Jean Rabier (16 March 1927 – 15 February 2016) was a French

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who frequently worked with director

Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues a ...

. He had almost 70 film credits spanning a career from 1961–1991. He died on 15 February 2016 at the age of 88.Jean Rabier obituary
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Selected filmography

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Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary'' (; ), originally published as ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' ( ), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and em ...

'' (1991) * '' Dr. M'' (1990) * '' Jours tranquilles à Clichy'' (''Quiet Days in Clichy'') (1990) * ''

Une affaire de femmes ''Story of Women'' (french: Une affaire de femmes) is a 1988 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol, based on the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud, guillotined on 30 July 1943 for having performed 27 abortions in the Cherbourg area, and ...

'' (''Story of Women'') (1988) * ''

Le Cri du hibou ''The Cry of the Owl'' (Original: ''Le cri du hibou'') is a 1987 French- Italian psychological thriller film, adapted from the 1962 novel ''The Cry of the Owl'' by Patricia Highsmith. The film was directed by Claude Chabrol and stars Christophe ...

'' (''The Cry of the Owl'') (1987) * ''

Masques The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment that flourished in 16th- and early 17th-century Europe, though it was developed earlier in Italy, in forms including the intermedio (a public version of the masque was the pageant). A masq ...

'' (''Masks'') (1987) * ''

Inspecteur Lavardin ''Inspecteur Lavardin'' is a 1986 crime film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol. It is the sequel to his 1984 film ''Cop au vin''. Synopsis The titular inspector travels to a small coastal town to investigate the puzzling death of a devout ...

'' (1986) * '' Poulet au vinaigre'' (''Chicken with Vinegar'') (1985) * '' Les Fantômes du chapelier'' (''The Hatters's Ghost'') (1982) * '' Le Cheval d'orgueil'' (''The Proud Ones'' / ''The Horse of Pride'') (1980) * ''

Violette Nozière ''Violette Nozière'' is a 1978 French crime film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran. The film, based on a true French murder case in 1933, is about an eighteen-year-old girl named Violette and her enco ...

'' (''Violette'') (1978) * ''

Les Liens de sang ''Blood Relatives'' (original French title: ''Les Liens de sang'') is a 1978 Canadian-French mystery film directed by Claude Chabrol from a screenplay that he and Sydney Banks adapted from the 1975 novel of the same name by Ed McBain. Set in Mo ...

'' (''Blood Relatives'') (1978) * '' Alice ou la dernière fugue'' (''Alice'' / ''Alice or The Last Escapade'') (1977) * '' Folies bourgeoises'' (''The Twist'') (1976) * '' Les Magiciens'' (''Death Rite'') (1976) * '' Les Innocents aux mains sales'' (''Dirty Hands'' / ''Innocents with Dirty Hands'') (1975) * '' Une partie de plaisir'' (''A Piece of Pleasure'' / ''Pleasure Party'') (1975) * ''

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'' (''The Nada Gang'') (1974) * ''

Les Noces rouges ''Wedding in Blood'', also known as ''Red Wedding'' in the UK (french: Les Noces rouges) is a 1973 French crime drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In a small French town, ...

'' (''Wedding in Blood'') (1973) * '' Docteur Popaul'' (''Scroundel in White'' / ''High Heels'' / ''Play Now, Play Later'') (1972) * '' La Décade prodigieuse'' (''Ten Days Wonder'') (1971) * '' Juste avant la nuit'' (''Just Before Nightfall'') (1971) * ''

Cold Sweat "Cold Sweat" is a song performed by James Brown and written with his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis. Brown recorded it in May 1967. An edited version of "Cold Sweat" released as a two-part single on King Records was a No. 1 R&B hit, and rea ...

'' (1970) * '' La Rupture'' (''The Breach'' / ''Hallucination'' / ''The Breakup'') (1970) * '' Le Boucher'' (''The Butcher'') (1970) * ''

Que la bête meure ''This Man Must Die'' (french: Que la bête meure), American title ''The Beast Must Die'', is a 1969 French and Italian psychological thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol. The story is based on the 1938 novel '' The Beast Must Die'' by Cecil D ...

'' (''This Man Must Die'') (1969) * ''

La Femme infidèle ''The Unfaithful Wife'' (french: La Femme infidèle) is a 1969 French crime thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol. The film had a total of 682,295 admissions in France. Plot Insurer Charles Desvallées lives in a beautiful house in the country ...

'' (''The Unfaithful Wife'') (1969) * ''

Les Biches ''Les biches'' () ("The Hinds" or "The Does", or "The Darlings") is a one-act ballet to music by Francis Poulenc, choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered by the Ballets Russes on 6 January 1924 at the Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo. Nij ...

'' (''The Does'' / ''Bad Girls'' / ''Girlfriends'') (1968) * ''

La Route de Corinthe ''The Road to Corinth'' ( french: La route de Corinthe, it, Criminal story, also released as ''Who's Got the Black Box?'') is a 1967 French-Italian Eurospy film directed by Claude Chabrol.Marco Giusti. ''007 all'italiana''. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. . ...

'' (''The Road to Corinth'') (1967) * '' Le Scandale'' (''The Champagne Murders'') (1967) * '' La Ligne de démarcation'' (''Line of Demarcation'') (1966) * '' Le Tigre se parfume à la dynamite'' (''An Orchid for the Tiger'' / ''Our Agent Tiger'') (1965) * ''

Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha ''Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha'', also known as ''Blue Panther'', is a 1965 spy film directed by Claude Chabrol. based on the character in a series of novels by Jacques Chazot. Plot The French It girl Marie-Chantal gets accidentally entang ...

'' (''Marie-Chantal vs. Doctor Kha'') (1965) * '' Paris vu par...'' (''Six in Paris'') (segment ''La Muette'') (1965) * ''

Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche ''Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche'' ("The Tiger loves fresh meat"), English title ''Code Name: Tiger'', is a 1964 French Eurospy film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Roger Hanin as the spy Louis Rapière, code named "The Tiger". The scree ...

'' (''Code Name: Tiger'' / ''The Tiger Likes Fresh Meat'') (1964) * ''

Les parapluies de Cherbourg ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' (french: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is a 1964 musical romantic drama film written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music and lyrics by Michel Legrand. Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo star as two young love ...

'' (''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'') (1964) * ''

Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du monde ''The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers'' (French: ''Les plus belles escroqueries du monde'') is a 1964 film composed of five segments, each of which was created with a different set of writers, directors, and actors. Cast *Mie Hama as Bar Hostess ...

'' (''The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers'') (segment ''L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel'') (1964) * '' Ophélia'' (1963) * ''

La Baie des Anges ''Bay of Angels'' (french: La baie des anges) is a 1963 French film directed by Jacques Demy. Starring Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann, it is Demy's second film and deals with the subject of gambling. Costumes by Pierre Cardin. Plot Jean is a q ...

(Bay of Angels)'' (1963) * '' Landru'' (''Bluebeard'') (1963) * '' L'Œil du Malin'' (''The Eye of Evil'') (1962) * ''

Cléo de 5 à 7 Cléverson Gabriel Córdova (born 9 August 1985), commonly known as Cléo, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker. He also holds Serbian citizenship. While playing on three different continents, Cléo scored at lea ...

'' (''Cléo from 5 to 7'') (1962) * '' Les Sept Péchés capitaux'' (''The Seven Deadly Sins'') (segment ''L'Avarice'') (1962) * '' Les Godelureaux'' (''Wise Guys'') (1961) * ''

Le Beau Serge ''Le Beau Serge'' (, literal English translation: "Handsome Serge") is a 1958 French film directed by Claude Chabrol. It has been cited as the first product of the Nouvelle Vague, or French New Wave, film movement. The film is often compared with ...

'' (''Handsome Serge'' / ''Bitter Reunion'') (1958) — also with

Henri Decaë Henri Decaë (31 July 1915 – 7 March 1987) gained fame as a cinematographer entering the film industry as a sound engineer and sound editor. He was a photojournalist in the French army during World War II. After the war he began making document ...

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