Jean-François Adam

Jean-François Adam (1935/1936 – 14 October 1980) was a French actor and director. Adam was an assistant to French filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville. He is known for having played the small role of Colette's lover in the Antoine Doinel saga, and for playing the philosophy teacher in the French drama film Graduate First (1978), directed by Maurice Pialat. Adam directed the French drama film Return to the Beloved (1979), which stars Isabelle Huppert. He was also a part-time clown. Adam was married to Brigitte Fossey, and had a daughter, the actress Marie Adam. At the age of 44 Adam shot himself. Source: Article "Jean-François Adam" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

1979

Return to the Beloved

Police Inspector Corbin

1978

Graduate First

Philosophy teacher

1974

The Secret

Claude Vandal

1968

Stolen Kisses

Albert Tazzi (non créditée)

1962

Antoine and Colette

Albert Tazzi

1962

Love at Twenty

Albert Tazzi (segment "Antoine et Colette")

1960

The Army Game

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