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Jean Cosmos
Writer 1923 - 2014

Jean Cosmos

Paris, France

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

11 titles
La princesse de Montpensier

La princesse de Montpensier

Bertrand Tavernier 2010 2h 19m

Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.

Dialogue avec mon jardinier

Dialogue avec mon jardinier

Jean Becker 2007 1h 49m 7.0

A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a former schoolfriend. A warm, fruitful conversation starts between the two men.

Aurore

Aurore

Nils Tavernier 2006 1h 35m

Once upon a time there was a kingdom where dancing was forbidden by a tyrant king. Defying the edict of her father, the Princess Aurore continues to dance, for the amusement of herself and brother, Solal. With the kingdom virtually bankrupt, the King has no choice but to marry his daughter to a wealthy prince.

Agents secrets

Agents secrets

Frédéric Schoendoerffer 2004 1h 49m 4.7

From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry.

Fanfan la tulipe

Fanfan la tulipe

Gérard Krawczyk 2003 1h 37m 5.5

In this 2003 remake of the classic 1952 French film, Fanfan la Tulipe is a swashbuckling lover who is tricked into joining the army of King Louis XV by Adeline La Franchise, who tells Fanfan that by doing so, he will eventually marry one of the king's daughters

Effroyables jardins

Effroyables jardins

Jean Becker 2003 1h 35m 7.5

Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something from their mutual past that will explain the reason for Lucien’s father’s strange behavior.

Laissez-passer

Laissez-passer

Bertrand Tavernier 2002 2h 51m

In German-occupied France, two filmmakers solve the collaboration dilemma differently.

Le bossu

Le bossu

Philippe de Broca 1997 2h 8m

The story is set in early 1700s. Lafardere is former street urchin who became a best friend of Duke of Nevers. Nevers' heir is his evil cousin Gonzague. Gonzague, seeking wealth, kills Nevers and Nevers in his dying moments asks Lafardere to avenge him, however long that takes.

Capitaine Conan

Capitaine Conan

Bertrand Tavernier 1996 2h 13m 7.0

The last days of World War I, Eastern front. Captain Conan, a lone wolf, a true warrior, leads a band of ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat; they are not fit for peacetime, they only feel really alive in the chaos of the battlefield.

Le colonel Chabert

Le colonel Chabert

Yves Angelo 1994 1h 50m 7.5

When Colonel Chabert returns from the war, he discovers that he has lost everything.

La vie et rien d'autre

La vie et rien d'autre

Bertrand Tavernier 1989 2h 15m 8.5

In 1920, Major Dellaplane, a man of honor and ethics, searches for missing French soldiers. He meets Madame Irène de Courtil, a politically connected Parisian, and their paths cross.

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