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Jacques Mathou
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Jacques Mathou

French actor
Fr. 2011. Dramatic comedy by Patrice Leconte with Pauline Lefevre, Nicolas Giraud, Clément Sibony. Escaping from her abusive spouse, a young woman goes to the sea with two mechanic brothers, one of whom is heartbroken.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 2008. Comedy by Patrice Leconte with Benoît Poelvoorde, Olivia Bonamy, Jacques Mathou. A failed actor drags the contestants from his village to a beauty contest that is invariably won by the prettier girls from the rival ski resort.
Runtime: 85 min.

My Best Friend

V.O.: Mon meilleur ami
Fr. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Patrice Leconte with Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Julie Gayet. Accused of being unsociable by his relatives, an art dealer bets on finding a best friend.
Runtime: 94 min.

It's Our Life!

V.O.: La Vie est à nous!
Fr. 2005. Comedy by Gérard Krawczyk with Sylvie Testud, Josiane Balasko, Eric Cantona. In a Savoyard village, the rivalry between two shopkeepers is exacerbated by a truckers' strike.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2004. Crime drama by Marc Angelo with Isabel Otero, Laurent Gamelon, Joël Zaffarano. While investigating the murder of a dentist, a police commissioner becomes interested in the victim's sister, a modest cashier, who seems to carry a heavy secret.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 2003. Crime drama by Luc Béraud with Julie Debazac, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Natacha Lindinger. A young woman uncovers a scandal involving a biological research laboratory.
Runtime: 190 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1992. Satire by Patrice Leconte with Thierry Lhermitte, Richard Bohringer, Philippe Noiret. Six years after acquitting an airman accused of killing his wife, a judge forces him to kill his nephew's wife.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1991. Comedy by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro with Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marie-Laure Douniac. In a ravaged suburb, a young janitor befriends the daughter of the disturbing butcher who owns the building.
Runtime: 99 min.

The Hairdresser's Husband

V.O.: Le Mari de la coiffeuse
Fr. 1990. Mores comedy by Patrice Leconte with Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Maurice Chevit. Fascinated by hairdressers since his childhood, a man marries one of them and spends his time observing her.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1989. Police comedy by François Leterrier with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Jean-Claude Bolle Reddat. Back in her native village, a Breton woman investigates the suspicious death of an individual who claimed to have seen ghosts.
Runtime: 83 min.

Roselyne and the Lions

V.O.: Roselyne et les lions
Fr. 1989. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Jacques Beineix with Isabelle Pasco, Gérard Sandoz, Philippe Clévenot. Chased out of the zoo where they learned to train wild animals, two youngsters hit the road in search of a circus where they can showcase their talents.
Runtime: 134 min.
Fr. 1989. War drama by Jean-Loup Hubert with Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert, Julien Hubert. At the end of the Second World War, two kids trying to reach their mother in Lyon get involved with a German army deserter.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1988. Police comedy by François Leterrier with Dominique Lavanant, André Penvern, Roger Mirmont. A simple secretary at the Ministry of the Navy is entrusted with a top-secret mission that takes her to her native village in Brittany.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1986. Mores drama by Gérard Krawczyk with Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jacques Villeret, Pauline Lafont. Despite the neighbours' envy, a man decides to settle with his girlfriend in the family house where his brother lives.
Runtime: 102 min.

Betty Blue

V.O.: 37°2 le matin
Fr. 1986. Mores drama by Jean-Jacques Beineix with Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon. An impulsive young woman tries in vain to find a publisher for the manuscript of her friend with whom she has a passionate love affair.
Runtime: 121 min.
Fr. 1985. Crime drama by Maurice Pialat with Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina. A police commissioner falls in love with the mistress of a drug trafficker he recently arrested.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 1984. Psychological drama by Pierre Zucca with Philippe Léotard, Laetitia Léotard, Jérôme Zucca. A teenage girl takes advantage of one of her father's many absences to discover his true personality.
Runtime: 100 min.

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