The films of
Danièle Thompson
La Grande vadrouille (1966)
Gérard Oury 		  Le Cerveau (1969)
Gérard Oury 		  La Folie des grandeurs (1971)
Gérard Oury 		 
     
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...]   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...]   After the staggering success of Le Corniaud (1964) and La Grande Vadrouille (1966), director Gérard Oury was eager to make a third film featuring the surprisingly popular pairing of Bourvil and Louis de Funès...  [More...]  
Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Gérard Oury 		  La Boum (1980)
Claude Pinoteau 		  L'As des as (1982)
Gérard Oury 		 
     
Attracting around 7.2 million cinema-goers in France alone, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob was by far the most popular film to be released in France in 1973...  [More...]   Although it is hardly groundbreaking material, La Boum is one of those inconsequential French romantic comedies which you cannot help falling for. The film was an enormous commercial success when it was released in 1980...  [More...]   In a similar vein to Oury’s phenomenally successful 1966 film La Grande vadrouille, L’As des as is a lavish action-comedy set at the time of the Third Reich...  [More...]  
La Boum 2 (1982)
Claude Pinoteau 		  Lévy et Goliath (1987)
Gérard Oury 		  L'Étudiante (1988)
Claude Pinoteau 		 
     
 [More...]   Director Gérard Oury is best known for his comic gems of the 1960s and 1970s – films such as La Grande vadrouille (1966) and Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973) which were massive box office hits and have...  [More...]   After their successful collaboration on La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982) debutante actress Sophie Marceau and director Claude Pinoteau conspired to serve up yet another dollop of low calorie entertainment for dewy...  [More...]  
Les Marmottes (1993)
Elie Chouraqui 		  La Reine Margot (1994)
Patrice Chéreau 		  Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train (1998)
Patrice Chéreau 		 
     
An all-star cast (which includes some of the biggest names in French cinema) somehow manages to make this inconsequential film pass for entertainment...  [More...]   La Reine Margot is an impressive historical drama, which distinguishes itself from earlier films of the genre by being far more graphic when it comes to depicting the violence of the time...  [More...]   A dizzying roller-coaster of a ride, with its enormous cast and stylish, arcing camera movements, this is a striking work from the director of the acclaimed La Reine Margot ...  [More...]  
Paparazzi (1998)
Alain Berbérian 		  Belle maman (1999)
Gabriel Aghion 		  La Bûche (1999)
Danièle Thompson 		 
     
After his first film, a totally off-the-wall comedy entitled Cité de la peur (1994), director Alain Berberian was approached by producer Alain Sarde with the idea of making a film about the paparazzi...  [More...]   Although less original and daring than Gabriel Aghion’s previous film, Pédale douce (1996), Belle maman is a respectable comedy-romance which benefits from an exceptional star-studded cast...  [More...]   Having made a career as one of the most successful screenwriters in French cinema, Danièle Thompson finally made the transition to director with La Bûche...  [More...]  

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