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Olivier Dazat has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.
Dir. Daniel Cohen · With Michaël Youn, Jean Reno, Raphaëlle Agogué
In the 70s, there was Merckx and there were the others. Ghislain Lambert was one of the others. This is his story, a quite simple one. The story of a modest Belgian bike racer. His greatest ambition in life? To become a champion. His greatest tragedy? Not having the legs his heart deserves.
Dir. Philippe Harel · With Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia, Daniel Ceccaldi
Bernand Fréderic is a mediocre bank executive. He's married and has a son. He used to have another profession: being French star Claude Francois. Now, with the Imitators Gala Night coming up, he must choose between his wife or the only thing that makes him happy: the applause.
Dir. Yann Moix · With Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Paul Rouve, Julie Depardieu

Lea and her husband Marc have known Francis and his wife Karine for a very long time. Over the years, each one of them has been assigned a specific role. The balance and dynamic of the group is blown up when Lea decides to write a novel, which turns into an immediate bestseller…
Dir. Daniel Cohen · With Bérénice Bejo, Vincent Cassel, Florence Foresti
Franssou, a charming Parisian English teacher, who shares part of her life with a boring middle-aged lover, dreams of another life. So, when she unexpectedly inherits 50,000 euros, she grasps the opportunity and goes to the French Riviera in order to take it easy in luxury. In the four-star hotel where she rents a room she comes across Stéphane, a strange guy who is in the process of arranging Elton John's next coming to the place. Intrigued by the noisy ostentatious fellow, she follows him until she finally comes into contact with him. She knows Stéphane is at bay and decides to take advantage of it.
Dir. Christian Vincent · With José Garcia, Isabelle Carré, Renée Le Calm
At the Mêle sur Sarthe, a small Norman village, farmers are affected by a crisis. Georges Balbuzard, the mayor of the city, is not one to let them down and decides to try everything to save his village...
Dir. Philippe Le Guay · With François Cluzet, Toby Jones, François-Xavier Demaison
Astérix and Obélix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Alafolix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar in the process.
Dir. Frédéric Forestier, Thomas Langmann · With Gérard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, José Garcia
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