Romain Gary

Romain Gary

Romain Gary (21 May [O.S. 8 May] 1914 – 2 December 1980), born Roman Kacew, and also known by the pen name Émile Ajar), was a French novelist, diplomat, film director, and World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt under two names. He is considered a major writer of French literature of the second half of the 20th century. He was married to Lesley Blanch, then Jean Seberg. Gary was born Roman Kacew (Yiddish: רומן קצב‎ Roman Katsev, Russian: Рома́н Ле́йбович Ка́цев, Roman Leibovich Katsev) in Vilnius (at that time in the Russian Empire). In his books and interviews, he presented many different versions of his parents' origins, ancestry, occupation and his own childhood. His mother, Mina Owczyńska (1879—1941), was a Jewish actress from Švenčionys (Svintsyán) and his father was a businessman named Arieh-Leib Kacew (1883—1942) from Trakai (Trok), also a Lithuanian Jew. The couple broke in 1925 and Arieh-Leib remarried. Gary later claimed that his actual father was the celebrated actor and film star Ivan Mosjoukine, with whom his actress mother had worked and to whom he bore a striking resemblance. Mosjoukine appears in his memoir Promise at Dawn. Deported to central Russia in 1915, they stayed in Moscow until 1920. They later returned to Vilnius, then moved on to Warsaw. When Gary was fourteen, he and his mother emigrated illegally to Nice, France. Converted to Catholicism by his mother, Gary studied law, first in Aix-en-Provence and then in Paris. He learned to pilot an aircraft in the French Air Force in Salon-de-Provence and in Avord Air Base, near Bourges. ... Source: Article "Romain Gary" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Romain Gary
  • Popularity: 0.5468
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1914-05-21
  • Place of Birth: Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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  • Also Known As: Roman Kacew, Émile Ajar
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Romain Gary Movies

  • 1936
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    Nitchevo

    Nitchevo

    1 1936 HD

    A commander suspects his wife of infidelity, when she turns to a subordinate officer to help her against someone threatening to blackmail her about her troubled past.

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  • 2022
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    Racisé.e.s : Une histoire franco-américaine

    Racisé.e.s : Une histoire franco-américaine

    3.5 2022 HD

    Within a few years, France has witnessed the emergence of a new perspective on society, identity, and race, leading to the creation of an unprecedented lexicon that contradicts the principles of French-style universalism. These days, terms such as "white privilege", "intersectionality", "cancel culture", and the adjective "racialised" are defining a new relationship between minorities, differences, and society, especially among the younger generation. What is the origin of this vocabulary? What does 'wokism' mean? What is the origin of its adoption in France? Is it an opportunity? Or a threat? Is this an unfortunate implementation of a model not our own? This documentary delves into the origins and consequences of a phenomenon that is no longer trivial through archive footage and insights from prestigious contributors, analysts, and witnesses.

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  • 2015
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    A Perfect Man

    A Perfect Man

    6.89 2015 HD

    A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life.

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  • 1967
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    The Road to Corinth

    The Road to Corinth

    4.1 1967 HD

    The widow of a murdered undercover NATO officer in Greece is the prime suspect in his killing. She finds herself embroiled in a bigger conspiracy about the sabotage of U.S. radar installations while trying to prove her innocence.

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  • 1964
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    Backfire

    Backfire

    6.2 1964 HD

    A greedy gold smuggler hires a handsome hero to transport a stolen fortune to a new hideout accompanied by the smuggler's sexy girlfriend.

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  • 1982
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    White Dog

    White Dog

    6.631 1982 HD

    A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.

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  • 1994
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    Les Faussaires

    Les Faussaires

    4.9 1994 HD

    This comedy was shot in Tahiti. It focuses on the rocky relationship between Cohn, a local con man, and author Jack Baker who wants to profile Paul Gauguin in an upcoming book. Cohn, an obnoxious crook and pathological liar originally from Paris, has been the bane of the local population for years, yet despite his annoyances they will not arrest him. Hearing that Cohn owns an authentic Gauguin, Jack Baker makes his acquaintance. They do not get off to a great start, but eventually become friends after Cohn's secret is discovered.

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  • 1977
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    Madame Rosa

    Madame Rosa

    6.8 1977 HD

    Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a Muslim. He asks about his parents; she answers evasively. As she ages and takes fewer children, Momo must do more for her; as money is tight, he tries to earn pennies on the street with a puppet. He's a beautiful man-child, and Madame Rosa makes him promise never to sell himself or become a pimp. A film editor, Nadine, befriends him, and his father appears as well. Madame Rosa reaches her last days in fear of hospitals, and Momo must act.

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  • 1971
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    Kill!

    Kill!

    6 1971 HD

    Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.

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  • 1971
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    Kill!

    Kill!

    6 1971 HD

    Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.

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  • 1968
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    Birds in Peru

    Birds in Peru

    4.583 1968 HD

    A nymphomaniac young woman, unsatisfied by her husband, searches for sex in the brothels of a seaside town while he sets to kill her.

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  • 1993
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    Genghis Cohn

    Genghis Cohn

    3.875 1993 HD

    In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish music-hall comedian Genghis Cohn. Many years later, Otto is comfortably retired into the life of a highly respected police commissioner, and is investigating a series of murders when he encounters the ghost of Genghis Cohn. The haunting turns into a taunting, and before he knows it, Schatz is slowly driven mad as he is lured into a trap.

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  • 1965
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    Lady L

    Lady L

    5.674 1965 HD

    Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.

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  • 2022
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    White Dog

    White Dog

    7 2022 HD

    As the country explodes under racial tensions after the assassination of Martin Luther King, writer Romain Gary, humanist and animal lover, and his wife, star Jean Seberg, civil rights activist, welcome an abandoned dog into their home, trained to jump at the mouths of blacks: a White Dog.

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  • 2007
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    Les Cerfs-volants

    Les Cerfs-volants

    8.5 2007 HD

    Normandy, 1934. Ludo, raised by his uncle Ambroise, a kite maker, befriends little Lila. For five years he loses sight of her, but when they meet again, a love affair begins. War breaks out and separates the young couple again. Lila is forced to go to Poland, while Ludo stays with his uncle. Is Ludo ready to do anything to find his beloved?

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  • 1981
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    Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

    Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

    4.4 1981 HD

    Set within the super-rich jet-set society of Paris, Richard Harris portrays a man whose life is gradually being destroyed. From sexual trauma to financial disaster, he slowly descends into a world of insanity, perversion and finally the bottomless pit!

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  • 1970
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    Promise at Dawn

    Promise at Dawn

    5.3 1970 HD

    A single mother raises her son in impossible circumstances first in Leningrad, then Krakow, and then France, and is over-ambitious about him but never gives in.

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  • 2017
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    Promise at Dawn

    Promise at Dawn

    7.242 2017 HD

    From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.

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  • 1962
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    The Longest Day

    The Longest Day

    7.608 1962 HD

    The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

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  • 1968
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    Birds in Peru

    Birds in Peru

    4.583 1968 HD

    A nymphomaniac young woman, unsatisfied by her husband, searches for sex in the brothels of a seaside town while he sets to kill her.

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  • 1968
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    Birds in Peru

    Birds in Peru

    4.583 1968 HD

    A nymphomaniac young woman, unsatisfied by her husband, searches for sex in the brothels of a seaside town while he sets to kill her.

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  • 1968
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    Birds in Peru

    Birds in Peru

    4.583 1968 HD

    A nymphomaniac young woman, unsatisfied by her husband, searches for sex in the brothels of a seaside town while he sets to kill her.

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  • 1971
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    The Ski Bum

    The Ski Bum

    4.333 1971 HD

    A ski instructor tries to teach a bunch of insanely eccentric people how to ski while dealing with everyone wanting his attention.

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  • 1979
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    Womanlight

    Womanlight

    5.7 1979 HD

    The story is simple: two people who have recently suffered a great deal come together for consolation rather than love.

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  • 2020
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    The Life Ahead

    The Life Ahead

    6.739 2020 HD

    In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.

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  • 1962
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    The Longest Day

    The Longest Day

    7.608 1962 HD

    The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

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  • 2010
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    The Life Before Us

    The Life Before Us

    6 2010 HD

    Re-adaptation of the novel by Emile Ajar (Romain Gary). The story of the Arab orphan boy Momo and the aged prostitute Madame Rosa, who survived Auschwitz.

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  • 1959
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    The Man Who Understood Women

    The Man Who Understood Women

    3 1959 HD

    A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.

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  • 1958
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    The Roots of Heaven

    The Roots of Heaven

    6.2 1958 HD

    In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.

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  • 1958
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    The Roots of Heaven

    The Roots of Heaven

    6.2 1958 HD

    In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.

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  • 1979
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    Gros câlin

    Gros câlin

    4 1979 HD

    Monsieur Cousin, a lonely Parisian statistician, shares his small apartment with a python named Gros-Câlin, seeking warmth and companionship. Infatuated with his coworker, Mlle Dreyfus, he awkwardly tries to win her affection, misinterpreting social cues and struggling with human connection. His eccentric attachment to the snake alienates him further, as his longing for intimacy blurs the line between reality and fantasy. Despite seeking advice and making misguided attempts at love, he remains isolated. The film follows his tragicomic struggle, ending ambiguously as he grapples with his unfulfilled need for human warmth.

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  • 1972
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    Midi trente

    Midi trente

    6 1972 HD

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    9 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

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  • 1958
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    Small World

    Small World

    7.3 1958 HD

    Presents a filmed, intercontinental conversation that links moderator Edward R. Murrow in New York with three internationally known figures located in different parts of the world. What set this apart from other televised interview/discussion programs was the fact that its participants could not see each other but could hear one another via telephone lines and radio.

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