Claude Berri
Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, producer, screenwriter, distributor and actor. Berri was a leading figure of the French film industry both a director and as a producer. Following a short film that won an Academy Award, Berri achieved... Read full bio →
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Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants
Is love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the questions facing two married men.
Les clefs de bagnole
Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...
Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre
Asterix and Obelix go to Egypt to help build a palace for Cleopatra.
Va savoir
Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.
La débandade
This French romantic comedy-drama concerns Claude Langmann, a middle-aged auctioneer, who is in a loving marriage with his second wife of 15 years. Though he is deeply in love with his wife and has remained faithful to her, he finds himself unable to perform in bed.
Didier
Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him whilst she goes off to make a report in Los Angeles. Next, one of his star players is injured, leaving him one player short for a crucial match.
Les trois frères
Three half-brothers are reunited at their mother's funeral. After being told of their inheritance they quickly spend the money, only to find out that they will not receive it after all. The men grow closer while deciding how to proceed.
Germinal
t's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them
Le roi des cons
Georges Le Roi lives odd jobs and shares his life between two girlfriends. One day, he falls in love with Sophie and records a message of love. The tape is mistakenly broadcast in the company. In the face of success, Sophie founded the company Tell me about love and spread the messages of Georges, who soon became a sex symbol.
Le mâle du siècle
The wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.
Sex-shop
On the advice of a friend, Claude, married to the charming Isabelle and father of two, decided to transform his library, hardly flourishing, into a sex shop. This change of activity proves to be very lucrative and sharpens his desire to spice up his married life through various erotic experiences.
Le cinéma de papa
Claude Berri plays himself as he relates his own experiences through youth and adolescence. His father owns a profitable fur shop. Initially, Claude's father hopes his son will take over the fur shop, but he later gives in to Claude's desire to become involved in filmmaking.
Le pistonné
Following "The Two of Us", Claude is now 21 years old. Content with his life, he has a girlfriend Tania and he aspires to become an actor. When he receives his draft notice, a friend convinces Claude he can get out of military service with his connections in Paris.
Mazel Tov ou le mariage
Claude and Isabella met on a beach one summer and got easily involved. But while he has dreams of settling down with a family, she just wants to have fun. When Isabelle becomes pregnant, Claude is advised by both families to marry but things get more complicated when he meets an English woman.
La ligne de démarcation
Durant l'occupation, dans un village du Jura à la limite de la zone libre, la résistance s'organise, obligeant les habitants à prendre position et à se dévoiler.
Compartiment tueurs
The witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.
Les lâches vivent d'espoir
Black and white unite and are confronted with hatred in two color-line-busting classics from the classic years of exploitation.
La bride sur le cou
Sophie, a flighty young model, learns that her boyfriend is planning to leave her for another woman. Sophie resolves to either win him back or assassinate her rival. A handsome doctor (who happens to be falling for Sophie himself) assists her with the former plan so that she won't have to resort to the latter.
Zazie dans le métro
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.
Les bonnes femmes
Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams but often find real-life to be inescapable.
La vérité
A liberated small-town girl stands on trial to determine whether she killed her lover in a crime of passion or in premeditation.
J'irai cracher sur vos tombes
Joe Grant, a light-skinned African-African, heads to a small Southern town to investigate the lynching death of his brother. He draws the attention of a gorgeous heiress whom he learns may have been involved in the killing. Written by Ray Hamel Le frère métis d'un jeune Noir de 18 ans qui a été lynché par la foule cherche à le venger.
French Cancan
A comedy/drama about a world-weary impresario who transforms a laundress into a theatrical star.
Rue de l'Estrapade
While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best friend Denise. One day, Denise lets her know that Henri has a lover. Outraged, Françoise moves out of marital home and rents a maids' room in Rue de l'Estrapade.