One of the most controversial comic films to have been made in France in the 1980s, Le
Père Noël est une ordure has since matured (as a fine wine might) into
one of that country’s most highly regarded... [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...]
After Papy
fait de la résistance (1983), an ebullient WWII satire on the French
Resistance, director Jean-Marie Poiré decided to make a comedy about life on the
other side of the iron curtain... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré is best known as the director of such hit film
comedies as Le Père Noël est une ordure
(1982) and Les Visiteurs (1993)... [More...]
The plot would appear ludicrous, but the film succeeds admirably and, in terms of box
office receipts, was one of the most successful films made in France... [More...]
Director Jean-Marie Poiré followed his hugely successful Les
Visiteurs (1993) with this boisterous action comedy, proving the old adage that
lightning seldom strikes twice in the same spot... [More...]
