Patrice Leconte — Director (10)
The Suicide Shop (2012) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Le Magasin des suicides
5.7 (6 ratings) director: Patrice Leconte actor: Bernard Alane / Isabelle Spade
other title: La bottega dei suicidi / A Loja dos Suicídios
In a cold French city where suicide is a common urge, there is a colorful shop, managed for many years by the Tuvache family, where it is very easy to obtain the necessary tools to satisfy the sinister desires of so many depressed citizens.
Lumière & Company (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Lumière et Compagnie
director: Francis Girod / David Lynch actor: Jeff Alperi / Romane Bohringer
other title: Lumière et Compagnie / Lumière e Companhia
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
The Hairdresser's Husband (1990) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
Le Mari de la coiffeuse
director: Patrice Leconte actor: Jean Rochefort / Anna Galiena
other title: Il marito della parrucchiera / O Marido da Cabeleireira
Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume, and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he had always known he would marry one, completing his idealized love fantasy.
Monsieur Hire (1989) [Movie] TMDB
Monsieur Hire
director: Patrice Leconte actor: Michel Blanc / Sandrine Bonnaire
other title: L'insolito caso di Mr. Hire / Die Verlobung des Monsieur Hire
M. Hire vit depuis des années dans le même appartement, ni pauvre ni riche. Il attend. Alice, qui loge dans un studio juste en face, se rend brusquement compte qu'il l'observe depuis des mois. Il sait tout d'elle et en tombe amoureux, alors qu'Alice est éprise d'Émile et prête à tout pour le protéger.
Intimate Strangers (2004) [Movie] TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
Confidences trop intimes
director: Patrice Leconte actor: Sandrine Bonnaire / Fabrice Luchini
other title: Confidenze troppo intime / Intime Fremde
Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. From appointment to appointment, a strange ritual is created between them. William is moved and fascinated to hear the secrets no man ever heard.
Ridicule (1996) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ridicule
director: Patrice Leconte actor: Charles Berling / Jean Rochefort
other title: O Ridículo / Ridicule - Von der Lächerlichkeit des Scheins
1996 film by Patrice Leconte
The Girl on the Bridge (1999) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
La Fille sur le pont
director: Patrice Leconte actor: Vanessa Paradis / Daniel Auteuil
other title: La ragazza sul ponte / Die Frau auf der Brücke
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.
The Laboratory of Fear (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le laboratoire de l'angoisse
director: Patrice Leconte actor: Marianne di Vettimo / Gotlib
other title: Le laboratoire de l'angoisse / Le Laboratoire de l'angoisse
All the researchers of the IMPS laboratory are males - with one exception : Mademoiselle Clara, Antoine, the cleaner, desperately yearns for. Night after night, when Clara is alone, going on with her experiments, the young man awkwardly manoeuvres with a view to declaring his flame. But the cold scientist remains unconcerned. In his trouble, Antoine regularly drops and breaks phials and other test tubes full of dangerous chemical products. He doesn't care when his skin gets into contact with acid. His heart burns too much for him to be able to feel the burning of his skin. And if he can't GIVE his hand to Clara will he really mind to... LOSE it ?
The Drummer of Ravel's Boléro (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le batteur du Boléro
director: Patrice Leconte actor: Jacques Villeret / Laurent Petitgirard
other title: Le batteur du Boléro / Bolero de Patrice Leconte
Probably no one in the public listening to the orchestra's rendition of Ravel's Bolero notices him but the drummer is a regular hero. For, although his mind is assailed by loads of unsettling thoughts and worries, he tries to keep the rhythm at any cost. He knows all too well that he falls out of time only once all the magic of the piece will vanish.
French Fried Vacation 2 (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Les Bronzés font du ski
director: Patrice Leconte actor: Thierry Lhermitte / Michel Blanc
other title: Sonne, Sex und Schneegestöber / Les Bronzés font du ski
In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.