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Édouard Molinaro

Édouard Molinaro

French film director (1928-2013)
May 13, 1928 (December 7, 2013)
Fr. 2005. Dramatic comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Jeffrey Barbeau, Line Renaud, Guy Bedos. A ten-year-old boy raised by his gay father and his father's lover befriends an elderly woman whom he decides to adopt as his grandmother.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2005. by Édouard Molinaro with Roland Magdane.
Fr. 2004. Drama by Édouard Molinaro with Patrick Catalifo, Thierry Redler, Nathalie Quenard. The struggles of two doctors working in a humanitarian organization that repatriates children from underprivileged countries to France for treatment.
Fr. 2002. Sentimental comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Claire Keim, Philippe Drecq, Frédéric Diefenthal. An ambitious young woman asks the pianist to pretend to be her fianc
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2001. Mores drama by Édouard Molinaro with Lou Doillon, Bernard Le Coq, Assumpta Serna. The setbacks of a young model with a sordid past who seeks to regain custody of her child.
Runtime: 180 min.
Fr. 1998. Psychological drama by Édouard Molinaro with Julia Maraval, Jean-Michel Dupuis, Jacques Perrin. A teacher gets custody of a teenage girl whose alcoholic father committed suicide.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1995. Psychological drama by Édouard Molinaro with Évelyne Bouix, Laura Martel, Stéphane Freiss.
Fr. 1992. History by Édouard Molinaro with Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich, Ticky Holdago. Following Napoleon's defeat, Talleyrand the politician and police chief Fouché
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1992. Sentimental drama by Édouard Molinaro with Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Thompson, Béatrice Agenin. A Parisian countess who lives as a recluse in the country gives in to the advances of a young aristocrat.
Fr. 1990. Fantasy by Édouard Molinaro with Anouk Aimée, Michel Piccoli, Christine Citti. Before his death, a duke with a passion for the occult takes an oath of eternal fidelity from his wife, who is feverishly courted by an old baron.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1989. History by Édouard Molinaro with Sabine Haudepin, Jacques Perrin, Christine Citti. The tragic fate of a young countess who was infatuated with fine humanist ideals and who became involved in the Revolution.

Les Grandes familles

V.O.: Les Grandes Familles
Fr. 1989. Chronicle by Édouard Molinaro with Michel Piccoli, Pierre Arditi, Roger Hanin. The depravity of two great families of the pre-war Parisian aristocracy.
Runtime: 360 min.
Fr. 1989. Social drama by Robin Davis with Tonya Lopert, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Rufus. In 1921, an Irish couple is torn apart by the civil war when the spouses join opposing sides.
Fr. 1988. Comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Pierre Richard, Emmanuelle Béart, Richard Bohringer. A painter finds himself involved in a series of misunderstandings after coming to the aid of his pretty neighbour who has forgotten her keys in her apartment.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1984. Dramatic comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Claude Brasseur, Daniel Auteuil, Gudrun Landgrebe. A French prisoner of war finds his brother in Germany, who has created a comfortable situation for himself in captivity.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1984. Sentimental comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Kristy McNichol, Michael Ontkean, André Dussollier. A young flutist has to wear a brace to walk, which creates complexities in her romantic relationships.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1984. Dramatic comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Sophie Barjac. Two spouses on the verge of separating continue to live under the same roof, each with a new partner.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1982. Mores drama by Édouard Molinaro with Françoise Fabian, Roger Dumas, Camille de Casabianca. The story of Marie Reinart, who was accused of murdering her mother and husband.

Pour 100 briques t'as plus rien!

V.O.: Pour cent briques t'as plus rien!
Fr. 1982. Police comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Jugnot, Anémone. Two unemployed men set up a bank robbery with taking of hostages.
Runtime: 85 min.
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Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1977. Psychological drama by Édouard Molinaro with Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Michel Duchaussoy. The setbacks of an antique dealer at a loss for time and money.
Runtime: 90 min.

Dracula Father and Son

V.O.: Dracula père et fils
Fr. 1976. Comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie-Hélène Breillat. Dracula has a son who shows little interest in becoming a vampire.
Runtime: 99 min.

The Pink Telephone

V.O.: Le Téléphone rose
Fr. 1975. Mores comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Pierre Mondy, Mireille Darc, Michael Lonsdale. A provincial industrialist comes to Paris to negotiate the sale of his factory and falls in love with a call girl.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1973. Comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Caroline Cellier. A contract killer is interrupted in his endeavours by a desperate man who clings to him.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1973. Crime drama by Édouard Molinaro with Daniel Cauchy, Bulle Ogier, Gilles Ségal. Three crooks imprisoned for the murder of a mobster manage to escape by taking a magistrate as a hostage.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1973. Drama by Édouard Molinaro with Pierre Clémenti, Jacques Spiesser, Marie-Hélène Breillat. Hypothesis on the life that could have been between a couple, if the young man had not died during the Occupation.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1972. Dramatic comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Madeleine Renaud. Two sisters fight over the love of a young Englishman staying in the family hotel managed by the husband of one of them.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1970. Mores comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Bernard Le Coq, Juliette Villard, Michel Serrault. A student's dissenting ideas cause the break-up of his parents' marriage.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Édouard Molinaro with Philippe Noiret, Roger Hanin, Caroline Cellier. Determined to obtain information from an indicted person in order to arrest his accomplices, two police officers use heinous means.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Jacques Brel, Claude Jade, Paul Frankeur. In France during the reign of Louis XV, a country doctor leads a merry life with cheerful companions.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1969. Fantasy comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Bernard Alane. The tribulations of an industrialist who is forced to take in a man found in a state of hibernation.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1967. Comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Louis de Funès, Claude Rich, Claude Gensac. An industrialist learns that his accountant is stealing from him and is his daughter's lover.
Runtime: 82 min.

To Commit a Murder

V.O.: Peau d'espion
Fr. 1966. Spy drama by Édouard Molinaro with Louis Jourdan, Bernard Blier, Senta Berger. A penniless writer accepts, from the French secret service, the mission to prevent a physicist from leaving for China.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1965. Police comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Paul Meurisse, Bernard Blier, Jean Lefebvre. Two small-time crooks choose a high-flying crook as their victim.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Rich. A man runs away from home on his wedding day, but falls under the charm of a stranger.
Runtime: 100 min.

Ravishing Idiot

V.O.: Une Ravissante Idiote
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Brigitte Bardot, Anthony Perkins, Grégoire Aslan. A young spy uses the woman he loves to steal files.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1962. Police comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Françoise Dorléac. After Ars?ne Lupin's death, the two biological sons of the famous gentleman burglar set out to continue their illustrious father's career.
Runtime: 106 min.

The Passion of Slow Fire

V.O.: La Mort de Belle
Fr. 1961. Psychological drama by Édouard Molinaro with Jean Desailly, Alexandra Stewart, Monique Mélinand. Wrongly suspected of murder, a man ends up committing a crime.
Runtime: 100 min.

Seven Capital Sins

V.O.: Les 7 Péchés capitaux
Runtime: 110 min.

A Touch of Treason

V.O.: Les Ennemis
Fr. 1961. Spy drama by Édouard Molinaro with Roger Hanin, Claude Brasseur, Pascale Audret. An embassy attach? disappears after having some documents stolen.
Runtime: 89 min.

The Season for Love

V.O.: La Morte Saison des amours
Fr. 1961. Sentimental drama by Pierre Kast with Françoise Arnoul, Pierre Vaneck, Daniel Gélin. A crossroads of love between two young couples.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Édouard Molinaro with Robert Hossein, Estella Blain, Philippe Clay. A young mechanic does everything possible to save his fianc?e who has fallen into the clutches of a gang of white drug dealers.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Édouard Molinaro with Lino Ventura, Franco Fabrizi, Sandra Milo. A man searches for the only witness to his crime.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1959. Drama by Édouard Molinaro with Pascale Petit, Michel Auclair, Micheline Presle. The summer romance between a painter and a young girl he met in a bar.
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by Édouard Molinaro with Gérard Oury, Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Nicaud. The vengeful machinations of a deceived husband.
Runtime: 93 min.

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