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Jean-Paul Rappeneau is a Director and Scriptwriter French born on 8 april 1932 at Auxerre (France)

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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Nationality France
Birth 8 april 1932 (92 years) at Auxerre (France)
Awards Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

Jean-Paul Rappeneau est un réalisateur et scénariste français né le 8 avril 1932 à Auxerre (France). En 49 ans de carrière, il a réalisé seulement huit longs métrages, mais consacre beaucoup de temps à l'écriture de chacun de ses scénarios.

Biography

Il a commencé sa carrière comme assistant et scénariste de Louis Malle pour Zazie dans le métro en 1960 et Vie privée en 1961. En 1964, il est co-scénariste de L'Homme de Rio, de Philippe De Broca.

Après La Vie de château qui lui vaut un succès d'estime, les films suivants rencontrent l'adhésion du public dans les années 1970 et 1980 : Les Mariés de l'an II en 1971 avec Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert et Laura Antonelli, Le Sauvage en 1975 avec Yves Montand et Catherine Deneuve, Tout feu, tout flamme en 1982 avec Yves Montand et Isabelle Adjani dépassent ainsi chacun les 2 millions d'entrées en France. Puis, en 1990, Jean-Paul Rappeneau réalise l'adaptation de Cyrano de Bergerac d'Edmond Rostand, avec Gérard Depardieu en vedette, film - coécrit avec Jean-Claude Carrière - qui reçoit un énorme succès critique et populaire (plus de 4 millions d'entrées).

En 2017, il préside le jury du 9e Festival international du film policier de Beaune.

Best films

The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
(Director)
Lovers Like Us (1975)
(Director)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
(Director)
The Magnificent One (1973)
(Writer)
All Fired Up (1982)
(Director)
A Matter of Resistance (1966)
(Director)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jean-Paul Rappeneau (21 films)

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Director

Families
Families (2015)
, 1h53
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Chan, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche, Karin Viard, André Dussollier
Rating56% 2.8133552.8133552.8133552.8133552.813355
Jérôme Varenne, un homme d'affaires, vit à Shanghai depuis plus de dix ans. Devant se rendre en voyage d'affaire à Londres en compagnie de sa fiancée et associée Chen-Lin, il profite de son passage en Europe pour voir sa famille à Paris. Lors d'un dîner catastrophique avec sa mère et son frère, il apprend que la belle demeure de son enfance située en province n'est toujours pas vendue et que le promoteur qui l'a rachetée, un copain d'enfance Grégoire Piaggi, s'en dispute la propriété avec la mairie. Il décide de se rendre sur place, laissant sa fiancée partir seule à Londres. C'est ainsi qu'il retrouve Grégoire et fait la connaissance de la belle-fille de son père, la jeune, jolie et très impulsive Louise et de sa mère Florence avec qui son père a passé les dernières années de sa vie.
Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage (2003)
, 1h54
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Black comedy
Themes French war films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Isabelle Adjani, Aurélie Matéo, Gérard Depardieu, Peter Coyote, Grégori Derangère, Virginie Ledoyen
Rating66% 3.345963.345963.345963.345963.34596
It is 1940. When the movie begins, film star Viviane Denvert sits in the audience of a premiere of her new movie and notices a man who keeps staring at her. She is disturbed, and when the film is over and the audience has finished praising her, she rushes home, discovering that she is pursued by that same man. He chases her into her apartment.
The Horseman on the Roof, 2h15
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Frédéric Auburtin
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, La provence, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Isabelle Carré, Pierre Arditi, Claudio Amendola, François Cluzet
Rating69% 3.4936853.4936853.4936853.4936853.493685
In July 1832, Italian patriots hiding out in Aix, France, are betrayed by one of their own, and Austrian agents are on their trail. One patriot, Giacomo, is dragged away and executed. His wife runs off to warn their friend, Angelo Pardi (Olivier Martinez), a young Italian nobleman in France raising money for the Italian revolution against Austria. As the agents descend on his apartmant, Angelo escapes into the countryside.
Cyrano de Bergerac, 2h15
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Pérez, Jacques Weber, Roland Bertin, Philippe Morier-Genoud
Rating74% 3.747293.747293.747293.747293.74729
Cyrano de Bergerac (Gérard Depardieu) is a Parisian poet and swashbuckler with a large nose of which he is self-conscious, but pretends to be proud of. He is madly in love with his "friendly cousin" (they were not actually related as cousins), the beautiful Roxane (Anne Brochet); however, he does not believe she will requite his love because he considers himself physically unattractive, because of his over large nose. Soon, he finds that Roxane has become infatuated with Christian de Neuvillette (Vincent Pérez), a dashing new recruit to the Cadets de Gascogne, the military unit in which Cyrano is serving. Christian however, despite his good looks, is tongue-tied when speaking with women. Seeing an opportunity to vicariously declare his love for Roxane, he decides to aid Christian, who does not know how to court a woman and gain her love.
All Fired Up, 1h48
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Yves Montand, Isabelle Adjani, Lauren Hutton, Alain Souchon, Jean-Luc Bideau, Pinkas Braun
Rating60% 3.047623.047623.047623.047623.04762
Victor Valance a quitté Paris depuis plusieurs années, laissant derrière lui sa mère et ses trois filles, pour réaliser de sombres opérations de casinos aux Bahamas et au Canada. Sa fille aînée, Pauline, est polytechnicienne, attachée au ministre des finances, et s'occupe de toute la famille depuis la mort de sa mère.
Lovers Like Us, 1h43
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Marc Monnet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Luigi Vannucchi, Bobo Lewis, Tony Roberts, Dana Wynter
Rating65% 3.250543.250543.250543.250543.25054
Scant days before her wedding to Vittorio, Nelly (Deneuve) has a change of heart and runs away. As Vittorio pursues her through Caracas, she turns for help first to Alex (Roberts), a previous employer, and then to Martin (Montand), a middle-aged French man she meets by chance. Martin drives her to the airport, where she gets a plane ticket to Paris. Returning by boat to his peaceful lonely life on an island off the coast, Martin is surprised and dismayed to find that Nelly has made her way there ahead of him. When he tries to return her to the mainland she sabotages the boat, causing it to sink. Marooned upon the island, Martin is forced to adapt to his new neighbor, who is determined to stay.
The Married Couple of the Year Two, 1h38
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Historical
Themes Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Laura Antonelli, Sami Frey, Michel Auclair, Julien Guiomar
Rating64% 3.249753.249753.249753.249753.24975
Having killed a noble too friendly with his wife Charlotte, Nicolas Phillibert flees from France to South Carolina, where he does well and wants to marry a rich man’s daughter. To do so, he will first have to return to France and get a divorce. On landing at Nantes in 1793, the Reign of Terror is raging and he is arrested by the revolutionaries. Taken to a republican ceremony in the cathedral, he saves the life of a royalist girl, Pauline, and escapes with her to an isolated castle. There he finds Charlotte, claiming to be a widow, with Pauline’s brother Henri. A prince arrives from London to organise resistance in the Vendée and is struck by Charlotte, who was told by a gypsy that she would become a princess. She admits that she is married to Nicolas, so the prince has him drugged and carried into Nantes city hall to get a divorce. Put back on his ship for America, Nicolas’ divorce certificate blows overboard. Diving into the Loire, he swims ashore to find Charlotte again, but she has left with the prince for neutral Germany. Pursuing her across France in the throes of the Austrian invasion, he catches her at the frontier. Fifteen years later, Nicolas is made a prince by Napoleon and the gypsy’s prediction comes true.
A Matter of Resistance, 1h35
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Nicolas Ribowski
Origin France
Genres War, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes French war films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Brasseur, Philippe Noiret, Mary Marquet, Henri Garcin, Carlos Thompson
Rating67% 3.394333.394333.394333.394333.39433
Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, dans un château de Normandie vivent Jérôme, sa mère et sa femme Marie. Julien, un résistant français venu d'Angleterre, leur tombe du ciel afin de préparer la route des parachutistes américains en vue du débarquement.
That Man from Rio, 1h50
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Philippe de Broca
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, Adolfo Celi, Simone Renant, Daniel Ceccaldi
Rating70% 3.50963.50963.50963.50963.5096
As airman Adrien Dufourquet embarks on an 8-day leave in Paris to see his fiancée, Agnès, two South American Indians steal an Amazon statuette from a museum and force Professor Catalan, the curator, into their car. Catalan was Agnès' father's companion on an Amazon expedition during which her father died. Catalan believes that the statuette is one of three which hold the secret to an Amazon treasure. Adrien arrives in time to see the Indians abducting Agnès, the only one who knows the location of the other statuettes, and he pursues them to the airport where he steals a ticket and boards the same plane.
Provincial Chronicle
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, François Leterrier
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Marcel Cuvelier, Yori Bertin, Jean Lanier, Léon Larive, Georges Baconnet

Dans une petite ville de province, Lucien Courbet, un maître de manège, observe sa voisine depuis sa fenêtre. Quand soudain, un accident se produit…
The Suspects, 2h
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Jean Dréville
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Charles Vanel, Anne Vernon, Jacques Morel, Maurice Teynac, Grégoire Aslan, René Blancard
Rating56% 2.8425852.8425852.8425852.8425852.842585
Le commissaire Perrache, de la DST (Direction et Surveillance du Territoire) a confié une mission dangereuse à l'inspecteur Vignon : démasquer le chef d'un réseau d'espionnage en Méditerranée. Vignon, au péril de sa vie, réussira à mener à bien sa tâche et retrouvera son épouse, Lucette, secrétaire de Perrache, qui a vécu avec toute l'équipe des moments d'angoisse.
Fruits of Summer, 1h45
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Raymond Bernard
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Edwige Feuillère, Henri Guisol, Etchika Choureau, Claude Nicot, Pauline Carton, Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Rating57% 2.862262.862262.862262.862262.86226
À Paris, dans les années 1950, Sabine Gravières est une antiquaire de renom, elle vit seule avec sa fille depuis que son mari l'a quittée pour poursuivre librement sa carrière de diplomate, sa fille, adolescente libre et insolente, aime un garçon et attend bientôt un enfant de lui; Sabine Gravières décide de reconquérir son mari et pense lui faire croire que l'enfant serait né de leurs retrouvailles, il s'avère que deux enfants naissent bientôt dans la famille pour leur grand bonheur.

Scriptwriter

Families
Families (2015)
, 1h53
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Chan, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche, Karin Viard, André Dussollier
Roles Writer
Rating56% 2.8133552.8133552.8133552.8133552.813355
Jérôme Varenne, un homme d'affaires, vit à Shanghai depuis plus de dix ans. Devant se rendre en voyage d'affaire à Londres en compagnie de sa fiancée et associée Chen-Lin, il profite de son passage en Europe pour voir sa famille à Paris. Lors d'un dîner catastrophique avec sa mère et son frère, il apprend que la belle demeure de son enfance située en province n'est toujours pas vendue et que le promoteur qui l'a rachetée, un copain d'enfance Grégoire Piaggi, s'en dispute la propriété avec la mairie. Il décide de se rendre sur place, laissant sa fiancée partir seule à Londres. C'est ainsi qu'il retrouve Grégoire et fait la connaissance de la belle-fille de son père, la jeune, jolie et très impulsive Louise et de sa mère Florence avec qui son père a passé les dernières années de sa vie.
36th Precinct, 1h51
Directed by Olivier Marchal, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, André Dussollier, Roschdy Zem, Valeria Golino, Mylène Demongeot
Rating70% 3.546573.546573.546573.546573.54657
The story revolves around two Prefecture of Police officers: Léo Vrinks (Daniel Auteuil), head of the BRI and Denis Klein (Gérard Depardieu), head of the BRB. Both want to catch a vicious gang of armoured-car robbers that have killed nine people. But when their immediate superior, the chief of the criminal police (André Dussolier), announces that he will soon retire, the rivalry pushes Klein to play dirty in order to get the promotion.
Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage (2003)
, 1h54
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Black comedy
Themes French war films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Isabelle Adjani, Aurélie Matéo, Gérard Depardieu, Peter Coyote, Grégori Derangère, Virginie Ledoyen
Roles Adaptation
Rating66% 3.345963.345963.345963.345963.34596
It is 1940. When the movie begins, film star Viviane Denvert sits in the audience of a premiere of her new movie and notices a man who keeps staring at her. She is disturbed, and when the film is over and the audience has finished praising her, she rushes home, discovering that she is pursued by that same man. He chases her into her apartment.