Jean Poiret Movies

Arsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac, who involves them (against their will) in...

An illegal gambling den where players can lose millions... and the owners make their fortune.

Bernard, a young, serious publisher of religious books, finds himself embroiled in amusing and eventful adventures with Sophie, a wacky twist dancer....

Robert's peaceful existence as a manufacturer of beauty creams is suddenly disrupted by the arrival of little Zizi, whose upbringing is entrusted to...

Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.

La Cage aux Folles "The Cage of Madwomen") is a 1973 French farce by Jean Poiret centring on confusion that ensues when Laurent, the son of a Saint...

Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks...

Annibal Onnis, a good man and major laundry manufacturer, has his wife's necklace stolen by a young starlet, Regina Rex, who has tried to seduce him....

To replace Hector Grofenol, the tyrannical boss of the "Tout pour le camping" factory, who has been put out of action, a group of employees call on...

An accordionist playing in disreputable halls is mistaken for a gangster by a special envoy from the American crime syndicate in charge of...

Doctor Moulineaux, "serious and established" after a dissipated youth, lives a bourgeois life with his wife Yvonne and his servant Étienne....

On prize-giving day, a few dunces recall various incidents that marked their school year.

Industrialist Stéphane is getting a bit long in the tooth, but is still an incredibly charming man. When his wife Sophie goes away for the...

A small-scale cabaret troupe is touring the provinces. One afternoon while canoeing, Monique Darzel, one of the troupe's singers, spots an angler...

Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his wife is being courted by an Italian fitness...

A Hollywood studio is producing another spectacular when the top billed male stars suddenly show up as corpses, killed before the critics could ever...

The Eloi family, who have just won the "model family" competition, set off for winter sports. Also on the trip are Aunt Gabrielle and Dagobert, the...