Nelly Kaplan
Birthday: 1931-04-11
Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography: Born in Argentina to a Russian Jewish family, Nelly Kaplan relocated to Paris at age seventeen, where she became an assistant to legendary director Abel Gance before directing her first feature, the caustic revenge comedy A Very Curious Girl. Transgressive, satirical, and surreal, Kaplan's films are defined by their proactive female protagonists.
Movies
Polly West est de retour
Polly West, a very rich American star, has bought the castle of Sainte Apolline, a small village in ...
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Tower of Lust
France, the beginning of the XIV century. Every night, Queen Margaret of Burgundy and her two sister...
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La prima donna
A story of "La Pasta", a renowned prima donna, and her extraordinary rival....
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Papa, the Lil' Boats
In this whimsical French comedy, Cookie (aka Venus de Palma) is a tough, sweet little rich girl, and...
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Charles and Lucie
An old and poor couple, Charles and Lucie, scrape by working as a concierge and an untalented antiqu...
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One Must Live Dangerously
Richard is a private detective. He makes a good money from marital infidelity: the deceived husband ...
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Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow
The life and work of Abel Gance as told by himself. Includes extracts from many of his films and con...
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The Battle of Austerlitz
Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802....
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