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Philippe Mechelen has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
Life is easy for 43-year-old Luis, a happy single guy, fulfilled in his job of star nose with a perfume creation company, cosseted by his mother and five sisters. It could have lasted for a whole life, but fed up with mollycoddling and helping him, his mother and sisters decide it's time he got married, and the sooner the better!
Dir. Éric Lartigau · With Alain Chabat, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bernadette Lafont
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
A father enlists the help of an airport employee on a quest to find his daughter's teddy.
Dir. Julien Hervé, Philippe Mechelen · With Kad Merad, Malik Bentalha, Guy Marchand
Les Tuche, a modest french family, change his life after winning a super lottery. Thanks to the money of his parents, the son, Donald (aka "coin-coin") goes to Los Angeles to improve his english. On the L.A. University, he meets Jennifer, daughter of a famous American financier.
Dir. Olivier Baroux · With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Sarah Stern
When Jeff and Cathy’s grandson Jiji is selected for a training camp with Arsenal, it’s a dream opportunity for the whole family to head over to England and meet the royal family.
Dir. Jean-Paul Rouve · With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau
After a groundbreaking presidential election, Jeff Tuche becomes the new President of France and moves in the Elysee with his family to govern the country.
Dir. Olivier Baroux · With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau
After having resigned from his post as President of the Republic, Jeff and his family are happy to be back in their village of Bouzolles. As the end of the year holidays approach, Cathy asks for a unique gift: to reconnect with her sister Maguy, and her husband Jean-Yves, with whom Jeff has been angry for 10 years. The reconciliation could have gone smoothly, except that during a lunch, Jeff and Jean-Yves, will once again find a subject of contention: Christmas. This family feud, which should never have left Bouzolles, will turn into a standoff between Jeff and a giant of Internet distribution.
Dir. Olivier Baroux · With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Michel Blanc
Gallic heroes and forever friends Asterix and Obelix journey to China to help Princess Sa See save the Empress and her land from a nefarious prince.
Dir. Guillaume Canet · With Guillaume Canet, Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Cassel
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