The third instalment in the 1960s series of Fantômas films sees Louis de
Funès and Jean Marais united for the final time in the by now familiar blend of
slapstick comedy and crime thriller... [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...]
Not a great film, admittedly, but Le
Pion isn’t without a certain charm, thanks to its sympathetic
cast and plethora of imaginative visual gags... [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...]
Coluche is the star of this limp comedy which, despite a few amusing sequences, generally
fails to satisfy. Instead of making any meaningful observations on the teaching
profession... [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...]
Now better known as the film which was remade into the American 1987 chart topper “3 Men
and a Baby”, Trois hommes et un couffin is both poignant and funny satire about
fatherhood... [More...]
After Papy
fait de la résistance (1983), an ebullient WWII satire on the French
Resistance, director Jean-Marie Poiré decided to make a comedy about life on the
other side of the iron curtain... [More...]
