Jacques Famery

Jacques Famery

Born: July 30, 1923
Died: January 18, 2014
in Vernon, France

Movies for Jacques Famery...

Enigma
Title: Enigma
Released: October 15, 1982
Type: Movie
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
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Tête à claques
Title: Tête à claques
Released: February 17, 1982
Type: Movie
Alex Berthier would love to be a famous songwriter. Meanwhile, he has to cope with unemployment, a witty 12 years old son and a rich and cute heiress who tries to help Alex as much as he tries to escape her: she brings nothing but trouble ! Fortunately, luck will strike again.
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Title: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Character: Bank Clerk
Released: December 25, 1976
Type: Movie
Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she politely claims that he's in the city on business. But when the landlady's creepy and increasingly persistent son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with kindly neighbor boy Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.
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Pousse mais pousse égal
Title: Pousse mais pousse égal
Released: February 7, 1975
Type: Movie
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A Few Acres of Snow
Title: A Few Acres of Snow
Released: December 28, 1972
Type: Movie
In 1837, in Quebec, against a historical backdrop of rebellion against the English, we follow the sentimental drama of Simon de Bellefeuille and Julie, the chosen one of his heart, destined for another.
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The Possession of Virginia
Title: The Possession of Virginia
Released: March 10, 1972
Type: Movie
When his friend suddenly commits suicide, reporter Paul senses something strange about it. When he starts investigating, a series of sinister events leads him to a deadly Satanic cult.
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Master Cats
Title: Master Cats
Character: Môman
Released: June 9, 1971
Type: Movie
An example of 1970's Maple Syrup cinema from Quebec, this whimsical and sexy tale revolves around two trickster roommates and the women in their lives who want to see them settle down.
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The Exchange Student
Title: The Exchange Student
Released: December 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...
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Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Title: Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Character: Oriental prince
Released: September 8, 1964
Type: Movie
The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.
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Sahara on Fire
Title: Sahara on Fire
Released: January 18, 1961
Type: Movie
A young engineer, Lucien Rombeau, is sent to the Sahara by the oil company that employs him, which wants to put an end to drilling that it considers unproductive. He ends up agreeing with the chief prospector, who refuses to stop the work and is convinced that prospecting will not be in vain.
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Tonight the Skirts Fly
Title: Tonight the Skirts Fly
Character: Jean Roussel
Released: June 14, 1956
Type: Movie
At Christmastime, the love affairs of five clothing models working for Pierre Roussel, a renowned Paris fashion designer. Marlène hesitates between two suitors. Blanche, who loves Jean, Roussel's son, wants him to talk to his father about their relationship. Catherine learns that her lover has a wife and two kids. Jeannette throws herself into the arms of an Oriental prince. In despair the fifth one attempts to commit suicide...
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La dame aux camélias
Title: La dame aux camélias
Character: A friend of Armand
Released: November 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Young and handsome Armand Duval falls in love with Marguerite Gautier, a 'demi-mondaine'. He manages to persuade her to give up her life as a courtesan and they both settle down in the country. Tthe beginning of their idyll is like a dream but a short-lived one as their relationship is considered scandalous by Armand's family. During a secret visit to Marguerite, Armand's father convinces her to leave his son, which she does broken-heartedly but out of love for Armand. Her end will be doubly tragic; not only does she suffer from terminal tuberculosis but she is abandoned by everyone, including by Armand, who believes she has betrayed her. At long last, learning the truth, Armand rushes to her bedside and Marguerite has the joy to breathe her last in his arms.
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The Sparrows of Paris
Title: The Sparrows of Paris
Released: June 11, 1953
Type: Movie
An American manager and his daughter want to hire "the little singers with the wooden cross" for a tour of the United States,but Jeannot,a young member of the choir recognize his grandma's locket round the girl's neck .
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Puccini
Title: Puccini
Character: Antonio Puccini
Released: April 29, 1953
Type: Movie
Produced in Italy in breathtaking Technicolor, this biographical story of Puccini (played by L'avventura's Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including a sexy, beautiful singer (Two for the Road's Nadia Gray) whom he drops for a small town girl (Sirocco's Marta Toren), and a servant girl who commits suicide over him. Well-selected excerpts from Manon, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and Turandot are featured along with other Puccini music, including the voice of Beniamino Gigli. Sets, costumes and production values are first class, all sumptuously filmed by Claude Renoir.
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This Age Without Pity
Title: This Age Without Pity
Character: Léon
Released: June 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Léon, André, Christiane and Monique, who all study drama, decide to go camping together. Unfortunately - although unsurprisingly - their old jalopy breaks down on the road. Chance has it that in the village where they are stranded a historical movie is being shot by famed director Médéric, starring sexpot Barbara Glamour and Latin heartthrob Edouardo Tocato. Two of the young people start flirting with the two film stars until their friends make them see reason : they love each other. The four of them end up being hired as extras and all is well that ends well.
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Bibi Fricotin
Title: Bibi Fricotin
Character: Le reporter
Released: April 11, 1951
Type: Movie
To find the heritage of his friend Catherine's ancestors, the leaping Bibi Fricotin, helped by the seer Fatma, goes through a thousand funny or comical adventures, thanks to multiple means of transport, ranging from the bicycle to the helicopter. Despite the pitfalls sown in her path by the young girl's uncle and aunt, the Tartazans, the inheritance will be found with a museum curator.
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Death Threat
Title: Death Threat
Released: February 22, 1950
Type: Movie
André Garnier, a young pianist, who was sent to deportation following a denunciation, absolutely wants to find his informer. He falls in love with Hélène, the mistress of a wealthy industrialist, Bernier, in whom he soon discovers the man who once sold him to the Gestapo. Bernier is soon found murdered. André deflects suspicion on Jacques, the victim's secretary. Hélène and André's affair ends up being discovered by the police, who seem to see in it the motive for the crime. André surrenders to justice.
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The Ferret
Title: The Ferret
Character: Achille Terrigny
Released: February 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around Paris. Among those caught up in the police manhunt is a fraudulent clairvoyant.
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Les vagabonds du rêve
Title: Les vagabonds du rêve
Character: Roger
Released: August 5, 1949
Type: Movie
The Dombreval troupe is the last vestige of an outdated form of entertainment: the traveling theatre. Mireille is the director, strong, courageous, but overwhelmed by the hardships and financial difficulties. Full of dignity, she refuses negotiations and compromises, confronting the gendarmes with determination. The end is however near, Mireille is aware of it.
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Sextette
Title: Sextette
Character: Georges
Released: September 17, 1948
Type: Movie
A man remembers all the incredible stories that took place in his hotel.
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Bichon
Title: Bichon
Released: May 21, 1948
Type: Movie
Augustin, the bashful but model secretary of Fontange,a tyrannical industrialist, is desperately in love with Christiane,his boss's daughter. Of course Daddy will never allow. On the contrary he wants to force his daughter to marry his business partner, a single man, whose money would be a welcome help. To escape such an unfortunate lot, Christiane must find a subterfuge. The solution is Bichon, the baby that Jacques, her younger brother, is supposed to have had from a certain Loulou. By claiming that the baby is hers and that Augustin is the father, she hopes to compel her father not to marry a man she does not love.
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My First Love
Title: My First Love
Released: September 12, 1945
Type: Movie
Bob, a student, is very emotionally close to his mother Suzanne. He is alarmed when she seems about to begin a relationship with a novelist, regarding it as a betrayal.