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Jean-Pierre Zola
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Jean-Pierre Zola

French actor (1916-1979)
February 5, 1916 (January 17, 1979)
Fr. 1977. Drama by Claude-Jean Bonnardot with Étienne Bierry, Ginette Leclerc, Daniel Emilfork. An ex-convict tries to steal art objects that a crippled old man is collecting.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1976. Satire by Jean L'Hôte with Paul Meurisse, Bernard Menez, Gila Von Weitershausen. A butler tries to find a wife for his shy and awkward son.
Runtime: 95 min.

Conversation Piece

V.O.: Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno
It. 1973. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Burt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Berger. Forced to rent out part of his apartment, a retired professor becomes the observer of odd customs.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1970. Comedy by Marcel Camus with Bourvil, Peter McEnery, Sophie Desmarets. In 1943, a Norman innkeeper unwittingly gets involved in the escape of a British aviator and the theft of documents from the German headquarters.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Things of Life

V.O.: Les Choses de la vie
Fr. 1970. Psychological drama by Claude Sautet with Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Lea Massari. An architect, who is injured in a car accident, relives the moments of a life divided between his family and his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1968. Drama by Jean Kerchbron with Denis Manuel, Marika Green, Hans Meyer.
Runtime: 108 min.

Faithful in my Fashion

V.O.: Hold-up pour Laura
Fr. 1967. Crime drama by Jean Maley with Sylvie Bréal, Henri Lambert, Alain Bouvette. The mistress of a prison escapee is called on to participate in a heist.
Runtime: 88 min.

The Stranger

V.O.: Lo Straniero
It. 1967. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Georges Géret. The indifference of a man when faced with the events of his life.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1964. Adventures by Philippe Condroyer with Jean-Pierre Talbot, Jean Bouise, Angel Alvarez. Tintin and his friends search for a mysterious blue orange in Spain.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1964. War drama by John Frankenheimer with Burt Lancaster, Jeanne Moreau, Paul Scofield. French railway workers try to prevent the transport of artworks to Germany at the end of the war.
Runtime: 133 min.

The Sweet Skin

V.O.: Strip-tease
Fr. 1963. Drama by Jacques Poitrenaud with Krista Nico, Jean Sobieski, Dany Saval. Faced with the difficulty of making a career in the ballet world, a dancer reluctantly decides to earn a living as a stripper.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1963. Police comedy by Jean-Charles Dudrumet with Jean Marais, Geneviève Page, Jean Galland. The adventures of a publicist drawn into an espionage case against his will.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1962. War drama by Alex Joffé with Bourvil, Laurent Terzieff, Étienne Bierry. Despite being cowardly and fearful, a French prisoner in a German concentration camp participates in another prisoner?s escape plan.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1960. Drama by Gérard Oury with Jacques Charrier, Macha Méril, Alfred Adam. A tangle of betrayal where each deceiver is deceived in turn.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1960. Police comedy by Ralph Habib with Perrette Pradier, Paul Guers, O.E. Hasse. A penniless young man agrees to impersonate an aristocrat and participate in the theft of a valuable diamond.
Runtime: 90 min.

Babette Goes to War

V.O.: Babette s'en va-t-en guerre
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Christian-Jaque with Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Francis Blanche. During the war, a small provincial girl is involved in an espionage case.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1959. War drama by Paul Mesnier with Roland Lesaffre, Jean-Pierre Kerien, Annie Andrel. In August 1944, a few hours before D-Day, the city of Saint-Malo lived its last days under Nazi occupation.
Runtime: 85 min.

Dangerous Liaisons

V.O.: Les Liaisons dangereuses 1960
Fr. 1959. Moral study by Roger Vadim with Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Moreau, Annette Stroyberg. The extramarital adventures of two young spouses who tell each other about their seductive experiences.
Runtime: 105 min.

My Uncle

V.O.: Mon oncle
Fr. 1957. Satire by Jacques Tati with Jacques Tati, Alain Bécourt, Jean-Pierre Zola. An oddball manages to entertain his nephew who is bored by the modern comfort of his parents' home.
Runtime: 116 min.

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