Didier Pain

Jean de Florette (1986)

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In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Gérard Depardieu  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Elisabeth Depardieu

In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Gérard Depardieu  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Elisabeth Depardieu

Manon of the Spring (1986)

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Emmanuelle Béart  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Hippolyte Girardot

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Emmanuelle Béart  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Hippolyte Girardot

The Visitors (1993)

This outrageous time-travel comedy follows the misadventures of a wacky medieval knight (Jean Reno) and his faithful servant when they are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. Mayhem rules as these 12th-century visitors try adapting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marie Poiré
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Valérie Lemercier  •  Christian Clavier  •  Marie-Anne Chazel

This outrageous time-travel comedy follows the misadventures of a wacky medieval knight (Jean Reno) and his faithful servant when they are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. Mayhem rules as these 12th-century visitors try adapting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marie Poiré
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Valérie Lemercier  •  Christian Clavier  •  Marie-Anne Chazel

My Mother's Castle (1990)

To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseilles, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Robert
CAST:  Philippe Caubère  •  Nathalie Roussel  •  Didier Pain  •  Thérèse Liotard

To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseilles, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Robert
CAST:  Philippe Caubère  •  Nathalie Roussel  •  Didier Pain  •  Thérèse Liotard

My Best Pals (1989)

They are the best friends of the world. Five friends who shared everything: may 68, hippies years, the rock and their love for Bernadette. This Bernadette has left them to become a rock-star, and is back 15 years later for a weekend. Jean-Marie Poire describes with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marie Poiré
CAST:  Christian Clavier  •  Jean-Pierre Bacri  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Philippe Khorsand

They are the best friends of the world. Five friends who shared everything: may 68, hippies years, the rock and their love for Bernadette. This Bernadette has left them to become a rock-star, and is back 15 years later for a weekend. Jean-Marie Poire describes with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marie Poiré
CAST:  Christian Clavier  •  Jean-Pierre Bacri  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Philippe Khorsand

Marche à l'ombre (1984)

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, and squat in houses with the African immigrants. One day they both fall in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Blanc
CAST:  Michel Blanc  •  Gérard Lanvin  •  Sophie Duez  •  Mimi Félixine

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, and squat in houses with the African immigrants. One day they both fall in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Blanc
CAST:  Michel Blanc  •  Gérard Lanvin  •  Sophie Duez  •  Mimi Félixine

Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard (1993)

Set in the French countryside in the 1600s, a lone rider deposits a newborn baby boy on the steps of a monastery, having bitten his nose off. The child is bought up by an ex-pirate and his wife and is taught to read, write, count, joust and fence, and is also given ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Fechner
CAST:  Pierre-Olivier Mornas  •  Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu  •  Ticky Holgado  •  Bernard Haller

Set in the French countryside in the 1600s, a lone rider deposits a newborn baby boy on the steps of a monastery, having bitten his nose off. The child is bought up by an ex-pirate and his wife and is taught to read, write, count, joust and fence, and is also given ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Fechner
CAST:  Pierre-Olivier Mornas  •  Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu  •  Ticky Holgado  •  Bernard Haller

Fugitives (1986)

Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Veber
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Pierre Richard  •  Jean Carmet  •  Anaïs Bret

Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Veber
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Pierre Richard  •  Jean Carmet  •  Anaïs Bret

La Vouivre (1989)

Arsène Muselier returns to his home village at the end of the First World War. His only injury is a head wound, which sometimes provokes periods of delirium and fury. As he renews his acquaintance with the people he left behind - his mother, the old farmhand who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Wilson
CAST:  Jean Carmet  •  Suzanne Flon  •  Lambert Wilson  •  Jacques Dufilho

Arsène Muselier returns to his home village at the end of the First World War. His only injury is a head wound, which sometimes provokes periods of delirium and fury. As he renews his acquaintance with the people he left behind - his mother, the old farmhand who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Wilson
CAST:  Jean Carmet  •  Suzanne Flon  •  Lambert Wilson  •  Jacques Dufilho

My Father's Glory (1990)

Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Robert
CAST:  Philippe Caubère  •  Nathalie Roussel  •  Didier Pain  •  Julien Ciamaca

Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Robert
CAST:  Philippe Caubère  •  Nathalie Roussel  •  Didier Pain  •  Julien Ciamaca

On Guard (1997)

France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a skilled swordsman, the noble Henri de Lagardère, seeks his rightful vengeance as he tries to protect the innocent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe de Broca
CAST:  Marie Gillain  •  Fabrice Luchini  •  Claire Nebout  •  Yann Collette

France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a skilled swordsman, the noble Henri de Lagardère, seeks his rightful vengeance as he tries to protect the innocent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe de Broca
CAST:  Marie Gillain  •  Fabrice Luchini  •  Claire Nebout  •  Yann Collette

No Pasaran (2009)

Maxence Lafourcade raises pigs in the Pyrenees. His life changes when he learns that a highway will cross his his farm. To face the cynical deputy mayor and his project, he must make an unnatural alliance with a disillusioned lawyer, whose daughter Maxence falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Martin  •  Emmanuel Caussé
CAST:  Cyril Lecomte  •  Élodie Navarre  •  Bernard Blancan  •  Murray Head

Maxence Lafourcade raises pigs in the Pyrenees. His life changes when he learns that a highway will cross his his farm. To face the cynical deputy mayor and his project, he must make an unnatural alliance with a disillusioned lawyer, whose daughter Maxence falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Martin  •  Emmanuel Caussé
CAST:  Cyril Lecomte  •  Élodie Navarre  •  Bernard Blancan  •  Murray Head

Nuit d'ivresse (1986)

Jacques Belin, presenter of a silly TV show, gets drunk after receiving an award and misses the train bringing his TV-soap-star fiancée. He meets up with Frède, just out of prison after a three year sentence and, in between numerous arguments and Jacques' break-up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Nauer
CAST:  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Josiane Balasko  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Victoria Abril

Jacques Belin, presenter of a silly TV show, gets drunk after receiving an award and misses the train bringing his TV-soap-star fiancée. He meets up with Frède, just out of prison after a three year sentence and, in between numerous arguments and Jacques' break-up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Nauer
CAST:  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Josiane Balasko  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Victoria Abril

Welcome to Veraz (1991)

An old man teaches a young man to live in the forest and to understand the wild world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Castano
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Roger Souza  •  Jean-Pierre Bagot  •  Madeleine Marie

An old man teaches a young man to live in the forest and to understand the wild world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Castano
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Roger Souza  •  Jean-Pierre Bagot  •  Madeleine Marie

Mohamed Bertrand-Duval (1991)

In this comedy, the requirements of living a respectable life grow too great for Maurice, as do the burdens of his well-paid executive position. After getting fired when a business proposal he has worked on is translated very badly to his English boss, he confides ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Métayer
CAST:  Alex Métayer  •  Moussa Maaskri  •  Didier Pain  •  Nettie

In this comedy, the requirements of living a respectable life grow too great for Maurice, as do the burdens of his well-paid executive position. After getting fired when a business proposal he has worked on is translated very badly to his English boss, he confides ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Métayer
CAST:  Alex Métayer  •  Moussa Maaskri  •  Didier Pain  •  Nettie

Lethal Exposure (1993)

Ambitious photojournalist Chris Cassidy, on assignment in Paris, becomes involved with an unconventional French detective after having witnessed the airport slaying of a man handcuffed to him and decides she needs a good story to go with her picture.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  Ally Sheedy  •  François-Eric Gendron  •  Carméla Valente  •  Mac McDonald

Ambitious photojournalist Chris Cassidy, on assignment in Paris, becomes involved with an unconventional French detective after having witnessed the airport slaying of a man handcuffed to him and decides she needs a good story to go with her picture.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  Ally Sheedy  •  François-Eric Gendron  •  Carméla Valente  •  Mac McDonald

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