Jacques Canselier
Acting
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Known For
Vagabond
After being burned in romance just one time too many, Quentin has become a master at amiable, superficial relationships. In fact, most people can't help but like him, as he is clearly a sensitive and thoughtful fellow, in addition to being friendly. He frequently pulls up stakes and moves to a new town when things grow too intimate for his liking. Now he has fallen in love with a single mother who makes settling down look more attractive than wandering on. However, achieving the breakthrough to real intimacy will cost him a good deal of pain.
To Be Twenty in the Aures
A group of refractory and pacifist Bretons is sent to Algeria. These beings confronted with the horrors of war gradually become killing machines. One of them did not accept it and deserted, taking with him an FLN prisoner who was to be executed the next day.
The Professional
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.
Max and the Junkmen
A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Parlez-moi d'amour
Emerging from a lengthy dinner where his mother was exhibited without restraint for the favor of a man, Daniel returns alone, sickened. Without imagining the trap closes on him, he later agrees to have a drink with a neighbor he just help carry packages. She "vamp" and keeps her house without a very fierce resistance opposes too happy to escape his solitude. Taking advantage of the absence of his mother, Daniel finally leaves the high school and moved to the neighbor who, having close to her more often, gets him a place in the clinic where she is employed.
Such a Lovely Town...
Stephane (Victor Lanoux) is the mayor of a small village. He is also the manager of the tannery which provides the inhabitants with work. In a fit of anger, he kills his wife (Edith Scob). A judge (Jean Carmet) tries to prove his culpability, but it's not an easy task, because there is a political and social pressure.
Santa and the Tooth Fairies
When Santa receives Hans' letter too late to deliver him a toy, Santa and the Tooth Fairies join forces to finish Hans' present before midnight strikes.
The Bit Between the Teeth
Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math whiz who uses his talent for picking the winners. Charles (Michel Galabru) is the wealthy scrap-iron magnate who has embarrassing evidence on many prominent political figures. Loic (Jacques Dutronc) is the aspiring politico who seeks to further his career by any means possible. Charles approaches Loic and asks his political party for a loan in hopes of fixing an upcoming race....
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Colinot's world is turned upside down when his fiancee is kidnapped.
Filmography
as Cormier
as Germain
as Joël
as Pet Shop Man
as Store Owner II
as Le gnome
as Robert Redford's 'lookalike'
as Le petit homme aux fleurs
as Toledo
as Javel, greffier du Juge Noblet
as Giacomo, le prestidigitateur
as L'excité
as le jockey
as Dimitri - un braqueur minable
as Coco
as Jean-Marie Patinet aka 'Jean-Jean'
as André Millon
as La Fouine