While there are plenty of stories about gay men who have pretended to be straight for the sake of their careers, this tart...
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2001
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Francis Veber wrote and directed this film adaptation (with animated opening credits) of his own play, Le diner de cons,...
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1998
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At $23 million, this sequel cost three times as much as the earlier Les Visiteurs (1993), France's second largest postwar...
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1998
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In this fast-paced French comedy, a gambler, anxious to escape the thugs who pursue him after her reneged on a bet,...
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1996
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Aimed at younger audiences, this special-effects filled French comedy centers on the afterlife adventures of two recently...
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1996
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With a few sly nods toward Hitchcock, this romantic French crime thriller follows book editor Pierre Duval down a ruinous...
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1996
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After raising her daughter to be a beautiful young woman and developing a lively career as a wallpaper designer, one would...
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1994
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This French family film is filled with action, animals, adventure, and suspense. The story is told from a child's viewpoint....
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1994
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A boy, blaming himself for his parent's break-up, devises a scheme to bring them back together in this entertaining French...
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1994
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A modern farce about medieval life, this is a time-travel comedy by French director Jean-Marie Poire. A 12th-century...
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1993
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In this comedy, veterinarian Henri Sauveur (Jean Rochefort) maintains his dignity and calm in the face of an incredible...
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1992
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This charming motion picture relives the beautiful childhood memories of noted film director and writer Marcel Pagnol. While...
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1990
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This 1990 French film presents idyllic episodes from the childhood of novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974)....
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1990
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This poetic French drama about the inner experience of a returning World War I soldier, is based on the much-loved and highly...
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1989
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Twenty-one-year-old Valentine (Sophie Marceau) works part time as a teacher while she prepares for her all-important final...
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1988
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This adaptation of Ben Hecht's novel is a satire that unfolds as a mystery story. A Hollywood studio is producing another...
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1988
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Seraphin Monge (Patrick Bruel) is a World War I veteran whose family was killed when he was an infant. At the end of the war,...
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1988
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Young Pierre Marie (Michel Morin) and his school chums find a German deserter in this World War II comedy. He allows the...
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1988
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Advertising executive Gerard Floque (Roland Giraud) has the worst day of his life in this routine comedy. He comes home after...
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1987
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In this comedy, young Moses Levy is a Hassidic Jew who lives a quiet existence, avoiding entanglement with the modern world....
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1987
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Manon of the Spring (Manon des Sources) has also been released as Jean de Florette II in the US, as it is a sequel to...
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1986
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Co-adapted by director Claude Berri from a novel by Marcel Pagnol, this hugely successful French historical drama concerns a...
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1986
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A look at Communism behind the Iron Curtain, this comedy is set in a posh Moscow hotel run by the hypocritical Igor...
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1986
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In this standard romantic drama, a tangled web of relationships may not be that easy to straighten out for the people...
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1985
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Director Gérard Lauzier shoots diatribes at "liberals" from his own conservative perspective in this movie about a...
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1984
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1983
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This sequel to La Boum, a teenage romantic comedy that was a big box-office success in Europe, revisits Vic (Sophie Marceau),...
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1982
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The French/German Ace of Aces stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a dauntless World War One flyboy. Nearly 20 years after cessation...
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1982
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La Boum stars Sophie Marceau as a 13-year-old French girl, coping with domestic problems. Her parents, played by...
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1981
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1981
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This standard comedy thriller is more a vehicle to show off Jean-Paul Belmondo's stunts than to convey a suspenseful tale to...
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1980
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The tendency for a life of crime to continue unabated is a part of this conventional crime comedy by director...
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1980
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This zany satire of the stereotypical spy thriller is directed by Gerard Oury, known for his ability to wring laughter out of...
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1980
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1980
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Martin (Jean Rochefort) is a coward who is swept up in the revolt by French students in May, 1968 in this Gallic comedy of...
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1979
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When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz...
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1979
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Students of the Paris music conservatory work at putting on an evening's entertainment in this musical comedy which has less...
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1979
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Like other young men in his soccer-obsessed town, a belligerent and rebellious factory worker Francois Perrin plays on a...
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1978
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Christopher Lee dons the Count's legendary cape once again for this satirical French-made entry in the vampire genre (titled...
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1976
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When this French romantic comedy was released in English-speaking countries, its French title was changed to Pardon Mon...
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1976
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The feature debut of prominent French director Patrice Leconte is a spoof of the detective genre, done in absurdist, deadpan...
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1975
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Following a car chase and shootout, a man stumbles into a girl's apartment and dies. Frantic to be rid of this encumbrance,...
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1975
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In this film, a group of French kids face the difficult transition from childhood to adulthood as they struggle through...
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1974
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1974
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Marcello Mastrioanni stars as an aging actor whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life,...
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1973
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This French spy thriller makes a number of surprising variations on familiar themes. Tibere (Lino Ventura) is a Soviet...
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1973
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Tunisia is a rough placed to be trapped in, especially if you are an Israeli spy (Jean-Pierre Marielle) on the run....
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1973
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In this wacky French spy comedy, the chief of the French secret service wants very much to keep his job and stoops to...
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1972
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This French comedy/thriller is partly a spoof of the police/action genre and of The French Connection. The police inspector...
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1972
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This broad French comedy includes some affectionate parodies of silent film features. Corny (Lino Ventura) is the captain of...
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1971
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This film is a French period comic romance, set in the time just surrounding the French Revolution (1789). "Year Two," of the...
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1971
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The notable French comedian Pierre Richard stars in and directs this, his second feature film. Here he plays Alfred, about...
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1971
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The Daydreamer (Le Distrait) stars Pierre Richard (who also directed) as a stumblebum ad-agency employee. Unable to get by in...
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1970
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The Brain (Le Cerveau) is a tongue-in-cheek caper film with more twists and turns than a rural Oregon highway. David Niven...
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1969
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Clerambard (Philippe Noiret) feeds his large family by killing cats and dogs. He also makes his family run hand looms with...
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1969
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Charles (Louis Jourdan) is a writer who falls for Sandra (Senta Berger) in this routine spy story. Sandra talks the writer...
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1967
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Doucet (Jacques Brel) is a dedicated and happily married schoolteacher in a small town. One day he is accused of making...
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1967
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In the second installment of the parodic Fantomas series, the title arch criminal and master of disguise kidnaps prominent...
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1965
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In this adventure, a secret society, the Sons of the Panther, stop a ring of jewel thieves from stealing diamonds from a...
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1965
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This movie is the first in a trilogy that parodied the popular silent Fantomas serials of director Louis Feuillade, which...
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1964
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Before Greed in the Sun was released to the States by way of MGM, this French/Italian co-production had made the European...
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1963
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The scene is the French Riviera. Based on eyewitness testimony, three identically dressed men are accused of kidnapping and...
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1962
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In this standard murder mystery with a twist, an attractive woman, Marta (Lea Massari), picks up a man who has just been...
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1962
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In this WW II adventure, a band of French soldiers must escort a group of high-ranking German officers across the North...
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1960
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In this French drama a horse dealer is quite surprised when one of his mares foals a green colt. The verdant critter brings...
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1959
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In this routine spy story with primarily one setting -- a small cabin -- and only two protagonists, Peter (Robert Hossein,...
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1959
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1958
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The French/Italian Adventures of Arsene Lupin is loosely based on stories by Maurice Leblanc. A sprightly opening-credits...
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1957
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Les Carnets du Major Thompson was the final film effort of producer-director-writer Preston Sturges. Once a Hollywood...
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1956
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In a genre crowded with quality films, director Robert Bresson's POW drama has become legendary, in part because it strips...
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1956
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Marguerite de la Nuit is filmmaker Claude Autant-Lara's spin on the "Faust" legend. Though updated to 1925, the story of the...
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1955
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A novel by Michel De Saint Pierre was the source for Les Aristocrates. Pierre Fresnay stars an aging Marquis, who tries his...
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1955
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1951
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1951
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1948
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1942
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