Biography: Francis Veber |
French screenwriter and director Francis Veber first made his name penning a number of farcical comedies during the '70s. The son of writers, Veber originally worked as a journalist, but soon dedicated himself solely to writing comedy sketches,... more
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Cast: Francis Veber
Tags: Satire Comedy of Errors Workplace Comedy Comedy
Length: 84min
While there are plenty of stories about gay men who have pretended to be straight for the sake of their careers, this tart comedy from France considers the dilemma of a straight man doing just the opposite. Francois Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) is an...
Cast: Daniel Auteuil Kristin Scott Thomas
Tags: Comedy of Errors Farce Comedy
Length: 85min
French farce master Francis Veber (The Dinner Game) combines slapstick laughs with rapid-fire dialogue as he tells the tale of a Parisian valet unwittingly drawn into the affairs of a wealthy industrialist. François Pignon (Gad Elmaleh) is a simple...
Length: 84min
A man saves the life of a stranger and lives to regret it in this dark comedy from France. Jean (Richard Berry) is a hired killer who has checked himself into a Paris hotel as he waits to complete his latest assignment -- Randoni (Michel Aumont), a...
Cast: Thierry Lhermitte
Tags: Urban Comedy Comedy of Errors Farce Comedy
Length: 78min
Francis Veber wrote and directed this film adaptation (with animated opening credits) of his own play, Le diner de cons, about a competition among a group of friends to see who can find the stupidest person to bring to dinner (as indicated by the...
Tags: Comedy Comedy of Errors
Length: 87min
Francis Veber directs this hilarious comedy about Francois (Pierre Richard), a desperate, novice, bumbling bank robber who takes an ex-con hostage during his attempted hold-up. They are both chased by the police. Jean (Gerard Depardieu) plays the...
Cast: Matthew Broderick John C. Reilly Marian Mercer Jeffrey Jones
Tags: Comedy
Length: 82min
A man trying to help out his sister finds himself chin-deep in hot water in this screwball comedy. Yuppie businessman Bill Campbell (Matthew Broderick) is close to sealing a 140 million business deal when he gets a phone call from his little sister...
Tags: Odd Couple Film Road Movie Adventure Comedy Comedy
Length: 105min
When her teen-aged son (Stephane Bierry) runs away and the police are noncommittal, a woman (Anne Duperey) convinces two old flames -- a crusading journalist (Gerard Depardieu) and a hypochondriac (Pierre Richard) -- that each is the father of her son...
Cast: Jean Reno
Tags: Adventure Adventure Comedy Comedy
Length: 98min
In this fast-paced French comedy, a gambler, anxious to escape the thugs who pursue him after her reneged on a bet, mistakenly agrees to enter the safety of the Amazon jungle with an ethnologist's son to search for the missing soul of an ailing...
Cast: Gérard Depardieu
Tags: Road Movie Adventure Comedy Odd Couple Film Comedy
Length: 91min
One the best, most serious detectives in France (Gérard Depardieu) is teamed up with a luckless stumble-bum (Pierre Richard) and sent off to Central America to search for the klutzy daughter of a powerful magnate in this fast-paced and funny French...
Cast: Nick Nolte James Earl Jones Martin Short Haskell Wexler
Tags: Chase Movie Slapstick Comedy of Errors Comedy
Length: 96min
Another of Disney's Touchstone Pictures rehashes of a lightweight French farce, Three Fugitives goes the trend one better by importing French director Frances Veber to supervise a shot-for-shot remake of his French original Les Fugitifs. Nick Nolte...
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