Pierre Barouh

Biography

Pierre Barouh (born Élie Pierre Barouh; 19 February 1934 – 28 December 2016) was a French writer-composer-singer best known for his work on Claude Lelouch's film A Man and a Woman as an actor and the lyricist/singer for Francis Lai's music score. Barouh was born in Paris and along with his brother, Albert, and sister, was raised in Levallois-Perret. Their parents were Turkish-Jewish stallholders selling fabrics. During the Second World War, their parents hid them from the Nazis; Pierre and his sister in Montournais and Albert in la Limouzinière. During these years Élie, baptised Pierre, lived at La Grèlerie, the home of Hilaire and Marie Rocher, who had two sons. From this time, he drew inspiration for songs like "À bicyclette", "Des ronds dans l'eau" and "Les Filles du dimanche". After the war, he was briefly a sports journalist for Paris-Presse-Intransigeant and also played for the national volleyball B team in the 1950s. He spent some months in Portugal and discovered Brazilian music. He visited Brazil in 1959 and on his return to Paris got to know the principal Brazilian writers and composers of bossa nova. With his first earnings he bought the mill, la Morvient, by the rive…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964) — Gypsy (uncredited)
2. A Man and a Woman (1966) — Pierre Gauthier
3. The Castaways of Turtle Island (1976) — Le voyageur mécontent
4. Elle voit des nains partout ! (1982) — Le curé
5. Another Man, Another Chance (1977) — Streetsinger (uncredited)
6. Live for Life (1967) — spectateur match de boxe
7. To Be a Crook (1965) — Pierre
8. Women and War (1961) — le résistant poète
9. Where Are You From, Johnny? (1963) — Django
10. Saravah (1969) — Self
11. It Comes, It Goes (1972) — The man who gives Areski a ride (uncredited)
12. The Drifting (1964) — Pierre, le guitariste
13. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
14. 30 millions d'amis (1976) — Self
15. Les grands moments (1966) — Karl Martin
16. Doomed Lovers (1967) — Geronimo
17. Operation Gold Ingot (1962) — René
18. Midi trente (1972) — Self
19. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
20. Discorama (1959) — Self
21. Viva Volta (2005) — Self (archive footage)
22. L'Assassinat de Pierre Goldman (2005) — Self
23. Semente da Música Brasileira (2018) — Self

Directed

1. Saravah (1969) — Director
2. It Comes, It Goes (1972) — Director
3. Le Divorcement (1979) — Director
4. The Labyrinth ou L'album de famille (1976) — Director