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Alain Jessua
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Alain Jessua

French film director, screenwriter
January 16, 1932 (November 30, 2017)
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1987. Psychological drama by Alain Jessua with Michel Serrault, Nathalie Baye, Suzanne Flon. Following a serious car accident, an architect pretends to be mute in order to thwart his daughter-in-law, whom he knows to be unfaithful.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1984. Comedy by Alain Jessua with Jean Rochefort, Eddy Mitchell, Fiona Gelin. A scientist has various problems after creating a monster who thinks with a microcomputer instead of a human brain.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1982. Dramatic comedy by Alain Jessua with Patrick Dewaere, Fanny Cottençon, Jacques Dutronc. A man lives in blissful optimism after undergoing a special treatment.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1979. Mores drama by Alain Jessua with Gérard Depardieu, Victor Lanoux, Nicole Calfan.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1976. Crime drama by Alain Jessua with Jean Yanne, Alain Delon, Michel Duchaussoy. A mediocre man who made his fortune by chanceuses threats to try and impose his conception of the world by threat.
Runtime: 93 min.

Shock Treatment

V.O.: Traitement de choc
Fr. 1972. Drama by Alain Jessua with Annie Girardot, Alain Delon, Robert Hirsch. The director of a clothing store in Paris travels to Brittany to undergo a rejuvenation treatment in a clinic.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Killing Game

V.O.: Jeu de massacre
Fr. 1966. Satire by Alain Jessua with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claudine Auger, Michel Duchaussoy. A young couple, a comic book author, is nearly broken up by the encounter of a rich and idle mythomaniac. A young cartoonist couple is nearly broken up by a rich and idle mythomaniac.
Runtime: 95 min.

Life Upside Down

V.O.: La Vie à l'envers
Fr. 1963. Drama by Alain Jessua with Charles Denner, Anna Gaylor, Nane Germon. A man finds a strange charm in shutting himself away more and more in solitude.
Runtime: 92 min.

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