Philippe de Broca

See also: Broca (homonymy)

Philippe de Broca , of its true name Philippe de Broca de Ferrussac , was a Cinéaste French born the March 15th 1933 with Paris and dead the November 26th 2004 at the American Hospital of Neuilly-sur-Seine of the continuations of a Cancer due to the Tabac. It is more particularly known for a short participation in the movement of the New wave in the Fifties and for its light comedies putting in scene Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Biography

Of noble origin and wire of an industrialist of photography, it makes its studies at the Technical training school of photography and cinematography (ETPC) of the street of Vaugirard (Ecole Louis Lumière) where it carries out its first short-measuring. It is as operator whom it begins at the press service from the armies into full Guerre with Algeria. Witness of a torture which it rejects, it then swears himself not to more show the life but under his whimsical side. He turns several documentary to Africa and, of return to Paris, saw small orders of catch of sight before becoming Assistant realizer with beginning of the year 50. He thus on the occasion to work, at the sides of Georges Lacombe, Henri Decoin, Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut, with the realization of several large films of the New wave. In 1960, it begins a career from realizer and turns several comedies, in particular the Plays of the love and the Joker with Jean-Pierre Cassel in the main role and a scenario of Daniel Boulanger.

But it is the success of Cartouche , turned in 1961 with Jean-Paul Belmondo, film of which he is also the scenario writer, who engages the realizer on the way of popular films with large budgets. The international dedication is acquired with the Man of Rio (1963), always with Belmondo which it makes still turn in three other films, Tribulations of an Chinese in China in 1965, with Ursula Andress, Splendid the in (1973), a parody of spy films, and Incorrigible the in 1975.

This fidelity with its actors is a constant which one finds with two comedies of pure entertainment, Tendre chicken (1977) and One stole the Jupiter thigh (1979) with Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret. These two comedies make it possible to the realizer to join again with success after several failures at the end of the Sixties and with beginning of the year 70. Indeed, after the failure of the King of hearts in 1966, of Broca is ruined and ceases being a producer. It becomes during two years pilot of bush in Africa, an experiment which will inspire later to the African to him a few years. From now on of Broca will have to be more consensual and will misera more on Belmondo that Jean-Pierre Cassel, his actor fetish.

Chouans in 1987, with Sophie Marceau and still Philippe Noiret, and uneven the (1997) see it joining again with cloak and dagger films with a mitigated result. It is also disappointed by the failure of its last but one film with Jean-Paul Belmondo, the Amazon (2000). Its last film Viper with the fist , an adaptation of the famous novel of Herve Bazin with Jacques Villeret and Catherine Frot, left on the other hand little before its death in 2004, is a success. Its production company is named “Fildebroc”.

He was knight of the Légion of honor and father of three children.

Catalog of films

Assistant realizer

Realizer

Scenario writer

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External bonds

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