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François Périer

François Périer

French actor
November 10, 1919 (June 28, 2002)
Fr. 1992. Mores comedy by Michel Lengliney with Gérard Jugnot, Suzanne Flon, François Périer. Learning that his mother wants to leave his father, a forty-year-old man on the verge of divorce takes her to Rome to change her mind.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 92 min.

The Elegant Criminel

V.O.: Lacenaire
Fr. 1990. Mores drama by Francis Girod with Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Maïwenn. The tribulations of a notorious 19th century criminal.
Runtime: 125 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 92 min.

Keep Your Right Up!

V.O.: Soigne ta droite
Fr. 1987. Comedy by Jean-Luc Godard with Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Villeret, Michel Galabru. The tribulations of a film writer struggling to deliver his latest work to a distributor.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1984. Drama by Gérard Depardieu with Gérard Depardieu, François Périer, Elisabeth Depardieu. A bourgeois man falls in love with a false worshipper, whom he favors at the expense of his family.
Runtime: 140 min.
Fr. 1984. Psychological drama by Pierre Koralnik with François Périer, Bernard Haller, Xavier Saint-Macary. With the help of a psychiatrist, a tax inspector tries to explain a sudden anxiety attack to himself.
Fr. 1982. Crime drama by Alain Delon with Alain Delon, Anne Parillaud, François Périer. Upon his release from prison, a mobster is watched by the police and hunted by rivals who covet the spoils of a jewel heist.
Runtime: 123 min.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1979. Crime drama by Robin Davis with Claude Brasseur, Marlène Jobert, Claude Rich.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1978. Social drama by André Cayatte with Monica Vitti, Jean Yanne, Michel Bouquet. An Italian biologist sets out to expose a case against arms trafficking made by a murdered colleague.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by Alain Corneau with Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, François Périer. A police officer investigating the murder of a friend realizes that the evidence may incriminate him.
Runtime: 127 min.

No Time for Breakfast

V.O.: Docteur Françoise Gailland
Fr. 1975. Psychological drama by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli with Annie Girardot, François Périer, Jean-Pierre Cassel. A woman doctor learns that she has cancer and is threatened with death.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1974. Social drama by Alain Resnais with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Claude Rich. Portrayal of a famous swindler’s life in the 1930s.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1973. Mores comedy by Jean-Marie Périer with François Périer, Jacques Dutronc, Ottavia Piccolo. A former aviation pioneer plans to marry his adopted son to his second wife's daughter.
Runtime: 95 min.

The French Conspiracy

V.O.: L'Attentat
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Yves Boisset with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Gian Maria Volonté. A journalist, involved in a plot against a political leader against his will, threatens to reveal everything to the police.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Bulgarian Night

V.O.: La Nuit bulgare
Fr. 1971. Psychological drama by Michel Mitrani with Henri Garcin, Marina Vlady, Charles Vanel. A technocrat leads an important economic negotiation with Bulgarians.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1970. Psychological drama by Claude Chabrol with Michel Bouquet, Stéphane Audran, François Périer. A man, cleared of all suspicion for a murder he committed, feels remorse within him.
Runtime: 112 min.
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 Jean-Pierre Melville with Bourvil, Alain Delon, Yves Montand. A police officer sets a trap for three criminals who have just succeeded in a jewel heist.
Runtime: 140 min.
Fr. 1970. Adventures by Jean-Marie Périer with Marc Porel, Dani, André Pousse. In French Guiana, a young man goes off in search of his grandfather, a former gangster.
Runtime: 100 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. 1968. Poetic drama by Michel Cournot with Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Nella Bielski, Annie Girardot. While his wife is expecting a child, a man relives his unhappy childhood in his mind.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Godson

V.O.: Le Samouraï
Fr. 1967. Thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville with Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon. A lone shooter is wanted by both police and criminals.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1966. Social drama by Jean-Marie Périer with François Périer, Roger Laurent, Hélène Petit. The case of a judge dealing with delinquent adolescents.

Weekend at Dunkirk

V.O.: Week-end à Zuydcoote
Fr. 1964. War drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Pierre Marielle. In June 1940, during the evacuation of Dunkirk, a French soldier tries to embark with the British troops.
Runtime: 125 min.

Sweet and Sour

V.O.: Dragées au poivre
Fr. 1963. Satire by Jacques Baratier with Guy Bedos, Sophie Daumier, Elisabeth Wiener. Young film lovers decide to make cin
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1962. Sketches by Jean Girault, Philippe de Broca, Jack Pinoteau with Francis Blanche, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl. The misadventures of the winners of various contests.
Runtime: 95 min.

Les Petits Matins

V.O.: Mademoiselle Stop
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jacqueline Audry with Agathe Aems, Jean-Claude Brialy, François Périer. The adventures of a young girl who is hitchhiking.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1962. Adventures by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Georges Rivière, Silvia Monfort, Jeanne Valérie. In the eighteenth century, a man with a price on his head becomes a popular hero who fights for the poor.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jean Boyer with François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jean Richard. A woman loses a large sum of money and feigns madness to avoid her husband's wrath.
Runtime: 84 min.

Crime Doesn't Pay

V.O.: Le Crime ne paie pas
Fr. 1961. Sketches by Gérard Oury with Edwige Feuillère, Michèle Morgan, Annie Girardot. Four criminal cases set in different times.
Runtime: 158 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Jacques Poitrenaud with Nicole Courcel, François Périer, Perrette Pradier. A car accident reveals a couple?s mutual infidelity.
Runtime: 85 min.

Love and the Frenchwoman

V.O.: La Française et l'amour
Fr. 1960. Sketches by Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Michel Boisrond, René Clair, Henri Verneuil, Christian-Jaque, Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Jacqueline Porel, Darry Cowl, Noël Roquevert. Various aspects of the love life of the French woman.
Runtime: 135 min.
Fr. 1960. Adventures by Yves Allégret with Eddie Constantine, Marie Versini, Raymond Pellegrin. In the Camargue, a manadier takes in an old comrade who has just been released from prison.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1960. Crime drama by Jean-Charles Dudrumet with Annie Girardot, François Périer, Gérard Buhr. A business person cheated on by his wife is the target of an assassination attempt.
Runtime: 79 min.
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Étienne Périer with François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jacques Jouanneau. The story of an actor temporarily abandoned by his wife.
Runtime: 94 min.

Testament of Orpheus

V.O.: Le Testament d'Orphée
Fr. 1959. Poetic drama by Jean Cocteau with Jean Cocteau, Édouard Dermithe, Maria Casarès. A poet evokes the myths through which he portrayed himself.
Runtime: 80 min.

Nous sommes tous coupables

V.O.: Il Magistrato
It. 1959. Social drama by Luigi Zampa with François Périer, Jose Suarez, Jacqueline Sassard.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1958. Documentary by Robert Ménégoz. Picture of present-day China moving towards a new world with all its traditions.
Runtime: 68 min.

Nights of Cabiria

V.O.: Le Notte di Cabiria
It. 1957. Psychological drama by Federico Fellini with Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Amedeo Nazzari. A prostitute experiences a bitter disappointment in love.
Runtime: 108 min.

Demoniac

V.O.: Les Louves
Fr. 1957. Psychological drama by Luis Saslavsky with François Périer, Micheline Presle, Jeanne Moreau. A French soldier who impersonated someone else escapes from Germany and finds himself trapped by his own scheme.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Henri Decoin with Anouk Aimée, Peter Van Eyck, François Périer. To provide themselves with an alibi, five young criminals go to jail for a peccadillo.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Roger Richebé with François Périer, Dany Carrel, Pierre Mondy. Two gangsters use a young cashier to steal money.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1957. Adventures by Robert Darène with François Périer, Rossana Podesta, Robert Hirsch. In the eighteenth century, a soldier ensures France's control of an island off of the African coast.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1956. Documentary by René Lucot. Dive into the heart of the Melbourne Olympic Games.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1956. Crime drama by Victor Vicas with François Périer, Daniel Gélin, Bella Darvi. A young teacher witnesses a heinous crime and finds himself caught up in the vicious cycle of a miscarriage of justice.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1956. Social drama by René Clément with Maria Schell, François Périer, Suzy Delair. An unwed mother marries a young man who becomes an alcoholic after an unfortunate accident.
Runtime: 112 min.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1955. Dramatic comedy by Jean Dréville with Dany Robin, Dieter Borsche, François Périer. Three plots that take place at Orly airport.
Runtime: 74 min.
Fr. 1954. Comedy by André Hunebelle with François Périer, Dany Robin, Bourvil. A young peasant has various adventures during the French Revolution.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1953. Comedy by Gilles Grangier with Anne Vernon, François Périer, Henri Génès. Two newlyweds experience numerous adventures during their honeymoon.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 101 min.
It. 1953. Sketches by Vittorio De Sica, Gianni Franciolini with Vittorio De Sica, Gérard Philipe, François Périer. Lovers meet in the park of the Villa Borghese.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1953. Sketches by Henri Decoin, Gianni Franciolini, Ralph Habib, Jean Delannoy with Vittorio De Sica, Jeanne Moreau, Bernard Blier. Four travelers, immobilized by the fog, tell each other stories of sleepless nights.
Runtime: 86 min.

The Anatomy of Love

V.O.: Tempi Nostri
It. 1953. Sketches by Alessandro Blasetti, Paul Paviot with Michel Simon, Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni. Six anecdotes borrowed from contemporary Italian authors.
Runtime: 134 min.
Fr. 1952. Comedy by Guy Lefranc with Dany Robin, François Périer, Jean Carmet. The tribulations of a newly married couple.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1952. Comedy by Gilles Grangier with Arletty, François Périer, Marie Daems. To give himself prestige, a young man lets people believe that he is having an affair with a star.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1950. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Billon with François Périer, Moira Lister, Jeanne Fusier-Gir. By chance, a young lawyer finds himself owner of a seal that he is forced to install in his small modern apartment.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1950. Drama by Georges Lampin with Bernard Blier, François Périer, Serge Reggiani. To save his college from bankruptcy, an old principal gathers his former students.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1950. Montage by Denise Tual, Roland Tual with Renaud Mary, Alain Quercy, Marie Daems. Retrospective of the first half of the 20th century and the main events that marked history with the help of newsreels.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1950. Crime drama by Gilles Grangier with François Périer, Dany Robin, Marie Daems. The police are looking for a murderer among the suspicious customers of a bistro.
Runtime: 104 min.

Orpheus

V.O.: Orphée
Fr. 1949. Poetic drama by Jean Cocteau with Jean Marais, Maria Casarès, François Périer. A poet has an amazing adventure after being carried into the afterlife by Death.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1948. Sketches by Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dréville with Bernard Blier, Tanis Chandler, Janine Darcey. The difficult return to normal life for a prisoner of war.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1948. Mores comedy by Jean Faurez with François Périer, Louis Salou, Colette Richard. A high school headmaster lives out a love story in his imagination.
Runtime: 96 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.
Fr. 1947. Comedy by René Clair with Maurice Chevalier, François Périer, Marcelle Derrien. A fifty-something man teaches a young man the art of seduction.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1947. Comedy by Maurice Lehmann with André Luguet, François Périer, Dany Robin. A Don Juan actor wants his son to benefit from his experience.
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1946. Psychological drama by Christian-Jaque with Louis Jouvet, François Périer, Gaby Morlay. Chased away by his fianc?e's family, a man returns twenty years later to seek revenge.
Runtime: 100 min.

Sylvia and the Phantom

V.O.: Sylvie et le fantôme
Fr. 1945. Fantasy comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey. The misadventures of a teenage girl who has fallen in love with the ghost that haunts the castle where she lives.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1943. Adventures drama by Léo Joannon with Jules Berry, François Périer, Marguerite Moreno. Before a successor can be designated, the remains of the king of the gypsies must make a long journey through France, which will be full of pitfalls.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1943. Crime drama by Richard Pottier with François Périer, Paul Meurisse, Gabriello.
Runtime: 89 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 84 min.

The End of the Day

V.O.: La Fin du jour
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1938. Sentimental drama by Marcel Carné with Louis Jouvet, Arletty, Jean-Pierre Aumont.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1938. Comedy by Jean Boyer with Arletty, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jeanne Lion.
Runtime: 74 min.

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