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Jean-Gabriel Albicocco

Jean-Gabriel Albicocco

Directing

Biography

Jean-Gabriel Albicocco was a French film director and screenwriter noted for his poetic visual style. Born in Cannes, he began his career as a cinematographer before transitioning to directing. Albicocco gained acclaim with The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961), an adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's novella, and The Wanderer (1967), based on Alain-Fournier's novel Le Grand Meaulnes. His films are characterized by their lyrical imagery and exploration of romantic themes. Albicocco's contributions to French cinema have left a lasting impact on the industry's artistic direction.

Known For

The Girl with the Golden Eyes
5.5

A skirt-chasing fashion photographer meets a charming young woman who captures his interest immediately. She is not wholly forthcoming, but after a period of time, he realizes that he is in love with her -- she is not just another conquest. It takes awhile before he also realizes that she is the partner of his femme associate who is possessive, at the very least.

The Girl with the Golden Eyes

1961
The Wanderer
5.7

Rural France, the 1890s. Always in motion, Augustin wanders three times. First, as a youth, while a boarder near Bourges, he's lost in the woods and finds a chateau where an engagement party's in progress: there he falls eternally in love with Yvonne and she with him. Back at school, he hears she is in Paris, so he follows in a vain search and meets a woman, jilted by her lover. In the countryside a few year's later, Augustin's friend François finds Yvonne and brings Augustin to her. They marry, but the next day, Augustin leaves to fulfill a youthful promise he made to Yvonne's brother. François comforts the pregnant Yvonne as they await Augustin's return.

The Wanderer

1967
The Mad Heart
5.4

Serge Menessier has been paid to shoot a reportage on his ex-wife's depression. Now remarried, he has accepted the job to pay his debts and maybe because he is still in love with her, a famous actress whose career he contributed to launch.

The Mad Heart

1970
Le Petit Matin
4.9

Nina lives with her family in a superb property in the French region of Landes. She loves her cousin Jean who is overprotected by his possessive mother, Eva. There is war and, after the French defeat, Jean wants to reach London.

Le Petit Matin

1971
Rat Trap
6.0

This South American adventure drama finds Charles (Charles Aznavour), a youthful Frenchman traveling to Paraguay to start a new life. Seeking out a rich uncle, the idealistic nephew is rejected by his miserly relation, and he goes on to get involved with a shady woman and a band of gun runners who supply arms for the revolution of the week. Charles and his new girlfriend head for the border after a shootout with federal troops, and a kindly railroad worker hides the couple in an abandoned copper mine. Charles is later thrown in prison while the girl becomes a concubine, but her violator is killed when Charles escapes to rescue her and exact revenge. A pretty harrowing composition could be written by the young couple on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation."

Rat Trap

1963
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7.0

An anthology film featuring five stories about women of different nationalities – French, German, American, Japanese, and Swedish. Each of them makes new experiences in love and sex.

Faire l'amour... De la pilule à l'ordinateur

1971
Closed Vision
7.5

A man’s internal journey over the course of sixty minutes as he wanders through a series of dreamlike and symbolic environments and collages. His physical movements serve as a framework for a stream-of-consciousness exploration of his memories, anxieties, and desires.

Closed Vision

1954