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Patrice Leconte - what members say

The Girl On The Bridge review by from Cardiff, Wales

Short and Sweet 28 June 2004
...This charming little film from Patrice Leconte is driven by an innovative script and bolstered by some fantastic black and white cinematography. Paradis and Auteuil produce a ... Read customer review

L'Homme Du Train review by A customer from London

Magnetic 16 December 2003
...Directed by Patrice Leconte (Girl on the Bridge) this film is about two men Johnny Hallyday and Jean Rochefort who meet in a quiet small town. Hallyday arrives for a bank job ... Read customer review

Intimate Strangers review by philjb from Worcs

An intelligent and absorbing film 9 September 2005
...nding as several plausible scenarios could have been used. However, Director Patrice Leconte has created an intelligent and absorbing film based on a flimsy but original st... Read customer review

Patrice Leconte - filmography

My Best Friend on DVD (2006)
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Julie Gayet, Dany Boon
Director: Patrice Leconte
Certificate:
Catherine (Gayet), refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable François (Auteuil), has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. Scrambling to find someone willing to pose as his best pal, Francois enlists the services of a charming taxi driver (Boon) to play ..read more »

63% from 7,185 members

Intimate Strangers on DVD (2003)
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini
Director: Patrice Leconte
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She confused him for a therapist and told him her deepest secrets. Now, two people who never should have met are discovering there's nothing more seductive than the truth.

57% from 3,768 members

L'Homme Du Train on DVD (2002)
Starring: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean Rochefort
Director: Patrice Leconte
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This quaint and amusing tale from director Patrice Leconte pairs Milan (Johnny Hallyday), a nomadic urban cowboy, with Manesquier (Jean Rochefort), a reserved and very settled curmudgeon. The two meet on the train in a French suburb, and before long the overly trusting Manesquier has invited Milan ..read more »

67% from 4,772 members

La Veuve De Saint-Pierre (2000)
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Michel Duchaussoy, Marc Beland
Director: Patrice Leconte
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This dark drama explores a true tale set in 1850 on the isolated French-Canadian island of St. Pierre. Yugoslav director Emir Kustirica makes a fabulous acting debut as Neele August, an illiterate fisherman who brutally murders his ex-fishing captain in a night of drunken revelry. Sentenced to ..read more »

67% from 3,127 members
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The Girl On The Bridge on DVD (1999)
Starring: Vanessa Paradis, Mireille Mosse, Bernice Cortez
Director: Patrice Leconte
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In his magical, erotic eighteenth feature, French director Patrice Leconte (RIDICULE, MONSIEUR HIRE) captivates viewers from the first elegant black and white frame. In the prologue, fragile beauty Adele (Vanessa Paradis) recounts her wayward, sadly promiscuous past in a comically matter-of-fact ..read more »

68% from 5,099 members

Ridicule on DVD (1996)
Starring: Fanny Ardant, Charles Berling, Bernard Giraudeau
Director: Patrice Leconte
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During the pre-revolutionary reign of Louis XVI, a young engineer travels to Versailles to petition the king to help him save the people of his region from a mosquito infestation. Upon his arrival, the naive country squire discovers lust in the form of a widowed countess, love in the form of his ..read more »

71% from 2,416 members

Le Parfum D'Yvonne on DVD (1994)
Starring: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Hippolyte Girardot, Sandra Majani
Director: Patrice Leconte
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A man remembers an idyllic summer in 1958, spent on the shores of Lake Geneva in avoiding participation in the Algerian conflict, during which he encountered the beguiling Yvonne.

57% from 454 members

Tango on DVD (1993)
Starring: Philippe Noiret, Richard Bohringer, Thierry Lhermitte
Director: Patrice Leconte
Certificate:
A classic Black Comedy from Patrice Leconte. A boy and his uncle, together with a hitman, go in search of a missing wife.

61% from 494 members

The Hairdresser's Husband on DVD (1991)
Starring: Jean Rochefort, Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena
Director: Patrice Leconte
Certificate:
Erotic, funny, and very French, this film relies heavily on the critically-acclaimed performance of Jean Rochefort. As a child, Antoine (Rochefort) was obsessed with the ample beautician who cut his hair, and since then, his single ambition in life has been to marry a hairdresser. As an adult, ..read more »

67% from 3,123 members

Monsieur Hire on DVD (1989)
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire
Director: Patrice Leconte
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Lonely and shy bachelor Monsieur Hire (Michel Blanc), suspected in the murder of a girl, secretly watches his young, attractive neighbor Alice (Sandrine Bonnaire) through the window. Once, when lightning flashes during a thunderstorm, she notices his face in the window and comes to him to find out ..read more »

67% from 1,453 member

Les Bronzes on DVD (1978)
Starring: Josiane Balasko, Luis Rego, Marie-Anne Chazel
Director: Patrice Leconte
Certificate:
Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

60% from 446 members

Patrice Leconte facts

5 most recent films

My Best Friend - 3.0 stars
Intimate Strangers - 3.0 stars
L'Homme Du Train - 3.5 stars
La Veuve De Saint-Pierre - 3.5 stars
The Girl On The Bridge - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Ridicule - 3.5 stars
The Girl On The Bridge - 3.5 stars
La Veuve De Saint-Pierre - 3.5 stars
The Hairdresser's Husband - 3.5 stars
Monsieur Hire - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Le Parfum D'Yvonne - 3.0 stars
Intimate Strangers - 3.0 stars
Les Bronzes - 3.0 stars
Tango - 3.0 stars
My Best Friend - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jean Rochefort - 4 times - show films
Jean Rochefort - 4 times - show films
Daniel Auteuil - 3 times - show films
Michel Blanc - 2 times - show films
Richard Bohringer - 2 times - show films