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José Giovanni
Director 1923 - 2004

José Giovanni

Paris, France

José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986. A former collaborationist and criminal who at one time was... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

8 titles
Le ruffian

Le ruffian

José Giovanni 1983 1h 48m

Aldo, in his fifties, works in a gold mine in Northern Canada, in the middle of a bunch of adventurers.

Les égouts du paradis

Les égouts du paradis

José Giovanni 1979 1h 55m 5.0

Albert Spaggiari, who organises a group of gangsters to break into the vault of the Societé Générale Bank in Nice by tunnelling up through the sewers below.

Le gitan

Le gitan

José Giovanni 1975 1h 43m

Two thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.

Deux hommes dans la ville

Deux hommes dans la ville

José Giovanni 1973 1h 39m 8.0

A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.

La scoumoune

La scoumoune

José Giovanni 1972 1h 42m 4.0

For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.

Un aller simple

Un aller simple

José Giovanni 1971 2h

After a bank robbery gone wrong, a crook goes on the run across Belgium to escape the police, clear himself of a crime that he did not commit, and protect his girlfriend from a shady lawyer.

Dernier domicile connu

Dernier domicile connu

José Giovanni 1970 1h 42m 7.0

Après avoir reçu la Légion d'Honneur pour acte de bravoure, un policier est mis sur le banc de touche , pour avoir arrêté en état d'ivresse la mauvaise personne...

Le rapace

Le rapace

José Giovanni 1968 1h 45m

1938, a Central America country. A Frenchman who goes by the name "Le Rital" is hired to take out the local dictator. Young Chico is assigned as his right-hand man, whom he impresses. Will a friendship form between them?

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