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Umberto D.
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
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following his recovery from a stroke, and final movie role before his death in 2021.
Plot
Charles is a retiree who lives in a maid's room in the house of his lover, a rich widow. He is forced out onto the street with his dog after the widow breaks off the relationship, as she decides to marry again. With no home nor way to make money, they wander the streets of Paris.
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
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Julika Jenkins
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Jean Dujardin
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Michèle Bernier
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Personal life
She is the daughter of Georges Bernier (1929-2005), better known by the name of Professeur Choron and Odile Vaudelle (1934-1985).
From 1982 to 1997 ...
Françoise Fabian
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Pierre Cassignard
Pierre Cassignard (19 December 1965 – 20 December 2021) was a French stage and screen actor.
Early life
Pierre Cassignard was born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande in Grionde, France, on 19 December 1965. In the early 1980s, he moved to Paris to study ...
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Cristiana Reali
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Biography
Reali was born in São Paulo, Brazil, the daughter of the Brazilian journalist Elp ...
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Tchéky Karyo
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Pierre Mondy
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Antoine Duléry
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Patrick Bosso
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Filmography
References
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1962 births
Living people
French male film actors
French people of Ital ...
Barbara Schulz
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For her performances on the stage, Schulz has been nominated ...
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Sarah Biasini
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Career
Biasini studied art history at the Sorbonne in Paris and theater at the Lee Stra ...
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Bruno Lochet
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Rachida Brakni
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Biography
In 2001, she joined the Comédie Française, as a member of whic ...
Aurélien Wiik
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Life and career
Acting career
He made his cinematic acting debut at the age of twelve, pl ...
Nicole Calfan
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Filmography
Theater
Author
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1947 births
Living people
Actresses from Paris
French film actresses
French television actresses
Frenc ...
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Steve Suissa
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Selected filmography
* ''Taking Wing'' ...
Jacques Spiesser
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Biography
After having taken courses at the Conservatoire, he made his film debut in 1972 in Nina Companeez's '' Faustine et le bel été'' with Muriel Catala.
He is best known to English ...