Christian Gion Movies
- 1992
Victor Dargelas is smart but for some reason wasn't accepted at one of France's top universities, so he has taken a scholarship to begun study at a business-management school instead. He is a computer whiz, and his scholarship is based on his ability to straighten out a glitch in the school's computer systems. Meanwhile, the dean of the school has been embezzling from the school at a ferocious rate and plans on pinning the blame on the scholarship boy. Meanwhile, Victor has been making friends with his rich-boy roommate François. The two of them get wise to the schemes of the embezzler and concoct a counter-plan themselves: why not conduct a leveraged buy-out of the school and run it themselves? Beloved French actor Jean Poiret's appearance here as the criminal school director was his last before his death in March, 1992, and the film is dedicated to him. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean Poiret, Anthony Delon, (more)
In this standard children's story, Simon (Emeric Chapuis) wants Saint Nick to please find his parents, who are missing somewhere in Africa, and so he and a friend sneak off during a class field trip to board a plane for Finland, where Santa lives. After Simon and his friend Elodie (Alexia Haudot) arrive in Finland, they find Santa, who takes them to his village and hears the whole story. Before a blink of the eye or tweak of the nose, Santa dashes off to Africa with his helper the good fairy to save Simon's parents from the clutches of a guerrilla group. Along the way some interesting characters make life difficult -- including an ogre (Dominique Hulin) near Santa's village who has a culinary preference for low-fat children. With a little enhancement of the below-par production values, this story might be all the more enchanting to an older and more discriminating set of little viewers. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Emeric Chapuis, Karen Cheryl, (more)
- 1982
Students with nothing better to do than hoodwink the authorities at their school provide the fodder for this film on the out-of-classroom antics of young adults as underchallenged as they are overprivileged. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michel Galabru, Marie Laforêt, (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)
- 1978
Nobody expects much of the goofy prankster who teaches at a public school. When his students get word of the principal's plan to get the troublesome teacher fired by having a school inspector observe the chaos in one of his classes, they band together to ensure that all the other classes in the school are comparatively much worse. The kids cheer when the teacher sells his novel and it becomes a best-seller. Their biggest cheers come when he finally woos the woman of his dreams. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Claude Jade, Henri Guybet, (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)
- 1975
The advertising business is the background for this drama about the struggles between a jaded old-timer (Bernard Blier) and his former employee (Francis Perrin), an idealistic young man who starts his own company and wants somehow to tell the truth about the products he is pushing. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bernard Blier, Francis Perrin, (more)
- 1968
Disenchanted teenagers reject adult authority and look for something to rebel against at school in this independent French film. The feature takes a satirical look at the lives of those who pretend to be disadvantaged socially and philosophically as the rebels try to find a cause. They end up being no more than what they appear, spoiled teens bored with their everyday lives and hoping for a reason to stage a mysterious revolution. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jacques Higelin, Brigitte Fontaine, (more)
