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Jean Aurel
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Jean Aurel

French screenwriter and film director
November 6, 1925 (August 24, 1996)
Fr. 1994. Mores drama by Christine Carrière with Éloïse Charretier, Mathilde Seigner, Laurent Olmedo. A teenager and her mother have their lives poisoned by the return of the young girl's abusive father.
Runtime: 100 min.

Confidentially Yours

V.O.: Vivement dimanche
Fr. 1983. Police comedy by François Truffaut with Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach. A sassy secretary embarks on an investigation to save her boss who is accused of a double murder.
Runtime: 111 min.

The Woman Next Door

V.O.: La Femme d'à côté
Fr. 1981. Psychological drama by François Truffaut with Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Véronique Silver. Unbeknownst to their respective spouses, a man and a woman resume a previous affair.
Runtime: 106 min.

Love on the Run

V.O.: L'Amour en fuite
Fr. 1978. Sentimental comedy by François Truffaut with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Dorothée. An unstable young man finds a woman he loved as a teenager.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1974. Comedy by Jean Aurel with Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Lefebvre, Marianne Eggericks. A model who is self-conscious of her nose is looking for money for plastic surgery.
Runtime: 90 min.

Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?

V.O.: Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne?
Fr. 1970. Mores comedy by Jean Aurel with Jean Yanne, Françoise Fabian, Nicole Calfan. After their two children run away from home, a divorcing couple reviews their decision.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Vixen

V.O.: Les Femmes
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Jean Aurel with Maurice Ronet, Brigitte Bardot, Anny Duperey. To write a novel, a writer in need of inspiration dictates his memoirs to a pretty secretary.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1967. Psychological drama by Jean Aurel with Anna Karina, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy. Pushed into the big world by a country doctor, a small peasant has several love affairs.
Runtime: 95 min.

French Mistress

V.O.: Manon 70
Fr. 1967. Mores drama by Jean Aurel with Catherine Deneuve, Sami Frey, Jean-Claude Brialy. A young woman goes from one man to another, according to her financial needs.
Runtime: 105 min.

All About Loving

V.O.: De l'amour
Fr. 1965. Mores comedy by Jean Aurel with Michel Piccoli, Elsa Martinelli, Anna Karina. Barely separated from his mistress, a Don Juan dentist embarks on new conquests.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1964. Montage by Jean Aurel. The historical circumstances surrounding the beginning of the 1939 war and the occupation of France.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1962. Montage by Jean Aurel. In 1914, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria plunged Europe into a generalized war that would last until 1918.
Runtime: 100 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. Thriller by Jacques Becker with Philippe Leroy, Jean Kéraudy, Marc Michel. The escape attempt of four inmates is jeopardized by the arrival of a new cellmate.
Runtime: 132 min.
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Bernard Borderie with Félix Marten, Antonella Lualdi, Folco Lulli. A journalist is falsely accused of murder.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1958. Musical by John Berry with Dario Moreno, Magali Noël, Alberto Sordi. After becoming a singer in a cabaret, a modest cashier is suspected of being complicit in a robbery committed at the bank where he worked.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Jack Pinoteau with Darry Cowl, Sophie Daumier, Jacques Dufilho. Mistaken for a spy, a mystery writer is drawn into a series of extraordinary adventures.
Runtime: 80 min.

Taxi en vacances

V.O.: Taxi, roulotte et corrida
Fr. 1958. Comedy by André Hunebelle with Louis de Funès, Paulette Dubost, Raymond Bussières. While on vacation in Spain, a Parisian cab driver gets into trouble with gangsters.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Jack Pinoteau with Darry Cowl, Béatrice Altariba, Jean-Claude Brialy. A delivery boy leaves for Nice on his tricycle to watch a soccer game.
Runtime: 90 min.

Gates of Paris

V.O.: Porte des lilas
Fr. 1957. Dramatic comedy by René Clair with Pierre Brasseur, Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel. For a few days, a poor man shelters a bandit being hunted by the police.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by Michel Boisrond with Brigitte Bardot, Charles Boyer, Henri Vidal. Taking advantage of the visit of a Prince Consort to Paris, a young girl decides to test her husband's fidelity.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1956. Dramatic comedy by Ralph Habib with Nicole Courcel, Dany Carrel, Jean-Louis Trintignant. The life of a group of students living in an abandoned house is disrupted by the sale of the building.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Michel Boisrond with Dany Robin, Jacques Dacqmine, Robert Manuel. During a stopover in Aden, a charming actress is kidnapped by an Arab prince.
Runtime: 82 min.

Maid in Paris

V.O.: Paris coquin
Fr. 1955. Comedy by Pierre Gaspard-Huit with Dany Robin, Daniel Gélin, Tilda Thamar. A young girl runs away from boarding school and falls in love with a police commissioner.
Runtime: 100 min.

La Fille de Mata Hari

V.O.: La Figlia di Mata Hari
Fr. 1954. Spy drama by Renzo Merusi, Carmine Gallone with Ludmilla Tchérina, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore. In order to save her lover, and in memory of her mother, the daughter of the famous Mata Hari becomes a spy for the Allies.
Runtime: 90 min.

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