10 Movies Starring Pierre Richard

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-08-30

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4486 Reviews)

Director:

Yves Robert

Fullplot:

Two factions of the French Secret Service involve a seemingly normal orchestra player, Francois Perrin, into their battle as one side uses him as a decoy. Soon, agents are all over the place, and one of them, Christine, is sent to seduce Francois. Meanwhile, Francois has his own problems, tangled up in an affair with his best friend's wife.

The Toy

The Toy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-12-08

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (2519 Reviews)

Director:

Francis Veber

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

When Franèois, a journalist, is touring a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. All afraid of the despotic industrialist who is also the newspaper's owner, Franèois is forced to agree to this masquerade. Becoming the friend of the child, he induces him, who wants to make a newspaper, to unveil publicly the real tyrannical way of life of his father.

The Umbrella Coup

The Umbrella Coup

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-10-08

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1247 Reviews)

Director:

Gèrard Oury

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Fullplot:

A womanizer balances his wife, mistress, and love interest.

La Chevre

La Chevre

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-07-26

Languages:

French, Spanish

Countries:

France, Mexico, Malta

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (5005 Reviews)

Director:

Francis Veber

Fullplot:

When the accident-prone daughter of a French businessman disappears in Brazil and the detective sent down to find her returns empty-handed, the businessman's company psychologist comes up with an unusual plan - send someone equally accident-prone to find her. Despite detective Campana's objections and disbelief in bad luck, he and Francois Perrin, the accident-prone man in question, are teamed up and head back down to Brazil to pick up the girl's trail.

The ComDads

The ComDads

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-03-01

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(3310 Reviews)

Director:

Francis Veber

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Fullplot:

Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.

The Fugitives

The Fugitives

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-12-17

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (3700 Reviews)

Director:

Francis Veber

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Fullplot:

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 this action.

A Chef in Love

A Chef in Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-04-23

Languages:

French, Georgian, Russian

Countries:

France, Georgia, Ukraine, Belgium, Russia

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (469 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Irakli Kvirikadze (scenario)

Andrè Graill (adaptation)

Fullplot:

The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s. All is well until the arrival of the Red Army of the Caucasus, as the Soviet revolution that has swept Russian comes to Georgia. Told as a flashback from the present, as a French-Georgian man whose mother was Pascal's lover translates his memoirs for Pascal's niece.

27 Missing Kisses

27 Missing Kisses

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-06-21

Languages:

Georgian, Russian, French, English

Countries:

Germany, Georgia, UK, France

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1175 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Nana Dzhordzhadze

Irakli Kvirikadze

Fullplot:

The summerly adventures of teen Sybilla, who falls in love with a middle-aged father, while being romanced by the his teen son.

Le cactus

Le cactus

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-12-14

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (400 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Essaye-moi

Essaye-moi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-15

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (470 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Paul Bathany

Pierre-Franèois Martin-Laval

Isabelle Nanty

Frèdèric Proust

Fullplot:

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