Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

May 28, 1944 · 82 years old

Jean-Pierre Léaud (born May 28, 1944) is a French actor, best known for playing Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's series of films about that character, beginning with The 400 Blows (1959). He also worked with Aki Kaurismäki, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jacques Rivette, and Tsai Ming-liang. He is a sign…

Known For

30 titles
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The Dreamers

The Dreamers

2003 · 1h 55m · Movie

In 1968 Paris, film-loving twins Theo and Isabelle befriend American student Matthew during student protests. While their parents travel, they pull him into a month of sensual exploration, until reality intrudes.

7.1
2
The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

1959 · 1h 39m · Movie

A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

8.0
3
Last Tango in Paris

Last Tango in Paris

1972 · 2h 9m · Movie

A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.

6.8
4
Pierrot le fou

Pierrot le fou

1965 · 1h 50m · Movie

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

7.4
5
Alphaville

Alphaville

1965 · 1h 39m · Movie

An agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.

7.0
6
Day for Night

Day for Night

1973 · 1h 56m · Movie

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

8.0
7
Le Havre

Le Havre

2011 · 1h 33m · Movie

When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.

7.2
8
Masculine Feminine

Masculine Feminine

1966 · 1h 43m · Movie

A romance between young Parisians, shown through a series of vignettes.

7.4
9
Stolen Kisses

Stolen Kisses

1968 · 1h 31m · Movie

After being discharged from the army, Antoine Doinel centers a screwball comedy where he applies for different jobs and tries to make sense of his relationships with women.

7.5
10
Irma Vep

Irma Vep

1996 · 1h 39m · Movie

A Hong Kong actress, Maggie Cheung playing a fictional version of herself, is cast in France to star in a remake of Les Vampires (1915), but petty intrigues and clashing egos plague the production.

7.0
11
The Chinese

The Chinese

1967 · 1h 35m · Movie

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.

6.9
12
I Hired a Contract Killer

I Hired a Contract Killer

1990 · 1h 19m · Movie

Henri is depressed after losing his job, but finds himself too afraid to go through with suicide. He hires a contract killer to do the job for him instead - but what happens if he changes his mind?

7.2
13
Love on the Run

Love on the Run

1979 · 1h 34m · Movie

Antoine Doinel is now more than thirty. He divorces from Christine. He is a proofreader, and is in love with Sabine, a record seller. Colette, his teenager love, is now a lawyer. She buys Antoine's first published autobiographical...

7.0
14
The Mother and the Whore

The Mother and the Whore

1973 · 3h 30m · Movie

The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.

7.7
15
The Bohemian Life

The Bohemian Life

1992 · 1h 43m · Movie

Three struggling artists try to make passable livings in Paris despite setbacks and tragedies.

7.6
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What Time Is It There?

What Time Is It There?

2001 · 1h 56m · Movie

A watch salesman meets a young woman soon leaving for Paris and becomes infatuated, so he begins to change all the clocks in Taipei to Paris time.

7.3
17
Made in U.S.A

Made in U.S.A

1967 · 1h 30m · Movie

In the near future, leftist writer Paula goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cité when she learns of the death of a former colleague and lover, Richard P. Is she there to investigate? On the surface, faces are beautiful...

6.2
18
Pigsty

Pigsty

1969 · 1h 39m · Movie

A man wandering in a volcanic desert forms a band of murderous cannibals. A post-war German industrialist learns that his son is unable to make decisions or form relationships.

6.6
19
Camille Rewinds

Camille Rewinds

2012 · 1h 55m · Movie

Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another student. They later married and a child and were happy for a while. But now twenty-five years have passed and Eric leaves her for a younger...

6.3
20
The Pornographer

The Pornographer

2001 · 1h 48m · Movie

Jacques Laurent made pornographic films in the 1970s and '80s, but had put that aside for 20 years. His artistic ideas, born of the '60s counter-culture, had elevated the entire genre.

5.2
21
The Death of Louis XIV

The Death of Louis XIV

2016 · 1h 55m · Movie

Upon returning from a hunting expedition, King Louis XIV feels a sharp pain in his leg. He begins to die, surrounded by loyal followers in the royal chambers.

6.7
22
Detective

Detective

1985 · 1h 35m · Movie

At a Paris hotel, a hotel detective fired after a murder took place there continues to investigate, helped by his inspector nephew and girlfriend. A boxing manager, owing money to a couple and the mafia, rides on a match next day.

5.7
23
Out 1

Out 1

1990 · 12h 56m · Movie

Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.

7.5
24
36 fillette

36 fillette

1988 · 1h 28m · Movie

A night in the life of a young woman who wishes to learn and experience more of life. The men she meets have as much to learn from her as they can offer her, or more.

6.0
25
Le gai savoir

Le gai savoir

1969 · 1h 35m · Movie

How do we learn? What do we know? Night after night, not long before dawn, two young adults, Patricia and Emile, meet on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse, and the path to revolution. Scenes of Paris's student revolt, t...

6.0
26
The Departure

The Departure

1967 · 1h 33m · Movie

A fast-paced comedy about a young Belgian car nut and hairdresser's apprentice, his girlfriend, and their legal and illegal attempts to get a Porsche under him for his nearing debut race.

6.4
27
The Lion Has Seven Heads

The Lion Has Seven Heads

1971 · 1h 39m · Movie

A Latin-American insurgent and a black leader join forces to free an African nation. But they'll have to face a German mercenary aided by an American agent and a Portuguese advisor, all working for a mysterious woman.

6.3
28
King on Horseback

King on Horseback

1958 · 1h 22m · Movie

Henri La Tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. So, when, after accomplishing a brilliant feat, he is awarded a title by King Louis XV, the Duke of Saint-Sever takes offense at it and challenges Henri to a duel. Ho...

5.4
29
Alien Crystal Palace

Alien Crystal Palace

2018 · 1h 37m · Movie

A scientist finds the secret that predispose to the formation of the ideal couple. With this new alchemy, he achieves a pioneering experience: the creation of a perfect androgynous.

3.4
30
Godard Cinema

Godard Cinema

2023 · 1h 40m · Movie

Jean-Luc Godard is cinema, its quintessence. Having just turned 91, he has made more than 140 films. We hate him as much as we worship him. Where does his aura come from? From legendary films of course, but also from Godard himself.