Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin. In 1948, he began his career in the theatre with Robert Dhéry in Les Branquignols. His first film was Ah! Les belles bacchantes, starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Serrault played in the 1955 suspense thriller Les diaboliques, starring Simone Signoret and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. From February 1973 through 1978, he portrayed the role of Albin/Zaza opposite Jean Poiret in the play La cage aux folles, written by Poiret. He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978. Serrault died from relapsing polychondritis at his home in Équemauville on 29 July 2007 at age 79. He was buried in Sainte-Catherine's cemetery in Honfleur and was transferred in 2009 to the cemetery of Neuilly-sur-Seine near his wife Juanita Saint-Peyron and daughter Caroline, who died in 1977. He had another daughter, actress Nathalie Serrault. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Joyeux Noel
as The Castle KeeperFrance, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the...
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La Cage aux Folles
as ZazaTwo gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the...
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Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as M. Pierre ArnaudNelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her...
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The Inquisitor
as Jérôme MartinaudMartinaud, an illustrious notary suspected of being the perpetrator of two horrendous crimes,...
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Diabolique
as Mr. RaymondThe cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an...
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Buffet Froid
as Le comptableAn absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment...
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The Children of the Marshland
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'The film is set in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river in 1918. Riton is...
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Actors
as SelfLes Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot...
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Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
as VerlacA collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre...
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Carom Shots
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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
as le voisinSolange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure...
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King of Hearts
as Monsieur MarcelAn ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during...
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La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding
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Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
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The Big Store
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Good King Dagobert
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Vajont
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Deadly Circuit
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Happiness Is in the Field
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The Annuity
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Love on a Pillow
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Have Mercy on Us All
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Peek-a-boo
as Serrault, le trompettisteA small-town policeman is informed that "naked women" are dancing in a revue at a local variety...
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La Cage aux Folles II
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe -...
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The Swindle
as VictorBetty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a...
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Chinese In Paris
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Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Louis XVBeaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright,...
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The Butterfly
as JulienAn old man who has one interest in life, collecting butterflies, has his life changed by an...
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He Died with His Eyes Open
as Robert StanilandPolice Inspector Staniland is investigating the death of a pianist. While conducting his...
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Albert est méchant
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The Restroom Robbery
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Assassin(s)
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Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
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Dandelions by the Roots
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The Madman of Lab Four
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratoryThis talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that...
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Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Alfred MullanetAlfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the...
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Le Bon Plaisir
as Le ministre de l'IntérieurClaire's handbag is stolen. It contained a letter written ten years previously by the man who is...
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When the Pheasants Pass
as RimeroArsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac,...
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The Libertine
as Le CardinalFrench philosopher Denis Diderot produces the first encyclopedia while indulging in 18th-century...
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Male Hunt
as Gaston LartoisA few stories about marriage and its problems. Antoine is about to marry Gisèle. His friend...
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A Murder Is a Murder
as Le commissaire Plouvier / SuperintendantMurder mystery involving a man and his relationship with twin sisters.
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The American Beauty
as TrampMarcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American...
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That Naughty Girl
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Heads or Tails
as Edouard MorlaixSince his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni (Philippe Noiret) has become a virtual recluse,...
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The Associate
as Julien PardotAn unemployed investor creates a fictious business partner to attempt to improve business....
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Il lupo e l'agnello
as LéonLeon de Paris is a modest dog-barber in Paris. In search of more satisfaction. Thanks to the...
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The Girl from Paris
as Adrien RochasA woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave and become a farmer.
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Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Louis XVIA parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in...
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Malevil
as Emmanuel ComteIn southern France, in a quiet little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle,...
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No Pockets in a Shroud
as Justin BleshIn the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing...
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Les Compagnons de la marguerite
as L'inspecteur PapinJean-Louis Matouzec works for French National Library as an expert looking after the restoration...
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Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
as L'archevêque de VeniseThe life of Antonio Vivaldi, the great Italian composer and musician of the 17th century.
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The Great Chase
as Aldo MoreniA gang of young tugs led by Frankie, opens a nightclub just in front of a gangster's hideout....
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L'Affaire Dominici
as Gaston DominiciDuring the night of August 4-5, 1952, three Englishmen, Jack Drummond, his wife Anne and their...
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Hard Boiled Ones
as Rossignol, le détective privéA playwright has to murder if he does not want to be murdered.
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Clémentine chérie
as Maître BrunetGaston Bellus, is the director of a textile house, and the research laboratory makes a...
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Love and the Frenchwoman
as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a...
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The Other One's Mug
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Ville à vendre
as Rousselot, le maireA man comes to a small town in France and witness the apparent murder of a woman pharmacist. He...
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The Hatter's Ghost
as Léon LabbéA hatter in a provincial town (Michel Serrault) leads the life of a respectable citizen but is...
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Artemisia
as Orazio GentileschiThe story of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), one of the first well-known female painters,...
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Operation Lady Marlene
as PauloRobert Lamoureux plays a General in the Resistance. With an unlikely team of French patriots, he...
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The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
as Jean-Paul RondinHere we find a group of misfits who've given up on humanity and have decided to dwell below the...
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The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
as Self (archive footage)Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with...
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Kill the Referee
as Rico, aggressive supporterMichel, a referee has to suffer the consequences of having whistled a penalty against a team...
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My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
as Octave ClapoteauTwo members of the French Academy agree to help the attractive young veterinarian Esther...
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You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Dr. Emile CouzanMarried against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her...
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Bloody Murder
as Edouard HenricotHélène, an antique dealer and her husband Georges, a respected doctor, live in a beautiful...
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Bebert and the Train
as BarthoinThe Martin family is shopping in a department store. Tiennot is responsible for looking after...
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Miracle Healing
as Ronald Fox-TerrierFaking an injury for insurance money, a peddler seeks out a cure to support his claims while a...
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Du mou dans la gâchette
as The armorerNicolas Pappas and Léon Dubois, two particularly calamitous killers, arrive in Paris, where a...
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We Will Go to Deauville
as Lucien MoreauComical adventures of two pairs of friends during their stay in Deauville, Normandy.
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Dr. Petiot
as Docteur PetiotA true story shot in a German Impressionistic style. In France during the Nazi occupation, Dr....
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Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
as GinoIn this romantic story, a couple (Michel Serrault and Virna Lisi) who have been married for over...
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Les combinards
as La père de LucileLéo and Claude, two penniless friends turned con artists, answer matrimonial classified ads to...
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The Roaring Forties
as Sébastien BarralJulien is an electronics professional who is down on his luck when he decides to enter an...
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The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as PompiliusA con artist couple takes a young, handsome petty thief under their wing, but jealousies flare...
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La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
as Jean-Pierre MazardSophie, viscountess of Valrude, believes herself being a widow since her husband disappeared in...
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Ces messieurs de la gâchette
as Gabriel PelletierGabriel Pelletier's life is no bed of roses. Not because of his job: he is a successful sales...
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Jaloux comme un tigre
as M. LurotHenri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he...
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Héloïse
as Maurice Martin, HéloïsePhotographer Maurice Martin turns into a woman named Héloïse every night at 8 p.m.
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Les enquiquineurs
as Martin - instituteurMonsieur Eloy, his wife and their ten-year-old son, Zizi, are off to their country home for the...
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Les Rois du gag
as uncreditedPaul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous...
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Under Your Hat
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur MaxAn illegal gambling den where players can lose millions... and the owners make their fortune.
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Bonsoir
as Alex PonttinHaving first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin has devised a novel way...
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Let Sleeping Cops Lie
as Roger ScattiThis movie tells the story of a group of right-wing cops have begun carrying out vigilante...
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Les baratineurs
as HenriA precious work of art from the Italian Renaissance is stolen and passes through many hands...
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Other People's Money
as MiremantHenri Rainier has everything a man could want. A glamorous wife, two beautiful daughters and a...
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The Terror with Women
as GendarmeAimé Morin, a good-natured bookseller, is also one of the candidates in the local elections of...
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Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
as Charpentier, le conférencierPaul, a friendly Parisian cab driver, has two loves: music and his fiancée Virginie. After...
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La Liberté en croupe
as Paul CérèsParis, in the spring of 1968. Albin Cérès, 23, the son of a bourgeois couple on the verge of...
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Oh! What a Mambo
as L'inspecteur VidalieMiguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that...
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The Men in the Family
as Gabriel PelletierGabriel Pelletier, sales manager for a major industrial firm, would be the happiest of men if he...
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Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)A look back at "La Cage aux Folles", which ran non-stop for five years, from February 1973, on...
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La Cage aux folles
as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'La Cage aux Folles "The Cage of Madwomen") is a 1973 French farce by Jean Poiret centring on...
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The Four Truths
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments,...
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Les enfants du pays
as GustaveMay 1940, in the French Ardennes. The German Army is getting ready to invade France. Old Gustave...
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L'Avare
as HarpagonA beautiful translation of Molière's works and the last character played by an excellent French...
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Old Rascal
as Darius CaunesA story of a modest ordinary crook trying his best to turn his boring life into an affordable...
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le second policier / PolicemanCharming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters...
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The Great Gadget
as PounetA scientist from the East happens in France where it is supposed to improve one of his...
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Murderers and Thieves
as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleurA man becomes the lover of his former persecutor's wife.
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Life is beautiful
as le démarcheurParis, 1956. Everything is going smoothly for Roger, married to Denise, and Paul, married to...
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Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
as AchilleTo replace Hector Grofenol, the tyrannical boss of the "Tout pour le camping" factory, who has...
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No Harm Intended
as Paul DuchêneWhen Catherine is caught with her illicit lover by her father-in-law Paul, the concerned father...
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The Double Bed
as AlbertVarious sketches centered on alcove stories.
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Room Service
as M. LucThe countess and her son, irresponsible but sweet viscount Louis, own the castle Montverdier,...
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Nestor Burma, détective de choc
as Nestor BurmaDetective Nestor Burma begins an investigation into the corrupt drug-ridden punk rock music world.
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Monsieur Léon
as Docteur Léon ChapuisDuring the Occupation, a kid is taken in by his old grandfather, wrongly considered a collaborator.
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How Do You Like My Sister?
as VarangeotThe brother of a delinquent schoolboy falls in love with his teacher and intrigues to make him...
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24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
as LouisSet in 1913, 1936 and 2001. When he returns to the casino and seaside resort of his early teens,...
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What the East Wind Saw
as ZamoreClarisse cheats on her husband with a vain insurance agent. Zamore, the cuckold (and a magician)...
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Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
as Le curé LéonDismissed following an unfortunate initiative, financial advisor Benoît Lepape decides to work...
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My Wife Is a Panther
as ButcherDuring an evening in a bar, Roger, a friendly cognac salesman and connoisseur, overhears a...
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The Red Ibis
as JérémieA mentally disturbed man named Jérémie is scouring the area in search of women he can strangle...
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Bonjour l'angoisse
as MichaudAnxious and shy, Michaud works for a company that specializes in alarms, safes and other...
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Le Roi des bricoleurs
as BordinGoumic, an industrialist and his wife Anne lose their big house when their town's mayor coerces...
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Le Furet
as AnzioFrom his locksmith's shop, a simple guy dreams of becoming a crime boss, at the wheel of his...
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Love Comedy
as Paul LéautaudAccording to the book Journal Particulier de Paul Léautaud, the love story that was born between...
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Un cœur oublié
as Monsieur de FontenelleMonsieur de Fontenelle has resisted feelings of love and passion all his life, but at an...
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Call Me Mathilde
as FrançoisMathilde de Blanzac is abducted on her way home from an evening at the opera with her wealthy...
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La Grâce
as Henri DupérierDuperrier, a model of piety, justice and charity, wakes up one day with a halo over his head, to...
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The Dance
as PétrarqueThe Dance is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Jean-Pierre...
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How Not to Rob a Department Store
as uncreditedTo repay a debt, Marcel must commit a robbery in a large department store. Unfortunately his...
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The Bureaucrats
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-filsThe gifts and bequests department is particularly eccentric, including Lahrier, a fervent...
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Would-Be Gentleman
as M. JourdainLe Bourgeois gentilhomme satirizes attempts at social climbing and the bourgeois personality,...
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Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as BénécholA story about Caroline, a young girl who decides to start dating only men after forty.
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How to Succeed in Love
as Le commissaireBernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and...
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Le Bénévole
as Max BirgosIn a Mediterranean city, the association of volunteers The Rescue is expecting a new director. A...
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Clara and the Villains
as La ParoleA rich kid, the daughter of an oil tycoon, lives a life of luxury. Bad guys kidnap the heiress.
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La Gueule de l’emploi
as L'inspecteur de policeJacques and Jean-Claude, unemployed actors, start experimenting with various creative petty...
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Le Passe-muraille
as DutilleulA man learns one night that he can walk through walls, and uses this skill to get back at a...
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Big Deal
as PaulPaul and Thérèse have sold their café on the outskirts of an airport to buy one in Marseille....
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L'Esprit de famille
as le docteur Charles MoreauCharles Moreau, general practitioner, and Hélène, his wife, have four girls aged 11 to 20 years....
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The Innocent with Forty Children
as Jean-François RobignacJean-François Robignac, a teacher, arrives at a provincial college to teach literature to...
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Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Commissaire Le GacBaron Yves de Kerfunte learns of his uncle's death. Overjoyed, he is astonished to discover that...
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Grabuge!
as Commissaire LancretMaurice works at the police service for foreigners. He is single, loves Spanish music and spends...
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Adorables démons
as Jacques Willis SeniorAnnibal Onnis, a good man and major laundry manufacturer, has his wife's necklace stolen by a...
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Le petit monstre
as uncreditedRobert's peaceful existence as a manufacturer of beauty creams is suddenly disrupted by the...
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The Boss of Champignol
as HectorClaudius finds a foal and takes it home to his boss. The men who stole the animal are looking...
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Nina
as Adolphe TessierA husband plans to shoot the man having an affair with his wife, but both come to realise their...
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The Real Bargain
as uncreditedThe eccentric Comtesse de Saint-Plâs sells a black Citroën DS to car dealer Paul Souflé. He...
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On purge bébé
as Guillaume ChouillouxMr. Follavoine plans to supply the French army with chamber pots. In preparation for this...
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Ennemis intimes
as BaudinBaudin (Michel Serrault) and Tayar (Wadeck Stanczak) become trapped in a movie theater while...
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Apostrophes
as SelfApostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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At Theatre Tonight
as ThomeretAt Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The...
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