The films of
Claude Berri
Le Vieil homme et l'enfant (1967)
Claude Berri
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Je vous aime (1980)
Claude Berri
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Le Maître d'école (1981)
Claude Berri
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Rated by François Truffaut as one of the best films about the Nazi Occupation of
France, L’Vieil homme et l’enfant marks a spectacular
cinematic debut for the young film director Claude Berri... [More...]
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This is a bittersweet romantic comedy which was quite controversial at the time. Catherine
Deneuve, in one of her best performances, plays a beautiful career woman who is unable
to sustain a monogamous relationship... [More...]
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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...]
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Tchao pantin (1983)
Claude Berri
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Jean de Florette (1986)
Claude Berri
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Manon des sources (1986)
Claude Berri
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A popular and cult classic of French cinema – and also a fair contender for the finest
example of French film noir of the 1980s – Tchao pantin is best remembered for
the contribution from its lead actor... [More...]
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This film, and its sequel, Manon
des sources, have received an unprecedented degree of attention and acclaim, and
is probably the most well known French film made in the last 30 years... [More...]
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Manon des sources is the sequel to Jean
de Florette, taking off where that film finished. This film shares the high
production values of the earlier film... [More...]
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Uranus (1990)
Claude Berri
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Germinal (1993)
Claude Berri
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Lucie Aubrac (1997)
Claude Berri
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Based on a controversial 1948 novel by the eminent writer Marcel
Aymé, Uranus exposes
some unpalatable truths about France’s experiences under Nazi
Occupation... [More...]
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Emile Zola’a classic 1885 novel, Germinal, gets the Claude Berri treatment, and
no expense is spared. In a typically lavish Berry blockbuster that cost over 30
million dollars (the most expensive film ever made... [More...]
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A well-crafted and moving film in the blockbuster mould that appears to be Claude Berri’s
hallmark. Technically, the film is a splendid depiction of war-time France... [More...]
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