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Xavier Gélin
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Xavier Gélin

French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
June 21, 1946 (July 2, 1999)
Fr. 1991. Fantasy comedy by Xavier Gélin with Martin Lamotte, Ludmila Mikaël, Jean Carmet. After drinking a potion, a seventy-year-old scientist regains his childlike body while retaining his intellectual abilities.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1990. Satire by Didier Kaminka with Margot Abascal, Grace de Capitani, Thierry Lhermitte. In Paris, two employees of the postal service use their charms to quickly climb the corporate ladder.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1988. Comedy by Didier Kaminka with Marlène Jobert, Patrick Chesnais, Claude Rich. A couple, unable to have a child, finds a pregnant teenager ready to give hers up.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1987. Mores comedy by Didier Kaminka with Roland Giraud, Fanny Cottençon, Marianne Basler. Unsure of how to break up, a screenwriter is torn between his ex-wife, a concubine and a beautiful doctor he fell in love with.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1980. Crime drama by Yves Allégret with Jean Richard, Xavier Gélin, Michel Blanc.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1979. Crime drama by Patrick Saglio with Valerio Popesco, Xavier Gélin, Georges Werler.
Fr. 1974. Mores comedy by Claude Pinoteau with Lino Ventura, Isabelle Adjani, Annie Girardot. A history teacher is having trouble with his eighteen-year-old daughter, whom he has raised alone.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

V.O.: Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
Fr. 1973. Comedy by Gérard Oury with Louis de Funès, Claude Giraud, Suzy Delair. A petulant business person must disguise himself as a Jewish rabbi to escape from Arab secret agents.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1970. Satire by Jacques Scandelari with Michèle Mercier, Pierre Brasseur, Henri Piégay. The misadventures of a simple worker who wins a contest organized by an advertising agency.
Runtime: 94 min.

La Ville-bidon

V.O.: La Décharge
Fr. 1970. Social drama by Jacques Baratier with Bernadette Lafont, Daniel Duval, Ivan Lagrange. A crime leads to the eviction of poor people who are living on vacant lots.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Bear and the Doll

V.O.: L'Ours et la poupée
Fr. 1969. Sentimental comedy by Michel Deville with Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Daniel Ceccaldi. A capricious divorcee falls in love with a gruff cellist who resists her advances.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Jean Girault with Danielle Darrieux, Jean Richard, Xavier Gélin. After deciding to transform a mill into a country house, a couple is forced to settle there permanently.
Runtime: 87 min.

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