Philippe de Broca
Born
15 March 1933 (93)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also known as
de Broca de Ferrussac, Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac
Biography
Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac (15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French film director. He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio), The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) and On Guard (Le Bossu). His works include historical, romantic epics such as Chouans! and King of Hearts (Le Roi de cœur), as well as comedies with a charismatic, breezy hero ready to embark upon any adventure which comes his way, so long as it...
Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac (15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French film director. He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio), The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) and On Guard (Le Bossu). His works include historical, romantic epics such as Chouans! and King of Hearts (Le Roi de cœur), as well as comedies with a charismatic, breezy hero ready to embark upon any adventure which comes his way, so long as it means escaping everyday modern life: Practice Makes Perfect (Le Cavaleur), The Devil by the Tail (Le Diable par la queue), The African (L'Africain). He had links with the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, with whom he made six films, as well as with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret and Jean Rochefort. Philippe de Broca was born on 15 March 1933 in Paris. He was the son of a cinema set designer and the grandson of a well-known painter, Alexis de Broca. He studied at the Paris Photography and Cinematography School (école Vaugirard), graduating in 1953. He carried out his military service with the French Army's service cinématographique des armées (army film service) in Germany and then in Algeria, directing or acting as head cameraman on short films. Greatly affected by the war he witnessed in Algeria, he vowed to show life in its best light in his future films "because laughter is the best defence against upsets in life". After his discharge from the military, he set off on a journey taking in the length of Africa in Berliet trucks before returning to Paris. He began working as an intern with Henri Decoin, before finding assistant positions with Claude Chabrol: Bitter Reunion (Le Beau Serge), The Cousins (Les Cousins), Web of Passion (À Double Tour), François Truffaut: The 400 Blows (Les 400 Coups) and Pierre Schoendoerffer: Ramuntcho. In 1959, Claude Chabrol produced de Broca's first film for him, The Love Game (Les jeux de l'amour) with Jean-Pierre Cassel. De Broca went on to work with Cassel again in The Joker (Le Farceur, 1960), Five Day Lover (L'Amant de cinq jours, 1961), and Male Companion (Un Monsieur de Compagnie, 1964). De Broca's first commercial success came with Swords of Blood (Cartouche), filmed in 1962. This film also saw two more names become associated with de Broca: the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and the producer Alexandre Mnouchkine. International acclaim came with That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio) in 1964, Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine) in 1965, The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) in 1973 and Incorrigible (L'Incorrigible) in 1975. In 1966, he co-wrote, directed and produced King of Hearts (Le Roi de Cœur). This parody of the Great War, which some cinema-lovers consider his masterpiece, was a commercial and personal failure, to de Broca's dismay. Yet it eventually achieved genuine cult-film status during the mid 1970s when it was presented in repertory movie theaters as well as non-theatrical college and university film series across the United States, eventually running for five years at the now defunct film house, the Central Square Cinemas [2] in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Source: Article "Philippe de Broca" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography (40)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Le Terminus des prétentieux
2020
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
The Foreign Eye
2006
Viper in the Fist
2004
Un amour en kit
2003
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Y aura pas école demain
2003
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Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
Madame Sans-Gêne
2002
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Amazon
2000
On Guard
1997
Le Veilleur de nuit
1996
Elle s'appelait Françoise
1996
Les hommes et les femmes sont faits pour vivre heureux… mais pas ensemble
1995
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Tales from the Zoo
1994
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Les Clés du Paradis
1991
1001 Nights
1990
Chouans !
1988
The Gypsy
1986
Louisiana
1984
The African
1983
Droit de Réponse
1981
Psy
1981
Jupiter's Thigh
1980
The Skirt Chaser
1979
Dear Inspector
1978
Julie pot-de-colle
1977
Incorrigible
1975
The Magnificent One
1973
Dear Louise
1972
Touch and Go
1971
Le Cinema de Papa
1971
Give Her the Moon
1970
The Devil by the Tail
1969
The Oldest Profession
1967
King of Hearts
1966
Up to His Ears
1965
Male Companion
1964
Les Pieds nickelés
1964
The Little Misses
1964