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Marthe Villalonga has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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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

as Mouchy Messina, Simon's possessive mother
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

Antoine, a history teacher in his early 50s, learns that he has become very hard of hearing. Unable to own up to his handicap, he resigns himself to living in his bubble, even though his entourage finds his behavior increasingly odd. His encounter with Claire, widow and mother of a young girl who has stopped speaking, will lead him to open up to the world.
Dir. Pascal Elbé · With Sandrine Kiberlain, Pascal Elbé, Valérie Donzelli
Three young men - Jacques, Pierre, and Michel - share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package to deliver, and asks him if he can leave it discreetly at their place. Jacques agrees and, as he works as a steward, flies away for a one-month trip in Japan, telling Pierre and Michel about the package. Then, one of Jacques' former girlfriends drops a baby before their door, making Pierre and Michel believing it is the package they are waiting for. Their lives are then completely changed.
Dir. Coline Serreau · With Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier
Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.
Dir. Claude Zidi · With Coluche, Valérie Mairesse, Marthe Villalonga

A story of friendship between a young convict who is forced to work in a retirement home and a group of crazy old people. Together they organize their escape.
Dir. Thomas Gilou · With Kev Adams, Gérard Depardieu, Antoine Duléry
Dir. Francis Ginibre, Éric Carrière · With Éric Carrière, Francis Ginibre, Bruno Lochet

Romain Faubert is a 39 year old, single, medical photographer... and a raging hypochondriac. His doctor and only friend Dr. Dimitri Zvenka thinks he knows the cure for Romain: dating! But with the arrival of freedom fighter Anton Miroslav, everyone might get more then they bargained for...
Dir. Dany Boon · With Dany Boon, Kad Merad, Alice Pol
Thirty-somethings Michaël, Nabil and Sylvain head to New York to surprise their friend Samia on her birthday, secretly arranged with the help of another friend, Gabrielle. The two women had moved to NYC two years previously to try their luck. Samia shares a fabulous loft with a renowned American actress and works as her assistant. Gabrielle has a more mundane job in a small retirement home. Transposed to New York, the close bonds formed over the years between the five friends from a housing project on the outskirts of Paris take on a different aspect. The laughter and emotion is dictated by the adventures they share during their stay, from the daily lives of the women to the discovery of this cult city.
Dir. Géraldine Nakache, Hervé Mimran · With Leïla Bekhti, Géraldine Nakache, Manu Payet
Joe and Averell are the eldest and youngest of the four Dalton brothers, the worst outlaws in Wild West history...
Dir. Philippe Haïm · With Éric Judor, Ramzy Bedia, Saïd Serrari
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