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Arié Elmaleh has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Persepolis.
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In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
Dir. Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud · With Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve
Thirteen-year-old Bastien is the center of a reconstructed family: six half-brothers and sisters, eight "parents," and as many houses. His tasks within the family are far more complex than what he has to do at school. But enough's enough: the children decide to wage a revolution and turn the rules upside down. All together, they squat a large apartment and now it'll be up to the parents to come to them!
Dir. Gabriel Julien-Laferrière · With Julie Gayet, Thierry Neuvic, Julie Depardieu
Newly engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, who has been married for 30 years to Suzanne. Disillusioned Gilbert is convinced that his marriage has meant he's missed out on life. He persuades Thomas not to marry his daughter Lola and encourages him to drop everything else in his life as well. The two men then throw themselves into a new brats' life full of adventure, convinced that freedom is elsewhere. But at what cost do we rediscover our adolescent dreams?
Dir. Anthony Marciano · With Alain Chabat, Max Boublil, Sandrine Kiberlain
Aurora's life suddenly gets complicated after her seven grandkids arrive to her house for vacation.
Dir. Gabriel Julien-Laferrière · With Chantal Ladesou, Julie Gayet, Thierry Neuvic
Somewhere in Eastern Europe. Carole is a young nurse with a humanitarian aid group that has reached the end of its mission. But just then, the young woman and her two colleagues are kidnapped by strangers for mysterious reasons. Held captive, cared for and kept alive in an oppressive and sinister setting, the three prisoners soon discover with horror what their kidnappers truly have in store for them.
Dir. Yann Gozlan · With Zoé Félix, Arié Elmaleh, Ivan Franěk
A brief but intense hug will have the effect of throwing a meticulously planned wedding into chaos. Is chance about to give fate a helping hand?
Dir. Christelle Raynal · With Franck Dubosc, Elsa Zylberstein, Audrey Lamy
Lea opens an agency where anybody can rent her to play the part the clients need: a daughter, a girlfriend, a customer, you name it...
Dir. Virginie Schwartz, Coline Assous · With Déborah François, Alison Wheeler, Charlotte de Turckheim
Laura, Eve, Anouch and Yaël are four cousins, very different and very endearing, who have one thing in common: they lie, but always for love! When the first three discover a few weeks before their little cousin's wedding that her perfect fiancé is cheating on her, they vote in unison "Don't tell him"!
Dir. Solange Cicurel · With Jenifer, Camille Chamoux, Stéphanie Crayencour
When Frank is diagnosed with depression, his friends try to cheer him up -- and it quickly becomes clear that they're just as down and out as he is.
Dir. Arnaud Lemort · With Fred Testot, Jonathan Lambert, Arié Elmaleh
Choukri, alias Chouchou, a transvestite Maghrebi with clear eyes, comes illegally to Paris to find his nephew. Hired as an assistant by a psychotherapist, known for his good mood, he also work as a waiter in a transvestite cabaret of Clichy where he meets Stanislas.
Dir. Merzak Allouache · With Gad Elmaleh, Alain Chabat, Claude Brasseur
Just as Simone works up the courage to tell her conservative Jewish family she's a lesbian, she finds herself attracted to a male Senegalese chef.
Dir. Myriam Aziza · With Sarah Stern, Jean-Christophe Folly, Julia Piaton

as Ian (voice) · Voice
Based on the novel 'Evolution Man' by Roy Lewis, this tells the story about the first man - young Edward - to descend from apes. Edward is ejected by his tribe, but is very resourceful. He learns to walk, discovers fire, manages to hunt - and we follow him as he evolves. He has a generous nature, and search for true humanity - a world where we don't eat our fathers.
Dir. Jamel Debbouze · With Jamel Debbouze, Arié Elmaleh, Mélissa Theuriau
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