Calvet
Brief Synopsis
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Fast-talking French painter Jean Marc Calvet recounts his life in this documentary. Calvet was born in the South of France where he became a self-destructive person who lived as a street kid, Foreign Legionnaire, vice cop, professional bodyguard, and thug. When he went to Miami to work for a Mafia b
Cast & Crew
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Dominic Allan
Director
Jean Marc Calvet
Dominic Allan
Producer
Nicholas Allan
Executive Producer
Dewald Aukema
Cinematographer
Brendan Byrne
Co-Executive Producer
Film Details
Genre
Biography
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
2011
Production Company
Cat&Docs ; Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation ; Dominic Allen & Nicholas Allan Productions ; Evolutions Tv ; Firewalk Films ; Les Films Du Tambour De Soie
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 26m
Synopsis
Fast-talking French painter Jean Marc Calvet recounts his life in this documentary. Calvet was born in the South of France where he became a self-destructive person who lived as a street kid, Foreign Legionnaire, vice cop, professional bodyguard, and thug. When he went to Miami to work for a Mafia boss, he stole money from the man to finance a drug binge in Costa Rica. So at 38, he was on the run in Central America where he had decided that death was his only way out when he discovered painting. Now a successful artist whose work sells for thousands of dollars, Calvet returns to France to find his son whom he abandoned when the boy was six years old.
Director
Dominic Allan
Director
Cast
Jean Marc Calvet
Crew
Dominic Allan
Producer
Nicholas Allan
Executive Producer
Dewald Aukema
Cinematographer
Brendan Byrne
Co-Executive Producer
Paul Carlin
Editor
Stephanie Cattiaux
Executive Producer
Alexandre Cornu
Executive Producer
Flore Cosquer
Executive Producer
Beadie Finzi
Executive Producer
Maxyne Franklin
Executive Producer
Celine Lafontaine
Executive Producer
Paul Raphael
Executive Producer
Tom Roberts
Executive Producer
Jess Search
Executive Producer
Muriel Sorbo
Executive Producer
Christine Tomas
Executive Producer
Film Details
Genre
Biography
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
2011
Production Company
Cat&Docs ; Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation ; Dominic Allen & Nicholas Allan Productions ; Evolutions Tv ; Firewalk Films ; Les Films Du Tambour De Soie
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 26m
