Movies by Barbet Schroeder
As part of the cast:
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Bukowski: Born into This (2003)
Cast: Charles Bukowski, Sean Penn, Harry Dean Stanton …
Directed by: John Dullaghan
Shot over seven years by filmmaker John Dullaghan, this intimate portrait of writer Charles Bukowski reveals a tortured man who survived years of abuse to produce some of the most influential…
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Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)
Cast: Germán Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
In the drug cartel capital city of Medellin, Colombia, cynical, nihilistic writer Fernando (German Jaramillo) is astounded at the level of wanton violence in the city, and hooks up with a…
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The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)
Cast: Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Michele Girardon …
Directed by: Eric Rohmer
This first film in French new wave director Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales cycle explores the fickle nature of youthful desire. Stuffing himself full of pastries and flirting with the…
As a director:
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Inju: the Beast in The Shadow (2008)
Cast: Benoît Magimel, Lika Minamoto, Gen Shimaoka …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Young French writer Alex Fayard (Benoît Magimel) scores a major triumph with his crime novel styled after the work of his literary hero, Japanese author Shundai Oe. But while on a book…
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Terror's Advocate (2007)
Cast: Jacques Vergès, Abderrahmane Benhamida, Bachir Boumaâza …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Director Barbet Schroeder's documentary explores the life and career of controversial French lawyer Jacques Vergès, who gained notoriety for defending Nazi butcher Klaus Barbie and…
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Murder By Numbers (2002)
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
A tenacious homicide detective and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets…
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Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)
Cast: Germán Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
In the drug cartel capital city of Medellin, Colombia, cynical, nihilistic writer Fernando (German Jaramillo) is astounded at the level of wanton violence in the city, and hooks up with a…
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Desperate Measures (1998)
Cast: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
A police officer desperately searches for a compatible bone-marrow donor for his cancer-stricken son. The only potential donor is a convicted homicidal sociopath who seizes the opportunity of…
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Before and After (1996)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Carolyn and Ben Ryan (Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson) see their tranquil life turned upside down when their son Jacob's (Edward Furlong) young girlfriend is murdered. Soon, all fingers…
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Kiss of Death (1995)
Cast: David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Ex-con Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso) wants to put a whole lot of distance between himself and his past. But when his cousin, Ronny (Michael Rapaport), shows up begging for help with one more…
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Single White Female (1992)
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
When up-and-coming fashion designer Allison Jones places a classified ad to find a new roomie, mousy Hedy Carlson seems to fill the bill ... until her envy turns her into the roommate from…
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Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
In this tauntingly ambiguous courtroom drama, the enigmatic Claus von Bülow (Jeremy Irons) stands accused of putting his wife, Sunny (Glenn Close), into a perpetual coma with an insulin…
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Barfly (1987)
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Writer Charles Bukowski's autobiographical account follows the besotted adventures of skid-row writer Henry (Mickey Rourke), who begins a turbulent yet caring relationship with fellow…
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Tricheurs (1984)
Cast: Jacques Dutronc, Bulle Ogier, Kurt Raab …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
When a career gambler named Elric (Jacques Dutronc) meets a beautiful woman (Bulle Ogier) he believes to be his muse, he pays her to spend the week with him and pulls her into a roulette…
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Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978)
Cast: Dr. Penny Patterson
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
At the tender age of 3, a female gorilla named Koko was brought to Stanford University, where she learned to communicate through American Sign Language, astounding the world with her ability…
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General Idi Amin Dada (1974)
Cast: Idi Amin Dada
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Director Barbet Schroeder, with the full cooperation of the infamous dictator Idi Amin, delivers a fascinating documentary on the former Ugandan leader. He talks about his outreach to Arab…
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Maitresse (1973)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Andre Rouyer …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
When petty thief Olivier (Gerard Depardieu) breaks into an apartment and unexpectedly stumbles into an S and M dungeon, he's stunned. But even more surprising, when he meets Ariane, the…
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La Vallee (1972)
Cast: Jerome Beauvarlet, Monique Giraudy, Michael Gothard …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Viviane (Bulle Ogier), a straightforward young woman, sets out on a birding expedition in New Guinea, where she meets Olivier (Michael Gothard), an adventurer who's about to leave with…
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More (1969)
Cast: Mimsy Farmer, Klaus Grunberg, Heinz Engelmann …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
A recent college graduate (Klaus Grunberg) hitchhikes from Germany to Paris and finds the warm embrace of an American expatriate (Mimsy Farmer) and heroin addict. The two then chase the sun…