Fabrice Roger-Lacan Movies
- 2008
French director Nicolas Bary's wacky, family-friendly fantasy comedy The Children of Timpelbach concerns the titular village, where the kids act so unruly and disobedient that all of the adults suddenly throw up their hands in disgust and decide to abandon the place. This, of course, leaves the children in charge of governing the community - which leads to a host of messy and wacky complications. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gérard Depardieu, Joel Demarty, (more)
- 2003
French actress Isabelle Nanty, known in the States as Georgette the cigarette girl in Amélie, makes her debut as a writer/director with the lighthearted comedy Le Bison (et sa voisine Dorine). Nanty also stars in the leading role as Dorine, a frumpy working mother complete with pink foam curlers in her hair. Extremely pregnant, she struggles as a concierge to support the four children she already has. Right before her fifth one is born, her husband leaves her. She then gets involved in an unlikely romance with her selfish neighbor Louis Le Bison (Edouard Baer), who turns out to be a nice guy when she goes into labor. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Starring:
- Isabelle Nanty, Edouard Baer, (more)
- 2002
Adolphe, French director Benoît Jacquot's adaptation of Benjamin Constant's novel of the same name, tells the story of a young man's passion for 30-year-old Ellenore (Isabelle Adjani). After much resistance, Ellenore falls for Adolphe (Stanislas Mehrar), only to find out that his love for her has waned significantly. Though Adolphe did not intentionally hurt Ellenore, she is very much saddened by his lack of feeling toward her. This unhappy love story also features French actors Jean Yanne and Romain Duris. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- Starring:
- Isabelle Adjani, Stanislas Merhar, (more)
- 2001
A man keeping a few too many secrets finds them coming back to haunt him in this farcical comedy. Barnie (Fabrice Luchini) is an ordinary looking guy working in the shipping business who happens to have an unusually busy love life. While seemingly happily married to Lucie (Nathalie Baye) in Calais, Barnie has not one but two lovers in London -- Margot (Marie Gillian), a younger woman who works in commercial art, and Mark (Hugo Speer), a man employed by an auction house. Lucie doesn't know about Barnie's lovers, and neither Margot nor Mark is aware of Barnie's wife -- or his bisexuality. As chance would have it, all three decide upon the same present for Barnie's 45th birthday -- tickets for a getaway to Venice on the Orient Express. Barnie decides holding on to his marriage is his first priority, so he opts to visit Venice with Lucie, sending back Mark and Margot's tickets with polite notes of regret. However, Mark's letter is sealed in Margot's envelope and vice versa, and soon the two know about each other, with a little detective work tipping them off to the full extent of Barnie's secret life. Eager for revenge, Mark and Margot pay a visit to Venice, where posing as man and wife they drop in unannounced on Barnie and Lucie, throwing the unfaithful husband into a panic. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Fabrice Luchini, Nathalie Baye, (more)
- 2000
Frederic Jardin directs this enjoyably nasty showbiz farce starring a veritable who's who of Gallic comedy. Elderly milquetoast Jacques Soeur (Denis Podalydes) has written a 450-page tome which his brother Charlies Souer (Jose Garcia) longs to direct. After making no progress in the tried and true method of hawking to studio execs, the two brothers take to videotaping producer Francis France (Jackie Berroyer) engaging in a little extramarital merry-making. When confronted with the incriminating evidence, France sends his thick-headed thug out to retrieve the master tape, with unforeseen consequences. Meanwhile, the duo kidnap renowned screenwriter Blaise (Edouard Baer) to slick up their script, not realizing that Blaise is an unrepentant smack fiend. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Starring:
- José Garcia, Denis Podalydès, (more)
- 1994
This French comedy looks at sex from the perspectives of the participant's navels. The story focuses upon the complex and titillating relationship crises between a large group of Parisian baby boomers. Watch them as they come together, move apart, gossip, pout, and engage in witty dialog. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Géraldine Pailhas, Bernard Verley, (more)
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