5 Movies Starring Thierry Lhermitte

My New Partner

My New Partner

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-03-08

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2839 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Zidi

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Didier Kaminka (dialogue)

Simon Michaèl (adaptation)

Claude Zidi

Fullplot:

Rene is a "ripou", a rotten cop who makes ends meet by accepting bribes, presents and free drinks from the people he should be putting in jail. When his partner retires, he must team up with Francois, a young police school graduate with a righteous attitude. He is hard to break and Rene has to trick him. He introduces Francois to a charming girl and forgets to mention she's a prostitute. Now Rene has something against Francois he can use in case his partner should want to reveal Rene's little commerce with the underworld. The partners ultimately become friends, get one another out of a tough situation, and manage to gather enough money to buy Rene his lifelong dream: a small cafè near the horse tracks.

The Dinner Game

The Dinner Game

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-04-15

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (27253 Reviews)

Director:

Francis Veber

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dèner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest. Pierre thinks his champ -Franèois Pignon- will steal the show.

The Dinner Game

The Dinner Game

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-04-15

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (27265 Reviews)

Director:

Francis Veber

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dèner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest. Pierre thinks his champ -Franèois Pignon- will steal the show.

The Closet

The Closet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-08-10

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (13387 Reviews)

Director:

Francis Veber

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Francis Veber (dialogue)

Francis Veber (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Franèois Pignon, a very bland sort of man who works as an accountant in a rubber factory, is about to be fired. His new neighbour comes up with an idea to prevent such a thing to happen: he spreads the rumor that he's gay so that the factory management might be afraid they'll be sued for sexual discrimination. Of course, nothing happens as it should, but the changes in Franèois Pignon's life -and other people's too- is drastic !

The French Minister

The French Minister

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-11-06

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1982 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Christophe Blain

Abel Lanzac

Bertrand Tavernier

Fullplot:

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is tall and impressive, a man with style, attractive to women. He also happens to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the land of enlightenment: France. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage, from the floor of the United Nations in New York to the powder keg of Oubanga. There, he calls on the powerful and invokes the mighty to bring peace, to calm the trigger-happy, and to cement his aura of Nobel Peace Prize winner-in-waiting. Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity and efficacy. He takes on American neo-cons, corrupt Russians and money-grabbing Chinese. Perhaps the world doesn't deserve France's magnanimousness, but his art would be wasted if just restricted to home turf. Enter the young Arthur Vlaminck, graduate of the elite National School of Administration, who is hired as head of "language" at the foreign ministry. In other words, he is to write the minister's speeches. But he also has to learn to deal with the sensibilities of the boss and his entourage, and find his way between the private secretary and the special advisers who stalk the corridors of the Quai d'Orsay - the ministry's home - where stress, ambition and dirty dealing are the daily currency. But just as he thinks he can influence the fate of the world, everything seems threatened by the inertia of the technocrats.

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