
Christian Clavier
Christian Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.
After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) —he started his actor career with the comedic theater troupe Splendid, which had hits with films like Les Bronzés font du ski and Le Père Noël est une ordure.
His most notable success without the Splendid group, and by far his biggest hit to date, was in the 1993 film les Visiteurs, where he played a character known as Jacquouille la fripouille; the character's cry of "Okkkayyy!!" became a popular exclamation after the movie's success.
After les Visiteurs he was a certified star, participating in big-budget films like Astérix et Obélix contre César, Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, and the sequel and remake of Visiteurs. He also played several dramatic roles on television, including M. Thénardier in Les Misérables (2000 television version) and Napoléon in a biographical television film.
Clavier has played in notable duos with: Jean Reno in les Visiteurs (the Visitors) and the US remake, Just Visiting, L'Opération Corned-Beef and L'Enquête corse (The Corsican investigation). Gérard Depardieu in Astérix et Obélix (Asterix and Obelix) and Les anges gardiens. He also runs a production company, Ouille Production.
He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite on 13 June 1998, and promoted Officier (Officer) in 2005. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 2008.
He is a friend of former French président Nicolas Sarkozy, and recently emigrated to England as a result of Francois Hollande's punitive tax policy, mirrored in his Astérix co-star Gérard Depardieu's self-imposed exile to Belgium.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 11.095 |
Birthday | 1952-05-06 |
Place of Birth | Paris, France |
Also Known As | Christian Jean-Marie Clavier, Кристиан Клавье, Крістіан Клав’є, کریستین کلاویه, |

1998

The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
6.013/994
The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the presen...
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The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time

2002

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
7.4/3539
The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra bets against the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, that her people are still great, even if the times of the Pharaohs has lon...
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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

1977

Tell Her That I Love Her
6.62/25
Industrious accountant David Martinaud claims to be visiting his parents every weekend, but it's merely a cover for the labor-intensive refurbishing o...
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Tell Her That I Love Her

1978

French Fried Vacation
6.573/905
Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, co...
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French Fried Vacation

2006

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
4.066/726
After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the same, and worse.
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French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

1993

The Visitors
7.121/1928
After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with...
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2006

L'Entente cordiale
4.6/45
The upper-class secret agent teaming up accidentally with an easily-corrupted, sly interpreter...
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L'Entente cordiale

2005

Les Visiteurs revisités
6/1
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1999

Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
5.987/1899
Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsf...
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Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar

2002

How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
7.1/13
Behind the scenes of Chabat's take on Asterix.
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1979

French Fried Vacation 2
7.336/1214
In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Cla...
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French Fried Vacation 2

2007

The Price to Pay
5.3/130
Jean-Pierre, a wealthy businessman, is lonely. He still desires his wife but she only seems interested in shopping and the beauty salon. Tired of lunc...
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The Price to Pay

1991

L'Opération Corned Beef
6.202/240
The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.
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L'Opération Corned Beef

2007

The Red Inn
5.4/116
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the g...
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The Red Inn

1982

Santa Claus Is a Stinker
7.318/996
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 boyfrien...
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Santa Claus Is a Stinker

1973

The Year 01
6.6/39
The film narrates a utopian abandonment, consensual and festive of the market economy and high productivity. The population decides on a number of res...
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The Year 01

1978

Like a Turtle on Its Back
3.2/3
Unable to put a single word on paper, a youngish man with one novel to his credit finds that his life is crumbling to ruins around him because of his...
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Like a Turtle on Its Back

2004

The Corsican File
5.934/374
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 d...
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The Corsican File

1983

Gramps Is in the Resistance
6.877/401
It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do...
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Gramps Is in the Resistance

2005

The Antidote
5.2/108
JAM (Christian Clavier), a French "master of the universe" is on the brink of a major takeover when he starts suffering from anxiety attacks. His doct...
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The Antidote

1981

Clara and Chics Types
5.5/37
Three days in the lives of six friends who are nearly 30 years old, live in Grenoble, and have a rock band called the "Why Notes?". They're to play in...
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Clara and Chics Types

1986

Twist Again in Moscow
6.077/71
Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once. He has a two-hour window to get his ill-got gain out of th...
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Twist Again in Moscow

1991

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
5.3/26
This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients... and their rather peculiar and disturbing problems.
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The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

1995

Guardian Angels
6.16/256
A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob.
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Guardian Angels

1993

The Thirst for Gold
5.476/106
Urbain Donnadieu's first love is money. It's also his second, third and fourth love. The only reason he married - a tax inspector named Fleurette - wa...
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The Thirst for Gold

1994

Revenge of a Blonde
4.6/57
An upstanding provincial reporter becomes presenter of the TV news on a commercial network owned by an influential Italian businessman. He soon outgro...
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Revenge of a Blonde

2003

Lovely Rita
3.5/9
Edgar Lamarck - an accountant and auditor is coming to the the shipyard on Cote d'Azur in order to check the statements. After completing his mission,...
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Lovely Rita

2004

Albert est méchant
4.6/52
Patrick Lechat learns that his father, the famous writer Jo Lechat, whom he never knew, has just died leaving a colossal fortune. "Good thing!" Patric...
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Albert est méchant

2009

Bitter Victory
6.2/14
Xavier Alvarez est un petit architecte d'Aix-en-Provence en recherche perpétuelle de reconnaissance sociale. Il s'est fait tout seul et prospère, mais...
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Bitter Victory

1989

My Best Pals
6.371/93
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 Bernad...
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My Best Pals

1980

Rat Race
5.269/26
Young dynamic executive, married and father of two children, Jérôme Ozendron dreams of writing and escaping a life he considers mediocre. The meeting...
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Rat Race

1989

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
5.2/8
Married to Jeremie, Marie wants desperately to have a child. She has a 20 year old daughter from a former marriage with the police commissioner. When...
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Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

1981

Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
5.3/61
Whilst driving through rural France, Antoine Bonfils comes across a community of babas - men and women who have turned their back on the modern commer...
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Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !

1982

Elle voit des nains partout !
4.639/18
La reine de France meurt en couche. Elle met au monde un petite fille prénommée Blanche-neige. Le roi deçu de n'avoir pas un fils est résolu à faire d...
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Elle voit des nains partout !

2024

Not Without My Shrink
4.9/20
A successful psychoanalyst's life is turned upside down by a very anxious and extremely clingy patient who starts dating his daughter.
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Not Without My Shrink

2001

Just Visiting
4.7/667
A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and t...
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Just Visiting

2011

You Don't Choose Your Family
5.7/188
César Borgnoli, an unsuccessful car salesman from Italy, lives well beyond his means. In order to get out of his financial disaster, he agrees to a de...
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You Don't Choose Your Family

1985

Slices of Life
5.4/19
A series of humorous sketches on life: "A Night to Remember", "Summit Showdown", and "A Book? That's personal!"
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Slices of Life

2008

The Imaginary Invalid
6.5/11
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2011

La Cage aux folles
5.2/34
"La Cage aux Folles" is a club which has a transvestite show, starring Zaza (whose real name Albin). It forms Renato old homosexual couple. The latter...
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La Cage aux folles

1985

Santa Claus Is a Stinker
7.4/263
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 boyfrien...
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Santa Claus Is a Stinker

1989

Mieux vaut courir
0/0
Crossfire between a suspect and the police. In the middle of the case, a girl.
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Mieux vaut courir

2013

Serial Teachers
5.456/1205
With only 12 percent of its pupils obtaining their baccalaureate, Jules Ferry High School is the worst school in France. The Inspector of Schools has...
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Serial Teachers

2024

Cocorico
5.5/261
The Bouvier-Sauvages, a large aristocratic family, meet the much more modest Martin family when their children's wedding is announced. For the occasio...
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Cocorico

1986

Double mixte
4/1
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Double mixte

2013

Les affaires sont les affaires
5.5/1
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Les affaires sont les affaires

2016

The Visitors: Bastille Day
4.1/677
Stuck in the corridors of time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his faithful servant Jacquouille are projected to a time of profound political and social u...
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The Visitors: Bastille Day

2014

Serial (Bad) Weddings
6.7/3412
A catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to men of different religion and origins.
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Serial (Bad) Weddings

2023

L'Âge d'or de la pub
6.5/6
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1987

The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
4.3/26
On the day he loses his job in advertising agency, Gérard Floque returns home to find that his infant daughter has been arrested for drugs trafficking...
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The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque

2023

Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard
5.2/46
The tasty story of a retired teacher who decides to make his former students pay for years of heckling and humiliation.
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Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard

2014

The Secret of Arkandias
5.2/102
Theo, not the most popular boy at his school, dreams of escaping the dreary everyday life, experiencing adventure and accomplishing great heroic deeds...
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The Secret of Arkandias

2013

Le Bœuf clandestin
4.8/2
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Le Bœuf clandestin

2014

Do Not Disturb
5.298/359
Michel, who's crazy about jazz, has just found a rare album that he dreams of quietly listening to in his living room. But the world seems to have con...
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Do Not Disturb

1975

The Restroom Robbery
6.485/65
Max and Riton, 2 thieves make plan to steal money in a train station office. They will operate through the wall in the public toilets.
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The Restroom Robbery


Le Chat du rabbin
0/0
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Le Chat du rabbin

2015

Babysitting 2
6.3/1348
Franck and his girlfriend Sonya, plus some of their friends go on holiday in Brazil. Franck, his friends, two girls and Sonya's grandmother leave to v...
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Babysitting 2

2025

The Rookie Guide
0/0
Yann can’t find a job he likes or can keep, and dreams of a better life. One day he learns that the famous travel guide Le Routard pays its employees...
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The Rookie Guide

1977

The Devil in the Box
4.5/2
Alain Brissot, an executive in a major company, was made redundant following a redundancy plan, but decided to put up a fight by continuing to occupy...
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The Devil in the Box

1996

Panique au Plazza
5.8/3
During a long night session at the parliament a deputy sneaks to meet his mistress in a nearby hotel.
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Panique au Plazza


Le million
0/0
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1974

Bonne présentation exigée
6/1
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Bonne présentation exigée

2017

A Bag of Marbles
7.818/858
At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken wh...
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A Bag of Marbles

2025

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I)
0/0
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2017

With Open Arms
5.26/463
Jean-Étienne Fougerole is an intellectual bohemian who released his new novel "In Open Arms" and calling the wealthiest people to welcome home the fam...
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With Open Arms

2017

If I Were a Boy
5.3/374
Jeanne wakes up one morning and her life is about to take a funny turn, at first sight nothing has changed in her - to a small detail.
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If I Were a Boy

2016

Cédric
6/1
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Cédric

2018

Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures
4.5/124
When Spirou, supposedly a groom in a Palace, meets Fantasio, reporter scupper, everything starts very hard … and rather badly!
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Spirou & Fantasio's Big Adventures

2017

Finding Momo
5.2/258
One evening, when they come home, Mr. and Mrs. Prioux are astounded to find that a certain Patrick has moved into their place. This strange young man...
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Finding Momo

1994

Dead Tired
6/108
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fa...
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Dead Tired

1991

Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
3/1
A fight happens during a a big party organized by a couple for their housewarming
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Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles

1997

Les Sœurs Soleil
3.6/19
This gently satirical French comedy centers on the resulting brouhaha that erupts when the preadolescent daughter of a very conservative bourgeoisie c...
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Les Sœurs Soleil

1989

Fantôme sur l'oreiller
4.7/3
A man is about to buy a castle from his wife, who has secretly decided to leave him. He discovers belatedly that the building is haunted.
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Fantôme sur l'oreiller

1976

The Bottom Line
5.4/45
An advertising photographer, François, has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his friends to a porn-maker without his knowledge. But Christine...
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The Bottom Line

1989

Un fil à la patte
6.5/1
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Un fil à la patte

1986

L'été 36
1/1
In 1936, the life of the inhabitants of a Breton manor is disturbed by the arrival of workers on vacation.
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L'été 36

2019

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2
5.89/1269
Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis. The four spouses of their daughters, David, Rachid, Chao and Charles decided to leave France for various...
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Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

1979

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
5.4/23
Two brothers are fighting for a one girl attention...
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Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears

2018

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
6.8/1240
Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Getafix decides that it is time to secure the future of the village. Accompanied by Asterix and Obeli...
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Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

2019

Ibiza
5.2/330
A mature podiatrist, his girlfriend and her teenage children travel Ibiza to live a crazy holidays.
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Ibiza

2009

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
7.2/3
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2019

Wide Load
4.1/105
This is the story of a guy who goes too fast and a big guy who is too slow. Foster meets Taupin. All this would be trivial if one of them had a scary...
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Wide Load

2014

Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
6.2/4
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1975

Un bol d'air
5/2
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Un bol d'air

1976

Let's Make a Dirty Movie
3.9/10
A bumbling film crew attempts to make a porno movie.
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Let's Make a Dirty Movie

1980

Cocktail Molotov
5.8/13
"Cocktail Molotov" is the story of the adventures of this threesome, who reach Venice only to learn of the outbreak of the May 1968 disturbances at ho...
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Cocktail Molotov

2021

Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?
6/3
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Qu'est-ce qu'ils ont fait au bon Dieu ?

2019

Meet the Malawas
4.4/171
A news anchor, a comedian, an actress, and a soccer player with big egos have to travel across the globe to meet the Malawa tribe for a TV show.
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Meet the Malawas

2021

Kaamelott: The First Chapter
6.6/690
Following the end of the acclaimed tv series, King Arthur will oppose Lancelot's army to get the throne back after his flee to Rome.
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Kaamelott: The First Chapter

2021

Christmas with the Tuches
5.1/240
After having resigned from his post as President of the Republic, Jeff and his family are happy to be back in their village of Bouzolles. As the end o...
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Christmas with the Tuches

1976

F as in Fairbanks
6.4/16
André Fragman, nicknamed "Fairbanks" after his childhood idol by his film projectionist father, returns home from military service. He meets and falls...
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F as in Fairbanks

2021

Serial (Bad) Weddings 3
6.3/382
Claude and Marie Verneuil will soon be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. For the occasion, their four daughters - Isabelle, Odile, Ségolène...
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1977

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
4.8/58
Whilst King Gros Pif I amuses himself at debauched banquets, his musketeers pursue their tax-collecting duties with a malicious zeal. Goaded by the co...
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You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

2022

Employee of the Month
5.966/249
Vincent, a civil servant, has always enjoyed the benefits of his family's status. When the government votes on a massive savings plan, Vincent is push...
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Employee of the Month

1975

Let Joy Reign Supreme
6.313/75
A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
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2011

Il était une fois... « Le père Noël est une ordure »
6.5/4
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2021

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
5.1/176
Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of celebrities in their luxurious mansion in the south of France....
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1974

The Suspects
5.412/17
When an American tourist is murdered in the south of France, the police must investigate. In this movie, the police inspector re-creates the girl's jo...
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2002

A Day in the Life of French Cinema
0/0
Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...
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1977

Spoiled Children
6.3/18
Successful writer/director Bernard Rougerie is at a creative dead end and decides to isolate himself from his wife in order to complete the script for...
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