Jean-Laurent Cochet

Jean-Laurent Cochet (28 January 1935 – 7 April 2020) was a French director and actor. He was best known for starring in movies such as A Thousand Billion Dollars and Fort Saganne. He was an important teacher for acting. Hundreds of his students have succeeded in theater and cinema: Gérard Depardieu, Richard Berry, Claude Jade, Isabelle Huppert, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Carole Bouquet, Fabrice Luchini, etc. On 7 April 2020, he died from COVID-19 during the pandemic. Source: Article "Jean-Laurent Cochet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Saganne (1984)

In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Corneau
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Philippe Noiret  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Sophie Marceau

In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Corneau
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Philippe Noiret  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Sophie Marceau

A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982)

A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American multinational company intent on taking over several French industries. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Verneuil
CAST:  Patrick Dewaere  •  Michel Auclair  •  Caroline Cellier  •  Charles Denner

A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American multinational company intent on taking over several French industries. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Verneuil
CAST:  Patrick Dewaere  •  Michel Auclair  •  Caroline Cellier  •  Charles Denner

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DIRECTION:  Alain Bonnot
CAST:  Claude Brasseur  •  Michel Vitold  •  Christine Dejoux  •  Jean-Laurent Cochet

Nina (1979)

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DIRECTION:  Jean-Laurent Cochet  •  Pierre Sabbagh
CAST:  Jacques Sereys  •  Louis Velle  •  Rosy Varte  •  Gérard Pollet

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DIRECTION:  Jean-Laurent Cochet  •  Pierre Sabbagh
CAST:  Jacques Sereys  •  Louis Velle  •  Rosy Varte  •  Gérard Pollet

Histoire de rire (1982)

When the friendship between two men is put to the test by two women, we can only laugh because the author has managed to adapt this situation in a superb comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Sabbagh
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Bacri  •  Jean-Pierre Bouvier  •  Danièle Evenou  •  Michèle André

When the friendship between two men is put to the test by two women, we can only laugh because the author has managed to adapt this situation in a superb comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Sabbagh
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Bacri  •  Jean-Pierre Bouvier  •  Danièle Evenou  •  Michèle André

L'Intoxe (1983)

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DIRECTION:  Jean-Laurent Cochet
CAST:  Jacques Dufilho  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Josy Lafont

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DIRECTION:  Jean-Laurent Cochet
CAST:  Jacques Dufilho  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Josy Lafont