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Laurent Gamelon has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, brooding outlaw Ruby befriends Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin, Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money.
Dir. Francis Veber · With Gérard Depardieu, Jean Reno, Richard Berry
A clique of four young teachers at a high school looks critically at their colleagues. To avoid falling in the same routine, they bring new ideas into the school lessons and play little games and pranks in their spare time -- sometimes get even more childish than their pupils. When they get opposition from the other teachers, they play tricks to get rid of them.
Dir. Patrick Schulmann · With Patrick Bruel, Fabrice Luchini, Laurent Gamelon
Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.
Dir. Francis Veber · With Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil
On a mission to loosen up, a miser's sets about buying a house in the country for his family.
Dir. Dany Boon · With Dany Boon, Michèle Laroque, Daniel Prévost
When his father passes away, a dentist in Paris inherits a plot and the will to build a house on it. The situation becomes tricky when he learns the plot is located in Corsica.
Dir. Éric Fraticelli · With Didier Bourdon, Anne Consigny, Éric Fraticelli
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk tries to save the guest's lives without violating the holy secrecy of the confession.
Dir. Gérard Krawczyk · With Josiane Balasko, Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot
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