French films of 1959
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A list of film
s produced in France
in 1959
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Film
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s produced in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1959
1959 in film
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters....
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1959
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| 1959 1959 in film The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters.... |
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| The 400 Blows The 400 Blows The 400 Blows is a 1959 French film directed by François Truffaut. One of the defining films of the French New Wave, it displays many of the characteristic traits of the movement. The story revolves around Antoine Doinel, an ordinary adolescent in Paris, who is thought by his parents and teachers... |
François Truffaut François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five... |
Jean-Pierre Léaud Jean-Pierre Léaud -Early years:Born in Paris, Léaud made his major debut as an actor at the age of 14 as Antoine Doinel, a semi-autobiographical character based on the life events of French film director François Truffaut, in The 400 Blows.... |
Nominated for Oscar, +5 wins, +3 nom. | |
| All the Boys Are Called Patrick All the Boys Are Called Patrick All Boys Are Called Patrick is a 1957 French short film written by Éric Rohmer and directed by Jean-Luc Godard and made before both filmmakers achieved fame as French New Wave filmmakers... |
Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave".... |
Drama (short) | ||
| Archimède le clochard Archimède le clochard Archimède le clochard is a 1959 French drama film directed by Gilles Grangier. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.-Cast:... |
Gilles Grangier | Jean Gabin Jean Gabin -Biography:Born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, he grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise département, about 22 mi north of Paris. The son of cabaret entertainers, he attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly... |
Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor Silver Bear for Best Actor The Silver Bear for Best Actor is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actor.- Awards :- External links :*... at Berlin 9th Berlin International Film Festival The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 7, 1959.-Jury:* Robert Aldrich * Johan Jacobsen* Charles Ford* John Bryan* Ignazio Tranquilli* Shigueo Miyata* Wali Eddine Sameh* O. E... |
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| Come Dance with Me! Come Dance with Me! (film) Come Dance with Me! is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Michel Boisrond and starring Brigitte Bardot. The film is based on the novel The Blonde Died Dancing by Kelley Roos.-Plot:... |
Michel Boisrond Michel Boisrond Michel Jacques Boisrond was a French film director and writer... |
Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is a French former fashion model, actress, singer and animal rights activist. She was one of the best-known sex-symbols of the 1960s.In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer... |
Drama | |
| Les Cousins Les Cousins (film) Les Cousins is a 1959 French New Wave drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It tells the story of two cousins, the decadent Paul and the naive Charles. Charles falls in love with Florence, one of Paul's friends... |
Claude Chabrol Claude Chabrol Claude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s... |
Drama | Won the Golden Bear Golden Bear According to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear.... at Berlin 9th Berlin International Film Festival The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 7, 1959.-Jury:* Robert Aldrich * Johan Jacobsen* Charles Ford* John Bryan* Ignazio Tranquilli* Shigueo Miyata* Wali Eddine Sameh* O. E... |
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| la Fievre monte a El Pao La fièvre monte à El Pao La fièvre monte à El Pao is a 1959 film by director Luis Buñuel.... |
Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:... |
Gerard Phillipe, María Félix María Félix María Félix was a Mexican film actress and one of the icons of the golden era of the Cinema of Mexico and also one of the myths of the Spanish language Cinema for her life style and personality... , Jean Servais Jean Servais Jean Servais was a Belgian actor trained at the Brussels Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, where he won the Second Prize.... |
French-Mexican production | |
| Hiroshima Mon Amour Hiroshima Mon Amour Hiroshima mon amour is an acclaimed 1959 drama film directed by French film director Alain Resnais, with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras. It is the documentation of an intensely personal conversation between a French-Japanese couple about memory and forgetfulness... |
Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Alain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began... |
Emmanuelle Riva Emmanuelle Riva Emmanuelle Riva is a French actress.Riva started her acting career on the Paris stage after having worked as a seamstress... , Eiji Okada Eiji Okada Eiji Okada was a Japanese film actor. Okada served in the Japanese army during World War II, and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor.... |
Romantic drama | Nominated for Oscar, +3 wins, +4 nom. |
| Les liaisons dangereuses Les liaisons dangereuses (film) Les liaisons dangereuses is a 1959 French-language film, based on the 1782 novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. It was directed by Roger Vadim, and stars Jeanne Moreau, Gerard Phillipe, and Annette Vadim... |
Roger Vadim Roger Vadim Roger Vadim was a French screenwriter, director, and producer as well as a journalist, author and actor, who launched Brigitte Bardot's career in the film And God Created Woman.-Early life:... |
Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française... , Gerard Phillpe |
Drama | |
| Pickpocket Pickpocket (film) Pickpocket is a 1959 film by the French director Robert Bresson. It starred Martin LaSalle, who was a nonprofessional actor at the time, in the title role, with Marika Green as the ingénue... |
Robert Bresson Robert Bresson -Life and career:Bresson was born at Bromont-Lamothe, Puy-de-Dôme, the son of Marie-Élisabeth and Léon Bresson. Little is known of his early life and the year of his birth, 1901 or 1907, varies depending on the source. He was educated at Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, close to Paris, and... |
Martin LaSalle, Marika Green Marika Green Marika Nicolette Green is a Swedish-French actress. She is mostly famous for playing the starring role in Robert Bresson's Pickpocket , and also for appearing in Emmanuelle .... |
Crime drama | Entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival 10th Berlin International Film Festival The 10th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June to 5 July 1960.-Jury:* Harold Lloyd * Georges Auric* Henry Reed* Sohrab Modi* Floris Luigi Ammannati* Hidemi Ima* Joaquín de Entrambasaguas* Frank Wisbar... |
| The Sign of Leo The Sign of Leo Le Signe du lion is a 1959 French film directed by Éric Rohmer, his feature debut. Along with Le Beau Serge, directed by Claude Chabrol , it was one of the first films of the French New Wave. The title refers to the Zodiac sign Leo, under which the protagonist says he was born... |
Éric Rohmer Éric Rohmer Éric Rohmer was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma.... |
Jess Hahn Jess Hahn Jess Hahn was an American actor who mostly starred in French films.... , Michèle Girardon |
Drama | |
| Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? is a 1959 French drama film directed by Henri Decoin who co-wrote screenplay with Pierre Roustang, Albert Valentin and Michel Audiard... |
Henri Decoin | Michèle Morgan Michèle Morgan Michèle Morgan is a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades.- Career :Morgan was born Simone Renée Roussel in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, a western suburb of Paris.... |
Drama | |
| Stars at Noon Stars at Noon Stars at Noon is a 1959 French mountaineering film directed by Jacques Ertaud and Marcel Ichac. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.... |
Jacques Ertaud, Marcel Ichac Marcel Ichac Marcel Ichac was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. Born in Rueil, France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce electronic music in cinema with Ondes Martenot for Karakoram and released the first French movie in CinemaScope, Nouveaux Horizons .- Filmography... |
Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival 9th Berlin International Film Festival The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 7, 1959.-Jury:* Robert Aldrich * Johan Jacobsen* Charles Ford* John Bryan* Ignazio Tranquilli* Shigueo Miyata* Wali Eddine Sameh* O. E... |
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External links
- French films of 1959 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- 1950s film at Filmsdefrance.com
- Films by year at Cinema-francais.fr