Claude Piéplu

L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)

55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Over the next three decades, thousands of creative little films would seduce and build our collective memory. Kitschy or cult spots, humor, slogans, ...

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox (2022)

The amazing story of the animograph, a machine created in France in the sixties by the cartoonist and self-taught inventor Jean Dejoux (1922-2015), whose creation was intended to revolutionize the animation industry. ...

Les Shadoks (Édition intégrale) (2007)

Les Shadoks, mythe ou légende ? (2000)

Documentary on the French phenomenon in celebration of a reboot of the series. ...

Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999)

Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar ...

Les paradoxes de Buñuel (1998)

Famed film director Luis Bunuel (1900-1983) is the subject of this French documentary, with anecdotal interviews edited thematically into sections highlighting Bunuel's contradictions --"Surrealist and Moralist," "Iconoclast and Traditionalist," "Sadist an ...

Should Not!... (1996)

Bernard, an executive for a big company, tries to get home in time for his wedding but is caught in the middle of a mass suicide. He saves a sect member who then follows him like a puppy, and is chased by the sect leaders, two over-the-top crooks with bloa ...

The Voyage of Penelope (1996)

Maxime and Paulo are two young men in their very early twenties. Maxime is spending his summer holidays with his parents in a camping resort, which he hates, and Paulo is working in the nearest cafeteria. They hope to win a cruise to Bora-Bora by collectin ...

Le Groom (1995)

D 14 (1995)

A visitor goes to an administrative service to obtain a domiciliation certificate. It is received by an employee, visibly refractory, who multiplies the requests for forms to put together the file... ...

Les Faussaires (1994)

This comedy was shot in Tahiti. It focuses on the rocky relationship between Cohn, a local con man, and author Jack Baker who wants to profile Paul Gauguin in an upcoming book. Cohn, an obnoxious crook and pathological liar originally from Paris, has been ...

Le Silence du cœur (1994)

After losing her husband and finding herself alone with her son, a woman learns the cause of her mother's death when she was seven years old. ...

Casque bleu (1994)

Winegrower Patrick Ponsac comes close to ruining his marriage when he has an affair with another woman. By way of atonement, he takes his wife back to the Mediterranean island where, 13 years earlier, they spent their honeymoon. Not such a good move, as it ...

Dynamic Vienne (1994)

Discover the Vienne département in a fairytale experience and your guide on this tourist trip will be a tree. ...

Après après-demain (1990)

In this romantic comedy, Paul, a good-looking gym teacher, falls hopelessly in love with Isabelle a very busy, professional fashion designer whose response to him runs both hot and cold, driving him to distraction. ...

Suivez cet avion (1989)

A perfectly innocent computer jockey becomes the prime suspect in a bank robbery. Among the tribulations he must suffer is that the real culprit is his landlady. Another source of suffering for the poor man is his extremely strong-willed mother, whose want ...

Un coupable (1988)

The young Ali, a second year law student, gets caught up in a student demonstration. The situation escalates, a cop is injured and witnesses designate Ali, of Arabic origin, as guilty. ...

Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon (1986)

This slice-of-life drama about an elderly couple and their estranged son covers twenty-four fateful hours that begin with the usual daily routine for the retired pair of former teachers (Micheline Presle and Claude Pieplu). Then their son telephones to say ...

The Nonentity (1986)

Each evening, four men – a doctor, a journalist, a professor and a merchant – meet up in a deserted bar to play cards. As they play, the bar's owner, her downtrodden barman (nicknamed "le paltoquet") and a strange woman in white watch from a distance. ...

La Galette du roi (1986)

In this conventional, broadly comic farce of greed and royal matrimony, nearly bankrupt businessman Victor Harris is marrying Maria-Helena, a princess who comes with a dowry that is made up of one half of her island kingdom. Her father, the cowardly King A ...

The Blood (1982)

Is it necessary to understand the moral concepts of solidarity and generosity linked with donating blood? Is it possible to show the crudely impersonal world of specialized medicine? An explanation of what blood is, what it is for, and how it is used. ...

The King and the Mockingbird (1980)

A young shepherdess and a chimneysweep plan to get married and escape the clutches of a tyrannical king in love with her, assisted by the guile of a cheeky mockingbird, the king's archenemy. ...

Un habit pour l'hiver (1979)

These Kids Are Grown-Ups (1979)

When a real-estate promoter attempts to take over the homes of two electronics whizzes and boot them out, they contrive ingenious ways to inconvenience and harass him. By pooling their knowledge, they are able to pull off a crucial robbery using a very spe ...

Le Pion (1978)

Humiliated and down on his luck, a superintendent turns his life around when he decides to write a book. ...

Sugar (1978)

Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits. ...

Take It from the Top (1978)

Tired of being a housewife, Annie wants to work. Between her professional life and her responsibilities as a parent, she can no longer cope. She decides to leave and starts writing a memoir of her life... ...

Surprise Sock (1978)

Following a car accident, four men find themselves in the hospital, where they sow discord. Meanwhile, their wives take full advantage of their newfound freedom. ...

Et vive la liberté ! (1978)

Their feats of arms in Africa are worth to Phil, Jeannot and Gerard to be sent on a special mission in Algeria. Held captive by the Fellaghas, they manage to escape and are congratulated. ...

Le Rabat-joie (1978)

Tell Her That I Love Her (1977)

Industrious accountant David Martinaud claims to be visiting his parents every weekend, but it's merely a cover for the labor-intensive refurbishing of his country cottage. The reason for David's secrecy is that his childhood crush, Lise, lives nearby, and ...

The Centipede Is Tap Dancing (1977)

When they get wind that Herman Goering wants the Venus de Milo statue removed from the Louvre and added to his private collection of stolen artworks, three Frenchmen decide to take action. ...

The Apprentice Heel (1977)

After a car accident in which his mother dies, Antoine Chapelote decides to change his life and become a con-artist. He meets a young girl Caroline who helps him with his scam. ...

The Tenant (1976)

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia. ...

The Probability Factor (1976)

Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial tables to calculate the most common means of death, he cleverly prepares the family bathroom and brings about h ...

The Best Way to Walk (1976)

In 1960, Marc and Philippe are counselors at a summer camp in the French countryside. One night, Marc finds Philippe dressed and made up as a woman, and from now on, he will keep on humiliating Philippe. ...

Femmes Fatales (1976)

Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires t ...

Cookies (1975)

Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle), an umbrella salesman, leads a quiet life between his work, his family and his passion for painting. During his many business trips, Henri indulges in a few amorous escapades, which provide a welcome change from the tires ...

It's Tough for Everybody (1975)

After losing his job, an idealistic adman starts his own agency, putting himself in the crosshairs of his jaded ex-boss. ...

Special Section (1975)

In Nazi-occupied France, a German officer is assassinated. The Germans demand justice, and the Vichy government is quick to capitulate. Unable to apprehend the actual culprits, Minister of Justice Joseph Barthélémy decides the execution of token Frenchme ...

I'm Losing My Temper (1974)

Pierre is a clumsy, overly serious math teacher at an all-girls high school. His life is thrown into chaos after encountering a beautiful British actress and the paparazzi that follow her around. ...

The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent pr ...

A Cloud in the Teeth (1974)

Malisard is a reporter at "Soir de Paris", his colleague Prévot is a photographer. Together, they roam the streets of Paris. ...

Gross Paris (1974)

Bernard, a journalist, and his friend Jules, a butcher by trade, are both passionate about horse racing. ...

La Gueule de l’emploi (1974)

Jacques and Jean-Claude, unemployed actors, start experimenting with various creative petty scams to get by. More and more daring, with the help of Anne, a charming young girl, they blackmail the rich and influential in a different way. ...

Going Places (1974)

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it's cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, pass ...

By the Blood of Others (1974)

In a little French town everything goes on as usual and people seem friendly and good-natured, until the day two women arrive from Paris. A man gets off the same bus, and that very night he seizes the two women and asks for the most beautiful woman in town ...

Prêtres interdits (1973)

No overview found. ...

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)

In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slima ...

Défense de savoir (1973)

When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. Laubret, the court-appointed defense lawyer, does everything in his power to expose the truth. ...

Wedding in Blood (1973)

In a small French town, the mayor discovers his wife is cheating on him, a betrayal that eventually leads to murder. ...

The Suburbs Are Everywhere (1973)

He is a sales rep. She is a secretary. They live in the suburbs but she works in Paris. They don't see much of each other and spend much of their time in commuter trains. They try desperately to change job locations to be more often together, but... The pl ...

Sex Shop (1972)

On the advice of a friend, Claude, married to the charming Isabelle and father of two, decided to transform his library, hardly flourishing, into a sex shop. This change of activity proves to be very lucrative and sharpens his desire to spice up his marrie ...

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

In Luis Buñuel's deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined. ...

The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow (1971)

Victor, grocer and tyrannical boss, never stops telling his family about his seafaring past, although they never believe him. When his nephew wins a model-boat contest and is commissioned to build a full-scale boat, Victor tries to make his mark. ...

La Lucarne magique (1971)

This variety show, with its new concept, is presented as a musical comedy. Having formed an orchestra, a group of young people perform in the courtyards of an old Parisian neighborhood, hoping to earn some money. But no one listens to them. All the tenants ...

The Man with Connections (1970)

Following "The Two of Us", Claude is now 21 years old. Content with his life, he has a girlfriend Tania and he aspires to become an actor. When he receives his draft notice, a friend convinces Claude he can get out of military service with his connections ...

Hibernatus (1969)

Hubert de Tartas' life becomes a complete muddle when his wife's grandfather is unearthed after having spent 65 years in frozen hibernation in the polar circle. After being de-frosted, the Hibernating Man believes it is still the beginning of the century. ...

The Fighting Cock (1969)

A sleeping car employee seeking a well-deserved rest is prevented from doing so by the crowing of his neighbor's rooster. Just as he's about to settle the score, he's presented with a gift: a rubber band around the annoying bird's beak temporarily puts an ...

Clerambard (1969)

When a cruel man is visited by Saint Francis and convinced to change his ways, his family believes him to be insane and locks him away in order to sell his beloved castle ...

The Devil by the Tail (1969)

In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of the sabotaged cars belongs to a bank robber. The hotel staff wants the robber out, but they also want to kee ...

Woman in Chains (1968)

Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of surprising works. His newest acquisition is a sculpture by Gilbert, whose wife Josée is captivated by Stanislas. But unbeknownst to her, Stanislas is amassing photogr ...

Spray of the Days (1968)

Chick fell in love with Alise because of a shared passion for writer Jean-Sol Partre who gradually devoured their relationship. Soon after, Colin, the main character, also falls in love with a young girl, Chloe, but after their marriage she soon suffers fr ...

The Man in the Buick (1968)

Mr Jo, nicknamed "the man with the Buick", is the darling of the small town of Honfleur. But he is in fact a trafficker with a bad reputation who would like to forget about his past, now limiting himself to smuggling rubies under the cover of a charitable ...

Diabolically Yours (1967)

A wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife and that he is not the man people keep telling him he is. ...

If I Were a Spy (1967)

A medical doctor gets into trouble when one of his patients turns out have been involved in espionage (maybe). ...

Your Money or Your Life (1966)

Pétepan learns that his money has been lost by Robinhoude brothers.He asks his assistants to withdraw his amount from the bank. ...

Les Pieds dans le plâtre (1965)

A butcher's boy, in love with the daughter of one of his neighbors, a penniless baron, finds himself in financial difficulties as he begins construction of a building on the land he has inherited. ...

The Buddies (1965)

Seven old pals live inseparable lives, dividing their time between hilarious pranks and memorable drinking bouts. Bénin is the mastermind, Broudier the enforcer and Lesueur the prankster. One evening, a grandiose plan was hatched: to wreak havoc in two pe ...

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964)

The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire ...

A Mouse with the Men (1964)

Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Francis leaves his home, loving wife and adorable daughter, ...

Cherchez l'idole (1964)

After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on returning to the music shop he discovers that the precious instrument has just been sold! The problem is complicated by the fact that five stars all bought the same m ...

Let's Rob the Bank (1964)

Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself shamelessly robbed by the bank; it seems only fa ...

Le temps des copains (1963)

Three young students, who met on the train, arrive in Paris and decide to find accommodation together. ...

How to Succeed in Love (1962)

Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer. Having lost his own situation, he joins Editions du Soleil thanks to his friend Marcel's manuscript "Comme ...

The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)

The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a str ...

The Burning Court (1962)

A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off. ...

A Man Named Rocca (1961)

Roberto goes to Marseilles to give a hand to his friend Xavier, wrongly imprisoned following a frame-up organized by his associate Villanova. Roberto sets out to seduce Villanova's mistress, but when Villanova is killed, Roberto ends up leader of the band. ...

The American Beauty (1961)

Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters ...

Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)

The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity, 4 - Marriage, 5 - Adultery, 6 - Divorce, 7 - The Single Woman. ...

It Happened All Night (1960)

Michel Ferréol reluctantly meets up with an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco. Michel didn't like Antoine much when they were at school and tries to get away by making an excuse. He changes his mind when Antoine introduces him to his wife, a beautiful bru ...

The Boss (1960)

Pursued by a rival gang after a violent robbery, Toni escapes with nearly thirty million francs. On the train to Paris, to avoid arousing suspicion, he has no choice but to threaten an honorable philosophy professor, Justin Mignonnet, with his gun, so that ...

Adorables démons (1957)

Annibal Onnis, a good man and major laundry manufacturer, has his wife's necklace stolen by a young starlet, Regina Rex, who has tried to seduce him. He hires two private detectives, Willis Sr. the father, and Willis Jr. the son, to track down the young wo ...

What the East Wind Saw (1954)

Clarisse cheats on her husband with a vain insurance agent. Zamore, the cuckold (and a magician) wouldn't let his wife be stolen so easily. Poiret and Serrault play the rivals in this twisted love story. A poetic absurd fantasy. ...

Man to Men (1948)

The story of the Swiss soldier, Henri Dunant, who was responsible for the founding of the Red Cross, and who was offered the first Nobel Peace Prize. ...