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Bernard Fresson

Bernard Fresson

actor (1931-2002)
May 27, 1931 (October 20, 2002)
Fr. 2002. Psychological drama by Nicole Garcia with Daniel Auteuil, Géraldine Pailhas, François Cluzet. Sensing that he is in danger of being exposed, a man who has lied to those around him for years does the unthinkable.
Runtime: 124 min.
Fr. 2002. History by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe with Alexandre Brasseur, Arielle Dombasle, Florence Darel. In 1830, Victor Hugo struggles to put on a performance of his revolutionary play Hernani.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2002. Biography by Pierre Aknine with Francis Huster, Maruschka Detmers, Bernard Fresson. The feats of a hero of the French Resistance.

Brotherhood of the Wolf

V.O.: Le Pacte des loups
Fr. 2000. Adventures by Christophe Gans with Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Émilie Dequenne. In 1766, the king of France ordered a knight to capture a monstrous beast that was spreading terror in the G
Runtime: 142 min.
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Fr. 2000. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe with Jules Sitruk, Pierre Richard, Marianne Sagebrecht. An orphan is sold to an acrobat who teaches him to understand the world.
Runtime: 185 min.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1999. Mores drama by Antoine Plantevin with Sabine N'Guessan, Bernard Fresson, Roger Jendly. A pretty seventeen-year-old woman of mixed race turns men's heads when she goes to live with her uncle in the canton of Vaud after her father dies.
Fr. 1999. Melodrama by Marion Sarraut with Line Renaud, Bernard Fresson, Patrick Raynal. The difficulties of a middle-aged woman who finds herself at the head of a trucking company.
Fr. 1998. Drama by Jean Larriaga with Bernard Fresson, Mélanie Leray, Gérard Darier. An old worker in love with wood becomes the tutor of a rebellious young woman who is pursuing an internship in carpentry.
Runtime: 90 min.

My Man

V.O.: Mon homme
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1995. Biography by Luc Béraud with Bernard Fresson, Nadia Barentin, Bernard Verley.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1993. Social drama by Claude Berri with Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou. During the Second Empire, a worker revolts against the inhumane exploitation of miners, encouraging his comrades to declare a strike.
Runtime: 160 min.
Fr. 1993. Mores comedy by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe with Bernard Fresson, Caroline Sihol, Jean-Louis Trintignant. An upright judge must consider the petition of a scheming marquise who wants to have her estranged husband disenfranchised.
Fr. 1991. Comedy by Claude Vital with Bernard Fresson, Claude Gensac, Laure Sabardin. A candidate for mayor of a small town decides to kidnap the mayor's daughter to get him to withdraw his candidacy in the next elections.
Runtime: 78 min.
Fr. 1990. Dramatic comedy by Jacques Ertaud with Nicole Courcel, Judith Magre, Bernard Fresson. The director of a publishing house is forced to take over the management of the industrial empire of her husband who died in an accident.
It. 1990. Drama by Alberto negrin with Burt Lancaster, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Culp. A commando of four terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship in the hope of freeing comrades held in Israel.
Runtime: 180 min.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1989. Social drama by Jean-Claude Dague with Jean Dolande, Lorène Russell, Thierry Imbert. The years of misery and humiliation a good guy endures in prison because he had the bad idea to stage a hold-up.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 1989. Mores drama by Claude Boissol with Françoise Arnoul, Bernard Fresson, Andréa Ferréol. An accommodating old woman suffers a heart attack and makes a last wish that surprises those around her.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1988. Police comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Pierre Arditi, Jean-Pierre Bacri. A shy employee working for a firm specializing in anti-theft systems discovers that his superior has become the accomplice of bank robbers.
Runtime: 95 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. 1986. Court drama by Yves-André Hubert with Alice Sapritch, Jacques Alric, Bernard Fresson. The trial of a woman accused of poisoning eleven people.
Fr. 1986. Psychological drama by Claude Santelli with Bernard Fresson, Jean-Luc Porraz, André Weber. A teenager is found raped and strangled near a Norman village governed by a crude mayor.
Fr. 1984. Drama by Philippe Labro with Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Bernard Fresson. The professional and romantic difficulties of a successful lawyer in the service of a dishonest shipowner.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1984. Drama by Michel Mitrani with Jean Rochefort, Jean-François Balmer, Paul Le Person. In the 1970s, a French television program director creates a scandal by broadcasting provocative films.
Runtime: 92 min.

Le Pénitent

V.O.: U Catenacciu
Fr. 1983. Crime drama by Antoine-Léonard Maestrati with Bernard Fresson, Denis Manuel, Maurice Chevit. The inhabitants of a Corsican village are convinced that their priest has chosen a dangerous criminal to carry the cross during the Good Friday procession.
Fr. 1983. Dramatic comedy by Claude Sautet with Yves Montand, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Villeret. The emotional tribulations of a former dancer turned waiter.
Runtime: 102 min.
Suis. 1982. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Matteuzi with Vlasta Hodjis, Anna Prucnal, Bernard Fresson. Story of a small Swiss village in 1942, through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl.
Fr. 1982. Spy drama by Yves Boisset with Lino Ventura, Michel Piccoli, Krystyna Janda. A French secret agent seeks to confirm the allegations that his German life partner is linked to terrorists.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1981. Mores drama by François Mimet with Alexandra Stewart, Bernard Fresson, Kim Harlow.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1980. Biography by Ange Casta with Bernard Fresson, Alain Mottet, Jacques Dacqmine.
Fr. 1978. Social drama by Pascal Vidal with Yves Beneyton, Christine Pascal, Bernard Fresson. A leftist journalist comes to the aid of a friend pursued by the police for her affair with a terrorist.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1977. Crime drama by André Cayatte with Annie Girardot, Stéphane Hillel, Bernard Fresson. A woman whose daughter has been abducted goes through a terrible ordeal.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1977. Dramatic comedy by Bernard Queysanne with Mimsy Farmer, Pascal Sellier, Serge Sauvion. A teenager becomes attached to an escort who pursues him with her affections.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1977. Dramatic comedy by Dolores Grassian with Annie Girardot, Maria Pacôme, Bernard Fresson. A female cab driver is led by a client to pursue an unfaithful husband.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1976. Dramatic comedy by Michel Vianey with Jean-Michel Folon, Francine Racette, Bernard Fresson. Instead of going to the office, a stockbroker locks himself in his car.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Tenant

V.O.: Le Locataire
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Roman Polanski with Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas. A man moves into an apartment left vacant after his tenant's suicide and is overcome by anxiety.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1976. Police comedy by Gérard Pirès with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bernadette Lafont, Mireille Darc. An insurance company executive discovers he can use a computer to get rid of those who harm him.
Runtime: 89 min.

The Intruder

V.O.: Les Passagers
Fr. 1976. Crime drama by Serge Leroy with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bernard Fresson, Mireille Darc. A man and his young stepson are chased by an unknown man on the road between Rome and Paris.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1976. Adventures by Jerry Jameson with John Beck, Bernard Fresson, John McLiam. A dog stolen in California ends up in the Yukon where it becomes a sled dog.

Don't Bite, We Love You

V.O.: Mords pas, on t'aime!
Fr. 1976. Dramatic comedy by Yves Allégret with Bernard Fresson, Yves Coudray, Catherine Allégret. A truck driver has difficulties with his young son, born from an affair with a student.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1976. Mores drama by Claude Sautet with Michel Piccoli, Ottavia Piccolo, Jacques Dutronc. A real estate developer finds himself in a difficult situation following the suicide of a partner.
Runtime: 132 min.
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Joël Séria with Jeanne Goupil, André Dussollier, Bernard Fresson. A doll collector marries a naive teenage girl whom he treats like a living doll.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1975. Crime drama by John Frankenheimer with Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson. A New York police officer travels to Marseille to help capture the leader of a major drug trafficking operation.
Runtime: 119 min.
Fr. 1975. Mores comedy by Joël Séria with Jean-Pierre Marielle, Dolores McDonough, Bernard Fresson. A salesman leaves his wife to practice his talents as a painter and live the bohemian lifestyle.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1973. Social drama by André Cayatte with Annie Girardot, Bernard Fresson, Michel Bouquet. A young doctor who wants to enter politics is caught up in blackmail schemes.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1973. Comedy by Serge Korber with Annie Girardot, Bernard Fresson, Roland Dubillard. A sailor who plays the accordion and a Salvationist meet during a shipwreck and have various misadventures.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1972. Drama by Marcel Bluwal with Georges Géret, François Marthouret, Nicole Jamet. A former convict trying to rebuild his life honestly is pursued by the unwavering hatred of a police officer.
Runtime: 245 min.
Fr. 1972. Psychological drama by Serge Korber with Annie Girardot, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Le Coq. The divorced wife of a notary deludes herself into believing that her husband, who has rebuilt his life, wants to come back to her.
Runtime: 105 min.

A Few Hours of Sunlight

V.O.: Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide
Fr. 1971. Psychological drama by Jacques Deray with Claudine Auger, Marc Porel, Bernard Fresson. A married woman abandons her provincial life to go live with a Parisian journalist.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1970. Satire by Jacques Scandelari with Michèle Mercier, Pierre Brasseur, Henri Piégay. The misadventures of a simple worker who wins a contest organized by an advertising agency.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1970. Drama by Daniel Goldenburg with Karen Blanguernon, Claude Brasseur, Bernard Fresson. Believing that his wife has left him, a man goes out with a friend in search of her.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Claude Sautet with Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Bernard Fresson. A police inspector, disappointed by his successive failures, pushes small thugs to commit a robbery in order to catch them in the act.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Yves Boisset with Michel Bouquet, Gianni Garko, Françoise Fabian. A police officer vows to avenge a colleague who was killed by a member of the mob.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun

V.O.: La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Anatole Litvak with Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, John McEnery. The secretary of a business person becomes mysteriously involved in a murder case.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Eddy Matalon with Michael Dunn, Jane Birkin, Bernard Fresson. As the accomplice of two crooks, a young woman comes to regret her involvement in a scam.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1969. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin. In Greece, an honest investigating judge looks into a political assassination.
Runtime: 127 min.
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by Marcel Bozzuffi with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bernard Fresson, Simone Signoret. A man from Rouen, who has spent ten years in the United States, finds his old friends transformed by life.
Fr. 1968. Psychological drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Laurent Terzieff, Elisabeth Wiener, Bernard Fresson. The young wife of a painter falls under the influence of a pervert.
Runtime: 105 min.

Honor Among Thieves

V.O.: Adieu l'ami
Fr. 1968. Crime drama by Jean Herman with Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Olga Georges-Picot. A doctor agrees to smuggle the securities that a young woman has embezzled inside the safe of a large company.
Runtime: 90 min.
Bel. 1967. Social drama by Luc de Heusch with Bernard Fresson, Marie-France Boyer, Étienne Bierry. A bus driver seeks to improve his situation.
Runtime: 98 min.

Zita

V.O.: Tante Zita
Fr. 1967. Psychological drama by Robert Enrico with Joanna Shimkus, Katina Paxinou, Bernard Fresson. Affected by the slow agony of her aunt, a young girl spends a night wandering and meeting people.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Alex Joffé with Bourvil, Paul Meurisse, Françoise Deldick. A subway clerk gets involved in a heist he had imagined in a novel.
Runtime: 78 min.

Menace dans le ciel

V.O.: Le Ciel sur la tête
Fr. 1965. Science-fiction by Yves Ciampi with André Smagghe, Jacques Monod, Marcel Bozzuffi. A mysterious satellite alerts the crew of an aircraft carrier.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Pierre Grimblat with Jean-Claude Brialy, Marie Laforêt, Jean-Pierre Marielle. Bandits see the fruit of their theft fall into the hands of Black jackets.
Runtime: 90 min.

Woman in the Window

V.O.: La Ragazza in Vetrina
It. 1960. Psychological drama by Luciano Emmer with Bernard Fresson, Marina Vlady, Lino Ventura. An Italian miner falls in love with a prostitute in Holland.
Runtime: 95 min.

Please, Not Now!

V.O.: La Bride sur le cou
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Roger Vadim with Brigitte Bardot, Michel Subor, Jacques Riberolles. A woman decides to take revenge on a lover who has abandoned her.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1959. Psychological drama by Alain Resnais with Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson. Reunited by a love affair, a French person and a Japanese person evoke a painful past.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1957. Dramatic comedy by Henri Aisner with Marc Cassot, Julien Bertheau, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Workers of an aviation factory who want to found a flying club encounter difficulties.
Runtime: 82 min.

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