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Gilbert Melki has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Life or Something Like It
2002
Comedy · Drama
A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together... but is their meeting purely coincidence?
Dir. Luc Besson · With Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Gilbert Melki
Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen and depressed man, in a working-class neighborhood, develops a close friendship with Monsieur Ibrahim, an elderly Muslim who owns a small grocery store.
Dir. François Dupeyron · With Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki
Jobless loner Eddie Vuibert gets a lucky break when a rich Jewish entrepreneur mistakes him for a Jew and gives him a sweet job in the Parisian fashion district.
Dir. Thomas Gilou · With Richard Anconina, Vincent Elbaz, Richard Bohringer
After a devastating fire in 1897 Paris, three women find their lives upended by betrayals, deceptions and romantic turmoil. Inspired by real events.
Dir. Karine Spreuzkouski, Catherine Ramberg · With Audrey Fleurot, Camille Lou, Josiane Balasko
After interning her insane husband in a remote psychiatric hospital, book editor Helga Pato returns home by train, where she meets a mysterious man who identifies himself as a psychiatrist.
Dir. Aritz Moreno · With Luis Tosar, Pilar Castro, Ernesto Alterio
After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.
Dir. Jérôme Salle · With Tomer Sisley, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélanie Thierry
A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.
Dir. Pascal Bourdiaux · With José Garcia, Gilbert Melki, Carmen Maura
When his fiancée dumps him at the altar for her ex, a young man is left with no alternative but to go on his romantic honeymoon with his mother.
Dir. Nicolas Cuche · With Michèle Laroque, Julien Frison, Rossy de Palma
Eddie, Dov, Yvan and the others ... Our warm friends have migrated from the moribund Sentier to the flourishing suburb of Aubervilliers ... Where the old Jewish entrepreneurs left the ground to young courageous and dynamic Chinese wholesalers ... The little band is as close to each other as in previous episodes, and life goes on at the mercy of small family events and business. Dov still seems frivolous, enterprising Eddie, chilled Yvan, casual Karine, resolute Sandra, naive Chochana, irresponsible Serge and mythomaniac. As for Patrick, he is in love and the happy elected is far from easy to access. Everything would be fine until a bad wind brings its share of adversity seriously compromising the cohesion of the group. Will they succumb under the storm to the turmoil, or, once again, by mutual aid, cunning and skill, will they triumph over the crisis with panache?
Dir. Thomas Gilou · With Richard Anconina, José Garcia, Bruno Solo
The story of four lifelong friends who met in the 2000s when they were presidents of the BDE of the Nantes Institute of Business. At the time, they were the "Bioman": the kings of partying, excess and "transmutation". 20 years later, they have mellowed out and lead well-ordered lives. Except... Once a year, when they get together for the WEB: the Bioman Weekend. There, they "transmute" hard as they like to say. In short: they drink and sing in a pathetic way.
Dir. Michaël Youn · With Michaël Youn, Héléna Noguerra, Lucien Jean-Baptiste
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