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Writer 1925 - 1996

Jean Aurel

Rastolita, Mures, Romania

Jean Aurel was a Romanian-born French screenwriter and film director noted for his work during the French New Wave era. He began his career as a screenwriter, contributing to films such as Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Last Year at Marienbad (1961), both directed by Alain... Read full bio →

Filmography

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9 titles
Vivement dimanche!

Vivement dimanche!

François Truffaut 1983 1h 50m 7.7

After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent hides out from the cops while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.

La femme d'à côté

La femme d'à côté

François Truffaut 1981 1h 46m 8.3

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.

L'amour en fuite

L'amour en fuite

François Truffaut 1979 1h 33m 7.3

In L’Amour en Fuite we witness Antoine Doinel right after his divorce from Christine still not grown up and continuing to flee after their love.

Les femmes

Les femmes

Jean Aurel 1969 1h 26m 5.0

Clara becomes a secretary who must cater to all the desires of the womanizing writer Jérôme, while he tries to write his memoirs.

La bride sur le cou

La bride sur le cou

Roger Vadim 1961 1h 25m 6.0

Sophie, a flighty young model, learns that her boyfriend is planning to leave her for another woman. Sophie resolves to either win him back or assassinate her rival. A handsome doctor (who happens to be falling for Sophie himself) assists her with the former plan so that she won't have to resort to the latter.

Le trou

Le trou

Jacques Becker 1960 2h 12m 9.1

Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer.

Une parisienne

Une parisienne

Michel Boisrond 1957 1h 21m

The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.

Porte des Lilas

Porte des Lilas

René Clair 1957 1h 36m 7.0

Pour échapper à la police, Barbier, un gangster, trouve refuge chez un chanteur anarchiste surnommé "L'Artiste". Cette arrivée va bouleverser l'existence de Juju, un copain de "L'Artiste". Pilier de bistrot, Juju veut à tout prix devenir le protecteur de Barbier, dont il admire l'audace et le succès auprès des femmes.

Le triporteur

Le triporteur

Jack Pinoteau 1957 1h 33m 3.0

Antoine Peyralout is baker Mouillefarine's tricycle delivery man. Comical and stuttering, Antoine shows more interest in the local soccer team than in professional integrity. A wedding cake pays the price for it and the young man is dismissed.

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