5 Movies Starring Edouard Baer

The Story of My Life

The Story of My Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-09-08

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1354 Reviews)

Director:

Laurent Tirard

Cast:

Writer:

Laurent Tirard

Grègoire Vigneron

Fullplot:

Raphael is a ghostwriter who takes a job writing for famous footy player Kevin. To his delight and his girlfriend, Murials horror, Kevins current girlfriend is an old (easily rekindled) flame of Raphaels. A freak accident leaves a close friend dead and Raphael is forced to reconsider his priorities.

The Tiger Brigades

The Tiger Brigades

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-04-12

Languages:

French, Russian

Countries:

France

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1256 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Claude Desailly (tv series "Les Brigades du Tigre")

Xavier Dorison

John Kaylin (screenplay)

Fabien Nury

Fullplot:

In 1907, following a violent crime wave, French President Georges Clèmenceau decides to create the first motorized police brigade, soon nicknamed the Tiger's brigades. One of the first missions assigned to chief inspector Paul Valentin and his daring men, inspectors Terrasson,Pujol and trainee inspector Achille Bianchi, is to neutralize Jules Bonnot and his ruthless gang of anarchists ...

Molière

Molière

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-01-31

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4981 Reviews)

Director:

Laurent Tirard

Cast:

Writer:

Laurent Tirard (scenario)

Grègoire Vigneron (scenario)

Fullplot:

In 1657, playwright/actor Molière, having been given a theater in the capital by the King, is back in Paris after touring the kingdom of France with his company of players. One day, a young lady asks him to follow her to the deathbed of her mother... Thirteen years earlier, Molière already runs a troupe but goes broke and is thrown to prison. Fortunately (?) his debt is covered by Monsieur Jourdain, a rich man who wants him to help him rehearse a one-act play he has written with a view to seducing a beautiful bright young widow, Cèlimène. As Jourdain is married to Elmire, and is the "respectable" father of two daughters his design must remain secret so Molière is introduced into the house as Tartuffe, an austere priest...

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-03-26

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1510 Reviews)

Fullplot:

This is just another roadside cafeteria. Gino, who enters it discreetly, is an armed robber ... without an arm! He tries to hold up the place but fails pitifully: the pretty waitress won't allow! Two amateur kidnappers take a rich teenage girl hostage and want to exchange her for ransom. But their victim is not easy to deal with. Two singers meet in the cafeteria by chance and talk about a stolen song and a stolen woman. Five seventy-year-old retired robbers also meet at the cafeteria - where their hideout used to be - and work out a last caper. In the end, after having tried to steal from each other, go away together.

Chicken with Plums

Chicken with Plums

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-10-26

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France, Germany, Belgium

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(6559 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Marjane Satrapi

Vincent Paronnaud

Marjane Satrapi (comic book)

Fullplot:

Nasser-Ali, a talented musician, loses the will to live after his wife breaks his beloved violin during an argument. He searches for a replacement, and finding none that sounds quite the same, he vows to die. Eight days later, he does. This is the story of his last week of life, where we see flashbacks and flash forwards of his previous life and his children's futures. We also see appearances of a nude Sophia Loren as well as the angel of death, Azarel. As we see his life, we realize exactly why he chose to end it and the profundity of this choice.

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