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Philippe Lefebvre has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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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

A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Dir. Guillaume Canet · With François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier
Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they strive to be happy... that is, until their hand-to-mouth existence is turned on its head. After winning the lottery, the Tuches get rich beyond their wildest dreams and move to Monaco. And while attempting to fit in in their swanky new homeland, they struggle to stay true to the same principles by which they've always lived.
Dir. Olivier Baroux · With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau
Gustave Klopp suffers from narcolepsy, he can fall asleep everwhere at anytime whithout warning. Living a simple life with his wife Pam and his best friend Lenny Bar, Gus decides to undergo therapy sessions and finds out that he can make incredible comics from his dreams.
Dir. Gilles Lellouche, Tristan Aurouet · With Guillaume Canet, Zabou Breitman, Guillaume Gallienne

At 40, Stephanie loses her job and is forced to move back in with her mother. She is welcomed with open arms to the joys of overheated apartment, Francis Cabrel playing on loop, Scrabble games and precious motherly advice on how to behave at the table and live her life.
Dir. Eric Lavaine · With Alexandra Lamy, Josiane Balasko, Mathilde Seigner
While her apartment is being renovated, Jacqueline is thrilled to be forced into spending "a few days" with her eldest daughter Carole and her son-in-law, who are both in couples therapy. These "few days" turn into "a few months". Jacqueline quickly feels at home. She prepares dinners, monopolizes the television, reorganizes the kitchen... She is here, and no one knows for how long!
Dir. Eric Lavaine · With Josiane Balasko, Mathilde Seigner, Jérôme Commandeur
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
Dino Fabrizzi is the number one seller of the Maserati dealership in Nice. At 42, he arrives at a turning point in his life, the position of director is openly proposed and his companion for a year, Helen, has the firm intention to marry her. For Dino, life is great, except that this perfect life was built on a lie. Dino is actually called Mourad Ben Saoud. Neither his boss nor Helen and even less his parents are aware of this false identity. In ten days begins Ramadan and Mourad who passes every year will this time assume the promise made to his sick father. Taking part in Ramadan, For Dino - the Italian - it will not be easy.
Dir. Olivier Baroux · With Kad Merad, Valérie Benguigui, Roland Giraud
A bumbling Paris policeman is doggedly determined to capture the master thief that repeatedly eludes him, even when they're the last two men on Earth.
Dir. Éric Judor, Ramzy Bedia · With Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor, Benoît Magimel

Guillaume Canet is told by a young co-star that he's no longer Rock'n Roll and can't sell films anymore. He then tries to prove her wrong and gets help from his girlfriend, Marion Cotillard.
Dir. Guillaume Canet · With Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Gilles Lellouche
At 9:00, Laurent receives a worrying text message. 9:01, his mobile's stolen. 9:30, his son disappears. 10:00, his house burns down. 10:15, his wife leaves him. 10:30, his company goes bankrupt. 11:00, he's in custody. The day's got off to a bad start.
Dir. Gabriel Julien-Laferrière · With Guillaume de Tonquédec, Géraldine Pailhas, Anne Marivin
Faced with the insistence of his brother Joseph, whom he has not seen for 25 years, Paolo resolves to give up his calm and harmonious life in Canada, to return to Marseilles at the bedside of his rugged father. He left, therefore, with his son under his arm, determined not to linger in that city which he had fled years before, after a tragedy. He does not imagine that the affection of his newfound family, his love affair with a young woman and the joyful and simple solidarity of the Marseillais will reconcile him with this city he would never have wanted to leave...Marseillle.
Dir. Kad Merad · With Kad Merad, Patrick Bosso, Venantino Venantini
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