Philippe Galland

Philippe Galland est un réalisateur, acteur, scénariste et chef décorateur français, né à Aix-en-Provence le 31 janvier 1947.

Overseas (1990)

In French Algeria, after WWII, three daughters of wealthy settlers begin their adult lives. Zon marries an often absent sailor. Malene's husband, Gildas, refuses to work in the farm, so she has to take care of everything. Gritte, the youngest, does not want to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brigitte Roüan
CAST:  Nicole Garcia  •  Marianne Basler  •  Brigitte Roüan  •  Philippe Galland

In French Algeria, after WWII, three daughters of wealthy settlers begin their adult lives. Zon marries an often absent sailor. Malene's husband, Gildas, refuses to work in the farm, so she has to take care of everything. Gritte, the youngest, does not want to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brigitte Roüan
CAST:  Nicole Garcia  •  Marianne Basler  •  Brigitte Roüan  •  Philippe Galland

Ladies' Choice (1982)

As a result of an automobile accident, a sophisticated TV producer meets her car mechanic/blue collar nemesis. They start a comic affair, but can they reconcile their totally different worlds?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Gérard Jugnot  •  Anémone  •  Martin Lamotte  •  Jean-François Balmer

As a result of an automobile accident, a sophisticated TV producer meets her car mechanic/blue collar nemesis. They start a comic affair, but can they reconcile their totally different worlds?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Gérard Jugnot  •  Anémone  •  Martin Lamotte  •  Jean-François Balmer

Pinot simple flic (1984)

The film starts in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1984. Robert Pinot is a police officer as ordinary as clumsy. One day, he stops a certain Josyane, a young drug addict who is also doubled as a pickpocket, nicknamed Marylou. Having discovered that she comes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Jugnot
CAST:  Fanny Bastien  •  Patrick Fierry  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Pierre Mondy

The film starts in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1984. Robert Pinot is a police officer as ordinary as clumsy. One day, he stops a certain Josyane, a young drug addict who is also doubled as a pickpocket, nicknamed Marylou. Having discovered that she comes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Jugnot
CAST:  Fanny Bastien  •  Patrick Fierry  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Pierre Mondy

Marriage of the Century (1985)

Princess Charlotte is scheduled to marry a boring duke, but before that event happens, Paul has taken a bet that he can seduce her. He does, profits from his act, and then falls in love with her. Meanwhile, the wedding with the duke is still planned, and it remains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Anémone  •  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Martin Lamotte  •  Michel Aumont

Princess Charlotte is scheduled to marry a boring duke, but before that event happens, Paul has taken a bet that he can seduce her. He does, profits from his act, and then falls in love with her. Meanwhile, the wedding with the duke is still planned, and it remains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Anémone  •  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Martin Lamotte  •  Michel Aumont

La thune (1991)

Kamel, a young Arab raised in Paris, wants to become rich. He meets Edwige, a bourgeois girl, whose father disapproves of him as Edwige's boyfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Sami Bouajila  •  Sophie Aubry  •  Martin Lamotte  •  Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Kamel, a young Arab raised in Paris, wants to become rich. He meets Edwige, a bourgeois girl, whose father disapproves of him as Edwige's boyfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Sami Bouajila  •  Sophie Aubry  •  Martin Lamotte  •  Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Man's Best Friend (1999)

This is a light comedy about Amir, a young Pakistani who has been working for Jo for six years. Jo has a ready-to-wear clothes shop in the Sentier area and his business is prospering. He promised Amir that he would help him get his legal papers, but he has never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Yolande Moreau  •  Geno Lechner  •  Atmen Kelif  •  Jean Benguigui

This is a light comedy about Amir, a young Pakistani who has been working for Jo for six years. Jo has a ready-to-wear clothes shop in the Sentier area and his business is prospering. He promised Amir that he would help him get his legal papers, but he has never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Yolande Moreau  •  Geno Lechner  •  Atmen Kelif  •  Jean Benguigui

L'exercice du pouvoir (1978)

At the turn of the century, an unusual woman refuses to become an object to be desired or played with. Instead she wants to succeed on the stage of politics in the Third Republic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Michel Aumont  •  Raymond Gérôme  •  Michèle Moretti  •  Henri Virlogeux

At the turn of the century, an unusual woman refuses to become an object to be desired or played with. Instead she wants to succeed on the stage of politics in the Third Republic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Michel Aumont  •  Raymond Gérôme  •  Michèle Moretti  •  Henri Virlogeux

Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1985)

Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Anémone  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Marie-Anne Chazel

Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Galland
CAST:  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Anémone  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Marie-Anne Chazel

Les bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres (2003)

Les Bronzés, le Père Noël, Papy et les autres....Discover or rediscover the emblematic scenes of these cult films that have crossed generations without getting old. Go behind the scenes of these unusual films through completely unpublished anecdotes and funny ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stéphane Kopecky
CAST:  Gérard Jugnot  •  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Marie-Anne Chazel  •  Yves Rousset-Rouard

Les Bronzés, le Père Noël, Papy et les autres....Discover or rediscover the emblematic scenes of these cult films that have crossed generations without getting old. Go behind the scenes of these unusual films through completely unpublished anecdotes and funny ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stéphane Kopecky
CAST:  Gérard Jugnot  •  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Marie-Anne Chazel  •  Yves Rousset-Rouard