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Jean Becker

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Jean Becker

Born May 10, 1933 in Paris, France17 films

Jean Becker was born on May 10, 1933 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for One Deadly Summer (1983), Conversations with My Gardener (2007) and My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010).

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He is the son of French director Jacques Becker and brother of cinematographer Étienne Becker.

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The Children of the Marshland posterFirst watchThe Children of the Marshland19997.1The film is set in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river in 1918. Riton is afflicted with a bad-tempered wife and three unruly children.View film

Essential films

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My Afternoons with Margueritte poster7.0My Afternoons with Margueritte2010One Deadly Summer poster7.0One Deadly Summer1983Love Me No More poster7.1Love Me No More2008Strange Gardens poster7.4Strange Gardens2003A Crime in Paradise poster6.6A Crime in Paradise2001Conversations with My Gardener poster6.5Conversations with My Gardener2007Élisa poster6.4Élisa1995The Red Collar poster6.0The Red Collar2018

Filmography

17 films as director
  1. 2022The Green ShuttersDirector
  2. 2018The Red CollarDirector
  3. 2014Get Well SoonDirector
  4. 2012Welcome AboardDirector
  5. 2010My Afternoons with MargueritteDirector
  6. 2008Love Me No MoreDirector
  7. 2007Conversations with My GardenerDirector
  8. 2003Strange GardensDirector
  9. 2001A Crime in ParadiseDirector
  10. 1999The Children of the MarshlandDirector
  11. 1995ÉlisaDirector
  12. 1991Lest We ForgetDirector
  13. 1983One Deadly SummerDirector
  14. 1966Tender ScoundrelDirector
  15. 1965Pas de caviar pour tante OlgaDirector
  16. 1964BackfireDirector
  17. 1961A Man Named RoccaDirector