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...]
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...]
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...]
This bittersweet romantic comedy from director Patrice Leconte would be easily forgotten
were it not for the contributions from its two lead actors... [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...]
Arguably one of Patrice Leconte’s most poignant film dramas, Monsieur Hire is a
fascinating study in prejudice, loneliness and desire. It has the feel of an intense
psychological thriller... [More...]
Le mari de la coiffeuse, one of Patrice Leconte’s best films, is a delicate
existentialist portrait of passion, in which the need to love and be loved is shown to
be every bit as vital as eating and breathing... [More...]
Although the plot sounds rather grim, this is actually rather an entertaining light comedy
- well paced, well acted, with some amusing dialogue and... [More...]
An exquisitely sensuous portrait of ephemeral love, Le Parfum d’Yvonne reaffirms
director Patrice Leconte’s standing as the master of the erotic romantic drama... [More...]
Despite the ebullient performances from its three male leads (it is always a pleasure
to see Philippe Noiret hamming it up for all he’s worth)... [More...]
Whilst not quite in the league of earlier, more substantial historical films (a genre
in which French cinema seems always to have excelled), Ridicule is nonetheless
an impressive and entertaining film... [More...]
Perhaps the most artistically self-conscious of Leconte’s romantic comedies, La Fille
sur le pont is nonetheless an attractive film which, whilst lacking in the intellectual
stakes... [More...]
Patrice Leconte’s most ambitious film to date is this haunting period drama which contrasts
the simple humanity of a prison captain’s wife with the brutality of the French legal
system on an outpost of the... [More...]
