cayatte |
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The multi-part film is a difficult kind of cinema to get right but Duvivier’s Le Diable et les dix commandements is a rare exception where the form succeeds admirably... [More...] |
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Le Gendarme de St. Tropez (1964) Jean Girault |
Une souris chez les hommes (1964) Jacques Poitrenaud |
La Bourse et la vie (1966) Jean-Pierre Mocky |
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| It was Jean Girault’s film, Pouic-Pouic, which turned a hitherto minor film comedian into a national star in France. It was Girault’s subsequent film Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez which transformed that star... [More...] |
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An exceptional cast elevates what might have been a routine run-around comedy into an enjoyable romp with wide appeal. Somewhat lighter and far less subversive than some of Jean-Pierre Mocky’s later comedies... [More...] |
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Diaboliquement vôtre (1968) Julien Duvivier |
L'Homme à la Buick (1968) Gilles Grangier |
La Prisonnière (1968) Henri-Georges Clouzot |
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| Julien Duvivier ended his long and distinguished film career with this taut psychological thriller, a popular genre and an unashamedly populist kind of film... [More...] | In this film, director Gilles Grangier attempts a happy marriage of the two genres that most define his career: the popular comic farce and the classic French crime-thriller... [More...] |
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