René Marquant

Acting

Biography

René Marquant is known for The City of Lost Children (1995) and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999).

Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles

#1The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m as a priest

6.4 / 10
AdventureDramaAction

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.

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#2The City of Lost Children

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m as Captain

7.2 / 10
FantasySci-FiAdventure

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

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#3Memoirs of a French Whore

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.1 / 10
Drama

Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the charismatic and beautiful Gerard. Blinded by adoration, Mary decides to leave her parents and her clerk job to live with the man she considers as the love of her life. But Gerard is a pimp, who soon forces her into prostitution. From within homes to out on the streets, the young woman gradually discovers a world of decay and violence.

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#4Blaze

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
Drama

All of Europe was affected by the Great Depression of the 1930s, but some parts were hurt less badly than others. France, for instance, was relatively prosperous. In this grim drama, a sturdy Polish boxer and his family have settled into a mining town in northern France because that's where the work is. Like European "guest workers" in the 1990s, the Polish immigrants then were frequently treated badly by the locals. In this drama, the romantic aspirations of the boxer's son are thwarted by the concerted efforts of the local men and his own family's preference that he marry another Polish girl. After his romance fails, the son becomes a union activist and sacrifices a great deal to try to gain higher wages for the miners, but the contract he works out is reneged on by the duplicitous owners.

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