Tag: French comedy
[Film review] A Difficult Year [Une année difficile]
4/5 Review by John P. Harvey. Albert (Pio Marmaï) drives luggage at an airport and makes money after hours selling ...
Mr Blake at Your Service [Complètement cramé!]
5/5 Review by John P. Harvey. In this understated comedy of French manors, retired business executive Andrew Blake (John Malkovich) ...
A Great Friend [Les choses simples] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2024
Review by John P. Harvey. Serial entrepreneur Vincent Delcourt (Wilson Lambert) begins to appreciate real life once he meets the ...
A Chance to Win [Pour l’honneur] — Alliance Française French Film Festival
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. At a town meeting in the village of Tourtour-les-Bains, southern France, the mayor, Madame Rouzière ...
Mr Blake at Your Service! [Complètement Cramé!] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2024
Review by John P. Harvey. Retired business executive Andrew Blake (John Malkovich) has lost the love of his life. When ...
Wilderness Therapy [Pétakouchnok] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2024
Review by John P. Harvey. In this warm adventure comedy, Pio Marmaï stars as Ludo, an imaginative horse whisperer and ...
King of My Castle [Le larbin / Kholop, le serf] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2024
Review by John P. Harvey. Jean-François (Kad Merad) is at his wits’ end. Lavishing the spoils of his position as ...
Happy 50 [Plancha]
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Long-time friends Antoine (Lambert Wilson), Baptiste (Franck Dubosc), Laurent (Lionel Abelanski), and Jean-Mich’ (Jérôme Commandeur), ...
Silver Rockers [Choeur de rockers] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2023
Review by John P. Harvey. Alex (Mathilde Seigner), a rock singer, has a true friend in Élodie (Armelle Deutsch), who, ...
The Nannies [Les femmes du square] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2023
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Angèle (Eye Haidara) uses her talents to sell goods to passersby whom she convinces want ...
