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René Clément

René Clément

French film director and screenwriter (1913–1996)
March 18, 1913 (March 17, 1996)

Wanted: Babysitter

V.O.: La Baby-sitter
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by René Clément with Maria Schneider, Sydne Rome, Vic Morrow. In Rome, a French student is lured into collaborating in the kidnapping of a billionaire's son.
Runtime: 110 min.

And Hope to Die

V.O.: La Course du lièvre à travers les champs
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by René Clément with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Ryan, Lea Massari. A Frenchman pursued by gypsies takes refuge with criminals who use him to carry out a daring kidnapping.
Runtime: 140 min.

Death Scream

V.O.: La Maison sous les arbres
Fr. 1971. Thriller by René Clément with Faye Dunaway, Frank Langella, Barbara Parkins. Two children whose parents are struggling with different problems are kidnapped.
Runtime: 97 min.

Rider on the Rain

V.O.: Le Passager de la pluie
Fr. 1969. Thriller by René Clément with Marlène Jobert, Charles Bronson, Annie Cordy. The tribulations of a young woman who kills a stranger who came to attack her in her house.
Runtime: 120 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.

Joy House

V.O.: Les Félins
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by René Clément with Alain Delon, Jane Fonda, Lola Albright. A young man fleeing a gangster's followers finds refuge in the home of two Americans.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Day and the Hour

V.O.: Le Jour et l'heure
Fr. 1963. War drama by René Clément with Simone Signoret, Stuart Whitman, Pierre Dux. A woman whose husband is a prisoner takes in an American pilot who has fallen in France.
Runtime: 96 min.

Quelle joie de vivre

V.O.: Che Gioia Vivere
It. 1961. Satire by René Clément with Alain Delon, Gino Cervi, Barbara Lass. In 1922, in Rome, a young man in the service of the Fascists infiltrates a family of anarchists.
Runtime: 132 min.

Purple Noon

V.O.: Plein Soleil
Fr. 1959. Thriller by René Clément with Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Ronet. An unscrupulous young man kills his friend and pretends to be him in order to get his fortune and seduce his mistress.
Runtime: 118 min.
It. 1957. Drama by René Clément with Silvana Mangano, Anthony Perkins, Jo Van Fleet. Through perseverance, a woman transforms barren grounds into a fertile river.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1956. Social drama by René Clément with Maria Schell, François Périer, Suzy Delair. An unwed mother marries a young man who becomes an alcoholic after an unfortunate accident.
Runtime: 112 min.

Lover Boy

V.O.: Monsieur Ripois
Fr. 1954. Dramatic comedy by René Clément with Gérard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood.
Runtime: 100 min.

Forbidden Games

V.O.: Jeux interdits
Fr. 1952. Drama by René Clément with Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly, Lucien Hubert. In 1940, a boy takes under his protection an orphan, taken in by her parents.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1950. Sentimental drama by René Clément with Michèle Morgan, Jean Marais, Jean Servais. Neglected by her judge husband in Bern, a young woman falls in love with a fickle man while on vacation, whom she goes to Paris to meet.
Runtime: 90 min.

Au-delà des grilles

V.O.: Le Mura di Malapaga
It. 1949. Drama by René Clément with Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Vera Talchi. A wanted man is hidden by a waitress to whom he tries to provide a little happiness.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Damned

V.O.: Les Maudits
Fr. 1947. Adventures by René Clément with Henri Vidal, Marcel Dalio, Florence Marly. Nazi war criminals escape aboard a submarine.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1946. War drama by René Clément with Noël-Noël, Nadine Alari, Paul Frankeur. A seemingly quiet family man devotes himself unreservedly as a leader of the resistance.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Battle of the Rails

V.O.: La Bataille du rail
Fr. 1946. War drama by René Clément with Tony Laurent, Jean Daurand, Jean Clarieux. During the German occupation, the actions of French railway workers in the Resistance.
Runtime: 85 min.

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