Philippe Noiret

Alexandre, a young and honest farmer under the yoke of an authoritarian wife, works around the clock in the fields. When she dies in a car accident, it's a holiday for Alexandre.

Un patético jefe de policía, humillado por todos los que lo rodean, de repente quiere hacer borrón y cuenta nueva y recurre a medios drásticos para ello.

Un policía veterano y algo corrupto enseña a su joven compañero el arte de los sobornos. El novato resulta ser un alumno brillante, y pronto supera al maestro.

Un cineasta recuerda su infancia al enamorarse de las imágenes en el cine de su pueblo natal y forma una profunda amistad con el proyeccionista del cine.

Seven pals decide to take a few days'holidays to free up the time necessary to pull three enormous pranks. Their aim is to ridicule three established bodies: the army, the church and the administration. Quite arbitrarily, they set their hearts on two peaceful sub-prefectures, Ambert and Issoire. Broudier, disguised as a government minister, turns up at the barracks, demands and obtains the organization of night maneuvers. The following day, Bénin, dressed up as a reverend, preaches in the cathedral of Issoire a sermon against the precepts of the Church. As for Lesueur, he disturbs the inauguration of the statue of Vercingétorix by an MP. But the holidays are over. The seven of them can'r part without a last joke...

A Watchmaker finds out one day that his son has become a murderer. He tries to understand for whom and why.

Intenso estudio de caracteres de varios hombres y mujeres arrastrados por una abrumadora obsesión con el pasado.

Was it a miracle? Or was it some kind of bad joke?

Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.

Una joven sexualmente aventurera se acerca a Antonio, un restaurador de arte italiano que trabaja en una catedral de Francia. Antonio se resiste a involucrarse con ella, pero más tarde descubre que fue violada y asesinada.

An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career.

A shy thirty year old woman and an aging bachelor find a way to each other, after initial complications.

Un grupo de hombres va a un pueblo de la campiña francesa, donde deciden comerse a sí mismos hasta la muerte.

Three men face their mother's death.

The ruined Baron Philippe de Sigognac, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors. Attracted by Isabelle, and by the enthusiasm of his acting companions, he joins the troupe.

Elena lives in a villa in Tuscany with multiple female relatives. When her former husband comes back to visit, family disagreements seem to unravel.

The film is divided into four episodes that blends sex and comedy.

Businessman Victor Hardy (Noiret) wants to buy the entire area around the small village of Cabosse. He claims that he wants to return to nature, but he also intends to profit by selling the water from the village fountain, which is reputed to enhance longevity. However old farmer Mathieu and his sons (all played by Bourvil) don't want to sell...

Giovanni Drogo es asignado a la antigua fortaleza fronteriza de Bastiani, donde espera un ataque inminente de los temibles tártaros nómadas.

Left heartbroken by the death of his beloved wife, a rich banker tries to commit suicide. When he learns from his former maid that his wife was unfaithful he fakes his own death and comes back under a new identity

With the background of the XX century Italian history, Carlo, a retired teacher, traces the vicissitudes of his family.

Quantin lives with his family in a village near the Swiss border. He is increasingly anxious that he has received no news from his eldest daughter, Marie-Louise, who went to Lyon to find work as a hairdresser.