Coluche
Also Known As: Michel Colucci
Biography: Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche, was a French stage comedian and cinema actor. He adopted Coluche as a stage name at age 26, when he began his entertainment career. He became known for his irreverent attitude towards politics and the establishment, and he incorporated this into much of his material. He was one of the first major comedians to regularly use profanities as a source of humor on French television. He also founded the charity "Les Restaurants du Coeur" which still provides free meals and other products to people in need. Colucci was born on 28 October 1944, just weeks after the Liberation of Paris, in a hospital in the 14th arrondissement of the city. His mother, Simone Bouyer (called "Monette"), worked as a florist in the Boulevard du Montparnasse. His father, Honorio Colucci, from Casalvieri in Lazio, Italy, was a painter and decorator. His father died in 1947 at age 31 from poliomyelitis; his wife struggled thereafter to raise the young Michel and his sister (Danièle, 18 months older than Michel) on a meagre salary. Coluche showed little promise at school, and left after completing his primary studies (June 1958). He tried various temporary jobs, and had several run-ins with authorities. During this time his mother bought him a guitar, which he taught himself to play. In 1964 he joined the 60th Infantry Regiment de Lons-le-Saunier, but was imprisoned for insubordination. On his return to civilian life, he worked in his mother's florist shop which she had been able to open on rue d'Aligre, and later in a larger shop which she opened near la Gare de Lyon. He found this work dull, and suddenly quit, which caused a long-lasting breach with his mother. At the end of the 1960s he tried his luck as a singer in cafes, then turned to comedy. In 1969, with Romain Bouteille he was present at the start of the Café de la Gare, meeting place of a group of young comedic actors practically all of whom were to become famous: Patrick Dewaere, Henri Guybet, Miou-Miou, Martin Lamotte, etc. Among the patrons of the Café de la Gare were Georges Moustaki, Raymond Devos, Jean Ferrat, Jacques Brel, Leni Escudero, Pierre Perret and Jean Yanne. Later they were joined by Gérard Lanvin, Renaud, Rufus, Diane Kurys, Coline Serreau, Anémone, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko and Gérard Jugnot. Coluche's first sketch C'est l'histoire d'un mec (It's the story of a guy) was about the difficulties of telling a funny story. He quickly found success, but alcohol problems forced him to leave the group. He went on to found another group, Le vrai chic parisien (The true Parisian chic) and it was then that he met his future wife, Véronique Kantor. They married in 1975 and had two sons, Marius and Romain Colucci. His behaviour and addictions forced him to leave the new group and launch his solo career. It was at this point that he began to dress in his well-known outfit of white tennis shoes, blue striped overalls, a bright yellow T-shirt and round glasses. He became famous with his parody of a TV game (Le Schmilblick). He was sacked by the radio stations Europe 1 and Radio Monte Carlo for vulgarity. ... Source: Article "Coluche" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: October 28, 1944
Deathday: June 19, 1986
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Gender: Male
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The Wing or the Thigh?
Overview: Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-10-27
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Inspector Blunder
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-12-03
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Coluche - Ses plus grands sketches
Overview: This kit contains 3 DVD coluche most of this great comedian. All sketches present on these DVDs are worthy of interest. Yet many memorable sketches are not and so I was somewhat disappointed when first viewing. These skteches have probably never been filmed as if it is just do not understand it is not present in this case which is supposed to meet his greatest sketches. This case is very interesting, but if you want the full coluche rather opt for the 7 CD box set which do not overlook sketch (80 skits on the CD case and only 41 on the DVD).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-11-07
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-12-13
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The Year 01
Overview: The film narrates a utopian abandonment, consensual and festive of the market economy and high productivity. The population decides on a number of resolutions beginning with "We stop everything" and the second "After a total downtime will be revived-reluctantly-that the services and products including lack will prove intolerable. Probably: water to drink, electricity for reading at night, the TSF to say "This is not the end of the world, this is an 01, and now a page of Celestial Mechanics". The implementation of these resolutions is the first day of a new era, Year 01. The Year 01 is emblematic of the challenge of the 1970s and covers such diverse topics as ecology, negation of authority, free love, communal living, rejection of private property and labor.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-22
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Good King Dagobert
Overview: King's Dagobert I intestinal and sexual problems loom large as he survives an attack on his royal caravan then barely makes it to Rome to personally give thanks to the Pope. After he arrives at the Vatican, he becomes involved in the battle between two contenders for the papacy and has to face the machinations of a ruthless Byzantine princess.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-08-22
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My Best Friend's Girl
Overview: The charming Pascal, owner of a clothing store in Courchevel, and the chubby and scruffy Micky, disc jockey in a nearby club, are best of friends. Pascal accumulates women, much to the chagrin of Micky, who is consoled of his failures by listening to his friend talk about his successes. Viviane arises, ravishing and icy, but she's seasonal. Pascal, sincerely in love, seduces her and then leaves. This is a dire situation for Micky: Pascal is far away and the beauty is so kind to him. Complications arise once Pascal returns.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-08-31
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Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Overview: In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-10-06
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Renaud, le Rouge et le Noir
Overview: French singer/songwriter Renaud comment and give his explanations about various video footage that have been made about him over the years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
Overview: A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-01-07
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Droit de Réponse
Overview: "Droit de Réponse" (Right of Reply) is a French debate program broadcast between December 12, 1981 and September 19, 1987 on the TF1 channel, presented by Michel Polac and produced by Maurice Dugowson. Broadcast live on a weekly basis, on Saturdays from 8.30 p.m., the right of reply has been the source of many controversies, due to the various speakers who have come to present their point of view on the show (which leads to famous scandals , remained in the memory of viewers), but also for the variety and relevance of the topics covered, which ensured the success of the program on the air for several years. On French television, this program is considered by some observers as a “pioneer program in terms of controversy-show or clash, in modern language”.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-12-12
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Banzaï
Overview: Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-03-23
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Troubleshooters
Overview: The day he is released from jail, Serge is expected by four killers sent by Count Charles Varèse assigned to make him confess where he has hidden the jewels stolen during his last stickup. On the other hand the police inspector who arrested him offers him protection on condition he gives him the same piece of information. Serge refuses and is about to be tortured by Varèse's henchmen when Michel, a friendly hood, comes to his rescue. His friendship will result in... a heap of corpses! —Guy Bellinger
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-04-07
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Le Maître d'école
Overview: After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-10-28
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La Ligne de démarcation
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-12-03
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Madman at War
Overview: A young psychiatrist struggles to remove an erratic captain from command at an Italian base in the Lybian desert during World War II.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-05-21
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Elle voit des nains partout !
Overview: La reine de France meurt en couche. Elle met au monde un petite fille prénommée Blanche-neige. Le roi deçu de n'avoir pas un fils est résolu à faire disparaître sa progéniture mais c'est sans compter sur la protection de nombreux personnages de la littérature enfantine : les fées, Tarzan, Robin des Bois ou d'autres encore...
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-04-07
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Fous rires sur les ondes
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Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-02-17
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So Long, Stooge
Overview: 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 stolen moped pretending to need a spark plug. The two men develop an unlikely friendship.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-12-20
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The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
Overview: An international intrigue with terrorists threatening to blow up the presidents of the most powerful countries.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-11-28
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You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
Overview: 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 King locked up. Hearing the news, the famous Chevalier Blanc comes to his rescue. Aided by the knight and his cousin Lucienne, the King flees to Flanders, where he devises a scheme to win him back the throne of France...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-10-19
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Coluche - Le jeu de la vérité
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-12-04
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Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-02-26
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Drôles de familles
Overview: When comedians draw on the family to make people laugh, everyone is concerned. This documentary looks at everything that is horrifying or hilarious in the family: from the "new generation" fathers to the dictates of the perfect mother, as well as the taboos of parenthood, unmanageable teenagers, and unbearable mothers-in-law.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-03-03
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Overview: A mental journey - historical, political, musical and metaphysical - in contemporary times, from the Sixties until nowadays.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-13
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The Man with Connections
Overview: 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 in Paris. When the connections fall through, Claude is sent for basic training outside Paris before being shipped off to Algeria. His stops in Morocco and Algeria are uneventful as far as military action goes. He returns home with few bad memories of his army life ...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-04-15
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All Mixed Up
Overview: After the death of her little boy, Anita wants to take her own life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-03-19
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Drôles de zèbres
Overview: Two unemployed men, heavily in debt due to losses at the racetrack, are hired by a criminal mastermind to harass the guests of a hotel he hopes to purchase at a below-market price in order to access a tunnel below the building that leads directly to a nearby bank.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-03-22
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Coluche : Un Clown ennemi d'État
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Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-11-14
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L'Âge d'or de la pub
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-02
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Les Rois du gag
Overview: Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous television comics, Gaëtan, finds himself in the little theater where Paul and François produce themselves under the name of "Gagsters".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-03-12
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Signé Furax
Overview: The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-04-01
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 3 & 4)
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Original Language: fr
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Du Schmilblick aux Restos du Cœur, la folle histoire de Coluche
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-05-23
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Mosaïque
Overview: Broadcast from 1977 to 1987 on FR3, every Sunday morning, for 1h30, Mosaïque is a variety show with a set where music groups from the countries of origin of immigration perform, and which broadcasts reports on these countries and on immigrants who live in France. When it was created, it aimed to promote the cultures of origin of immigrants, but also to make them better known to the rest of the population. However, the program was never financed by public television which considers that it was aimed at a specific audience and was therefore not part of a public service mission. It received financial support from the Ministry of Labor, through its subsidy to the National Office for the Cultural Promotion of Immigrants, ONPCI (later becoming Information Culture and Immigration, ICEI, in 1977, then Agency for the Development of Intercultural Relations , ADRI). , in 1982).
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-12-26
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Coluche - Quand je serai grand je serai con - Vol 1 & 2
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-11-27
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Overview: In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
Genres: History Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-01-07
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Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai
Overview: The life and career of French novelist and journalist François Cavanna, his leading role in the invention of satirical press in France and foundation of 'Hara Kiri' and 'Charlie hedbo' newspapers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-06-17
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The Big Store
Overview: Four guys working for a small grocer in trouble, declare war on a new giant neighborhood supermarket by attempting several coups. A film about the big store taking over the business of smaller stores.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-09-06
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Coluche, l'ami public numéro un
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-09-19
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Coluche : C'est pour rire
Overview: Funny, unifier, subversive, Coluche was much more than a comedian. This show recorded at the Elysée Montmartre in 1976 brings together the greatest sketches of the comedian with a big heart: the cop, the poem, the cancer or the hitchhiker will make you laugh! A show that has remained in the annals thanks to the famous scene where Coluche tried to play "Le temps des cerises" on the violin... with boxing gloves!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Coluche, la France a besoin de toi
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-06-16
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Coluche - Quand je serai grand je serai con - Vol 1
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-11-27
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Coluche - Quand je serai grand je serai con - Vol 2
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-11-27
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Les 60 ans du one-man-show
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-01-31
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Journal Bête Et Méchant Presente: Hara-Kiri N°1
Overview: French magazine
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-01
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-10-13
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Coluche : le bouffon devenu roi
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-04-08
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Le mieux du mieux de Coluche
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-05-16
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Themroc
Overview: Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and begins acting like an urban, modern-day Neanderthal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-22
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10 mai 1981 : Changer la vie ?
Overview: Fourty years ago, in May 1981, with François Mitterrand's election, some people were letting themselves dream about a better life while others were predicting the coming of soviet tanks upon the Champs-Élysées. If we gladly remember the turning point of austerity in 83, there were also the wage rises, the fifth week of paid leave, the abolition of death penalty, the decriminalisation of homosexuality, or the advent of independent radio stations. Rare archives and accounts by those who were at the heart of this story give an overview of it and shed light on lesser-known aspects.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-05-11
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Coluche, une époque formidable
Overview: Documentary on the French comedian, actor, humanitarian and legend Coluche.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-06-11
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Coluche, les plus grands sketchs
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Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-06-20
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Donkey Skin
Overview: A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-12-20
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Restos du Cœur, 40 ans de solidarité en France
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-11-19
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