Serge Larivière

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Henri (2013)

The meeting of two lonely, marginal souls. There is Henri, a man in his 50s, limp, resigned, somewhat alcoholic. And Rosette, a woman who dreams of love, sexuality, normality  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yolande Moreau
CAST:  Pippo Delbono  •  Jackie Berroyer  •  Gwen Berrou  •  Alexis Meigneux

The meeting of two lonely, marginal souls. There is Henri, a man in his 50s, limp, resigned, somewhat alcoholic. And Rosette, a woman who dreams of love, sexuality, normality  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yolande Moreau
CAST:  Pippo Delbono  •  Jackie Berroyer  •  Gwen Berrou  •  Alexis Meigneux

The Big Night (2012)

An ageing punk-with-a-dog and his brother the conformist decide to get their revenge on a shopping mall. Directing duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern, longstanding comic crusaders against capitalism, again set out to surprise and shock the bourgeois audience.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustave Kervern  •  Benoît Delépine
CAST:  Benoît Poelvoorde  •  Albert Dupontel  •  Brigitte Fontaine  •  Yolande Moreau

An ageing punk-with-a-dog and his brother the conformist decide to get their revenge on a shopping mall. Directing duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern, longstanding comic crusaders against capitalism, again set out to surprise and shock the bourgeois audience.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustave Kervern  •  Benoît Delépine
CAST:  Benoît Poelvoorde  •  Albert Dupontel  •  Brigitte Fontaine  •  Yolande Moreau

Le Chef (2012)

A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Cohen
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Michaël Youn  •  Raphaëlle Agogué  •  Julien Boisselier

A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Cohen
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Michaël Youn  •  Raphaëlle Agogué  •  Julien Boisselier

Thomas in Love (2000)

Thomas Thomas is agoraphobic, has a computer-generated girlfriend, and hasn't left his home in years. Can a prostitute convince him to leave cyberspace and his home for the real world?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-Paul Renders
CAST:  Benoît Verhaert  •  Aylin Yay  •  Magali Pinglaut  •  Micheline Hardy

Thomas Thomas is agoraphobic, has a computer-generated girlfriend, and hasn't left his home in years. Can a prostitute convince him to leave cyberspace and his home for the real world?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-Paul Renders
CAST:  Benoît Verhaert  •  Aylin Yay  •  Magali Pinglaut  •  Micheline Hardy

Dead Man's Hand (2002)

Jean V., huissier de justice de quarante ans, exerce son métier avec talent mais sans faire preuve d'humanité. Il est marié à Nicole, 35 ans et consommatrice en crise. Régulièrement, Jean a recours aux services de George, débiteur chronique et personnage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Boon  •  Laurent Brandenbourger
CAST:  Albert Dupontel  •  Marie Trintignant  •  Serge Larivière  •  Bouli Lanners

Jean V., huissier de justice de quarante ans, exerce son métier avec talent mais sans faire preuve d'humanité. Il est marié à Nicole, 35 ans et consommatrice en crise. Régulièrement, Jean a recours aux services de George, débiteur chronique et personnage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Boon  •  Laurent Brandenbourger
CAST:  Albert Dupontel  •  Marie Trintignant  •  Serge Larivière  •  Bouli Lanners

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2008)

Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samuel Benchetrit
CAST:  Anna Mouglalis  •  Édouard Baer  •  Jean Rochefort  •  Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samuel Benchetrit
CAST:  Anna Mouglalis  •  Édouard Baer  •  Jean Rochefort  •  Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Lorna's Silence (2008)

Lorna is a young Albanian woman in a marriage of convenience with Claudy, a heroin addict. Just as Lorna is about to be granted Belgian citizenship, Claudy finds the strength to detox; this presents a problem not only for Lorna, but for the criminal who brokered ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Dardenne  •  Luc Dardenne
CAST:  Arta Dobroshi  •  Jérémie Renier  •  Fabrizio Rongione  •  Alban Ukaj

Lorna is a young Albanian woman in a marriage of convenience with Claudy, a heroin addict. Just as Lorna is about to be granted Belgian citizenship, Claudy finds the strength to detox; this presents a problem not only for Lorna, but for the criminal who brokered ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Dardenne  •  Luc Dardenne
CAST:  Arta Dobroshi  •  Jérémie Renier  •  Fabrizio Rongione  •  Alban Ukaj

The Ax (2005)

A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Karin Viard  •  José Garcia  •  Ulrich Tukur  •  Yvon Back

A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Karin Viard  •  José Garcia  •  Ulrich Tukur  •  Yvon Back

Taxistop (2014)

A Slice of the Country (2015)

A sunny day in the country. A family of animals find a good place for a picnic. Nearby, another animal is grazing peacefully. But the bucolic atmosphere of this picnic rapidly degenerates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hannah Letaïf
CAST:  Bénédicte Chabot  •  Thierry de Coster  •  Serge Larivière  •  Igor van Dessel

A sunny day in the country. A family of animals find a good place for a picnic. Nearby, another animal is grazing peacefully. But the bucolic atmosphere of this picnic rapidly degenerates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hannah Letaïf
CAST:  Bénédicte Chabot  •  Thierry de Coster  •  Serge Larivière  •  Igor van Dessel

The Brand New Testament (2015)

God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaco Van Dormael
CAST:  Pili Groyne  •  Benoît Poelvoorde  •  Yolande Moreau  •  Catherine Deneuve

God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaco Van Dormael
CAST:  Pili Groyne  •  Benoît Poelvoorde  •  Yolande Moreau  •  Catherine Deneuve

La Douce Empoisonneuse (2014)

An elderly lady is visited each month by her good-for-nothing nephew who relieves her of her regular pension. When he appears again one winter day accompanied by two hideous but eager pals who start roasting a freshly captured piglet on her back lawn before ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Stora
CAST:  Line Renaud  •  Pierre Vernier  •  Mamadou Doumbia  •  Barbara Bolotner

An elderly lady is visited each month by her good-for-nothing nephew who relieves her of her regular pension. When he appears again one winter day accompanied by two hideous but eager pals who start roasting a freshly captured piglet on her back lawn before ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Stora
CAST:  Line Renaud  •  Pierre Vernier  •  Mamadou Doumbia  •  Barbara Bolotner

Chez Gino (2011)

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DIRECTION:  Samuel Benchetrit
CAST:  José Garcia  •  Anna Mouglalis  •  Samuel Benchetrit  •  Sergi López

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DIRECTION:  Samuel Benchetrit
CAST:  José Garcia  •  Anna Mouglalis  •  Samuel Benchetrit  •  Sergi López

Murphy's Law (2009)

After four years in jail, Elias is doing his rehabilitation in an hospital as stretcher bearer. In five hours, his parole will be completed. He will make a fresh start and forget about his past. But that would be forgetting about Murphy's law and its string of problems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Campos
CAST:  Pio Marmaï  •  Omar Sy  •  Karim Belkhadra  •  Fanny Valette

After four years in jail, Elias is doing his rehabilitation in an hospital as stretcher bearer. In five hours, his parole will be completed. He will make a fresh start and forget about his past. But that would be forgetting about Murphy's law and its string of problems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Campos
CAST:  Pio Marmaï  •  Omar Sy  •  Karim Belkhadra  •  Fanny Valette

Mr. Nobody (2009)

Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaco Van Dormael
CAST:  Jared Leto  •  Sarah Polley  •  Diane Kruger  •  Linh-Dan Pham

Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaco Van Dormael
CAST:  Jared Leto  •  Sarah Polley  •  Diane Kruger  •  Linh-Dan Pham

Coquelicots (2008)

One Christmas day. Three parallel lives. Three individuals in trouble. In one way or another, all of them have to face down their conscience and answer the real questions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Blasband
CAST:  Laurent Capelluto  •  Didier De Neck  •  Véronique Dumont  •  Cachou Kirsch

One Christmas day. Three parallel lives. Three individuals in trouble. In one way or another, all of them have to face down their conscience and answer the real questions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Blasband
CAST:  Laurent Capelluto  •  Didier De Neck  •  Véronique Dumont  •  Cachou Kirsch

Verrouillage central (2002)

It is no fun when your birthday falls on Valentine's day, especially if you are single and your girlfriends are all married. So when Cathy comes across the magic formula for finding her Prince Charming, she doesn't waste a minute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geneviève Mersch
CAST:  Aylin Yay  •  Gaëtan Wenders  •  Serge Larivière  •  David Quertigniez

It is no fun when your birthday falls on Valentine's day, especially if you are single and your girlfriends are all married. So when Cathy comes across the magic formula for finding her Prince Charming, she doesn't waste a minute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geneviève Mersch
CAST:  Aylin Yay  •  Gaëtan Wenders  •  Serge Larivière  •  David Quertigniez

School Is Over (2018)

Agathe Langlois, Parisian until the end of the nails well varnishes, is delighted: she is going to be confirmed as a professor of English. The happiness of the good news will not last as she learns that she is deployed to the countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anne Depétrini
CAST:  Bérengère Krief  •  Grégory Fitoussi  •  Patrick Chesnais  •  Marilou Berry

Agathe Langlois, Parisian until the end of the nails well varnishes, is delighted: she is going to be confirmed as a professor of English. The happiness of the good news will not last as she learns that she is deployed to the countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anne Depétrini
CAST:  Bérengère Krief  •  Grégory Fitoussi  •  Patrick Chesnais  •  Marilou Berry
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