Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema > Comedy: 611 Films to Buy & Rent
Junk Mail (1997)
- Dir. Pal Sletaune
Feat. Robert Skjaerstad, Andrine Saether, Per Egil Aske
- A sex–obsessed, surly postman tampers with the mail, stalks pretty girls and steals erotic letters from his delivery sack, one of which leads…
Le Bonheur Est Dans Le Pre (Happiness Is in the Field) (1997)
- Dir. Etienne Chatiliez
Feat. Michel Serrault, Carmen Maura
- The director of TATIE DANIELLE puts a sly new twist on that most reliable of French film conceits – the 'imposter' genre.
Grouchy…
Ma Vie En Rose (1997)
- Dir. Alain Berliner
Feat. George Du Fresne, Michele Laroque, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey…
- Confusion envelops an idyllic French suburban household when their youngest son starts believing he is a little girl. Solemn regard for themes of…
On Connait la Chanson (Same Old Song) (1997)
- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azema, Jean-Pierre Bacri…
- A winner of seven Cesar awards, this light–hearted homage to Dennis Potter applies his musical–cinematic ideas to the…
Shall We Dance? (Shall We Dansu?) (1997)
- Dir. Masayuki Suo
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari
- Happiness eludes a successful Japanese salaryman, so he plucks up the courage to attend dance lessons. Hugely popular home and international hit got…
Three Men and a Leg (1997)
- Dir. Aldo , Giovanni , Giacomo
Feat. Aldo , Giovanni , Giacomo
- Slapstick magic from favourite Italian comic trio, Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, this frantic yet first rate farce was naturally a box–office…
Western (1997)
- Dir. Manuel Poirier
Feat. Sergi Lopez, Sacha Bourdo
- Soulfully transposing the conventions of the Western to the forlorn landscapes of modern–day Brittany, this road movie owes equal allegiance to…
Would I Lie to You? (1997)
- Dir. Thomas Gilou
Feat. Richard Anconina, Vincent Elbaz, Bruno Solo
- In a Jewish rag–trade district of Paris, an affable street kid maintains the ruse of being Jewish to financial, social and romantic advantage.…
Autumn Sun (Sol de otoƱo) (1996)
- Dir. Eduardo Mignogna
Feat. Frederico Luppi, Norma Aleandro
- Argentine drama following a Jewish woman who pretends to be in a relationship with a Jewish man from Uruguay (Frederico Luppi, CRONOS) to appease her…
Beaumarchais (1996)
- Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain
- Wigs and quippery at the ready, this is 18th century French history conceived in vivacious strokes of social satire and perfumed with a savoury wit,…