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Jean-Pierre Cassel has 16 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2000s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Army of Shadows.
2000
Drama · Thriller
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville · With Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Dir. Luis Buñuel · With Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.
Dir. Julian Schnabel · With Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze
A cop investigates whether the man convicted of murdering his daughter is really guilty.
Dir. Franck Mancuso · With Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lucas, Agnès Blanchot
Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.
Dir. Claude Chabrol · With Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Near the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he's unable to maintain control of the city. After much contemplation, Choltitz ignores orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, alongside Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a leader organise his forces.
Dir. René Clément · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
Dir. Richard Lester · With Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain
as Pierre Dubois
Prime Video · Rent
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
Dir. Ken Annakin · With Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz · With Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Farès
Working extremely hard to keep his hotel afloat, Paul begins hearing voices in his head. Convinced that his wife has been unfaithful, he begins to see every male guest as a potential threat. What follows is Paul's downward spiral into the madness of deranged jealousy where he finally discovers that hell is not a state of mind – hell is himself.
Dir. Claude Chabrol · With Emmanuelle Béart, François Cluzet, Nathalie Cardone
After a queen's tragic death, the king abandons his newborn daughter in a cave, but a witch saves her. Years later, the tomboy princess must confront and ultimately falls in love with the enemy king.
Dir. Lamberto Bava · With Alessandra Martines, Mario Adorf, Kim Rossi Stuart
Gustave Klopp suffers from narcolepsy, he can fall asleep everwhere at anytime whithout warning. Living a simple life with his wife Pam and his best friend Lenny Bar, Gus decides to undergo therapy sessions and finds out that he can make incredible comics from his dreams.
Dir. Gilles Lellouche, Tristan Aurouet · With Guillaume Canet, Zabou Breitman, Guillaume Gallienne
Michel Vaillant is # 1 of pilots, undisputed champion in rallying in all circuits in the world. His success arouses admiration and envy. Ruth Wong, director of Team Leader, is determined to break his streak and avenge the memory of his father, founder of Leader. She is capable of anything to achieve her goal.
Dir. Louis-Pascal Couvelaire · With Sagamore Stévenin, Peter Youngblood Hills, Diane Kruger
During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.
Dir. Robert Altman · With Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Astérix and Obélix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Alafolix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar in the process.
Dir. Frédéric Forestier, Thomas Langmann · With Gérard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, José Garcia
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