
July 13, 1941 · 85 years old
Jacques Perrin (July 13, 1941 – April 21, 2022) was a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's.

Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater's film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema.

In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.

Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

Mia moves to South Africa with her family to manage a lion farm and develops a special bond with Charlie, a white lion cub; however, things change when she uncovers her father's secret.

The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of rece...

Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.

Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.

An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world.

An aging chief's last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chief-to-be played against harsh Nature in Nepal's Dolpo. When his son dies returning from Tibet's salt lakes, Tinle blames Karma, his son's friend, re...

An exploration into our planetary past and a search for humanity's place in the future. With narration by Cate Blanchett.

A liberated small-town girl stands on trial to determine whether she killed her lover in a crime of passion or in premeditation.

Matteo decides to take a trip across Italy to go visiting his five children.

Ten-year-old orphan Rémi is taken from his adoptive mother by traveling musician Vitalis, learning the difficult life of an acrobat and singer. Rémi's journey across France unveils friendships, support, and the secret of his origins.

This documentary examines the origins of the universe, including the beginning of life on Earth.

Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist for a chemical cor...

Three sisters share a connection to a violent incident from their childhood reunite to for the chance to come to terms with their past.

A girl pursues a guy who fooled her, but fascinates his younger brother instead.

The witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.

During World War I, French colonists lost in African desert decide to attack their German neighbors.

Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to the lush green forests, when the ice retreated, and the cycle of seasons was established. SEASONS is the awe-inspiring tale of the long shared history that binds humankind and nature.

In occupied France during World War II a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master.

Unhappy women are being murdered by Emile, a psychotic young man suffering from the delusion that his acts are mercy killings.

A police superintendent, after 25 years of a flawless professional career, is arrested by internal affairs for 4 days, before being indicted for criminal conspiracy, drug trafficking, theft and embezzlement by the magistrate in ch...

Northern Italy under fascist rule: Luca becomes a partisan, but after the war ends things are not as he had hoped for him and he decides to die. Then he meets women.

Chick fell in love with Alise because of a shared passion for writer Jean-Sol Partre who gradually devoured their relationship. Soon after, Colin, the main character, also falls in love with a young girl, Chloe, but after their ma...

A young man comes to Madrid in 1900 and fights poverty. He tries to avoid becoming part of a gang of thieves but in a fight with the leader fatally wounds him and is arrested.

In 1943, a group of high school students decide to take action against the Nazi occupying forces. Showing courage and imagination, they manage to blow up the Kommandantur and to release hostages. But after the killing of a German ...

In the Kingdom of France from 1640 is the old with his body ailing Cardinal Richelieu, powerful man under Louis XIII, faced with the machinations of his tipped designated successor, the Marquis de Cinq-Mars.

Chronicles the hellish journey of foreign soldiers who fought on behalf of the French in March 1945 as they struggled to make their way out of the jungle after being defeated by the Japanese army.