Gérard Blain

Gérard Blain

October 23, 1930 · 95 years old

Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 – 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director. Blain appeared in sixty films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000. In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for his film The Friends. Bla…

Known For

10 titles
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The American Friend

The American Friend

1977 · 2h 8m · Movie

Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.

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Hatari!

Hatari!

1962 · 2h 37m · Movie

A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.

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3
Le Beau Serge

Le Beau Serge

1959 · 1h 38m · Movie

After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic.

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The Mischief Makers

The Mischief Makers

1957 · 18m · Movie

A group of five boys, the brats of the title, are all in love with an unbearably beautiful woman and so they spend their summer jealously harassing her and her boyfriend.

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5
The Cousins

The Cousins

1959 · 1h 52m · Movie

A pair of cousins share a flat, but animosity begins to build between the two when a woman gets involved.

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Deadlier Than the Male

Deadlier Than the Male

1956 · 1h 53m · Movie

André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André left more than twenty years before. As G...

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7
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

1956 · 1h 47m · Movie

Modern update of Dostoievski's novel Crime and Punishment.

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Poussière d'ange

Poussière d'ange

1987 · 1h 35m · Movie

A tired and alcoholic police investigator has lost his wife to a hotel owner, and former pimp, but befriends a young woman which isn't at all who she claims to be.

6.5
9
Winter's Child

Winter's Child

1989 · 1h 24m · Movie

A man leaves his pregnant wife because he does not want to be a father, then he begins a relationship with another woman who loves someone else.

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10
Natalia

Natalia

1989 · 1h 54m · Movie

WW2: in an occupied France ,a young Jewish girl wants to become a movie star.

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