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Philippe de Broca

Philippe de Broca

French film director (1933-2004)
March 15, 1933 (November 26, 2004)

Viper in the Fist

V.O.: Vipère au poing
Fr. 2004. Dramatic comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jules Sitruk, Catherine Frot, Jacques Villeret. In the 1920s, a kid from a penniless bourgeois family rebels against his authoritarian, cruel mother.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 2004. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Éric Métayer, Clémence Boué, Laurence Ashley. A lying, irresponsible journalist passes off his 13-year-old son from a previous marriage as his nephew.
Fr. 2002. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Roland Giraud, Bruno Slagmulder, Delphine Rich. To ensure that the only school in his village stays open, a mayor must take in a family whose father is a chronic klutz.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2001. Sentimental comedy by Philippe de Broca with Bruno Slagmulder, Élodie Navarre, Gérard Rinaldi. A campground janitor and a French fry vendor buy a DIY house that turns out to be impossible to assemble.
Fr. 2000. Fantasy comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Arielle Dombasle, Thylda Barès. Stranded in the Amazon jungle, an old French baroudeur joins a scientist to protect an extraterrestrial girl.
Runtime: 88 min.

On Guard!

V.O.: Le Bossu
Runtime: 128 min.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1995. Sentimental comedy by Philippe de Broca with Bernard Le Coq, Fanny Cottençon, Jean-Pierre Castaldi.
Runtime: 96 min.

The Green House

V.O.: Le Jardin des plantes
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1993. Mores comedy by Philippe de Broca with Patrick Chesnais, Isabelle Gélinas, Élisa Servier. A man and a woman set out together to find the couple formed by their respective former lovers.
Runtime: 78 min.

The Keys to Paradise

V.O.: Les Clés du paradis
Fr. 1991. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Gérard Jugnot, Pierre Arditi, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu. A famous novelist who is tired of his hectic life convinces his brother to swap their lives, jobs and wives.
Runtime: 100 min.

Sheherazade 1001 Nights

V.O.: Les 1001 nuits
Fr. 1989. Fantasy comedy by Philippe de Broca with Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Stéphane Freiss. In the year 1000, a slave sentenced to death by the Sultan obtains help from a genius exiled in twentieth century London.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1988. History by Philippe de Broca with Philippe Noiret, Sophie Marceau, Lambert Wilson. In 1793, children raised by a lord of Brittany find themselves on opposite sides of the Chouans uprising against Republican troops.
Runtime: 145 min.
Fr. 1985. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Claude Brasseur, Valérie Kaprisky, Clémentine Célarié. Experiencing problems with women, a banker falls in love with a Roma who leads him into various adventures.
Runtime: 92 min.
Can. 1984. Melodrama by Philippe de Broca with Margot Kidder, Ian Charleson, Victor Lanoux. In the nineteenth century, the tribulations of a wilful young woman who takes control of a cotton plantation.
Runtime: 126 min.
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-François Balmer. A woman comes to Africa for business and finds her ex-husband in a fight against ivory traffickers.
Runtime: 101 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1979. Police comedy by Philippe de Broca with Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Francis Perrin.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1978. Mores comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, Annie Girardot.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1977. Sentimental comedy by Philippe de Broca with Marlène Jobert, Jean-Claude Brialy, Alexandra Stewart. A banker is mixed up in spite of himself in a murder case by a young woman.
Runtime: 89 min.

Dear Detective

V.O.: Tendre Poulet
Fr. 1977. Police comedy by Philippe de Broca with Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric. While continuing her investigation into various murders of politicians, a police commissioner is courted by a Greek professor.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1975. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Julien Guiomar. After his release from prison, a con man is placed under the supervision of a social worker.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1973. Fantasy comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli. The author of a series of spy novels is inspired by his neighbour to create the character of his hero
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1972. Psychological drama by Philippe de Broca with Jeanne Moreau, Julian Negulesco, Yves Robert. A divorcee takes in a young Italian immigrant, who becomes her lover.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1971. Adventures by Philippe de Broca with Marlène Jobert, Michel Piccoli, Michael York. In the desert of Libya, during the last war, two men and a woman are being chased by the Germans who think they are spies.
Runtime: 116 min.
Fr. 1970. Dramatic comedy by Claude Berri with Claude Berri, Yves Robert, Henia Ziv. The son of a craftsperson, who is trying to break through as an actor and screenwriter, thinks of writing a film in which to give the lead to his father.
Runtime: 100 min.

Give Her the Moon

V.O.: Les Caprices de Marie
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Marthe Keller, Bert Convy, Philippe Noiret. To please his young French fianc
Fr. 1968. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Madeleine Renaud, Yves Montand, Marthe Keller. A destitute old marquise transforms her ancestral castle into a hotel.
Runtime: 94 min.

Voyage of Silence

V.O.: O Salto
Fr. 1967. Social drama by Christian de Chalonge with Marco Pico, Ludmila Mikaël, Antonio Passalia. Lured by the promises of a friend, a young Portuguese carpenter moves illegally to Paris where he experiences various setbacks.
Runtime: 86 min.

The Oldest Profession

V.O.: Le Plus vieux métier du monde
Fr. 1967. Sketches by Franco Indovina, Mauro Bolognini, Philippe de Broca, Michael Pfleghar, Claude Autant-Lara, Jean-Luc Godard with Michèle Mercier, Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau. Six stories of prostitutes taking place at different times.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1966. Fantasy comedy by Philippe de Broca with Alan Bates, Jean-Claude Brialy, Geneviève Bujold. During the First World War, a Scottish soldier arrives in a small town in France where only the residents of an insane asylum remain.
Runtime: 100 min.

Up to His Ears

V.O.: Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Jean Rochefort. A disillusioned rich man, who hired assassins to ""kill"" him, tries to escape them after falling in love.
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 94 min.

That Man from Rio

V.O.: L'Homme de Rio
Fr. 1964. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais. A soldier on leave goes to Brazil to find his missing fianc
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1962. Sketches by Jean Girault, Philippe de Broca, Jack Pinoteau with Francis Blanche, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl. The misadventures of the winners of various contests.
Runtime: 95 min.

Seven Capital Sins

V.O.: Les 7 Péchés capitaux
Runtime: 110 min.

Swords of Blood

V.O.: Cartouche
Fr. 1961. Adventures by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Odile Versois. The prowess of a whimsical and chivalrous bandit in the seventeenth century.
Runtime: 115 min.

The Joker

V.O.: Le Farceur
Fr. 1960. Fantasy comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Geneviève Cluny, Anouk Aimée. An original and seductive womanizer lives in the middle of a wacky family.
Runtime: 90 min.

Breathless

V.O.: À bout de souffle
Fr. 1960. Mores drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Van Doude. A deserter wanted by the police is denounced by his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Love Game

V.O.: Les Jeux de l'amour
Fr. 1959. Sentimental comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Geneviève Cluny, Jean-Louis Maury. A young Parisian antique dealer who wants a child tries to convince the man she loves to marry her.
Runtime: 86 min.

Handsome Serge

V.O.: Le Beau Serge
Fr. 1958. Mores drama by Claude Chabrol with Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont. A young man tries to rehabilitate his fallen, alcoholic friend.
Runtime: 105 min.

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