Marie-Christine Descouard Movies
- 1986
With embarrassing dialogue and a theatrical style, this feature-length comedy is based on cartoon characters and is equally two-dimensional. After some misguided attempts at mixing with the riff-raff, the young rich heiress Paulette (Jeanne Marine) decides to start giving her money away to anyone who sounds like they really need it. Considering this to be an act of insanity, her greedy and crooked estate administrator gets her institutionalized. In retaliation, Paulette escapes with a fellow inmate, and after several misadventures (some nudity here) she finds herself nearly drowned and still no closer to regaining her estate. She is saved by some bargemen who decide to help her out -- and the adventure continues. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Luis Rego, Catherine Leprince, (more)
- 1984
Stephane (Jean-Paul Belmondo) has a predilection for being unfaithful, and when he is caught by his wife with the charming Julie (Sophie Marceau) in his bed, he passes Julie off as his daughter by a former marriage -- someone he had forgotten to mention before. Julie, of course, is not thrilled with the situation, nor is Stephane's wife -- and so the adventure begins in this ribald comedy. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sophie Marceau, (more)
- 1982
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
- Starring:
- Alain Delon, François Perier, (more)
- 1981
A lightweight, sentimental story, a middle-aged French couple remember their courtship and the beginnings of their romance. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ariane Larteguy, Patrick Norbert, (more)
- 1981
Georges Wolinski wrote this comedy in conjunction with Paul Claudon (producer) and Claude Confortes (director), based on his own cartoon strips, and in particular, his character "Georges le Roi" (Francis Perrin in the film.) Georges is the self-styled "king of sex appeal" whose creatively brilliant words of love manage to enchant women right into his bed, no problem. At least, no problem until an enterprising woman decides to record Georges' flights of romantic poetics and market them for everyman's use. Suddenly, blissful anonymity is gone and a world is waiting with baited breath to meet the incredible Georges - but woe to Georges, the woman's treacherous act against the once libidinous bachelor has an unexpected result. How to remedy the situation then, before the truth about Georges gets out? ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Francis Perrin, Marie-Christine Descouard, (more)
Joss Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a French spy given the assignment of killing an African dictator, and when he arrives in Africa to do so, he is captured and put in prison. The political winds had changed - the dictator is now an ally - and the best way to handle the agent is to keep him in jail. Naturally at odds now with his former bosses and with an ax to grind for his own incarceration, the agent escapes after two years in prison and heads back to Paris where he announces that he is going to finish his assassination job during the coming diplomatic visit of the African leader. Once aware of his intent, the French government sets up one trap after another, but to no avail - the agent remains free and there is no doubt that he has the full capacity to do exactly what he says. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Beaune, (more)
