Belmondo, Jean-Paul 1933-Overview
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
A bout de souffle
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22 editions published between 1982 and 2010 in French and held by 1,290 libraries worldwide A small-time criminal kills a police officer, setting in motion a tragic series of events for both himself and his American girlfriend.
Is Paris burning
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7 editions published between 1966 and 2006 in English and French and held by 480 libraries worldwide As the Nazis march through Europe in 1944, the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. Hitler sends a top general to determine if the city can be held. If not, Paris will be burned.
Une femme est une femme A woman is a woman
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15 editions published between 1961 and 2007 in French and English and held by 476 libraries worldwide Offbeat homage to Hollywood musicals finds a stripper rousing her lover's jealousy by seducing his best friend.
Les misérables
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7 editions published between 1995 and 2000 in French and held by 467 libraries worldwide During the Nazi occupation of France, Henri Fortin is a true and simple man whose life parallels that of Jean Valjean, the hero of the novel, Les misérables.
Pierrot le fou
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3 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in French and held by 457 libraries worldwide "Dissatisfied in marriage and life, Ferdinand takes to the road with the babysitter, his ex-lover Marianne Renoir, and leaves the bourgeoisie behind"--Container.
Breathless À bout de souffle
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12 editions published between 1960 and 1999 in French and English and held by 418 libraries worldwide A playful car thief accidentally shoots a policeman, then hides out in Paris with a hip American girl, trying to hustle enough cash for a getaway.
Two women
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31 editions published between 1960 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 355 libraries worldwide Seeking escape from city bombing, an Italian mother and daughter travel war-torn Italy during World War II trying to survive near-starvation, rape by wandering soldiers and other horrors of war.
Le Doulos
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1 edition published in 2008 in French and held by 320 libraries worldwide As the title screens explain, in gangster slang, 'doulos' means 'hat.' In the slang shared by criminal and police, 'doulos' also designates the person who wears it: the informer. Through shadowy back streets on the edge of Paris, an ingenious cat and mouse game is played as two underworld characters, seemingly working against each other, find themselves in a deadly entanglement of their own making but infinitely larger than both of them. Faugel, a thief recently released from prison, and Silien, Faugel's best friend and all-around suspicious character, are up against shady nightclub owner Nuttheccio, and the police's Capt. Clain, ruthless as any criminal. The hapless gangsters know two things: their sense of honor is the only thing they can take with them to the grave, and that date with the grave is coming all too soon. By Jean-Pierre Melville, French poet of crime cinema, full of shadows, night, trench coats, guns, tough guys, cigarettes, slinky dames, cocktail bars, crooked cops, betrayal, and loot.
A bout de souffle Breathless
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24 editions published between 1959 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 317 libraries worldwide A small-time hood kills a policeman and tries to leave France, but his American girlfriend betrays him to the police and he gets killed trying to escape.
Two women
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6 editions published between 1998 and 2003 in English and Italian and held by 300 libraries worldwide Realistic drama of an Italian widow who, along with her young daughter, are brutally raped by Allied soldiers in World War II.
Classe tous risques
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1 edition published in 2008 in French and held by 293 libraries worldwide Exiled from France for his exploits, underworld kingpin Abel Davos has been living for nearly a decade in Milan, even acquiring a family. In spite of the death sentence hanging over his head, Davos wants to return with them to France. His old mob cronies have gone bourgeois and affluent, reluctant to help, sending just one young thief, Eric Stark, to his aid. An exploration of the importance of loyalty and honor among thieves, this film shows exactly what it is stand-up guys stand up for. Stark is the only one of the Parisian gangsters who understands the code they have forgotten, and does his best to live by it.
Pierrot le fou
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53 editions published between 1965 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 255 libraries worldwide Leaving wife and child behind, Ferdinand takes off on a wild adventure with the babysitter Marianne. As they become entangled with murder and gangsters, mysterious events destroy their happiness and lead to an explosive finale.
Follies in concert
by Stephen Sondheim
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2 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 245 libraries worldwide
Pierrot le fou
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8 editions published between 1965 and 2007 in French and English and held by 230 libraries worldwide Leaving wife and child behind, Ferdinand takes off on a wild adventure with the babysitter Marianne. As they become entangled with murder and gangsters, mysterious events destroy their happiness and lead to an explosive finale.
Mississippi mermaid
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13 editions published between 1969 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 215 libraries worldwide The mail-order bride is a mystery. Her appearance doesn't match the photo she sent, her likes and dislikes aren't those described in her letters. By the time the lonely businessman husband discovers who she is, it is too late, and he will even kill to keep her.
Two women
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9 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 174 libraries worldwide In Italy, a woman and her 13-year-old daughter become the focus of an attack by some invading Morroccan soldiers who are part of the Allied forces in World War II. When the mother recovers consciousness, she finds her daughter in a complete state of shock. Conscious only of the ordeal, the daughter prostitutes herself for a pair of nylon stockings. On hearing of the death of a man they both loved, mother and daughter are re-united.
Breathless A bout de souffle
by Jean-Luc Godard
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42 editions published between 1959 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 163 libraries worldwide A careless existentialist thief and murderer has an affair with an American student. This is Godard's first feature film.
Une femme est une femme
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2 editions published between 1989 and 1998 in French and held by 140 libraries worldwide When the beautiful Angéla wants to have a baby and her lover refuses to participate, she looks to recruit his best friend.
Mississippi mermaid Sirène du Mississippi
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1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 138 libraries worldwide The mail-order bride is a mystery. Her appearance doesn't match the photo she sent, her likes and dislikes aren't those described in her letters. By the time the lonely businessman husband discovers who she is, it is too late, and he will even kill to keep her.
Léon Morin, priest
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19 editions published between 1961 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 130 libraries worldwide Léon Morin is a devoted man of the cloth who is also the crush object of all the women of a small village in Nazi-occupied France. He finds himself most drawn to a sexually frustrated widow, a borderline heretic whose relationship with her confessor is a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire. A triumph of mood, setting, and innuendo, Léon Morin, Priest is an irreverent pleasure from one of French cinema's towering virtuosos. more
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Adultery Americans Belmondo, Jean-Paul,--1933- Betrayal Comedy films Crime Crime films Criminals Detective and mystery films Drama Escape (Psychology) Ex-convicts Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Film and video adaptations Foreign films France France--Paris Fugitives from justice Gangs Gangster films Gangsters German Occupation of France (1940-1945) History Hugo, Victor,--1802-1885 Italy Jewel thieves Jews Lesou, Pierre,--b. 1930 Love Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Misérables (Hugo, Victor) Motion pictures Motion pictures, French Motion pictures, Italian Murder Musical films New wave films Police Police murders Road films Thrillers (Motion pictures) Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films Women World War (1939-1945)
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Belmondo, Jean P. 1933-
Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 1933-
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German (144) English (93) Italian (45) Spanish (41) Multiple languages (39) Undetermined (35) No Linguistic content (25) Russian (17) Polish (3) Dutch (1) Covers
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