Christian Spillemaecker

Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin (2003)

A documentary on the making of Tchao Pantin (1983), featuring interviews with writer-director Claude Berri, novelist Alain Page, stars Richard Anconina, Mahmoud Zemmouri, Agnès Soral, cinematographer Bruno Nuytten and others. ...

Dead Tired (1994)

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually ...

Signé Furax (1981)

The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas. ...

Inspector Blunder (1980)

A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later. ...

Heart to Heart (1979)

The independently-minded daughter of lower-middle class French shopkeepers, Brigitte, one of three sisters, refused to marry the father of her child when she became pregnant. In this film, she reminisces about her family life beginning when she was about f ...

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine (1977)

Whilst King Gros Pif I amuses himself at debauched banquets, his musketeers pursue their tax-collecting duties with a malicious zeal. Goaded by the court jester (who is also the Queen's lover), the ministers decide to put an end to this regime and have the ...

Le Béret de la Tortue (2002)

The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent (1984)

An international intrigue with terrorists threatening to blow up the presidents of the most powerful countries. ...

So Long, Stooge (1983)

In the 18th Arrondissement of Paris, Lambert, an aloof garage manager working the night shift at a petrol station spends his time drinking on the job, content in his own company. One night, Bensoussan, a small-time drug pusher in dire straits falls in on a ...