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Raoul Coutard
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Raoul Coutard

French cinematographer (1924-2016)
September 16, 1924 (November 8, 2016)
Fr. 1992. Crime drama by José Pinheiro with Bruno Cremer, Jacqueline Danno, Jean-Louis Foulquier. A police commissioner seeks to establish the link between the murder of a stripper and a countess.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1990. Dramatic comedy by José Pinheiro with Jeanne Moreau, Jacqueline Maillan, André Dussollier. During a musical cruise that brings together various wealthy passengers, sentimental intrigues are in full swing.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1988. Crime drama by Denys Granier-Deferre with Robin Renucci, Marguerite Tran, Michel Piccoli. A specialist in Indochinese writing is required by the police to solve a conflict between two Asian clans.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1988. Crime drama by José Pinheiro with Alain Delon, Michel Serrault, Patrick Catalifo. A police commissioner discovers that a far-right secret society of police officers is responsible for the murders of unpunished criminals.
Runtime: 97 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.

Max My Love

V.O.: Max mon amour
Fr. 1986. Mores drama by Nagisa Ôshima with Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Diana Quick. A diplomat is indignant when he discovers that his wife has a chimpanzee lover.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1984. Mores drama by Christine Pascal with Isabelle Huppert, Richard Berry, Vittorio Mezzogiorno. After serving time for rape, a private investigator is assigned to investigate a woman in whom he is reminded of his victim.
Runtime: 92 min.

First Name: Carmen

V.O.: Prénom Carmen
Fr. 1983. Mores drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Jean-Luc Godard, Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé. Under the pretext of shooting a film, a young woman asks to borrow her uncle's apartment where she actually intends to take refuge after a hold-up.
Runtime: 85 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.
Fr. 1982. Spy drama by Raoul Coutard with Miles O'Keeffe, Raimund Harmstorf, Anton Diffring. An occasional spy for the CIA, Austrian Prince Malko Linge travels to El Salvador to eliminate a former CIA emissary turned terrorist.
Runtime: 95 min.

Military Coup in Kolwezi

V.O.: La Légion saute sur Kolwezi
Fr. 1980. War drama by Raoul Coutard with Giuliano Gemma, Pierre Vaneck, Mimsy Farmer.
Runtime: 100 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.
Fr. 1974. Comedy by Jean Aurel with Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Lefebvre, Marianne Eggericks. A model who is self-conscious of her nose is looking for money for plastic surgery.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1973. Comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Caroline Cellier. A contract killer is interrupted in his endeavours by a desperate man who clings to him.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1973. Crime drama by Édouard Molinaro with Daniel Cauchy, Bulle Ogier, Gilles Ségal. Three crooks imprisoned for the murder of a mobster manage to escape by taking a magistrate as a hostage.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1971. Adventures by John Flynn with Bruce Davison, Daria Halprin, Nicol Williamson. An American who has come to study in Jerusalem befriends an Arab who has become the leader of a terrorist group.
Runtime: 96 min.

The Hideout

V.O.: L'Explosion
Fr. 1971. Police comedy by Marc Simenon with Frédéric de Pasquale, Mylène Demongeot, Richard Harrison. A thief seeks to retrieve some jewels that he hid in a well, which is now located in the middle of a resort.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Édouard Molinaro with Philippe Noiret, Roger Hanin, Caroline Cellier. Determined to obtain information from an indicted person in order to arrest his accomplices, two police officers use heinous means.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1970. Social drama by Raoul Coutard with Phi Lan, Huynh Cazenas, Xuan Ha. When her husband joins the Vietcong, a young woman tries her best to provide for her two children.
Runtime: 93 min.

Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?

V.O.: Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne?
Fr. 1970. Mores comedy by Jean Aurel with Jean Yanne, Françoise Fabian, Nicole Calfan. After their two children run away from home, a divorcing couple reviews their decision.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Confession

V.O.: L'Aveu
Fr. 1970. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti. In 1951 in Prague, a senior communist official is the victim of a political purge.
Runtime: 140 min.
Fr. 1969. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin. In Greece, an honest investigating judge looks into a political assassination.
Runtime: 127 min.
Fr. 1967. Satire by Jean-Luc Godard with Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Léaud. The misadventures of a couple who go to the country for the weekend, hoping to collect an inheritance.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Bride Whore Black

V.O.: La Mariée était en noir
Fr. 1967. Thriller by François Truffaut with Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner. A young woman sets out to kill, one by one, those responsible for her husband's death.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1967. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Luc Godard with Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Michel Semeniako. During one summer, a group of young people meet at the home of a philosophy student, where they try to apply the principles of Marxism as conceived by Mao to their lives.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1967. Psychological drama by Jacques Rouffio with Jacques Perrin, Macha Méril, René Dary. Once healed, a war wounded person is unsure to return to combat.
Runtime: 100 min.
G.-B. 1967. Psychological drama by Tony Richardson with Ian Bannen, Jeanne Moreau, Vanessa Redgrave. On vacation in Italy with his mistress, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman who is looking for a young sailor.
Runtime: 87 min.

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

V.O.: Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle
Fr. 1967. Moral study by Jean-Luc Godard with Marina Vlady, Roger Montsoret, Anny Duperey. The life of a young mother who makes ends meet by prostituting herself.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1965. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Luc Godard with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Dirk Sanders. A married man runs away with a friend who is part of a terrorist group.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1965. War drama by Pierre Schoendoerffer with Bruno Cremer, Jacques Perrin, Pierre Fabre. In May 1954 in Indochina, a French section tried to join a reinforcement column.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1965. Science-fiction by Jean-Luc Godard with Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Howard Vernon. A secret agent has to unmask a scientist who runs a city inhabited by robots.
Runtime: 99 min.

Band of Outsiders

V.O.: Bande à part
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Jean-Luc Godard with Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey. With the help of a young student, two thieves plan to steal a fortune hidden in a suburban house.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Soft Skin

V.O.: La Peau douce
Fr. 1964. Psychological drama by François Truffaut with Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, Nelly Benedetti. A married man's affair with a stewardess has tragic consequences.
Runtime: 108 min.

A Married Woman

V.O.: Une Femme mariée
Fr. 1964. Psychological drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Macha Méril, Philippe Leroy, Bernard Noël. A young woman who bacome pregnant, is torn between her husband and her lover, not knowing who to attribute the paternity of the child.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Bernard Toublanc-Michel with Gisèle Hauchecorne, Michèle Grellier, Bernard Tiphaine. Two newlyweds try to deceive each other using the same ploy.
Runtime: 105 min.

Contempt

V.O.: Le Mépris
It. 1963. Psychological drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance. A screenwriter bends to the demands of a producer and loses the love of his wife.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1963. Mores comedy by Pierre Kast with Françoise Arnoul, Michel Auclair, Françoise Brion. A crossroads of love between five couples spending a weekend with disillusioned friends.
Runtime: 97 min.

Love at Twenty

V.O.: L'Amour à 20 ans
Fr. 1962. Sketches by François Truffaut, Renzo Rossellini, Marcel Ophuls, Shintaro Ishihara, Andrzej Wajda with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte. Five sketches devoted to various problems concerning youth in different countries.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1962. Satire by Jean-Luc Godard with Marino Mase, Albert Juross, Catherine Ribeiro. Deceived by false promises, two simpletons go to war.
Runtime: 79 min.

My Life to Live

V.O.: Vivre sa vie
Fr. 1962. Psychological drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe. A prostitute has a run-in with her pimp when she decides to leave it all for a man who loves her.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1962. Comedy by Jacques Baratier with Sonne Teal, Zbigniew Cybulski, Catherine Milinaire. In a South American country, various plots are being hatched against a dictator.
Runtime: 95 min.

Jules and Jim

V.O.: Jules et Jim
Fr. 1961. Sentimental drama by François Truffaut with Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre. Two friends love the same woman who responds to the love of each of them.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1961. Psychological drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Michel Subor, Anna Karina, Henri-Jacques Huet. A deserter who works for a terrorist organization is captured by rivals.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Claude de Givray, François Truffaut with Christian de Tilière, Ricet Barrier, Jacques Balutin. While doing his military service, a young and slightly snobbish aristocrat attracts sarcasm and bullying from her comrades.
Runtime: 90 min.

A Woman Is a Woman

V.O.: Une Femme est une femme
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Jean-Luc Godard with Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Faced with her lover's refusal to give her a child, a young woman threatens him to find a more understanding friend.
Runtime: 84 min.

Breathless

V.O.: À bout de souffle
Fr. 1960. Mores drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Van Doude. A deserter wanted by the police is denounced by his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.

Shoot the Piano Player

V.O.: Tirez sur le pianiste
Fr. 1960. Drama by François Truffaut with Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger. The story of a fallen pianist who makes the regulars of a shabby bistro dance.
Runtime: 80 min.

Time Out for Love

V.O.: Les Grandes Personnes
Fr. 1960. Drama by Jean Valère with Micheline Presle, Maurice Ronet, Jean Seberg. A young girl falls in love with the lover of a woman she saved from suicide.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1960. Dramatic comedy by Jacques Demy with Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Alan Scott. In Nantes, a young woman is still hoping for the return of the man she had a child with.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1959. Drama by Pierre Schoendoerffer with Jean-Claude Pascal, Juliette Mayniel, Charles Vanel. A boat seems to bring bad luck to its crews.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1958. Docufiction by Jacques Dupont, Pierre Schoendoerffer with Mohki, Rahim, Ouroz. Although injured, an Afghan horse rider manages to qualify for the final buzkachi event to be held in Kabul.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1958. Melodrama by Pierre Schoendoerffer with Mijanou Bardot, François Guérin, Gaby Morlay. After a forced exile, a smuggler tries to find the one he loves.
Runtime: 93 min.

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