
Jean Chapot
Writer · 1930 – 1998 · Bois-Guillaume, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
Jean Chapot (15 November 1930 – 10 April 1998) was a French screenwriter and film director who began his career as an actor. In 1972, he was awarded the Short Film Palme d'Or for his film Le fusil à lunette at the 25th Cannes Film Festival. Source: Article "Jean Chapot" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Movie5.7DramaRY A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France. The rebels have made careful plans to blow up the dictator's private plane as he returns, but at the last second he changes plans and travels on a commercial flight. The rebels then must make a difficult decision: they must either blow up a flight filled with innocent passengers, or else allow the dictator to return home and take brutal reprisals against the leaders of the uprising.
Movie6.8DocumentaryDocumentary about young actress Romy Schneider, capturing just the right moment between her first career as a young actress in mainstream "Unterhaltungskino" ("entertainment cinema") and her second one as acknowledged European arthouse actress.