Gérard Herold Movies

In this comedy, Andre is anxious to please his fourteen-year old daughter when he picks her up from her mother (whom he's divorced from) for a vacation on Maritius. She is full of romantic notions, and when she spies a cute windsurfer at the resort, she concocts a story to win him to her side. First of all, she claims to be eighteen, not fourteen. Secondly, she claims that she is the mistress of a dangerous gangster who is dying (her father). Not only that, but everyone believes her. Her father is understandably surprised by these revelations when she is forced to take him into her confidence, but he is a romantic too. He gamely plays the role assigned to him while maintaining a fatherly eye on the proceedings. Gérard Depardieu plays the father in this movie and also in its 1994 American remake. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

The social and personal conflicts that arise when a bisexual, married policeman takes a male lover are carefully handled by director Yannick Bellon in this crime drama. Michel Vera (Victor Lanoux) is investigating a murder at a local nightclub when he is attracted to the club's saxophone player Bernard Mirande (Xavier Deluc), and the two begin an intimate relationship. As their love affair continues, Michel's family finds out, and their reactions to the news -- although stereotypical -- are also classic responses. When Bernard accidentally kills a man who has been blackmailing him, the gay couple's troubles are intensified, especially since Michel tries to illegally protect Bernard. Spiralling deeper and deeper into a maelstrom that has no visible exit, the relationship continues on its ill-fated course. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Alain Delon produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in this story about a solitary thief, jailed for a jewel robbery and the murder of the jeweler, and set free after serving his prison term. His objective is to get his hands on the stolen jewels before a crowd of gangsters reaches them and/or kills him, and before the police can catch up with him again. The hero-thief-murderer manages to romance an attractive woman in the meantime, suggesting his future might be rosier than his past. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

This comedy follows the misadventures of a group of military goofballs who nonetheless manage to help the Resistance following the brief French war effort against the Nazis. They inadvertently stumble on a Resistance operation while out hunting and are forced to get involved. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide