Philippe de Broca
Philippe de Broca is known for The 400 Blows (1959), Breathless (1960), The Magnificent One (1973).
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 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. ...
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Questions about Philippe de Broca
How many Philippe de Broca films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 45 films with Philippe de Broca, from 1959 to 2022.
What is the best rated Philippe de Broca film?
The best rated Philippe de Broca film in the catalogue is The 400 Blows (1959), rated 8.0.
What was the first Philippe de Broca film?
The first Philippe de Broca film in the catalogue is Le Beau Serge, from 1959.
Who has Philippe de Broca worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Philippe de Broca shares the most credits with Alexandre Mnouchkine (6 films), Daniel Boulanger (6 films) and Françoise Javet (6 films).
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- Legion of Honour
- Nominations
- BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language (1999) · César Award for Best Film (1998) · Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (1965)
Known for
Trivia
- Also works as
- film director · screenwriter · director
- Studied at
- École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
- Spouse
- Margot Kidder · Valérie Rojan
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
50 films — 45 in the catalogue
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8.0 Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
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6.3 Le Terminus des prétentieux
2020 · Self (archive footage)
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6.0 Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011 · Self (archive footage)
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6.1 The Foreign Eye
2006 · Self
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7.7 Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002 · Self
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9.0 Elle s'appelait Françoise
1996 · Self
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8.3 Droit de Réponse
1981 · Self
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7.0 The Magnificent One
1973 · Second Plumber (uncredited)
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6.5 Le Cinema de Papa
1971 · Jean Timent
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6.1 The Devil by the Tail
1969 · Un passant suédois
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7.0 King of Hearts
1966 · Adolf Hitler
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6.2 Les Pieds nickelés
1964 · le chauffeur de taxi
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Les Petites Demoiselles
1964 · Le timide
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5.6 People in Luck
1963 · Le passant qui reçoit l'affiche (segment "Une nuit avec la vedette")
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10.0 Les Filles de La Rochelle
1962
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6.3 Cartouche
1962 · L'homme qui crie 'les aristocrates à la lanterne'
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6.3 The Love Game
1960 · L'homme au cabaret Le Bateau Mouche
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7.5 Breathless
1960 · A Journalist (uncredited)
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8.0 The 400 Blows
1959 · Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
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6.9 Le Beau Serge
1959 · Jacques Rivette de la Chasuble
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6.8 Trois rendez-vous
1953 · Alex, le peintre
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4.4 Amazon
2000
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5.2 1001 Nights
1990
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5.8 Dear Inspector
1978
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6.2 Incorrigible
1975
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5.0 The Oldest Profession
1967
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7.3 That Man from Rio
1964
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6.4 Viper in the Fist
2004
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6.7 On Guard
1997
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5.4 Les Clés du Paradis
1991
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5.8 Chouans !
1988
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4.7 Louisiana
1984
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6.2 Jupiter's Thigh
1980
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5.8 Give Her the Moon
1970
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5.3 Male Companion
1964
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6.4 Five Day Lover
1961
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Regarde-moi quand je te quitte
no date
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10.0 Madame Sans-Gêne
2002
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7.0 Les hommes et les femmes sont faits pour vivre heureux… mais pas ensemble
1995
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5.9 The Seven Deadly Sins
1962
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10.0 Tales from the Zoo
1994
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4.4 The Gypsy
1986
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6.3 The African
1983
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5.6 The Skirt Chaser
1979
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5.2 Touch and Go
1971
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7.0 Up to His Ears
1965
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La Gourmandise
1962
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5.0 The Joker
1961
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4.6 Psy
1981
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5.5 Dear Louise
1972
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