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Jean-François Stévenin

Jean-François Stévenin

French actor, film director and screenwriter
April 23, 1944 (July 27, 2021)
Fr. 2022. Sentimental comedy by Christopher Thompson with Géraldine Pailhas, Arnaud Ducret, Alison Wheeler. Heiress of the family butcher shop, an editor of a fashion magazine comes into conflict with the former clerk who wants the business back.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 2021. Drama by Xavier Giannoli with Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste. In Paris, during the Restoration, an ambitious provincial poet becomes a formidable cultural journalist, courted by both liberal and royalist circles.
Runtime: 150 min.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 2014. Thriller by Éric Barbier with Yvan Attal, Bérénice Bejo, Jean-François Stévenin. While planning the theft of a rare diamond, a burglar falls in love with the expert in charge of it.
Runtime: 108 min.

Bright Days Ahead

V.O.: Les Beaux Jours
Fr. 2013. Sentimental drama by Marion Vernoux with Fanny Ardant, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais. A married, newly retired dentist begins an affair with a computer instructor twenty-five years her junior.
Runtime: 94 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2013. Dramatic comedy by Marion Sarraut with Romane Bohringer, Marianne Basler, Hélène Vincent. Coming with her older sister to empty the house of their late grandparents before selling it, a lonely woman relives painful memories of their summers spent there.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2012. Comedy by Olivier Péray with Ariane Ascaride, Michel Aumont, Annick Blancheteau. A divorced woman in her early sixties regains a taste for adventure and love through her old high school friends.
Runtime: 98 min.

Sincerely Yours

V.O.: Amitiés sincères
Fr. 2012. Dramatic comedy by Stéphan Archinard, François Prévôt-Leygonie with Gérard Lanvin, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Wladimir Yordanoff. An honest Parisian restaurant owner who is very attached to his twenty-year-old daughter and his two best friends has his illusions shattered when he discovers they have been lying to him.
Runtime: 104 min.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 2011. History by Philippe Ramos with Clémence Poésy, Mathieu Amalric, Thierry Frémont. Prisoner of the Burgundians and about to be sold to the English, Joan of Arc, who had stopped hearing the divine voices, takes a vow of silence.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 2011. Sentimental comedy by Jean-Luc Perreard with Fred Testot, Leïla Bekhti, Jean-François Stévenin. An immature cook is dragged into a wild ride on the roads of Corsica by a young woman who has just been dumped by her partner.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 2011. Thriller by Jean-Christophe Delpias with Jean-François Stévenin, Peter Coyote, Helena Noguerra. A Member of the European Parliament investigates the causes of an oil spill triggered by the sinking of an oil tanker owned by a multinational company headed by her father.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2011. Drama by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe with Emmanuelle Béart, Didier Bezace, Mathieu Spinosi. In the early 20th century, a teenage boy and his doctor father both fall in love with a former prostitute who is mourning the death of her young son and is being maintained by a wealthy merchant.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2011. Drama by Ursula Meier with Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston. A twelve-year-old boy supports himself and his older sister by stealing sports equipment from wealthy tourists at a nearby ski resort.
Runtime: 97 min.

My Afternoon With Margueritte

V.O.: La Tête en friche
Fr. 2010. Dramatic comedy by Jean Becker with Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus, Anne Le Guernec. An uneducated grocer is awakened to the pleasure of words by an old woman who reads him novels by great writers every day.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 2010. Drama by Antony Cordier with Marina Foïs, Élodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem. Two couples who practice polyamory live in harmony until the day when one of the women begins to question the validity of their debauchery.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 2009. Crime drama by Jim Jarmusch with Isaach de Bankolé, Paz de la Huerta, Tilda Swinton. In Spain, a lonely individual meets various people who provide him with clues that will lead him to the place where he must fulfill a mysterious mission.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 2008. Drama by René Féret with Salomé Stévenin, Nicolas Giraud, Jean-François Stévenin. Shortly after her engagement, a young woman learns that her partner has a serious cancer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.

L'Affaire Ben Barka - 1ère partie

V.O.: L'Affaire Ben Barka
Fr. 2007. History by Jean-Pierre Sinapi with Atmen Kelif, Simon Abkarian, Olivier Gourmet. In the 1960s, the nebulous circumstances surrounding the kidnapping in Paris and murder of an opponent of King Hassan II of Morocco.
Runtime: 180 min.
Fr. 2005. Comedy by Jean-Pierre Sinapi with Roschdy Zem, Rafik Ben Mebarek, Jean-Noël Cridlig-Veneziano. Six Parisian delinquents convicted of minor offenses are sent, with their educator, to a village in central France to perform community service.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 2005. Crime drama by Yves Rénier with Yves Rénier, Johnny Hallyday, Samantha Rénier. After four masked men and a young woman rob a bank, a police commissioner seeks to clear his daughter's name despite recognizing her on a surveillance video.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 2002. History by Patrick Volson with Sagamore Stévenin, Jean-François Stévenin, Léa Bosco. In the 18th century, a country doctor tries to shed light on a series of horrific deaths that the peasants attribute to a monstrous beast.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Repentant

V.O.: La Repentie
Runtime: 125 min.

Man on the Train

V.O.: L'Homme du train
Fr. 2002. Dramatic comedy by Patrice Leconte with Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin. A disillusioned thief robs a rural bank and is taken in by a retired professor in search of excitement.
Runtime: 90 min.
Suis. 2002. Psychological drama by Ursula Meier with Louise Szpindel, Jean-François Stévenin, Nina Meurisse. An obsessive teenager will do anything to become a 400-meter sprint champion.
Fr. 2001. Mores drama by David Delrieux with Jean-François Stévenin, Julie Bataille, Maïté. The story of a group of workers working to remove silt from Mont-St-Michel.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 2001. Dramatic comedy by Jean-François Stévenin with Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Rona Hartner. By chance, an old man, a nurse, an ex-singer, a young runaway and her little brother travel together in a stolen car.

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. Psychological drama by Bruno Gantillon with Thierry Fortineau, Jean-François Stévenin, Barbara Rudnik. A young Parisian in a quarrel with his father goes to join his uncle who runs a sawmill in the provinces.
Runtime: 88 min.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1999. Drama by Laetitia Masson with Sandrine Kiberlain, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin. A young amnesiac, pursued by a mysterious man, clings to an aging rocker.
Runtime: 105 min.

For Sale

V.O.: À vendre
Fr. 1998. Psychological drama by Laetitia Masson with Sandrine Kiberlain, Sergio Castellitto, Jean-François Stévenin. A cabaret owner asks a detective friend to find a young woman with a troubled past who disappeared on the day that they were to be married.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1998. Drama by Robert Enrico with Charles Berling, Jean-François Stévenin, Béatrice Palme. A divorced father barricades himself in his country house with his children, refusing to give them back to their mother who has custody.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 135 min.

On Guard!

V.O.: Le Bossu
Runtime: 128 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1994. Dramatic comedy by Alexandre Arcady with Jean-Hugues Anglade, Julia Maraval, Claude Rich. A young, flighty doctor takes a sick teenager under his protection.
Runtime: 107 min.

The Patriots

V.O.: Les Patriotes
Fr. 1994. Spy drama by Éric Rochant with Yvan Attal, Yossi Banai, Sandrine Kiberlain. A young Jewish man of French origin carries out espionage missions in Paris and Washington for the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency.
Runtime: 142 min.
Fr. 1993. Sentimental drama by Jean-Loup Hubert with Antoine Hubert, Olivia Munoz, Thérèse Liotard. Bedridden in hospital after an accident, a young dunce catches up with his schoolwork with the help of a friend he is secretly in love with.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1993. Sketches by Yann Piquer, Alain Robak, Manuel Flèche, Anita Assal, John Hudson with Gustave Parking, Smaïn, Patrick Bouchitey. A beautiful young girl tells a shy man some disturbing stories.
Runtime: 81 min.
Runtime: 84 min.

Day of Atonement

V.O.: Le Grand Pardon II
Fr. 1992. Mores drama by Alexandre Arcady with Roger Hanin, Richard Berry, Gérard Darmon. A former racketeer from Paris who moved to Miami to live with his son discovers that his son became rich by laundering drug money.
Runtime: 145 min.
Fr. 1992. Crime drama by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli with Jean-François Stévenin, Pascal Jaubert, Mina Bensassi. A police commissioner takes charge of a young offender who received a community service sentence.
Runtime: 96 min.
Runtime: 90 min.

French Revolution: Years of Hope

V.O.: La Révolution française - Les Années lumière
Fr. 1989. History by Robert Enrico with Jean-François Balmer, Klaus Maria Brandauer, François Cluzet. A portrayal of the facts surrounding the French Revolution, from 1789 to the summer of 1792.
Runtime: 170 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1989. Mores comedy by Pascal Thomas with Jean-François Stévenin, Susan Moncur, Clément Thomas. The mishaps of a group of friends spending their vacation on the island of R
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1988. Dramatic comedy by Marco Ferreri with Maruschka Detmers, Michele Placido, Juan Diego.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1988. Mores drama by Patricia Mazuy with Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-François Stévenin, Jacques Spiesser. The unexpected return of a farmer who was convicted of manslaughter causes family tensions that his new sister-in-law seeks to understand.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1987. Crime drama by Pierre Grimblat with Christine Boisson, Jean-Luc Boutté, Jean-François Stévenin. At the request of an insurance company, a prostitute being threatened by mobsters must seduce a dangerous murderer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1987. Psychological drama by Catherine Breillat with Delphine Zentout, Étienne Chicot, Olivier Parnières. A fourteen-year-old girl on vacation with her parents in Biarritz teases a forty-year-old man.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1986. Dramatic comedy by Jean-François Stévenin with Jean-François Stévenin, Yves Afonso, Carole Bouquet. Two forty-somethings, once friends, go in search of a third man with whom they formed, twenty-five years earlier, a happy trio of friends.
Runtime: 90 min.

Ménage

V.O.: Tenue de soirée
Fr. 1986. Mores comedy by Bertrand Blier with Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou. A couple of losers fall under the influence of a dubious character who lives of burglaries.
Runtime: 82 min.

I Hate Actors

V.O.: Je hais les acteurs
Fr. 1986. Police comedy by Gérard Krawczyk with Jean Poiret, Bernard Blier, Patrick Floersheim. In Hollywood in 1942, several murders occur during the shooting of a film.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1985. Crime drama by José Pinheiro with Alain Delon, Fiona Gelin, Jacques Perrin. A former police officer sets out to eliminate the killers of his teenage daughter.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1984. Dramatic comedy by Bertrand Blier with Alain Delon, Nathalie Baye, Michel Galabru. A man experiences various tribulations after moving in with a stranger he met on a train.
Runtime: 111 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1982. Crime drama by Philippe Lefebvre with Jacques Perrin, Jean-François Stévenin, Richard Bohringer. A retired doctor, who participated in the events of May 1968, is led to reconnect with former comrades still active in the underground.
Runtime: 90 min.

A Room in Town

V.O.: Une Chambre en ville
Fr. 1982. Musical drama by Jacques Demy with Dominique Sanda, Richard Berry, Danielle Darrieux. During a strike, the story of a dramatic romance between a worker and the young wife of a shopkeeper.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1981. Drama by Jacques Rivette with Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti. Aided by a mysterious young girl, a former far-left terrorist sets out into a hostile Paris in search of a friend.
Runtime: 129 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1980. Adventures by John Irvin with Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1980. Social drama by Yves Boisset with Lucas Belvaux, Jean Carmet, Jacques Denis.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1979. Crime drama by Robin Davis with Claude Brasseur, Marlène Jobert, Claude Rich.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1978. Crime drama by Hugo Santiago with Catherine Deneuve, Sami Frey, Florence Delay. A young woman, who runs an investigation agency, is hired by a lord to discover who is sending him threats.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1978. Psychological drama by Luc Béraud with Jean-François Stévenin, Bernadette Lafont, Virginie Thévenet. A writer in need of inspiration goes through various misadventures.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1978. Psychological drama by Bertrand Van Effenterre with Geraldine Chaplin, Brigitte Fossey, Jean-François Stévenin. A young executive in a communication institute befriends a woman who works as a mechanic in a garage.
Runtime: 105 min.

Small Change

V.O.: L'Argent de poche
Fr. 1975. Dramatic comedy by François Truffaut with Georges Desmouceaux, Philippe Goldman, Jean-François Stévenin. Various incidents mark the life of the children who attend the communal school of a French village.
Runtime: 105 min.

Day for Night

V.O.: La Nuit américaine
Fr. 1973. Dramatic comedy by François Truffaut with François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jacqueline Bisset. Unexpected incidents pose a variety of problems for a director in the middle of a shoot.
Runtime: 115 min.

The Wild Child

V.O.: L'Enfant sauvage
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by François Truffaut with François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Françoise Seigner. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, a doctor tries to educate a twelve-year-old wild child found in the woods.
Runtime: 85 min.

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