List of the best Samuel Benchetrit movies: I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster(2007), Janis and John(2003), Macadam Stories(2015), Backstage(2005) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
France
2007
113 Minutes
Director
Anna Mouglalis Édouard Baer Jean Rochefort Laurent Terzieff Jean-Pierre Kalfon Venantino Venantini Roger Dumas Alain Bashung Arno Bouli Lanners Serge Larivière
elderly person small-time crook criminal waitress hostage rock star amusing offbeat engaging diner house hospital kidnapping one last job bank heist theft crime discovery transformation pursuit
Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.
Comedy
France|Spain
2003
104 Minutes
Director
Sergi López Marie Trintignant François Cluzet Christopher Lambert Jean-Louis Trintignant Amparo Soler Leal Sacha Aubart Eric Hervé Reynald Tescaro
insurance salesman cousin wife actor mother lighthearted offbeat france household office money schemes rock 'n' roll impersonation obsession hippies pursuit quest 2000s
Insurance salesman tries to get money from his hippie cousin by fulfilling his dream: Arraigning for John Lennon and Janis Joplin's "second coming".
Comedy, Drama
2015
100 Minutes
Director
Isabelle Huppert Gustave Kervern Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Tassadit Mandi Michael Carmen Pitt Larouci Didi Jules Benchetrit Mickaël Graehling
In a run down block of flats, improbable encounters bring laughter and compassion to the lives of residents.
Drama
France
2005
115 Minutes
Daniel
Emmanuelle Seigner Isild Le Besco Noémie Lvovsky Valéry Zeitoun Samuel Benchetrit Edith Le Merdy Jean-Paul Walle Wa Wana Mar Sodupe
teen girl mother rock star groupie dreamy disturbing fascinating france concert hall house small town obsession music hero worship celebrity growing up wretched excess escape 2000s
An adolescent groupie zeroes in on her Blondie-like idol after the singer chances to cross her orbit on a publicity tour. Gradually their lives intertwine as, with near-operatic intensity, ... See full summary »