Pierre Vernier’s Typical Vibe
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Pierre Vernier has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by I... for Icarus.
Recurring themes

Kill Me Again
1989
Drama · Action

Enter the Ninja
1981
Action · Crime

The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
Action · Comedy

Dead Bang
1989
Action · Thriller

No Mercy
1986
Action · Crime

Raw Deal
1986
Action · Crime

Revenge of the Ninja
1983
Action · Crime

The Business
2005
Drama · Action

Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.
Dir. Henri Verneuil · With Yves Montand, Michel Etcheverry, Roger Planchon

Josselin Beaumont, a French secret agent, is tasked with assassinating Njala, the president for life of Malawi in Africa. A shift in French policy means that assassinating Njala is no longer an option. But instead of recalling their agent, high-ranking officials deliberately sacrifice Beaumont by handing him over to the Malawian authorities. Arrested, tried, and imprisoned, he nevertheless manages to escape. Back in Paris after a two-year absence, he informs his superiors through Colonel Martin that he will fulfill his contract during Njala’s upcoming official visit to Paris between the 12th and 15th of this month, and that he has a few scores to settle with the D.G.S.E. The question is, should Beaumont be stopped or not?
Dir. Georges Lautner · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Robert Hossein, Elisabeth Margoni
Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal.
Dir. Jacques Deray · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva, Carlos Sotto Mayor

A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. However, when he reaches fifty and becomes tired of his responsibilities and of his son Jean-Philippe, he decides to disappear at sea. However, he runs into Albert Duvivier, one of his former employees. He comes to realise that he has ignored the important things in his life.
Dir. Claude Lelouch · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Richard Anconina, Marie-Sophie L.

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
Dir. François Ozon · With Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot
In Paris , Commissioner Stan Jalard and Inspector Simon Lecache plan to quit the police to go and enjoy a more peaceful life in the West Indies. In a nightclub, during a routine visit, they spot Schneider, a dreaded gangster and public enemy. At the time of his arrest, Simon is killed at close range by the criminal. Stan then decides to stay in the police to avenge Simon. Being the godfather of Christian, Simon's son, who sometimes lives in a boarding school, sometimes at home, he takes charge of his education. Two years later, Stan has been promoted, and he's told that Schneider had resurfaced in the capital. A long hunt begins.
Dir. Jacques Deray · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Malo, Michel Beaune

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

as Helmut von Ofenburg, pigeon de service
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men into buying a fake copy of a stolen Caneletto. On the aeroplane, a stranger asks him to look after his briefcase until after they have landed. Alexandre agrees, but the stranger is shot dead soon after and Alexandre himself becomes the target of enemy agents who are keen to recover the briefcase...
Dir. Georges Lautner · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mirella D'Angelo, Michel Galabru
Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.
Dir. Alain Resnais · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Périer, Anny Duperey
The story of Aleksandra and Cyrille, a prominent, trendy, and very well-off Parisian couple, whose life is not quite the same after seven-year-old Alekseï from Russia suddenly pops up in their 100% cashmere, childless home. Aleksandra soon realises that this little boy they have adopted is not quite what she had been hoping for...
Dir. Valérie Lemercier · With Valérie Lemercier, Gilles Lellouche, Marina Foïs
JAM (Christian Clavier), a French "master of the universe" is on the brink of a major takeover when he starts suffering from anxiety attacks. His doctor (Lhermite) thinks it is to do with childhood experiences and suggests he searches back in his mind to something that could be the trigger and will prove to be the antidote.
Dir. Vincent de Brus · With Jacques Villeret, Agnès Soral, Christian Clavier
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