Search results for "Philippe Noiret"
Lady L

Lady L

Lady L
IMDb: 5.5
117

Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.

Genre: Comedy
My New Partner III

My New Partner III

My New Partner III
IMDb: 5.8
105

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…

Genre: Comedy
My New Partner II

My New Partner II

My New Partner II
IMDb: 6.2
107

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…

Genre: Action, Comedy
The Fourth Power

The Fourth Power

The Fourth Power
IMDb: 6
100

Yves Dorget, major reporter in a daily newspaper, finds on an “affair” part of a simple news item Catherine Carré, his former friend, editor and chief and star presenter of…

Genre: Drama
Justine

Justine

Justine
IMDb: 5.4
116

In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker….

Very Happy Alexander

Very Happy Alexander

Very Happy Alexander
IMDb: 7.3
100

Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog. When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay…

Genre: Comedy
Captain Fracasse

Captain Fracasse

Captain Fracasse
IMDb: 6.1
108

A ruined Baron Philippe de baron, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors led by Herod. Attracted by the one who plays the role of the ingenue: Isabella, and…

Genre: Adventure
The Grand Dukes

The Grand Dukes

The Grand Dukes
IMDb: 5.9
85

Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible…

Genre: Comedy
Masques

Masques

Masques
IMDb: 6.9
100

In this deadly game of cat and mouse, Roland Wolf is writing a book on the life of game show host Christian Legagneur–or is he?

Coup de Torchon

Coup de Torchon

Coup de Torchon
IMDb: 7.4
128

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Next Summer

Next Summer

Next Summer
IMDb: 6
100

Edouard is patriarch of a large family: his second wife, Jeanne, has just had a baby and finally had enough of his philandering. As the marriage between them unravels, Edouard’s…

Genre: Drama
Max & Jeremie

Max & Jeremie

Max & Jeremie
IMDb: 6.1
110

Even among bombers and murderers, there is a social ladder, a hierarchy to climb. Jeremie is a mere bomber who blows up people and places for mobsters in Paris. He…

Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire
IMDb: 6
112

Philippe Noiret plays a rich, Parisian banker whose daughter, Carolina, is kidnapped by a ruthless organization. They threaten to have her abused by the sadistic clients of a brothel they…

Genre: Drama
The North Star

The North Star

The North Star
IMDb: 6.5
124

Edouard Binet, an aimless Frenchman, has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is sailing to Belgium. En route, he meets Sylvie Baron. He introduces her to Nemrod…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Le Secret

Le Secret

Le Secret
IMDb: 6.7
102

A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that…

All the Gold in the World

All the Gold in the World

All the Gold in the World
IMDb: 6.2
90

Businessman Victor Hardy wants to buy the entire area around the small village of Cabosse. He claims that he wants to return to nature, but he also intends to profit…

Genre: Comedy
A Woman at Her Window

A Woman at Her Window

A Woman at Her Window
IMDb: 6.2
110

Greece, 1936. An aristocratic woman engages in a series of loveless affairs before finding herself falling for a political activist.

Genre: Drama
Heads or Tails

Heads or Tails

Heads or Tails
IMDb: 6.6
105

Since his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni (Philippe Noiret) has become a virtual recluse, preferring the solitude of his quiet house to the company of others. His period of mournful…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Let Joy Reign Supreme

Let Joy Reign Supreme

Let Joy Reign Supreme
IMDb: 7.1
114

France, 1719. Louis 14th died four years ago, Philippe d’Orleans is the regent. He is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Old Gun

The Old Gun

The Old Gun
IMDb: 7.6
103

In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu in a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and…

Genre: Drama, History
A Week’s Vacation

A Week’s Vacation

A Week’s Vacation
IMDb: 6.7
99

Laurence, a young schoolteacher from Lyons, takes a week’s leave. During the break, she reflects on her career and her personal life.

Genre: Drama
Zazie dans le Métro

Zazie dans le Métro

Zazie dans le Métro
IMDb: 7
93

A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle. He and the viewer get more than they bargained for, however, in this anarchic…

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
L’ami de Vincent

L’ami de Vincent

L’ami de Vincent
IMDb: 6
93

Vincent is the victim of an assassination attempt carried out by a young woman who wants to avenge her sister. Albert, the childhood friend of Vincent, wants to help and…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Old Maid

The Old Maid

The Old Maid
IMDb: 6.6
85

Muriel is a shy woman who bluffs and blusters around in order to hide her shyness and to protect her loneliness, even though she longs wistfully for a companion of…

Genre: Comedy
My Friends

My Friends

My Friends
IMDb: 8
140

Four middle-aged friends in Florence organize together idle pranks (called zingarate, “gypsy shenanigans”) in a continuous attempt to prolong childhood during their adult life.

Genre: Comedy
The Judge and the Assassin

The Judge and the Assassin

The Judge and the Assassin
IMDb: 7.4
128

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets…

Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Dead Tired

Dead Tired

Dead Tired
IMDb: 6.4
82

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of…

Genre: Comedy
The Desert of the Tartars

The Desert of the Tartars

The Desert of the Tartars
IMDb: 7.5
140

Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.

Genre: History
On Guard

On Guard

On Guard
IMDb: 7
128

France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a skilled swordsman, the noble Henri…

Genre: Adventure
Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso
IMDb: 8.5
124

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village’s theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater’s projectionist.

Genre: Drama, Romance
La Grande Bouffe

La Grande Bouffe

La Grande Bouffe
IMDb: 7.2
130

Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau
IMDb: 6.5
110

The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is…

The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals
IMDb: 7.2
148

An unusual World War II crime thriller about a Nazi investigation into the murder of a prostitute. Major Grau finds himself focusing on three suspects: the Generals Tanz, Kahlenberg and…

La Pointe-Courte

La Pointe-Courte

La Pointe-Courte
IMDb: 7.1
80

A penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Murphy’s War

Murphy’s War

Murphy’s War
IMDb: 6.8
107

Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II. He is rescued, and ends up…

Genre: Drama, War
Round Midnight

Round Midnight

Round Midnight
IMDb: 7.4
133

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy…

Genre: Drama
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
IMDb: 6.5
112

Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed…

The Return of the Musketeers

The Return of the Musketeers

The Return of the Musketeers
IMDb: 5.9
102

It’s 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D’Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with…

Topaz

Topaz

Topaz
IMDb: 6.2
121

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Twist Again in Moscow

Twist Again in Moscow

Twist Again in Moscow
IMDb: 5.6
89

Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once. He has a two-hour window to get his ill-got gain out of…

Genre: Comedy