Movies by Gérard Depardieu
As part of the cast:
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Life of Pi (2012)
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma …
Directed by: Ang Lee
Based on Yann Martel's best-selling novel, this coming-of-age tale recounts the adventures of Pi, an Indian boy who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Pi finds himself on a lifeboat…
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Dumas (2010)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Benoit Poelvoorde, Dominique Blanc …
Directed by: Safy Nebbou
Gérard Depardieu stars as famed French novelist Alexandre Dumas in this expansive biopic about Dumas's professional partnership with Auguste Maquet (Benoît Poelvoorde), his…
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Mammuth (2010)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Isabelle Adjani, Albert Delpy …
Directed by: Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine
Slaughterhouse worker Serge (Gérard Depardieu) is ready to reap his pensioner's rewards but finds that former employers have neglected to declare his earnings. Climbing on his aged…
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Potiche (2010)
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini …
Directed by: François Ozon
Director François Ozon spins a deft social comedy of the French bourgeoisie starring some of that country's most celebrated actors, including Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve and…
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Glenn: The Flying Robot (2010)
Cast: Billy Boyd, Dominic Gould, Patrick Bauchau …
Directed by: Marc Goldstein
Henry (Dominic Gould) and Jack (Billy Boyd) are rival concert pianists who battle for the affection of beautiful Lana (Smadi Wolfman). Jack's career ends after he injures his hand, but…
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My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus, Maurane …
Directed by: Jean Becker
An illiterate handyman named Germain (Gérard Depardieu) befriends Margueritte (Gisèle Casadesus), a highly educated 95-year-old woman. The two couldn't be more different, with…
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Diamant 13 (2009)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Aissa Maiga, Olivier Marchal …
Directed by: Gilles Behat
Gérard Depardieu stars in this exciting crime thriller from France about lifetime friends who find themselves on opposite sides of the law. Dedicated cop Mat fights crime on the…
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In the Beginning (2009)
Cast: François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos, Gérard Depardieu …
Directed by: Xavier Giannoli
Career con man Paul (François Cluzet) is enjoying the profits of his latest scam -- in which he's passed himself off as the foreman of a highway extension construction site -- when…
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Inspector Bellamy (2009)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Jacques Gamblin …
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
From renowned French director Claude Chabrol comes this intriguingly low-key police thriller in which vacationing detective Paul Bellamy (Gérard Depardieu) can't keep himself from…
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Babylon A.D. (2008)
Cast: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry …
Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz
Hard-boiled mercenary Toorop (Vin Diesel) accepts a risky mission to escort a virus-carrying woman (Mélanie Thierry) and her guardian nun (Michelle Yeoh) from Russia to China. But Toorop…
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Mesrine: Part 1: Killer Instinct (2008)
Cast: Shaun Gerardo, Vincent Cassel, Cécile De France …
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
This blistering biopic stars Vincent Cassel as notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine. The first in a duology, the film details the genesis of Mesrine's career, including an incident…
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Mesrine: Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
Cast: Roy Dupuis, Elena Anaya, Gérard Depardieu …
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Jacques Mesrine finds his star rising throughout the 1970s as both a gangster and a publicity-hungry celebrity. But while his criminal plans are as grandiose as ever, the Paris police are…
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Hello Goodbye (2008)
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Benguigui …
Directed by: Graham Guit
When they move to Israel to explore their Jewish heritage and revive their flagging marriage, fiftysomething French émigrés Alain and Gisèle Gaash (Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant) arrive…
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La Vie en Rose (2007)
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory …
Directed by: Olivier Dahan
Director Olivier Dahan paints a poignant portrait of legendary Parisian singer Édith Piaf, whose passion for music saw her through a life filled with tragedy. The film follows the chanteuse…
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How Much Do You Love Me? (2007)
Cast: Monica Bellucci, Bernard Campan, Gérard Depardieu …
Directed by: Bertrand Blier
After winning the lottery, lowly clerk François (Bernard Campan) asks a gorgeous prostitute to live with him until his money runs out. François's life greatly improves when…
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Oh, Woe Is Me (2007)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Laurence Masliah, Bernard Verley …
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
God takes over the body of Simon Donnadieu (Gérard Depardieu) in order to make love to his beautiful wife, Rachel (Laurence Masliah). When publisher Abraham Klimt (Bernard Verley)…
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Last Holiday (2006)
Cast: Queen Latifah, Cynthia LeBlanc, Elton LeBlanc …
Directed by: Wayne Wang
When her doctor gives her the worst possible news -- that she has a terminal illness -- a timid woman (Queen Latifah) decides to throw caution to the wind, break out of her shell and take a…
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Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (2006)
Cast: Guillaume Canet, Gérard Depardieu, Ines Sastre …
Directed by: Pitof
The famous detective Vidocq has disappeared in 19th-century Paris. When Vidocq's dedicated but inexperienced assistant, Etienne, searches the city's underground for his mentor, it…
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Paris, Je T'aime (2006)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Gérard Depardieu, Maggie Gyllenhaal …
Directed by: Frederic Auburtin, Alfonso Cuarón, Emmanuel Benbihy …
Paris comes to life in this whimsical patchwork of 18 five-minute shorts united by a common theme -- love in the City of Lights -- and helmed by an international cast of filmmakers, including…
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Changing Times (2004)
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Gilbert Melki …
Directed by: André Téchiné
Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve reunite on-screen for Andre Techine's hopeful drama about lasting love despite the changing times. Antoine (Depardieu) has longed for his first…
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Battle of the Brave (2004)
Cast: Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin …
Directed by: Jean Beaudin
Battle of the Brave weaves a heroic saga of two 18th-century lovers -- Marie-Loup (Noémie Godin-Vigneau), a peasant woman, and François (David La Haye), a trapper -- and their…
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36th Precinct (2004)
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, André Dussollier …
Directed by: Olivier Marchal
Rival cops Leo Vrinks (Daniel Auteuil) and Denis Klein (Gérard Depardieu) both seek to solve a series of robberies while vying for the same promotion in this tense crime drama from…
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City of Ghosts (2003)
Cast: Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone …
Directed by: Matt Dillon
Coming under scrutiny during an FBI investigation of insurance fraud, a con man hops on an airplane and tracks his ex-boss to Cambodia -- where he soon becomes entangled in an underworld rife…
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The Pact of Silence (2003)
Cast: Élodie Bouchez, Gérard Depardieu, Carmen Maura …
Directed by: Graham Guit
A Jesuit priest, Dr. Joachim Ferrer (Gerard Depardieu), finds his religious career on the line when he happens upon a young nun at a hospital who exhibits symptoms of major emotional and…
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Crime Spree (2003)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Johnny Hallyday …
Directed by: Brad Mirman
There's hell to pay -- and even that might not be enough -- when an out-of-town heist goes awry for a bungling crew of French burglars who are unaccustomed to the American underworld and…
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Bon Voyage (2003)
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen …
Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu star in director Jean-Paul Rappenau's amusing farce set on the eve of World War II, which follows the intersecting lives of four Parisians as they…
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La Femme Musketeer (2003)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Michael York, Nastassja Kinski …
Directed by: Steve Boyum
In this distaff riff on the Three Musketeers tale, Valentine (Susie Amy), the daughter of famed musketeer D'Artagnan (Michael York), longs to become a daring French swashbuckler just…
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Nathalie (2003)
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Gérard Depardieu …
Directed by: Anne Fontaine
When Catherine discovers her husband is having an affair, she hires stripper Nathalie to seduce him and report back to her about his sexual escapades. But over time, the two women form an…
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CQ (2002)
Cast: Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Élodie Bouchez …
Directed by: Roman Coppola
In late-1960s Paris, the filming of a sci-fi movie is in trouble: The director's obsession with the actress playing sexy secret agent Dragonfly has clouded his judgment, and the film has…
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Between Strangers (2002)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger …
Directed by: Edoardo Ponti
Edoardo Ponti writes and directs this intense, Toronto-set drama about three women of different ages -- photographer Natalia (Mira Sorvino), housewife Olivia (Sophia Loren) and concert…
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A Loving Father (2002)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Sylvie Testud …
Directed by: Jacob Berger
Father and son Gerard and Guillaume Depardieu play (appropriately enough) a father, Leo, and a son, Paul, who have drifted so far apart that drastic measures are necessary to pull them into…
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I Am Dina (2002)
Cast: Maria Bonnevie, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Eccleston …
Directed by: Ole Bornedal
Cast out of the house by her grief-stricken father after she accidentally causes the death of her mother, Dina (Maria Bonnevie) is left to raise herself, until a tutor and a wealthy man named…
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102 Dalmatians (2000)
Cast: Glenn Close, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans …
Directed by: Kevin Lima
Evil Cruella de Vil is out of jail and on the prowl in this live-action sequel, and Dalmatian pup Oddball, the wisecracking Rottweiler wannabe Waddlesworth and their furry crew are determined…
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Vatel (2000)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
An upcoming visit from Louis XIV could bring great political and financial reward to a poor, gout-stricken prince, who entrusts his meticulous and versatile steward, Vatel, to plan three days…
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The Closet (2000)
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte …
Directed by: Francis Veber
A milquetoast accountant (Daniel Auteuil) is about to get fired from his job for literally being a bore. But at the last minute, a helpful neighbor (Michel Aumont) concocts a "new life" for…
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Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Virna Lisi …
Directed by: Josée Dayan
Gérard Depardieu -- cast partly for his resemblance to Rodin's sculpture of Honoré de Balzac -- plays the French literary genius in this miniseries that focuses on…
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The Bridge (1999)
Cast: Carole Bouquet, Gérard Depardieu, Charles Berling …
Directed by: Frederic Auburtin, Gérard Depardieu
In 1960s France, housewife Mina (Carole Bouquet) is looking for an escape from her mundane existence. She finds solace by going to the movies with her 15-year-old son (Stanislas…
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich …
Directed by: Randall Wallace
With France on the brink of revolution thanks to the reign of callous King Louis XIV, the fabled Musketeers reunite and hatch a scheme to replace the sovereign with his unjustly imprisoned…
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Unhook the Stars (1996)
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gérard Depardieu …
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Middle-aged widow Mildred Hawks (Gena Rowlands) is having problems relating to her rebellious daughter, so she begins a friendship with abused mom Monica (Marisa Tomei) and, in particular,…
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Bogus (1996)
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment …
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Seven-year-old Albert (Haley Joel Osment) is orphaned when his mom dies tragically in a car accident. So, Harriet (Whoopi Goldberg), who's Albert's godmother, takes him into her own…
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The Secret Agent (1996)
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu …
Directed by: Christopher Hampton
Adapted from Joseph Conrad's novel, this spy thriller set in 1894 London centers on Verloc (Bob Hoskins), who harbors a bigger secret than the porn photos he sells: He's an…
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My Father the Hero (1994)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James …
Directed by: Steve Miner
When Frenchman Andre (Gérard Depardieu) takes his 14-year-old daughter Nicole (Katherine Heigl) on a Caribbean vacation, she develops a crush on hunky Ben (Dalton James). To impress Ben,…
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1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Poised to benefit from wealth gained after the establishment of trade routes and colonies in far-flung lands, Spain's Queen Isabel (Sigourney Weaver) funds navigator Christopher…
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Tous Les Matins Du Monde (1991)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet …
Directed by: Alain Corneau
Racked with grief after his wife's untimely death, gifted viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe (Jean-Pierre Marielle) moves into a small house in his garden to keep himself…
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Green Card (1990)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth …
Directed by: Peter Weir
Bronte (Andie MacDowell), a prim horticulturist with a talent for making even the most stubborn plant thrive, will stop at nothing -- even marriage -- to get her dream apartment, especially…
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Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Vincent Perez, Roland Bertin …
Directed by: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cyrano de Bergerac (Gerard Depardieu) pines for his cousin Roxanne, but won't reveal his affections for fear that she'll find his ugly features off-putting. So, Cyrano instructs the…
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Too Beautiful for You (1989)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet …
Directed by: Bertrand Blier
The envy of his friends, car dealer Bernard Barthélémy (Gérard Depardieu) seemingly has everything: a steady job, a nice house and a beautiful wife. But what they…
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I Want to Go Home (1989)
Cast: Adolph Green, Laura Benson, Linda Lavin …
Directed by: Alain Resnais
Cleveland cartoonist Joey Wellman (Adolph Green) gets more than he bargained for when he accepts an invitation to show his work at a Parisian gallery. When he arrives, he attempts to make…
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Camille Claudel (1988)
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill …
Directed by: Bruno Nuytten
The talent and ambition of French sculptor Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani) catch the attention of legendary sculptor Auguste Rodin (Gérard Depardieu) in this passionate biographical…
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Under Satan's Sun (1987)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat …
Directed by: Maurice Pialat
Winner of the Cannes Film Festival's Golden Palm, this drama tells the story of a priest, Father Dossignan, who struggles inwardly as he strives to save the soul of a pregnant 16-year-old.
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Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring (1986)
Cast: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil …
Directed by: Claude Berri
Claude Berri directs this pair of award-winning dramas that tell the story of a farmer who falls victim to a cruel scheme by his neighbors, and the comeuppance later delivered by the…
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Menage (1986)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou …
Directed by: Bertrand Blier
When small-time crook Bob (Gérard Depardieu) insinuates himself into the bourgeois lives of lovely Monique (Miou-Miou) and her henpecked husband, Antoine (Michel Blanc), he seduces…
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Police (1985)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina …
Directed by: Maurice Pialat
When he comes face-to-face with a distractingly beautiful drug smuggler, a passionate police interrogator must balance his carnal desires with his palpable loneliness -- and his unwavering…
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Les Comperes (1983)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard, Michel Aumont …
Directed by: Francis Veber
After her 16-year-old son disappears, a resourceful woman named Christine (Anny Duperey) enlists the aid of two of her former lovers by convincing each of them that he's the boy's…
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Danton (1983)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro …
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Acting as a metaphor for revolutionary events unfolding in 1980s Poland, this historical drama follows Danton and Robespierre, allies during the French Revolution who find themselves on…
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The Moon in the Gutter (1983)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril …
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Gérard Depardieu stars as a stevedore named Gerard whose sister slits her throat after being raped. Now, he cannot rest until he finds her attacker. Surrounded by sketchy characters, Gerard…
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The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Tchéky Karyo …
Directed by: Daniel Vigne
In 16th-century France, a man (Gérard Depardieu) who deserted his wife (Nathalie Baye) and child unexpectedly returns to his native village after eight years. But the astonishing…
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Fort Saganne (1982)
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret …
Directed by: Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau's sweeping epic stars Gérard Depardieu as Charles Saganne, a French peasant who enlists in the army. Assigned to a garrison town in the Sahara, he quickly moves up…
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The Woman Next Door (1981)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin …
Directed by: François Truffaut
Married father Bernard Coudray's (Gerard Depardieu) quiet life is turned upside down when Mathilde Bauchard (Fanny Ardant) moves next door with her husband. Many years earlier, Bernard…
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La Chevre (1981)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. …
Directed by: Francis Veber
Gerard Depardieu and Pierre Richard team up in this comedy (later remade in America as Pure Luck) as incompetent cops Campana and Francois, who are searching for the accident-prone daughter…
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Mon Oncle D'Amerique (1980)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre …
Directed by: Alain Resnais
Gerard Depardieu stars in the fascinating story of two men and one woman from different generations and backgrounds, whose paths meet at a crisis point. Faced with disappointment and…
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Loulou (1980)
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Guy Marchand …
Directed by: Maurice Pialat
Trapped in a marriage to cruel and possessive businessman André (Guy Marchand), Nelly (Isabelle Huppert) finds dangerous obsession with ex-con Loulou (Gérard Depardieu). She leaves…
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The Last Metro (1980)
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret …
Directed by: François Truffaut
When the Nazis arrive in France, Jewish director Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennent) hides in the basement of his theater for the duration of the occupation while his wife, Marion (Catherine…
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Hurricane Rosy (1980)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Faith Minton, Roland Bock …
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
After boxer Raoul Lamarre (Gérard Depardieu) breaks his hand and destroys his career thanks to a foolish bet, he falls for tempestuous champion wrestler "Hurricane" Rosy Spelman (Faith…
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Bye Bye Monkey (1978)
Cast: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Gérard Depardieu, James Coco …
Directed by: Marco Ferreri
A 1978 Grand Jury Prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival, this hauntingly symbolic film follows two oddball foreigners living in a rundown section of New York City. Gerard Lafayette…
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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere …
Directed by: Bertrand Blier
Bertrand Blier's unconventional, sophisticated French comedy follows two men -- Raoul (Gerard Depardieu) and Stephane (Patrick Dewaere) -- who try everything to make the insatiable…
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1900 (1977)
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Laura Betti, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci's epic tale follows the lives of two Italian men -- a peasant (Gerard Depardieu) and a landowner (Robert De Niro) -- both born on Jan. 1, 1900. Friends as children,…
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Barocco (1976)
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Marie-France Pisier …
Directed by: André Téchiné
In this suspenseful tale of blackmail, deception and murder, a young woman convinces her boyfriend to accept a bribe to tell a lie that discredits a local politician. When the boyfriend is…
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Going Places (1974)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Miou-Miou …
Directed by: Bertrand Blier
Decadent drifters Jean-Claude (Gérard Depardieu) and Pierrot (Patrick Dewaere), in an effort to flout bourgeois morality, go on a bizarre crime spree in director Bertrand Blier's…
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Maitresse (1973)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Andre Rouyer …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
When petty thief Olivier (Gerard Depardieu) breaks into an apartment and unexpectedly stumbles into an S and M dungeon, he's stunned. But even more surprising, when he meets Ariane, the…
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Alain Delon: Two Men in Town (1973)
Cast: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Mimsy Farmer …
Directed by: Jose Giovanni
Released from prison after a 10-year sentence, Gino Strabliggi (Alain Delon) befriends a kindly social worker (Jean Gabin) and returns home to live an honest life. But soon after his…
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Nathalie Granger (1972)
Cast: Lucia Bose, Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Depardieu …
Directed by: Marguerite Duras
Against a backdrop of domestic routine that borders on banality, two friends (Jeanne Moreau and Lucia Bosé) discuss the events of the day, including the housekeeper's immigration…
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A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971)
Cast: Claudine Auger, Marc Porel, Barbara Bach …
Directed by: Jacques Deray
Nathalie (Claudine Auger) is beautiful and vibrant but feels stuck in an unhappy relationship. When she meets French journalist Gilles (Marc Porel), the pair have an immediate attraction and…
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The Bridge (1999)
Cast: Carole Bouquet, Gérard Depardieu, Charles Berling …
Directed by: Frederic Auburtin, Gérard Depardieu
In 1960s France, housewife Mina (Carole Bouquet) is looking for an escape from her mundane existence. She finds solace by going to the movies with her 15-year-old son (Stanislas…