This popular and entertaining comedy thriller established Pierre Richard as one of France’s
leading comic actors in the 1970s, and his character... [More...]
The popular Belgian singer Jacques Brel stars along side Lino Ventura – the great hard
man of French cinema – in this unique, totally bizarre black comedy... [More...]
Very redolent of the era in which it was made, Le Magnifique is an ebullient mix
of the truly bizarre and original which gives it a rare timeless quality... [More...]
After the enormous success of
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire
(1972), director Yves Robert and screenwriter Francis Veber would have been mad not to
have made a sequel... [More...]
This French police drama focuses mainly on the politics of the police department and the
often dubious relationship between police, criminals and politicians... [More...]
This high budget, fast moving action thriller typifies the kind of film that was hugely
popular in France in the mid- 1970s. Peur sur la ville epitomises the
crime thriller or ’polar’ of that decade... [More...]
Having scripted such popular film comedies as
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972)
and L’Emmerdeur
(1973), Francis Veber made an impressive directorial debut with Le
Jouet... [More...]
Coup de tête is a splendid example of the French social comedy, a witty,
no-holds-barred assault on the ethics of the middle classes as well as a satire on that
great working class obsession... [More...]
Having established himself as a screenwriter, responsible for some hugely successful French
comic films (including La
Cage aux folles) , Francis Veber turned to directing... [More...]
Two giants of French cinema, Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu, are reunited
for the third and final time in this boisterous comedy-thriller from the distinctly red-nosed
pen of Francis Veber... [More...]
Directed by Gérard Oury, scripted by Francis Veber and starring the eternally magnificent
Philippe Noiret, Fantôme avec chauffeur could have been one of the best French
comic films of the 1990s... [More...]
Francis Veber brings his popular stage play (which ran for over 900 performances) to the
big screen with some success, making this one of the most popular film’s made in
France... [More...]
A comedy which looks as if it were engineered more for an American market than home consumption
in France, Le Placard is the first film to be directed by Francis Veber since his
staggeringly successful 1998 film... [More...]
Tais-toi is another entertaining comedy from
Francis Veber, one which follows the tried and tested format of his earlier films – a
mad-cap thriller narrative involving the improbable pairing of a hard man and a... [More...]
