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Bernadette Lafont

Actor

Bernadette Lafont was a celebrated French actress whose career spanned over five decades. She was often associated with the French New Wave cinema and gained prominence in the late 1950s and 1960s. Lafont made her film debut in François Truffaut's short film "Les Mistons" (1958). She became a muse for director Claude Chabrol and starred in several of his films, including "Le Beau Serge" (1958) and "Les Bonnes Femmes" (1960). Her talent for both comedy and drama allowed her to work with a range of directors across various genres. Some of her notable films include "The Mother and the Whore" (1973) by Jean Eustache and "Paulette" (2012), which showcased her versatility even in her later years. Bernadette Lafont won the César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "L'Effrontée" (1985) and received an Honorary César in 2003 for her contributions to French cinema. She remains an iconic figure in French film history, remembered for her bold performances and enduring presence on screen.
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  • Inspector Lavardin
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    Inspector Lavardin

    Classics

    1986

    1h.36min

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    Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.


  • School's Out

    School's Out

    Comedy

    2007

    1h.33min

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    A few days before the bac, a high school student decides to settle his accounts with the bitchiest professor of the high school. No luck, this one is a ...


  • Attila Marcel

    Attila Marcel

    Comedy

    2012

    1h.46min

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    Paul is a sweet man-child, raised and smothered by his two eccentric aunts since the death of his parents when he was a toddler. Now thirty-three, he still ...


  • Love is Gay, Love is Sad

    Love is Gay, Love is Sad

    Classics

    1968

    1h.35min

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    In this amusing comedy, Leon (Claude Melki) is the naíve tailor who believes men are coming to see his trollop sister Marie (Bernadette Lafont) to have ...


  • Généalogies d'un crime
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    Généalogies d'un crime

    Thriller, Drama

    1996

    1h.54min

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    Jeanne is a Freudian analyst who thinks she has detected homicidal tendencies in her nephew, aged 5. She also knows that - according to Freud's dictum ...