Director: Jean Becker (2010)
It’s the story of one of those improbable encounters that can change the course of one’s life: the encounter, in a small public garden, between Germain, fifty and barely literate, and Marguerite, a little old lady passionate about reading. Forty years and 220 pounds separate them. One day, purely by chance, Germain [...]
Director: Jean Becker (2003)
Lucien, a young boy in a provincial French town in the 1960s, is embarrassed by his schoolteacher father Jacques’ regular clown routines. However, Jacques’ best friend André reveals to Lucien the origin of his father’s performance, a tale of heroism and courage during the German occupation of WWII.
With: Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier, [...]
Director: Jean Becker (2001)
Jojo Braconnier and his wife Lulu can no longer stand each other. One day on TV, Jojo sees the famous defense lawyer Maurice Jacquard celebrate his twenty-fifth acquittal. Jojo is very impressed; unable to put up with his marriage any longer, he goes to see Jacquard and announces that he has killed [...]
Director: Jean Becker (1999)
In rural France in the 1930s, a group of people live a marginal life in the marshland outside a bourgeois town. Riton is a pleasant man, though too fond of the local wine, and his friend Garron is also good-hearted though has never quite recovered from World War I. The after-effects of [...]
Director: Jean Becker (2008)
Advertising executive Antoine is 42 and a pretty successful guy. He’s married to Cécile, has two kids, and lives in a nice house in the Paris suburbs where he gets on well with his neighbors. Of course, there’s his discreet affair with the beautiful Marion, but it’s nothing that could upset this [...]