Jacques Boudet
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Jacques Boudet is a French stage and screen actor. He had great success in the 1980s with his appearance in Exercises in Style
, and is featured in the film The Names of Love
(2010).
In the cinema, he is one of the actors regularly selected by Robert Guédiguian
. He excels in composite roles such as his Duc de Guermantes in Un amour de Swann
, the brother of the character played by Philippe Noiret
in Père et fils and the cynical politician with a southern French accent in L'Ivresse du pouvoir. He also appeared in the 1979 British tv play Churchill and the Generals
as Charles de Gaulle
.
Exercises in Style
Exercises in Style , written by Raymond Queneau, is a collection of 99 retellings of the same story, each in a different style. In each, the narrator gets on the "S" bus Exercises in Style , written by Raymond Queneau, is a collection of 99 retellings of the same story, each in a different style....
, and is featured in the film The Names of Love
The Names of Love
The Names of Love is a 2010 French film, directed by Michel Leclerc, written by Leclerc and Bya Kismi, and produced by Antoine Rein, Fabrice Goldstein and Caroline Adrian.-Production background:...
(2010).
In the cinema, he is one of the actors regularly selected by Robert Guédiguian
Robert Guédiguian
Robert Jules Guédiguian is a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Most of his films star Ariane Ascaride and Jean-Pierre Darroussin....
. He excels in composite roles such as his Duc de Guermantes in Un amour de Swann
Un amour de Swann (film)
Un amour de Swann is a 1984 Franco-German film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. Its screenplay is largely inspired by the novel of the same name by Marcel Proust....
, the brother of the character played by Philippe Noiret
Philippe Noiret
Philippe Noiret was a French film actor.-Biography:Noiret's father was in the clothes trade. Philippe was an indifferent scholar and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He failed several times to pass his baccalauréat exams, so he decided to study...
in Père et fils and the cynical politician with a southern French accent in L'Ivresse du pouvoir. He also appeared in the 1979 British tv play Churchill and the Generals
Churchill and the Generals
Churchill and the Generals is a 1979 BBC television video taped play concerning the relationship between Winston Churchill and generals of the Allied forces between 1940 and 1945. It was written by Ian Curteis and screened on 5 March 1981 in the United States.-Cast:*Timothy West - Winston...
as Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
.
Selected filmography
- Waiting for the MoonWaiting for the MoonWaiting for the Moon is a 1987 Twentieth Century Fox film about Gertrude Stein and her lover and assistant Alice B. Toklas, played by Linda Bassett and Linda Hunt. Set in the 1930s, it depicts the two women meeting Picasso and his lover Fernande Olivier , as well as the authors Ernest Hemingway ,...
(1987) - Merci la vieMerci la vieMerci la vie is a 1991 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. It won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Writing and Best Editing....
(1991) - The Return of CasanovaThe Return of CasanovaThe Return of Casanova is a 1992 French comedy film directed by Édouard Niermans. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Alain Delon - Casanova* Fabrice Luchini - Camille* Elsa Lunghini - Marcolina...
(1992) - Les MisérablesLes Misérables (1995 film)Les Misérables is a 1995 film written and directed by Claude Lelouch. Set in France during World War II, it concerns a poor and illiterate man Henri Fortin who is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between it and his own life.-Plot:The film starts...
(1995) - Safe ConductSafe Conduct (film)Safe Conduct is a 2002 French historical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and written by Tavernier and Jean Cosmos.-Plot:The film is about the French film industry from 1942 to 1944 during the Nazi occupation. The film focuses on assistant director and resistance fighter Jean Devaivre and...
(2002) - Marie-Jo and Her Two LoversMarie-Jo and Her Two LoversMarie-Jo and Her Two Lovers is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Ariane Ascaride - Marie-Jo* Jean-Pierre Darroussin - Daniel* Gérard Meylan - Marco...
(2002)