Max Pécas
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| - | '''Max Pécas''' was a [[French film]]maker, scenario writer and producer. He was born [[April 25]] [[1925]] in [[Lyon]] and died [[10 February]] [[2003]] in [[Paris]]. | + | '''Max Pécas''' (25 April 1925 in [[Lyon]] – 10 February 2003 in [[Paris]]) was a [[French filmmaker]], scenario writer and producer. |
| - | After making [[sex in film|erotic movies]] (''[[I Am Frigid...Why?]]'', ''[[I Am a Nymphomaniac]]'' and ''[[Les Mille et une Perversions de Félicia]]'') and some thrillers, he shoots teenage comedies, including his classic "Saint-Tropez series". His filmography is considered as models of [[camp]] [[B-movie]]s. | + | Pécas was assistant director to [[Jacques Daroy]] and others from 1948 to 1957. After making [[sex in film|erotic movies]] (''[[I Am a Nymphomaniac]]'' (1971), ''[[I Am Frigid... Why? ]]'' (1972) and ''[[Les Mille et une Perversions de Félicia]]'' (1974)) and some thrillers through the 1960s and 1970s, he shot teenage comedies, including the popular three-film "[[Saint-Tropez]]" series at the end of his career. Many of his films are considered [[camp (style)|camp]] [[B-movie]]s. |
| Some of Max Pécas's [[softcore]] films were imported to the U.S. by [[Radley Metzger]]. | Some of Max Pécas's [[softcore]] films were imported to the U.S. by [[Radley Metzger]]. | ||
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| ===Director=== | ===Director=== | ||
| - | *[[On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez]] ([[1987]]) | + | *1960 : ''[[Le Cercle vicieux]]'' with [[Claude Titre]], [[Louisa Colpeyn]] |
| - | *[[Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez]] ([[1986]]) | + | *1961 : ''[[Daniella by Night|De quoi tu te mêles Daniela?]]'' (''[[Daniella by Night]]'') with [[Elke Sommer]], [[Ivan Desny]] |
| - | *[[Brigade des mœurs]] ([[1985]]) | + | *1962 : ''[[Douce violence (film)|Douce violence]]'' with [[Elke Sommer]], [[Pierre Brice]] |
| - | *[[Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez]] ([[1983]]) | + | *1962 : ''[[Une femme aux abois]]'' with [[Claude Cerval]], [[Sylvie Coste]] |
| - | *[[On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge]] ([[1982]]) | + | *1963 : ''[[Cinq filles en furie]]'' with [[Colette Régis]] |
| - | *[[Belles, blondes et bronzées]] ([[1981]]) | + | *1964 : ''[[La Baie du désir]]'' (''[[La Baie du désir|Erotic Touch]]'') with [[Fabienne Dali]], [[Sophie Hardy]] |
| - | *[[Mieux vaut être riche et bien portant que fauché et mal foutu]] ([[1980]]) | + | *1965 : ''[[Espions à l'affût]]'' with [[Jean Vinci]], [[Claudine Coster]], [[Robert Lombard]] |
| - | *[[La peur et l'amour]] ([[1966]]) | + | *1966 : ''[[La peur et l'amour]]'' with [[Claude Cerval]], [[Véra Valmont]] |
| - | *[[Douce violence]] ([[1962]]) | + | *1968 : ''[[La Violence et l'amour]]'' |
| - | *[[De quoi tu te mêles Daniela ?]] ([[1961]]) | + | *1968 : ''[[La Nuit la plus chaude]]'' (''[[La Nuit la plus chaude|The Night of the Outrages]]'') with [[Philippe Lemaire]] |
| - | *[[Le Cercle vicieux]] ([[1960]]) | + | *1969 : ''[[La Main noire]]'' with [[James Harris (actor)|James Harris]], [[Janine Reynaud]], [[Jean Topart]] |
| + | *1970 : ''[[Claude et Greta]]'' (''[[Claude et Greta|Any Time Anywhere]]'' / ''[[Claude et Greta|Her and She and Him]]'') with [[Nicole Debonne]], [[Astrid Frank]] | ||
| + | *1971 : ''[[Je suis une nymphomane]]'' (''[[Je suis une nymphomane|I Am a Nymphomanic]]'' / ''[[Libido: The Urge to Love|Young Casanova]]'' / ''[[Je suis une nymphomane|The Sensuous Teenager]]'') with [[Sandra Julien]] | ||
| + | *1973 : ''[[I Am Frigid... Why?|Je suis frigide... pourquoi ?]]'' (''[[I Am Frigid... Why?]]'' / ''[[I Am Frigid... Why?|Let Me Love You]]'') with [[Sandra Julien]], [[Marie-Georges Pascal]] | ||
| + | *1974 : ''[[Club privé pour couples avertis]]'' with [[Philippe Gasté]], [[Anne Libert]] | ||
| + | *1974 : ''[[Sexuellement vôtre]]'' (''[[Sexuellement vôtre|Sexually Yours]]'' / ''[[Sexuellement vôtre|Young Casanova]]'') with [[Valérie Boisgel]], [[Henri Genès]] | ||
| + | *1975 : ''[[Rêves pornos]]'' (archive footage) | ||
| + | *1975 : ''[[Les Mille et une perversions de Felicia]]'' (''[[Les Mille et une perversions de Felicia|1001 Perversions of Felicia]]'') with [[Rebecca Brooke]], [[Béatrice Harnois]] | ||
| + | *1976 : ''[[Luxure]]'' (''[[Luxure|Everybodys]]'' / ''[[Luxure|Sweet Taste of Honey]]'') with [[Karine Gambier]] | ||
| + | *1977 : ''[[Marche pas sur mes lacets]]'' with [[Sylvain Chamarande]], [[Vanessa Vaylord]] | ||
| + | *1978 : ''[[Embraye bidasse, ça fume]]'' with [[Sylvain Chamarande]], [[Michel Vocoret]] | ||
| + | *1979 : ''[[On est venu là pour s'éclater]]'' with [[Sylvain Chamarande]], [[Olivia Dutron]] | ||
| + | *1980 : ''[[Mieux vaut être riche et bien portant que fauché et mal foutu]]'' with [[Sylvain Chamarande]], [[Victoria Abril]] | ||
| + | *1981 : ''[[Belles, blondes et bronzées]]'' with [[Xavier Deluc]], [[Ticky Holgado]] | ||
| + | *1982 : ''[[On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge]]'' with [[Bernadette Lafont]], [[Jean Lefebvre]] | ||
| + | *1983 : ''[[Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez]]'' with [[Xavier Deluc]], [[Ticky Holgado]], [[Olivia Dutron]] | ||
| + | *1985 : ''[[Brigade des mœurs]]'' with [[Pascale Roberts]], [[Christian Barbier]] | ||
| + | *1986 : ''[[Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez]]'' with [[Philippe Caroit]], [[Caroline Tresca]] | ||
| + | *1987 : ''[[On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez]]'' with [[Luq Hamet]], [[Brigitte Lahaie]] | ||
| - | ===Scenario writer=== | + | ===Screenwriter=== |
| - | *[[On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez]] ([[1987]]) | + | *[[La peur et l'amour]] (1966) |
| - | *[[Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez]] ([[1986]]) | + | *[[Belles, blondes et bronzées]] (1981) |
| - | *[[Brigade des mœurs]] ([[1985]]) | + | *[[Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez]] (1983) |
| - | *[[Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez]] ([[1983]]) | + | *[[Brigade des mœurs]] (1985) |
| - | *[[Belles, blondes et bronzées]] ([[1981]]) | + | *[[Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez]] (1986) |
| - | *[[La peur et l'amour]] ([[1966]]) | + | *[[On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez]] (1987) |
| ===Producer=== | ===Producer=== | ||
| - | *[[On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez]] ([[1987]]) | + | *[[Brigade des mœurs]] (1985) |
| - | *[[Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez]] ([[1986]]) | + | *[[Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez]] (1986) |
| - | *[[Brigade des mœurs]] ([[1985]]) | + | *[[On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez]] (1987) |
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Max Pécas (25 April 1925 in Lyon – 10 February 2003 in Paris) was a French filmmaker, scenario writer and producer.
Pécas was assistant director to Jacques Daroy and others from 1948 to 1957. After making erotic movies (I Am a Nymphomaniac (1971), I Am Frigid... Why? (1972) and Les Mille et une Perversions de Félicia (1974)) and some thrillers through the 1960s and 1970s, he shot teenage comedies, including the popular three-film "Saint-Tropez" series at the end of his career. Many of his films are considered camp B-movies.
Some of Max Pécas's softcore films were imported to the U.S. by Radley Metzger.
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Filmography
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Director
- 1960 : Le Cercle vicieux with Claude Titre, Louisa Colpeyn
- 1961 : De quoi tu te mêles Daniela? (Daniella by Night) with Elke Sommer, Ivan Desny
- 1962 : Douce violence with Elke Sommer, Pierre Brice
- 1962 : Une femme aux abois with Claude Cerval, Sylvie Coste
- 1963 : Cinq filles en furie with Colette Régis
- 1964 : La Baie du désir (Erotic Touch) with Fabienne Dali, Sophie Hardy
- 1965 : Espions à l'affût with Jean Vinci, Claudine Coster, Robert Lombard
- 1966 : La peur et l'amour with Claude Cerval, Véra Valmont
- 1968 : La Violence et l'amour
- 1968 : La Nuit la plus chaude (The Night of the Outrages) with Philippe Lemaire
- 1969 : La Main noire with James Harris, Janine Reynaud, Jean Topart
- 1970 : Claude et Greta (Any Time Anywhere / Her and She and Him) with Nicole Debonne, Astrid Frank
- 1971 : Je suis une nymphomane (I Am a Nymphomanic / Young Casanova / The Sensuous Teenager) with Sandra Julien
- 1973 : Je suis frigide... pourquoi ? (I Am Frigid... Why? / Let Me Love You) with Sandra Julien, Marie-Georges Pascal
- 1974 : Club privé pour couples avertis with Philippe Gasté, Anne Libert
- 1974 : Sexuellement vôtre (Sexually Yours / Young Casanova) with Valérie Boisgel, Henri Genès
- 1975 : Rêves pornos (archive footage)
- 1975 : Les Mille et une perversions de Felicia (1001 Perversions of Felicia) with Rebecca Brooke, Béatrice Harnois
- 1976 : Luxure (Everybodys / Sweet Taste of Honey) with Karine Gambier
- 1977 : Marche pas sur mes lacets with Sylvain Chamarande, Vanessa Vaylord
- 1978 : Embraye bidasse, ça fume with Sylvain Chamarande, Michel Vocoret
- 1979 : On est venu là pour s'éclater with Sylvain Chamarande, Olivia Dutron
- 1980 : Mieux vaut être riche et bien portant que fauché et mal foutu with Sylvain Chamarande, Victoria Abril
- 1981 : Belles, blondes et bronzées with Xavier Deluc, Ticky Holgado
- 1982 : On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge with Bernadette Lafont, Jean Lefebvre
- 1983 : Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez with Xavier Deluc, Ticky Holgado, Olivia Dutron
- 1985 : Brigade des mœurs with Pascale Roberts, Christian Barbier
- 1986 : Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez with Philippe Caroit, Caroline Tresca
- 1987 : On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez with Luq Hamet, Brigitte Lahaie
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Screenwriter
- La peur et l'amour (1966)
- Belles, blondes et bronzées (1981)
- Les Branchés à Saint-Tropez (1983)
- Brigade des mœurs (1985)
- Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez (1986)
- On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez (1987)
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Producer
- Brigade des mœurs (1985)
- Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez (1986)
- On se calme et on boit frais à Saint-Tropez (1987)
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