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Patrick Timsit has 20 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Nathan, 16, lives alone with his father Stephane. A newcomer in high school, he is invited to a party and falls in love with Louis, a boy in his class. They find themselves out of sight and kiss each other, but someone takes a picture of them. Soon, the photo is published on Facebook and a storm overtakes their lives as they face bullying and rejection.
Dir. Didier Bivel · With Patrick Timsit, Bérenger Anceaux, Jules Houplain

Raised on tales of a Djinn fairy princess, Azur, a young Frenchman goes to North Africa in search of the sprite, only to discover that his close childhood friend, Asmar, an Arab youth whose mother raised both boys also seeks the genie.
Dir. Michel Ocelot · With Cyril Mourali, Rayan Mahjoub, Karim M'Ribah
Victor is a legal advisor who finds himself abandoned by his wife and fired the same day. He tries to seek comfort from different friends and family members, but everyone he meets is concerned with their own problems. His morale begins to falter when he realizes that no one cares about him.
Dir. Coline Serreau · With Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit, Zabou Breitman
A legendary secret service agent comes out of hiding and returns to France to help the son he's never met get out of trouble.
Dir. David Charhon · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alban Ivanov, Samir Decazza

Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième Jour", and who later committed suicide in 1987 in Paris, after selling more than 130 million records worldwide.
Dir. Lisa Azuelos · With Sveva Alviti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jean-Paul Rouve
A closeted gay man's attempt to "act straight" for the sake of his job has unexpected consequences.
Dir. Gabriel Aghion · With Patrick Timsit, Fanny Ardant, Richard Berry
Stephen, an international trader, tracks down his ex-wife Patricia in some Amazonian backwater. He needs her consent to a divorce so that he can marry Charlotte. Unfortunately, he discovers a son he didn’t know he had – Mimi-Siku. The young jungle boy yearns to see Paris so Stephen reluctantly agrees to take him back home with him for a few days. How will Mimi-Siku react to life in the great metropolis?
Dir. Hervé Palud · With Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit, Ludwig Briand
Die-hard fans of the 1980s, Vincent and Antoine run a company that supplies doubles of faded stars throughout the whole of France. What starts out as a promising business venture ends up as a calamity when Vincent and Antoine have over forty engagements booked but no one to attend them. They then have a brainwave. Why not get in touch with the real stars of the 1980s and persuade them to make a comeback? Why make do with an imitation when you can have the real McCoy?
Dir. Frédéric Forestier, Thomas Langmann · With Richard Anconina, Patrick Timsit, Bruno Lochet
Vali and Mina are two sisters who are polar opposites, pushed apart by life’s hardships and trials. One is a singer, a dreamer and emotional. The other is a therapist, distant and rational. Their loving father has finally found the perfect opportunity to bring them together, if only for a weekend, in order to hopefully patch things up between them: Vali has an audition in Paris and it’s mina who has to accompany her despite her contempt for her sister’s passion.
Dir. Géraldine Nakache · With Leïla Bekhti, Géraldine Nakache, Patrick Timsit

Dragon Hunters is a fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters: the world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly peopled with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and illiterate, petty lords Their main concerns revolve around two fundamental rules : Eat and don't get eaten.
Dir. Arthur Qwak, Guillaume Ivernel · With Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit, Philippe Nahon
Sadoun is France’s best soccer player whose extra-curriculum pleasures are damaging his play and new contract negotiations. Dispatched by his scheming agent to his home village, he ends up reconciling with his father, relating to his fatherless niece, who dotes on him, and training his local children’s team, whom he takes to championship glory.
Dir. Thomas Sorriaux · With Medi Sadoun, Gérard Depardieu, Chantal Lauby
Slacker Max fell so hard for single mother Alice in college that he developed a website aimed at winning her heart. Years later, after his venture has earned him millions of dollars, Max risks his entire fortune performing an ever more complicated series of social contortions to get close to Alice, now a politically motivated factory worker.
Dir. Nicolas Cuche · With Max Boublil, Aïssa Maïga, Patrick Timsit
A woman at the age of 50 moves back in with her parents after her husband leave her for a younger woman.
Dir. Valérie Lemercier · With Valérie Lemercier, Denis Podalydès, Patrick Timsit
Ruben, Durex and Nora are three students in their last year of college. Ruben has already failed his exams once due to his lack of self-confidence. He's been as useless with Nora, to whom he dares not confess his feelings. And his childhood friend Durex, the most embarrassing guy in the world, is no help at all. When Ruben discovers that Nora is a dealer and that she's going to Amsterdam to bring back a new kind of drug, Ruben bucks up the courage to accompany her. This trip to Amsterdam is an ideal situation in which to at last seduce Nora. But his bad luck: Durex comes along for the ride. While the trio discover Europe's craziest capital, their lives really get complicated when they realize that the drug they've just picked up belongs to one of Amsterdam's most dangerous gangsters. Very quickly, Ruben, Durex and Nora will understand that to get their old lives back, they must stop being nerds in order to become true heroes.
Dir. Romain Lévy · With Kev Adams, Manon Azem, Côme Levin
After an evening of drinking, six men find themselves in front of The God of the Joke. Distressed to find that people aren't laughing anymore, He gives the six friends a mission: to save the world with the Eleven Commandments of the Joke. The men enthusiastically take on their task. They undertake various tests aimed at pushing the limits of stupidity.
Dir. François Desagnat, Thomas Sorriaux · With Michaël Youn, Vincent Desagnat, Benjamin Morgaine

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When reporter Dan Geraldo arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery... With his resourceful local guide Pablito, D an has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!
Dir. Alain Chabat · With Alain Chabat, Jamel Debbouze, Fred Testot
Robin des Bois, with his friend Tuck, are bad guy: they only steal poor, women and old people. They dream to get they own brothel in town, like the Pussycat. They decide to rob Nottingham's tax office, but they meet the Sherwood gang - who steal to rich to feed the poors - with the same idea in mind: Robbing the Nottingham sherif. The true story of Robin des Bois can finally begins!
Dir. Anthony Marciano · With Max Boublil, Gérard Darmon, Patrick Timsit
Alice and Louis are brother and sister. She is an actress; he was a teacher and poet. For more than 20 years, Alice has hated her brother. In all this time they haven’t seen one another. The death of their parents brings the siblings face to face.
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Melvil Poupaud, Marion Cotillard, Golshifteh Farahani
Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
Dir. Raffy Shart · With Michaël Youn, Hélène de Fougerolles, Thierry Lhermitte
Vincent and Antoine, tired of the tours, decide to go on holiday with all the troop of Stars 80.
Dir. Thomas Langmann, Frédéric Auburtin · With Richard Anconina, Patrick Timsit, Bruno Lochet
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