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Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

French-American actress and dancer
July 1, 1931 (93 years old)
U.S. 2003. Sentimental comedy by James Ivory with Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Thierry Lhermitte. A young American woman comes to Paris to help her older sister in the midst of a divorce and falls in love with a middle-aged French politician.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 2001. Crime drama by Carl Schenkel with Alfred Molina, Meredith Baxter, Leslie Caron. Detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American industrialist on board a luxury train.
Runtime: 127 min.
U.S. 2000. Dramatic comedy by Lasse Hallstrom with Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina. In the late 1950s in a conservative French village, a single mother opens a chocolate shop during Lent.
Runtime: 121 min.
Runtime: 180 min.
G.-B. 1995. Mores comedy by Peter Chelsom with Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, Richard Griffiths.
Runtime: 128 min.
Fr. 1989. Melodrama by Christopher Leitch with Juliette Caton, Leslie Caron, Charlie Sheen. A young mountain girl, pursuing her studies in Italy at the time when the country goes to war with Austria, organizes her escape from the orphanage where she is confined.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1988. Spy drama by Desmond Davis with Perry King, Leslie Caron, Cherie Lunghi. In 1940, a penniless American decides to collaborate with the German occupiers in order to keep his room in a chic Paris hotel.
Runtime: 200 min.

Dangerous Moves

V.O.: La Diagonale du fou
Fr. 1983. Psychological drama by Richard Dembo with Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Leslie Caron. Two Russian chess players with different ideologies compete for the world championship.
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1979. Musical by Michel Lang with Rémi Laurent, Leslie Caron, Jérôme Foulon.
Runtime: 120 min.
G.-B. 1977. Biography by Ken Russell with Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips. Documentary about the career and romances of silent film star Rudolf Valentino.
Runtime: 128 min.
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Eduardo de Gregorio with Corin Redgrave, Leslie Caron, Bulle Ogier. An English novelist visits a vast old house where he is intrigued by three mysterious women.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1974. Drama by Tom Gries with Anthony Hopkins, Ben Gazzara, Leslie Caron. A Polish doctor files a defamation lawsuit against an American writer.
U.S. 1971. Crime drama by Paul Magwood with Warren Oates, Leslie Caron, Alex Dreier. As a favour to a friend, a private detective agrees to ensure the surveillance and protection of a young woman.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1970. Western by Jerry Hopper with Richard Boone, Leslie Caron, Paul Smith. A nun who escaped a massacre is protected from bandits and Native Americans by an adventurer.
Runtime: 93 min.

Is Paris Burning?

V.O.: Paris brûle-t-il?
Fr. 1966. War drama by René Clément with Gert Fröbe, Orson Welles, Bruno Cremer. At the beginning of August 1944, the new commander of Paris receives orders from Hitler to destroy the City of Light.
Runtime: 165 min.
U.S. 1965. Comedy by Michael Gordon with Rock Hudson, Leslie Caron, Charles Boyer. A Parisian lawyer asks an American colleague to feminize his daughter, whom he considers too domineering.
Runtime: 104 min.
G.-B. 1965. Comedy by Arthur Hiller with Leslie Caron, Warren Beatty, Robert Cummings. A director of clandestine movies uses, in his productions, the baby of a young widow without the knowledge of her mother.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1964. Comedy by Ralph Nelson with Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard. One day, an army observer on a deserted island sees a group of students and their teacher arrive.
Runtime: 115 min.
G.-B. 1962. Psychological drama by Bryan Forbes with Leslie Caron, Tom Bell, Cicely Courtneidge. A pregnant girl finds herself in a room in a shabby boarding house.
Runtime: 125 min.
G.-B. 1962. Adventures by Anthony Asquith with David Niven, Leslie Caron, James Robertson Justice. A man tries to help the president of a republic escape the rebels who are chasing him.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1961. Dramatic comedy by Joshua Logan with Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Horst Buchholz. A boy attracted by the sea embarks on a long cruise leaving his pregnant girlfriend behind.
Runtime: 133 min.
U.S. 1960. Drama by Ranald MacDougall with Leslie Caron, George Peppard, Roddy McDowall. A young writer joins a group of ""beatniks.?
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1960. History by Abel Gance, Roger Richebé with Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Jack Palance. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte became emperor of the French and triumphed at the battle of Austerlitz.
Runtime: 166 min.
U.S. 1959. Sentimental drama by Nunnally Johnson with Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron, Cesare Danova. The romantic and financial troubles faced by a film director.
Runtime: 89 min.
G.-B. 1959. Dramatic comedy by Anthony Asquith with Dirk Bogarde, Leslie Caron, Alastair Sim. A doctor must choose which one of two patients will he save from certain death thanks to a serum of his invention.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1958. Musical by Vincente Minnelli with Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Eva Gabor. Brought up to live life as a courtesan, Gigi dreams of true love and marriage.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1955. Drama by Curtis Bernhardt with Leslie Caron, John Kerr, Cedric Hardwicke. The love affair between a French ballerina and an American soldier during World War II.
U.S. 1955. Musical by Charles Walters with Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, Amanda Blake. A young girl mistreated by her family manages to get to the ball organized to celebrate the return of a prince.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1954. Musical by Jean Negulesco with Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore. An American multimillionaire, who has provided for the education of a French orphan , falls in love with her when she reaches adulthood.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1953. Sketches by Gottfried Reinhardt, Vincente Minnelli with James Mason, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas. Three passengers of an ocean liner relive their personal drama through their thoughts.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1952. Drama by Raoul Walsh with Leslie Caron, Ralph Meeker, Gilbert Roland. A young boxer is accused of cowardice for abandoning a promising career.
Runtime: 79 min.
U.S. 1952. Musical by Charles Walters with Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Aumont. An orphan taken in by a traveling circus ends up falling in love with a puppet impresario.
Runtime: 81 min.
U.S. 1951. Musical by Vincente Minnelli with Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant. A young American painter living in Paris falls in love with a salesperson who is engaged to a singer.
Runtime: 113 min.

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