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Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

French film director and screenwriter
April 8, 1932 (92 years old)

Families

V.O.: Belles familles
Fr. 2015. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Mathieu Amalric, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche. While trying to get the sale of the family home approved, a businessman meets the daughter of his late father
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 2003. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Gregori Dérangére, Isabelle Adjani, Virginie Ledoyen. In June 1940, while the government and the Parisian elite take refuge in Bordeaux, various people experience all sorts of hardships.
Runtime: 115 min.

The Horseman on the Roof

V.O.: Le Hussard sur le toit
Runtime: 136 min.
Fr. 1990. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Pérez. A soldier who is also a poet and has a prominent nose helps a young nobleman win the heart of his cousin, with whom he himself is secretly in love.
Runtime: 138 min.
Runtime: 108 min.

Lovers Like Us

V.O.: Le Sauvage
Fr. 1975. Sentimental comedy by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Tony Roberts. A young woman imposes herself on a man who has retired to an isolated island.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1973. Fantasy comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli. The author of a series of spy novels is inspired by his neighbour to create the character of his hero
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1971. Adventures by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Michel Auclair. After making his fortune in America, a man returns to France in 1792 to obtain a divorce from his wife.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1965. Sentimental comedy by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Pierre Brasseur. A crossroads of love in a Normandy castle during the war.
Runtime: 90 min.

Marco the Magnificient

V.O.: La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
It. 1964. Adventures by Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard with Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles. The extraordinary tribulations of a Venetian on his way to China.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 1962. Drama by Alain Cavalier with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Henri Serre. Blinded by his fanaticism, a far-right terrorist causes the ruin of his household.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Louis Malle with Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Vittorio Caprioli. A little girl who dreams of riding subway escapes from her uncle's house to wander around as she pleases.
Runtime: 88 min.

Signed, Arsene Lupin

V.O.: Signé: Arsène Lupin
Fr. 1959. Police comedy by Yves Robert with Robert Lamoureux, Alida Valli, Roger Dumas. After being tricked by an accomplice, Ars?ne Lupin seeks to understand the mystery surrounding the theft of three paintings.
Runtime: 98 min.

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