Bertrand Tavernier’s inspired portrait of regency France (the period of transition between
Louis XIV and Louis XV) sheds some light on a comparatively obscure period in French history... [More...]
Claude Miller – previously assistant director to François Truffaut –
made an impressive directorial debut with this daring study of masculinity... [More...]
Following Repulsion
(1965) and Rosemary’s Baby (1968),
Roman Polanski completed his masterful trilogy of social isolation and paranoia with The
Tenant (Le Locataire) in 1974... [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...]
A popular comedy which has become a major cult classic in France, Les Bronzés
has an indefinable charm which makes it easy to overlook its shortcomings... [More...]
Having established herself in the 1960s as one of France’s greatest actresses, Jeanne
Moreau turned her talents to film making in the 1970s, where she directed two films... [More...]
After the success of Les Bronzés, the magnificent comedy troupe L’équipe
du Splendid made a triumphant return in this laugh-a-minute sequel which parodies the
French people’s obsession with skiing... [More...]
Le Cheval d'orgueil is an
atypical film for Claude Chabrol, the French New Wave director who is
better known for his slick psychological thrillers that have earned him
the epithet "the French Alfred Hitchcock"... [More...]
Exemplary performances from Michel Blanc and Bernard Giraudeau transform a routine comedy
into a delightful comic romp, under the skilful direction of Patrice Leconte... [More...]
One of the most controversial comic films to have been made in France in the 1980s, Le
Père Noël est une ordure has since matured (as a fine wine might) into
one of that country’s most highly regarded... [More...]
This bittersweet romantic comedy from director Patrice Leconte would be easily forgotten
were it not for the contributions from its two lead actors... [More...]
With its all-star cast and impressive production values (including lavish sets and close
attention to period detail), Papy fait de la résistance resembles that earlier
great French war-time comic classic... [More...]
Popular actor Michel Blanc made his directorial début with this ebullient urban
comedy, in which he stars alongside sex symbol Gérard Lanvin... [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...]
French film director Bertrand Blier is no stranger to controversy, and in Tenue de
soirée he frames possibly his most explicit and shocking view of the devastating
power of human sexuality... [More...]
