Eric Veniard Movies
- 2008
Jacques Maillot's psychological drama Les Liens du sang observes the tense and fragile days following a difficult reunion between two very different siblings. François (Guillaume Canet) is a police inspector who spent years forcibly estranged from his issue-laden brother Gabriel (François Cluzet), after a judge sentenced the latter to a decade in prison for murder. Gabriel's sudden release from prison ends the separation, and the men both instinctively make attempts to bury the past and help Gabriel reassimilate after years off the street. Their efforts prove feeble and ineffectual, however, as the past comes encroaching back and begins to plague both men. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Guillaume Canet, François Cluzet, (more)
- 2003
Eric Veniard's quirky comedy A Great Little Business is the story of a chef, Jean-Jacques (Clovis Cornillac), who dreams of running his own eatery. He takes a business class from Claude (Denis Podalydes), a frustrated novelist. When his stewardess girlfriend is away, Jean-Jacques becomes addicted to alcohol and sleeping pills. He shares his special homemade concoction with his girlfriend's parents. A Great Little Business opened in its home country of France on January 1, 2003. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Starring:
- Denis Podalydès, Clovis Cornillac, (more)
- 2000
A 30-year-old man finds the trials and responsibilities of adulthood are finally starting to catch up with him in this comedy-drama from France. Simon (Mathieu Demy) does not have an especially strong relationship with his father (Maurice Benichou), a psychoanalyst, his friends are going through a variety of crises, and his girlfriend is no longer happy with their relationship. But after the death of Simon's grandmother (Louise Benazeraf) and the breakup of his father's marriage, Simon and his dad find themselves communicating again. Simon also finds himself befriending a neighbor (Amira Casar), who is both pregnant and down in the dumps. Quand On Sera Grand was the first feature film from writer/director Renaud Cohen, who previously distinguished himself in short films. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Mathieu Demy, Amira Casar, (more)
- 1999
- NR
The loosely interrelated romantic difficulties of six people living in Paris provide the framework for the drama Nos Vies Heureuses/Our Happy Lives. Cecile (Cecile Richard) is an impulsive bohemian who documents the lives of her friends with her camera. One of her closest friends is Emilie (Camille Japy), who is trying to work her way through a dying relationship with her boyfriend Antoine (Alain Beigel), even though he still seems to have feelings for her. Julie (Marie Payen) is on the rebound from a busted romance and falls for Ali (Sami Bouajila), a Moroccan who washes dishes in a restaurant and is having trouble staying in France. Ali's boss, a chef named Lucas (Jean-Michel Portal), has just watched his marriage crash and burn and is starting to ask himself serious questions about his sexual identity. The first feature after a series of highly praised short films from director Jacques Maillot (and quite a feature at 147 minutes), Nos Vies Heureuses/Our Happy Lives was shown in competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Marie Payen, Cécile Richard, (more)
- 1997
In this French omnibus of two short films, the first, Thérapie Russe starts out as a comedy about the relationship between a depressed, sickly, vacillating, upper-class male and a rough-and-tumble worker from the Ukraine, but the comedy shifts gears and the film goes downhill when ghostly apparitions associated with the ex-wife of the wealthy hero begin to intrude. In the second and better film, Il y a Des Journées que Mériteraient qu'on Leur Casse la Gueule, Alain Beigel, Bruno Solo, and Alain Fromager have a lot of fun that is shared with the audience, especially in a bathing scene. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Miglen Mirchev, Sidse Babett Knudsen, (more)
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