List of the best Jean-Luc Bideau movies: Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000(1975), Operation Casablanca(2011), Stand-By(2000), State of Siege(1972), The Red Violin(1998), Inspector Lavardin(1986), Struggle for Life(2016), Let My People Go!(2011), Win Win(2013), Les Saisons du plaisir(1988) ... ...
Comedy
Switzerland|France
1975
115 Minutes
Max
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The European equivalent of "The Return of the Secaucus 7," this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the "revolutionary" ... See full summary »
Comedy, Action
Switzerland|Canada|France
2011
100 Minutes
Michel
Elodie Yung Gilles Tschudi Jean-Luc Bideau Zinedine Soualem Émile Proulx-Cloutier Julieta Serrano Antoine Basler Yoshi Oida Tarek Bakhari
Mistaken for a dangerous Islamist, Saadi - a regular guy who happens to be an illegal Arab immigrant - sets out on the most dangerous day of his life. A satirical and thrilling comedy where... See full summary »
Drama
France
2000
122 Minutes
Le client suisse
Dominique Blanc Roschdy Zem Patrick Catalifo Jean-Luc Bideau George Corraface Cécile Brune Gamil Ratib Rémi Martin Catherine Sola Laura Mana Asil Rais
After the sudenly abandon from her husband a woman decide to work as a prostitute at the airport
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1972
120 Minutes
Este
Yves Montand Renato Salvatori O.E. Hasse Jacques Weber Jean-Luc Bideau Evangeline Peterson Maurice Teynac Yvette Étiévant
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Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Drama
Canada|Italy|USA|UK|Austria
1998
131 Minutes
Georges Poussin (Vienna)
Samuel L. Jackson Don McKellar Carlo Cecchi Irene Grazioli Jean-Luc Bideau Christoph Koncz Jason Flemyng Greta Scacchi Sylvia Chang Liu Zifeng Colm Feore
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A red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.
Mystery & Thriller
Switzerland|France
1986
99 Minutes
Max Charnet
Jean Poiret Bernadette Lafont Jean-Claude Brialy Jacques Dacqmine Jean-Luc Bideau Hermine Claire Pierre-Francois Dumeniaud Florent Gibassier Guy Louret Jean Depusse
Inspector Lavardin is induced to investigate the murder of a province's notable who was taking himself as the moral guardian of his village. The perspective of the inquiry changes when the ... See full summary »
Comedy
France
2016
99 Minutes
Rosio
Vincent Macaigne Vimala Pons Pascal Légitimus Mathieu Amalric Fred Tousch Rodolphe Pauly Jean-Luc Bideau Pascal Tagnati Thomas De Pourquery
Marc Châtaigne, a trainee at the Ministry of the Standrard, is sent to French Guyana to prepare the construction of Guyaneige, the first indoor ski station of Amazonia.
Comedy
2011
85 Minutes
Maurice Goldberg
Nicolas Maury Carmen Maura Jean-François Stévenin Amira Casar Clément Sibony Jarkko Niemi Jean-Luc Bideau Aurore Clément Kari Väänänen Outi Maenpaa Charlie Dupont
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After breaking up with his Finnish lover, a French Jew (Nicolas Maury) returns home to Paris and the arms of his dysfunctional family right before Passover.
Comedy
Switzerland|Belgium
2013
95 Minutes
Pierre Theubet
Jean-Luc Couchard Anne Comte Guy Lecluyse Xiaoxing Cheng Frédéric Recrosio Xin Wang Bing Yin Jean-Luc Bideau
A Swiss mayor and a Chinese watchmaker living in the Jura decide to organize the semi-finals of Miss China in Switzerland.
Comedy
France
1988
88 Minutes
Paul
Charles Vanel Denise Grey Jean Abeille Jacqueline Maillan Jean-Pierre Bacri Fanny Cottençon Richard Bohringer Jean Poiret Darry Cowl Jean-Luc Bideau Eva Darlan
Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their products in their castle. Garibaldi, their mutilated and somewhat disturbed son-in-law, will be the butler.