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Jean Becker

Jean Becker

French film director, screenwriter
May 10, 1933 (91 years old)

The Red Collar

V.O.: Le Collier rouge
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 2014. Comedy by Jean Becker with Gérard Lanvin, Fred Testot, Jean-Pierre Darroussin. A misanthropic, grouchy widower, hospitalized after an accident he has no memory of, is visited by a host of colorful characters who lead him to look on the bright side of life.
Runtime: 81 min.

Welcome Aboard

V.O.: Bienvenue parmi nous
Fr. 2011. Psychological drama by Jean Becker with Patrick Chesnais, Jeanne Lambert, Miou-Miou. A suicidal painter finds inspiration and the will to live againwhen he meets a teenage girl kicked out of the house by her mother.
Runtime: 90 min.

My Afternoon With Margueritte

V.O.: La Tête en friche
Fr. 2010. Dramatic comedy by Jean Becker with Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus, Anne Le Guernec. An uneducated grocer is awakened to the pleasure of words by an old woman who reads him novels by great writers every day.
Runtime: 82 min.

Love Me No More

V.O.: Deux Jours à tuer
Fr. 2008. Psychological drama by Jean Becker with Albert Dupontel, Marie-Josée Croze, Pierre Vaneck. An embittered and cynical Parisian advertising executive leaves his job, family and friends in a huff and heads for Ireland, where his father lives, whom he has not seen in thirty years.
Runtime: 84 min.

Conversations With My Gardener

V.O.: Dialogue avec mon jardinier
Fr. 2007. Dramatic comedy by Jean Becker with Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanny Cottençon. A Parisian painter moves to his family home in the countryside and hires a gardener who turns out to be a childhood friend.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 2002. Dramatic comedy by Jean Becker with Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier, Thierry Lhermitte. A teenager learns from his father
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 2000. Dramatic comedy by Jean Becker with Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier. In 1980, a farmer who wants to kill his hateful wife gets a brilliant lawyer to give him a recipe for the perfect crime.
Runtime: 90 min.

Children of the Marshlands

V.O.: Les Enfants du marais
Fr. 1998. Dramatic comedy by Jean Becker with Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier. The encounters and friendships of several people living next to a swamp.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1994. Psychological drama by Jean Becker with Vanessa Paradis, Clotilde Courau, Gérard Depardieu. A young delinquent decides to leave her friends on the street in order to find and kill her father, whom she holds responsible for her mother's suicide.
Runtime: 114 min.

One Deadly Summer

V.O.: L'Été meurtrier
Fr. 1982. Psychological drama by Jean Becker with Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon. A young girl marries a nice boy and uses him to exact revenge.
Runtime: 128 min.
Fr. 1977. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Grimblat with Maurice Ronet, Valérie Mairesse, Macha Méril. The three ex-wives of a real estate developer join forces to take revenge on him.
Fr. 1973. Crime drama by Pierre Grimblat with Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, John Moulder-Brown. In a rich, flowery house, a family lives with the fear of death lurking behind everyone before it strikes inexorably.
Runtime: 100 min.

Tender Scoundrel

V.O.: Tendre Voyou
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Jean Becker with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Nadja Tiller. A young man is living off the backs of ladies under false pretenses.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Jean Becker with Pierre Vernier, Nina Demestre, Pierre Brasseur. The theft of a microfilm leads to a series of crazy adventures.
Runtime: 101 min.

Backfire

V.O.: Échappement libre
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Jean Becker with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Gert Fröbe. A journalist agrees to smuggle gold hidden in a sports car.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1961. Crime drama by Jean Becker with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pierre Vaneck, Christine Kaufmann. An adventurer gets into bad situations to help a friend.
Runtime: 90 min.

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