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Jacques D’Azur the renowned producer and acclaimed King of Cannes was reported lost at sea on his yacht near Tahiti, on his traditional pre-Cannes film festival vacation. He was 70. Armed with a winning smile and hypnotic charisma, Jacques D’Azur was the movie star’s movie star. While most actors only played at being suave, charming, desirable leads, Jacques D’Azur actually was. His rise to legend coincided with the rise of the Nouvelle Vague film movement and the worldwide importance of his hometown Cannes and its film festival.

by: Jacques D'Azur from Cannes, France

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The Man Who Loved Women

A beautiful, sophisticated, thoughtful film. It's been said that this story could have been written about me, but in truth, there is much that is different - I have never suffered with loneliness...

The Man Who Loved Women on DVD (1977)
Starring: Nelly Borgeaud, Nathalie Baye, Brigitte Fossey
Director: Francois Truffaut
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When he suddenly dies and is buried, the late Bertrand Morane (Charles Denner), an aeronautical engineer from Montpelier, receives funeral visitation from hundreds of women. Little wonder: in life, Morane simply couldn't keep his mind off of women -- one glance at a well-turned ankle and he was ..read more »
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And God Created Woman

Ah, la belle Brigitte! Perfection in feminine form - was there ever a woman more suited to this role than Mademoiselle Bardot? She is Eve... Venus... Aphrodite...!

And God Created Woman on DVD (1956)
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Curt Jurgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Director: Roger Vadim
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This Roger Vadim production was released in the US as ...And God Created Woman. Vadim's then-wife Brigitte Bardot plays the central character, a curvaceous nymphet with a voracious sexual appetite. In fact, it isn't what Bardot does in bed but what she might do that drives the three principal male ..read more »
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To Catch A Thief

Romance and excitement float in the Riviera air with the aroma of fine perfume, and the magical frisson is delicious between the suave Cary Grant and the exquisite Grace Kelly.

To Catch A Thief on DVD (1955)
Starring: Charles Vanel, Cary Grant, John Williams
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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A jewel thief is at large on the Riviera, and all evidence points to retired cat burglar Cary Grant. Escaping the law, Grant heads to the Cote D'Azur, where he is greeted with hostility by his old partners in crime. All of them had been pardoned due to their courageous activities in the wartime ..read more »
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Une Femme Est Une Femme

I love how flirty and trivial are Angela & Émile, I love the music and the dance and the homage to the Hollywood Golden Age, and I love Anna Karina, so exotic and luminescent.

Une Femme Est Une Femme (1961)
Starring: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Claude Brialy
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
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'Une Femme Est Une Femme' tells the story of a nightclub stripper who is anxious to have a baby with her boyfriend turns to his best friend when he refuses
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Le Mepris

Of Brigitte, I can never get enough. My old friend Jean-Luc Godard makes satire with cinema and tradition, and he captures Bardot's beauty but does not trap it.

Le Mepris on DVD (1963)
Starring: Michel Piccoli, Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
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An aspiring playwright, Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) finds himself caught between the creative director (Fritz Lang playing himself) and the crass producer Prokosch (Jack Palance) on a movie version of Homer's 'The Odyssey'. While the director wants to faithfully re-create Homer's world, the ..read more »
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