Le Placard 17 Dec 2003 France 2001 84 min Director: Francis Veber Francois Pignon has a problem; he is boring, so bland in fact that his wife has left him and his 17 year old son has abandoned him. Now even his employers are tired of him; he is to lose his job as an… Continue reading The Closet
Tag: Gérard Depardieu
La téte en friche
My afternoons with Margueritte 21 Sep 2011 Director: Jean Becker France 2010 82 min An intelligent, sensitive, heart warming, comedy in which Gérard Depardieu plays a simple man in a small village in South Western France, who is befriended by an elderly lady (Giséle Casadesus) who reads to him in the park. A touching, light… Continue reading La téte en friche
Paris, Je T’aime – Paris I Love You
4 Feb 2009 Director: Various France, Liechtenstein, Switzerland 2006 120 min A collage of twenty vignettes interweave, with stories of encounters within the districts of Paris. Each tale is helmed by a different director with an international cast and gracefully merges with the preceding piece. Together they compose an affectionate love letter to one of… Continue reading Paris, Je T’aime – Paris I Love You
Tais Toi! – Shut Up!
7 Jan 2009 Director: Jason Reitman USA, Canada 2007 96min Quentin (Gérard Depardieu), a dim-witted giant who loves to talk, finds himself in jail after a botched bank robbery. He is placed in a cell with Ruby (Jean Reno), a brooding, taciturn outlaw with 15 million pounds waiting on the outside. Quentin mistakes Rubyʼs silence… Continue reading Tais Toi! – Shut Up!
Tous Les Matins Du Monde
21 Feb 1996 Director: Alain Corneau France 1993 104 min During the reign of Louis XIV, eminent court musician Marin Marais (Gerard Depardieu) reflects on his career, in particular reminiscing about his days as a student of the brilliant Saint Colombe, whose magnificent melancholy compositions were inspired by his undying love for his dead wife.… Continue reading Tous Les Matins Du Monde