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Laurent Bateau has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
2015
Comedy
Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.
Dir. Michel Hazanavicius · With Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, Aure Atika
Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty, and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter's wife rescues a baby. A baby girl thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through the forest. This baby, this "most precious of cargoes", will transform the lives of the poor woodcutter's wife and her husband, as well as those whose paths the child will cross—including the man who threw her from the train. And some will try to protect her, whatever the cost. Their story will reveal the worst and the best in the hearts of men.
Dir. Michel Hazanavicius · With Dominique Blanc, Grégory Gadebois, Denis Podalydès
A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.
Dir. Radu Mihăileanu · With Aleksey Guskov, Mélanie Laurent, Dmitri Nazarov
Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.
Dir. Éric Besnard · With Virginie Efira, Benjamin Lavernhe, Lucie Fagedet
France, 1789 - just before the Revolution. When talented chef Manceron is dismissed from his prestigious position by the Duke of Chamfort, he loses the taste for cooking. But when he meets the mysterious Louise, together they decide to create the very first restaurant in France.
Dir. Éric Besnard · With Isabelle Carré, Grégory Gadebois, Benjamin Lavernhe
Jocelyn is a selfish and misogynist businessman. He tries to seduce a young pretty woman by pretending to be handicapped, till the day he meets her sister, who is also in a wheelchair.
Dir. Franck Dubosc · With Franck Dubosc, Alexandra Lamy, Elsa Zylberstein
A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.
Dir. Pascal Bourdiaux · With José Garcia, Gilbert Melki, Carmen Maura
France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up.
Dir. Laurent Tirard · With Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, Christophe Montenez
Alex is in love with Sandra since childhood but has never dared approach her.He asks Antoine, a lonely writer to help him seduce her, because in his time he was the only one to conquer the heart of the mother.
Dir. Pascal Bourdiaux · With Kev Adams, Franck Dubosc, Nora Arnezeder
A successful psychoanalyst's life is turned upside down by a very anxious and extremely clingy patient who starts dating his daughter.
Dir. Arnaud Lemort · With Christian Clavier, Claire Chust, Baptiste Lecaplain
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