Robert Benayoun

Born: 1926-12-12

Robert Benayoun (12 December 1926 in Kenitra, Morocco – 20 October 1996, Paris) was a French film critic and author, and one-time member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival of 1980. He wrote books on Tex Avery, Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, and Alain Resnais. He wrote screenplays for and directed three films. Benayoun was one of comedian Jerry Lewis's greatest supporters and directed a film about him called Bonjour Mr. Lewis. He also directed the 1975 film Serious as Pleasure. Source: Article "Robert Benayoun" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Erotissimo

as Mario
Released: 1969-06-07

Annie is a middle-age wife, still sexy and pampered by her husband, Phillippe, who is the owner...

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The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-05-12

The amazing story of the animograph, a machine created in France in the sixties by the...

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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Apostrophes

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-10

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...

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