Films biographiques

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Coco Before Chanel

V.O.: Coco avant Chanel

Fr. 2009. Biography by Anne Fontaine with Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola. The life and beginnings of Gabrielle Chanel, an orphan of modest origins, who became the first great fashion designer in history.

Runtime: 110 min.

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Respect

U.S. 2020. Biography by Liesl Tommy with Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans. The tormented life of African-American singer Aretha Franklin, from her beginnings in her father’s church choir to the heights of her career.

Runtime: 145 min.

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Marie Antoinette

V.O.: Marie-Antoinette

Can. 2006. Biography by Francis Leclerc, Yves Simoneau with Karine Vanasse, Olivier Aubin, David La Haye. The life of the last queen of France, from her arrival as a teenager at the court of Versailles to her execution in 1793 by the revolutionary tribunal.

Runtime: 123 min.

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Marie Antoinette

U.S. 2006. Biography by Sofia Coppola with Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis. The life of the Austrian Marie Antoinette, from her marriage to the future king of France at the age of 15 until the revolution of 1789.

Runtime: 122 min.

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Jackie

U.S. 2016. Biography by Pablo Larrain with Natalie Portman, Billy Crudup, Peter Sarsgaard. In November 1963, a few days after President John F. Kennedy

Runtime: 100 min.

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Amadeus

U.S. 1984. Musical drama by Milos Forman with F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge. An elderly musician accuses himself of killing Mozart and recounts the circumstances of his crime.

Runtime: 158 min.

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The Aviator

U.S. 2004. Biography by Martin Scorsese with Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Alan Alda. The life of producer, aviator, and business magnate Howard Hughes, from 1927 to the mid-1940s.

Runtime: 170 min.

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Che: Part One and Two

V.O.: Che

U.S. 2008. Historic chronicle by Steven Soderbergh with Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir, Rodrigo Santoro. The highlights in the life of the revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, from his participation in the Castro revolution to his execution in Bolivia.

Runtime: 251 min.

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Man On the Moon

U.S. 1999. Biography by Milos Forman with Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love. The life and career of comedian Andy Kaufman, star of Saturday Night Live and Taxi, who died of cancer in 1984.

Runtime: 118 min.