Director Mike Nichols teams up with his former partner/screenwriter Elaine May for the first time in many years and for the...
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Play Author
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1996
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Victor Dargelas is smart but for some reason wasn't accepted at one of France's top universities, so he has taken a...
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Cyril Dujardin
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1992
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In his work as a notary, Hippolyte has registered prenuptial agreements entrusted to him by hopeful young couples and divorce...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1992
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The immature young ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph, was extremely shy around women but (according to this...
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1991
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Pierre Lacenaire is among the most notorious killers in French history. This well-wrought drama, tells his story. It begins...
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Allard
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1990
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Octave Leroi
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1989
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When Corentin (Roland Giraud) marries a young woman, he is unable to consummate the marriage in this costumed comedy. He is...
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1989
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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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Orlando
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1988
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Martin Morel
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1988
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Charles (Charles Vanel) is a 100-year-old perfume magnate who decides to marry the equally ancient Emmanuelle (Denis Grey) in...
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1988
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Play Author
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1986
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Inspecteur Lavardin is a mellow, take-your-time Claude Chabrol effort of the 1980s, partly financed by French television....
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Inspector Jean Lavardin
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1986
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Insurance investigator Ronald Fox Terrier (Michel Serrault) looks into a questionable claim of disability feigned by Papu...
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Papu
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1986
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This is an often wilted, occasionally flat spoof of the French Revolution by Jean Yanne, France's answer to Mel Brooks. The...
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Caliph of Baghdad
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1985
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An unsuspecting novelist is the target of international extortionists in this well-acted suspense story directed by...
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Jean
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1984
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Stephane (Jean-Paul Belmondo) has a predilection for being unfaithful, and when he is caught by his wife with the charming...
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Play Author, Screenwriter
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1984
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Jean Lavardin
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1984
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Andre Joeuf (Jean Poiret) is the coldly calculating president of an insurance company who, when faced with the imperative of...
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Andre Joeuf
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1982
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The Last Metro is set virtually in its entirety in a crumbling French theatre. During the Nazi occupation, Jewish director...
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Jean-Loup Cottins
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1980
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Screenwriter
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1980
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Michel Serrault plays a double role in this lighthearted comedy. An ineffectual actor is called on to portray his look-alike...
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Producer, Screenwriter, Jean-Loup Constant
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1979
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An international comedy sensation based on a successful French stage play, La Cage aux Folles depicts the farcical chaos that...
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Play Author, Screenwriter
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1978
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Leon (Bourvil) is the owner of a cafe in a small town in occupied France in this comedic war story. Like most French of the...
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1970
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Eric (Robert Dhery) is the beleaguered husband of a harridan wife who works as a writer of advertising slogans. When he...
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Tout
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1970
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1969
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1969
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1969
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1969
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1969
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This slapstick comedy concerns a college professor who stages a one-man vendetta against television. A hare-brained inventor...
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1968
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1967
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1966
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1966
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1965
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1965
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In this French farce, a lazy member of a family of down-and-out aristocrats refuses to help the destitute family survive. ~...
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Raoul
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1965
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1964
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1964
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Triquet (Bourvil) is a policeman who is forced to retire early when he nabs too many crooks while he is not on the clock in...
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1964
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This feature takes a comedic look at how four women lose their virginity. Among the scenarios are a couple who can't bring...
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Banker
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1963
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The four "truths" are in this instance, four different romantic or dramatic vignettes in a slightly uneven compilation film....
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Mr. Fox [The Fox And The Crow]
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1963
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Raoul
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1963
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A mystery playwright finds that he is the target of a killer. Fancying himself a sleuth, he insists upon solving the puzzle...
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Louis
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1963
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Bernard
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1962
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The French omnibus feature Tales of Paris is made of four separate romantic playlets, each with its own cast, director, and...
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1962
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1962
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A young girl leaves her home in a small country town for the big city life in Paris. Her dreams of a career and her search...
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Vieux
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1961
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1961
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An uninspired satire that tweaks the movie and publicity industries, Auguste is about an eponymous bank clerk who finds fame...
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Publicist
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1961
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Love and the Frenchwoman (La Francaise et L'Amour) concentrates on the nature of love by illustrating seven separate aspects...
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1960
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Jean-Pierre Cassel is ideally cast as the hopelessly optimistic Candide in this noir updating of Voltaire's classic...
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1960
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1959
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Based on a story by one of France's favorite satirists, Georges Courteline, this is the second time a director has taken on...
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Lahrier
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1958
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1958
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1958
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1957
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Philippe Dartois
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1957
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1956
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1956
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