Catherine Alric Movies
- 1988
In this light French comedy, Marie and Jerome (Marlene Jobert) and Patrick Chesnais) are a middle aged couple desperate to have a child. They have tried to deal with the official adoption agencies, but the bureaucracies are so hidebound that they'll likely reach their dotage before a child becomes available. Next they try to persuade a pregnant teen to give up her baby, but that doesn't work either. Marie and Jerome are left to resort to more desperate measures. Various well-known French funnymen have cameos, including Romain Bouteille and Christian Clavier. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marlène Jobert, Patrick Chesnais, (more)
- 1985
This is an often wilted, occasionally flat spoof of the French Revolution by Jean Yanne, France's answer to Mel Brooks. The revolution, used as a foil for politics in the 1980s, has Robespierre Roland Giraud) in love with Charlotte Corday (Mimi Coutellier) who works for Marat (Jean Yanne) and unsuccessfully tries to stab him one day. That only makes him worse, causing him to stoke up the population and establish himself as a dictator, with the assistance of the Caliph of Baghdad (Jean Poirot). It seems the Caliph is in Paris to check out the new guillotine at a trade show of implements of torture and execution. Eventually, Robespierre and Charlotte, along with Louis XVI (Michel Serrault) and Marie Antoinette (Ursula Andress) make their way to Baghdad, where life is less revolutionary. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, (more)
- 1985
Herbie Melbourne (Didi Hallervorden) is a poor schlemiel who is inadvertently caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea in this German farce about a cab driver (Hallervorden) assigned to bring a "comrade" back to the East German side of the Berlin wall, a passenger who is dead to the world, permanently, when he arrives. Herbie the cabbie is recruited by the KGB and East German Intelligence to help them discover who murdered the man in his back seat. After arriving on the West German side of the divide, Herbie is then recruited by the CIA and West German Intelligence to become a counterspy, for double what the other side is paying him. As Herbie seems to have no viable way out of this mess, he does what many have done before him, he goes to a therapist (Catherine Alric) for help. Reaching into her bag of tricks, the therapist gives Herbie a small bottle he can sniff when in need of self-confidence, an act guaranteed to put him on top of any situation. Now Herbie is a cabbie, a KGB agent, a CIA agent, and a bottle sniffer -- and he is falling in love with his gorgeous therapist. Although the standard chase routines are a bit lengthy and exaggerated, this spy spoof keeps its sense of humor intact.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dieter Hallervorden, Catherine Alric, (more)
- 1981
This adventure story revolves around a close encounter with a UFO, an event that is gradually conveyed in disconnected visual segments against the backdrop of the great northern forests of Argentina. The French actress Catherine Alric portrays a journalist and puts in a creditable performance. It is the first film role for the lead, Andy Pruna. The director (Oscar Barney Finn) is known for earlier, well-received films, such as the 1978 Comedia Rota, (Broken Comedy), but it is debatable whether this film has a claim to a similar standing as its predecessors. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Andy Pruna, Catherine Alric, (more)
- 1981
An Arab Emir (Bernard Blier) is searching for his long-lost daughter (Catherine Alric) in order to leave her his kingdom, oil wells and all. Her inheritance is jeopardized by a French petroleum czar who wants that oil for himself. The comedic tone is set by the Emir's private jumbo-jet, equipped with a tennis court and swimming pool - and a harem. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bernard Blier, (more)
- 1981
Val Brosse (Bruno Cremer) is a private eye gets who gets involved with Francoise (Catherine Alric) and what seems to be the murder of a wealthy old man, Mathieu (Charles Vanel). The story develops along the lines of romance and intrigue, until both threads are woven into a final denouement. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bruno Cremer, Catherine Alric, (more)
- 1980
- PG
This sequel to Dear Detective suffers from the same trouble as most sequels in that it does not live up to the original film. Police director Lise Tanquerelle (Annie Girardot) marries Antoine Lemercier (Philippe Noiret), an expert in Greek history. While honeymooning in Greece, they are approached by Pochet (Francis Perrin), a young archaeologist who discloses his latest discovery to the couple. He has uncovered the buttocks of Venus Heroclitus. Agnes (Catherine Alric) is Pochet's disgruntled wife who allows the statue to be stolen by a Greek sailor. When the sailor is found dead, Antoine and Porchet are indicted for murder. The two escape in order to track down the real culprit in this crime comedy adventure. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric, (more)
- 1980
This French comedy stars Michel Serrault as a bland corporation functionary who'll never get ahead so long as he remains a dull little man. Unable to be a success on his own terms, Serrault invents an "assistant", the dynamic, go-getting "Mr. Davis". Pretending to be Mr. Davis' intermediary, Serrault at last makes it big in the business world. A crisis develops when Serrault's investors demand to meet Mr. Davis in person--and when several covetous young ladies show up, claiming to be the mothers of Mr. Davis' children! We aren't about to tell you how Serrault wriggles out of his dilemma: we want you to enjoy The Associate yourself. An American version of the same story, released in 1996, stars Whoopie Goldberg. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michel Serrault, Claudine Auger, (more)
- 1979
In this comedy, Victor (Peter Ustinov) is a film director whose career has taken a nose dive. He believes that his job difficulties are the result of his increasingly overweight physique, and he becomes the victim of every fad diet and quack physician he can find. Despite this, he has a varied and satisfying love-life. Critics unanimously disliked this film, which was not a notable box-office success. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Ustinov, Bernadette Lafont, (more)
- 1979
A discontented concert pianist causes all sorts of heartbreak with his egotistical and womanizing antics, and all the people in his life attempt to force him to grow up in this French comedy/drama (with English subtitles). ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, (more)
- 1978
Romance takes a back seat to drama in this movie depicting life at the once-fashionable Parisian bordello known by its address 122 Rue de Provence. Patronized by the wealthy and powerful, this elegant house of prostitution featured a top-ranked restaurant and specialized rooms for men with unusual tastes: a railroad carriage room, a stable room, etc. In the story, two young people "on the make" bump into each other as they are arriving in the same rail station. Though attracted to one another, they are deliberately vague about their destinations. He is headed for a diplomatic career, she is an ambitious young prostitute who wants to work at the best house in France. Later, they meet at 122 Rue de Provence. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nicole Calfan, Francis Huster, (more)
- 1977
Dear Inspector and Dear Detective were the English-language titles of Philippe De Broca's Tendre Poulet. Annie Girardot plays the old flame of Greek professor Philippe Noiret. The prof tries to rekindle the flames of passion, but Girardot seems curiously preoccupied. It turns out that she's a detective on the trail of a murderer. The film served as the basis for the 1979 American made-for-TV movie Dear Detective, starring Brenda Vaccaro and Arlen Dean Snyder. A DeBroca-directed sequel, Jupiter's Thigh, was filmed in 1979, again with Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, (more)
- 1975
Right after his release from prison, Victor (Jean-Paul Belmondo) resumes his con-man activities. He rents apartments he doesn't own, sells nonexistent fighter planes to African countries, and by turns pretends to be a gardener, lawyer, private detective, governmental official, and even a transvestite in order to fool his unsuspecting victims. He does it all under the nose of his charming but naive parole officer Marie-Charlotte (Genevieve Bujold). When Victor finds out that Marie-Charlotte's father curates the museum that has an extremely valuable painting, he and his friends decide to steal it. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, (more)
