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Charles Belmont

Charles Belmont

Directing

Biography

Charles Belmont (1936–2011) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter, known for tackling, in his own films, sensitive societal topics, such as abortion, unemployment, and the healthcare system, long before their treatment in film became commonplace.

Known For

Spray of the Days
4.9

Chick fell in love with Alise because of a shared passion for writer Jean-Sol Partre who gradually devoured their relationship. Soon after, Colin, the main character, also falls in love with a young girl, Chloe, but after their marriage she soon suffers from a strange illness: a water lily grows in her lungs.

Spray of the Days

1968
Rak
6.5

David learns that his mother has cancer and only two months to live. He decides not to let her know.

Rak

1972
The Four Days of Naples
7.5

September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in control — and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, civilians rise up en masse against the invaders — and overwhelming odds.

The Four Days of Naples

1962
The Virgins
4.8

The story of five girls that lose their virginity.

The Virgins

1963
Les Bonnes Femmes
6.3

Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.

Les Bonnes Femmes

1960
Demons at Midnight
8.0

This drama's main asset is Charles Boyer as Pierre, a father out looking for his son one night. Pierre receives a call from a woman who says she will kill herself because of his son. Naturally disturbed at this news, Pierre takes off to find his son and avert disaster. Along the way, he picks up a malcontent, wealthy young woman who decides to stick with him and help him look for his son. After traveling through some of the worst aspects of Paris' demi-monde, Pierre begins to wonder if his son will ever be found. Meanwhile, the relationship with his newfound wealthy friend is heating up.

Demons at Midnight

1961
License to Kill
6.5

Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime gang is very interested in stealing this equipement to sell it to the higher bidder of lawless nations. Menaced, the scientist, who was friends with Nick Carter's father, calls Nick for help. At Nice airport, Nick Carter escapes death, but that night he is unable to stop Formenter's murder. He suspects Bruno, Formenter's adoptive son, and Tonio, the owner of a bar near Formentier's home. Bruno is actually after Formenter's heritage, and for that he tries to kill Catherine, Formentier's granddaughter. Therefore, Nick Carter finds himself against more than a gang, but he will uncover the plots, in time to break every gangster apart.

License to Kill

1964
Wise Guys
5.9

In Paris in the early 1960s, Ronald is a son of a good family, with a carefree, pleasure-oriented life. He is one of the leading figures in the small world of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Following a trivial parking incident, he meets Arthur, a young man with a straight face who hurts his pride. It is at this moment that Ambroisine, a beautiful young woman, appears... she will be the instrument of Ronald's revenge.

Wise Guys

1961
The New Aristrocrats
4.5

Denis, a hypersensitive teenager, is revolted both against his distant, pretentious, well-to-do parents and their superficial society firends and the stiff, intolerant catholic establishment in which he studies. Fortunately,he has an open-minded philosophy teacher, Father Philippe de Maubrun, who understands him and supports him in his distress.

The New Aristrocrats

1961
Qui de nous deux
6.2

Written and performed by a 17 year old girl, the film is a diary, that of a high school student who enters the first year of high school at Claude Monet in Paris.

Qui de nous deux

2006
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3.3

French documentary campaigning for the liberalization of abortion and contraception, directed by Charles Belmont and Marielle Issartel in 1973.

Stories of A

1974
Pour Clémence
8.0

An aeronautical engineer in his forties, passionate about his job, nevertheless opts for a well-compensated year of unemployment as a sabbatical. What happens when city space and time are no longer defined by employment? Where are the wonderful projects? Where are the intimate resources?

Pour Clémence

1977
Les médiateurs du Pacifique
N/A

April 1988. While civil war rages in New Caledonia, Michel Rocard, then Prime Minister, invents an unprecedented solution to restore peace: a mission of dialogue composed of seven completely different men, the mediators of the Pacific

Les médiateurs du Pacifique

1997