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    Animal 1977 POSTER

    Animal

    1977

    French

    6.5

    2

    Action

    animal

    animals

    Comedy

    gorilla

    Romance

    spaghetti

    stuntman

    supermarket

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director Raquel Welch Raquel Welch as Jane Gardner Raymond Gérôme Raymond Gérôme as Le comte de Saint-Prix Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Belmondo as Mike Gaucher et Bruno Ferrari Richard Bohringer Richard Bohringer as Un assistant de Sergio
    Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on. Mike, annoyed doesn't look on the road and crashes the car causing them to end up in a hospital. After they come out Jane doesn't want to talk to Mike so he decides to get her a job in a film in which he is a stunt double for his double who is a star in action pictures but is in fact a wimp.
    The Wing or The Thigh? 1976 POSTER

    The Wing or The Thigh?

    1976

    French

    7.2

    17

    Action

    circus

    Comedy

    double life

    escape

    Family

    fast food restaurant

    restaurant

    talk show

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director François Guillaume François Guillaume as Le reporter Ann Zacharias Ann Zacharias as Marguerite #2 - la secrétaire intérimaire Jacques Mathou Jacques Mathou as (uncredited) Vittorio Caprioli Vittorio Caprioli as Vittorio - le patron d'un restaurant
    Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!
    Ripoux 3 2003 POSTER

    Ripoux 3

    2003

    French

    5.8

    2

    Action

    chinese mafia

    Comedy

    Crime

    mistaken identity

    money laundering

    paris, france

    police corruption

    sequel

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director Bernadette Lafont Bernadette Lafont as Carmen Thierry Lhermitte Thierry Lhermitte as François Lesbuche Marc Hoang Marc Hoang as Le pilote moto #2 Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret as René Boirond
    It's been ten years since the paths of René and François parted ways. From the glorious era when, as cops, they roamed the Montmartre district, they only have a handful of memories left, the money from their cronies having evaporated over time. Everything comes to an end. Until it starts again.
    The Under-Gifted 1980 POSTER

    The Under-Gifted

    1980

    French

    6.5

    cheating

    Comedy

    exam

    preparatory school

    private school

    teacher student relationship

    versailles

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director Daniel Auteuil Daniel Auteuil as Baptiste Lavalle, alias Bebel Richard Bohringer Richard Bohringer as Le pion Maria Pacôme Maria Pacôme as Lucie Jumaucourt Mohamed Zinet Mohamed Zinet as Mustapha, le terroriste à la couscoussière
    The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!
    My New Partner at the Races 1990 POSTER

    My New Partner at the Races

    1990

    French

    6.2

    1

    Action

    bank

    Comedy

    cop

    Crime

    normandy, france

    paris, france

    prostitute

    trap

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director Thierry Lhermitte Thierry Lhermitte as François Lesbuche Jean-Pierre Castaldi Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Jean-Pierre Portal Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret as René Boirond Line Renaud Line Renaud as Simone
    The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.
    The Jackpot! 1991 POSTER

    The Jackpot!

    1991

    French

    6.2

    6

    Adventure

    Comedy

    lover

    spy

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director Thierry Lhermitte Thierry Lhermitte as François Voisin Miou-Miou Miou-Miou as Hélène Voisin Alain Barbier Alain Barbier as Le gardien de la cellule Guy Di Rigo Guy Di Rigo as Le premier homme de main
    To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agent. All goes well until circumstances put his secret in danger.
    Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar 1999 POSTER

    Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar

    1999

    French

    6.0

    14

    Action

    Adventure

    Comedy

    Family

    Fantasy

    fight

    resistance

    roman

    roman empire

    rome, italy

    sinti and romanies

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director David Graham David Graham as Additional voice Christian Clavier Christian Clavier as Astérix Jean-Pierre Castaldi Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Caius Bonus Dietmar Mössmer Dietmar Mössmer as Garde prison
    Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.
    La zizanie 1978 POSTER

    La zizanie

    1978

    French

    6.4

    4

    1970s

    Action

    Comedy

    ecology

    factory

    france

    husband wife relationship

    small town

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director Annie Girardot Annie Girardot as Bernadette Daubray-Lacaze Louis de Funès Louis de Funès as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze Guy Di Rigo Guy Di Rigo as Un homme à la soirée costumée Gabriel Marfaing Gabriel Marfaing as Un ouvrier
    Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband...
    My New Partner 1984 POSTER

    My New Partner

    1984

    French

    7.2

    1

    80%

    80%

    buddy cop

    Comedy

    corruption

    Crime

    good cop bad cop

    paris, france

    police

    retirement

    Thriller

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director Thierry Lhermitte Thierry Lhermitte as François Lesbuche Grace de Capitani Grace de Capitani as Natasha Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret as René Boirond Nicholas Hawtrey Nicholas Hawtrey as Spencer
    A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him...
    La Course à l'échalote 1975 POSTER

    La Course à l'échalote

    1975

    French

    6.2

    3

    Comedy

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director Gilda Albertoni Gilda Albertoni as Jane Birkin Jane Birkin as Janet Pierre Richard Pierre Richard as Pierre Vidal François Guillaume François Guillaume as Un gangster
    The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?
    Inspector Blunder 1980 POSTER

    Inspector Blunder

    1980

    French

    6.2

    4

    50%

    50%

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    Claude Zidi Claude Zidi Director Richard Bohringer Richard Bohringer as Flic anthropométrie Dominique Lavanant Dominique Lavanant as Marie-Anne Prossant - une journaliste Féodor Atkine Féodor Atkine as Merlino, le photographe Gérard Depardieu Gérard Depardieu as Roger Morzini - l'ennemi public N°1
    A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.
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