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Romain Gary
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Romain Gary

French writer and diplomat
May 21, 1914 (December 2, 1980)

White Dog

V.O.: Chien blanc
Can. 2022. Drama by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette with Denis Ménochet, Kacey Rohl, K.C. Collins. In 1968, after the assassination of Martin Luther King, writer Romain Gary and his wife Jean Seberg took in an abandoned white dog, which was trained to attack black people.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Life Ahead

V.O.: La Vita davanti a sé
It. 2020. Drama by Edoardo Ponti with Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri. An orphan with delinquent behaviours is entrusted to an ex-prostitute with a strong personality.
Runtime: 94 min.

Promise at Dawn

V.O.: La Promesse de l'aube
Fr. 2017. Biography by Éric Barbier with Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pawel Puchalski. From the 1920s to the end of the war, the experiences of the future writer Romain Gary, whose life was marked by his relationship with his intrusive mother, who had high hopes for his future.
Runtime: 130 min.
Fr. 2007. Sentimental drama by Jérôme Cornuau with Tcheky Karyo, Marc-André Grondin, Gaëlle Bona. The love of a Norman peasant son for a young Polish aristocrat is compromised when World War II breaks out.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Impostors

V.O.: Les Faussaires
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1982. Thriller by Samuel Fuller with Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives. While caring for a dog that she hit with her car, a young actress notices that the dog has been trained to attack Black people.
Runtime: 90 min.
Can. 1981. Psychological drama by George Kaczender with Richard Harris, Jennifer Dale, Jeanne Moreau.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1979. Psychological drama by Costa-Gavras with Romy Schneider, Yves Montand, Romolo Valli.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1971. Crime drama by Romain Gary with Jean Seberg, Stephen Boyd, James Mason. A former police officer pursues drug dealers for the purpose of shooting them.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1970. Drama by Bruce D. Clark with Zalman King, Charlotte Rampling, Joseph Mell. A skilled skier turned instructor gets caught up in a drug deal.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1970. Dramatic comedy by Jules Dassin with Melina Mercouri, Assaf Dayan, François Raffoul. A Russian actress, who has great ambitions for her son, moves to France where she works in various jobs.
Runtime: 100 min.

Birds in Peru

V.O.: Les Oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou
Fr. 1968. Psychological drama by Romain Gary with Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Pierre Brasseur. In Peru, a young woman suffering from nymphomania is saved from suicide by a French man.
Runtime: 95 min.
G.-B. 1965. Comedy by Peter Ustinov with Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven. The wife of a British aristocrat recounts her youthful love affair with an anarchist.
Runtime: 124 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.
U.S. 1958. Adventures by John Huston with Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard. In the heart of Africa, a man becomes the protector of elephants.
Runtime: 126 min.

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