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Facts

Born October 30, 1932 • France
Died November 23, 1995 (aged 63)
Notable Works “Atlantic City” • “Au revoir les enfants” • “Crackers” • “Elevator to the Gallows” • “My Dinner with André” • “Pretty Baby” • “The Lovers” • “The Thief of Paris” • “Vanya on 42nd Street” • “Viva Maria!”
Movement / Style New Wave
Notable Family Members spouse Candice Bergen • daughter Chloe Malle

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French director Louis Malle, wearing a coat and flat cap, gestures while speaking with Juliette Binoche, who is dressed in a dark coat, on a city street during the filming of Damage.
Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau, dressed in period costumes, sit with arms raised and rifles in hand, leading a jubilant crowd in a scene from Viva Maria (1965).
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Jean Cocteau, 1939.
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