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Alain Levent is a Director, Scriptwriter, Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography French born on 15 september 1934 at Paris (France)
Alain Levent (15 September 1934 – 28 August 2008) was a French cinematographer and film director. He worked on 80 films between 1960 and 2007. His 1972 film The Bar at the Crossing was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.
(1970)
(Director of Photography)
(1966)
(Director of Photography)
(1969)
(Director of Photography)
(1959)
(Assistant Camera)
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Alain Levent
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Nationality France
Birth 15 september 1934 at Paris (France)
Death 28 august 2008 (at 73 years) at Paris (France)
Birth 15 september 1934 at Paris (France)
Death 28 august 2008 (at 73 years) at Paris (France)
Alain Levent (15 September 1934 – 28 August 2008) was a French cinematographer and film director. He worked on 80 films between 1960 and 2007. His 1972 film The Bar at the Crossing was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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(1966)(Director of Photography)
(1969)(Director of Photography)
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Filmography of Alain Levent (45 films)
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The Bar at the Crossing (1972)
, 1h28Directed by Alain Levent
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jacques Brel, Isabelle Huppert, Pierre-François Pistorio, Rosy Varte, Jean-Claude Bouillaud, Bernard Lajarrige
Rating53%
Vincent Van Horst (Jacques Brel) is a hard-drinking bon viveur who loves his freedom and his women. In 1916, he leaves Europe, which is torn apart by the war, and moves to Canada, intending to meet up with Maria, the only woman he ever loved. On the way to Canada, he meets a young boy who dreams about fighting in the European war. When Vincent arrives at the Bar de la fourche, managed by Maria, he finds her looking older. He finds consolation in another woman, Annie, who looks down on him and drives Vincent and Olivier to fight a duel against each other.
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The Bar at the Crossing (1972)
, 1h28Directed by Alain Levent
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jacques Brel, Isabelle Huppert, Pierre-François Pistorio, Rosy Varte, Jean-Claude Bouillaud, Bernard Lajarrige
Roles Writer
Rating53%
Vincent Van Horst (Jacques Brel) is a hard-drinking bon viveur who loves his freedom and his women. In 1916, he leaves Europe, which is torn apart by the war, and moves to Canada, intending to meet up with Maria, the only woman he ever loved. On the way to Canada, he meets a young boy who dreams about fighting in the European war. When Vincent arrives at the Bar de la fourche, managed by Maria, he finds her looking older. He finds consolation in another woman, Annie, who looks down on him and drives Vincent and Olivier to fight a duel against each other.
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The Kite (2004)
, 1h15Directed by Randa Chahal Sabbag
Origin Liban
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Flavia Béchara, Ziad Rahbani, Julia Kassar
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
The Kite is set in a village called Deir Mimas over the border of the pre-occupied territories in southern Lebanon (occupied by Israel). The 16-year-old Lebanese girl Lamia (Flavia Bechara) lives with her family in the village. Her family had promised to marry her off to her cousin Samy (Edmond Haddad), who lives on the Israel side. Lamia’s mother, Amira (Randa Asmar) was unwilling and dejected to send her daughter away because that meant that Lamia could never come back because of the tense political situation at the border.
Silence of the Sea (2004)
, 1h40Directed by Pierre Boutron
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Actors Julie Delarme, Michel Galabru, Thomas Jouannet, Marie Bunel, Jean-Baptiste Puech, Franck Beckmann
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77%
Pendant la Deuxième guerre mondiale, en France. Dans un village occupé par l'armée allemande, Jeanne Larosière, une jeune femme au caractère inflexible, vit seule avec son grand-père, vétéran de la Première Guerre. Leur maison est bientôt réquisitionnée par la Wehrmacht qui installe dans l'une de leurs chambres un officier : le capitaine Werner von Ebrennac. La jeune femme et le vieil homme lui opposent un silence complet. Bel homme cultivé et amoureux de la France, l'officier respecte leur décision. Tous les soirs, il les rejoint au salon et tente de leur témoigner de l'amitié au travers d'un soliloque qui dévoile une grande sensibilité. Jeanne est troublée par le séduisant capitaine ennemi.
Daughter of Keltoum (2002)
Directed by Mehdi Charef
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Cylia Malki, Baya Belal, Jean-Roger Milo, Fatma Ben Saïdane
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72%
Rallia, une jeune fille de dix-neuf ans, a été adoptée par un couple de Suisses. Elle décide de se rendre dans les montagnes algériennes pour retrouver sa véritable mère dont elle ne connaît que le prénom : Keltoum. Dans une maison au mileu de nulle part, Rallia fait la connaissance de son grand-père et de sa tante Nedjma. Ils lui apprennent que sa mère travaille à El Kantara et qu'elle vient par le car tous les vendredi.
Bezness (1992)
, 1h50Directed by Nouri Bouzid
Origin Tunisie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related film
Actors Abdellatif Kechiche, Jacques Penot, Mustapha Adouani, Ghalya Lacroix, Sondos Belhassen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Fred, photographe, est en Tunisie pour faire un reportage sur les « bezness » (hommes prostitués). Décalé dans cet univers où l'image est une violation et sa représentation un tabou, il est le protégé de Roufa.
The Mirage (1992)
, 1h35Directed by Jean-Claude Guiguet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Louise Marleau, Fabienne Babe, Marco Hofschneider, Véronique Silver
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
Le dernier amour d'une femme mure et épanouie pour un jeune professeur américain vécu avec la complicité de son entourage.
The Madonna and the Dragon (1990)
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Jennifer Beals, Luc Merenda, Patrick Bauchau, Pilar Pilapil, Samuel Fuller
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
The Man Who Wasn't There (1987)
, 1h25Directed by René Féret
Origin France
Genres Thriller
Actors René Féret, Claude Jade, Valérie Stroh, Georges Descrières, Jacques Dufilho, Sabine Haudepin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%
Charles Elaine goes from strength to strength. Famous actor, his career is progressing smoothly, with the advice of Strosser and daughter Isabelle, his lawyers. But someone in the shadows, wants his loss, lead to madness, crime, by applying his theories of a psychiatrist who "can make anyone crazy deftly manipulating" . False rumors, terminated, strange coincidences contracts, Rella, who attracts and refuses him any worries Charles. Soon, as he repeated the role of Macbeth is a tragedy that obsesses him, the fatal fall of his father in the cliffs of Cassis as a child that "one" uses. Staging, allusions come and go, to persuade him that he was responsible.
Faubourg St Martin (1986)
, 1h30Directed by Jean-Claude Guiguet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Françoise Fabian, Patachou, Ingrid Bourgoin, Stéphane Jobert, Howard Vernon, Emmanuel Lemoine
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Dans un hôtel du dixième arrondissement de Paris que dirige M Coppercage, trois femmes marquées par la vie louent chacune une chambre au mois. Elles tentent de surmonter les diverses épreuves auxquelles elles sont confrontées.
The Bit Between the Teeth (1979)
, 1h39Directed by Laurent Heynemann
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Escroquerie
Actors Jacques Dutronc, Michel Piccoli, Michel Galabru, Nicole Garcia, Roland Bertin, Jean Benguigui
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Charles Dréant, personnage aux activités douteuses, tire son pouvoir du fichier qu'il détient sur les hommes politiques influents. Les chefs du parti au pouvoir confient à Loïc Le Guen la mission de le surveiller. Or Dréant, qui traverse une passe difficile, s'apprête à monter une escroquerie portant sur une course de tiercé....
The Question (1977)
, 1h52Directed by Laurent Heynemann
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Algerian War films, Histoire de France
Actors Nicole Garcia, Jacques Denis, Christian Rist, Jean Benguigui, Maurice Bénichou, Roland Blanche
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
À Alger, en 1957, Henri Charlegue, directeur d'un quotidien partisan de l'indépendance, est arrêté par des parachutistes de l'armée française. Alors que son épouse et son avocat tentent en vain de le voir, il reste incarcéré et subit humiliations et torture. Également arrêté, son ami Maurice Oudinot ne survivra pas à ce traitement. En prison, Henri entame le récit de son calvaire.
Spoiled Children (1977)
, 1h50Directed by Bertrand Tavernier, Claude Othnin-Girard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Michel Piccoli, Michel Aumont, Christine Pascal, Gérard Jugnot, Arlette Bonnard, Liza Braconnier
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Le réalisateur Bernard Rougerie décide de s'isoler de sa famille dans un petit appartement pour écrire le scénario de son prochain film, sur lequel il piétine. Il fait rapidement la connaissance des voisins, unis dans une lutte contre les méthodes abusives du propriétaire. Au début réticent, il accepte de se joindre à leur combat, et noue une liaison avec sa jeune voisine Anne.
Dracula and Son (1976)
, 1h36Directed by Édouard Molinaro
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Christopher Lee, Bernard Ménez, Bernard Alane, Anna Gaël, Catherine Breillat, Raymond Bussières
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%
With angry villagers driving them away from their castle in Transylvania, Dracula (Christopher Lee) and his son Ferdinand (Bernard Menez) head abroad. The Prince of Darkness ends up in London, England where he becomes a horror movie star exploiting his vampire status. His son, meanwhile, is ashamed of his roots and ends up a night watchman in Paris, France where he falls for a girl. Naturally, tensions arise when father and son are reunited and both take a liking to the same girl.
The Acrobat (1976)
, 1h41Directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Claude Melki, Guy Marchand, Marion Game, Micheline Dax, Édith Scob, Charlotte Alexandra
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Léon qui travaille comme garçon de bain-douche-sauna se découvre une passion pour le tango qui va changer sa vie. Il tombe amoureux de Fumée, une jeune et jolie prostituée qui devient sa partenaire dans des concours de tango.