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Bruno Lochet has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Summer of 85.
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What do you dream of when you're 16-years-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.
Dir. François Ozon · With Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge
A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills – only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.
Dir. Igor Gotesman · With Pierre Niney, François Civil, Igor Gotesman

In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche · With Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Farida Benkhetache

When two simple-minded best friends find a giant fly trapped in the trunk of a stolen car, they decide to train it in hopes of striking it rich.
Dir. Quentin Dupieux · With Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform...
Dir. Albert Dupontel · With Albert Dupontel, Claude Perron, Nicolas Marié

In 1977 France, tightfisted factory owner Robert Pujol is so shocked when his workers strike for higher wages that he suffers a heart attack. His acquiescent wife, Suzanne, whose father had founded the factory, takes over management duties during Robert's convalescence.
Dir. François Ozon · With Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini

Serge Pilardosse has just turned 60. He has worked since the age of 16, never unemployed, never sick. But the hour of retirement has come, and it is disillusionment: he is missing points, some employers having forgotten to declare it! Pushed by Catherine, his wife, he gets on his old motorcycle from the 70s, a "Mammut" which earned him his nickname, and sets off in search of his pay slips. During his journey, he rediscovers his past and his quest for administrative documents soon becomes incidental...
Dir. Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine · With Gérard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani
Die-hard fans of the 1980s, Vincent and Antoine run a company that supplies doubles of faded stars throughout the whole of France. What starts out as a promising business venture ends up as a calamity when Vincent and Antoine have over forty engagements booked but no one to attend them. They then have a brainwave. Why not get in touch with the real stars of the 1980s and persuade them to make a comeback? Why make do with an imitation when you can have the real McCoy?
Dir. Frédéric Forestier, Thomas Langmann · With Richard Anconina, Patrick Timsit, Bruno Lochet
Reims, France, 1969. Paul Coutard is a 30-year-old sports journalist at daily newspaper Le Champenois. Charming, childish and a womanizer, he does exactly what he pleases. Then one day, his boss forces him to plan the newspaper’s annual fair together with Emmanuelle Bruno, the discreet and beautiful executive assistant. Paul has the crazy idea to organize a women’s football match for the first time. With Emmanuelle’s help, the project grows to unexpected proportions, as does their romance.
Dir. Julien Hallard · With Max Boublil, Vanessa Guide, Bruno Lochet
Paris, 1884. The lives of three orphaned children wandering the streets dominated by ruthless criminals change tragically when they carry out a daring robbery.
Dir. Romain Quirot · With Alice Isaaz, Niels Schneider, Rod Paradot

The red moon threatens our existence on earth. Our only hope is the enigmatic Paul WR, the most talented astronaut of its generation. But few hours before the start of the mission, Paul disappears.
Dir. Romain Quirot · With Hugo Becker, Jean Reno, Paul Hamy
Dir. Francis Ginibre, Éric Carrière · With Éric Carrière, Francis Ginibre, Bruno Lochet

Romain Faubert is a 39 year old, single, medical photographer... and a raging hypochondriac. His doctor and only friend Dr. Dimitri Zvenka thinks he knows the cure for Romain: dating! But with the arrival of freedom fighter Anton Miroslav, everyone might get more then they bargained for...
Dir. Dany Boon · With Dany Boon, Kad Merad, Alice Pol
Deep space, at the edge of the galaxy. The future. A new prisoner arrives on top security prison ship and psychiatric research unit Dante 01. Sole survivor of an encounter with an alien force, Saint-Georges is a man possessed by inner demons, caught up in the battle to control the monstrous power within him. It's a power that will infect the other highly dangerous occupants of Dante 01, gaolors and prisoners alike, unleashing a violent rebellion that turns this terrifying, labyrinthine world upside down. In the otherworldly hell of the ship's depths, through danger and redemption, each must journey to his very limits... each must confront his own Dragon.
Dir. Marc Caro · With Lambert Wilson, Linh-Dan Pham, Simona Măicănescu
Vincent and Antoine, tired of the tours, decide to go on holiday with all the troop of Stars 80.
Dir. Thomas Langmann, Frédéric Auburtin · With Richard Anconina, Patrick Timsit, Bruno Lochet
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