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Tag Archives: Bertrand Blier
Our History AKA Notre histoire (1984) Bertrand Blier, Alain Delon, Nathalie Baye, Gérard Darmon
Robert Avranche, a garage owner who’s often in an alcoholic stupor Read More »
My Man AKA Mon homme (1996) Bertrand Blier, Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Lanvin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work Read More »
Heavy Duty AKA Convoi exceptionnel (2019) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Farida Rahouadj
This is the story of a guy who goes too fast and a big guy who is too slow. Read More »
Too Beautiful for You AKA Trop belle pour toi (1989) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet
A car dealer, well-to-do and with a beautiful wife, finds himself attracted Read More »
Going Places AKA Les valseuses (1974) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere
Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder Read More »
Evening Dress AKA Tenue de soirée (1986) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou
A bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Read More »
Buffet froid (1979) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet
Black comedy about solitude and the dehumanization of the modern world, through the adventures of three men. Read More »
My Best Friends Girl (1983) Bertrand Blier, Coluche, Isabelle Huppert, Thierry Lhermitte
Isabelle Huppert plays an attractive Parisienne out looking for some fun during her vacation on the ski slopes of Courchevel Read More »
If I Were a Spy (1967) Bertrand Blier, Bruno Cremer, Patricia Scott, Thriller
Lefebvre doctor, a widower who lives a quiet life with her daughter, has, among its patients, depression called Guerin. Read More »
Calmos (1976) Bertrand Blier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Rochefort
Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. Read More »
Les côtelettes (2003) Bertrand Blier, Philippe Noiret, Michel Bouquet, Farida Rahouadj, Drama, Comedy
Préparez vos mouchoirs / Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Solange is depressed: she’s stopped smiling, she eats little, she says less. She has fainting fits. Her husband Raoul seeks to save her by enlisting Stephane, a stranger, to be her lover. Although he listens to Mozart and has every Pocket Book arranged in alphabetical order, Stephane fails to cheer Solange. She knits. She does housework. Everyone, including their neighbor a vegetable vendor, agrees that she needs a child, yet she fails to get pregnant by either lover. The three take a job running a kids’ summer camp where they meet Christian, the precocious 13-year-old son of the local factory manager. It is Christian who restores Solange to laughter.
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