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Claude Berri
Writer 1934 - 2009

Claude Berri

Paris, France

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 →

Filmography

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18 titles
Trésor

Trésor

Claude Berri, François Dupeyron 2009 1h 25m 2.0

Nathalie and Jean-Pierre have been together for five years, to celebrate their anniversary, Jean-Pierre prepare a surprise present for his girlfriend: a cute four month english bullgod. Nathalie loves her present and calls the puppy "Tresor"; her relationship with the dog is close and strong since the begining but causes problems in the couple.

Ensemble, c'est tout

Ensemble, c'est tout

Claude Berri 2007 1h 37m 6.6

When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.

Une femme de ménage

Une femme de ménage

Claude Berri 2002 1h 31m

After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order. As he starts increasing her hours and spending more time with her on her days off, Jacques is torn between the pleasure of Laura's company, and the headache that such an intrusion brings to his new domain of singlehood.

La débandade

La débandade

Claude Berri 1999 1h 40m

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.

Lucie Aubrac

Lucie Aubrac

Claude Berri 1997 1h 55m

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...

Germinal

Germinal

Claude Berri 1993 2h 40m 6.3

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

Manon des sources

Manon des sources

Claude Berri 1986 1h 55m 8.0

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.

Jean de Florette

Jean de Florette

Claude Berri 1986 2h 2m 7.7

In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in.

Tchao pantin

Tchao pantin

Claude Berri 1983 1h 34m 8.4

Lambert, le regard fatigué et l'oeil rougi par l'alcool, traine sa solitude dans un garage parisien. Il est pompiste de nuit. Bensoussan, jeune dealer, fuit la police et se réfugie dans la station. Ils deviennent amis. Un jour, Bensoussan est assassiné...

Le maître d'école

Le maître d'école

Claude Berri 1981 1h 35m 6.0

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

Je vous aime

Je vous aime

Claude Berri 1980 1h 40m

A woman invites all four men she loved in her life for the dinner of New Year's Eve at the same time and unites them all in her house...

Un moment d'égarement

Un moment d'égarement

Claude Berri 1977 1h 21m

Pierre, 44, contentedly divorced, takes his teen daughter to the Côte d'Azur along with his friend Jacques and Jacques' own teen daughter, Françoise. On the topless beaches of Saint-Tropez, Jacques and Pierre discuss marriage and being parents.

Le mâle du siècle

Le mâle du siècle

Claude Berri 1975 1h 28m

The wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.

Sex-shop

Sex-shop

Claude Berri 1972 1h 39m

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

Le cinéma de papa

Claude Berri 1971 1h 35m

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

Le pistonné

Claude Berri 1970 1h 31m

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

Mazel Tov ou le mariage

Claude Berri 1968 1h 40m

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.

Le vieil homme et l'enfant

Le vieil homme et l'enfant

Claude Berri 1967 1h 30m 6.0

A story of the caring friendship formed between a crusty, old anti-Semite and an eight-year-old Jewish boy who goes to live with him during World War II.

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