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Joël Séria is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer born on 13 april 1936

Joël Séria

Joël Séria
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Birth 13 april 1936 (88 years)

Joël Lichtlé, dit Joël Séria, est un scénariste, réalisateur, acteur et romancier français, né le 13 avril 1936 à Angers (Maine-et-Loire).

Biography

Le premier long-métrage de Joël Séria, Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal avec Jeanne Goupil et Catherine Wagener, sort en salles en 1970 : bien qu'interdit à sa sortie, il a fini par acquérir un statut de film-culte.

Son film le plus célèbre, Les Galettes de Pont-Aven qui met en scène dans « la Cité des Peintres » des personnages hauts en couleur incarnés par Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bernard Fresson, Andréa Ferréol et Dominique Lavanant, a quelque peu éclipsé le reste de son œuvre auprès du grand public.

Il réalise en 1981 une adaptation de la série policière San-Antonio intitulée San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça où Philippe Gasté tient le rôle principal.

Depuis la fin des années 1980, Joël Séria travaille pour la télévision, signant notamment la réalisation de plusieurs épisodes de la série Nestor Burma et trois épisodes pour la Série noire.

En 1987, il réunit Jean-Pierre Marielle (dont c'est la quatrième interprétation pour Séria) et Jean Carmet dans Les Deux Crocodiles, un road-movie tourné entre Saumur et Quimper.

En 2014, il a été filmé pour l'anthologie cinématographique Cinématon de Gérard Courant. Il est le numéro 2825 de la collection.

En 2018, une rétrospective lui est consacrée à la Cinémathèque française.

Best films

Cookies (1975)
(Director)

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Filmography of Joël Séria (14 films)

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Scriptwriter

The Two Crocodiles, 1h25
Directed by Joël Séria
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related film, Striptease
Actors Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Carmet, Catherine Lachens, Annie Savarin, Dora Doll, Jean-Paul Muel
Roles Story
Rating58% 2.904032.904032.904032.904032.90403
Alors qu'il rend visite à sa mère, en Bretagne, Emile fait la rencontre de René, propriétaire d'une boite de strip-tease. Celui-ci propose de lui faire visiter la région.
Pour venger pépère
Directed by Joël Séria
Origin France
Genres Crime
Actors Féodor Atkine, Jeanne Goupil, Julien Guiomar, Jean Reno, André Chaumeau, Luc-Antoine Diquéro

Trois tueurs en cavale sèment la mort dans leur fuite. Ils abattent Pépère (Marcel Portier). Son petit-fils, l'avocat Delcroix (Feodor Atkine) jure de se faire vengeance lui-même, mais le commissaire Christiani (Jean Reno) est également sur les traces de ce trio infernal.
San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça, 1h25
Directed by Joël Séria
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Philippe Gasté, Pierre Doris, Hubert Deschamps, Jacques François, Jeanne Goupil, Gérard Hernandez
Roles Writer
Rating44% 2.2208252.2208252.2208252.2208252.220825
La nouvelle enquête du commissaire San-Antonio le place au cœur d'une machination internationale. Le commissaire, en compagnie de ses fidèles adjoints, doit retrouver un gadget ultrasecret qui se trouve en possession de monsieur Walter Klozett. Son enquête l'amènera à affronter des agents soviétiques et la terrible miss Ténébra, qui luttent tous pour acquérir le précieux objet. L'étrange monsieur Klozett, capturé par miss Ténébra, meurt au cours de l'éprouvant interrogatoire qu'elle lui fait subir. San Antonio doit alors se lancer lui-même à la recherche du gadget tant convoité.
Marie, the Doll, 1h55
Directed by Joël Séria
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Jeanne Goupil, André Dussollier, Andréa Ferréol, Bernard Fresson, Marie Mergey, Fanny Ardant
Rating62% 3.135973.135973.135973.135973.13597
Marie, une adolescente restée femme-enfant, rencontre Claude qui gère une boutique de poupées anciennes et qui est lui-même collectionneur. Très rapidement, ils sympathisent et se marient. Le soir des noces, Claude met en application un scénario fétichiste dans lequel Marie devient une poupée vivante. Ignorante des choses de la vie, Marie se plie à ce jeu sans que le mariage soit consommé. Avec le temps le couple se fissure, Marie est toujours en demande d'affection, mais le jeu n'amuse plus Claude tous les soirs. Pendant une absence de Claude elle fait la connaissance d'Ida qui jouera avec elle un étrange jeu de séduction en prenant son bain avec elle. Marie se rapproche également du palefrenier, tandis que Claude en déplacement joue un jeu dangereux avec une poupée vivante infiniment plus jeune. Un soir, le palefrenier excité par Marie entreprend de la déshabiller et de la caresser, Marie se laisse faire jusqu'au moment où celui-ci s’apercevant qu’elle est vierge se jette sur elle pour la violer. Marie lui donne un coup de couteau et s'enfuit nue sous la pluie dans la forêt où elle se fait assommer par une branche basse. La fin du film nous montre la boutique de poupées anciennes, le gérant n'est plus le même, et en évidence dans la vitrine une poupée est installée ressemblant comme deux gouttes d'eau à Marie. Elle n'est pas à vendre.
Cookies
Cookies (1975)
, 1h41
Directed by Joël Séria
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Jean-Pierre Marielle, Claude Piéplu, Jeanne Goupil, Romain Bouteille, Andréa Ferréol, Bernard Fresson
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.284263.284263.284263.284263.28426
Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is a middle-aged travelling umbrella salesman from Saumur who lives a sexless and unhappy married life with his puritan wife (Gisèle Grimm) and two children. Painting is the only true passion of Henri but he also has an affection for female buttocks. One night, on the roads of Brittany he hits a boar with his car. Émile (Bernard Fresson), a rude and carefree painter who lives in a cottage near Riec-sur-Belon meets Henri and invites him to stay at his house while the car is being fixed. Henri falls in love with Émile's Canadian live-in girlfriend Angela (Dolores McDonough) who draws Henri's attention with her beautiful buttocks. Henri and Angela leave Émile after a violent confrontation and move to Pont-Aven, 'the city of painters'. Angela encourages Henri to continue his life as a painter and he sees this as an opportunity to leave his earlier life behind. However, Angela soon dumps him for Émile and Henri becomes a drunkard, butt of jokes in the town, and a painter unable to sell a single painting. Marie (Jeanne Goupil), the teenage maid working at the pension Henri stays, is apparently in love with him but he seems to neglect her because his mind is too occupied with Angela. However, at a kermesse where the two sing Kenavo by Théodore Botrel, Henri faces his true feelings for Marie. He finds pure love and a pair of beautiful buttocks in her and decides to make a new start in his life. Eventually, Henri and Marie begin to live together and are seen happily selling galettes and toffee apples on a Névez beach.
Charlie and His Two Chicks, 1h30
Directed by Joël Séria
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jeanne Goupil, Serge Sauvion, André Lacombe, Jean Mauvais, Annie Savarin
Roles Writer
Rating63% 3.170373.170373.170373.170373.17037
Les aventures de deux nénettes de vingt ans qui rencontrent un camelot quadra et l'accompagnent dans son voyage.
Don't Deliver Us from Evil, 1h42
Directed by Joël Séria
Origin France
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener, Bernard Dhéran, Marc Dudicourt, Michel Robin, Gérard Darrieu
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.3502753.3502753.3502753.3502753.350275
Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier are two adolescent Angevin girls who stay at a Catholic boarding school. Both have affluent and conservative families living in the countryside and on becoming friends and later lovers, the two decide to join forces in their malicious rebellion. When Anne's parents take a long trip and leave Anne behind during summer vacation, Lore starts to stay with Anne at her château. They play some malicious games on two men: releasing the cows of the cowsherd Émile as well as setting fire to his home, and killing the pet birds of the mentally challenged gardener Léon. They store sacramental bread from church and prepare the abandoned chapel at the château for a mock marriage ceremony in which they dedicate themselves to Satan. One night, they meet a motorist who ran out of gasoline and invite him to the château. The girls seduce the man and when he attempts to rape Lore, he is killed by Anne. When a detective is sent and he finds clues linking them to the murder, the pair is convinced that the man's body will be discovered and immolate themselves at a recital while reading poems by Baudelaire.

Producer

Cookies
Cookies (1975)
, 1h41
Directed by Joël Séria
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Jean-Pierre Marielle, Claude Piéplu, Jeanne Goupil, Romain Bouteille, Andréa Ferréol, Bernard Fresson
Roles Executive Producer
Rating65% 3.284263.284263.284263.284263.28426
Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is a middle-aged travelling umbrella salesman from Saumur who lives a sexless and unhappy married life with his puritan wife (Gisèle Grimm) and two children. Painting is the only true passion of Henri but he also has an affection for female buttocks. One night, on the roads of Brittany he hits a boar with his car. Émile (Bernard Fresson), a rude and carefree painter who lives in a cottage near Riec-sur-Belon meets Henri and invites him to stay at his house while the car is being fixed. Henri falls in love with Émile's Canadian live-in girlfriend Angela (Dolores McDonough) who draws Henri's attention with her beautiful buttocks. Henri and Angela leave Émile after a violent confrontation and move to Pont-Aven, 'the city of painters'. Angela encourages Henri to continue his life as a painter and he sees this as an opportunity to leave his earlier life behind. However, Angela soon dumps him for Émile and Henri becomes a drunkard, butt of jokes in the town, and a painter unable to sell a single painting. Marie (Jeanne Goupil), the teenage maid working at the pension Henri stays, is apparently in love with him but he seems to neglect her because his mind is too occupied with Angela. However, at a kermesse where the two sing Kenavo by Théodore Botrel, Henri faces his true feelings for Marie. He finds pure love and a pair of beautiful buttocks in her and decides to make a new start in his life. Eventually, Henri and Marie begin to live together and are seen happily selling galettes and toffee apples on a Névez beach.
Don't Deliver Us from Evil, 1h42
Directed by Joël Séria
Origin France
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener, Bernard Dhéran, Marc Dudicourt, Michel Robin, Gérard Darrieu
Roles Co-Producer
Rating67% 3.3502753.3502753.3502753.3502753.350275
Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier are two adolescent Angevin girls who stay at a Catholic boarding school. Both have affluent and conservative families living in the countryside and on becoming friends and later lovers, the two decide to join forces in their malicious rebellion. When Anne's parents take a long trip and leave Anne behind during summer vacation, Lore starts to stay with Anne at her château. They play some malicious games on two men: releasing the cows of the cowsherd Émile as well as setting fire to his home, and killing the pet birds of the mentally challenged gardener Léon. They store sacramental bread from church and prepare the abandoned chapel at the château for a mock marriage ceremony in which they dedicate themselves to Satan. One night, they meet a motorist who ran out of gasoline and invite him to the château. The girls seduce the man and when he attempts to rape Lore, he is killed by Anne. When a detective is sent and he finds clues linking them to the murder, the pair is convinced that the man's body will be discovered and immolate themselves at a recital while reading poems by Baudelaire.