Luis Rego Filmography

Quatre étoiles

Actors: Isabelle Carré, José Garcia, François Cluzet, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Michel Vuillermoz

Synopsis: French helmer Christian Vincent's quirky labyrinthine comedy Quatre étoiles (AKA Stars, 2005) opens with a comely young girl named Franssou (nicknamed France) stumbling into a highly promising set of circumstances. Though France's great-great aunt feels less than completely enchanted with her Read More

El Cantor

Actors: Lou Castel, Luis Rego, Francoise Michaud, Talila, Rosette

Synopsis: Intentionally or unintentionally molded after the eccentric deadpan comedies of Jim Jarmusch and Aki Kaurismaki, the quirky slice-of-life feature El Cantor unfolds amid the day-to-day of western European Jews. William (Luis Rego), a dentist living in the French port city of Le Havre, receives a Read More

San Antonio

La Prophetie Des Grenouilles

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Anouk Grinberg, Annie Girardot, Michel Galabru, Laurentine Milebo

Mille Millièmes

Actors: Patrick Chesnais, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Albert Delpy, Grégori Derangère, Suzanne Flon

Synopsis: Directed by Rémi Waterhouse, Mille Millièmes is centered around an eccentric ensemble of apartment residents. Kindness is noticeably absent among their quarters, as demonstrated by a dating pair of neighbors (Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Valérie Stroh) whose request to have their apartments Read More

Ganhar A Vida

Actors: Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Teresa Madruga

Synopsis: A woman mourning the loss of her child demands to know the truth about his death in this realistic drama. Cidalia (Rita Blanco) is a woman born in Portugal who now lives in France and is intensely devoted to her husband and children. When her son dies while caught in the middle of a shootout Read More

Mercredi, Folle Journee!

Actors: Vincent Lindon, Olivier Gourmet, Isabelle Carré

Synopsis: The foibles of a group of genial eccentrics scattered through the city of Nantes set the stage for this comedy-drama, taking place during one particular Wednesday. Martin Socoa (Vincent Lindon) is a well-meaning loser juggling more than his share of problems when, after a marathon card game, he Read More

Fifi Martingale

Actors: Jean Lefebvre, Lili Vonderfeld, Yves Afonso, François Chattot, Jacques Francois

Synopsis: An artist fending off his detractors (more imagined than real) ends up making things more difficult for himself in this satiric comedy. Kevin Kazanovitch (Mike Marshall) is a theatrical director whose latest production, a farcical comedy, has become a resounding success. But Kazanovitch is by his Read More

La vie ne me fait pas peur

Actors: Magalie Woch, Ingrid Molinier, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Camille Rousselet, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

Synopsis: In this bittersweet look back at the trials of growing up in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Emilie (Magali Woch), Ines (Ingrid Molinier), Stella (Julie-Marie Parmentier), and Marion (Camille Rousselet) become friends as they share the humiliations that are a part of adolescent life -- going to Read More

La Chambre Obscure

Actors: Jackie Berroyer, Mathieu Demy, Caroline Ducey, Melvil Poupaud, Hugues Quester

Synopsis: Caroline Ducey, who previously gained fame by bearing it all in the 1999 dour erotic drama Romance, stars in this drama set in the 14th century. Alienor (Ducey) is provincial lass who puts her skill with herbal cures to use by healing the festering boil on the king's leg. He rewards her with Read More

Superlove

Actors: Isabelle Carré, Carmen Maura, Luis Rego, Marthe Villalonga

Synopsis: Can a gay man find happiness with the mother of Jesus Christ? Mario $Gregoire Colin) is a openly homosexual hairdresser who one day meets Marie-Helene (Isabelle Carre) when he sees her singing beside a tree in a park. They get to know each other and Mario discovers Marie-Helene believes she is the Read More

Ça N'Empeche Pas Les Sentiments

Actors: Philippe Chevalier, Regis Laspales, Cecile Bois, Luis Rego, Jackie Berroyer

Synopsis: A former schoolteacher turned film distributor, Jean-Pierre Jackson made his directorial debut with this French comedy about two losers. When alimony payments catch up with Felix (Philippe Chevaillier), his furniture is seized. After a decade-long marriage, Raoul (Regis Laspales) leaves his wife. Read More

Petites

Actors: Magalie Woch, Ingrid Molinier, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Camille Rousselet, Jean-Luc Bideau

Synopsis: Following the international success of her first film Oblie-moi (1994) for which she was also the co-writer, Noémi Lvovsky has concentrated mostly on screenwriting until Petites, a "buddy film" for girls. Emilie, Stella, Ines and Marion come from different social backgrounds but share the same Read More

Le Coeur Fantome

Actors: Luis Rego, Aurelia Alcais, Maurice Garrel, Evelyne Didi

Synopsis: A hangdog, middle-aged painter falls in love with a tender young college student after he leaves his philandering wife and his children in this romantic French drama. To console himself, the fundamentally bohemian Phillippe finds comfort in the arms of various prostitutes, especially Valeria. It Read More

Le Retour des Charlots

Actors: Les Charlots, Jezabelle Amato, Guy Montagne, Luis Rego, Gerard Filipelli, Jean Sarrus

Synopsis: This slapdash comedy is the first in ten years featuring the chaos-provoking talents of the Charlots, who, according to legend, are a group of men who came together while on military service together. In fact, they are a group of comics responsible for at least four other silly movies which (along Read More

Poule Et Frites

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Anémone, Luis Rego, Michel Galabru, Claire Nadeau, Carole Jacquinot

Synopsis: Luis Rego stars as a philandering husband who runs a concession stand in this uneven sex comedy. He is successful for years juggling his amorous adventures between his wife and mistress. When he falls for a sultry lounge singer with a sadomasochist streak, he takes on far more than he can handle. Read More

Paulette

Actors: Luis Rego, Catherine Leprince, Gerard Desarthe, Charles Schmitt

Synopsis: With embarrassing dialogue and a theatrical style, this feature-length comedy is based on cartoon characters and is equally two-dimensional. After some misguided attempts at mixing with the riff-raff, the young rich heiress Paulette (Jeanne Marine) decides to start giving her money away to anyone Read More

Maine-Ocean

Actors: Bernard Menez, Luis Rego, Yves Afonso, Lydia Feld, Rosa-Maria Gomez, Bernard Dumaine

Synopsis: In a storyline that brings together an odd assortment of characters, director, co-scripter, and editor Jacques Rozier has fashioned some humorous segments in this New Wave-influenced creation. Two ticket inspectors, Le Garrec and Pontoiseau (Bernard Menez and Luis Rego), are working the Read More

Paulette La Pauvre Petite Milliardair

Actors: Catherine Leprince, Jeanne Marine, Luis Rego, Roland Blanche

La Vengeance du Serpent a Plumes

Actors: Maruschka Detmers, Coluche, Luis Rego, Philippe Khorsand, Farid Chopel

Synopsis: Some young international terrorists are holed up in the apartment Loulou Dupin (Coluche) inherited from his recently deceased grandmother, a premise that quickly leads to unlikely entanglements in this low-brow political farce. When Loulou opens the closets and finds dynamite, nitroglycerine, and Read More

La Smala

Actors: Victor Lanoux, Josiane Balasko, Dominique Lavanant, Maurice Risch

Synopsis: In a satire on family values that tends to pass off human cruelty as amusing, this story about an odd family of five children, a father, grandmother, and neighbor is not particularly laugh-provoking. When the mother of this "tribe" of five children leaves for good, their inept father is not sure Read More

Aldo et Junior

Actors: Aldo Maccione, Andréa Ferréol, Riton Liebman, Luis Rego

Synopsis: In an unsuccessful attempt to adapt the "Junior" cartoon strip by Georges Wolinski to a live-action movie, director Patrick Schulmann has been unable to capture the tension he first poses between a father (Aldo Maccione), once involved in the 1968 May student demonstrations, and a son (Junior Read More

Sandy

Actors: Michel Galabru, Luis Rego, Henri Guybet

Circulez Y'a Rien a Voir

Actors: Jane Birkin, Michel Blanc, Jacques Villeret, Michel Robbe, Gaelle Legrand

Synopsis: This routine farce is about a lowly police inspector who falls for a sophisticated woman, unaware that she is involved in fencing stolen art. He pursues her with undying diligence until they finally get together -- but by that time they are on the wrong side of the law and in trouble. As usual Read More

Debout les Crabes, la Mer Monte!

Actors: Martin Lamotte, Veronique Genest, Virginie Thévenet, Richard Bohringer, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: The action in this attempt at farce and drama starts moving when a prostitute just out of prison overwhelms a young man with her charms in their shared train compartment and ends up getting invited to his home. Once there, other than inducing some unusual behavior in the members of the family, she Read More

Le Retour Des Bidasses En Folie

Actors: Luis Rego, Les Charlots, Jacques Jouanneau, Paulette Dubost

Les Hommes Preferent les Grosses

Actors: Josiane Balasko, Ariane Larteguy, Luis Rego, Dominique Lavanant, Daniel Auteuil

Synopsis: This comedy features large French woman, Balasko, who, when dumped by her fiance, moves in with a silly model. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Viens Chez Moi, J'habite Chez une Copine

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Bernard Giraudeau, Michel Blanc, Therese Liotard, Anémone, Christine Dejoux

Synopsis: Based on a successful cabaret theater play, Come to my Place, I'm Living with my Girlfriend features Guy (Michel Blanc) as a carefree and morally challenged gas station attendant suddenly in need of a place to live. It seems his boss caught him trying to cheat his customers, and Guy was thrown out Read More

Les Bronzés

Actors: Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Christian Clavier

Synopsis: Six vacationers from France find themselves on the sunny shores of Africa in a vacation village where organized fun is the order of the day. Spoofing such faddish getaways as "Club Med," the story focuses on the trials of a married couple who can't quite live up to their ideals of an "open" Read More

Le Fuhrer en Folie

Actors: Henri Tisot, Alice Sapritch, Luis Rego, Maurice Risch

Synopsis: This French farce depicts Hitler as the sort of man who issues challenges to opposing countries: win a soccer game against us, or be invaded. All goes invasion-ward until the French send three screwy guys to kidnap the tyrant. At this point, things become incredibly bizarre, as the kidnapper's Read More

Les Bidasses en Folie

Actors: Les Charlots, Marion Game, Jacques Dufilho

Synopsis: This broad French comedy emulates the much-better film A Hard Days Night in casting the Charlots, a French popular music group, to carry the story about a zany group of cut-ups who are drafted into military service. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More