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- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsJean GabinMichel SimonMichèle MorganA military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city."T'as d'beaux yeux, tu sais." Jean (Jean Gabin)
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsAnnabellaJean-Pierre AumontLouis JouvetOn the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the Parisian Hôtel du Nord, a nearly fatal gunshot separates a dejected young couple. But, amid a sad but beautiful panorama of lively characters, love has the final say. Can life be a fairy tale?"Atmosphère, atmosphère... Est-ce que j'ai une gueule d'atmosphère?" Raymonde (Arletty)
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsFrançoise RosayMichel SimonJean-Pierre AumontIn Victorian London, a crime novelist and his wife fake their disappearance in order to hide from an uptight Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against the "evils" of crime fiction."Moi, j’ai dit bizarre… bizarre ? Comme c’est étrange…Pourquoi aurais-je dit bizarre… bizarre… - Je vous assure mon cher cousin, que vous avez dit bizarre, bizarre.
- Moi, j'ai dit bizarre, comme c'est bizarre !" Archibald Soper (Louis Jouvet) & Irwin Molyneux (Michel Simon)
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsRaimuPierre FresnayFernand CharpinMarius is faced with a choice whether to fulfill his passion by sailing the seas or stay and marry the woman he loves."Tu me fends le coeur" César (Raimu)
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsLino VenturaBernard BlierFrancis BlancheA dying mob boss hands over his business to an old friend, Fernand. The boss' assistants want to get rid of the latter. But are the Volfoni brothers and Théo real threats? Ensuing fights and shootouts are more comical than deadly."Les cons, ça ose tout, c'est même à ça qu'on les reconnaît." Fernand Naudin (Lino Ventura)
- DirectorJean-Marie PoiréStarsChristian ClavierJean RenoValérie LemercierA medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century."Okaaaaay!" Jacquouille la Fripouille (Christian Clavier)
- DirectorBertrand BlierStarsGérard DepardieuMiou-MiouPatrick DewaereTwo thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure."On est pas bien là?" Jean-Claude (Gérard Depardieu)
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsArlettyJean-Louis BarraultPierre BrasseurThe theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her."Paris est tout petit pour ceux qui s'aiment, comme nous, d'un aussi grand amour." Garance (Arletty)
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoJean SebergVan DoudeA small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy."Si vous n'aimez pas la mer, si vous n'aimez pas la montagne, si vous n'aimez pas la ville... allez vous faire foutre." Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo)
- DirectorMarcel PagnolStarsFernandelOrane DemazisFernand CharpinMeeting a movie team on location near his house, a young man gets a lot of encouragement for his dreaming career as a movie star in what was only sarcasm from the members of the team. This is the characteristic of a schpountz: someone who sees himself as a born movie comedian and is blind on the critics to his dream. After he has signed a fake contract which he blindly takes as genuine even if it is ridiculous, he goes to Paris without money to make his career."Tout condamné à mort aura la tête tranchée." Irénée Fabre (Fernandel)
- DirectorGuy LefrancStarsLouis JouvetJean BrochardPierre RenoirSaint-Maurice, an ordinary peaceful village, lived healthily so much so that the local doctor's practice was scant. But that was before Dr. Parpalaid retired and was replaced by a charlatan by the name of Knock. A real genius this one, for he soon managed to persuade everyone that they were ill. And not only didn't they resent him but they even loved their physician, who made a fortune and brought prosperity to the village by turning it into a big hospital."Attention. Ne confondons pas. Est-ce que ça vous chatouille, ou est-ce que ça vous gratouille?" Dr. Knock (Louis Jouvet)
- DirectorGérard OuryStarsLouis de FunèsYves MontandAlice SapritchIn 17th-century Spain, the Minister of Finance tries to dishonor the queen with an overly complex plan."C'est l'or… il est l'or… l'or de se réveiller… Monseignor… il est huit or…" Blaze (Yves Montand)
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love."Vous au moins vous ne risquez pas d'être un légume puisque même un artichaut a du cœur!" Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou)
- DirectorPierre TcherniaStarsMichel SerraultMichel GalabruClaude BrasseurThe greedy Galipeaus, thinking the old Martinet is about to die, provide him a life annuity to own his house after his death. But Martinet continues living for years, so the Galipeaus opt for radical actions."Faites-moi confiance." Dr. Louis Gallipeau (Michel Galabru)
- DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsVincent CasselHubert KoundéSaïd Taghmaoui24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot."Jusqu’ici tout va bien, jusqu’ici tout va bien, jusqu’ici tout va bien." Hubert (Hubert Koundé)
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsJean GabinBourvilLouis de FunèsTwo men carry at night four suitcases of contraband meat across German-occupied Paris during WWII. Their opposite personalities and strange encounters provoke different adventures - until they are arrested by the police."Jambier, Jambieeeer ! 45, rue Poliveau!" Grandgil (Jean Gabin)
- DirectorGérard OuryStarsLouis de FunèsMiou-MiouSuzy DelairA bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police."Salomon, vous êtes Juif?" Victor Pivert (Louis de Funès)
- DirectorJean-Marie PoiréStarsAnémoneJosiane BalaskoMarie-Anne ChazelTwo neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office."C'est cela oui..." Pierre (Thierry Lhermitte)
- DirectorDidier BourdonBernard CampanStarsDidier BourdonBernard CampanPascal LégitimusThree half-brothers are reunited at their mother's funeral. After being told of their inheritance they quickly spend the money, only to find out that they will not receive it after all. The men grow closer while deciding how to proceed."Cent patates!" Didier (Didier Bourdon)
- DirectorDidier BourdonBernard CampanStarsDidier BourdonBernard CampanIsabelle FerronDeux beaux-frères, Didier et Bernard se lancent un défi: chacun ne doit pas fumer pendant quatorze jours. Ce pari, qui se prolongera ultimement sur beaucoup plus longtemps, bouleversera leurs vies professionnelles, personnelles et sentimentales."Le tabac, c'est tabou ! On en viendra tous à bout !" Didier & Bernard (Didier Bourdon & Bernard Campan)
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsJosiane BalaskoMichel BlancMarie-Anne ChazelEight tourists who met in a holiday camp on the Ivory Coast are reunited for a skiing holiday."Je sens que ce soir j'vais conclure!" Jean-Claude Dusse (Michel Blanc)
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsJean GabinBourvilLouis de FunèsTwo men carry at night four suitcases of contraband meat across German-occupied Paris during WWII. Their opposite personalities and strange encounters provoke different adventures - until they are arrested by the police."Salauds de pauvres !" Grandgil (Jean Gabin)
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love."Sans toi les émotions d'aujourd'hui ne seraient que la peau morte des émotions d'autrefois." Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou)
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsFernandelMona GoyaAlexandre RignaultHonorin (Fernandel) is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is transplanted to the days of the Renaissance. There, among other items, he is made a Duke by Henri VIII, fights a duel and survives a series of medieval tortures, while also bestowing some 20th century blessings on the court of Francis I."Majesté, votre sire est trop bonne." Honorin (Fernandel)
- DirectorGérard OuryStarsLouis de FunèsMiou-MiouSuzy DelairA bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police."Silence! Silence! Rabbi Jacob ... il va danser!" Grand-mère Schmoll (Janet Brandt)
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsCharles BerlingJean RochefortFanny ArdantTo get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles."Sire, le roi n'est pas un sujet." Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling)
- DirectorAlain BerbérianStarsChantal LaubyAlain ChabatDominique FarrugiaA second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown."Vous voulez un Whisky ? - Juste un doigt... - Vous voulez pas un Whisky d'abord ?" Commissaire Patrick Bialès (Gérard Darmon) & Odile Deray (Chantal Lauby)
- DirectorJean-Marie PoiréStarsChristian ClavierJean RenoValérie LemercierA medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century."Monsieur Ouille, pas avec votre poncho, j'vais chercher une serpillère." Béatrice de Montmirail (Valérie Lemercier)
- DirectorJean-Marie PoiréStarsAnémoneJosiane BalaskoMarie-Anne ChazelTwo neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office."Je ne vous jette pas la pierre, Pierre, mais j'étais à deux doigts de m'agacer." Madame Musquin (Josiane Balasko)
- DirectorGérard OuryStarsBourvilLouis de FunèsVenantino VenantiniCriminals have chosen an ordinary man to carry drugs and jewels in his car across the border. The problem is that this man turned out too much ordinary."Bah maintenant elle va marcher beaucoup moins bien forcément." Antoine Maréchal (Bourvil)
- DirectorJean-Paul RappeneauStarsGérard DepardieuAnne BrochetVincent PerezFamed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly."A la fin de l'envoi, je touche." Cyrano de Bergerac (Gérard Depardieu)
- DirectorJean-Marie PoiréStarsChristian ClavierJean RenoValérie LemercierA medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century."Per Horus et per Rha et per solem invictus duceres." Eusaebus (Pierre Vial)
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsCatherine DeneuveJean-Paul BelmondoNelly BorgeaudA wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past."Quand je te regarde, c'est une souffrance." Louis Mahé (Jean-Paul Belmondo)
- DirectorJean-Marie PoiréStarsAnémoneJosiane BalaskoMarie-Anne ChazelTwo neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office."C'est fin, c'est très fin, ça se mange sans faim." Thérèse (Anémone)
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsLino VenturaBernard BlierFrancis BlancheA dying mob boss hands over his business to an old friend, Fernand. The boss' assistants want to get rid of the latter. But are the Volfoni brothers and Théo real threats? Ensuing fights and shootouts are more comical than deadly."Aux quatre coins d'Paris qu'on va l'retrouver, éparpillé par petits bouts façon puzzle... Moi quand on m'en fait trop j'correctionne plus, j'dynamite... j'disperse... et j'ventile..." Raoul Volfoni (Bernard Blier)
- DirectorYves RobertStarsJacques DufilhoYvette EtiévantMichel GalabruThe school boys of two villages in France are fighting. Their trophy are the buttons they will snatch from the enemy. This fight will bring those kids to everlasting friendship...eventually."Si j'aurais su, j'aurais pas venu." Petit Gibus (Martin Lartigue)
- DirectorJoël SériaStarsJean-Pierre MarielleClaude PiépluJeanne GoupilHenri is a middle-aged travelling umbrella salesman from Saumur. One night on the roads of Brittany he hits a boar with his car. He meets Émile, a rude and carefree painter who lives in a cottage near Riec-sur-Belon."Je renais, oh nom de Dieu de bordel de merde!" Monsieur Henri (Jean-Pierre Marielle)
- DirectorJacques BesnardStarsLouis de FunèsBernard BlierMaria-Rosa RodriguezTop-notch french restaurant owner Monsieur Septime is involved into crime when one of his famous guests disappears."Muskatnuss! Muskatnuss, Herr Müller !" Mr. Septime (Louis de Funès)
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsJosiane BalaskoLuis RegoMarie-Anne ChazelHolidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs."Bip bip! - Ouaaaaaiii... " André l'animateur (Michel Creton) & le public
- DirectorGérard OuryStarsBourvilLouis de FunèsClaudio BrookSeveral ordinary Frenchmen go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone as they help British pilots avoid German captivity."Y a pas d'hélice, hélas - C'est là qu'est l'os." Augustin Bouvet (Bourvil) & Stanislas Lefort (Louis de Funès)
- DirectorYves RobertStarsPhilippe CaubèreNathalie RousselDidier PainAt the end of the nineteenth century, little Marcel lives with his parents in the Provence countryside. During his holiday, Marcel meets Lili, a local boy who knows all the secrets of the hills, and the two become fast friends."Et, dans mes petits poings sanglants, où pendaient quatre ailes dorées, je haussai vers le ciel la gloire de mon père en face du soleil couchant. Marcel adulte (voix de Jean-Pierre Darras)
- DirectorFrancis VeberStarsThierry LhermitteJacques VilleretFrancis HusterA few friends have a weekly fools' dinner, where each brings a fool along. Pierre finds a champion fool for next dinner. Surprise."- Il s'appelle Juste Leblanc. - Ah bon, il n'a pas de prénom ? - Je viens de vous le dire : Juste Leblanc... "Leblanc", c'est son nom, et c'est "Juste" son prénom... Monsieur Pignon, votre prénom à vous, c'est François, c'est juste ?- Oui. - Et bien lui, c'est pareil : c'est Juste !" Pierre Brochant (Thierry Lhermitte) & François Pignon (Jacques Villeret)
- DirectorMerzak AllouacheStarsGad ElmalehAlain ChabatClaude BrasseurA North African immigrant to Paris gets work and finds romance despite his scatty character."J'adooooore les sushis." Chouchou (Gad El Maleh)
- DirectorJean-Marie PoiréStarsAnémoneJosiane BalaskoMarie-Anne ChazelTwo neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office."Oui ça évidement, on vous demande de répondre par "oui" ou par "non" alors : ça dépend, ça dépasse !." Katia (Christian Clavier)
- DirectorÉtienne ChatiliezStarsBenoît MagimelHélène VincentValérie LalandeA revengeful nurse switches a girl and a boy at birth. They are raised in two radically different families. When the switch is revealed many years later, the now teenagers and families need to cope with their new environments."C'est lundi, c'est ravioli." Marielle Le Quesnoy (Hélène Vincent)
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsJean-Paul BelmondoLino VenturaReginald KernanA rough trucker assigns his new truck and its mysterious cargo to his newest employee, only to see it hijacked by one of his experienced drivers. Now, his friends are after him to retrieve the goods. Are 100,000 dollars worth dying for?"Quand les types de 130 kilos disent certaines choses, ceux de 60 kilos les écoutent." Rocco (Jean-Paul Belmondo)
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsJosiane BalaskoMichel BlancMarie-Anne ChazelEight tourists who met in a holiday camp on the Ivory Coast are reunited for a skiing holiday."Écoute Bernard... J’crois que toi et moi, on a un peu le même problème ; c’est qu’on peut pas vraiment tout miser sur notre physique, surtout toi. Alors si je peux me permettre de te donner un conseil, c’est oublies qu’t’as aucune chance, vas-y, fonce ! On sait jamais, sur un malentendu ça peut marcher..." Jean-Claude Dusse (Michel Blanc)
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsJean GabinDany CarrelJean GavenSix months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris..."Quand on mettra les cons sur orbite, t'as pas fini de tourner." Commissaire Joss (Jean Gabin)
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsArlettyJean-Louis BarraultPierre BrasseurThe theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her."Non seulement vous êtes riche, mais encore vous voulez qu'on vous aime comme si vous étiez pauvre." Garance (Arletty)
- DirectorJames HuthStarsJean DujardinClovis CornillacÉlodie BouchezA wannabe surfer parties on the French Riviera while awaiting the perfect wave."J't'ai cassé!" Brice (Jean Dujardin)