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Alexandre Astruc

Alexandre Astruc

French film director
July 13, 1923 (May 19, 2016)
Runtime: 360 min.
Fr. 1974. Satire by Dennis Berry with Jean Seberg, Pierre Blaise, Yves Beneyton. After their father’s death, rich young people transform their villa into a brothel.
Runtime: 90 min.

Charlotte

V.O.: La Jeune Fille assassinée
Fr. 1974. Mores drama by Roger Vadim with Roger Vadim, Sirpa Lane, Mathieu Carrière. With the goal of writing a book, a writer investigates the life of a former mistress whose recent murder remains shrouded in mystery.
Runtime: 100 min.

Adriatic Sea of Fire

V.O.: Flammes sur l'Adriatique
Fr. 1968. War drama by Alexandre Astruc with Gérard Barray, Claudine Auger, Antonio Passalia. Rather than return it to the Germans, naval officers decide to sink their ship.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1965. War drama by Alexandre Astruc with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Maurice Ronet, Robert Hossein. Dislodged by the Germans,a group of maquisards try to join their fellow fighters.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1961. Psychological drama by Alexandre Astruc with Annie Girardot, Daniel Gélin, Christian Marquand. A young woman struggles with her dependence on her husband and takes a lover.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1961. Sentimental drama by Alexandre Astruc with Jean-Claude Brialy, Marie-José Nat, Dawn Addams. In Paris, a shy young man falls in love with a married woman.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1958. Moral study by Alexandre Astruc with Maria Schell, Christian Marquand, Pascale Petit. A young chatelaine whose husband cheated on her nevertheless continues to love him and to hope that he will return to her.
Runtime: 85 min.

Girl in His Pocket

V.O.: Amour de poche
Fr. 1957. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Kast with Jean Marais, Geneviève Page, Agnès Laurent. A biologist develops a chemical substance that petrifies living things and reduces their volume.
Runtime: 82 min.
Runtime: 84 min.

The Crimson Curtain

V.O.: Le Rideau cramoisi
Fr. 1953. Drama by Alexandre Astruc with Jean-Claude Pascal, Anouk Aimée, Jim Gérald. An officer becomes the lover of the bourgeois' daughter who are sheltering him.
Runtime: 44 min.

The Respectful Prostitute

V.O.: La P... respectueuse
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1948. Sentimental comedy by Marcel Achard with Danielle Darrieux, Claude Dauphin, François Périer. Despite her husband's love, a woman cannot resist the allure of adventure.
Runtime: 94 min.

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