Jacques Weber’s Typical Vibe
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Jacques Weber has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Assigned to South America, US official Philip Michael Santore is employed by a counterinsurgency agency. His position makes him a target for a local band of guerrillas, and, before long, Santore is kidnapped. As a prisoner, he undergoes interrogation, shedding light on the violent situation in the country. Once the insurgents are done with their questioning, they must decide whether Santore lives or dies.
Dir. Costa-Gavras · With Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse

Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau · With Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez

In a luxurious seaside villa, a modest young woman finds herself in the company of a strange family: an unknown and wealthy father, his extravagant wife, his daughter, an ambitious woman, a rebellious teenager, and their creepy maid.
Dir. Sébastien Marnier · With Laure Calamy, Doria Tillier, Dominique Blanc

Objectively, Odette Toulemonde has nothing to be happy about, but is. Balthazar Balsan has everything to be happy about, but isn’t. Odette, awkwardly forty, with a delightful hairdresser son and a daughter bogged down in adolescence, spends her days behind the cosmetic’s counter in a department store and her nights sewing feathers on costumes for Parisian variety shows. She dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite author, to whom – she believes – she owes her optimism. The rich and charming Parisian writer then turns up in her life in an unexpected way.
Dir. Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt · With Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, Jacques Weber

Jeanne Deber, known as "La Mante", the famous serial murderer who terrorized France more than 20 years ago, is forced by the police to come out of isolation to track down her copycat. She agrees to collaborate on one condition: to have only one interlocutor, Damien Carrot, her son, who became a cop because of the crimes of his mother, and who refuses all contact with her since her arrest.
Dir. Alice Chegaray-Breugnot, Nicolas Jean, Grégoire Demaison · With Frédérique Bel, Carole Bouquet, Fred Testot
After seven years of marriage, a couple of professional workers (he, a doctor and she, a banker) try to refresh their sex life.
Dir. Didier Bourdon · With Didier Bourdon, Catherine Frot, Jacques Weber
Josephine and Iris, sisters with opposite personalities, have their relationship radically transformed while working on a book.
Dir. Cécile Telerman · With Emmanuelle Béart, Julie Depardieu, Patrick Bruel

as Papa Dan
When reporter Dan Geraldo arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery... With his resourceful local guide Pablito, D an has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!
Dir. Alain Chabat · With Alain Chabat, Jamel Debbouze, Fred Testot