Top 5 French Picks to Watch on TV5MONDE Cinema on Demand in November

It's a ball of laughs in November with the best movies from Coluche, France's most loved stand-up comedian!

The best of French cinema on TV5MONDE Cinema on Demand

Inspecteur la Bavure — Available beginning November 4

A maladroit policeman is tasked to protect a reporter from the most famous gangster in Paris.
 
Directed by: Claude Zidi (1980)
With: Coluche, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Lavanant
Genre: Comedy in French with English subtitles

Watch it if you like: OSS 117 with Jean Dujardin, buddy cop comedies, Three Fugitives with Martin Short


Tchao Pantin — available beginning November 4

A drunk former policeman roams the Paris underground to avenge a drug dealer. Coluche won the César Award for Best Actor in his dramatic breakthrough role. 

Directed by: Claude Berri (1983)
With: Coluche, Richard Anconina, Agnès Soral
Genre: Drama in French with English subtitles
Award: Best Actor (César 1984)

Watch it if you like: Comics in serious roles like Jim Carrey in The Truman Show, Paris in the 80's

Le maître d'école — available beginning November 4

A recently fired salesman decides to become a teacher and finds himself caught in some sticky situations, challenging his intelligence.

Directed by: Claude Berri (1981)
With: Coluche, Josiane Balasko, Charlotte de Turckheim
Genre: Comedy in French with English subtitles

Watch it if you like: School comedies, Bad Teacher with Cameron Diaz

La femme de mon pote — Available beginning November 11

An attractive Parisienne looking for some fun during a ski trip starts dating a handsome sportswear salesman, while simultaneously being captivated by a short and chubby disk-jockey.

Directed by: Bertrand Blier (1983)
With: Coluche, Thierry Lhermitte, Isabelle Huppert
Genre: Comedy in French with English subtitles

Watch it if you like: Isabelle Huppert in a rare comedic role, bittersweet comedies on friendship and love

Banzaï — available beginning November 11

An employee of an organization that helps tourists who are in trouble, experiences a series of misadventures in Africa, New York, and Hong Kong.

Directed by: Claude Zidi (1983)
With: Coluche, Valérie Mairesse, Marthe Villalonga
Genre: Comedy in French with English subtitles

Watch it if you like: Over-the-top comedies, slapstick genre, the movies of Peter Sellers and Jerry Lewis


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