Jean-Pierre Léaud
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| - | '''''Last Tango in Paris''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: '''''Ultimo tango a Parigi''''', [[French language|French]]: '''''Le Dernier Tango à Paris''''') is a [[1972]] film which tells the story of an [[United States|American]] [[widower]] who is drawn into a [[sexual relationship]] with a young, soon-to-be-married [[Paris]]ian woman. It stars [[Marlon Brando]], [[Maria Schneider (actress)|Maria Schneider]] and [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]]. The film was given an [[X rating]] by the [[MPAA]] upon initial release. After revisions were made to the MPAA ratings code, it was classified as an [[NC-17]], in 1997. [[MGM]] released an [[R-rated]] cut in 1981. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | '''Jean-Pierre Léaud''' (born [[May 5]], [[1944]]) is a [[France|French]] [[actor]]. |
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| + | Léaud was born in [[Paris, France]]. He made his debut as an actor when he was 14 as [[Antoine Doinel]], an [[alter ego]] for French [[film director]] [[François Truffaut]], in ''[[The 400 Blows]]''. | ||
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| + | Léaud starred in four more Truffaut films depicting the life of Doinel, spanning a period of 20 years – after the short-film ''[[Antoine et Colette]]'' in 1962 - beside actress [[Claude Jade]] as his girlfriend, and then wife, Christine. Those films are: ''[[Stolen Kisses]]'' (1968), ''[[Bed & Board]]'' (1970) and ''[[Love on the Run (1979 film)|Love on the Run]]'' (1979). He also collaborated with Truffaut on non-Antoine Doinel films like ''[[Two English Girls]]'' and ''[[La Nuit américaine]]'' and became the actor most commonly affiliated with him. | ||
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| + | Léaud also acted in films by other influential directors, such as [[Jean-Luc Godard]], [[Bernardo Bertolucci]], [[Aki Kaurismaki]] and more recently [[Olivier Assayas]]. Perhaps most notably, he appeared with [[Marlon Brando]] in the Bertolucci film [[Last Tango in Paris]] (although the two never met, since Leaud admired Brando so much that he was afraid to meet him). | ||
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Jean-Pierre Léaud (born May 5, 1944) is a French actor.
Léaud was born in Paris, France. He made his debut as an actor when he was 14 as Antoine Doinel, an alter ego for French film director François Truffaut, in The 400 Blows.
Léaud starred in four more Truffaut films depicting the life of Doinel, spanning a period of 20 years – after the short-film Antoine et Colette in 1962 - beside actress Claude Jade as his girlfriend, and then wife, Christine. Those films are: Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed & Board (1970) and Love on the Run (1979). He also collaborated with Truffaut on non-Antoine Doinel films like Two English Girls and La Nuit américaine and became the actor most commonly affiliated with him.
Léaud also acted in films by other influential directors, such as Jean-Luc Godard, Bernardo Bertolucci, Aki Kaurismaki and more recently Olivier Assayas. Perhaps most notably, he appeared with Marlon Brando in the Bertolucci film Last Tango in Paris (although the two never met, since Leaud admired Brando so much that he was afraid to meet him). [1] [Apr 2007]
