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The films of
Guy Marchand
Guy Marchand
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Boulevard du rhum (1971) Robert Enrico |
Une belle fille comme moi (1972) François Truffaut |
Tendre poulet (1978) Philippe de Broca |
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Une belle fille comme moi is François Truffaut’s first and only sortie into black comedy, a film that is in marked contrast to his earlier films... [More...] | The inspired pairing of Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret, two of the most familiar French actors of the 1970s, makes Tendre poulet one of director Philippe de Broca’s more entertaining and memorable films... [More...] |
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Loulou (1980) Maurice Pialat |
Coup de torchon (1981) Bertrand Tavernier |
Garde à vue (1981) Claude Miller |
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| This film is a satire of modern living and explores the relative merits of prosperity and the freedom that unemployment can bring. Pialat argues that having a good job and a nice home is no substitute for a fulfilling... [More...] | In common with many of Tavernier’s films, Coup de Torchon is a multi-layered film which, whilst distinctly unsettling, seems to have a strong underlying message... [More...] | This brilliantly taut psychological thriller from director Claude Miller features a remarkable confrontation between two leading figures in French cinema... [More...] |
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Plein sud (1981) Luc Béraud |
Les Sous-doués en vacances (1982) Claude Zidi |
Coup de foudre (1983) Diane Kurys |
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| Plein Sud is a captivating romantic black comedy which offers a perceptive depiction of the capacity of an intense amorous passion to take over an otherwise humdrum life... [More...] | After the success of Les Sous-doués , the film which established Daniel Auteuil as a popular comic actor in France, a sequel was more than justified and... [More...] | 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...] |
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Mortelle randonnée (1983) Claude Miller |
Ripoux contre ripoux (1990) Claude Zidi |
Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996) Edouard Molinaro |
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| Easily one of Claude Miller’s most striking and subversive films, Mortelle randonnée is the kind of seductively stylish comedy-thriller which only the French know how to make... [More...] | Dynamic duo Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte are reunited in this respectable sequel to the 1984 hit Les Ripoux. Both films satirise perceived corruption in the French police service... [More...] | Based on a play by the eminent French film director Sacha Guitry (which was never performed), this film offers some fascinating insights into one of the most enigmatic and influential of French historical figures. ... [More...] |
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Le Plus beau métier du monde (1996) Gérard Lauzier |
La Boîte (2001) Claude Zidi |
Dans Paris (2006) Christophe Honoré |
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| Gérard Depardieu gives a typically robust performance in this surprisingly dark black comedy about the trials and tribulations of being a schoolteacher in an inner city school in Paris... [More...] |
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For his third full-length film, director Christophe Honoré brings together the two talented lead actors of his first two films, Romain Duris and Louis Garrel... [More...] |
