
July 13, 1941 · 85 years old
Jacques Perrin (July 13, 1941 – April 21, 2022) was a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's.

Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater's film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema.

In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.

Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

Mia moves to South Africa with her family to manage a lion farm and develops a special bond with Charlie, a white lion cub; however, things change when she uncovers her father's secret.

The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of rece...

Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.

Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.

An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise and flee the kingdom so she won't have to marry the king who happens to be her father.

The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world.

An aging chief's last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chief-to-be played against harsh Nature in Nepal's Dolpo. When his son dies returning from Tibet's salt lakes, Tinle blames Karma, his son's friend, re...

An exploration into our planetary past and a search for humanity's place in the future. With narration by Cate Blanchett.

A liberated small-town girl stands on trial to determine whether she killed her lover in a crime of passion or in premeditation.

Matteo decides to take a trip across Italy to go visiting his five children.

Ten-year-old orphan Rémi is taken from his adoptive mother by traveling musician Vitalis, learning the difficult life of an acrobat and singer. Rémi's journey across France unveils friendships, support, and the secret of his origins.

This documentary examines the origins of the universe, including the beginning of life on Earth.

Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist for a chemical cor...

Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.

Three sisters share a connection to a violent incident from their childhood reunite to for the chance to come to terms with their past.

A girl pursues a guy who fooled her, but fascinates his younger brother instead.

The witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.

In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Wehrmacht.

During World War I, French colonists lost in African desert decide to attack their German neighbors.

Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to the lush green forests, when the ice retreated, and the cycle of seasons was established. SEASONS is the awe-inspiring tale of the long shared history that binds humankind and nature.

Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.

In occupied France during World War II a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master.

1941. A little town in the Jura is cut in half by a river that forms the border between German-occupied France and the free zone.

A French resistance group liberates some prisoners from the German. Could one of the prisoners be a spy?

A recital becomes part of the French culture; 25 years later the performers return to the village where it was first launched.

In tribute to her late husband, the wife of the respected French director honors his life and artistic works by highlighting his vision in clips and interviews.

Unhappy women are being murdered by Emile, a psychotic young man suffering from the delusion that his acts are mercy killings.

A police superintendent, after 25 years of a flawless professional career, is arrested by internal affairs for 4 days, before being indicted for criminal conspiracy, drug trafficking, theft and embezzlement by the magistrate in ch...

Northern Italy under fascist rule: Luca becomes a partisan, but after the war ends things are not as he had hoped for him and he decides to die. Then he meets women.