Simon, Michel 1895-1975Overview
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L'Atalante
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36 editions published between 1934 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 722 libraries worldwide When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live with him aboard the barge "L'Atalante", where they travel along the Seine River. The bride, becomes bored and leaves the ship for Paris where she starts flirting with other men.
Boudu sauvé des eaux Boudu saved from drowning
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3 editions published between 1996 and 2005 in French and held by 510 libraries worldwide A well-off bookseller rescues a tramp from a suicidal plunge into the Seine and his family dedicates itself to reforming him. He shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations, challenging the hidebound principles of his hosts.
Le quai des brumes Port of shadows
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4 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in French and held by 424 libraries worldwide A deserter from the French military drifts into a small town, where he falls for a troubled young woman.
Le vieil homme et l'enfant The two of us = The old man and the boy
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2 editions published in 2007 in French and held by 398 libraries worldwide Director Claude Berri's introduction on the title screens reads "This film is a true story but seen through the imagination a child particularly sensitive to the tragic events which surrounded him in occupied France. The warm affection of this family of good people who took him in nevertheless leaves him with a certain poetic nostalgia for this time and a deep gratitude toward them." This film is his re-telling and re-creation of the life of a small Jewish boy from in Nazi-occupied Paris, sent by his parents to the countryside to live with an elderly Catholic couple until France's liberation. Forced to hide his identity, eight-year-old Claude bonds with the irascible, staunchly anti-Semitic Grampa, who improbably becomes his friend and confidant.
John Frankenheimer's The train
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2 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in English and held by 373 libraries worldwide In August 1944 the Allied army is closing in on Paris. German commander and art fanatic Colonel Von Waldheim steals a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. When a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche, a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost.
The Train
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8 editions published between 1964 and 2004 in English and German and held by 218 libraries worldwide WWII thriller about a French railway inspector whose low-key resistance efforts become vitally urgent when the Nazis try to steal a trainload of France's most treasured paintings, and it's up to him to stop the train.
Boudu sauvé des eaux Boudu saved from drowning
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10 editions published between 1932 and 2008 in French and held by 108 libraries worldwide A scruffy tramp is not grateful for being rescued from suicide and plagues the family that takes him in.
Drôle de drame
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2 editions published between 1937 and 2003 in French and English and held by 97 libraries worldwide A quiet botanist is the secret author of a popular crime novel. His peaceful existence is threatened when a crazed fan vows to kill the author of "The model crime." The convoluted plot involves a group of Victorian Englishmen who get so enmeshed in lies and disguises, murders and supposed murders, intrigues and romances, that Scotland Yard and the participants themselves are confused.
The complete Jean Vigo
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1 edition published in 2011 in French and held by 87 libraries worldwide Even among cinema's greatest legends, Jean Vigo stands alone. The son of a notorious anarchist, Vigo had a brief but brilliant career making poetic, lightly surrealist films before his life was cut tragically short by tuberculosis at age twenty-nine. Like the daring early works of his contemporaries Jean Cocteau and Luis Bunũel, Vigo's films refused to play by the rules. This set includes all of Vigo's titles.
Boudu sauvé des eaux Boudu saved from drowning
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8 editions published between 1979 and 1998 in French and held by 83 libraries worldwide A scruffy tramp is not grateful for being rescued from suicide and plagues the family that takes him in.
Panic
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13 editions published between 1946 and 1996 in French and held by 44 libraries worldwide A psychological thriller about murder at a French carnival.
La Beauté du diable
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3 editions published between 1995 and 2010 in French and held by 40 libraries worldwide Clair's rendition of the Faust legend. Mephistopheles approaches Faust with an offer for his soul, and is willing to give him a foretaste of what will come once the deal is complete: eternal youth, a beautiful gypsy girl and the power to make gold. But in the end Mephistopheles is the loser as love proves to be everlasting.
L'intégrale DVD Jean Vigo
by Jean Vigo
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2 editions published in 2001 in French and held by 29 libraries worldwide DVD1 also contains: Essai d'un 1er montage de "A propos de Nice" ; "Marc Perrone en concert : enregistré les 10 et 17 octobre 2001 au Théâtre des déchargeurs" ; "Nice, à propos de Jean Vigo" : extrait de Regards étrangers sur la France (9 min) / Manoel de Oliveira ; produit en 1984 ; Actualités Gaumont autour de Jean Taris (6 min) ; "Autour de zéro de conduite" ; "Jean Vigo par Jacques Rozier" (1 h 35 min) / Jacques Rozier ; photo René Mathelin, Jean Limousin ; montage Jean Lopez ; musique Maurice Jaubert ; produit en 1964 par l'ORTF (Cinéma, de notre temps). DVD2 also contains: "L'histoire d'un film : de L'Atalante à L'Atalante" (9 min) / Pierre Philippe ; produit par Gaumont en 1991 ; "Les voyages de l'Atalante : versions, rushes et coupes" (38 min) / Bernard Eisenschitz ; "Truffaut, Langlois, Iosseliani et l'Atalante" : "Entretien avec François Truffaut" (18 min) / Eric Rohmer ; produit en 1968 par le CNDP. "Parlons cinéma : les anticours de Henri Langlois" (13 min) / Henri Fischbach ; produit en 1976. "Otar Iosseliani parle de l'Atalante" : entretien réalisé en octobre 2001 (19 min) ; Documents : Galerie d'affiches. Galerie de photos.
Le quai des brumes
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16 editions published between 1938 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 28 libraries worldwide In this tragic story of doomed love, a fugitive and a malevolent trustee's beautiful charge risk everything to have each other for just one night. Carne and screenwriter Jacques Prevert's film is a defining film in the genre of poetic realism.
Drôle de drame
by Marcel Carné
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7 editions published between 1937 and 2007 in French and held by 28 libraries worldwide A la suite d'une remarque de Margareth Molyneux, ses domestiques la laissent en plan alors que leur cousin l'évèque de Bedford est invité à dîner. Eperdue de respectabilité, Margareth reste à la cuisine, laissant le soupçonneux cousin en tête à tête avec Irwin Molyneux.
Boudu sauvé des eaux
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8 editions published between 1932 and 2007 in French and English and held by 24 libraries worldwide Boudu, a tramp, is saved from a suicide attempt by a bookseller; he then insists that his rescuer be responsible for his life.
Bizarre, bizarre Drôle de drame
by Marcel Carné
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10 editions published between 1937 and 2003 in French and held by 23 libraries worldwide A quiet botanist is the secret author of a popular crime novel. His peaceful existence is threatened when a crazed fan vows to kill the author of "The model crime." The convoluted plot involves a group of Victorian Englishmen who get so enmeshed in lies and disguises, murders and supposed murders, intrigues and romances, that Scotland Yard and the participants themselves are confused.
Le quai des brumes
by Marcel Carné
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5 editions published between 1938 and 2004 in French and held by 22 libraries worldwide
Fabiola
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7 editions published between 1991 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 21 libraries worldwide Roman aristocracy plots massive Christian massacre before Constantine reaches Rome.
La Chienne
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9 editions published between 1931 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 19 libraries worldwide An ironic tragicomic account of a déclassé romantic triangle that leads to murder. more
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Alternative Names
Beroalde
Beroalde 1895-1975
Simon, François 1895-1975
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