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The films of
Jacques Villeret
Jacques Villeret
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Un amour de pluie (1974) Jean-Claude Brialy |
Dupont-Lajoie (1975) Yves Boisset |
À nous deux (1979) Claude Lelouch |
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In one of the earliest of his political thrillers, director Yves Boisset broached the controversial subject of racism – not just its banality in society in general but also its malign influence on police procedure... [More...] | An amusing variation on the Bonnie and Clyde story, À nous deux is fairly representative of director Claude Lelouch’s films from the 1970s... [More...] |
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La Soupe aux choux (1981) Jean Girault |
Les Uns et les autres (1981) Claude Lelouch |
Le Grand frère (1982) Francis Girod |
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| After the phenomenal success of Le Gendarme et les extra-terrestres (1979), director Jean Girault and comic star Louis de Funès were tempted to revisit the genre of sci-fi spoof with La Soupe aux choux... [More...] | Claude Lelouch’s sprawling epic Les Uns et les autres originally ran to six hours and cost 50 million French francs to make (by far Lelouch’s most ambitious film)... [More...] | In many ways, Le Grand frère, epitomes the French crime thriller of the 1980s – an imaginative plot, charged with gritty realism, spiced up with gratuitous (an generally unnecessary) sex... [More...] |
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Danton (1983) Andrzej Wajda |
Garçon! (1983) Claude Sautet |
Papy fait de la résistance (1983) Jean-Marie Poiré |
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| Danton is a joint Franco-Polish film from the distinguished Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. The film was made in France after Wajda’s studio in Poland was closed down by the Polish authorities in response to... [More...] | Claude Sautet’s third collaboration with Yves Montand – after the popular César et Rosalie (1972) and Vincent, François... [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...] |
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Prénom Carmen (1983) Jean-Luc Godard |
Les Morfalous (1984) Henri Verneuil |
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992) Yves Robert |
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| In this film, the eternally controversial film director Jean-Luc Godard offers his distinctive treatment of the familiar Carmen story, best known as the famous Bizet opera... [More...] | Les Morfalous marks the end of a twenty-five year association between two pre-eminent figures in French cinema from the 1960s – director Henri Verneuil and actor Jean-Paul Belmondo... [More...] | This deliciously funny comedy from director Yves Robert brings together some of the most familiar and best loved actors in French cinema, including the magnificent Jean Rochefort and the ever-delightful Miou-Miou... [More...] |
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Le Dîner de cons (1998) Francis Veber |
Les Enfants du marais (1999) Jean Becker |
Les Acteurs (2000) Bertrand Blier |
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| 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...] | Initially panned by the critics but then proving to be a popular success with cinema-goers, Les Enfants du marais is the kind of French film which appeals to international film audiences... [More...] | You should always be wary of any film which boasts more than half a dozen A-list actors. There is of course the chance that the script is so mind-bogglingly brilliant that any actor would jump at the chance to appear... [More...] |
