Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy (June 5, 1931 – October 27, 1990) was a French director and screenwriter. He appeared in the wake of the French New Wave. His films are well known for their sumptuous look, drawing on Hollywood musicals, fairy tales, jazz, and opera.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5192 |
| Birthday | 1931-06-05 |
| Place of Birth | Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France |
| Also Known As | 자끄 드미, 자크 데미, |
2021
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
3.7/3
From this "inexorable disease", Hervé Guibert did not recover. The miracle he had so much hoped for did not happen. But, before his death in 1991, thr...
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Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
2021
Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles
0/0
In the summer of 2021, the Sœurs Jumelles festival was launched in Rochefort, a place where music and images come together. A film concert was held th...
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Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles
1993
The Young Girls Turn 25
7.16/25
Agnes Varda's documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband Jacques Demy's film The Young Girls of Rochefort.
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The Young Girls Turn 25
1964
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
8/2
Made for Cinéastes de notre temps series. In 1964, several French New Wave auteurs discuss the success and crisis of the wave. Featuring Claude Chabro...
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La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
1951
Dead Horizons
5.5/11
Jacques Demy's first surviving live-action project. A man alone in his crumbling apartment recalls being left by his girl for another man.
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Dead Horizons
1960
Ars
5.941/17
With ghostly eyes looking through the winter landscapes of the plains and villages of Ain, where the sanctified priest the Curé of Ars once lived, Jac...
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Ars
2023
Viva Varda!
8.1/6
A pioneering post-war female film director, an instigator of the New Wave who was honored by Hollywood in her own lifetime, Agnès Varda has become a s...
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Viva Varda!
1958
Le Bel Indifférent
5.5/12
An adaptation of Jean Cocteau's play of a woman lecturing her indifferent lover.
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Le Bel Indifférent
2008
The Beaches of Agnès
7.675/140
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with t...
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The Beaches of Agnès
1967
The Birth of Children of Paradise
0/0
Documentary about the making of Marcel Carne's 1945 film Children of Paradise (France), interviewing the director, the actors and production designer,...
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The Birth of Children of Paradise
2018
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
9/3
This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De Roche...
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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
1959
The 400 Blows
8.013/2320
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful par...
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The 400 Blows
1977
Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda
8/2
A documentary about French film director Agnès Varda on the set of her 1977 film ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN'T. It includes interviews with Varda and t...
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Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda
1964
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
7.383/878
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an...
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
7/5
An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one of the most idolized French movie stars.
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Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2008
Souvenirs and Evocations
5/1
A short program in which the participants describe how they fell in love with cinema.
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Souvenirs and Evocations
1991
Jacquot
7.468/62
Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any mean...
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Jacquot
1995
The World of Jacques Demy
6.875/16
Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.
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The World of Jacques Demy
2006
Some Widows of Noirmoutier
9.5/2
A documentary film directed by French Agnès Varda as an extension of the exhibition 'L'île et elle'. The installation 'Les veuves de Noirmoutier' (or...
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Some Widows of Noirmoutier
2008
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
8/1
Television documentary about the making of Jacques Demy's 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".
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Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2010
Sodankylä Forever
0/0
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by...
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Sodankylä Forever
2010
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
7.2/4
Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and she occupies a special place in our imagination....
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Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
2021
Jim Morrison: The End
7.4/7
Paris, Rue Beautreillis, July 3, 1971. The corpse of rock star Jim Morrison is found in a bathtub, in the apartment of his girlfriend Pamela Courson....
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Jim Morrison: The End
1961
Paris Belongs to Us
6.64/75
A young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.
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Paris Belongs to Us
2002
Tribute to Zgougou the Cat
6.9/16
A short tribute to Zgougou, Varda’s cat who was given to her by Sabine Mamou.
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Tribute to Zgougou the Cat
1970
Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane
0/0
Writer / director Jacques Demy and actors Catherine Deneuve and Jean Marais are interviewed on the set of 'Le peau d'ane'.
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Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane
1966
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
0/0
Six-part documentary on the making of Jacques Demy's 'Le demoiselles de Rochefort'
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Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
1966
Behind the screens : Jacques Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort - Les décors
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Behind the screens : Jacques Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort - Les décors
2013
Dans les coulisses: le tournage de 'Trois Places pour le 26'
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Behind-the scenes documentary on Jacques Demy's 'Trois places pour le 26'
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Dans les coulisses: le tournage de 'Trois Places pour le 26'
2024
Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black
7.2/3
Jacques Demy’s ability to enchant audiences was rooted in his personal struggles and doubts as a showman, establishing him as one of French cinema’s g...
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Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black
Jacques Demy, A to Z
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Jacques Demy, A to Z
2005
Mag Bodard, un destin
0/0
Mag Bodard, un destin is an archive documentary filmed for television by Anne Wiazemsky in 2005.
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Mag Bodard, un destin
2022
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
7.8/4
She is said to be cold, secretive and mysterious. She has the reputation of not letting anything of her intimate thoughts, her private life, her joys...
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