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Yves Robert

Yves Robert

French director (1920-2002)
June 19, 1920 (May 10, 2002)
Fr. 1994. Dramatic comedy by Didier Grousset with Emmanuelle Riva, Yves Robert, Étienne Chicot.
Fr. 1993. Comedy by Yves Robert with Yves Robert, Miou-Miou, Jacques Perrin. The friendship between a forty-year-old single mother and a seventy-year-old man who are both trying to get their high school diplomas.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1992. Satire by Coline Serreau with Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit, Zabou Breitman. Fired from his job the same day his wife leaves him, a lawyer tries in vain to confide in friends and relatives.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1991. Comedy by Yves Robert with Jean Rochefort, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet. A veterinarian with a rather obliging temperament and his new girlfriend are constantly annoyed by the unexpected presence of all kinds of troublemakers.
Runtime: 98 min.

My Father's Glory

V.O.: La Gloire de mon père
Fr. 1990. Chronicle by Yves Robert with Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Julien Ciamaca. The adventures of an eleven-year-old boy who spends the summer vacation with his family in a house in the country.
Runtime: 108 min.

My Mother's Castle

V.O.: Le Château de ma mère
Fr. 1990. Dramatic comedy by Yves Robert with Julien Ciamaca, Nathalie Roussel, Philippe Caubère. A family on vacation in the country walks through several private properties to get to their house on a hill.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1988. War drama by Gérard Mordillat with Luc Thuillier, Marius Colucci, Julie Jézéquel. In 1959, a young French soldier sent to Algeria writes to his younger brother to tell him about the war he condemns.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Kast with Jean Sorel, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Mijou Kovacs.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1985. Crime drama by Gérard Mordillat with François Dunoyer, Élizabeth Bourgine, Yves Robert. The organizers of a rigged fight give a boxer two days to pay back the losses incurred as a result of his refusal to go along with their scheme.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1985. Police comedy by Stan Dragoti with Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Lori Singer. A young musician, mistaken for a super secret agent, is under constant surveillance.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1985. Chronicle by Yves Robert with Christian Clavier, Anaïs Jeanneret, Jean Carmet. In 1936, the life of the inhabitants of a Breton manor is disturbed by the arrival of workers on vacation.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1985. Chronicle by Yves Robert with Christian Clavier, Anaïs Jeanneret, Jean-Pierre Bouvier. While trying to find her summer acquaintances, a young bourgeois woman gets involved in social conflicts.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1984. Comedy by Yves Robert with Pierre Richard, Carey More, Jean-Pierre Kalfon. To woo a pair of twins, a seducer makes up a twin brother.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1983. Dramatic comedy by Claude Sautet with Yves Montand, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Villeret. The emotional tribulations of a former dancer turned waiter.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1982. Dramatic comedy by Élie Chouraqui with Francis Huster, Nicole Garcia, Charles Aznavour. A young filmmaker is inspired by his family background and his romantic experiences to write a screenplay.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1980. Psychological drama by Claude Sautet with Patrick Dewaere, Brigitte Fossey, Yves Robert.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 1980. Psychological drama by Alain Cavalier with Jean Rochefort, Camille de Casabianca, Arlette Bonnard.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1979. Sentimental comedy by Yves Robert with Jean Rochefort, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Leroy.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1978. Sentimental drama by Alain Cavalier with Isabelle Ho, Xavier Saint-Macary, Richard Bohringer. A young worker who wants to become a singer falls in love with a Eurasian woman maintained by a rich man.
Runtime: 92 min.

Woman in a Twilight Garden

V.O.: Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf
Bel. 1978. Psychological drama by André Delvaux with Marie-Christine Barrault, Rutger Hauer, Roger Van Hool.
Runtime: 108 min.

We Will All Meet in Paradise

V.O.: Nous irons tous au paradis
Fr. 1977. Comedy by Yves Robert with Jean Rochefort, Victor Lanoux, Danièle Delorme. The joys and troubles of four friends in their forties.
Runtime: 111 min.
Fr. 1976. Social drama by Jacques Fansten with Jacques Spiesser, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Robert. A police officer gains the trust of a young man and leads him to become an informer.
Runtime: 105 min.

Pardon My Affair

V.O.: Un Éléphant ça trompe énormément
Fr. 1976. Mores comedy by Yves Robert with Jean Rochefort, Danièle Delorme, Anny Duperey. The romantic difficulties of four forty-year-olds who are long-time friends.
Runtime: 108 min.

The Return of the Tall Blond Man

V.O.: Le Retour du grand blond
Fr. 1974. Police comedy by Yves Robert with Pierre Richard, Mireille Darc, Jean Rochefort. A secret service captain teams up with a concert violinist to prove the murderous guilt of one of his superiors.
Runtime: 81 min.

The Bit Player

V.O.: Salut l'artiste!
Fr. 1973. Mores comedy by Yves Robert with Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian, Jean Rochefort. The professional and romantic troubles of a second-rate actor.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1973. Satire by Gérald Calderon with Michael Lonsdale, Catherine Samie, Didier Kaminka. Childless spouses buy a blow-up doll and treat it like a living person.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1972. Psychological drama by Guy Gilles with Patrick Penn, Danièle Delorme, Nathalie Delon. A young drug addict dies of an overdose.
Runtime: 78 min.
Fr. 1972. Comedy by Yves Robert with Pierre Richard, Mireille Darc, Bernard Blier. A modest violinist is drawn into secret service disputes against his will.
Runtime: 90 min.

Money, Money, Money

V.O.: L'Aventure, c'est l'aventure
Fr. 1972. Adventures by Claude Lelouch with Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Charles Denner. The trials and tribulations of five crooks who have decided to pool their respective talents.
Runtime: 120 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. Comedy by Pierre Tchernia with Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Rosy Varte. A man has trouble taking possession of the property he bought as a life annuity from a sick elderly man.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Crook

V.O.: Le Voyou
Fr. 1970. Thriller by Claude Lelouch with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Christine Lelouch, Charles Denner. A man meticulously organizes the kidnapping of a bank employee's child and demands a ransom from the father's bosses.
Runtime: 120 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.

The Man With Connections

V.O.: Le Pistonné
Fr. 1970. Dramatic comedy by Claude Berri with Guy Bedos, Georges Géret, Yves Robert. In 1955, an aspiring actor is drafted into the army.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Yves Robert with Philippe Noiret, Martine Sarcey, Dany Carrel. Believing that he has seen the apparition of a saint, a lord undertakes a bold conversion.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Most Beautiful Month

V.O.: Le Mois le plus beau
Fr. 1968. Dramatic comedy by Guy Blanc with Georges Géret, Michel Galabru, Muriel Baptiste. The misadventures of a brave carpenter upon his return to his village after his demobilization.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1967. Comedy by Yves Robert with Philippe Noiret, Marlène Jobert, Paul Le Person. After the death of his domineering wife, a farmer indulges in a life of idleness.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Serge Korber with Jean Lefebvre, Dany Carrel, Bernard Blier. The adventures of a naive and simpleton peasant visiting Paris.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Jean L'Hôte with Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Yves Robert. Anecdotal chronicle of a schoolteacher's life in a French village in the 1930s.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1964. Burlesque by Yves Robert with Philippe Noiret, Pierre Mondy, Claude Rich. Seven old friends get together and decide to play a few dirty tricks.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1963. Comedy by Yves Robert with Martin Lartigue, Jacques Higelin, Jean Richard. A mischievous child causes problems for many people on a trip to Paris.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Passion of Slow Fire

V.O.: La Mort de Belle
Fr. 1961. Psychological drama by Édouard Molinaro with Jean Desailly, Alexandra Stewart, Monique Mélinand. Wrongly suspected of murder, a man ends up committing a crime.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1961. Mores comedy by Yves Robert with André Treton, Martin Lartigue, Michel Isella. Various conflicts cause a rivalry between the kids of two neighbouring villages.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Robert Lamoureux with Robert Lamoureux, Françoise Fabian, Michèle Mercier. A brilliant car salesperson is threatened with death by the husband of his mistress.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1960. Fantasy comedy by Yves Robert with Jean Richard, Sophie Desmarets, Marie-José Ruiz.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Carlo Rim with Darry Cowl, Yves Robert, Béatrice Altariba. After having gone through the war without too much trouble, a young man becomes a teacher in a college where he applies very personal educational methods.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1959. Mores comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Yves Robert. Two peasant families are at odds following incidents that occurred during the Franco-German war of 1870.
Runtime: 90 min.

Signed, Arsene Lupin

V.O.: Signé: Arsène Lupin
Fr. 1959. Police comedy by Yves Robert with Robert Lamoureux, Alida Valli, Roger Dumas. After being tricked by an accomplice, Ars?ne Lupin seeks to understand the mystery surrounding the theft of three paintings.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Yves Robert with Louis de Funès, Noëlle Adam, Moustache. A mischievous poacher is driving a small village's rural police officer to despair.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1957. Comedy by André Hunebelle with Micheline Presle, Yves Robert, Marthe Mercadier. After marrying a friend to a provincial cousin, a woman is wrongly convinced that the new husband is not happy in his marriage.
Runtime: 79 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Carlo Rim with Eddie Constantine, Jean Richard, Yves Robert. The adventures of the various members of a family of crooks.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1955. Dramatic comedy by René Clair with Gérard Philipe, Michèle Morgan, Jean Desailly. A dragoons lieutenant bets that he can seduce, in fifteen days, the woman that fate would designate.
Runtime: 104 min.

Joy of Loving

V.O.: Futures Vedettes
Fr. 1955. Mores drama by Marc Allégret with Jean Marais, Brigitte Bardot, Isabelle Pia. At the Vienna Conservatory, two young girls fall madly in love with their singing teacher.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1955. Burlesque by Claude Sautet with Henri Salvador, Annie Cordy, Jimmy Gaillard. A king has comedians kidnapped in order to cure his daughter's melancholy.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1954. Sentimental comedy by Yves Robert with Jean Bellanger, Jean-Marie Amato, Catherine Erard. A timid lover is unable to reveal his feelings to the one he loves.
Runtime: 72 min.
Fr. 1953. Comedy by Carlo Rim with Robert Lamoureux, Yves Robert, Geneviève Kervine. A young unlucky reporter regains confidence in himself by wearing an Egyptian fetish.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1951. Burlesque by Marcel Blistène with Maurice Baquet, Colette Darfeuil, Alexandre Rignault. The members of a family are looking for a treasure hidden by the grandfather.
Runtime: 89 min.

The Red Rose

V.O.: La Rose rouge
Fr. 1951. Burlesque by Marcello Pagliero with les frères Jacques, Yves Deniaud, Dora Doll. In a cellar of Saint-Germain-des-Pr?s, a famous movie star is looking for a partner for his next movie, among the artists of the cabaret.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1951. Poetic drama by Marcel Carné with Gérard Philipe, Suzanne Cloutier, Yves Robert. A young man who stole for his love interest, is imprisoned and escapes in dreams every night to the land of oblivion.
Runtime: 106 min.

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