Macha Méril
Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina (born 3 September 1940), known by her stage name Macha Méril, is a French actress and writer.
Méril is descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She appeared in 125 films between 1959 and 2012, including films directed by Jean-Luc Godard (A Married Woman / Une femme mariée), Luis Buñuel (Belle de jour), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Chinese Roulette).
She also appeared in the Quebec television series Lance et Compte. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Helga Ulmann in Dario Argento's Deep Red and in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders (1975).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5548 |
| Birthday | 1940-09-03 |
| Place of Birth | Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco] |
| Also Known As | Macha Meril, Marie-Madeleine Gagarine, Macha Meryl, Маша Мериль, Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina, |
1967
Belle de Jour
7.315/1013
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her...
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Belle de Jour
1966
The Defector
5.778/9
An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West bu...
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2021
La Dernière Partie
4.4/5
Christophe Maquet will receive the Legion of Honor. But he learns that his father, seriously ill and extremely diminished, with whom he has been angry...
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La Dernière Partie
1999
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
0/0
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2012
3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race
7.167/48
Two beautiful and different girls, Alice and Lisette are 17 years old, when forcibly removed from their Alsatian family to cooperate in the war effort...
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3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race
1964
The Married Woman
6.889/131
A superficial woman finds conflict choosing between her abusive husband and her vain lover.
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The Married Woman
1977
Chinese Roulette
7.135/100
Ariane and Gerhard Christ, a wealthy Munich couple, plan for the weekend on separate trips, lying to the other about their trysts. However, their itin...
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Chinese Roulette
1981
Beau Pere
6.6/140
Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion,...
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Beau Pere
1960
The Itchy Palm
7.5/2
A widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a cattery.The man borrows a hefty sum from her ,to send hi...
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The Itchy Palm
1981
Bolero
6.895/86
The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930...
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Bolero
1985
Vagabond
7.353/363
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her dea...
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Vagabond
1983
Deadly Circuit
6.117/111
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
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Deadly Circuit
1972
We Won't Grow Old Together
6.994/87
Jean, a married 40-year-old filmmaker, and his young working class lover, Catherine, engage in a circular series of spectacular blow-ups and tentative...
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We Won't Grow Old Together
1995
Son of Gascogne
5.143/7
You're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars, famous directors and sexy women are doting on you because t...
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Son of Gascogne
1975
Late Night Trains
6.115/113
Two young women, Margaret and Lisa, are set to take the overnight train from Munich in Germany to stay with Lisa's parents in Italy for Christmas. Un...
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Late Night Trains
2022
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
0/0
The soundtracks of Michel Legrand, died in 2019, made cinema sublime. With Natalie Dessay and the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, a delightf...
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1965
Rampage at Apache Wells
6.321/81
'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the "Western Arizona Bank'. He sells the bank oil wells at S...
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Rampage at Apache Wells
1974
Chinese In Paris
6.188/32
Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, w...
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Chinese In Paris
1975
Il registratore
9/1
The restlessness creeps into a claustrophobic situation where a typist confronts the recorded voice of the writer she works for.
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Il registratore
1980
Tender Cousins
5.8/86
Teenage Julien loves his teenage cousin Julia among flowers in summer of '39 France.
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Tender Cousins
1962
Adorable Liar
5.75/12
Juliette is a young woman who just can't help lying. She lies to her sister, Sophie, to Sophie's fiancé Martin, and to all the men she attracts with h...
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Adorable Liar
2000
Le sciamane
8/1
Claudia is your typical thirtysomething urban woman going through a life crisis. She is a hypochondriac with a stressful job and a boring partner. Her...
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Le sciamane
2022
Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear
8/2
She is one of the most mysterious icons of the pop world; fame at any price was always her credo: Amanda Lear. She became Salvador Dalí's muse at an e...
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1986
Follow My Gaze
6.2/5
A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy anthology by Jean Curtelin. A...
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Follow My Gaze
1992
Fish Soup
4.667/3
The daughter of a known filmaker finds herself in her father's family home, with the whole family.
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Fish Soup
1977
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
7/1
The three ex-wives of a real estate developer join forces to get revenge on him.
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Emmenez-moi au Ritz
2012
Ten Minutes from Naturists
4.767/15
A family of Brussels concierges, whose employers have left for the summer, decide to swap their home for a magnificent villa in the south of France fo...
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Ten Minutes from Naturists
1991
Meeting Venus
5.881/21
Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the no...
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Meeting Venus
1975
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
5.75/4
The birth of a nephew upsets the life of Paolo and Carlo who, unable to grow old, try to prove that they are lively.
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Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1978
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
5.833/3
Film in four episodes, inspired by the chronicle of the time: three mature sisters give themselves to a stranger, Maria tries to escape her husband, t...
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Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1993
Le Don
0/0
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Le Don
1989
La Vouivre
4.929/14
Arsène Muselier returns to his home village at the end of the First World War. His only injury is a head wound, which sometimes provokes periods of de...
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La Vouivre
1974
Amore mio non farmi male
5.071/7
Anna and Marcello, two wealthy high school students. they would like to consume their Platonic love so far, going against the directives of their pare...
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Amore mio non farmi male
1996
A Crucial Test
10/1
The tumultuous relationship between a publisher battling breast cancer and her teenage daughter who refuses to feel sorry for herself.
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A Crucial Test
1963
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
6.063/8
TV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives, and must fend off their advances while managing his own...
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Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1964
The Little Misses
0/0
Four young girls' love of boys put their newly opened all-services company in peril.
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The Little Misses
1982
L'Apprentissage de la ville
9/1
Reduced to poverty, a young man is taken in by a rich lady who asks him for some dangerous services in exchange.
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L'Apprentissage de la ville
1981
Le bonheur des tristes
9/1
Adapted from Luc Dietrich's touching autobiographical novel, this TV film chronicles the troubled childhood of a boy born at the beginning of the 20th...
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Le bonheur des tristes
1975
The Man of the Winds
0/0
The story of a geologist who studies the strength and direction of the wind to avoid avalanches and finds himself involved in the interests and myster...
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The Man of the Winds
2012
Seasons of Love
2/2
1934. Philippe falls in love with Odile, a beautiful stranger, and decides to marry her, against the will of his parents. They would have preferred a...
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Seasons of Love
1976
Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe
5.75/6
Son of a poor Sicilian sharecropper committing suicide (he owed half a million lire to Baron Lamia), 35-year-old Carmelo Macaluso returns to the Sicil...
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Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe
1978
Robert et Robert
6.263/19
Robert #1 is played by Charles Denner, while Robert #2 is played by Jacques Villeret. Beyond their common name, the two Roberts are as different as ni...
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Robert et Robert
1985
Les Rois du gag
5.784/37
Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous television comics, Gaëtan, finds himself in the littl...
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Les Rois du gag
1984
Wild Animals
4.583/12
Berg and Bela are married stunt drivers, but one night Bela dies in an accident. Jaded and reclusive, Berg becomes a nighttime security guard where he...
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Wild Animals
1982
Le Crime d'amour
4.875/8
To emerge from anonymity, a young man assumes responsibility for a crime he did not commit.
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Le Crime d'amour
1978
Your Turn, My Turn
4.455/11
Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls in love with the driver of the damaged car.
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Your Turn, My Turn
1978
Rock 'n Roll
7/1
Passionate rock'n roll dancer, Rodolfo has his partner Ornella as a partner. Frozen by the frivolous behavior of the boy, however, the young girl no l...
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Rock 'n Roll
1978
Ridendo e scherzando
7/2
Four comic episodes based on betrayal. The main characters are a famous professionist that receives a girl as his anniversary present, a wife tired of...
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Ridendo e scherzando
2004
Clochemerle
4.2/5
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Clochemerle
1968
Wall Engravings
7.5/36
Jeanne looks back on her love for Jean. The melancholic young man wouldn't accept the world as it was, always wishing to depart. She doesn't know that...
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Wall Engravings
2003
Bel-Ami
8/1
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Bel-Ami
2014
La Trouvaille de Juliette
1/1
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La Trouvaille de Juliette
1976
Peccatori di provincia
4.7/5
Rich and respected Emanuele Lo Curcio dies leaving all his possessions to his natural daughter Domitilla, actually a nun, whose relatives, including h...
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Peccatori di provincia
1993
Berlin '39
7.667/3
A German officer is forced to marry Louise, daughter of a general, hero of the First World War. But Louise maintains lesbian relationships with Margo.
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Berlin '39
1994
Délit mineur
0/1
A teenager named Guillaume admits to being guilty of his father's murder in order to protect his dear mother.
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Délit mineur
1992
Double Vision
5.143/7
A beautiful medical student travels to London to investigate the mysterious murder of her identical twin sister. Taking on her sister's identity, she...
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Double Vision
1983
For Those I Loved
6.956/34
Polish Martin Gray recalls the Holocaust, New York prosperity, and losing his wife and family.
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For Those I Loved
1985
The Chicks
3.727/11
Focuses primarily on three women and the (unseen) man who goes in and out of their lives. One member of this trio is a saleswoman with an open relatio...
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The Chicks
2023
Godard Cinema
5.5/11
Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and symbol fo...
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Godard Cinema
1971
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
7/1
A judge opens an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of an MP.
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We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1991
The Cocottes
5.167/6
A small village lies peacefully nestled in the hills beneath the Provence sun... until the arrival of an odd group of vacationers. Who are these gorg...
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The Cocottes
1975
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
7/1
On the Apennines of Emilia in 1944 three fascists stop and seize a battered bus carrying several women, two men and a poor student named Athos, as wel...
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The Last Day of School Before Christmas
1979
Le rose di Danzica
8/1
The plagued climate of the era is realized in the encounter and later in the friendship between the general Konrad Von Der Berg, who refused to comman...
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Le rose di Danzica
1967
Horizon
5.5/7
Antonin is a young French soldier who returns home from World War I to recover from his wounds. When he falls in love with a young widow, Antonin ques...
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Horizon
2024
Les Boules de Noël
4.824/51
Every year, Christmas Eve turns into a nightmare for Nathalie and Antonin's family. Convinced that she is the victim of a curse, Nathalie makes a radi...
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Les Boules de Noël
1962
Love on a Pillow
5.775/40
A young girl rescues a man from a suicide attempt. He turns out to be a sociopath, who begins to take over her life, abusing her both verbally and emo...
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Love on a Pillow
1977
Pasión
7.5/2
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Pasión
2016
Alliances rouge sang
6.5/10
Anna, a young single mother from a modest background, marries Guillaume, a brilliant surgeon from a well-known middle-class family in Marseille. She c...
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Alliances rouge sang
2017
Mr. Stein Goes Online
6/211
Pierre, widowed and retired, has not been out of his house for two years. He discovers the joys of the internet thanks to Alex, a young man hired by h...
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Mr. Stein Goes Online
1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
6.227/11
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a man, Jean-Marc. The film shares the same plot with "Françoise ou...
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
1991
A Simple Story
6.852/27
After many years, a retired diplomat returns to his native Sicily to visit an abandoned property and delve into family correspondence. But is it worth...
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A Simple Story
1998
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
6.239/23
This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here as Bill Willis,...
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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1979
Night of The Flowers
4.667/3
A hippie tells a story to his wife about four hedonists who lived in an old house. The hedonists pass their time discussing various topics and arguing...
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Night of The Flowers
2006
Mademoiselle Gigi
0/0
Paris, 1900. The 16-year-old Gigi lives in a world of mere women, inspired by Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary, she doesn't want to surrender to the "b...
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Mademoiselle Gigi
1977
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
5.071/7
Misadventures of a sacristan with three eager tourists, a commendatore with a sheikh, a worker who is passionate about hunting with a wife too good an...
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Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
2003
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
0/0
18 years after the making of the film "Vagabond", director Agnès Varda created this documentary which includes interviews with the cast.
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Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
2011
The Nights of Alice
0/0
The quiet life of Alice turmoils when her mother knocks on her door after twenty years of absence. Her husband and children discover that Alice lied t...
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The Nights of Alice
2008
Guy Gilles
0/0
1958. A twenty-year-old man leaves his native Algeria to make a living. Fifty years later, three teenagers and a big apartment overlooking a Parisian...
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Guy Gilles
2017
Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris
0/0
The film studio "Albatros" was founded in 1920 by Russian emigre filmmakers who had left Russia after the 1917 revolution. From 1920 to 1929 the studi...
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Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris
2012
Happiness Never Comes Alone
6.108/439
Sacha is a real seducer, a man with no ties or emotional or professional. Charlotte is a modern and independent woman, but barely has time to care for...
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Happiness Never Comes Alone
1970
Conjugal Love
5.813/8
In a well appointed villa in Bagheria, near Palermo, a couple, Silvio and Leda Pataneo, spend their days attempting to complete a novel, making love,...
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Conjugal Love
2019
The Unexpected Child
6.3/19
Married and with a daughter, Johanna is happy, until the night she unexpectedly gives birth. In shock, she abandons the child. She is now accused of a...
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The Unexpected Child
1977
Una donna di seconda mano
4.667/6
The young Luca grew up with his uncle Augusto, owner of a shoe store. The latter, determined to "start" the clumsy nephew sexually, takes him to a bro...
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Una donna di seconda mano
1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
5.864/11
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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
1998
Belle Grand-Mère
7.5/2
Joséphine (aka Babou) and Grégoire (aka Pacha) live peacefully with their daughters and grandchildren. This gentle life is about to be disrupted by th...
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Belle Grand-Mère
1983
Le Grand Carnaval
5.592/38
The story follows Americans in Algeria at the time of the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.
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Le Grand Carnaval
1986
Duet for One
5.421/19
When Stephanie, a famous violinist, contracts multiple sclerosis her life begins to fall apart. Her career ends, her husband leaves her for another wo...
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Duet for One
1975
Deep Red
7.721/1586
An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discov...
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Deep Red
1993
L'éternel mari
5.429/7
David, an overly jealous widower haunts Yvan, the ex-lover of his deceased wife, who is also apparently the true father of the couple's surviving daug...
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L'éternel mari
1963
Sweet and Sour
5.111/9
Gerard, a young man from a "good family" dreams of becoming an actor. To do this, he follows everywhere his sister Frédérique who is infatuated with c...
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Sweet and Sour
1968
Don't Play with Martians
2/1
These space people have cat eyes and a disintegrating pistol; and when they touch a woman 's lips with their magic kiss.
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Don't Play with Martians
1966
Pop Age
0/0
Report on the young people of the yéyé period and pop music. Jerk at the Palladium, Beatles, press clippings, questions about the impact of fashion (l...
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Pop Age
2020
Belle belle belle
4.7/12
Alice is a thirty-something woman with a lot of hang-ups. She thinks she's ugly and fat, and her lack of self-confidence prevents her from doing anyth...
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Belle belle belle
1962
Sign of the Lion
7.066/61
An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing fi...
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Sign of the Lion
2003
Belle grand mère, La Trattoria
4/3
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Belle grand mère, La Trattoria
2018
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
6/1
A portray of French actress Françoise Dorléac
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Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2024
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
7.7/3
A portrait of the legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, icon of the French New Wave and closely linked to the work of François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godd...
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Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2007
René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement
6.7/3
Until the day in 1978 when he was accused by a weekly newspaper of being the main organizer of the Vel'd'Hiv' roundup, everyone seemed to have forgott...
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2022
Michel Legrand, enchanted music
0/0
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and distinguished guests pay tribute to Michel Legrand.
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2022
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine
0/0
At the initiative of France Musique, artists of all backgrounds and nationalities are gathering at Radio France's Studio 104 for a concert in support...
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2026
Vieillir et jouir sans entraves
7/1
One of society’s last taboos is elderly desire, which remains strong for many: half of older adults remain sexual. Advances in medicine and lifestyle...
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Vieillir et jouir sans entraves
2021
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
8/1
Born into a family of actors, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve's older sister, began her career at the age of 15. She shone a few years later alon...
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