Dominique Lavanant

Nicholas on Holiday
6.2

Nicholas on Holiday

Jul. 09, 2014

Nicholas on Holiday

It’s the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the ...
Paulette
6.6

Paulette

Oct. 04, 2012

Paulette

Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.
French Fried Vacation 3
3.9

French Fried Vacation 3

After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the same, and worse.
A Crime in Paradise
6.5

A Crime in Paradise

Feb. 28, 2001

A Crime in Paradise

In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against ...
The Monster
7.5

The Monster

Oct. 22, 1994

The Monster

A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, thanks to his ...
A Few Days with Me
7.0

A Few Days with Me

Aug. 14, 1988

A Few Days with Me

Martial (Daniel Auteuil) is discharged from a mental insitution where he spent a few years due to a serious nervous breakdown. During his ...
Three Men and a Cradle
6.6

Three Men and a Cradle

Three young men (Jacques, Pierre and Michel) share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend ...
Rendez-vous
6.6

Rendez-vous

May. 15, 1985

Rendez-vous

A woman and three men. Nina, who’s come to Paris to act and sleeps with any man at hand, meets Paulot, a young estate agent; he’s ...
All Mixed Up
5.3

All Mixed Up

Mar. 19, 1985

All Mixed Up

After the death of her little boy, Anita wants to take her own life.
La smala
5.2

La smala

Aug. 29, 1984

La smala

When the mother of a “tribe” of five children leaves for good, their inept father is not sure how to keep the family clothed and fed, ...
Papy fait de la résistance
6.8

Papy fait de la résistance

It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family’s home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. ...
Men Prefer Fat Girls
5.0

Men Prefer Fat Girls

Aug. 19, 1981

Men Prefer Fat Girls

Lydie, a physically unattractive young woman, is brutally dumped by her fiancé when she had just acquired the lease of an apartment to live with him.
Inspector Blunder
6.3

Inspector Blunder

Dec. 03, 1980

Inspector Blunder

A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She’s been ...
The Party
6.7

The Party

Dec. 17, 1980

The Party

LA BOUM is the story of a 13-year-old French girl dealing with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are ...
French Fried Vacation 2
7.5

French Fried Vacation 2

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, ...
French Fried Vacation
6.8

French Fried Vacation

Nov. 11, 1978

French Fried Vacation

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. ...
Un Papillon sur l’épaule
6.8

Un Papillon sur l’épaule

On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering ...
You Won’t Have Alsace-Lorraine
5.2

You Won’t Have Alsace-Lorraine

Whilst King Gros Pif I amuses himself at debauched banquets, his musketeers pursue their tax-collecting duties with a malicious zeal. Goaded by ...
Cool, Calm and Collected
6.6

Cool, Calm and Collected

Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a ...