An artist fending off his detractors (more imagined than real) ends up making things more difficult for himself in this...
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Gaston
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2001
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Before was made into the famous Mozart opera, Le Mariage de Figaro was an incredibly famous French comedy and political...
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1989
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1985
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1983
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1982
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1982
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1982
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1981
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1980
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1979
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1979
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Henri Duchemin
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1978
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1978
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During a vacation to a remote tropical hideaway on the African Maurice Islands, two Parisians (Jean Lefebvre and...
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1978
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In a way, the title of Some Like It Cool was a piquant comment on the career of star Tony Curtis, whose stardom had chilled...
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Sergeant
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1977
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1977
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This comedy follows the misadventures of a group of military goofballs who nonetheless manage to help the Resistance...
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Pithivier
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1977
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In this wartime comedy, Gregoire (Jean Lefebvre), an irrepressible tale-spouting French postman, is unable to convince his...
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Gregoire
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1976
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1976
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Pithvier
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1975
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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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Mr. Michalon
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1975
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Two inept brothers, who cannot keep a job, call on their brother-in-law looking for work. He runs a detective agency, and...
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Loulou
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1974
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1974
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1974
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1974
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Adrien
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1974
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Members of the Septième get separated from their unit in this French wartime comedy/action feature. Showing an unusual...
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Pitivier
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1973
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In this parody of James Bond movies, a dullard of a spy novelist finds himself the subject of an English sociology student's...
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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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Porter
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1973
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Nowhere is the sharp divide between the English and French-speaking Canadians more clearly brought home than in this...
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1973
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While in prison, aloof and stand-offish loner Eric (Hardy Kruger) longs to see his daughter, whom he remembers as a young...
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Carlingue
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1973
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Bluebeard is the retelling of the now familiar story of a wealthy aristocrat who marries and murders and marries again. Baron...
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1972
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In order to fight gangsters, the local townspeople and some hippie tourists overcome their differences in this French...
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Julien
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1972
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This French film updates a classic tale by Voltaire and uses it as an allegory in which divisions of race and class are...
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1972
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This 1972 international production of Treasure Island is one of many film versions of the classic adventure by Robert Louis...
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1972
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A retired policeman (Louis De Fumes) is happily married to a devoted wife (Claude Gensac) in this uneven comedy. He does not...
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Policeman
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1970
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1969
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A veteran police officer becomes the chief when he passes a test given to all the members of the police force. The power of...
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Fougasse
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1968
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This uneven comedy finds two inept gunmen always being beaten out of their next caper by a conniving rival crook. They wait...
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Bangkok
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1968
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1967
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Goubi (Jean Lefebre) is the local village idiot, known by all, who dreams of someday going to Paris. When some locals learn...
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Goubi
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1967
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This talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that makes the users fall in love....
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Fou
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1967
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In this French comedy, one little white lie leads to a series of whoppers as a Frenchman visiting London soon discovers. The...
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1966
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1966
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In this slapstick comedy of manners, Eugene (Bourvil) is a businessman who is framed by his crooked partner and thrown in...
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1966
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1965
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1965
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Louis De Funes stars in this two-part sexploitation comedy. Pleasure-seekers deal with the official closing of French...
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1965
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In this French comedy, a clever fellow proves himself smarter than the gangsters who would exploit him. The trouble begins...
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1965
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1965
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A petty crook teams up with a cop, who has been fired for incompetence, to fleece a wealthy businessman in this crime comedy....
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Arsene
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1965
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A former gangster (Lino Ventura) comes out of retirement to help a petty thief (Jean Lefevbre) in this Gallic gangster...
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1965
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Dishwasher
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1965
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Inspector Cruchot takes his daughter to visit beautiful St. Tropez to celebrate his recent promotion to sergeant and ends up...
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Fougasse
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1964
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1964
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French comedian Louis de Funes stars as Garnier, a shopkeeper who gets taken advantage of by a local banker. He decides to...
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1964
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1964
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1964
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This crime comedy finds ex-gangster Fernand (Lino Ventura) receiving a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed "The...
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Volfoni's Brother
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1963
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In this French crime drama, two safe-crackers are breaking into a safe when they are caught in the act by a guard. One of...
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1963
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1963
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Bebert (Martin Lartigue) is a five-year-old boy who gets separated from his older brother on a train. Comedy ensues as the...
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1963
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Three screenwriters pooled their talents for the French racetrack drama Duke of the Derby. Jean Gabin plays a handicapper...
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Charly
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1962
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1962
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1962
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Jackie Gleason plays Gigot, a lumbering but lovable mute Parisian derelict. Shunned by the "respectable" people around him,...
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Gaston
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1962
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1962
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The former Belgian Congo was a popular topic for French-speaking filmmakers in the early '60s since the country was in the...
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Jean
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1962
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In this tragedy, a sailor heads to Hamburg to search for the girl who became his friend a decade before when he had been a...
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1960
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Director
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1958
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1958
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This Gallic costume farce is set in the 18th century. The plot concerns a group of fun-loving French soldiers who manage to...
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1958
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1958
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Yves Allegret's 3DLa Fille de Hambourg3D (literally 3DThe Girl of Hambourg3D) was released stateside as 3DPort of Desire3D....
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Georges
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1958
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1957
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1956
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1954
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1951
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1950
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