Martine Brochard
Acting
Biography
Martine Brochard (born 1944) is a French actress and writer. Born in Paris, Brochard debuted in 1968 in a minor role in François Truffaut's Baisers volés. In 1970 she moved to Italy, where she became a minor star in genre films, including poliziotteschi, commedia sexy all'italiana and giallo films. From the mid 70's she regularly appears in Italian TV-series and on stage. In 1995 and 1999 she released two collection of stories for children, La gallina blu e altri racconti and Zaffiretto il vampiretto e altri racconti. In 2003 Brochard was diagnosed with leukemia, a disease from which she was able to recover. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martine Brochard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: April 2, 1944
Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known For
Il peccato e la vergogna
In Rome in the thirties lives Nito Valdi, a difficult boy just out of the reformatory, who works for a local boss together with his friend Tony. The meeting with the beautiful Carmen will take Nito's life to an unexpected turn: after the loss of his greatest friend, with the arrival of fascism Valdi approaches the Blackshirts, while he becomes Carmen's worst nightmare. Nito is obsessed with her and wants her at any cost. But Carmen is expecting a child with Giancarlo, scion of one of the most prominent families in Rome: the Fontamaras. The story of Carmen and Nito, who turns out to be a Nazi psychopath, is intertwined with that of the Fontamaras, who have just discovered that they have Jewish origins and therefore must leave Italy to avoid falling victim to those like Valdi.
Stolen Kisses
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
Paprika
Mimma starts working in Madame Colette’s brothel to help her boyfriend financially. There she is rechristened “Paprika,” and falls in love with her first client, naval officer Franco. Despite this attraction, she begins her climb through the sex trade, residing in Italy’s most illustrious brothels.
Trastevere
A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Roman quarter.
A Second Childhood
Lino and Chicca are an aging, childless middle-class couple whose life is disrupted after he's diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
A Man Called Blade
Maurizio Merli stars as a hatchet-wielding bounty hunter with a dark past and an even more desperate future. But when he disrupts the balance of power in a corrupt mining town, he unleashes a firestorm of brutality, betrayal and cold-blooded murder. Now, one man stalks a savage land where justice walks a razor and no bullets slice deeper than vengeance. He is A MAN CALLED BLADE.
I promessi sposi
Set between 1629 and 1631. Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella are Lombard peasants forced to separate and endure a thousand vicissitudes because of the bullying of the squire Don Rodrigo. However, during their journey they will find various people willing to help them, from Friar Cristoforo to the Innominato, from Federigo Borromeo to Donna Prassede.
Savage Three
By day, Ovidio (Joe Dallesandro) and his two friends work at a data center. After work, they blow off steam by committing random acts of savage violence, swiftly graduating from sparking a riot at a football game to vehicle theft, rape, and murder. The police are convinced this recent spate of crimes is politically motivated, but world-weary veteran Commissario Santaga (Enrico Maria Salerno) suspects a far more terrifying explanation: that these young men are motivated by nothing more than boredom and disaffection at civilized society. As Ovidio's behavior escalates, a psychological game of cat-and-mouse ensues between the two adversaries, building towards a shocking final confrontation.
Frou-frou del Tabarin
Misadventures of a mother (Carmen Scarpitta) and a her daugther (Martine Brochard)
Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!
Franco and Ciccio work as waiters in an inn in France. The day Ciccio officially takes French citizenship, the First World War breaks out between Germany and France and all citizens are forced to enlist.
Filmography
as Self
as Self
as Cesarina
as Mamma Ermete
as Sylvie Levi
as Marzia
as Odette
as Madame Jubert
as The Countess
as Elvire Bonnet
as Madame Collette
as madre di Gertrude
as Madame Janaud
as Giovanna
as Marchesa Caetani
as Luciana
as Signora Conti
as Carol
as Isabella
as Shirley
as Eileen
as Elene Miotti
as Daniela
as Clotilde de Marelle
as Lavinia, the nurse
as Angela
as Avghi
as Hélène
as Viviane
as Livia Bonoli-Serpieri
as Contessina Charlotte de la Barrière / Frou Frou
as Alba Mainardi
as Mirella Guglielmi
as Marta / Davide's wife
as Paulette Stone
as Rita
as Martine Fresienne
as Catherine Leher
as Sister Lucia
as Maria
as Mara
as Cinzia Santamaria
as Chiara
as Luisa (scenes deleted)
as Lilì
as Jacky
as (uncredited)
as Madame Colin (uncredited)