Ronet, Maurice 1927-1983Overview
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Maurice Ronet
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Maurice Ronet
Ascenseur pour l'echafaud
by Louis Malle
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64 editions published between 1957 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 895 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Julien is a former paratrooper, who now works for millionaire arms dealer Simon Carala. He is in love with Florence, Carala's wife. They plan to murder him and make it look like a suicide, but Julien forgets a rather important detail. Leaving the engine of his sports car running, he races up to the office to retrieve it, but fate intervenes, and Julien misses his rendezvous with Florence. She spends the night wandering the Parisian streets alone. Meanwhile brash teenager Louis and his girlfriend Veronique decide to "borrow" the car, which launches a disastrous stream of coincidence with sinister consequences
Plein soleil
by René Clément
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55 editions published between 1959 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 892 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Ulises: adaptación de "La Odisea" de Homero que narra los esfuerzos de Ulises por llegar a su hogar en Itaca tras los diez años de la Guerra de Troya
Le feu follet
by Louis Malle
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26 editions published between 1963 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Drawing on the ghosts of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, this drama is a suspenseful account of the last forty-eight hours of a man marked by suicide. A self-absorbed alcoholic writer leaves a clinic determined to kill himself, but decides to discover if any of his friends can give him a reason to change his mind. The author, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, whose 1931 novel formed the basis of the film, killed himself in 1945 after having collaborated with the Nazis
La femme infidèle
by Claude Chabrol
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24 editions published between 1968 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Charles suspects his wife of infidelity. He hires a private detective to watch her, who confirms his worst fears. He plans a confrontation with the younger man, Victor, but too late, Victor's been killed! Now to preserve his lifestyle, Charles must cover it all up and life must seem to go on as before
La balance
by Bob Swaim
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4 editions published between 1984 and 2004 in French and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When a police informant is gunned down, a determined vice cop must recruit a new stool pigeon--one that can finally take down the unassailable mob boss. The line between the cops and gangsters becomes blurred as Dédé, a charismatic pimp, is forced to 'rat out' his former boss and nemesis, the elusive Massina
Le Feu follet The fire within
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10 editions published between 1992 and 2006 in French and held by 106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Describes the last 48 hours in the life of a dissolute playboy headed towards suicide. Evokes images of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, but presents a picture of dissolution and suicide devoid of self-pity
La ronde
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2 editions published between 1994 and 2005 in French and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A chain of love started between a young whore and a soldier ends with the same whore after having gone full circle through various characters
Beau pere
by Bertrand Blier
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16 editions published between 1981 and 2012 in French and Undetermined and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide After losing her mother in a car accident, a fourteen-year old girl had to choose whether to live with her father or stepfather. She has no desire to live with her father but has a strong sexual desire to live with her stepfather
Carve her name with pride
by Lewis Gilbert
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7 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in English and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The inspiring true story of Violette Szabo, a young British widow of a French officer, who braved death while working for the French Resistance in World War II
How sweet it is!
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2 editions published between 1988 and 2009 in English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The Hendersons are sailing for Europe, and bound for a marital mix-up that has husband and wife entangled - and reconciled - in a bordello brouhaha
Brigitte Bardot
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2 editions published in 2007 in French and held by 61 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Two weeks in September: A wife is torn between two lovers, her older husband and a much younger man
Casta diva a romanticized biography of Bellini
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4 editions published between 1999 and 2004 in English and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "This film offers an account of Bellini from his days as a student at the Naples conservatory through the premiere of Norma."--Container
Frantic
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10 editions published between 1978 and 1998 in French and English and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Love and fear produce death in this murder drama. The plot to murder his lover's husband backfires when Tavernier is charged with two other murders
La Femme infidele The Unfaithful wife
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8 editions published between 1994 and 2007 in French and English and held by 35 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Charles suspects his wife of infidelity. He hires a private detective to watch her, who confirms his worst fears. He plans a confrontation with the younger man, Victor, but too late, Victor's been killed! Now to preserve his lifestyle, Charles must cover it all up and life must seem to go on as before
Cry of the heart Le cri du coeur
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1 edition published in 2012 in French and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Love is hard, especially for a single mother with a spoiled child in the mix. When the home is torn apart by divorce, it seems like the end of the world, but when broken hearts mend and a single mother tries to start anew, she faces the resentment of her son and the prejudices of society. Can she begin a new life as her boy struggles with his teenage, sexual fascinations?
La Route de Corinthe
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11 editions published between 1967 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide On a mission to find out who is jamming signals from United States radar installations, NATO security officer Robert Ford is gunned down and his wife Shanny is framed for his murder. Instructed to leave the country within three days, she defies her deportation order with the intention of tracking down her husband's killer
La piscine
by Jacques Deray
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16 editions published between 1981 and 2011 in French and English and held by 30 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa near St.-Tropez. The main feature of the villa is a swimming pool, stage for most of the action. After a visit Marianne invites former lover Harry and his teenage daughter Penelope to stay. Tension between the grown-ups rises especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope. The consequences are deadly
La femme écarlate
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2 editions published between 1984 and 2003 in Spanish and French and held by 28 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Een vrouw besluit, bedrogen door haar geliefe, hem te doden en daarna zelfmoord te plegen. Zij ontmoet een nieuwe liefde, maar volhardt in haar beslissing
Les femmes Women
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3 editions published in 2000 in French and held by 27 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When a womanizing novelist suffers from writer's block, he hires Clara as his new secretary and erotic inspiration
Sphinx
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2 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in French and English and held by 23 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A determined young anthropologist has come across a clue leading to a long-forgotten royal tomb. And she pays no mind to the notion that Egypt's last undiscovered treasure may carry a curse and perhaps that there may be some black marketeers eager to sustain the illusion of such a curse in a fashion as terrifying as any scary ancient legend more
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Abused women Adultery Alcoholics Alcoholics--Rehabilitation Alienation (Social psychology) Calef, Noël, Crime Criminals Depressed persons False imprisonment False personation Fiction films France France--Paris Friendship Gangsters Highsmith, Patricia, Husband and wife Identity theft Informers Italy Jealousy Juvenile delinquents Love Man-woman relationships Married people Married women Mistaken identity Moral conditions Motion pictures Motion pictures, French Murder Murderers Murder--Investigation Nightclubs Police Prostitutes Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character) Secretaries Seduction Spouses Suicide Swindlers and swindling Szabo, Violette, Teenagers--Sexual behavior Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Underground movements, War Vacations Women prisoners of war World War (1939-1945)
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Robinet, Maurice Julien Marie, 1927-1983
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