Jacques Prévert
February 4, 1900 · 126 years old
Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist movement, and include Les Enfants du Paradis (1945).
Known For
8 titles
Children of Paradise
The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.
L'Atalante
Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
Port of Shadows
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city.
Daybreak
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
The King and the Mockingbird
A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
The Devil's Envoys
In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.
Les disparus de St. Agil
Strange things happen at night at the St. Agil secondary school. Baume, Sorgue and Macroix - three of the school's pupils - discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing.