Haute cuisine takes on the might of prêt-à-manger in this
spirited satirical farce which serves up a mouth-watering
double portion of comic genius in the shape of Louis de Funès and
Coluche... [More...]
Coluche had already become a national treasure by the time he came to write, direct and
star in this film, a madcap historical romp with some similarities with some of the British
“Carry On” films of the late... [More...]
Although not generally regarded as one of Bertrand Tavernier's most important
works, Une semaine de vacances
is an engaging drama that provides a sobering reflection on the
difficulties faced by teachers at time when... [More...]
Compared with some of Georges Lautner’s better known films, Est-ce
bien raisonnable? must rate as a pretty minor work, lacking the biting wit... [More...]
Director Alain Corneau shows consummate mastery of the policier
genre in this, his third, crime-thriller. Meticulously plotted, skilfully
assembled and wonderfully acted... [More...]
A strange film indeed. By adopting the style if not the substance of a traditional
French thriller, this film explores the competing pressures of family and work in modern
society... [More...]
The term "reality TV" hadn’t even been coined when this film was
released in the early 1980s, yet what it shows is a vision of the
future that has all but become our present reality... [More...]
Popular actor Michel Blanc made his directorial début with this ebullient urban
comedy, in which he stars alongside sex symbol Gérard Lanvin... [More...]
After directing a string of popular comedies, such as
Les Bronzés (1978), Patrice Leconte
was eager to tackle another kind of film and gladly accepted an offer from producer Christian
Fechner to direct a traditional... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré is best known as the director of such hit film
comedies as Le Père Noël est une ordure
(1982) and Les Visiteurs (1993)... [More...]
An all-star cast (which includes some of the biggest names in French cinema) somehow manages
to make this inconsequential film pass for entertainment... [More...]
This sombre work provided ample opportunity for director Nicole Garcia to explore the
psychology of men, one of her main motivations for making the film... [More...]
Once more, director Bertrand Blier courts controversy and the wrath of the entire feminist
movement with this anarchic black comedy. With tongue welded firmly to cheek... [More...]
The idea of a wealthy middle-aged man abandoning his wife and home for a much younger
woman in a doomed romance is hardly virgin territory, but once in a while a film is made
which seems to re-invent the formula with... [More...]
One of French cinema’s weirder portrayals of marital strife, La Femme du cosmonaute is a witty
and engaging little film which is almost the perfect comedy vehicle for
the popular Spanish beauty... [More...]
