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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Veber has received more than 213,258 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Francis Veber is the 322nd most popular film director, the 1,907th most popular biography from France (down from 1,844th in 2019) and the 37th most popular ...
May 23, 2019 · Analyses how the French director Francis Veber uses comedy to make serious social commentariesFew directors have played such a prominent role as Francis Veber in shaping the cinematic identity of France over the past forty years, yet in many ways his chosen genre of comedy has relegated his work to the margins of Film Studies.
The partnership was so successful that Veber reunited Richard and Depardieu in his two subsequent comedies, Les Compères (1983) and Les Fugitifs (1986). By the time the third film was released, Depardieu's career had totally overtaken that of his co-star, making a further collaboration almost unthinkable.
Actor, director, writer, producer. Years active. 1973–present. Thierry Lhermitte ( French pronunciation: [tjɛʁi lɛʁˈmit]; born 24 November 1952) is a French actor, director, writer and producer, best known for his comedic roles. He was a founder of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, Christian Clavier ...
Francis Veber (Neuilly-sur-Seine, França, 28 de juliol de 1937) és un dramaturg, cineasta i guionista francès. Fill de pare jueu i mare armènia. Fill de pare jueu i mare armènia. Alguns dels seus guions i films han estat convertits en obres de teatre i estrenats a Barcelona.
A fter the phenomenal success of his second directorial outing, La Chèvre (1981), Francis Veber struck comedy gold a second time with another comedy with a virtually identical plot, Les Compères. Eager to repeat the success of their earlier collaboration, Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard throw themselves into Veber's third feature as director with such gusto that it hardly registers that this is a somewhat lesser film, with a rambling plot consisting of mostly second-hand ideas lazily ...
The film - which is probably Veber's most overtly political - takes a humorous look at the way employees can end up being subjugated by their powerful employers, effectively becoming toys to be bought, abused and later discarded on a whim. The film probably had far more impact when it was released in the mid-1970s, when France was in the midst ...
