After the enormous success of Le
Bossu in 1959, director André Hunebelle brought together Jean Marais
and Bourvil for a second time in a similar kind of swash-buckling historical adventure
film... [More...]
Two French comic legends, Fernandel and Bourvil, are united in this light comic farce,
assuming their real life names for the parts they play in the film... [More...]
This pleasing lightweight comedy features a giant of French comedy, Bourvil. His
gentle personality and natural humility is perfect for the part of the parishioner who
really believes the Good Lord wants him to help himself... [More...]
One of the most memorable of Jean-Pierre Mocky’s anarchic film comedies, La
Grande frousse benefits from an exceptional "big name" cast, which is headed by
Bourvil... [More...]
Possibly the biggest influence on cinema in France of the 1960s (as in most other western
countries at the time) was the emergence of television as a competitive threat... [More...]
La Grande vadrouille is one of the great comic achievements of French cinema.
A magnificent action comedy, it had until very recently the distinction of being
the most popular film ever shown in France... [More...]
A striking combination of action thriller and sardonic western, Les Grandes gueules is
probably the French film that comes closest in style and substance to the tough Hollywood
cowboy films of the 1950s and 1960s... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky’s acerbic satire on the harmful influence of
television on children and society in general continues
to be as relevant forty years after the
film was first released... [More...]
This simple yet intensely poignant film tackles the subject of how to face up to death
with remarkable compassion and good humour. Largely overlooked until recently... [More...]
After the immense success of Le
Corniaud (1964) and
La Grande vadrouille (1966) – two of the
most popular films ever made in France – director Gérard Oury had great ambitions
for his next film... [More...]
Monte Carlo or Bust was a spirited, but not altogether successful attempt, to repeat
the success of Annakin’s 1965 film: Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines... [More...]
