Jean-Paul Rappeneau Archives

Families

Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is very displeased to learn from her and his hated brother, that the family house in Ambray is going to be sold. Jerome decides to go to the town where he grew up to see what is going on. Little does he know how eventful his escapade will be. Little does he know that it will change his life from soup to nuts...

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4.8

2015 Comedy 113 min Play

6.3

The Horseman on the Roof

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.

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6.3

1995 Drama 135 min Play

5.9

All Fired Up

Victor Valance a quitté Paris depuis plusieurs années, laissant derrière lui sa mère et ses trois filles, pour réaliser de sombres opérations de casinos aux Bahamas et au Canada. Sa fille ainée, Pauline, est polytechnicienne, attachée au ministre des finances, et s'occupe de toute la petite famille.

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5.9

1982 Action 105 min Play

6.7

Lovers Like Us

A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.

PG

6.7

1975 Adventure 107 min Play

6.4

The Married Couple of the Year Two

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.

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6.4

1971 Adventure 98 min Play

6.6

A Matter of Resistance

In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the war around him and unwilling to move his wife to Paris, where she longs to live, shop, and party. A German outfit is bivouacked at Jérôme and Marie's crumbling château because its commanding officer is pursuing Marie. She's also eyed by a French spy working with the Allies as they plan D-Day. He woos her (posing to the Germans as her brother) ...

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6.6

1966 Comedy 93 min Play