Jean Pélégri
Jean Pélégri (June 20, 1920 – September 24, 2003) was a writer and professor of literature. Of French descent, he was born in Algeria, but left as part of the diaspora of French colonists referred to as pied-noirs following the Algerian War. He was friends with many Algerian writers (such as Mohammed Dib and Kateb Yacine) and, like Jean Sénac, Pélégri considered himself to be one of them; he always saw himself as an "Algerian at heart". He supplemented his novels' prefaces with artwork from his painter friends Baya, Abdallah Benanteur, Mohammed Khadda and Jean de Maisonseul. Pélégri also assisted on the film adaptation of his novel Les Oliviers de la justice as screenwriter, dialogue writer and actor. The movie won the Cinema and Television Writers Award at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
Pickpocket
as L'inspecteur principalMichel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly...
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Thérèse
as The fatherThe life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her...
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Errors of Youth
as Gilles GenestThe oddest things come in pairs. In 1989, there were two foreign films on the market whose...
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Coming to Terms with the Dead
as le vieil homme du métroIt’s summer, on the beach of this little town in Brittany, a man is building a sand castle. A...
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The Olive Trees of Justice
as Jean's FatherThe son of a French colonialist in Algeria returns to Algeria after learning that his father is...
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Frequent Death
as Dr. PastorJeanne Quester is a psychologist-on-the-airwaves in a radio station. She got a raw deal when she...
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