Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema > Comedy: 606 Films to Buy & Rent
Marriage and Other Disasters (Weddings and Other Disasters) (2010)
- Dir. Nina Di Majo
Feat. Fabio Volo, Margherita Buy, Luciana Littizzetto…
- Likeable rom–com with romantically disillusioned woman finds herself organising her sister's wedding. Cue romantic mismatching and shenanigans.
My Afternoons With Margueritte (2010)
- Dir. Jean Becker
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus
- Gerard Depardieu plays an illiterate man who forges an unlikely friendship with a elderly writer in this gentle new film from the dir. of…
My Name is Khan (2010)
- Dir. Karan Johar
Feat. Shahrukh Khan, Kajol , Christopher B. Duncan
- Well–meaning plea for racial tolerance with an Aspergers–afflicted Muslim detained in the U.S. as a terrorist and undertaking a journey…
Names of Love, The (2010)
- Dir. Michel Leclerc
Feat. Jacques Gamblin, Sara Forestier, Zinedine Soualem…
- Witty cocktail of sex and politics about an extroverted left–wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause.
Nothing to Declare (2010)
- Dir. Dany Boon
Feat. Dany Boon, Benoit Poelvoorde, Karin Viard…
- Actor–director Dany Boon follows up his hit regional comedy WELCOME TO THE STICKS with another lite French farce founded in stubborn parochial…
On Tour (Tournee) (2010)
- Dir. Mathieu Amalric
Feat. Miranda Colclasure, Mathieu Amalric
- A consistently funny and inventive comedy from actor–director Mathieu Amalric, here playing a washed up TV producer who leads a troupe of…
Once a Gangster (2010)
- Dir. Felix Chong
Feat. Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Alex Fong
- Nimble action–comedy with two jaded gangsters urged by their elders to fight for the position of Dragon Head of the Hong Kong Underworld.…
Passion, The (2010)
- Dir. Carlo Mazzacurati
Feat. Silvio Orlando, Giuseppe Battiston, Kasia Smutniak…
- Routine comedy in which a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
Perfect Date, The (L'amour, c'est mieux à deux) (2010)
- Dir. Dominique Farrugia, Arnaud Lemort
Feat. Clovis Cornillac, Virginie Efira, Manu Payet
- A derivative French rom–com nonetheless delivered in good spirits, this focuses on the ingrained patterns of two male friends whose wildly…
Potiche (2010)
- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini…
- Bubbly satire has 60–something Catherine Deneuve transform from trophy wife to a strong–headed businesswoman after her chauvinist husband…