Alphonse Boudard (17 December 1925 – 14 January 2000) was a French novelist and playwright. He won the 1977 Prix Renaudot for Les Combattants du petit bonheur. Boudard's 1995 novel Dying childhood was awarded and recognised by the French Academy with a Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. Boudard was born in Paris, an illegitimate child. He was brought up first by an adoptive family in the Loiret region of the center of France, then by his grand mother in the south of Paris. Boudard had a late career. As a teenager he was living in a country occupied by the German Army. He was wounded fighting for the French and he was awarded a military medal. His early adult life was spent in casual work, periods in jail and in a sanatorium recovering from tuberculosis. He experimented with writing, but it was not until he was 33 that he decided to be a full-time writer. He credits the writer Albert Paraz with inspiring this move. His novels are characterised by the colloquial terms and slang that Boudard used to describe life in the 1940s. His works are autobiographical and he uses his periods in a sanatorium and in jail as a basis for his stories. His 1963 novel The Cherry and his 1972 story The Hospital are examples, as is his 1992 novel The amazing Mr Joseph which tells the story of a French spy who becomes a millionaire dealing on the black market during World War II (based on the real career of Joseph Joanovici). Many of Boudard novels were adapted for French films and television. Boudard had a wife and two sons. He died in Nice on 14 January 2000. Source: Article "Alphonse Boudard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 17, 1925
- January 14, 2000 (aged 74)
- Paris, France
- Writer, also actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Alphonse Boudard's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Alphonse Boudard's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Alphonse Boudard's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
My Friend the Traitor(1988)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Loner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Le chêne d'Allouville(1981)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Le Mythomane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Le gang(1977)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Flic Story(1975)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Hostage Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
The Hideout(1971)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Killer Strikes at Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
The Tattoo(1968)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Action Man(1967)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
The Upper Hand(1966)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Cloportes(1965)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles from 1965 to 1987.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Alphonse Boudard's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 61/100 and the plot and story 45/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Alphonse Boudard work with?
People who share at least 2 of Alphonse Boudard's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jean Gabin shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Jacques DerayShared titles: Le gang (1977), Flic Story (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Jacques Deray
- Denys de La PatellièreShared titles: The Tattoo (1968), The Upper Hand (1966)See all 2 shared titles with Denys de La Patellière
Writers
- Roger BornicheShared titles: Le gang (1977), Flic Story (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Roger Borniche
Actors
- Jean GabinShared titles: The Tattoo (1968), Action Man (1967), The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966), The Upper Hand (1966)See all 4 shared titles with Jean Gabin
- Henri GuybetShared titles: Le chêne d'Allouville (1981), Flic Story (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Henri Guybet
- Jean-Pierre DarrasShared titles: Le chêne d'Allouville (1981), The Tattoo (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Jean-Pierre Darras
- Pierre TornadeShared titles: Le chêne d'Allouville (1981), The Hideout (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Pierre Tornade
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Walter WottitzShared titles: Action Man (1967), The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966), The Upper Hand (1966)See all 3 shared titles with Walter Wottitz
- Henri LanoëShared titles: Le gang (1977), Flic Story (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Henri Lanoë
- Claude DurandShared titles: The Tattoo (1968), The Upper Hand (1966)See all 2 shared titles with Claude Durand
- Georges GarvarentzShared titles: The Tattoo (1968), The Upper Hand (1966)See all 2 shared titles with Georges Garvarentz
Producers
- Maurice JacquinShared titles: Flic Story (1975), The Tattoo (1968), Action Man (1967), The Upper Hand (1966)See all 4 shared titles with Maurice Jacquin
- Raymond DanonShared titles: Flic Story (1975), Action Man (1967), The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966), The Upper Hand (1966)See all 4 shared titles with Raymond Danon
