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Christian Clavier
Writer 74 years old

Christian Clavier

Paris, France

Christian Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier. After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études... Read full bio →

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Les Visiteurs: La Révolution

Les Visiteurs: La Révolution

Jean-Marie Poiré 2016 1h 50m 3.0

Knight Godefroy de Montmirail and squire Jacquouille are stranded in 1793. Using trickery to break free from their shackles, both perilously partake in the Montmirail family's run away in the quest for an exiting time-shift.

On ne choisit pas sa famille

On ne choisit pas sa famille

Christian Clavier 2011 1h 43m 6.0

César Borgnoli, an unsuccessful car salesman from Italy, lives well beyond his means. In order to get out of his financial disaster, he agrees to a deal: he pretends to be the husband of his sister's girlfriend Kim so she can legally adopt a little girl from Thailand.

Les bronzés 3: amis pour la vie

Les bronzés 3: amis pour la vie

Patrice Leconte 2006 1h 35m 4.2

After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the same, and worse.

L'empire des loups

L'empire des loups

Chris Nahon 2005 2h 8m 5.3

When the young detective Paul Nerteaux finds the third slashed female corpse of illegal Turkish immigrants, he decides to ask for support to the experienced dark retired detective Jean-Louis Schiffer to chase the serial killer. Together, they infiltrate in the Turkish mafia trying to find the answer to the crimes.

L'enquête corse

L'enquête corse

Alain Berbérian 2004 1h 32m 4.0

Rémi François is a detective who is hired to find Ange Leoni, a Corsican who apparently has inherited a 2 million euros house.

Just Visiting

Just Visiting

Jean-Marie Poiré 2001 1h 28m 4.5

A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and they are transported from the 12th century to the year 2000. There the knight meets some of his family and slowly learns what this new century is like.

Les couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2

Les couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2

Jean-Marie Poiré 1998 1h 58m 5.5

The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the present, with often drastic consequences. Godefroy de Montmirail travels to today to recover the missing family jewels and a sacred relic, guarantor of his wife-to-be's fertility.

Les anges gardiens

Les anges gardiens

Jean-Marie Poiré 1995 1h 50m 4.0

Gerard Depardieu plays a sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective who flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob. He leaves the boy in the hands of an earnest priest (Christian Clavier), who escorts him back to Paris.

Les visiteurs

Les visiteurs

Jean-Marie Poiré 1993 1h 47m 7.2

A medieval knight and his servant ask a familiar wizard to move them back in time to prevent father-in-law's accidentally killing. Instead, they fly away to the 20th century.

La soif de l'or

La soif de l'or

Gérard Oury 1993 1h 21m 3.7

Urbain Donnadieu's first love is money. It's also his second, third and fourth love. The only reason he married - a tax inspector named Fleurette - was to avoid a fine for tax evasion. For several years, he has been stealing money from his construction company and buying gold bars with his ill-gotten gains.

L'opération Corned-Beef

L'opération Corned-Beef

Jean-Marie Poiré 1991 1h 45m 5.6

The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.

Mes meilleurs copains

Mes meilleurs copains

Jean-Marie Poiré 1989 1h 50m 6.5

They are the best friends of the world. Five friends who shared everything: may 68, hippies years, the rock and their love for Bernadette. This Bernadette has left them to become a rock-star, and is back 15 years later for a weekend.

Twist again à Moscou

Twist again à Moscou

Jean-Marie Poiré 1986 1h 29m

Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once.

Papy fait de la résistance

Papy fait de la résistance

Jean-Marie Poiré 1983 1h 42m 6.6

It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!

Le père Noël est une ordure

Le père Noël est une ordure

Jean-Marie Poiré 1982 1h 28m 8.4

La permanence parisienne SOS détresse-amitié est perturbée le soir de Noël par l'arrivée de personnage marginaux farfelus qui provoquent des catastrophes en chaîne.

Les bronzés font du ski

Les bronzés font du ski

Patrice Leconte 1979 1h 27m 7.9

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.

Les bronzés

Les bronzés

Patrice Leconte 1978 1h 45m 7.9

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

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