Philippe Léotard’s Typical Vibe
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Philippe Léotard has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s.
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In the 18th Arrondissement of Paris, Lambert, an aloof garage manager working the night shift at a petrol station spends his time drinking on the job, content in his own company. One night, Bensoussan, a small-time drug pusher in dire straits falls in on a stolen moped pretending to need a spark plug. The two men develop an unlikely friendship.
Dir. Claude Berri · With Coluche, Agnès Soral, Richard Anconina

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson

A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Dir. Claude Sautet · With Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Bernard Fresson

In the early 20th-century, Frenchman Claude meets Englishwoman Ann in Paris. Ann invites him to her family home, intending him for her sister Muriel. Claude falls for Muriel, but families demand year-long separation before approving marriage.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter
Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.
Dir. Jean Becker · With Vanessa Paradis, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau