Brialy, Jean-ClaudeOverview
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Jean-Claude Brialy
Most widely held works by
Jean-Claude Brialy
Le roi de coeur
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4 editions published between 1967 and 2001 in French and held by 520 libraries worldwide A Scottish soldier is assigned the task of disarming a bomb in a small French town at the close of World War I. The townspeople have deserted the town leaving behind the inmates of the local insane asylum who embrace the soldier as their king.
Une femme est une femme A woman is a woman
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13 editions published between 1961 and 2007 in French and English and held by 473 libraries worldwide Offbeat homage to Hollywood musicals finds a stripper rousing her lover's jealousy by seducing his best friend.
King of hearts Le roi de coeur
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6 editions published between 1967 and 1990 in 3 languages and held by 430 libraries worldwide A Scottish soldier is assigned the task of disarming a bomb in a small French town at the close of World War I. The townspeople have deserted the town leaving behind the inmates of the local insane asylum who embrace the soldier as their king.
La reine Margot
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1 edition published in 1995 in French and held by 394 libraries worldwide Thrown into a political marriage of convenience by her ruthlessly power-hungry family, the beautiful Margot soon finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs. It's then she realizes her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her.
Le genou de Claire
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14 editions published between 1970 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 393 libraries worldwide Satirizes a diplomat's sexual temptations. On vacation without his fiancée, he flirts with a brash, charming nymphet, while harboring a secret, peculiar obsession for her stunning teenage sister.
Le fantôme de la liberté The phantom of liberty
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10 editions published between 1987 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 381 libraries worldwide A perverse, playfully absurd comedy that compiles many of the illogical themes that preoccupied Bunuel through his career - from the hypocrisy of conventional morality to the arbitrariness of social arrangements.
Six contes moraux
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2 editions published in 2006 in French and held by 231 libraries worldwide "A succession of jousts between fragile men and the women who tempt them"--Container.
Le Genou de Claire Claire's knee
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9 editions published between 1971 and 1995 in French and English and held by 223 libraries worldwide Satirizes a diplomat's sexual temptations. On vacation without his fiance, he flirts with a brash, charming nymphet, while harboring a secret, peculiar obsession for her stunning teenage sister.
La mariée était en noir
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7 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in French and held by 191 libraries worldwide After a bridegroom is shot on the steps of the church on his wedding day, his widow traces the group of men responsible and eliminates them one by one.
Six contes moraux. V, Le genou de Claire Six moral tales. V, Claire's knee
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15 editions published between 1970 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 173 libraries worldwide Jérôme spends his July at a lakeside boardinghouse nursing crushes on the sixteen-year-old Laura and, more tantalizingly, Laura's long-legged, blonde half sister, Claire.
The Bride wore black La mariée était en noir
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13 editions published between 1967 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 161 libraries worldwide After a bridegroom is shot on the steps of the church on his wedding day, his widow traces the group of men responsible and eliminates them one by one.
La Nuit de Varennes
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4 editions published between 1981 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 155 libraries worldwide The meeting of the French writer, Restif de la Bretonne, Casanova and the exiled American patriot, Thomas Paine in revolutionary France of 1791 provide insight into the flight of Louis XVI and his wife, Marie-Antoinette. The king's capture in the town of Varennes ends the tale and provides the title for the 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.
Les cousins
by Claude Chabrol
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14 editions published between 1958 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 123 libraries worldwide Claude Chabrol crafts a sly moral fable about a provincial boy who comes to live with his sophisticated bohemian cousin in Paris. Through these seeming opposites, Chabrol conjures a piercing, darkly comic character study that questions notions of good and evil, love and jealousy, and success in the modern world. A mirror image of Le Beau Serge, Les Cousins recasts that film's stars, Jean-Claude Brialy and Gřard Blain, in startlingly reversed roles.
Il Mostro
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1 edition published in 1999 in Italian and held by 114 libraries worldwide A vicious serial killer is on the loose committing rape and murder. Landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, due to his unfortunate habit of getting caught in compromising yet innocent situations. An undercover policewoman is assigned to watch the suspect and find evidence for his arrest.
Comic strip 1966/69
by Serge Gainsbourg
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1 edition published in 1996 in French and held by 112 libraries worldwide
Inspecteur Lavardin
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7 editions published between 1986 and 2008 in French and German and held by 109 libraries worldwide Inspecteur Lavardin arrives at a cozy, seaside village to investigate the bizarre murder of an eminent Catholic author. The usually cool sleuth is shaken when he discovers that the victim's widow is none other than his old flame.
Tonio Kröger
by Thomas Mann
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1 edition published in 1983 in German and held by 108 libraries worldwide A youth tries to understand life.
La ronde
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2 editions published in 2005 in French and held by 95 libraries worldwide A chain of love started between a young whore and a soldier ends with the same whore after having gone full circle through various characters.
Le beau serge
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9 editions published between 1958 and 2011 in French and German and held by 66 libraries worldwide Follows a successful yet sickly young man who returns home to the small village where he grew up. There, he finds himself at odds with his former close friend - now unhappily married and a wretched alcoholic - and the provincial life he represents. Includes bonus features. more
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Actors Bessy, Maurice,--1910-1993 Biographical films Biography Brialy, Jean-Claude Comedy films Comedy films Cousins Drama Dumas, Alexandre,--1802-1870 Ethics Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Foreign films France France--Paris Friendship Grief Historical films Historical films History Hypocrisy Insanity (Law) Irish, William,--1903-1968 Jealousy Law students Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Marguerite,--Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France,--1553-1615 Motion pictures Motion pictures, French Motion pictures, German Murder victims' families Musical films Popular music Queens Revenge Revolution (France : 1789-1799) Romance films Serial murderers Sex offenders Small cities Surrealism Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Women murderers World War (1914-1918)
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Alternative Names
Brialy, J.-C. 1933-2007
Brialy, Jean C. 1933-2007
Brialy, Jean Cl. 1933-2007
Languages
French
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German (85) Undetermined (62) English (28) Spanish (15) Italian (13) No Linguistic content (8) Multiple languages (7) Miscellaneous languages (3) Russian (2) Turkish (1) Polish (1) Covers
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