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Jean-Loup Dabadie has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2010s.
A young woman becomes entangled with a successful businessman, but her ex tries to win her back, provoking intense jealousy that leads her to reconsider her choice. Ultimately, one man's actions force a resolution to her dilemma.
Dir. Claude Sautet · With Romy Schneider, Yves Montand, Sami Frey
On an otherwise normal day, Étienne, a happily married man and a good father, sees something that stops him dead in his tracks: a gorgeous woman in a billowing red dress. Long after she has left his vision, her memory continues to haunt his mind. He falls instantly in love with her and tries everything to get to know her better. Helping Étienne snare his elusive lady in red are his three bumbling buddies, which all have secret affairs and/or cheat on their wives.
Dir. Yves Robert · With Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos
A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Dir. Claude Sautet · With Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Bernard Fresson
Having fortuitously discovered a photograph in which Marthe embraces someone unknown, Étienne Dorsay becomes jealous and imagines various stratagems to identify the lover. In the meantime, he and his friends acquire a weekend house for a very low price.
Dir. Yves Robert · With Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos
The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes…
Dir. Claude Sautet · With Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Lea Massari
Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives further.
Dir. Claude Sautet · With Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani
An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
Dir. Jean Becker · With Gérard Depardieu, Maurane, Gisèle Casadesus
A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.
Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau · With Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Luigi Vannucchi
After an accident, Pierre, a sixty years old grumpy man, ends up stuck on an hospital bed with a cast. While Pierre dreams of silence and solitude with his strong character, the whole world seems to invite himself to his hospital bed. Powerless, he has to support the daily visits of doctors,nurse and hospital staff then his closes including his brother Herve. Visits after visits, funny or touching, Pierre starts to reconsider some people and reexamine his environment. And after all, his stay becomes a second chance ...
Dir. Jean Becker · With Gérard Lanvin, Fred Testot, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
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