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Georges Rouquier

Georges Rouquier

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1909-06-23
Lunel-Viel, Hérault, France

Biography

Georges Rouquier (23 June 1909 – 19 December 1989) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He worked principally on documentary films, and his best-known work is Farrebique (1947) a lyrical evocation of farming life in Aveyron.

Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles

#1Z

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • as Attorney General (uncredited)

7.8 / 10
ThrillerCrimeDrama

A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.

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#2Le Secret des Flamands

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes • as Battestini

7.0 / 10
Drama

Inspired by the book The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by painter Giorgio Vasari, this historical soap opera, in which betrayals, kidnappings, murders and police investigations are interwoven, relates the discovery by the Italians of the secret of Flemish painting around 1470.

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#3L'Amour nu

Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • as Jean Lafaye

5.0 / 10
Romance

Claire, a UNESCO interpreter, begins a romance with an oceanographer named Simon. Their relationship is challenged when Claire receives a breast cancer diagnosis. Faced with her illness and the potential for a mastectomy, she struggles with her self-image and decides to push Simon away, believing the diagnosis will change their future together.

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#4Jeff

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • as Jeff

5.0 / 10
Crime

Jeff is a gangster who's disappeared with a million dollars, and Laurent is looking for him to catch him before the other members of the gang find him.

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#5Letter from Siberia

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • as Narrator

6.9 / 10
Documentary

A faceless traveller takes a journey through the barren reaches of a Siberia caught between tradition and modernity, imparting his philosophical musings on its people and places, wildlife and culture.

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#6Mandrin

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • as Voltaire (uncredited)

5.0 / 10
AdventureHistory

It was the reign of Louis XV and, in 1750, France was at war all the time, and the people, suffocated by taxes, liked their beloved Louis less and less. When the governor of Dauphiné arrived in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, he had to deal with opponents of the regime who had gathered around cooper Louis Mandrin. Mandrin becomes the vigilante who respects his king, but does not tolerate the oppression of the poor through taxation.

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#7Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • as Mathieu

8.0 / 10
Drama

May 1944, in Provence, a young Jewish woman fleeing Nazi persecution, entrusts her three-month-old granddaughter to a stranger, Mathieu, a solitary shepherd who will raise her alone. Once the war is over, he will leave with her, in search of the mother. A research that will last more than twenty years and that will lead them to several European countries.

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#8We Won't Go to the Woods Anymore

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10
Drama

In the spring of 1944, in the Woëvre forest of Lorraine, a group of young maquisards takes in four German deserters. led by Saint-Brice is based in the Woevre forest. Lise, a nineteen-year-old girl, is their liaison officer. One evening, four German soldiers turn up as deserters. After a period of doubt, the maquisards agree to integrate them into their group. Lise falls in love with one of the newcomers, Werner, and becomes his mistress. One day, she leaves on a mission with Lucien, and comes across an enemy patrol. The SS shoot Lucien and free Lise. In the camp, people begin to think that the maquis has been betrayed.

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#9Handsome Face

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Vizille

7.0 / 10

Pierrette, an active labor activist, marries Mario. He had little sympathy for his wife's political activities. Nevertheless, he takes part in a strikers' demonstration she leads, where he is bludgeoned to death by the CRS.

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#10Le Sabotier du Val de Loire

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • as Narrator (voice)

6.7 / 10
DocumentaryDrama

This is October 1955. The place is a village in Loire-Atlantique, La Chapelle-Basse-Mer, where an old clog-maker works and lives with his wife and their adopted son. The clog-maker's meticulous craft is described with love and close attention to detail. On the other hand, forthcoming death pervades the quiet everyday life of the elderly couple.

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#11Lourdes et ses miracles

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

The life of the pilgrims in Lourdes and the cases of healing recorded by the Bureau of Medical Findings.

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