Jean-Claude Carrière

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Jean-Claude Carrière (17 September 1931 – 8 February 2021) was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received an Academy Award for best short film for co-writing Heureux Anniversaire (1963), and was later conferred an Honorary Oscar in 2014. He was nominated for the Academy Award three other times for his work in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). He also won a César Award for Best Original Screenplay in The Return of Martin Guerre (1983). Carrière was an alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and was president of La Fémis, the French state film school that he helped establish. He was noted as a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel on the screenplays of the latter's late French films.

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Exploits of a Young Don Juan Trailer (1986)

04 November 1986

In 1914, sixteen year old Roger returned home from boarding school during vacation to find his puberty hit hard in a house filled with beautiful women.

The Tin Drum Trailer (1979)

02 May 1979

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing.

Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau Trailer (2022)

24 March 2022

Ruy Blas Trailer (2002)

27 October 2002

Chased out of the Spanish court, a nobleman uses the services of his valet to take revenge. He orders him to seduce the queen in order to better compromise her.

The Wedding Ring Trailer (1971)

15 January 1971

A vet tries to create his own Garden of Eden

A Bigger Splash Trailer (2015)

26 November 2015

An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.

The Secret Book Trailer (2006)

01 December 2006

The search for the Secret Book of the Bogomils brings Guy Chevalier (Thierry Fremont) to Macedonia. There, he is haunted by the spirit of the Gardian of the book and followed by unknown forces.

The Swimming Pool Trailer (1969)

31 January 1969

Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday.

The Battle of Hernani Trailer (2002)

29 April 2002

Drama chronicling the premiere of Victor Hugo's 1830 drama Hernani, and the dramatic Romantics that rallied around it.

The Bengali Night Trailer (1988)

26 October 1988

Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri.

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète Trailer (2000)

01 August 2000

Delphine Seyrig, an extraordinary woman and actress, died on October 15, 1990. From "Last Year at Marienbad" by Alain Resnais to "India Song" by Marguerite Duras, she played in 34 films for cinema, 13 films for television and 33 plays.

Birth Trailer (2004)

29 October 2004

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on.

At Eternity's Gate Trailer (2018)

15 November 2018

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Trailer (1988)

05 February 1988

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him.

That Obscure Object of Desire Trailer (1977)

17 August 1977

After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita.

Valmont Trailer (1989)

17 November 1989

Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… Trailer (2009)

08 October 2009

Why did Milos Forman have to make certain films the way he did? Where does his inner strength come from?

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Trailer (1972)

15 September 1972

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.

Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' Trailer (2013)

03 February 2013

A documentary about the making of Luis Bunuel's 1972 film.

The Possessed Trailer (1988)

24 February 1988

Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence.

Belle de Jour Trailer (1967)

24 May 1967

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre.

The Patience Stone Trailer (2013)

20 February 2013

In a war-ridden country, a woman watches over her husband, comatose from a bullet in the neck and abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers.

Salsa Trailer (2000)

22 January 2000

At age 24, Rémi Bonnet, brilliant pianist, abandons Chopin and Toulouse to play the music he has secretly loved for years - Salsa! He heads for Paris, the salsa capital of Europe, only to discover to his great surprise, that nobody wants a white boy in Latin band! Felipe, his Cuban friend, sets him straight: " You don't have the Latino look, muchacho! Today, if your are not Cubano or Columbiano, you are out!".

Sommersby Trailer (1993)

05 February 1993

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle.

The General of the Dead Army Trailer (1983)

19 October 1983

In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years since the Second World War ended, an Italian general, accompanied by a priest who is also an Italian army colonel, is sent to Albania to locate and collect the bones of his countrymen who had died during the war and return them for burial in Italy.

Credo Trailer (1983)

26 January 1983

Based on an actual Cold War incident in which a Ukrainian prisoner of conscience was forced to defenn

Goya's Ghosts Trailer (2006)

08 November 2006

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy.

Bunuel and King Solomon's Table Trailer (2001)

09 November 2001

The old Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel (1900-83) imagines a movie plot, set in Toledo in the future 2002, about the fantastic adventure of three actors, who play him and his friends, the painter Salvador Dalí (1904-89) and the poet Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), and their search for King Solomon's table, a mythical artifact capable of revealing the past, present and future.

Le Grand Amour Trailer (1969)

21 March 1969

Pierre married Florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. 15 years later, he is the boss, but his middle-class life worries him a lot.

Certified Copy Trailer (2010)

19 May 2010

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.

Diary of a Chambermaid Trailer (1964)

04 March 1964

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it.

War in the Highlands Trailer (1998)

07 October 1998

La Guerre Dans le Haut Pays is a period piece set in the winter of 1797-98, during the six days leading up to the fall of Bern and the victory of Napoleon's army, when the Bern government is faced with mixed loyalties from its subjects.

Cyrano de Bergerac Trailer (1990)

28 March 1990

Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence.

The Phantom of Liberty Trailer (1974)

10 September 1974

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel.

Danton Trailer (1983)

12 January 1983

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror.

May Fools Trailer (1990)

24 January 1990

During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate.

Borsalino City Trailer (2016)

13 April 2016

The history of the birth of an icon, the Borsalino hat. From the factory where it was conceived in a small Italian town, to the glamorous world of Hollywood.

The Monk Trailer (1972)

02 November 1972

Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes.

Viva Maria! Trailer (1965)

22 November 1965

1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous.

Chinese Box Trailer (1997)

14 November 1997

The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.

These Kids Are Grown-Ups Trailer (1979)

14 March 1979

When a real-estate promoter attempts to take over the homes of two electronics whizzes and boot them out, they contrive ingenious ways to inconvenience and harass him.

The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

A loosely chronological visual “scrapbook” marking the 25th anniversary of the death of Luis Buñuel.

A Faithful Man Trailer (2018)

26 December 2018

Marianne leaves Abel for Paul, his best friend and the father of her unborn child. Eight years later, Paul dies and Marianne returns to Abel.

Swann in Love Trailer (1984)

23 February 1984

In Belle Époque Paris, a 19th-century Parisian aristocrat falls in love with a lower-class prostitute who seduces him but never loves him.

The Horseman on the Roof Trailer (1995)

20 September 1995

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

Harold et Maude Trailer (2012)

02 February 2012

Harold Chasen is a young man of 19 years with an overflowing and morbid imagination, who takes advantage of his free time to attend funerals, and stage suicides to react to his mother, Mrs.

The Gang Trailer (1977)

19 January 1977

In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang".

Gala Trailer (2003)

04 July 2003

Tour of the life of Elena Dmitrievna Diakonova Gala from Kazan Russia, where she was born, to Davos, where she met Paul Éluard, and continues in Paris and New York down to Cadaqués, where she died.

The Ogre Trailer (1996)

12 September 1996

Frenchman Abel Tiffauges is a naive man who lives a simple life working as a mechanic. Falsely accused of being a child abuser, he is recruited as a soldier when World War II begins, but is captured soon and taken to the heart of Nazi Germany.

The Petrov File Trailer (2015)

06 March 2015

In the late 1980s, stage actor Alexander Petrov is banned from theatre without any apparent reason. When he reappears, after the demise of the Communist regime, he discovers that he had been denounced by the one man he admired most, his master and friend.

The Return of Martin Guerre Trailer (1982)

14 May 1982

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry.

The Plough Trailer (2023)

08 March 2023

Three siblings comprise the latest generation in a family of puppeteers led with passion by their father.

The Wolf at the Door Trailer (1986)

05 September 1986

Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in love and the financial problems caused by the inability to sell his artwork.

In the Shadow of Women Trailer (2015)

27 May 2015

Pierre and Manon are poor. They make documentaries with nothing and they live by doing odd jobs. Pierre meets a young intern, Elisabeth, and she becomes his mistress.

The Milky Way Trailer (1969)

28 February 1969

Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way, they meet a vast assortment of characters—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.

Borsalino Trailer (1970)

19 May 1970

In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman.

At Play in the Fields of the Lord Trailer (1991)

06 December 1991

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians.

The Discoveries of a Modern Couple Trailer (1986)

24 December 1986

Black comedy about a couple who become convinced that their best friends are aliens and that the Earth’s days are numbered.

The Thief of Paris Trailer (1967)

22 February 1967

In turn-of-the-century Paris, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance.

Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' Trailer (2006)

07 February 2006

Milan Kundera's rambling novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though greatly admired, was thought by Hollywood studio executives to be "unfilmable.