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Chantal Lauby has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy.
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A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
Dir. Alain Berbérian · With Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia

A catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to men of different religion and origins.
Dir. Philippe de Chauveron · With Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Ary Abittan

In the beautiful area of Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear little lodge.
Dir. Ruben Alves · With Rita Blanco, Joaquim de Almeida, Roland Giraud

On Christmas eve, Serge is the only on-call emergency doctor available. Struck by a crippling back-ache, he gets help from a pizza delivery boy who will need to step in the doctor's shoes.
Dir. Tristan Séguéla · With Michel Blanc, Hakim Jemili, Solène Rigot
Twenty-three years old Romain would like to be a writer, but, for the moment, he's night watchman in a hotel. His sixty-two years old father is retired and seems to not give a damn about anything. He shares an apartment with a twenty-four-year-old guy whose sole purpose in life is to seduce a woman, no matter who, and no matter the cost. His eighty-five years old grandmother is living in an old people's home, and she wonders what on earth she is doing with stuck with all these old people. One day, Romain's father turns up in a fluster. His grandmother has disappeared. In fact, she kind of escaped. Romain sets out to find her, somewhere in his memories.
Dir. Jean-Paul Rouve · With Michel Blanc, Annie Cordy, Mathieu Spinosi

Claude and Marie Verneuil will soon be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. For the occasion, their four daughters - Isabelle, Odile, Ségolène and Laure - decide to organize a big surprise party in their family home in Chinon. They also decide to invite, each, the parents of their respective husbands - Rachid Benassem, David Benichou, Chao Ling and Charles Koffi.
Dir. Philippe de Chauveron · With Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Ary Abittan

Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him whilst she goes off to make a report in Los Angeles. Next, one of his star players is injured, leaving him one player short for a crucial match. As if things could not get any worse, Costa wakes up one morning to find that that Didier has been transformed into a man...
Dir. Alain Chabat · With Jean-Pierre Bacri, Alain Chabat, Isabelle Gélinas

When she discovers a wedding planer's business card, Alexia instantly says, "YES" to Mathias unaware that it belongs to his mistress. The groom is now trapped between his bride, and his lover who in charge of his unwanted marriage.
Dir. Reem Kherici · With Reem Kherici, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Julia Piaton
Gabrielle is a "statue" for tourists, much to the chagrin of her teenage son. Elsa is in angry at the world and desperate to become pregnant. Mao is a chronically depressed video game designer who drowns his melancholy in alcohol and psychoanalysis. They are brother and sisters but do not hang out. Ever. Their parents Pierre and Claudine, separated for a long time, have really done nothing to strengthen the bonds of the family - yet, at their grandfather's funeral, they are going to have to meet, and together answer the question: "What to do with grandma?"
Dir. Cécilia Rouaud · With Vanessa Paradis, Camille Cottin, Pierre Deladonchamps

Claude and Marie Verneuil face a new crisis. The four spouses of their daughters, David, Rachid, Chao and Charles decided to leave France for various reasons. Here they are imagining their lives elsewhere.
Dir. Philippe de Chauveron · With Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Ary Abittan
This is the story of too nice girl who one day decides to become evil. And who will find out it is not so easy to do wrong when you have always been nice.
Dir. Allan Mauduit · With Marilou Berry, Frédérique Bel, Chantal Lauby
Sadoun is France’s best soccer player whose extra-curriculum pleasures are damaging his play and new contract negotiations. Dispatched by his scheming agent to his home village, he ends up reconciling with his father, relating to his fatherless niece, who dotes on him, and training his local children’s team, whom he takes to championship glory.
Dir. Thomas Sorriaux · With Medi Sadoun, Gérard Depardieu, Chantal Lauby
Slacker Max fell so hard for single mother Alice in college that he developed a website aimed at winning her heart. Years later, after his venture has earned him millions of dollars, Max risks his entire fortune performing an ever more complicated series of social contortions to get close to Alice, now a politically motivated factory worker.
Dir. Nicolas Cuche · With Max Boublil, Aïssa Maïga, Patrick Timsit
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