Luc Palun

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Amélie (2001)

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At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
CAST:  Audrey Tautou  •  Mathieu Kassovitz  •  Rufus  •  Jamel Debbouze

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
CAST:  Audrey Tautou  •  Mathieu Kassovitz  •  Rufus  •  Jamel Debbouze

Neuf mois (1994)

Samuel est psychanalyste. Toute la journée, il voit des patients exprimer des griefs, en particulier des adolescents rebelles qui méprisent leurs parents. Cette situation l'a conduit à voir d'un mauvais œil l'idée de sa paternité. C'est alors que sa compagne ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Braoudé
CAST:  Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu  •  Catherine Jacob  •  Patrick Braoudé  •  Daniel Russo

Samuel est psychanalyste. Toute la journée, il voit des patients exprimer des griefs, en particulier des adolescents rebelles qui méprisent leurs parents. Cette situation l'a conduit à voir d'un mauvais œil l'idée de sa paternité. C'est alors que sa compagne ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Braoudé
CAST:  Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu  •  Catherine Jacob  •  Patrick Braoudé  •  Daniel Russo

Everything Must Disappear (1997)

Robert Millard has based his industrial kingdom - based on all the noise technologies - thanks to his marriage with the wealthy and cantankerous Irene, he blithely cheat for years. However, his last link with his pretty secretary, Eve, is the straw that broke the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Muyl
CAST:  Didier Bourdon  •  Élie Semoun  •  Yolande Moreau  •  Ophélie Winter

Robert Millard has based his industrial kingdom - based on all the noise technologies - thanks to his marriage with the wealthy and cantankerous Irene, he blithely cheat for years. However, his last link with his pretty secretary, Eve, is the straw that broke the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Muyl
CAST:  Didier Bourdon  •  Élie Semoun  •  Yolande Moreau  •  Ophélie Winter

Beautiful Memories (2001)

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is temporary. In the clinic where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zabou Breitman
CAST:  Isabelle Carré  •  Bernard Campan  •  Bernard Le Coq  •  Zabou Breitman

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is temporary. In the clinic where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zabou Breitman
CAST:  Isabelle Carré  •  Bernard Campan  •  Bernard Le Coq  •  Zabou Breitman

The King of Escape (2009)

43-year-old Armand Lacourtade, a man who sells farm machines in the country, is getting sick of his homosexual life. When he encounters a young girl called Curly, he changes sides. Chased by her parents and the police, they brave all dangers to live this forbidden ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Guiraudie
CAST:  Hafsia Herzi  •  Ludovic Berthillot  •  Luc Palun  •  Pascal Aubert

43-year-old Armand Lacourtade, a man who sells farm machines in the country, is getting sick of his homosexual life. When he encounters a young girl called Curly, he changes sides. Chased by her parents and the police, they brave all dangers to live this forbidden ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Guiraudie
CAST:  Hafsia Herzi  •  Ludovic Berthillot  •  Luc Palun  •  Pascal Aubert

Boudu (2005)

A modern remake of Renoir's classic film. Aix-en-Provence, a spring night. Christian Lespinglet, an over-indebted gallery owner, rescues a homeless man, Boudu, from the waters of a canal who was trying to drown himself. Heroic to his detriment, he brings him home, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Jugnot
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Catherine Frot  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Jean-Paul Rouve

A modern remake of Renoir's classic film. Aix-en-Provence, a spring night. Christian Lespinglet, an over-indebted gallery owner, rescues a homeless man, Boudu, from the waters of a canal who was trying to drown himself. Heroic to his detriment, he brings him home, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Jugnot
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Catherine Frot  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Jean-Paul Rouve

Rai (1995)

Raï is about a gang of youths in a Parisian suburb.This is the multicultural environment in which Mezz, Aziz, Laurent, Nordine, Poisson and the others have grown up. There is no future in Garges-les-Gonesses. Unemployment is high, drugs and violence are a part of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Gilou
CAST:  Mustapha Benstiti  •  Tabatha Cash  •  Samy Naceri  •  Kouider Abdelmoumeni

Raï is about a gang of youths in a Parisian suburb.This is the multicultural environment in which Mezz, Aziz, Laurent, Nordine, Poisson and the others have grown up. There is no future in Garges-les-Gonesses. Unemployment is high, drugs and violence are a part of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Gilou
CAST:  Mustapha Benstiti  •  Tabatha Cash  •  Samy Naceri  •  Kouider Abdelmoumeni

Partners in Crime (2012)

Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford have decided to take things easy. But when a rich Russian heiress disappears, Prudence can't resist and Bélisaire is forced onto the adventure. Their investigation will put them on the trail of a mysterious scientist who holds the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Thomas
CAST:  Catherine Frot  •  André Dussollier  •  Nicolas Marié  •  Agathe de La Boulaye

Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford have decided to take things easy. But when a rich Russian heiress disappears, Prudence can't resist and Bélisaire is forced onto the adventure. Their investigation will put them on the trail of a mysterious scientist who holds the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Thomas
CAST:  Catherine Frot  •  André Dussollier  •  Nicolas Marié  •  Agathe de La Boulaye

You Will Be My Son (2011)

Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Emilion, is disheartened by the notion of his son Martin taking over the family business. Martin does not seem to have inherited the qualities that Paul esteems in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Legrand
CAST:  Lorànt Deutsch  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Patrick Chesnais  •  Anne Marivin

Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Emilion, is disheartened by the notion of his son Martin taking over the family business. Martin does not seem to have inherited the qualities that Paul esteems in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Legrand
CAST:  Lorànt Deutsch  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Patrick Chesnais  •  Anne Marivin

The Corsican File (2004)

Jack Palmer is a Paris-based detective with a huge ego. Ange Leoni is a rebel native of Corsica whose location can't be pinned down by even the most dogged of detectives. Approached by an obscure, small-time attorney and charged with the seemingly simple task of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Berbérian
CAST:  Christian Clavier  •  Jean Reno  •  Caterina Murino  •  Didier Flamand

Jack Palmer is a Paris-based detective with a huge ego. Ange Leoni is a rebel native of Corsica whose location can't be pinned down by even the most dogged of detectives. Approached by an obscure, small-time attorney and charged with the seemingly simple task of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Berbérian
CAST:  Christian Clavier  •  Jean Reno  •  Caterina Murino  •  Didier Flamand

The Perfume of Yvonne (1994)

It is the summer of 1958 in wealthy Lake Geneva, where an enigmatic young Frenchman begins an affair with a beautiful starlet under the watchful eye of her flamboyant elderly mentor. But in a season full of secrets, is truth the most elusive passion of all?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrice Leconte
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Sandra Majani  •  Richard Bohringer  •  Paul Guers

It is the summer of 1958 in wealthy Lake Geneva, where an enigmatic young Frenchman begins an affair with a beautiful starlet under the watchful eye of her flamboyant elderly mentor. But in a season full of secrets, is truth the most elusive passion of all?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrice Leconte
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Sandra Majani  •  Richard Bohringer  •  Paul Guers

Deep in the Woods (2010)

A wanderer named Timothee arrives in a French village in 1865 pretending to be deaf and mute. He uses tricks to hypnotize a beautiful young woman named Josephine and takes advantage of her until he is arrested and tried for his crimes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Jacquot
CAST:  Isild Le Besco  •  Nahuel Pérez Biscayart  •  Jérôme Kircher  •  Bernard Rouquette

A wanderer named Timothee arrives in a French village in 1865 pretending to be deaf and mute. He uses tricks to hypnotize a beautiful young woman named Josephine and takes advantage of her until he is arrested and tried for his crimes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Jacquot
CAST:  Isild Le Besco  •  Nahuel Pérez Biscayart  •  Jérôme Kircher  •  Bernard Rouquette

False Pregnancy (1993)

Perhaps you have to love dogs in order to sell tins of slimy mystery meat to their owners. At any rate Martin, who is indifferent to pets in general, isn't doing all too well in his marketing job at Floppy Dog Foods. But right now this is the least of his problems: ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Rabaglia
CAST:  Tom Novembre  •  Sabine Haudepin  •  Isabelle Townsend  •  Catherine Samie

Perhaps you have to love dogs in order to sell tins of slimy mystery meat to their owners. At any rate Martin, who is indifferent to pets in general, isn't doing all too well in his marketing job at Floppy Dog Foods. But right now this is the least of his problems: ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Rabaglia
CAST:  Tom Novembre  •  Sabine Haudepin  •  Isabelle Townsend  •  Catherine Samie

Camping 2 (2010)

Jean-Pierre Savelli is a forty-something employee of an insurance company in Clermont-Ferrand who finds himself facing a mid-life crisis. When his fiancée Valérie decides to put their relationship on hold, he changes his holiday plans and heads for the Flots Bleus ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabien Onteniente
CAST:  Richard Anconina  •  Mathilde Seigner  •  Antoine Duléry  •  Claude Brasseur

Jean-Pierre Savelli is a forty-something employee of an insurance company in Clermont-Ferrand who finds himself facing a mid-life crisis. When his fiancée Valérie decides to put their relationship on hold, he changes his holiday plans and heads for the Flots Bleus ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabien Onteniente
CAST:  Richard Anconina  •  Mathilde Seigner  •  Antoine Duléry  •  Claude Brasseur

22 Bullets (2010)

Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in Marseille's Old Port, with 22 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Berry
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Gabriella Wright  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Marina Foïs

Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in Marseille's Old Port, with 22 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Berry
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Gabriella Wright  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Marina Foïs

Belle Maman (1999)

At the altar where he is marrying Séverine, the groom, Antoine, gets his first glimpse of her mother, Léa, and suffers what the French call a coup de foudre which we know as love at first sight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Aghion
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Mathilde Seigner  •  Line Renaud  •  Catherine Deneuve

At the altar where he is marrying Séverine, the groom, Antoine, gets his first glimpse of her mother, Léa, and suffers what the French call a coup de foudre which we know as love at first sight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Aghion
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Mathilde Seigner  •  Line Renaud  •  Catherine Deneuve

Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 (2005)

Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Tasma
CAST:  Clotilde Courau  •  Thierry Fortineau  •  Jean-Michel Portal  •  Ouassini Embarek

Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Tasma
CAST:  Clotilde Courau  •  Thierry Fortineau  •  Jean-Michel Portal  •  Ouassini Embarek

Julie & Julia (2009)

CharmingEnjoyableSimpleLighthearted

Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nora Ephron
CAST:  Meryl Streep  •  Amy Adams  •  Chris Messina  •  Stanley Tucci

Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nora Ephron
CAST:  Meryl Streep  •  Amy Adams  •  Chris Messina  •  Stanley Tucci

L.627 (1992)

In Paris, Lulu, a passionate policeman, works with the faith of a rookie, despite the sclerotic bureaucracy and the incompetence or negligence of some of his colleagues. In his new position as a narcotics inspector, he tries to keep his sanity as he witnesses the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Tavernier
CAST:  Jean-Paul Comart  •  Charlotte Kady  •  Jean-Roger Milo  •  Didier Bezace

In Paris, Lulu, a passionate policeman, works with the faith of a rookie, despite the sclerotic bureaucracy and the incompetence or negligence of some of his colleagues. In his new position as a narcotics inspector, he tries to keep his sanity as he witnesses the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Tavernier
CAST:  Jean-Paul Comart  •  Charlotte Kady  •  Jean-Roger Milo  •  Didier Bezace

Camping 3 (2016)

Like every summer, our friends, the Pics, Jacky and Laurette, Gatineau, recently divorced from Sopie, and Patrick Chirac, ever true to form, get together at the Blue Waves camping grounds. This year, Patrick has decided to try car sharing. Believing that he'll ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabien Onteniente
CAST:  Franck Dubosc  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Mylène Demongeot  •  Antoine Duléry

Like every summer, our friends, the Pics, Jacky and Laurette, Gatineau, recently divorced from Sopie, and Patrick Chirac, ever true to form, get together at the Blue Waves camping grounds. This year, Patrick has decided to try car sharing. Believing that he'll ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabien Onteniente
CAST:  Franck Dubosc  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Mylène Demongeot  •  Antoine Duléry
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