Jacques Prévert

Jacques Prévert

Born: February 4, 1900
Died: April 11, 1977
in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist movement, and include Les Enfants du Paradis (1945).

Movies for Jacques Prévert...

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
Title: Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 13, 2020
Type: Movie
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S'il n'en reste qu'un, nous serons ces deux-là
Title: S'il n'en reste qu'un, nous serons ces deux-là
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 15, 2013
Type: Movie
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Bulles de Vian
Title: Bulles de Vian
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 18, 2009
Type: Movie
"Vian Bubbles" - On June 23, 2009, fifty years to the day after the death of Boris Vian, a supernatural phenomenon crosses all of France: in the streets, one sings everywhere his songs and one expresses oneself only in the language of the poet. In Paris, Antoine de Caunes wakes up to discover the strange "vianic" epidemic, which also affects radio waves and the small screen. A boss of channel proposes to him to organize, for the same evening, a show dedicated to the songs of Boris Vian. Jean-Pierre Marielle tells us the story of this phenomenon, as supernatural as inexplicable. A tribute in songs to the glowing cast.
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Drôle d'oiseau
Title: Drôle d'oiseau
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 25, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 24, 1978
Type: TV
Produced for television by Claude-Jean Philippe, the « Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma », recounts the history of French cinema from its birth to the beginning of the 1960s. With commentary read by Jean Rochefort.
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The Small Tent
Title: The Small Tent
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Documentary filmed during the shooting of “À Valparaiso” which shows the children’s reactions to the performance of a circus show. “It is the tender gaze of a poet on the smallest circus in the world and his audience of children”.
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Dream of the Wild Horses
Title: Dream of the Wild Horses
Character: Voice
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
The horses in Denys Colomb Daunant’s dream poem are the white beasts of the marshlands of the Camargue in South West France. Daunant was haunted by these creatures. His obsession was first visualized when he wrote the autobiographical script for Albert Lamorisse’s award-winning 1953 film White Mane. In this short the beauty of the horses is captured with a variety of film techniques and by Jacques Lasry’s beautiful electronic score.
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Paris la belle
Title: Paris la belle
Character: (voice)
Released: April 30, 1960
Type: Movie
A look at Paris in 1928 in black and white and then color sequences filmed in the same places in 1959.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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Bim, the Little Donkey
Title: Bim, the Little Donkey
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 1, 1951
Type: Movie
An Arab boy, Abdullah, loves his donkey, Bim, but another boy, Massoud, who also happens to be a prince, is jealous of Abdullah and his relationship with Bim, so Massoud steals the donkey and plays mean tricks on him, such as painting him and trying to cut his ears off. Abdullah tries to rescue Bim but is caught by palace guards and is imprisoned. Realizing Abdullah's love for his donkey, Massoud becomes ashamed of his meanness and frees Bim and Abdullah. However, the donkey eats Massoud's father's lunch and is taken to a butcher. Abdullah and Massoud try to rescue Bim from the butcher, but robbers get there first and steal the donkey along with the butcher's goods. The robbers escape to the sea, and Abdullah and Massoud stage one last rescue attempt with all of their friends to try to save Bim.
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Life Begins Tomorrow
Title: Life Begins Tomorrow
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 1950
Type: Movie
Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1952 as Life Begins Tomorrow. Made in cooperation with UNESCO, the film speculates on the future of mankind after the advent of Atomic Energy. Many prominent French artists and intellects contribute to the narration: Jean-Pierre Aumont plays The Man of Today, Andre Labarthe is the Man of Tomorrow, and Jean-Paul Sartre, Daniel Agache, Jean Rostand, Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso and Andre Gide are respectively seen as "The Existentialist," "The Psychiatrist,' "The Biologist," "The Architect," "The Artist" and "The Author". Film clips of hospitals, schoolrooms, scientific laboratories, and even nightclubs are woven into Védrès' fascinating tapestry.
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L'Atalante
Title: L'Atalante
Character: Extra at Station (uncredited)
Released: April 24, 1934
Type: Movie
Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.
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Ciboulette
Title: Ciboulette
Character: The Donkey
Released: November 10, 1933
Type: Movie
Duparquet is the controller of Les Halles, and plays matchmaker between the young farm-girl Ciboulette and Antonin, a young spoiled aristocrat.
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Prices and profits, the potato
Title: Prices and profits, the potato
Released: December 31, 1932
Type: Movie
Prix et Profits is a 20-minute short film originally made for educational purposes and released in 9.5mm format. As the title suggests, the film follows the supply chain of a potato, from farmers to consumers, and examines the mechanisms of capitalism.
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It's in the Bag
Title: It's in the Bag
Character: Le flûtiste (uncredited)
Released: November 25, 1932
Type: Movie
Benjamin Déboisé, a hatter, his salesman and a young man want to kidnap an American millionaire, put him in a bag and hold him to ransom. But they make a mistake: the fellow they find in the bag is not the millionaire himself, but his son...!
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L'Âge d'or
Title: L'Âge d'or
Character: Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)
Released: November 28, 1930
Type: Movie
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
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Souvenir de Paris
Title: Souvenir de Paris
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie