Cast: Jacques Perrin

Direction Giuseppe Tornatore

Cast Philippe Noiret · Marco Leonardi · Salvatore Cascio · Jacques Perrin

Synopsis A young boy named Salvatore in a small Italian village is overjoyed when the local movie projectionist (Philippe Noiret) reveals to him the mysteries of moviemaking, beginning his lifelong love affair with cinema.

Direction Jacques Perrin · Jacques Cluzaud

Cast Jacques Perrin · Lancelot Perrin

Synopsis Threading your way at 10 knots through a shoal of tuna on the hunt, accompanying dolphins in their joyous rush, swimming with a great while shark, shoulder to fin... It's like being a fish among the fishes. After Le peuple...

Direction Costa-Gavras

Cast Yves Montand · Jean-Louis Trintignant · Irene Papas · Jacques Perrin

Synopsis In a country ruled by a fragile democracy where the police and the military are set on erradicating all threats from the political left, a member of the parliamentary opposition is murdered in the street right after leading a pacifist...

Direction Christophe Barratier

Cast Gérard Jugnot · François Berléand · Jean-Baptiste Maunier · Jacques Perrin

Synopsis Set in 1948, a professor of music, Clement Mathieu, becomes the supervisor at a boarding school for the rehabilitation for minors. What he discovers disconcerts him--the current situation is repressive. Through the power of song, Clement will try to transform...

Direction Costa-Gavras

Cast Yves Montand · Renato Salvatori · Jacques Weber · O.E. Hasse

Synopsis Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.

Direction Costa-Gavras

Cast Louis Seigner · Roland Bertin · Michael Lonsdale · Ivo Garrani

Synopsis In occupied France during WWII, a German naval officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

Direction Giuseppe Tornatore

Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Michèle Morgan · Valeria Cavalli · Marino Cenna

Synopsis Matteo Scuro (Marcello Mastroianni) is a retired Sicilian railroad worker, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined....

Direction Valerio Zurlini

Cast Claudia Cardinale · Jacques Perrin · Luciana Angiolillo · Gian Maria Volonté

Synopsis Lorenzo, who's 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things right toward a showgirl, Aida, whom his older brother has mistreated. In extending kindness and standing up for her, he comes of age. But, is...

Direction Valerio Zurlini

Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Jacques Perrin · Valeria Ciangottini · Salvo Randone

Synopsis A touching story of brothers raised apart and then brought together under tragic circumstances, this drama by Valerio Zurlini remains true to Vasco Pratolini's novel. Told in a series of flashbacks as Enrico (Marcello Mastroianni) remembers the past, the brothers...

Direction Jacques Demy

Cast Catherine Deneuve · Françoise Dorléac · Danielle Darrieux · George Chakiris

Synopsis In the little town Rochefort lives Delphine (Catherine Deneuve) and Solange Garnier (Françoise Dorléac), two musical twins that teach music and dance to kids. One day, Etienne (George Chakiris) and Bill (Groover Dale) arrive in town, and need the twins...

Direction Marcel Carné

Cast Pierre Brasseur · Serge Reggiani · Yves Montand · Nathalie Nattier

Direction Mauro Bolognini

Cast Alain Cuny · Rosanna Schiaffino · Jacques Perrin · Isa Miranda

Direction H.G. Clouzot

Cast Brigitte Bardot · Sami Frey · Charles Vanel · Marie-José Nat

Synopsis Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly, elaborating explanations for why the pretty, idle and fickle girl killed the talented and ambitious conductor freshly graduated from the conservatory. Was it premeditated or...

Direction Agnès Varda

Cast Anouk Aimée · Richard Berry · Nino Castelnuovo · Danielle Darrieux

Synopsis In tribute to her late husband, the wife of the respected French director honors his life and artistic works by highlighting his vision in clips and interviews.

Direction Vittorio De Seta

Cast Jacques Perrin · Lea Padovani · Gianni Garko · Ilaria Occhini

Synopsis Jacques Perrin was awarded Best Actor at the 1966 Venice Film Festival for his gripping portrayal of a young writer's descent into madness. Alienated, neurotic, and plagued by guilt, Perrin retreats from reality, loses interest in work, and comes to...

Direction Costa-Gavras

Cast Charles Vanel · Bruno Cremer · Jean-Claude Brialy · Michel Piccoli

Direction Daniel Deleforges

Cast Christophe Barratier · François Berléand · Marie Bunel · Bruno Coulais

Direction Paul Vecchiali

Cast Jacques Perrin · Julien Guiomar · Eva Simonet · Paul Barge

Direction Xavier Beauvois

Cast Nathalie Baye · Jalil Lespert · Xavier Beauvois · Roschdy Zem

Synopsis When a fresh young police academy graduate from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure world of the Parisian homicide squad, his schoolteacher wife is reluctant to go with him. He moves into a rooming house that caters to...

Direction Angelino Fons

Cast Jacques Perrin · Emma Penella · Sara Lezana · Hugo Blanco

Synopsis La busca can be described as bleak. The plot revolves around city life, innocence lost, and themes of unfulfillment. The main genres are drama and foreign. In terms of style, La busca is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious...