The films of
Francis Veber
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972)
Yves Robert 		  L'Emmerdeur (1973)
Edouard Molinaro 		  Le Magnifique (1973)
Philippe de Broca 		 
     
This popular and entertaining comedy thriller established Pierre Richard as one of France’s leading comic actors in the 1970s, and his character...  [More...]   The popular Belgian singer Jacques Brel stars along side Lino Ventura – the great hard man of French cinema – in this unique, totally bizarre black comedy...  [More...]   Very redolent of the era in which it was made, Le Magnifique is an ebullient mix of the truly bizarre and original which gives it a rare timeless quality...  [More...]  
Le Retour du grand blond (1974)
Yves Robert 		  Adieu, poulet (1975)
Pierre Granier-Deferre 		  Peur sur la ville (1975)
Henri Verneuil 		 
     
After the enormous success of Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972), director Yves Robert and screenwriter Francis Veber would have been mad not to have made a sequel...  [More...]   This French police drama focuses mainly on the politics of the police department and the often dubious relationship between police, criminals and politicians...  [More...]   This high budget, fast moving action thriller typifies the kind of film that was hugely popular in France in the mid- 1970s. Peur sur la ville epitomises the crime thriller or ’polar’ of that decade...  [More...]  
Le Jouet (1976)
Francis Veber 		  Coup de tête (1979)
Jean-Jacques Annaud 		  La Chèvre (1981)
Francis Veber 		 
     
Having scripted such popular film comedies as Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972) and L’Emmerdeur (1973), Francis Veber made an impressive directorial debut with Le Jouet...  [More...]   Coup de tête is a splendid example of the French social comedy, a witty, no-holds-barred assault on the ethics of the middle classes as well as a satire on that great working class obsession...  [More...]   Having established himself as a screenwriter, responsible for some hugely successful French comic films (including La Cage aux folles) , Francis Veber turned to directing...  [More...]  
Les Fugitifs (1986)
Francis Veber 		  My Father the Hero (1994)
Steve Miner 		  Fantôme avec chauffeur (1996)
Gérard Oury 		 
     
Two giants of French cinema, Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu, are reunited for the third and final time in this boisterous comedy-thriller from the distinctly red-nosed pen of Francis Veber...  [More...]    [More...]   Directed by Gérard Oury, scripted by Francis Veber and starring the eternally magnificent Philippe Noiret, Fantôme avec chauffeur could have been one of the best French comic films of the 1990s...  [More...]  
Le Dîner de cons (1998)
Francis Veber 		  Le Placard (2001)
Francis Veber 		  Tais-toi! (2003)
Francis Veber 		 
     
Francis Veber brings his popular stage play (which ran for over 900 performances) to the big screen with some success, making this one of the most popular film’s made in France...  [More...]   A comedy which looks as if it were engineered more for an American market than home consumption in France, Le Placard is the first film to be directed by Francis Veber since his staggeringly successful 1998 film...  [More...]   Tais-toi is another entertaining comedy from Francis Veber, one which follows the tried and tested format of his earlier films – a mad-cap thriller narrative involving the improbable pairing of a hard man and a...  [More...]  

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