Jean-Pierre Darras Movies
- 1970
Hughes (Jean-Claude Carriere), a veterinarian, contacts an agency for people who are seeking marriage. Through the agency, he meets and marries Jeanne (Anna Karina), a woman with a large house where he can use the space to care for animals. Later, he turns jealous and suspects his wife has a secret life. She discovers he has followed her and retaliates by giving one of his poisonous snakes to a zoo. Eventually, the two lovers reconcile to combine forces against the animals that may be extraterrestrials who have taken on human form in this fantasy comedy effort. Carriere wrote both the original story and screenplay for the film. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean-Claude Carrière, Anna Karina, (more)
- 1970
This offbeat satirical comedy finds a beautiful and talkative housekeeper (Annie Girardot) working for several colorful employers. One is a former prostitute living with a prominent politician. Also included is a ribald bank teller and a strange man who helps out at a church for wayward boys and sings at a homosexual nightclub. The housekeeper's verbose nature leads to blackmail for her clients, with the two men meeting their deaths and the ex-prostitute wedding plans put in jeopardy. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Annie Girardot, Bernard Blier, (more)
- 1970
This slapstick comedy finds a train conductor Pierre Richard unable to sleep at home due to his neighbor's rooster crowing. In an effort to silence the bird, he chases is on the top of the barn. The neighbor gives the rooster to the surprised conductor, who takes the bird on his job the next day. Soon the bird awakens sleeping passengers, and the train inspector (Claude Pieplu) is called to investigate. When the rooster leads the inspector to his owner, the conductor is discovered. Although the inspector promises to go easy on the man, he quits his job and joins his girlfriend in the train's drinking car for a chicken dinner. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Claude Piéplu, Pierre Richard, (more)
- 1966
A beautiful free-lance photographer meets and falls in love with a French medical student at a fancy ball and becomes pregnant after their passionate tryst. Now the formerly free-wheeling student finds himself facing a difficult situation. He decides that the woman should abort the child, and so to raise enough cash he sleeps with a wealthy older woman. Unfortunately, the photographer balks and as the story ends, the viewer is left to ponder the couple's ultimate choice. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Christine Delaroche, Nino Castelnuovo, (more)
