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Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

April 29, 1930 (October 9, 2017)

Avril and the Extraordinary World

V.O.: Avril et le monde truqué
Fr. 2015. Animation by Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci. In a world that has not known the invention of electricity, a young girl goes in search of her parents, scientists who have created a serum of invulnerability.
Runtime: 106 min.

Florida

V.O.: Floride
Fr. 2014. Dramatic comedy by Philippe Le Guay with Jean Rochefort, Sandrine Kiberlain, Laurent Lucas. A whimsical old man, whose memory loss worries his eldest daughter, decides on a whim to fly alone to Florida to visit his youngest daughter.
Runtime: 110 min.

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

V.O.: Jack et la mécanique du coeur
Fr. 2013. Animation by Mathias Malzieu, Stéphane Berla. Although love is forbidden to him, a young Scottish person, whose heart was frozen at birth and replaced by a clock, goes to Spain in search of the singer he has fallen in love with.
Runtime: 94 min.

Astérix & Obélix - God Save Britannia

V.O.: Astérix et Obélix - Au service de sa majesté
Fr. 2012. Fantasy comedy by Laurent Tirard with Édouard Baer, Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Gallienne. While delivering a barrel of magic potion to a Breton village threatened by Caesar, Asterix and Obelix take it upon themselves to make a man out of their leader's cowardly nephew.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Artiste and the Model

V.O.: El Artista y la Modelo
Esp. 2012. Drama by Fernando Trueba with Jean Rochefort, Aida Folch, Claudia Cardinale. In 1943, in occupied France, a sculptor at the end of his life finds inspiration in a young Spanish woman his wife invites to pose nude for him.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 2011. Animation by Zep.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 2010. Documentary by Delphine Gleize, Jean Rochefort.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 2008. Comedy by Étienne Chatiliez with Valérie Lemercier, Anthony Kavanagh, Dominique Lavanant. A haughty, racist marketing director of a cosmetics company sees her life turned upside down when she is afflicted with a disease that turns her skin black.
Runtime: 112 min.

Tell No One

V.O.: Ne le dis à personne
Fr. 2006. Crime drama by Guillaume Canet with François Cluzet, André Dussollier, Marie-Josée Croze. Eight years after his wife's death, a pediatrician receives disturbing emails suggesting that she is still alive.
Runtime: 126 min.

Twice Upon a Time

V.O.: Désaccord parfait
Fr. 2006. Sentimental comedy by Antoine de Caunes with Jean Rochefort, Charlotte Rampling, Isabelle Nanty. 30 years after their brutal breakup, a famous English actress and an old French director reconnect during a ceremony organized in his honor.
Runtime: 92 min.

Hell

V.O.: L'Enfer
Fr. 2005. Psychological drama by Danis Tanovic with Emmanuelle Béart, Karin Viard, Marie Gillain. Marked by their father's suicide, three sisters come together when a man makes a terrible revelation to one of them.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2003. History by Gérard Corbiau with Jean Rochefort, Marie-Christine Barrault, Rufus. In 1570, with France in the grip of civil war, the diplomat Henri de Malassise negotiates peace between Protestants and Catholics.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 2003. Horror by Kevin Connor with Alec Newman, Luke Goss, Nicole Lewis. At the beginning of the 19th century, a brilliant science student creates a whole human body from cadavers and brings it back to life with lightning.
Runtime: 167 min.
Fr. 2003. Satire by Alain Chabat with Alain Chabat, Maurice Barthélemy, Marina Foïs. In the prehistoric era, a tribe must solve humanity's first crime while hiding the shampoo formula from a rival clan.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 2002. Satire by Bernie Bonvoisin with Lou Doillon, Roschdy Zem, Jean Rochefort. In the 17th century, a young woman is determined to avenge the gruesome death of her parents with the help of a secret agent of the Queen.

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.
Fr. 2001. Police comedy by Josée Dayan with Jean Rochefort, Philippe Caroit, Jean-Pierre Bouvier. Following two anonymous letters and an incomprehensible request for transfer, two police officers in the IGS conduct a delicate investigation within the RAID.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 2001. Police comedy by Christian Faure with Jean Rochefort, Philippe Caroit, Michel Duchaussoy. A commissioner of the IGS tries to identify the malicious person who wants to sabotage the wedding of a police officer, brother-in-law to his loyal deputy.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1999. Biography by Charles Matton with Klaus Maria Brandauer, Romane Bohringer, Jean Rochefort. On the eve of his death, the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn recalls the defining moments of his life.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1999. Police comedy by Josée Dayan with Jean Rochefort, Philippe Caroit, Christopher Thompson. After an arrest in flagrante delicto, two police officers of the IGS suspect the superior of the arrested dirty cop of having made disappear some evidence.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1999. Police comedy by Christian Faure with Jean Rochefort, Philippe Caroit, Delphine Rich. After the murder of two policemen, a commissioner of the IGS and his deputy suspect that the victims' superior is directly involved in the case.
Runtime: 92 min.

The Count of Monte-Cristo

V.O.: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Fr. 1998. Drama by Josée Dayan with Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Pierre Arditi. Unjustly imprisoned, a man escapes, discovers a treasure and returns to seek revenge under a false identity.
Runtime: 394 min.
Fr. 1998. Police comedy by Claude-Michel Rome with Jean Rochefort, Philippe Caroit, Marie-France Pisier. Following a robbery during which a security guard was shot, two IGS police officers lead the investigation, ballistics having revealed that the weapon belonged to a commissioner.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1997. Police comedy by Michel Vianey with Jean Rochefort, Philippe Caroit, Julie Sarraut. While trying to restore the image of the police force by agreeing to be interviewed by an English journalist, two police officers from the general internal inpection service intervene in the suburbs following a robbery at a shop.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1997. Dramatic comedy by Philippe Haïm with Jean Rochefort, Guillaume Canet, Claire Keim.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1996. Dramatic comedy by Patrice Leconte with Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1996. Police comedy by Pierre Lary with Jean Rochefort, Philippe Caroit, Valérie Stroh.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1996. Police comedy by Peter Kassovitz with Jean Rochefort, Philippe Caroit, Julie Debazac.
Runtime: 97 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1995. Police comedy by Denis Amar with Jean Rochefort, Philippe Caroit, Maxime Leroux.
Runtime: 87 min.
Esp. 1995. Burlesque by Tricicle with Tricicle, Jean Rochefort, Lydia Bosch.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1994. Dramatic comedy by Fabien Onteniente with Florent Pagny, Jean Rochefort, Martin Lamotte.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1993. Police comedy by Pierre Salvadori with Jean Rochefort, Marie Trintignant, Guillaume Depardieu. A hitman falls in love with a thief while trying to teach a young apprentice his trade.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1992. Satire by Patrice Leconte with Thierry Lhermitte, Richard Bohringer, Philippe Noiret. Six years after acquitting an airman accused of killing his wife, a judge forces him to kill his nephew's wife.
Runtime: 88 min.

Madly in Love

V.O.: Amoureux fou
Can. 1991. Sentimental comedy by Robert Ménard with Rémy Girard, Nathalie Gascon, Jean Rochefort. A married advertising executive becomes involved with a prominent actress, which soon leads to a lot of trouble.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1991. Comedy by Yves Robert with Jean Rochefort, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet. A veterinarian with a rather obliging temperament and his new girlfriend are constantly annoyed by the unexpected presence of all kinds of troublemakers.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Other Woman

V.O.: La Seconde
Fr. 1990. Psychological drama by Christopher Frank with Anny Duperey, Jean Rochefort, Caroline Sihol. During a vacation to the country, the wife of a playwright learns that his secretary has become his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Hairdresser's Husband

V.O.: Le Mari de la coiffeuse
Fr. 1990. Mores comedy by Patrice Leconte with Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Maurice Chevit. Fascinated by hairdressers since his childhood, a man marries one of them and spends his time observing her.
Runtime: 80 min.

My Mother's Castle

V.O.: Le Château de ma mère
Fr. 1990. Dramatic comedy by Yves Robert with Julien Ciamaca, Nathalie Roussel, Philippe Caubère. A family on vacation in the country walks through several private properties to get to their house on a hill.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1989. Psychological drama by Régis Wargnier with Régis Arpin, David Behar, Jean Rochefort. The provincial squire
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1987. Dramatic comedy by Patrice Leconte with Jean Rochefort, Gérard Jugnot, Sylvie Granotier. The tribulations of a radio game show host and technician whose daily broadcast takes place in a different location every time.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1987. Police comedy by Dominique Chaussois with Jean Rochefort, Jean-Claude Brialy, Grace de Capitani. The mission of a French secret agent is sabotaged to discredit the new head of security services.
Runtime: 86 min.

My First Forty Years

V.O.: I Miei primi quarant'anni
It. 1987. Mores comedy by Carlo Vanzina with Carol Alt, Jean Rochefort, Elliott Gould. The love tribulations of a young Italian woman who is a successful fashion designer.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1985. Comedy by Jean-Michel Ribes with Jean Rochefort, Roger Hanin, Pauline Lafont. Hoping to save himself from bankruptcy, a king gives his daughter in marriage to the son of a financier who made a fortune in food.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1985. Crime drama by Peter Kassovitz with Jean Rochefort, Bulle Ogier, Bruno Cremer. Isolated mountaineers in a mountain chalet believe that one of their companions was murdered.
Fr. 1984. Drama by Michel Mitrani with Jean Rochefort, Jean-François Balmer, Paul Le Person. In the 1970s, a French television program director creates a scandal by broadcasting provocative films.
Fr. 1984. Comedy by Alain Jessua with Jean Rochefort, Eddy Mitchell, Fiona Gelin. A scientist has various problems after creating a monster who thinks with a microcomputer instead of a human brain.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1983. Psychological drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Françoise Fabian. The friendship of two musicians is jeopardized when one discovers the frivolous conduct of the other.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1982. Crime drama by Pierre Lary with Jean Rochefort, Dominique Sanda, Jean-Pierre Marielle. A man is drawn into a strange adventure when he discovers that his radio is picking up noises from a neighbouring home.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Big Brother

V.O.: Le Grand Frère
Fr. 1982. Crime drama by Francis Girod with Gérard Depardieu, Roger Planchon, Hakim Ghanem. A young Arab hides a murderer in his home in order to avenge the death of his brother, killed by a police officer.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1982. Crime drama by Michel Vianey with Jean Rochefort, Victor Lanoux, Barbara Sukowa. Two police commissioners close to retirement become caught up in a plot involving drugs and money.
Runtime: 99 min.

Je hais les blondes

V.O.: Odio le bionde
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1980. Psychological drama by Alain Cavalier with Jean Rochefort, Camille de Casabianca, Arlette Bonnard.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1980. Psychological drama by Moshé Mizrahi with Simone Signoret, Jean Rochefort, Delphine Seyrig.
Runtime: 102 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1979. Sentimental comedy by Yves Robert with Jean Rochefort, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Leroy.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1978. Mores comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, Annie Girardot.
Runtime: 104 min.

Drummer-Crab

V.O.: Le Crabe-Tambour
Fr. 1977. Psychological drama by Pierre Schoendoerffer with Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin. On board a ship, three men exchange memories about a soldier with a singular destiny.
Runtime: 119 min.

We Will All Meet in Paradise

V.O.: Nous irons tous au paradis
Fr. 1977. Comedy by Yves Robert with Jean Rochefort, Victor Lanoux, Danièle Delorme. The joys and troubles of four friends in their forties.
Runtime: 111 min.

Pardon My Affair

V.O.: Un Éléphant ça trompe énormément
Fr. 1976. Mores comedy by Yves Robert with Jean Rochefort, Danièle Delorme, Anny Duperey. The romantic difficulties of four forty-year-olds who are long-time friends.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1976. Satire by Pierre Lary with Jean Rochefort, Michael Lonsdale, Dominique Labourier. A fired manager occupies his office and goes on a hunger strike.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1975. Police comedy by Patrice Leconte with Jean Rochefort, Coluche, Roland Dubillard. An assistant commissioner investigates the murder of a simple bus driver.
Runtime: 78 min.
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by Claude Chabrol with Jean Rochefort, Franco Nero, Gert Fröbe. An idle man amuses himself by perpetrating a crime that an illusionist claims to have had a premonition of.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1975. Comedy by Bertrand Blier with Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Blier. Two men who have left home and work are stalked by their wives.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1975. Psychological drama by Henning Carlsen with Jean Rochefort, André Dussollier, Bulle Ogier. A wealthy provincial doctor finds a young man who has attempted suicide on his land and tries to give him back the will to live.
Runtime: 102 min.

Let Joy Reign Supreme

V.O.: Que la fête commence...
Fr. 1974. History by Bertrand Tavernier with Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle. In 1719, Abb
Runtime: 115 min.

The Return of the Tall Blond Man

V.O.: Le Retour du grand blond
Fr. 1974. Police comedy by Yves Robert with Pierre Richard, Mireille Darc, Jean Rochefort. A secret service captain teams up with a concert violinist to prove the murderous guilt of one of his superiors.
Runtime: 81 min.

The Phantom of Liberty

V.O.: Le Fantôme de la liberté
Fr. 1974. Satire by Luis Bunuel with Jean-Claude Brialy, Michael Lonsdale, Jean Rochefort. A whimsical series of unusual episodes that satirize various aspects of the established order.
Runtime: 104 min.

Isabelle and Lust

V.O.: Isabelle devant le désir
Bel. 1974. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Berckmans with Anicée Alvina, Mathieu Carrière, Jean Rochefort. The romantic difficulties of a young girl who suffered trauma in her childhood.
Runtime: 93 min.

The Inheritor

V.O.: L'Héritier
Fr. 1973. Social drama by Philippe Labro with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Carla Gravina, Jean Rochefort. After the death of his father, a young man returns to France to take over the family empire.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Clockmaker of St. Paul

V.O.: L'Horloger de Saint-Paul
Fr. 1973. Psychological drama by Bertrand Tavernier with Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis. Upon learning that his son is wanted for murder, a man questions his paternal responsibility.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Conspiracy

V.O.: Le Complot
Fr. 1973. Crime drama by René Gainville with Michel Bouquet, Jean Rochefort, Raymond Pellegrin. In 1962, activists try to free a general who has been imprisoned for opposing Algerian independence.
Runtime: 115 min.

Mean Frank & Crazy Tony

V.O.: Dio, sei proprio un padreterno!
It. 1973. Crime drama by Michele Lupo with Lee Van Cleef, Tony Lo Bianco, Edwige Fenech. A small-time crook follows in the footsteps of an underworld kingpin whom he idolizes, without knowing that he has scores to settle with rivals.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Bit Player

V.O.: Salut l'artiste!
Fr. 1973. Mores comedy by Yves Robert with Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian, Jean Rochefort. The professional and romantic troubles of a second-rate actor.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1972. Psychological drama by Serge Korber with Annie Girardot, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Le Coq. The divorced wife of a notary deludes herself into believing that her husband, who has rebuilt his life, wants to come back to her.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1972. Comedy by Yves Robert with Pierre Richard, Mireille Darc, Bernard Blier. A modest violinist is drawn into secret service disputes against his will.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1971. Satire by Jean Herman with Guy Bedos, Jean Rochefort, Michel Galabru. The efforts of an awkward man to make a place for himself in society.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1970. Dramatic comedy by Michel Gast with Debora Duarte, Jean Rochefort, Lea Massari. A television reporter falls in love with his housekeeper, a young Portuguese woman involved in revolutionary activities.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1969. Fantasy by André Farwagi with Bruno Cremer, Anna Karina, Jean Rochefort. A financier is disturbed by the discovery of a film in which he sees himself murdered.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1968. Psychological drama by Edmond Séchan with Jean Rochefort, Isabel Jardim, Julien Guiomar. During a film shoot in Brazil, a young actor meets two charming twins.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1968. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Madeleine Renaud, Yves Montand, Marthe Keller. A destitute old marquise transforms her ancestral castle into a hotel.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1967. Science-fiction by Henri Lanoë with Jean Rochefort, Macha Méril, Frédéric de Pasquale. Having arrived to Brittany to do a report on the birth of sextuplets, journalists must face aliens.
Runtime: 81 min.

Who Are You Polly Maggoo?

V.O.: Qui êtes-vous Polly Magoo?
Fr. 1966. Satire by William Klein with Dorothy McGowan, Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey. Polly Magoo, a fashion model, is chosen as the subject of a television show.
Runtime: 100 min.

Two Weeks in September

V.O.: À Coeur joie
Fr. 1966. Sentimental drama by Serge Bourguignon with Brigitte Bardot, Laurent Terzieff, Jean Rochefort. While working as a model, a married woman runs away with a friend.

Up to His Ears

V.O.: Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Jean Rochefort. A disillusioned rich man, who hired assassins to ""kill"" him, tries to escape them after falling in love.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Jean Herman with Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Pierre Moulin, Olivier Hussenot. A haberdashery throws herself at a young soldier and marries him.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1965. Adventures by Bernard Borderie with Michèle Mercier, Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey. A widow is given a difficult mission by King Louis XIV.
Runtime: 105 min.

Symphony for a Massacre

V.O.: Symphonie pour un massacre
Fr. 1964. Crime drama by Jacques Deray with Jean Rochefort, Charles Vanel, Claude Dauphin. In order to obtain a large quantity of drugs, a trafficker sets out to kill his four partners one after the other.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1964. Burlesque by Jean-Claude Chambon with Charles Denner, Michel Galabru, Jean Rochefort. Three tramps start to swindle.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1964. Adventures by Bernard Borderie with Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort. An ugly, rich gentlefolk, married to a ruined young noble, is arrested for witchcraft.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1963. Melodrama by Maurice Cloche with Suzanne Flon, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort. Jailed following a judicial error, a woman escapes and manages to clear her name.
Runtime: 122 min.

Trouble Among Widows

V.O.: Du grabuge chez les veuves
Fr. 1963. Crime drama by Jacques Poitrenaud with Dany Carrel, Danielle Darrieux, Enzo Doria. A widow discovers that her deceased husband was a drug dealer.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1963. Sketches by Louis Daquin with Dominique Paturel, Jean Poiret, Roger Carel. On graduation day, a few dunces recall various incidents that marked their school year.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1962. War drama by Léo Joannon with Jacques Harden, Alain Saury, Jean Rochefort. During the Indochina war, communists surrounded a fort and tried to create panic.
Runtime: 85 min.

Swords of Blood

V.O.: Cartouche
Fr. 1961. Adventures by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Odile Versois. The prowess of a whimsical and chivalrous bandit in the seventeenth century.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1961. Adventures by Pierre Gaspard-Huit with Jean Marais, Geneviève Grad, Gérard Barray. Penniless, a baron abandons his castle to follow a travelling theatre troupe and falls in love with a young actress who turns out to be the biological daughter of a noble.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1961. Sentimental drama by Jacques Bourdon with Anna Karina, Georges Descrières, Jacques Perrin. On vacation in Corsica without her fianc?, a young girl falls in love with a teenager she met by chance.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by Charles Gérard, Michel Deville with Pierre Vaneck, Roger Hanin, Paul Frankeur. Two young people invest the money entrusted to them in a nightclub.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Georges Lampin with Betsy Blair, Robert Lamoureux, Raymond Bussières. A young American billionaire in Paris acquires a taste for work, thanks to the writer who is in charge of watching her.
Runtime: 88 min.

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