Jean Dasté
Jean Dasté (born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté; 18 September 1904 – 15 October 1994) was a French actor and theatre director. Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière,... Read full bio →
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Z
1969
L'Atalante
1934
Noce blanche
A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.
L'amour à mort
Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but returns to life. Despite declining further medical tests, the couple are forced to grapple with the possibility of his death. Eventually, they tell their close friends Jérôme and Judith Martignac about the event.
Le crime d'amour
To emerge from anonymity, a young man assumes responsibility for a crime he did not commit.
Mon oncle d'Amérique
The didactic film is built around the ideas of French physician, writer and philosopher Henri Laborit, who plays himself in the film. It uses the stories of three people to illustrate Laborit's theories on evolutionary psychology regarding the relationship of self and society.
Molière
Fresque cinématographique retraçant la jeunesse de Molière avec l'Illustre Théâtre, et ses amours avec Madeleine et Armande Béjart.
La chambre verte
A widower maintains a memorial room filled with his late wife's belongings. When fire destroys it, he transforms a chapel into a new shrine to preserve her memory.
L'homme qui aimait les femmes
At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that 40 years old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel.
Le corps de mon ennemi
After seven years in prison for a double murder he did not commit, François Leclerc returns to his hometown to find the powerful textile magnates who framed him and carry out his calculated revenge.
L'enfant sauvage
The true story of Victor of Aveyron. In a French forest circa 1798, an abandoned child — feral, filthy and mentally impaired — is found. Dr Jean Marc Gaspard Itard becomes interested in the case and patiently attempts to civilise the boy.
Z
The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
La guerre est finie
A veteran Republican fighter's ardent dedication to overthrow of Franco's regime is challenged. He realizes that the center of political struggle has shifted away from him, and is forced to make choices about his life and political ideals.
Le ciel sur la tête
The crew of an aircraft carrier discovers that it is being pursued by a UFO that turns out to be a radioactive probe from outer space. They appeal to the warring countries of Earth to stop fighting and help it to repel the invaders.
Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour
In the seacoast town of Boulogne, antique furniture saleswoman Hélène lives with her stepson, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit, Alphonse, with his niece Françoise; he too is back from Algiers, where he ran a café. Bernard speaks of his fiancée, Muriel, whom Hélène has not met.
Le mystère Saint-Val
Désiré gagne un concours de détective amateur et se trouve bientôt confronté à sa première enquête, dans le cadre d'un mystérieux château, où il découvre, six crimes. Après que cette inquiétante affaire eut été expliquée par un énigmatique docteur, le détective se venge du mauvais plaisant, en lui révélant que son amie le trompe.
Picpus
Picpus is a street and a subway stop where a number of murders have been committed. Maigret tries to find the killer.
Remorques
A married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.
La grande illusion
Grand Illusion is a classic war film from French director Jean Renoir created without using images from the first World War.
Le crime de Monsieur Lange
The boss of a publishing company is a womanizer and a jerk, but what would happen if he suddenly disappeared?
L'Atalante
Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate and a cabin boy.
Zéro de conduite
In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.
Boudu sauvé des eaux
Boudu, clochard parisien, se jette à la Seine. Repêché par un libraire aux idées libérales, il sème l'anarchie dans la famille.