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  • Manon Des Sources
  • Manon Des Sources review by from Herts
    Rated - 5.0 stars Manon's bitter sweet tale 10 April 2004
    ... as the grieving Manon, who sets out for revenge but finds something better. Yves Montand makes a splendid and tragic Cesar Soubeyron. One of the best storylines ever...   Read customer review
  • Jean De Florette
  • Jean De Florette review by A customer from Oxford
    Rated - 4.0 stars French Connection 20 September 2003
    ...k as one of cinema's greatest performances and he is more than ably assisted by Yves Montand and the rest of the cast. Also worthy of note is the selection of Verdi's Th...   Read customer review
  • Grand Prix
  • Grand Prix review by Ijonas from Glasgow
    Rated - 5.0 stars Better action than modern F1 13 January 2008
    ...ing CGI (it wasn't available in '66) and instead opts to use the actors such as Yves Montand and James Garner as the racing drivers. They do their own driving, and their ow...   Read customer review

Yves Montand - filmography


  • My Father Evgeni (2010)
    Starring: Leonid Brezhnev,  Fidel Castro,  Simone de Beauvoir
    Director: Andrei Zagdansky
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    From 1961 through 1979 Evgeni Zagdansky was the Editor-in-Chief of the Kiev Popular Science Film Studio. From 1981 through 1992 his son Andrei worked in the same film studio. In 1992 Andrei along with his family left Kiev and settled in New York. Evgeni stayed behind. Evgeni's letters to Andrei and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1 member
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  • Jean De Florette on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Yves Montand,  Gerard Depardieu,  Daniel Auteuil
    Director: Claude Berri
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    French director Claude Berri's stunning adaptation of the acclaimed Marcel Pagnol novel is the winner of numerous international awards and is the world's most popular foreign language film ever. City-dweller Jean de Florette (Gerard Depardieu) moves his family to the Provence countryside in the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 19,133 members
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  • Manon Des Sources on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Yves Montand,  Daniel Auteuil,  Emmanuelle Beart
    Director: Claude Berri
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The second of two parts of the classic Marcel Pagnol story set in France in the mid-1920's. The daughter of a ruined farmer discovers the identity of the men who stopped up her father's well and plots revenge, eventually uncovering long forgotten family secrets. Follows "Jean De Florette."
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 15,558 members
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  • Choix des armes, Le (1981)
    Starring: Catherine Deneuve,  Gerard Depardieu,  Yves Montand
    Director: Alain Corneau
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with his lovely and beloved wife, Nicole. The man dies, and Mickey, a menacing hothead, demands money of Noel. A ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 3 members
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  • Le Cercle Rouge on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Alain Delon,  Andre Bourvil,  Gian Maria Volonte
    Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Corey (Alain Delon - BORSALINO) is the young gun in the French underworld who has just been released from prison. Escaped convict Vogel (Gian Maria Volonte – FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE) hides in the trunk of Corey'..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,555 members
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  • Z (1969)
    Starring: Yves Montand,  Irene Papas,  Jean-Louis Trintignant
    Director: Costa Gavras
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Costa-Gavras chronicles the overthrow of the democratic government in Greece. When a liberal politician is murdered in an attack during a peace demonstration, the right wing established figures in the military and the police try and hide not only their parts in it, but try to cover up the murder as ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 78 members
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  • Z (1969)
    Starring: Yves Montand,  Irene Papas,  Jean-Louis Trintignant
    Director: Costa-Gavras
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Following the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth while government officials attempt to cover up their roles.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 14 members
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  • Grand Prix (1966)
    Starring: James Garner,  Eva Marie Saint,  Yves Montand
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    GRAND PRIX is John Frankenheimer's film about the nine-leg world championship of Formula 1 auto racing stars James Garner as driver Pete Aron. During the opening race in Monaco, a collision sends Pete's car flying into the Monte Carlo harbor, and British driver Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford) into a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 442 members
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  • Le Joli Mai (1963)
    Starring: Simone Signoret,  Yves Montand,  Chris Marker
    Director: Chris Marker
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This is an untraditional film documentary that concerns Paris. Instead of covering the usual sights and sounds of the city, writer/director Chris Marks takes his film crew to the street and interviews people on the spot and in their homes. Comments range from the French-Algerian conflict and the ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 25% from 2 members
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  • My Geisha on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Yves Montand,  Edward G. Robinson,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Jack Cardiff
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Renowned director Paul Robaix (Yves Montand) doesn't want his actress-wife Lucy Dell (Shirley MacLaine) to star in his latest picture, an adaptation of Madame Butterfly. With the help of producer Sam Lewis (Edward G. Robinson), Lucy devises a scheme to convince her husband that she's right for the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 92 members
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  • Let's Make Love on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Marilyn Monroe,  Tony Randall,  Yves Montand
    Director: George Cukor
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A millionaire is out to destroy a show that makes fun of him, until he meets cast member Monroe. To get closer to her he joins the cast and hires Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly and Milton Berle (as themselves) to teach him the performing arts.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 403 members
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  • Wages Of Fear on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Yves Montand,  Charles Vanel,  Peter Van Eyck
    Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Together with Diabolique, The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur) earned Henri-Georges Clouzot the reputation as a French Hitchcock. In truth, Clouzot's ability to sustain suspense may have even exceeded Hitchcock's; when originally released, Wages ran 155 tension-filled minutes. Based on the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3,407 members
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Yves Montand facts

5 most recent films

My Father Evgeni - 2.5 stars
Jean De Florette - 4.0 stars
Manon Des Sources - 4.0 stars
Choix des armes, Le - 3.0 stars
Tout Va Bien - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Z - 4.0 stars
Manon Des Sources - 4.0 stars
Jean De Florette - 4.0 stars
Wages Of Fear - 3.5 stars
Grand Prix - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Sleeping Car Murders - 1.0 stars
Le Joli Mai - 1.5 stars
My Father Evgeni - 2.5 stars
Choix des armes, Le - 3.0 stars
Z - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Simone Signoret - 5 times - show films
Jacques Perrin - 3 times - show films
Jean-Louis Trintignant - 3 times - show films
Charles Denner - 3 times - show films
Daniel Auteuil - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alexander Sokurov - 3 times - show films
Jean-Pierre Melville - 2 times - show films
Claude Berri - 2 times - show films
Henri-Georges Clouzot - 2 times - show films
Vincente Minnelli - 2 times - show films