The films of
Dominique Lavanant
Diabolo menthe (1977)
Diane Kurys 		  Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine (1977)
Coluche 		  Les Bronzés (1978)
Patrice Leconte 		 
     
Diane Kurys won instant acclaim for this, her first film, when it was released in 1977. A sensitive and closely observed portrait of teenage girls coming to terms with the pains and pleasures of nascent womanhood...  [More...]   Coluche had already become a national treasure by the time he came to write, direct and star in this film, a madcap historical romp with some similarities with some of the British “Carry On” films of the late...  [More...]   A popular comedy which has become a major cult classic in France, Les Bronzés has an indefinable charm which makes it easy to overlook its shortcomings...  [More...]  
Les Bronzés font du ski (1979)
Patrice Leconte 		  Inspecteur la Bavure (1980)
Claude Zidi 		  La Boum (1980)
Claude Pinoteau 		 
     
After the success of Les Bronzés, the magnificent comedy troupe L’équipe du Splendid made a triumphant return in this laugh-a-minute sequel which parodies the French people’s obsession with skiing...  [More...]   This respectable comedy policier from director Claude Zidi provides ample opportunity for the comic genius Coluche to show his talents as both an actor and a comedian...  [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...]  
Le Cheval d'orgueil (1980)
Claude Chabrol 		  Est-ce bien raisonnable? (1981)
Georges Lautner 		  Hôtel des Amériques (1981)
André Téchiné 		 
     
Le Cheval d'orgueil is an atypical film for Claude Chabrol, the French New Wave director who is better known for his slick psychological thrillers that have earned him the epithet "the French Alfred Hitchcock"...  [More...]   Compared with some of Georges Lautner’s better known films, Est-ce bien raisonnable? must rate as a pretty minor work, lacking the biting wit...  [More...]   This is a very atmospheric film exploring the complex and strained relationship between a sucessful, but traumatised middle-aged woman and an unfulfilled and emotionally unbalanced man...  [More...]  
Coup de foudre (1983)
Diane Kurys 		  Papy fait de la résistance (1983)
Jean-Marie Poiré 		  Rendez-vous (1985)
André Téchiné 		 
     
With two formidable actresses in the leading roles and a female director, Coup de foudre is a rare French film with a distinctly feminine perspective...  [More...]   With its all-star cast and impressive production values (including lavish sets and close attention to period detail), Papy fait de la résistance resembles that earlier great French war-time comic classic...  [More...]   Rendez-vous is a dark yet powerful examination of love and sexual desire from the point of view of three emotionally scarred young people. It is stunningly photographed and boasts some fine acting...  [More...]  
3 hommes et un couffin (1985)
Coline Serreau 		  Quelques jours avec moi (1988)
Claude Sautet 		  Désiré (1996)
Bernard Murat 		 
     
Now better known as the film which was remade into the American 1987 chart topper “3 Men and a Baby”, Trois hommes et un couffin is both poignant and funny satire about fatherhood...  [More...]   Quelques jours avec moi is another engaging romantic drama from director Claude Sautet, this time featuring the dream pairing of Daniel Auteuil with Sandrine Bonnaire...  [More...]    [More...]  

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