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- Philippe de Broca (born on March 15, 1933) liked to point out that his nobility goes back to the religious wars that ravaged the southwest of France and that is why the family coat of arms featured a dead tree, a testimony of the massacres due to his valiant ancestors.
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Philippe de Broca (born on March 15, 1933) liked to point out that his nobility goes back to the religious wars that ravaged the southwest of France and that is why the family coat of arms featured a dead tree, a testimony of the massacres due to his valiant ancestors.
Philippe de Broca. Philippe de Broca ( French: [də bʁɔka]; 15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French film director. He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful That Man from Rio ( L'Homme de Rio), The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) and On Guard (Le Bossu). His works include historical, romantic epics ...
Dec 1, 2004 · Times Staff Writer. French film director Philippe de Broca, best known for his eccentric comedies and swashbuckling adventure movies, died of cancer Friday in a hospital outside Paris. He was...
Mar 8, 2018 · The ingenious and inventive French director Philippe de Broca has entwined these antiquarian suspicions into a surrealistic jewel of a comedy which you realize, when you can catch your breath ...
Philippe de Broca born in 1933 worked as an assistant for Claude Chabrol and Francois Truffaut ( "Les 400 coups" aka "The 400 blows" ). From 1960 to 2004 he directed over 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful adventure movies such as "That Man from Rio" (L'Homme de Rio) in 1964 and "Le Magnifique" in 1973, romantic comedies as "Le Cavaleur" in 1979, epics as "Chouans ...
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Dec 3, 2004 · The son of an industrialist descended from the minor nobility, Philippe de Broca de Ferrussac infused all his films with a sense of fun and adventure, opting for irreverence and insouciance ...
Nov 26, 2004 · Philippe de Broca (15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French movie director. He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio), The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) and On Guard (Le Bossu). His works include historical, romantic epics such as Chouans! and King of Hearts (Le Roi de cœur), as well as comedies with a charismatic ...
