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Yves Montand is a Actor and Songs Italien born on 13 october 1921 at Monsummano Terme (Italie)

Yves Montand

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Birth name Ivo Livi
Nationality Italie
Birth 13 october 1921 at Monsummano Terme (Italie)
Death 9 november 1991 (at 70 years) at Senlis (France)

Yves Montand ([iv mɔ̃tɑ̃]; born Ivo Livi 13 October 1921 – 9 November
1991) was an Italian-born French actor and singer.

Biography

In 1951, he married Simone Signoret, and they co-starred in several films throughout their careers. The marriage was, by all accounts, fairly harmonious, lasting until her death in 1985, although Montand had a number of well-publicized affairs, notably with Marilyn Monroe, with whom he starred in one of her last films, Let's Make Love.

Montand's only child, Valentin, his son by his second wife, Carole Amiel, was born in 1988. In a paternity suit that rocked France, another woman accused Montand of being the father of her daughter and went to court to obtain a DNA sample from him. Montand refused, but the woman persisted after his death. In a court ruling that made international headlines, the woman won the right to have Montand exhumed and a sample taken. The results indicated that he was probably not the girl's biological father.

Signoret and Montand had a home in Autheuil-Authouillet, Normandy, where the main village street is named after him,

In his later years he maintained a home in St Paul de Vence, Provence until his death from a heart attack. In an interview, Jean-Jacques Beineix said, "[H]e died on the set [of IP5: The Island of Pachyderms]... On the very last day, after his very last shot. It was the very last night and we were doing retakes. He finished what he was doing and then he just died. And the film tells the story of an old man who dies from a heart attack, which is the same thing that happened!" Montand is interred next to his first wife, Simone Signoret, in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

In 2004, Catherine Allegret, the daughter of Montand's first wife Simone Signoret, told in her biography "Un Monde a L'envers" (A World Upside Down), that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather since the age of 5 and that he assaulted her well into adulthood.

Best films

Jean de Florette (1986)
(Actor)
Grand Prix (1966)
(Actor)
Lovers Like Us (1975)
(Actor)
State of Siege (1972)
(Actor)
Let's Make Love (1960)
(Actor)
Goodbye Again (1961)
(Actor)

Usually with

Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras
(6 films)
Chris Marker
Chris Marker
(5 films)
Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Yves Montand (71 films)

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Actor

IP5: The Island of Pachyderms, 1h59
Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Peinture
Actors Yves Montand, Olivier Martinez, Géraldine Pailhas, Colette Renard, Sotigui Kouyate, Samir Guesmi
Roles Léon Marcel
Rating62% 3.148463.148463.148463.148463.14846
À la suite d'un coma éthylique qu'a eu le père de Jockey, son meilleur ami Tony fait la rencontre d'une jeune infirmière (Gloria) dont il tombe amoureux. Forcé par une bande de skinhead de transporter des nains de jardin à Grenoble les deux jeunes partent à travers la France dans un voyage aussi improvisé que hors la loi. En chemin ils font la connaissance, lors du vol d'une voiture, d'un vieil homme qui parcourt la France avec un sac à dos et une carte où tous les lacs sont entourés d'une marque rouge. Dans son sac à dos, un vieux Luger dans le chargeur duquel trois balles attendent.
Netchayev is Back, 1h50
Directed by Jacques Deray
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Yves Montand, Vincent Lindon, Miou-Miou, Patrick Chesnais, Maxime Leroux, Jean-Claude Dauphin
Roles Pierre Marroux
Rating52% 2.629392.629392.629392.629392.62939
En mai 68, alors que Paris est embrasé par la révolte étudiante, cinq d'entre eux se distinguent. Ces cinq copains ont un meneur qui a pour nom de code Netchaïev. Celui-ci glisse peu à peu vers le terrorisme et forme avec les autres un réseau révolutionnaire. Quelque temps plus tard, Netchaïev est trahi et disparaît dans de mystérieuses circonstances à Gibraltar.
Three Seats for the 26th, 1h56
Directed by Jacques Demy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, La provence, Films about sexuality, Musical films
Actors Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Patrick Fierry, Françoise Fabian, Jean-Claude Bouillaud, Christophe Bourseiller
Roles Yves Montand
Rating62% 3.1402353.1402353.1402353.1402353.140235
Un comédien de music-hall, Yves Montand, revient dans la ville de son adolescence, Marseille, pour préparer le spectacle de sa prochaine tournée internationale. Toutes ses groupies sont en émoi, en particulier Marion, qui ne rêve que de monter sur scène. Lui songe souvent à Mylène, son amour de jeunesse, qu'il a laissé à Marseille pour faire carrière à Paris.
Jean de Florette, 2h
Directed by Claude Berri, Pascal Baeumler, Xavier Castano
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Themes La provence, Films about the labor movement
Actors Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Élisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Hippolyte Girardot
Roles César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
Rating80% 4.04554.04554.04554.04554.0455
Au milieu des années 1920 dans un petit village fictif de Provence perdu dans la garrigue, Les Bastides Blanches, Ugolin revient du service militaire. Ce jeune paysan a un rêve : gagner de l'argent en cultivant des œillets. Son oncle, César Soubeyran, dit « le Papet », est un vieux célibataire prêt à tout pour que son neveu réussisse et se marie, afin que se transmette son nom, dont Ugolin est l'unique héritier. L'aboutissement de ces projets nécessite une source sur ses terres, un bien extrêmement précieux. La « ferme des Romarins » conviendrait parfaitement.
Manon of the Spring, 2h
Directed by Claude Berri
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes La provence
Actors Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot, Margarita Lozano, Yvonne Gamy
Roles César Soubeyran, aka "le Papet"
Rating79% 3.995293.995293.995293.995293.99529
Following the events of Jean de Florette, Manon, the daughter of Jean, is living in the countryside of Provence near Les Romarins, the farm that her father once owned. She has taken up residence with an elderly Piedmontese squatter couple who teach her to live off the land, tending to a herd of goats and hunting for birds and rabbits. Ugolin Soubeyran, also called Galinette (only by his uncle César), has begun a successful business growing carnations at Les Romarins with his uncle, César Soubeyran—also known as Papet—thanks to the water provided by the spring there.
Waiter!
Waiter! (1983)
, 1h42
Directed by Claude Sautet, Jacques Santi
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Yves Montand, Rosy Varte, Nicole Garcia, André Chaumeau, Jacques Villeret, Dominique Laffin
Roles Alex, chef de rang
Rating62% 3.1246053.1246053.1246053.1246053.124605
Alex is an aging waiter who dreams of becoming a singer. He also wants to show that he is as virile as he was when he was young and starting out as a waiter. When former lover Claire reenters his life after 17 years, he gets his chance to show off his musical skills.
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
Roles Victor Valance
Rating60% 3.047613.047613.047613.047613.04761
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.
Choice of Arms, 2h15
Directed by Alain Corneau, Pascal Ortega, Gilles Katz, Laurent Ferrier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Lanvin, Michel Galabru, Christian Marquand
Roles Noel Durieux
Rating68% 3.4380553.4380553.4380553.4380553.438055
After escaping from prison, Mickey (Gerard Depardieu) and his elderly mentor Serge face a gangster hit squad and a shootout with the police.
I... For Icarus, 2h2
Directed by Henri Verneuil, Philippe Lopes-Curval
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Mafia films, Monde imaginaire, Politique, Political films, Gangster films
Actors Yves Montand, Michel Albertini, Roland Amstutz, Maurice Bénichou, Jean-Pierre Bagot, Georges Beller
Roles Henri Volney
Rating77% 3.8951453.8951453.8951453.8951453.895145
The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state attorney and member of the commission charged with investigating the assassination (based on the Warren Commission) refuses to agree to the commission's final findings. The film portrays the initial controversy about this, as well as Volney and his staff's reopening of the investigation.
Womanlight
Womanlight (1979)
, 1h45
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Romy Schneider, Yves Montand, Heinz Bennent, Jacques Dynam, Lila Kedrova, Romolo Valli
Roles Michel Follin
Rating63% 3.192243.192243.192243.192243.19224
Michel erre dans les rues de Paris, se refusant à aller prendre son avion. Avant qu'il s'en aille, sa femme mourante lui a dit qu'elle prendra les traits de la prochaine femme qu'il rencontrera. C'est alors que Michel rencontre Lydia, dont la souffrance ressemble à la sienne.
Roads to the South, 1h37
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Yves Montand, Miou-Miou, Laurent Malet, José Luis Gómez, Jean Bouise, Didier Sauvegrain
Roles Jean Larrea
Rating55% 2.798872.798872.798872.798872.79887
Nous sommes en 1975, à la fin du franquisme et Jean Larrea, ex-révolutionnaire espagnol, est devenu scénariste mais un conflit de génération l'oppose à son fils.
A Grin Without a Cat, 4h
Directed by Chris Marker
Origin France
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Yves Montand, François Périer, Jorge Semprún, Simone Signoret
Roles Narrator (voice)
Rating78% 3.9353153.9353153.9353153.9353153.935315
The film features many interviews with French communist leaders, students, and sociologists. The Prague Spring of 1968 is featured, with footage of a Fidel Castro speech in which he explains his political support for the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia while questioning the legality of the action. Other sections deal with the rise of Salvador Allende, Minamata poisoning in Japan, and the Watergate Scandal in the US. There are many subtle references to cats throughout the film, as well as brief shots of raccoons.
La Menace
La Menace (1977)
, 1h57
Directed by Alain Corneau
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Yves Montand, Marie Dubois, Carole Laure, Jean-François Balmer, Marc Eyraud, Jacques Rispal
Roles Henri Savin
Rating65% 3.2816053.2816053.2816053.2816053.281605
Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the woman he has made pregnant, and Dominique is hysterical. She first threatens suicide, then shows up at a meeting of Savin and Julie. Dominique tries everything she can think of to break Savin and Julie apart, to no avail. Frustrated in her efforts, she jumps off a cliff and dies. Savin insists that he and Julie lie to the police about the encounter, although Dominique's death was a suicide and therefore they had no direct hand in it. Detective Waldeck investigates Dominique's death.