Albert Dupontel

Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order.

"A Very Long Engagement" tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancée, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One. (imdb)

Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator. He leaves his wife and goes to Paris. Gradually he inveigles himself with the resistance movement. They trust him and he helps them trace collaborators. (imdb)

This film centers around Jessica (de France), a beautiful young woman from the provinces who comes to Paris and lands a job waiting tables at a chic bistro on famed Avenue Montaigne, the city's nexus for art, music, theater and fashion. (ThinkFilm)

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment. When Elise, his sister with three kids and no husband, moves in to his place to care for him, Pierre does not change his new habits. And instead of dancing himself, it is Paris and the Parisians who dance before his eyes. (imdb)

A 19th Century French Robin Hood. Jacquou is a young farmer's son living in southwest of France (Perigord) in 1815. After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, returning noblemen are persecuting everyone who supported Napoleon or fought as a soldier in his army. The enmity of the cruel and arrogant Count of Nansac causes the death of Jacquou's parents. He is reduced to begging and starving in the cold. His mother's last wish is for him to avenge his father's death.

Neonoir Thriller about Europol detective hunting the ruthless gangster who killed his wife.

A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence. (imdb)

Louise is a corpulent and suppressed middle aged woman who loses her job at the factory after the owner dismantles it over night and disappears. The union members soon realise that there is no chance of putting the factory owner to justice. Instead, Louise suggests they hire a hit man; at least this will get rid of the prick. They unanimously agree and Louise has to find a man for the job. Michel is a "professional". (Kosmorama.no)

Claire invited three of her boyfriends - dandy Sacha, uptight Charles and easygoing Hakim to her house (each one of them thinks they are in for a romantic tete-a-tete) to choose a husband among them. And accidents start to happen in the house... (imdb)

Bernie, a 30 years old orphan, decides to leave his orphanage and find his parents. After an investigation, he meets Marion, a young heroin addict and falls in love with her. He believes that his family was victim of a plot and this is why they deserted him. (imdb)

A play writer has got writer's block. He can't write unless he kills. He's apparently able to write in his sleep afterwards. (TonyS.)

Mathieu, a bright student, falls in love with Nahema, who happens to be the President of the Republic's daughter. The President, a loving but invading father, finally accepts him as his daughter's boyfriend, going as far as appointing Mathieu as one of his consultants. Working with the President, Mathieu will find out who he actually is. (imdb)

In France, the disturbed and mysterious Alexandre Demarre is hired as security guard for the Vigilante armored truck company earning 1,200 euros per month and lodges in a hotel nearby the company for 1,450 euros for a month. He becomes close to his colleagues, actually a group of losers, without motivation or perspective, paranoids, depressed and substances addicted men, and prepares a personal file with the profile of each one. Along the days, the real intentions of Alex in working at Vigilante (imdb)

The misadventures of a homeless man who champions the powerless after finding and wearing a policeman's uniform.

Alex and Claire are living a boring life after years of marriage. They do not communicate to each other anymore, and Alex is almost speechless at home and without motivation and inspiration in his work as a former successful photographer. When Claire decides to leave him, Alex accidentally orders an expensive and desirable sex molded doll called "Monique". Alex falls in love with Monique, making all his fantasies come true, while his privacy is respected.

Antoine Méliot is around 40 years old and has everything he needs to be happy: a beautiful wife, two adorable children, friends he can count on, a pretty house in the Yvelines and money. But one day he decides to ruin everything in one weekend. (imdb)

Odette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. The wealthy and seductive writer is going to land in her life in a totally unexpected way. The story of a meeting between two unusual castaways who have nothing in common... (imdb)

An alcoholic writer is visited by an incarnation of his cancer.

A bank robber is in prison waiting to be released to recover his hidden loot and reunite with his family. However, when things get tough within the prison, he makes the mistake of trusting the wrong cell mate.

With gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it into a gleaming new banking district, but to her son's disgust Maniette leads the inhabitants resistance. (imdb)

This is the story of two half brothers, played by Benoît Poelvoorde and Albert Dupontel. The first has become "the oldest punk dog in Europe," and the second, good boy and full of future business, goes wrong following his dismissal / divorce ... In short, the brother's parents (Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem) want more of them. How do they get rid of these two sons? (mubi.com)

This movie chronicles the relationship between a famed yet depressive hairdresser and the suicidal plumber who becomes his "adopted" son after he rescues him from a canal. Georges is the hairdresser who gained notoriety as a hairdresser to stars such as Grace Kelly, and Ava Gardner. Gus, after being mistreated in love, decides to end it all by jumping into a canal. Georges tries to save him and the soggy twosome become bosom buddies. (Allmovie)

Ariane Felder is pregnant. This is all the more surprising since this examining magistrate is an old-fashioned single person. But even more surprising is the fact that, according to DNA tests, the father is no other than Bob, a criminal prosecuted for atrocious assault and battery. Ariane, who does not remember anything, tries to understand what happened. (wikipedia)

Bruno Sachs is the sole general practitioner of the municipality where he practices. The waiting room of the doctor's office is always full. Some of his patients are regular, as Mr. Guénot, which comes just renew his prescriptions and doctor would see the groom or the couple Renard: she keeps complaining while her husband, taciturn, that is sicker 'it. (cinema-francais.fr)

Two bounty hunters (Albert Dupontel and Bouli Lanners) are looking for a cell phone in the french countryside. They meet cowboys, fools and Jesus. (IMBD)

Marc Guermont used to be a very much sought after horse stuntman in films. One day unfortunately, he had a bad fall from his mount during the shooting of a historical movie. Not only has he become a paraplegic but his insurance company tries to rip him off into the bargain. Marc resolutely waits for the coming of his insurance "advisor". But when the latter reports to him, the insurance man happens to be a... seductive woman, Florence Kernel. (imdb)

November 1918. A few days before the Armistice, Édouard Péricourt saves Albert Maillard's life. These two men have nothing in common but the war. Lieutenant Pradelle, by ordering a senseless assault, destroys their lives while binding them as companions in misfortune. On the ruins of the carnage of WWI, condemned to live, the two attempt to survive. (imdb)

A seriously ill woman tries to find her long-lost child with the help of a man in the middle of a burnout and a blind archivist. (imdb)

Miss Pove, a disgraced political journalist working on the soccer beat, is asked to follow the current presidential campaign. The front-runner is a fifty-something heir to a powerful French family and a political novice. Disturbed by this candidate, whom she has known to be less smooth in the past, Miss Pove embarks on an investigation that is as surprising as it is jubilant.