Pierre Richard Filmography

Mia Mia and the Migoo

Actors: Pierre Richard, Dany Boon, Yolande Moreau, Jean-Pierre Coffe, Miou-Miou

Synopsis: Jacques-Remy Girerd, acclaimed director of La Prophetie Des Grenouilles, returns to write and direct this animated fantasy adventure following a young girl as she encounters the Migou, a strange creature who teaches her about a sacred tree that is essential to all life on the planet. Young Mia Read More

Try Me

Actors: Pierre-Francois 'Pel' Martin-Laval, Julie Depardieu, Pierre Richard, Kad Merad, Vladimir Yordanoff

Synopsis: French director Pierre-François 'Pel' Martin-Laval's romantic comedy Try Me opens with the gentlest of promises: at 9 years old, Yves-Marie proposed to his childhood sweetheart, Jacqueline. She accepted, on the sole condition that he become an astronaut and chart the heavens. He kept his vow; she Read More

Le Serpent

Actors: Clovis Cornillac, Yvan Attal, Pierre Richard, Simon Abkarian

Synopsis: Gallic writer-director Eric Barbier borrows Hitchcock's old premise of an innocent unjustly accused of lurid and brutal actions - with all evidence pointing inconveniently to him - for the Parisian-set thriller Le Serpent. Yvan Attal stars as Mandel, a slightly introverted photographer careening Read More

The Cactus

Actors: Clovis Cornillac, Pascal Elbe, Alice Taglioni, Pierre Richard, Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Synopsis: During his adolescent years, Sami, a French teen, saved 15-year-old buddy Patrick from a potentially fatal skiing accident - causing Patrick to feel long indebted to his friend. Years later, Patrick (Clovis Cornillac) has evolved into a congenial husband, father and businessman with a handsome Read More

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Actors: Pierre Richard, Nicolas Cazalé, Jean-Claude Leguay

En Attendent le Deluge

Actors: Pierre Richard, Anna Mouglalis, Damien Odoul, Eugene Durif, Ingrid Astier

Mariees Mais Pas Trop

Actors: Jane Birkin, Émilie Dequenne, Pierre Richard, Clovis Cornillac, Jérémie Elkaïm

Synopsis: French filmmaker Catherine Corsini co-writes and directs the black comedy Mariees Mais pas Trop (The Very Merry Widows). Jane Birkin stars as Renee, a femme fatale with a knack for making herself into a wealthy widow. Just as her latest husband's death is being investigated by insurance agent Read More

Le Clefs de Bagnole

Actors: Laurent Baffie, Daniel Russo, Claude Berri, Charles Gassot, Alain Terzian

27 Missing Kisses

Actors: Eugenij Sidichin, Pierre Richard

Synopsis: A young woman's passion has a remarkable effect on a Russian village in this comedy-drama with fantasy elements. Sybill (Nino Kuchanidze) is a 14-year-old girl who is sent to a small town in the country to spend the summer with her aunt. Despite her tender age, Sybill is ripe and sexually aware Read More

Droit Dans Le Mur

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

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

Les Mille Et Une Recettes Du Cuisinier Amoureux

Actors: Pierre Richard, Micheline Presle, Nino Kirtadze, Timur Kamkhadze, Kakhi Kavsadze, Jean-Yves Gautier, Ramaz Chkhikvadze

Synopsis: A comically accented historical drama with culinary appeal, this film introduces us to Pascal Ichac (Pierre Richard), a French chef with a nose so sensitive that he can decipher the ingredients in a sauce with a single sniff. A true renaissance man, Pascal is a genius in the kitchen and a trained Read More

L'Amour Conjugal

Actors: Sami Frey, Caroline Sihol, Pierre Richard, Mathieu Carrière

Synopsis: This French tale, set in the 17th century, chronicles the marriage between an errant knight and a beautiful spinster. The tale begins in 1629, and the knight is Nathan Le Cerf who joins the regiments of Count Anchire after he loses his entire family to the plague. Nathan's first assignment is to Read More

La Partie D'Echecs

Actors: Pierre Richard, Denis Lavant, Catherine Deneuve, James Wilby, Delphine Bibet

Synopsis: Chess provides the dramatic focus in this Belgian film which explores the internal conflicts of a young chess prodigy seeking the deeper implications of life and the game. The drama begins in 1828 in the luxurious country manse of a local marquise. She is deeply involved with understanding the Read More

La Cavale des Fous

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Pierre Richard, Michel Piccoli, Dominique Pinon, Florence Pernel, Edith Scob

Synopsis: This comedy brings Pierre Richard and Michel Piccoli together onscreen once again. In the story, former professor Henri Toussaint Piccoli has been locked away in a psychiatric ward for some years for trying to strangle his wife when he found her in bed with another man. Now she has a terminal Read More

Vieille Canaille

Actors: Michel Serrault, Anna Galiena, Pierre Richard, Jean-Pierre Bouvier

Synopsis: Darius Caunes is so charming, you want to forget that he killed his wife. He is so charming that you will probably want to overlook the fact that he is counterfeiting currency. He is audacious and skillful. He has even made a friend of the honest and dogged police inspector who investigated his Read More

On Peut Toujours Rever

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Pierre Richard, Smain, Edith Scob

Promotion Canape

Actors: Grace de Capitani, Margot Abascal, Thierry Lhermitte

Bienvenue a Bord!

Actors: Pierre Richard, Martin Lamotte, Evelyne Bouix, Catherine Frot, Jean-Paul Muel

Synopsis: Martin (Martin Lamotte) is probably a little cracked in the head. Why else would he pick up a suspicious-looking hitchhiker (Pierre Richard) when he's been hearing about a dangerous escaped convict on the radio? It's not until the man is already in his car that he realizes that he could have a Read More

À Gauche En Sortant De L'Ascenseur

Actors: Pierre Richard, Richard Bohringer, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Cottençon, Pierre Vernier

Synopsis: Yann (Pierre Richard) has his artistic eye on Florence (Fanny Cottencon), who desires her for more than her aesthetic beauty. His efforts are continually hampered by his neighbors Boris (Richard Bohringer), an insanely jealous layabout and his beautiful wife Eva (Emmanuelle Beart). Michel Creton Read More

Mangeclous

Actors: Pierre Richard, Charles Aznavour, Jacques Villeret, Jean-Luc Bideau, Bernard Blier, Jacques Dufilho

Synopsis: French/Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi wrote and directed this adapation of the fanciful comic novel by Albert Cohen. Set in 1938, it tells the farcical story of a band of five French speaking Greek Jews who seek to have their status as self-appointed ambassadors of a Palestinian Zionist state Read More

Les Fugitifs

Actors: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Carmet, Michel Blanc, Maurice Barrier

Synopsis: Francis Veber directs this hilarious comedy about Francois (Pierre Richard), a desperate, novice, bumbling bank robber who takes an ex-con hostage during his attempted hold-up. They are both chased by the police. Jean (Gerard Depardieu) plays the convicted bank robber just released from jail and Read More

Dialogue De Sourd

Actors: Pierre Richard, Jacques Villeret

Le Jumeau

Actors: Pierre Richard, Carey More, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Camilla More, Andréa Ferréol, Jacques Frantz

Synopsis: When a man decides to play the role of twins in order to romance another set of twins, life becomes much more complicated than he wants or needs in this interesting farce by Yves Robert, adapted from the much blacker comedy by Donald Westlake, Two Much. Matthias Duval (Pierre Richard) is a humble Read More

Un Chien dans un Jeu de Quilles

Crew: Producer

Actors: Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Julien Guiomar, Sylvie Joly, Sylvie Jolie, Beatrice Camurat

Synopsis: In this rural comedy Pierre Cohen (Pierre Richard) is a sophisticated Parisian psychologist who travels to his brother's farm in Britanny to save it from a hostile takeover by a local landlord. The psychologist decides to save the farm by using the tricks of his trade -- psychological warfare, as Read More

Les Compères

Actors: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Anny Duperey, Michel Aumont, Stephane Bierry

Synopsis: When her teen-aged son (Stephane Bierry) runs away and the police are noncommittal, a woman (Anne Duperey) convinces two old flames -- a crusading journalist (Gerard Depardieu) and a hypochondriac (Pierre Richard) -- that each is the father of her son in order to spur someone into action. Both Read More

Too Shy to Try

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This French comedy (subtitled in English) stars director Pierre Richard as a timid man who, upon falling in love with the perfect woman, decides to take a class to help him gain confidence. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

La Chèvre

Actors: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Corynne Charbit, Michel Robin, André Valardy

Synopsis: One the best, most serious detectives in France (Gérard Depardieu) is teamed up with a luckless stumble-bum (Pierre Richard) and sent off to Central America to search for the klutzy daughter of a powerful magnate in this fast-paced and funny French farce. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Le Coup du Parapluie

Actors: Pierre Richard, Gert Fröbe, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo

Synopsis: This zany satire of the stereotypical spy thriller is directed by Gerard Oury, known for his ability to wring laughter out of a script. Pierre Richard stars as Gregorie, a down-and-out actor anxious to find a job. He wanders into the office of a talent agent and signs a contract to work in a Read More

C'est Pas Moi, C'est Lui

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Pierre Richard, Aldo Maccione, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: Pierre Richard directs and stars in this comedy about a ghost writer employed by a successful comic. He assumes the comic's identity and talks his way into a joint venture with an Italian screen star. The two travel to Tunisia to work on their collaboration and experience romantic and professional Read More

La Carapate

Actors: Pierre Richard, Victor Lanoux, Raymond Bussières, Jean-Pierre Darras

Synopsis: While he is visiting his client Marcial (Victor Lanoux) in prison, leftist lawyer Duroc (Pierre Richard) is caught up in a prison riot. When Marcial takes him along during his jailbreak, Duroc is assumed by the authorities to have engineered the escape. The two of them are now both on the run. It Read More

Je Suis Timide, Mais Je Me Soigne

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Pierre Richard, Aldo Maccione, Mimi Coutellier, Jacques Francois, Catherine Lachens

Synopsis: In this comedy, Pierre (Pierre Richard) is a timid cashier in a Parisian bank who has grown obsessed with getting to know a beautiful woman (Mimi Coutellier). Based on her stylishness, exquisite manner, and the places she frequents, he assumes she must be a movie star, a model, or an heiress. Read More

Les Naufrages de l"Ile de la Tortue

Actors: Pierre Richard, Maurice Risch, Jacques Villeret, Caroline Cartier

Synopsis: Bonaventure (Pierre Richard) is a semi-competent travel agent who makes up stories about his great romantic adventures to tell to the girls in his office. One evening, he meets a woman who has the same name as one of his made-up romances, and they share a for-real one-night encounter. Afterward Read More

Le Jouet

Actors: Pierre Richard, Michel Bouquet, Jacques Francois

Synopsis: In this French farce, a wealthy young boy decides to teach his father a lesson by buying a man and employing him as his living plaything. The film was later remade in America and called The Toy, starring Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

On Aura Tout Vu

Actors: Pierre Richard, Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Renée Saint-Cyr, Henri Guybet

Synopsis: A professional still photographer (Pierre Richard) has long wanted to make a movie from a story about love and politics. When the opportunity arises, he and his lady-love (Miou-Miou) are overjoyed. However, when the producer strongly urges that the movie be transformed into a hardcore pornographic Read More

La Course a l'Echalote

Actors: Pierre Richard, Jane Birkin, Michel Aumont, Henri Deus, Claude Dauphin, Amadeus August

Synopsis: Pierre Richard and Jane Birkin star in this madcap slapstick comedy. The director of the bank he works at has induced Pierre (Richard) to impersonate him for a brief time. During that time, some tough, muscular transvestites come in and steal some important papers under his care. In order to save Read More

Juliette et Juliette

Actors: Marlène Jobert, Annie Girardot, Pierre Richard, Alfred Adam

Synopsis: In this French drama, when magazine journalist Juliette (Annie Giradot) goes to work on a story, she gets serious. This gets her into trouble when she interviews the other Juliette (Marlene Jobert), the winner of her magazine's contest, and she discovers a real person with a job instead of a Read More

La Moutarde Me Monte Au Nez

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Pierre Richard, Jane Birkin, Claude Piéplu, Danielle Minazzoli

Synopsis: Pierre (Pierre Richard) is a rumpled-looking fellow, consistently overlooked by the nubile girls at the college where he teaches mathematics. However, when he wins the affection of a movie star (Jane Birkin), he wins more attention than he bargained on: his stuffy father disapproves of the affair Read More

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Actors: Pierre Richard, Mireille Darc, Jean Rochefort, Jean Carmet, Michel Duchaussoy

Synopsis: Not quite in the same league as the runaway hit The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, this 1974 sequel is still amiable and enjoyable on its own terms. Once more, innocent violinist Pierre Richard (the tall blonde man of the title) is up to his neck in espionage. Enemy spy boss Jean Rochefort Read More

Un Nuage Entre les Dents

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Pierre Richard, Claude Piéplu, Jacques Denis

Synopsis: Paris was never so grim as in this French satire. Malisard and Prevot (Philippe Noiret and Pierre Richard) are a journalistic team. Their job is to ride around in a city full of burning buildings, thieves and bomb explosions looking for scoops and headline grabbers suitable for the very yellow Read More

Je Sais Rien Mais Je Dirai Tout

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Bernard Blier, Daniele Minazzoli, Nicole Jamet, Pierre Richard

Synopsis: In this French comedy, Pierre (Pierre Richard) is the peace-loving, good-natured son of an arms merchant. His bumbling attempts to help people result in humorous chaos. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Actors: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc

Synopsis: In this wacky French spy comedy, the chief of the French secret service wants very much to keep his job and stoops to chicanery to prevent rivals from closing in. He points to a man chosen at random from a crowd of people (Pierre Richard), and identifies him to his rival as an important spy who Read More

Les Malheurs d'Alfred

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Pierre Richard, Anny Duperey, Pierre Mondy, Jean Carmet

Synopsis: The notable French comedian Pierre Richard stars in and directs this, his second feature film. Here he plays Alfred, about whom it may be said, "if it weren't for bad luck, he'd have no luck at all." Unlucky in love, he tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a Read More

Le Distrait

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Maria Pacome, Paul Preboist, Marie-Christine Barrault

Synopsis: The Daydreamer (Le Distrait) stars Pierre Richard (who also directed) as a stumblebum ad-agency employee. Unable to get by in the "real" world, he opts for his own fantasy world, in which everything goes right for him and he always gets the girl. After several blithe moments, the businessman Read More

La Coqueluche

Actors: Claude Piéplu, Pierre Richard, Michel Galabru, Jean-Pierre Darras

Synopsis: This slapstick comedy finds a train conductor Pierre Richard unable to sleep at home due to his neighbor's rooster crowing. In an effort to silence the bird, he chases is on the top of the barn. The neighbor gives the rooster to the surprised conductor, who takes the bird on his job the next day. Read More

Alexandre le Bienheureux

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Françoise Brion, Marlène Jobert, Paul Le Person

Synopsis: This amiable French comedy stars Philipe Noiret as Alexander, an shiftless farmer who prefers sleep to work. After his nagging wife dies, Alexander becomes even lazier. The farmer becomes entranced by a beautiful young woman, and proposes marriage. But when his prospective wife gives evidence of Read More

Jerk A Istambul

Actors: Michel Constantin, Jean-Francois Poron, Anny Duperey, Pierre Richard

Heures Chaudes

Actors: Liliane Brousse, Michel Vocoret

Synopsis: In this drama, a jilted bride and her little sister flee their hometown to search for better lives. They go to stay in their aunt's boarding house. There they meet a notorious philanderer and his mistress. The younger sister soon tries to lure him away from his love. Unfortunately, he falls for Read More

Johnny Frenchman

Actors: Françoise Rosay, Tom Walls, Patricia Roc, Ralph Michael, Paul Dupuis

Synopsis: Johnny Frenchman uses humor to drive home the point that, despite all previous rivalries and hostilties, the French and English should pull together during WW2. Aldwych farceur Tom Walls plays Nat Pomeroy, harbourmaster of a Cornwall fishing village, who is continually outsmarted by clever French Read More

Suicide Patrol

Synopsis: This WW II-era actioner, chronicles the exploits of a brave band of saboteurs who cause trouble for Germans stationed on a Mediterranean island. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More