Francis Veber — Director (12)
Movie
The Toy (1976)
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other title:
大活宝展奇才
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Le jouet
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When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.
Movie
The Goat (1981)
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actor:
Gérard Depardieu
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Pierre Richard
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other title:
霉运侦探
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La chèvre
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企业大亨的女儿玛瑞在墨西哥不知所踪,在大亨本先生极力搜寻之下,42天来毫无头绪。不得已本找来了以坏运气著称的皮瑞和私家侦探卡帕一起去寻找那个同样有坏运气的玛瑞,希望借皮瑞的坏运气找到她。世事自有轮回,在皮瑞一系列的坏运气的“捉弄”之下,他们终于守得云开月明时……本剧搞笑之极,其中对坏运气的“制造”令人不得不佩服法国人制造幽默的功力!
Movie
The Closet (2001)
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other title:
下岗风波
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Le Placard
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故事的主人公弗朗索瓦·皮尼翁(丹尼尔·奥图 Daniel Auteuil 饰)是个人生彻底失败的小人物。离婚2年的前妻不想搭理他,17岁的儿子瞧不起他,就连他勤勤恳恳效力了二十年的公司也要在这时裁掉他。皮尼翁在家庭和事业的双重打击下陷入了绝望。就在他想要寻短见的时候,隔壁新搬来的邻居阻止了他,并想了条妙计——让皮尼翁在公司伪装成同性恋来保住饭碗。由于皮尼翁公司的主要经济支柱是生产避孕套,他新的同性恋身份让他在公司突然变得炙手可热起来。一直以来视皮尼翁为眼中钉的人事部主管桑蒂尼(杰拉尔·德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu 饰)也不得已对皮尼翁大献殷勤。但是皮尼翁的女上司巴尔特拉诺(米歇尔·拉罗克 Michèle Laroque 饰)却通过一些蛛丝马迹开始怀疑他的同性恋身份,仇视同性恋的同事们也开始怀着恶意蠢蠢欲动起来。到底皮尼翁能不能通过层层考验,脱胎换骨重新找回人生的自信呢......
本片在2001年获得第5届上海国际电影节金爵奖-最佳男演员奖。
Movie
The Valet (2006)
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other title:
替身演员
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La doublure
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Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.
Movie
Three Fugitives (1989)
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other title:
两大一小三俘虏
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三个亡命徒
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On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.
Movie
The Dinner Game (1998)
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other title:
晚餐游戏
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Le dîner de cons
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For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...