Antoine Bonfanti

Antoine Bonfanti

Antoine Bonfanti (23 October 1923 - 4 March 2006) was a French sound engineer and a professor at cinema schools and institutes in France and other countries. He taught regularly at INSAS in Brussels and EICTV in Cuba, and occasionally at Fémis and ENSLL. He was born 26 October 1923 in Ajaccio, Corsica, and died 4 March 2006 in Montpellier, France. He began learning his profession as a trainee boom-operator on the film La Belle et la Bête by Jean Cocteau. He is considered as being one of the pioneers of direct-sound in film-making on location: “the school of direct-sound is French - said the sound-engineer Jean-Pierre Ruh- it began with Antoine Bonfanti”. He is characterised by his collaborations with directors as Bernardo Bertolucci, André Delvaux, Amos Gitaï, Jean Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Chris Marker, Gérard Oury, Alain Resnais, René Vautier, and Paul Vecchiali. His primary occupation is the authenticity of sound: above all he likes building the whole universe of sound of one film, through every stage from filming to sound-mixing (that means the live-sounds, the ambiances in location and after the sound-effects, the dubbing and the mixing in auditorium). In this pattern, he had 120 films of which 80 feature films. Otherwise, his filmography includes about 420 titles of long and short Films of fiction or documentary; and within this number, some can be still missing because - as involved in cinema as in politics - Antoine did lots of "for free" that, may be, haven't been listed. Member of the Résistance and, after, volunteer soldier in the war-years 1943-1945; militant, communist by spirit, vigilante, he is part of SLON collective - which later becomes ISKRA - and of the Medvedkine-groups. He shared his sound-artist's talent and he has trained several generations of sound-engineers in many countries (Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Morocco, Mozambique, Peru, Portugal, Tunisia, Venezuela), where to make of the cinema is a matter of fight. The film "Antoine Bonfanti - Traces sonores d’une écoute engagée" by Suzanne Durand, reconstitutes a professional path of more than 50 years which demonstrate a commitment going far-beyond the simple trade and his collaboration with a lot of film-makers; it is also an original approach of the sound's practical. He recounts it himself also, interviewed by Noël Simsolo in a transmission on France-Culture, called "Mémoire du siècle, Antoine Bonfanti" on 20 August 1997, and broadcast during "Les Nuits de France-Culture" at midnight of 25 January 2016. Antoine, nicknamed "Nono" by his Corsican family, "Toni" by his war comrades, "Bonbon" within the world of cinema, was born in Ajaccio in 1923. The family leaves again for Africa in 1926, having already spent some years in Conakry in "République de Guinée", (formerly "Guinée française"). His father is "receveur principal des postes" in Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina-Faso (formerly "Haute-Volta"). Antoine spends some of his youth there but, when his eldest brother must go to high-school, the family returns to Corsica, before his father be appointed "percepteur" (tax-collector) at Saint-Rambert d’Alban, and after at Touquet-Paris-Plage. ... Source: Article "Antoine Bonfanti" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Antoine Bonfanti
  • Popularity: 1.125
  • Known For: Sound
  • Birthday: 1923-10-26
  • Place of Birth: Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Antoine Bonfanti Movies

  • 1963
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    Bon pour le service

    Bon pour le service

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1970
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    The People and Their Guns

    The People and Their Guns

    1 1970 HD

    Directed by Joris Ivens and Jean-Pierre Sergent.

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  • 1995
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    Life Lesson

    Life Lesson

    7 1995 HD

    To attain knowledge, man and woman had to be willing to give up their innocence," says Boris Lehman. Life Lesson is a poetic and philosophic...

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  • 1965
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    The Sucker

    The Sucker

    7.4 1965 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    6 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    6 1969 HD

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  • 1983
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    Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

    Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

    6.2 1983 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Madwoman of Toujane

    The Madwoman of Toujane

    10 1974 HD

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  • 1965
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    Up to His Ears

    Up to His Ears

    7.1 1965 HD

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  • 1962
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    Bird of Paradise

    Bird of Paradise

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1969
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    Mr. Freedom

    Mr. Freedom

    5.2 1969 HD

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  • 1993
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    Rosa Negra

    Rosa Negra

    5 1993 HD

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  • 1972
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    To Be Twenty in the Aures

    To Be Twenty in the Aures

    7.571 1972 HD

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  • 1974
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    Le voyage d'Amélie

    Le voyage d'Amélie

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Unvanquished

    The Unvanquished

    6.6 1964 HD

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  • 1976
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    Gloria Mundi

    Gloria Mundi

    4.8 1976 HD

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  • 1964
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    Band of Outsiders

    Band of Outsiders

    7.5 1964 HD

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  • 1986
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    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1977
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    We Shall Have the Whole of Death to Sleep

    We Shall Have the Whole of Death to Sleep

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1965
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    Pierrot le Fou

    Pierrot le Fou

    7.4 1965 HD

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  • 1975
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    Hu-Man

    Hu-Man

    4.6 1975 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short

    The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short

    6.7 1966 HD

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  • 1968
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    One Night... a Train

    One Night... a Train

    6.1 1968 HD

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  • 1979
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    Utopia

    Utopia

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1970
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    The House of the Bories

    The House of the Bories

    6.7 1970 HD

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  • 1980
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    Simone Barbès or Virtue

    Simone Barbès or Virtue

    4.8 1980 HD

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  • 1975
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    Guerre du peuple en Angola

    Guerre du peuple en Angola

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1971
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    Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad

    Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1975
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    Zig Zig

    Zig Zig

    3 1975 HD

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  • 1966
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    Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

    Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

    7.9 1966 HD

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  • 1963
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    Muriel, or the Time of Return

    Muriel, or the Time of Return

    6.7 1963 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Married Woman

    The Married Woman

    7 1964 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Killing Game

    The Killing Game

    5.8 1967 HD

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  • 1966
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    Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes

    Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes

    7.4 1966 HD

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  • 1970
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    The People and Their Guns

    The People and Their Guns

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1968
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    Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

    Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

    6.5 1968 HD

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  • 1985
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    Notre mariage

    Notre mariage

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1972
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    Les jonquilles

    Les jonquilles

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Les jonquilles

    Les jonquilles

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1976
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    Je suis Pierre Rivière

    Je suis Pierre Rivière

    2 1976 HD

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  • 1981
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    Instinct de femme

    Instinct de femme

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1986
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    Rosa la Rose, Public Girl

    Rosa la Rose, Public Girl

    5.3 1986 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Ambassadors

    The Ambassadors

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1989
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    Guys in the Cafe

    Guys in the Cafe

    6.5 1989 HD

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  • 1963
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    Bay of Angels

    Bay of Angels

    6.7 1963 HD

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  • 1975
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    Daguerréotypes

    Daguerréotypes

    7.2 1975 HD

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  • 1967
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    Far from Vietnam

    Far from Vietnam

    6.9 1967 HD

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  • 1975
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    Met Dieric Bouts

    Met Dieric Bouts

    6.3 1975 HD

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  • 1981
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    Oxalá

    Oxalá

    2 1981 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Insomniac on the Bridge

    The Insomniac on the Bridge

    6 1985 HD

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  • 1964
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    Le temps d'Emma

    Le temps d'Emma

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1995
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    Life Lesson

    Life Lesson

    7 1995 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Inner Scar

    The Inner Scar

    6.7 1972 HD

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  • 1970
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    Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)

    Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1975
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    India Song

    India Song

    6.4 1975 HD

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  • 1982
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    Ana

    Ana

    6.8 1982 HD

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  • 1974
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    Sweet Movie

    Sweet Movie

    5.3 1974 HD

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  • 1970
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    Les Ajoncs

    Les Ajoncs

    9.2 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Djerrahi: une cérémonie soufie

    Djerrahi: une cérémonie soufie

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1977
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    Last Exit Before Roissy

    Last Exit Before Roissy

    7 1977 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Lovely Month of May

    The Lovely Month of May

    8 1963 HD

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  • 1967
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    2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

    2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

    6.3 1967 HD

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  • 1968
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    La Charnière

    La Charnière

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1969
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    Three

    Three

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1976
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    I Love You, I Don't

    I Love You, I Don't

    5.938 1976 HD

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  • 1983
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    Sans Soleil

    Sans Soleil

    7.4 1983 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Judge

    The Judge

    6.5 1984 HD

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  • 1962
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    La Jetée

    La Jetée

    7.9 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    La Jetée

    La Jetée

    7.9 1962 HD

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  • 2001
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    Fragile as the World

    Fragile as the World

    7.6 2001 HD

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  • 1967
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    A Question of Rape

    A Question of Rape

    3.5 1967 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Vertical Smile

    The Vertical Smile

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1982
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    Carnaval de Guinée Bissao

    Carnaval de Guinée Bissao

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1970
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    La Fin des Pyrénées

    La Fin des Pyrénées

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1989
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    Earthen Man

    Earthen Man

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1987
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    Silent as a Fish

    Silent as a Fish

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1966
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    The War Is Over

    The War Is Over

    6.4 1966 HD

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  • 1983
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    Salut la puce

    Salut la puce

    5.7 1983 HD

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  • 1979
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    West Indies

    West Indies

    5.8 1979 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Theatre of the Matters

    The Theatre of the Matters

    6.7 1977 HD

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  • 1972
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    Tout Va Bien

    Tout Va Bien

    6.6 1972 HD

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  • 1966
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    Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

    Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

    6.4 1966 HD

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  • 1978
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    Le rouge de Chine

    Le rouge de Chine

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1987
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    Repórter X

    Repórter X

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1968
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    Rocky Road to Dublin

    Rocky Road to Dublin

    7.2 1968 HD

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  • 2020
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    Un soupçon d'amour

    Un soupçon d'amour

    6.1 2020 HD

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  • 1971
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    Delusions of Grandeur

    Delusions of Grandeur

    7.4 1971 HD

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  • 1965
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    Happiness

    Happiness

    7.463 1965 HD

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  • 1960
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    Magritte or the Object Lesson

    Magritte or the Object Lesson

    5.6 1960 HD

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  • 1981
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    C'est la vie !

    C'est la vie !

    4.4 1981 HD

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  • 1977
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    La Machine

    La Machine

    5.4 1977 HD

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  • 1963
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    Method 1

    Method 1

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1988
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    Matar Saudades

    Matar Saudades

    5.7 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    Matar Saudades

    Matar Saudades

    5.7 1988 HD

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  • 1964
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    Joy House

    Joy House

    6.5 1964 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Moving-Picture Man

    The Moving-Picture Man

    7.2 1977 HD

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