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Jean-Claude Carrière (born 17 September 1931, Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France) was a screenwriter and actor. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel. He was president of La Fémis, the French state film school. His collaboration with Buñuel began with the film Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), for which he co-wrote the screenplay (with Buñuel) and also played the part of a village priest. Carrière and the director would collaborate on the scripts of nearly all Buñuel's later films, including Belle de Jour (1967), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), The Phantom of Liberty (1974), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) and The Milky Way (1969). He also wrote screenplays for The Tin Drum (1979), Danton (1983), The Return of Martin Guerre (1982), La dernière image (1986), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Valmont (1989), The Bengali Night (1988), Chinese Box (1997) and Birth (2004), and co-wrote Max, Mon Amour (1986) with director Nagisa Oshima. He also collaborated with Peter Brook on a 9-hour stage version of the ancient Sanskrit epic, The Mahabharata, and a five-hour film version. Most recently he collaborated with Michael Haneke on the script of The White Ribbon. His work in television includes the series Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë (1964), a French-West German production much seen overseas.

Most Popular Jean-Claude Carrière Trailers

Total trailers found: 168

May Fools Trailer (1990)

24 January 1990

An eccentric family is re-united during the 1968 general strike in France, after the death of the grandmother.

Bunuel and King Solomon's Table Trailer (2001)

09 November 2001

The old Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel (1900-83) imagines a movie plot, set in Toledo in the future 2002, about the fantastic adventure of three actors, who play him and his friends, the painter Salvador Dalí (1904-89) and the poet Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), and their search for King Solomon's table, a mythical artifact capable of revealing the past, present and future.

Every Man for Himself Trailer (1980)

12 October 1980

A look at the sexual and professional lives of three people — a television director, his ex-girlfriend, and a sex worker.

Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau Trailer (2022)

24 March 2022

The Patience Stone Trailer (2013)

20 February 2013

In a war-ridden country, a woman watches over her husband, comatose from a bullet in the neck and abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers.

Exploits of a Young Don Juan Trailer (1986)

04 November 1986

In 1914, sixteen year old Roger returned home from boarding school during vacation to find his puberty hit hard in a house filled with beautiful women.

In the Shadow of Women Trailer (2015)

27 May 2015

Pierre and Manon are poor. They make documentaries with nothing and they live by doing odd jobs. Pierre meets a young intern, Elisabeth, and she becomes his mistress.

The Milky Way Trailer (1969)

28 February 1969

Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way they meet a whole assortment of people—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.

Lover for a Day Trailer (2017)

31 May 2017

After a bad breakup, a college-aged Parisian moves into her father's flat only to discover that he is living with his new girlfriend - a young woman her age.

Swann in Love Trailer (1984)

23 February 1984

In 19th-century Paris, Charles Swann risks his social standing in his obsessive pursuit of prostitute Odette.

The Mahabharata Trailer (1990)

24 January 1990

One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook.

Broken Dolls Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

A former European actor Don Martin has retired with his disjointed "family" to his own private island, "The Paradise.

Chinese Box Trailer (1997)

14 November 1997

The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.

The Artist and the Model Trailer (2012)

28 September 2012

In occupied France in summer 1943, a world-weary famous sculptor finds the desire to work again with the arrival of a beautiful young Spanish refugee.

Ulzhan Trailer (2007)

28 June 2007

Somewhere in the endless steppes of Central Asia lies a treasure. One man holds the key to it, a fragment of an ancient map.

Carrière, 250 Meters Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

A portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre and screen writer - and Bunuel's long term collaborator - Jean Claude Carrière.

Rupture Trailer (1961)

01 January 1961

A man receives a breakup letter from his sweetheart, who sends him back his photo, in pieces. The pained lover decides to reply.

The Woman with Red Boots Trailer (1974)

11 December 1974

An elderly millionaire manipulates an avant-garde writer and a happily married man.

The Diabolical Dr. Z Trailer (1966)

01 August 1966

A woman seeks to avenge her father's death using a local dancer, with long poisonous fingernails, to do her bidding.

Le Grand Amour Trailer (1969)

21 March 1969

Pierre married Florence, the only daughter of a small industrialist. 15 years later, he is the boss, but his middle-class life worries him a lot.

Dispute in Valladolid Trailer (1992)

02 May 1992

Spain conquered the seas, found a new world and different realities than the one known in Europe. But a question needed to be answered with what they found in those new territories: do the Indians have souls? The Church, bound to protect and convert the natives and the conquerors who treated them like slaves and thought they were only merchandising, expose their arguments and reasonings at what would be known as the Vallidolid controversy.

Yoyo Trailer (1965)

19 February 1965

The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an equestrienne and becomes a circus clown.

Hard to Be a God Trailer (1990)

25 January 1990

Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble don Rumata of Estor as a spy with a mission to contact the local resident of the institute, arrives in the city of Arkanar.

Land of Dreams Trailer (2022)

16 September 2022

Simin is an Iranian woman on a journey to discover what it means to be a free American. She works for the Census Bureau which, in an effort to control its citizens, has begun a program to record their dreams.

The Night and the Moment Trailer (1995)

05 July 1995

The Night and the Moment is a 1995 erotic drama. A writer (Dafoe) is invited to the house of a noblewoman (Olin) who adores free-thinkers.

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait Trailer (2017)

05 May 2017

A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel.

Butterfly on the Shoulder Trailer (1978)

03 May 1978

On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering who brought him there.

The Return of Casanova Trailer (1992)

12 May 1992

After many years of rambling across Europe the aging Giacomo Casanova is impoverished. He wants to return to the Republic of Venice but he doesn't dare going there directly because he was a fugitive when he left.

The General of the Dead Army Trailer (1983)

19 October 1983

In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years since the Second World War ended, an Italian general, accompanied by a priest who is also an Italian army colonel, is sent to Albania to locate and collect the bones of his countrymen who had died during the war and return them for burial in Italy.

The Return of Martin Guerre Trailer (1982)

14 May 1982

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry.

A Bigger Splash Trailer (2015)

26 November 2015

An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.

The Horseman on the Roof Trailer (1995)

20 September 1995

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.

Salsa Trailer (2000)

22 January 2000

At age 24, Rémi Bonnet, brilliant pianist, abandons Chopin and Toulouse to play the music he has secretly loved for years - Salsa! He heads for Paris, the salsa capital of Europe, only to discover to his great surprise, that nobody wants a white boy in Latin band! Felipe, his Cuban friend, sets him straight: " You don't have the Latino look, muchacho! Today, if your are not Cubano or Columbiano, you are out!".

The Bengali Night Trailer (1988)

26 October 1988

Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri.

Dorothea's Revenge Trailer (1974)

24 April 1974

Dorothea, a 16-year-old bourgeois girl from Hamburg, plays with her friends of both sexes, imitating the production of adult movies.

Certified Copy Trailer (2010)

19 May 2010

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.

These Kids Are Grown-Ups Trailer (1979)

14 March 1979

When a real-estate promoter attempts to take over the homes of two electronics whizzes and boot them out, they contrive ingenious ways to inconvenience and harass him.

A Little Sun in Cold Water Trailer (1971)

29 October 1971

Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Realising that neither his friend Jean nor his girlfriend Eloïse can help him, he decides to stay with his sister Odile, who lives near Limoges.

Belle de Jour Trailer (1967)

24 May 1967

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre.

The Crusade Trailer (2021)

22 December 2021

Abel, Marianne and their 13-year-old son Joseph live together in Paris. Their everyday existence is thrown into turmoil when Abel and Marianne discover that Joseph has secretly sold valuables from the family home to finance a mysterious ecological project he and his friends have in Africa.

The Tin Drum Trailer (1979)

02 May 1979

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees as filled with hypocrisy and injustice, and vows on his third birthday to never grow up.

Marie-Antoinette, la véritable histoire Trailer (2006)

21 December 2006

Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria and a very young girl, marries King Louis-Auguste, Dauphine of France.

The Possessed Trailer (1988)

24 February 1988

Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence.

The Monk Trailer (1972)

02 November 1972

Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes.

Borsalino Trailer (1970)

19 May 1970

In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman.

The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

A loosely chronological visual “scrapbook” marking the 25th anniversary of the death of Luis Buñuel.

Julie pot-de-colle Trailer (1977)

20 April 1977

Julie asks Jean-Luc Farlot, authorized signatory of a big European bank to help her disguise a murder as an accident.

Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens Trailer (2017)

19 January 2017

Featuring previously unissued photographs and video archives as well as interviews of his friends and partners in crime, this documentary tells how the kid from the poor suburbs turned superstar photographer.

At Eternity's Gate Trailer (2018)

15 November 2018

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

Happy Anniversary Trailer (1962)

28 February 1962

Heureux Anniversaire is a 1962 French short comedy film directed by Pierre Étaix. While his wife impatiently waits and gets drunk, a husband tries to get the appropriate anniversary gifts and fight his way home through traffic in time for their celebratory lunch.

Antonieta Trailer (1982)

21 October 1982

Anna is a psychologist undertaking research about famous suicidal women. She takes a specific interest in the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, who killed herself in 1931 in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.

That Obscure Object of Desire Trailer (1977)

17 August 1977

After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita.

The Angry Man Trailer (1979)

14 March 1979

Romain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However the deceased is not his son but an individual who was using his passport so Dupree begins a frantic search for his son who happens to be wanted by the local mob.

The Swimming Pool Trailer (1969)

31 January 1969

Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday.

Golden Boy Trailer (1996)

21 February 1996

Antoine a Union representative works in a financially troubled factory. He's not the sharpest tool in the box but he has a big heart and when he and his wife win the jackpot of the national lottery.

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète Trailer (2000)

01 August 2000

Delphine Seyrig, an extraordinary woman and actress, died on October 15, 1990. From "Last Year at Marienbad" by Alain Resnais to "India Song" by Marguerite Duras, she played in 34 films for cinema, 13 films for television and 33 plays.

The Suitor Trailer (1962)

12 November 1962

Absent-minded yet cultured, Pierre answers his parents demands to wed by ignoring both astronomy and the housemaid, instead falling head-over-heels for rich damsels.

Harold et Maude Trailer (2012)

02 February 2012

Harold Chasen is a young man of 19 years with an overflowing and morbid imagination, who takes advantage of his free time to attend funerals, and stage suicides to react to his mother, Mrs.

Borsalino City Trailer (2016)

13 April 2016

The history of the birth of an icon, the Borsalino hat. From the factory where it was conceived in a small Italian town, to the glamorous world of Hollywood.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Trailer (1972)

15 September 1972

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.