Jean-Marie Mazaleyrat

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11 loglines
35 reviews

When a survivor of a train crash disrupts her life, a young woman must overcome her circle’s hostility and cope with the abortion she denied for ten years

September 29, 2015
A self confident hitman relives along a nightmarish night the killing of his last victim.

September 28, 2015
When raped near to her children, a beautiful widow turns the tables on her attacker revealing she is an ancient harpy raising her young.

September 28, 2015
Investigating a series of sadistic crimes, a shady Inspector must protect the only survivor and thwart the machination of a sadomasochistic duo to prove his innocence.

September 28, 2015
A corrupt detective with one month left to live tries to make all the wrongs right in a wobbly road to redemption, becoming the cop — and the person — he always wanted to be in the process.

September 28, 2015
When their last mission fails, three neurotic hit-men from three different times and civilizations are separately enlisted by a highly secretive organization to assassinate each other.

September 28, 2015
Thwarting constant deportation attempts while managing daily household affairs, a young illegal immigrant girl musters precocious wits to win her school the national academic games championship

September 28, 2015
When a series of bizarre murders shock a small kingdom just after the abolition of capital punishment, the former state executioner must unmask the real killer to prove his innocence.

September 28, 2015
When the most sought after celebrity becomes a widow, a beauty underdog beats the odds to marry him after unwittingly impersonating royalty and struggles to conceal her secret from the media.

September 28, 2015
After a peculiar foreigner buys back her freedom from the king of Jericho, a desperate young prostitute tries to free her enslaved family before the fabled city is destroyed by an Israelite army.

September 28, 2015

on A soldier returns to his hometown only to find it more corrupt then before he left. In order to fix things he must go against everything he stands for.

?Hello Clint,Personnally, I?like 'everything he stands for', which implies he is sensed also as a corrupt person:'When a?soldier finds his?hometown more corrupt than before?he left, he must fight his own world?to fix things.'?'When a?soldier finds his?hometown more corrupt than when?he…
on In the midst of his hired kill, a Hitman is visited by his drug abused Uncle and learns the essence of life through his six-year-old daughter.

Hello ?Clint,I don't agree with DPG whose advice matches with action movies (which is not exactly yours, unless I'm mistaken).IMO, you already have what you need in a logline (explicitement or implicitement): - a?catalyst (the visit of the uncle)- a…
on Seeking revenge for her sexual assault a woman crosses the line into vigilante; she is now hunted by police and the community she believes she protects.

Hello Craig, "When seeking revenge for her sexual assault, a vigilante finds herself hunted by the police and then by the community she believes protecting"
on When a man born with a fox tail falls in love, he must overcome his insecurities about how he looks, to win his foxy lady.

Hellow White Shadow, I would like his "foxy lady" being a real vixen. This could be a great tale about tolerance, the feeling of superiority... I like the idea of the hero disturbed by his human appearance when he falls…
on when a dog savagely bites the hand of a colleague of a young vet; she must reattach it in order to save his life.

Hello Wheelsonfire,Try this (22 words): "When a dog savagely bites the hand of a?colleague,?a young vet must reattach it in order to save his life."I agree with FFF. This seems very little to sustain a 90 minutes action/comedy movie. Hand…
on When the passionate brother of the bland man she is engaged to marry falls madly in love with her, a woman must decide which man is right for her.

A?book keeper from Brooklyn finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she agreed to marry (IMDB, 24 words)
on When a young woman finds out she is a prototype for factory-made humans she needs to run away from her creators who has decided to erase her due to production errors.

Hello Stella, I assume that your logline is not about Ex Machina (Ava is not the prototype of an android series) and that your hero could be as well Rachael in Blade Runner than Ava in Ex Machina. IMO: -…
on When he is reunited with his first love, a man who has lived alone for 20 years has to learn to care about others so he won’t be dumped by her again.

Hello Stella, This is one of the most common subjects of novels and movies of every time, but I love it, and so many people do (the reason why this is one of ...). "When reunited with his first love,…
on When a woman one day realizes that she sees herself from her husband’s mind, she panicked and looking feverishly for a way out of his brain.

Hello Stella, This is very interesting. This is a fresh idea adding an interesting perspective to close plots like?What Women Want: she ?sees herself through her husband's eyes. IMO, the most important thing is not her panic and her looking…
on When a mysterious train crashes in a little town, a boy with friends must dig deeper to handle the force and save the town.

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