Armand Meffre

Armand Meffre

Born: March 16, 1929
Died: January 22, 2009
in Maubec, Vaucluse, France

Movies for Armand Meffre...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life
Title: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life
Character: Police Inspector
Released: September 18, 2000
Type: Movie
In the second film in the series, in 1908, ten-year-old Indiana Jones is on safari in British East Africa. Here, he befriends a Massai boy named Meto who helps him in his search for the little seen Fringe-Eared Oryx for former US President Teddy Roosevelt. Later, he and his family and tutor travel to Paris, France where Indy meets a young Norman Rockwell and gets involved in a quarrel between the painters Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso. The young American boys get a fascinating insight into modern art as Picasso schemes to one up the old master Degas.
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Charité biz'ness
Title: Charité biz'ness
Character: Marcel
Released: August 26, 1998
Type: Movie
Two friends organize a fake solidarity concert in order to seize the recipe. But their amateurism leads to many misunderstandings.
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Title: Dans un grand vent de fleurs
Character: Broussoux
Released: September 16, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: Big Man
Character: Don Gino Carmelo
Released: November 25, 1988
Type: TV
The renowned Insurance International Co. has created an enquiry network, headed by detective Jack Clementi, to defend itself against insurance fraud. Jack has saved the company enormous amounts of money throughout his successful investigations and his bosses are more than willing put up with his brusque manners, his disconcerting frankness, and his intolerance for any form of company bureaucracy. Yet he is a big guy with a huge heart.
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Charlie Dingo
Title: Charlie Dingo
Character: Louis
Released: October 7, 1987
Type: Movie
Charlie (Guy Marchand) returns home after being declared legally dead to reclaim his wife Georgia (Caroline Cellier) and cash in on a lucrative life insurance policy in this shadowy drama. He finds Georgia is married to the crooked cop William (Niels Arestrup), who has his eye on the insurance money. Antihero Charlie and the villainous police inspector head towards an inevitable confrontation, while Georgia is caught in the middle.
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Manon of the Spring
Title: Manon of the Spring
Character: Philoxène
Released: November 19, 1986
Type: Movie
In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.
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Jean de Florette
Title: Jean de Florette
Character: Philoxène, le maire
Released: August 27, 1986
Type: Movie
In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.
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I Believe in Santa Claus
Title: I Believe in Santa Claus
Character: Le Père Noël / Santa Claus
Released: December 5, 1984
Type: Movie
All Simon wants for Christmas is his parents (who are being held captive by an African warlord) back. So, he and another student stowaway on a flight to Lapland to find Santa Claus. There they meet St. Nick as well as a Christmas Fairy and an evil Ogre.
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Title: La fin du marquisat d'Aurel
Character: lopis
Released: May 2, 1980
Type: TV
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Blue Country
Title: Blue Country
Character: Moïse
Released: February 23, 1977
Type: Movie
Brigitte Fossey stars as a repressed young nurse who hopes that moving from the city to the country will open up new vistas in her life (thereby reversing the usual country-to-city route of most movie heroines!) She meets and falls in love with bachelor Jacques Serre, likewise a free spirit. Though Fossey and Serre are attracted to one another, both value their freedom too much to make a firm commitment. As they draw closer, the twosome compare their own lifestyles with those of the colorful country folk all around them.
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Title: Les Lavandes et le Réséda
Character: Delmas
Released: April 8, 1976
Type: TV
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The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Title: The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Character: Fernand
Released: February 19, 1975
Type: Movie
A butcher dreams of becoming a famous director. He hires stars that he begins to kill.
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Title: L'Illustre Maurin
Character: Pastoure
Released: January 8, 1974
Type: TV
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Oh, Sun
Title: Oh, Sun
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: Movie
An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of his race.
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The Monk
Title: The Monk
Released: November 2, 1972
Type: Movie
Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes. After he has committed numerous crimes, it appears that he will be caught and punished by the Inquisition. Instead, he signs up on the Devil's team and wins his freedom.. and eventually, the papacy.
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Too Small My Friend
Title: Too Small My Friend
Character: Le sculpteur
Released: August 6, 1971
Type: Movie
Ticky Edriss, a dwarf, develops a scheme to avenge him on society and extort a bank.
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Lancelot du Lac
Title: Lancelot du Lac
Character: le Guetteur
Released: December 25, 1970
Type: Movie
This story is set in the 13th century, in Britain, where Lancelot, who was raised by Vivian, the Lady of the Lake, becomes one the Knight of the Round Tables and falls secretly in love with Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur, for whom he wants to accomplish many deeds.
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Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Title: Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Character: Maurice
Released: July 8, 1970
Type: Movie
For 25 years now, under the Provence sun, Antonin, a farmhand, has shared his work and everyday life with a horse named Ulysse. What a shock when Pascal, the farmer, tells him he has decided to sell Ulysse to a picador for being too old. Not only will he be separated from his faithful companion, but he is well aware too that the arenas of Arles mean death for Ulysse. Being unable to stand such injustice, Antonin runs away from the farm in the company of Ulysse. Together, they go through the Lubéron, the Baux de Provence, the Alpilles, the Crau and the Vaccarès. Yet, their journey is no pleasure cruise, specially when it comes to crossing National Road 7. After a visit to Marcellin, an old friend of his, Antonin sets off again with Ulysse, this time towards the Rhône River.
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Le chien qui a vu Dieu
Title: Le chien qui a vu Dieu
Character: Pavinacci
Released: March 10, 1970
Type: Movie
In a small Italian village live a group of men, each as miscreant as the next. Among them is the baker, violent and miserly. One day, to benefit from an inheritance, he has to distribute fifty kilos of bread a day to the poor for five years. At the moment of distribution, a dog comes along and takes a loaf of bread in its mouth, to take to an old hermit whom the villagers are convinced "has seen God".
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Under the Sign of the Bull
Title: Under the Sign of the Bull
Character: Un ingénieur
Released: March 28, 1969
Type: Movie
In this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his investors when his first prototype explodes. Even his sympathetic mistress has her doubts, as Albert lashes out in a verbal tirade condemning those of little faith in his genius.
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L'affaire Lourdes
Title: L'affaire Lourdes
Character: Bipe
Released: November 7, 1967
Type: Movie
In Lourdes, in the 1860s, the young Bernadette disturbs despite herself the peaceful life of the small town. She is the only one to see the apparition of The Lady, every day. The villagers take sides, the notables try to stifle the affair. But crowds come from all over the country. Inspired by the true story of the Lourdes affair.
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Ubu Roi
Title: Ubu Roi
Character: General Lascy
Released: September 20, 1965
Type: Movie
Based on Alfredy Jarrry's 1896 play about a greedy, overweight, selfish dude named Pere Ubu. The story follows Ubu on his journey to overthrow the current ruler and become King of Poland. Along the way he betrays many of his followers, taxes the civilians to an unreasonable degree and eventually slaughters everyone. Along his side, is the equally crude but somehow more likable Mere Ubu, who's like a foul mouthed Lady Macbeth.
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Monsieur
Title: Monsieur
Character: Le patron du bistrot
Released: April 22, 1964
Type: Movie
Désespéré par la mort de sa femme, le banquier René Duchesne se promène le long de la Seine. Seule la rencontre de Suzanne, son ancienne femme de chambre lui révélant les infidélités de Madame, le sauve du suicide. Monsieur décide alors d'aider sa protégée à sortir de la prostitution, et d'empêcher ses beaux-parents de faire main basse sur l'héritage.
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Le Combat dans l’île
Title: Le Combat dans l’île
Character: André
Released: August 16, 1962
Type: Movie
The charismatic, surly son of a wealthy industrialist, Clément, leads a double life as a member of a right-wing extremist organization. When he’s ratted out after a failed assassination attempt on a prominent politician, Clément and his long-suffering wife Anne flee Paris to the idyllic country home of his childhood friend, pacifist print-maker Paul. As affection blossoms between Paul and Anne, the emotional, as well as political tensions, soar and eventually explode.
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Over the Wall
Title: Over the Wall
Character: Bertrand
Released: August 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Simone and Jean have just married and, looking for a home in the Paris region, are lucky enough to find a house with a garden in a residential suburb. Expecting their first child, the young couple began to observe how the parents of neighboring families were raising theirs.