Claude Berri

In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and watch as their new neighbour tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield through the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health and his wife and daughter's hearts, they think only of getting the water.

Dir. Claude Berri · With Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.

Dir. Claude Berri · With Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart

As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.

Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot · With Brigitte Bardot, Sami Frey, Charles Vanel

In the 18th Arrondissement of Paris, Lambert, an aloof garage manager working the night shift at a petrol station spends his time drinking on the job, content in his own company. One night, Bensoussan, a small-time drug pusher in dire straits falls in on a stolen moped pretending to need a spark plug. The two men develop an unlikely friendship.

Dir. Claude Berri · With Coluche, Agnès Soral, Richard Anconina

When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.

Dir. Claude Berri · With Audrey Tautou, Guillaume Canet, Laurent Stocker

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.

Dir. Claude Berri · With Miou-Miou, Renaud, Jean Carmet

After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.

Dir. Claude Berri · With Michel Blanc, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

Dir. Claude Berri · With Coluche, Josiane Balasko, Jacques Debary

Is love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the questions facing two married men.

Dir. Yvan Attal · With Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Alain Chabat

Nathalie and Jean-Pierre have been together for five years, to celebrate their anniversary, Jean-Pierre prepare a surprise present for his girlfriend: a cute four month english bullgod. Nathalie loves her present and calls the puppy "Tresor"; her relationship with the dog is close and strong since the begining but causes problems in the couple.

Dir. Claude Berri, François Dupeyron · With Alain Chabat, Mathilde Seigner, Fanny Ardant