
RKO 281(1999)
In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.



Jean-Claude Brialy
Max Jacob

Dominique Blanc
Alice

Guillaume Gallienne
Max Jacob jeune

Féodor Atkine
Pablo Picasso

Éric Naggar
Le Curé

Ilona Bachelier
Alice enfant

Alexis Michalik
Jean Marais

Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc
Jean Cocteau

Nâzim Boudjenah
Pablo Picasso jeune

Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Sacha Guitry
Monsieur Max is a drama, history, tv movie film released in 2007 exploring themes of jew persecution, biography, homosexual. Directed by Gabriel Aghion, it stars Jean-Claude Brialy, Dominique Blanc, Guillaume Gallienne. Portrait of a homosexual bohemian who converted from Judaism to Catholicism and was captured by the Gestapo in the 1940s.
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