Daniel PrévostFilmography

Home Sweet Home

Actors: Judith Godrëche, Patrick Chesnais, Daniel Prévost, Alexandre Astier, Raphael Lenglet

Synopsis: A woman looking for peace, quiet and family bonding is thrown into the middle of a police investigation in this comedy-drama from director Didier Le Pecheur. Claire (Judith Godreche) is a successful television actress whose busy schedule is getting the better of her, and when she discovers her Read More

Rene Bousquet Ou Le Grand Arrangement

Actors: Daniel Prévost, Philippe Magnan, Ludmila Mikael, Michel Aumont, Macha Meril

Synopsis: In the 1970s, as French citizens make long-delayed attempts to come to terms with the Nazi collaboration of World War II for the first time, the country buckles beneath the weight of collective guilt. One man - the former Collaborationist police head René Bousquet (Daniel Prevost) - bears primary Read More

Dream House

Actors: Dany Boon, Michèle Laroque, Daniel Prévost, Zinedine Soualem, Laurent Gamelon

Synopsis: A simple cottage in the country becomes an increasingly difficult matter for cash-strapped husband in this French comedy. Charles Boulin (Dany Boon) works for a mortgage company, where he has the unenviable job of overseeing the repossession of homes when owners default on their loans and Read More

Mon Idole

Actors: François Berléand, Guillaume Canet, Diane Kruger, Philippe Lefebvre, Clotilde Courau

Synopsis: Actor Guillaume Canet, best known to American audiences for his work in The Beach, makes his directorial debut with the dark comedy, Mon idole. Canet also stars in the film as Bastien, an ambitious young man working as an assistant to Philippe Letzger (Philippe Lefebvre, who co-wrote the script Read More

La Verite Si Je Mens! 2

Actors: Richard Anconina, José Garcia, Bruno Solo, Gad Elmaleh, Gilbert Melki

Synopsis: The Sephardic Jewish characters who headlined the riotous 1997 comedy Would I Lie To You? - all employees in the garment business - return for this laugh-filled 2001 sequel. At the center of the farce are Dov (Gad Elmaleh), Patrick (Gilbert Melki), Serge (Jose Garcia), Yvan (Bruno Solo) and Eddie Read More

Un crime au Paradis

Actors: Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier, Suzanne Flon, Gerard Hernandez

Synopsis: When a man kills his wife -- who happened to be the most hated woman in the village -- no one is sure if he should be punished or congratulated in this darkly farcical comedy. Jojo (Jacques Villeret) runs a small farm in rural France, and asks for little from life; all he wants to do is finish his Read More

Vive Nous!

Actors: Michèle Bernier, Camille de Casabianca, Emmanuelle Devos, Dieudonne

Synopsis: Camille de Casabianca writes, directs, and stars in this romantic comedy about social class and judo. After she is dumped by her husband, Valerie (de Casabianca) looks for solace in judo. Instead, she finds hunky martial arts instructor Bruno. Though she is a well-to-do architect and he is Read More

Astérix et Obélix contre César

Actors: Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Roberto Benigni, Laetitia Casta, Arielle Dombasle

Synopsis: Asterix and Obelix, the French comic book heroes created by René Goscinny and Albert Underzo (their adventures have sold 280 million copies to date in Europe), are brought to the big screen in their first live-action adventure. Set in 50 B.C., Asterix (Christian Clavier) and Obelix (Gérard Depardieu Read More

The Dinner Game

Actors: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Alexandra Van Der Noot, Daniel Prévost

Synopsis: Francis Veber wrote and directed this film adaptation (with animated opening credits) of his own play, Le diner de cons, about a competition among a group of friends to see who can find the stupidest person to bring to dinner (as indicated by the original French title, since "con" means someone Read More

Un Grand Cri d'Amour

Actors: Josiane Balasko, Daniel Ceccaldi, Daniel Prévost, Richard Berry

Synopsis: In this saga of the love affair between an actor (Richard Berry) and an actress (Josiane Balasko, also the director) the two have gone from being lovers and working together, to being separated, and now are faced with an additional challenge to their relationship: they are both working in the same Read More

Droit Dans Le Mur

Actors: Pierre Richard, Veronique Genest, Caroline Sihol, Daniel Russo, Daniel Prévost

Synopsis: Pierre Richard directed, co-scripted and stars in this French comedy. Former top film comedian Romain (Richard) is on a downward spiral -- rehearsing a play directed by his sister while also dealing with his wife, mistress, taxes, low self-esteem, demands for attention from his two children, and a Read More

Violetta La Reine De La Moto

Actors: Florence Pernel, Dominique Pinon, Daniel Prévost, Eva Darlan, Chantal Neuwirth

Synopsis: After a 10-year absence, 27-year-old Amelie (Florence Pernel) returns home to suburban Paris and the decaying motorcycle-dealership/junkyard where she was raised. Her hope is that time has healed the open wound of hostility between herself and her alcoholic older brother Adrien (Dominique Pinon). Read More

Tenue Correcte Exigée

Actors: Elsa Zylberstein, Jacques Gamblin, Zabou

Synopsis: His estranged wife is worth millions, but poor Paris resident Richard is homeless and jobless. He applied for unemployment benefits and now faces charges of fraud. To save himself from nine months in jail he must find his wife and force her to tell the courts the truth, that though she has married Read More

Ma Femme Me Quitte

Actors: Michel Boujenah, Miou-Miou, Thierry Lhermitte, Line Renaud

Synopsis: Misunderstandings create romantic mayhem in this French comedy. Joanna Martin is an investigative television reporter who has lived happily with prominent lawyer Samuel Bosquier for over 15 years. The trouble begins when her station assigns Joanna to investigate the phony marriage/immigration Read More

Le Plus Beau Métier du Monde

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Michèle Laroque, Souad Amidou, Ticky Holgado

Synopsis: A genteel teacher finds himself out of his element when his request to be assigned to a Parisian school lands him in an impoverished, multi-cultural ghetto suburb outside of Paris. There Laurent Monier (Gerard Depardieu) finds himself forced to live in a project apartment and teach classes full of Read More

La Faute

Actors: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Daniel Prévost

Les Faussaires

Actors: Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Marc Barr, Claude Piéplu, Viktor Lazlo, Francois Perrot

Synopsis: This comedy was shot in Tahiti. It focuses on the rocky relationship between Cohn, a local con man, and author Jack Baker who wants to profile Paul Gauguin in an upcoming book. Cohn, an obnoxious crook and pathological liar originally from Paris, has been the bane of the local population for Read More

Colonel Chabert

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Daniel Prévost

Synopsis: This metaphorical drama, about the changes brought to French society by revolution, stars Gérard Depardieu as Chabert, a French soldier who served under Napoleon in 1807 and was thought to have died in battle. In fact, Chabert was nearly buried in a mass grave with a large number of deceased Read More

L'Oeil Qui Ment

Actors: John Hurt, Didier Bourdon, Lorraine Evanoff, David Warner, Daniel Prévost

Synopsis: In this mystical comedy, Felicien has traveled to Portugal from France soon after the end of the First World War. It seems that his recently deceased father had invested a lot of money in a factory located in a remote village, and he has come to evaluate that investment. He gets some clues to the Read More

Room Service

Actors: Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Daniel Prévost, Jacques Jouanneau

Uranus

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Michel Blanc, Florence Darel, Michel Galabru

Synopsis: Uranus is set in a post-war French village that has been all but obliterated by the bombing. Jean-Pierre Marielle plays a middle-class family man who agrees to shelter many of those who've lost their homes. The polyglot of political beliefs held by these new tenants sows the seeds of discontent. Read More

Liberte, Egalite, Choucroute

Actors: Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne, Mimi Coutellier, Ursula Andress

Synopsis: This is an often wilted, occasionally flat spoof of the French Revolution by Jean Yanne, France's answer to Mel Brooks. The revolution, used as a foil for politics in the 1980s, has Robespierre Roland Giraud) in love with Charlotte Corday (Mimi Coutellier) who works for Marat (Jean Yanne) and Read More

Mon Cure Chez Les Thailandaises

Actors: Maurice Risch, Jacques Balutin, Marion Game, Daniel Prévost

Prends Ton Passe Montagne On Va A La

Actors: Daniel Prévost, Pascale Roberts, Florence Giorgetti, Artus de Penguern

Rien Ne Va Plus

Actors: Jacques Villeret, Eva Darlan, Roland Blanche, Philippe Khorsand, Tonie Marshall

Synopsis: Rien ne va plus, by director Jean-Michel Ribes, is a series of comedy sketches of disparate quality, on the social, cultural, and political foibles that make the French, French. Various settings and character types are given a once-over, including pseudo-intellectuals, punk bikers, right-wingers Read More

Voulez-Vous un Bebe Nobel?

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Darry Cowl, Daniel Prévost, Jean Rougerie

Fais Gaffe A La Gaffe

Actors: Roger Mirmont, Daniel Prévost, François Maistre, Marie-Anne Chazel

Je Te Tiens Tu Me Tiens Par La Barbichette

Actors: Jean Yanne, Micheline Presle, Mimi Coutellier, Georges Beller, Claude Brosset, Carlos

Synopsis: Je Te Tiens Tu Me Tiens Par La Barbichette refers to a French children's game, where two children hold one another's chins and stare at one another. The one who laughs first, loses. In this satire, a police detective (played by Jean Yanne) is investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the Read More

Cours Après Moi Que Je T'Attrape

Actors: Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marilù Tolo, Geneviève Fontanel, Sylvain Rougerie

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, two separate people place "mate wanted" ads in the newspaper personals. Jacqueline (Annie Girardot) is a dog-groomer, and Jean-Pierre (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is a tax-collector. There are a number of quite substantial obstacles to their getting together: she has a lot of Read More

Un Mari C' Est Un Mari

Actors: Louis Velle, Daniel Prévost, Gisele Casadesus

La Situation Est Grave Mais Pas Deses

Actors: Michel Serrault, Jean Lefebvre, Maria Pacome, Daniel Prévost

Les Chinois à Paris

Actors: Jean Yanne, Nicole Calfan, Michel Serrault, Bernard Blier

Synopsis: In this French fantasy/comedy, the Maoist Chinese, by some miracle, have occupied Paris (and France) overnight. The patience of these stern, work-oriented and quite puritanical communists is finally completely worn down by the quarrelsome, cynical and decadent French, who cannot cooperate properly Read More

Y'a Un Os Dans La Moulinette

Actors: Michel Galabru, Daniel Prévost, Paul Preboist, Darry Cowl

Elle Court, Elle Court la Banlieue

Actors: Marthe Keller, Jacques Higelin, Victor Lanoux, Jean-Pierre Darras

Synopsis: This dark French comedy satirizes suburban living. Marthe Keller and Jacques Higelin play a newly married couple who have just moved into the suburbs. Nearly everything is oppressive: among other things, the walls of their house are too thin and their neighbors harangue them with complaints of all Read More

Le Concierge

Actors: Bernard Le Coq, Maureen Kerwin, Michel Galabru, Daniel Ceccaldi

Tout le Monde Il Est Beau - Tout le Monde Il Est Gentil

Actors: Jean Yanne, Bernard Blier, Marina Vlady, Michel Serrault

Synopsis: Jean Yanne directs and stars in this French comedy. He plays a radio reporter who is fired when he recounts on the air just how his brave colleagues report on Latin American revolutions: from a lounge chair next to the pool of a luxury hotel, or from cabanas along the beach. He is briefly hired Read More