Pascal Thomas

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Pascal Thomas

Born April 2, 1945 · Paris, France (age 81)

Pascal Thomas (born 2 April 1945) is a French screenwriter and film director. His 1999 film The Dilettante was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. Source: Article "Pascal Thomas" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

For the Ones We LovedFor the Ones We Loved · 2019
For the Ones We Loved
★ 4.02019
MovieComedy
At a wedding where the husband runs away, everyone has his own story to tell about the trivial misfortune of a person in love with someone that slips away. The guests paint a full picture of clumsiness, lies, and bad luck, that makes impossible, whatever the age, all attempts of seduction... or close enough !
By the Pricking of My ThumbsBy the Pricking of My Thumbs · 2005
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
★ 6.22005
MovieComedyMystery
The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.
Valentin ValentinValentin Valentin · 2015
Valentin Valentin
★ 5.62015
MovieCrime
In a small Parisian building, a diverse group of people crosses paths, likes and observes each other, without always seeing each other.
The Ones That Got AwayThe Ones That Got Away · 1981
The Ones That Got Away
★ 4.81981
MovieComedy
In a train compartment, 6 people who do not know each other tell the story of their troubles in love. Only one of those seems to be a positive one.
Partners in CrimePartners in Crime · 2012
Partners in Crime
★ 5.52012
MovieComedyCrime
Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford have decided to take things easy. But when a rich Russian heiress disappears, Prudence can't resist and Bélisaire is forced onto the adventure. Their investigation will put them on the trail of a mysterious scientist who holds the secret to eternal youth...
The Husbands, the Wives, the LoversThe Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers · 1989
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
★ 5.11989
MovieDramaComedy
In the summer holidays, a group of women stay behind in Paris whilst their husbands and children take a vacation on the sunny Island of Ré. The women – wives, frustrated spinsters and adolescents – profit from their new-found freedom to sort out their love lives and the men indulge their earthy passions with no less enthusiasm. Only the children seems capable of rising above this infantile summer madness...
Beaumarchais the ScoundrelBeaumarchais the Scoundrel · 1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
★ 6.51996
MovieAdventureHistory
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro trilogy of plays.
Day OffDay Off · 2001
Day Off
★ 5.52001
MovieDramaComedy
Wednesday is the day when children are not in school and stay at home. It is also the day when the parents are not there. In Nantes, in the spring, twenty or so carefree and boisterous kids between the ages of three and eleven take advantage of this day to make their parents go crazy. Emma, 9 years old and naturally romantic, decides that Roland, the little boy she met in the street, is unhappy and persuades her friends to adopt him. Victoria spends the day with Martin Socoa, an often distant father whom she learns to love. There are also Muriel, Bruno, Colette and Henri who take off and create panic in their parents' home, while Marylin lives the founding drama of her childhood with a mother of an unreal sweetness. Throughout these little stories, we realize that the world of children has its own logic, totally different from that of adults.

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Day OffDay Off · 2001
Day Off
★ 5.52001
MovieDramaComedy
Wednesday is the day when children are not in school and stay at home. It is also the day when the parents are not there. In Nantes, in the spring, twenty or so carefree and boisterous kids between the ages of three and eleven take advantage of this day to make their parents go crazy. Emma, 9 years old and naturally romantic, decides that Roland, the little boy she met in the street, is unhappy and persuades her friends to adopt him. Victoria spends the day with Martin Socoa, an often distant father whom she learns to love. There are also Muriel, Bruno, Colette and Henri who take off and create panic in their parents' home, while Marylin lives the founding drama of her childhood with a mother of an unreal sweetness. Throughout these little stories, we realize that the world of children has its own logic, totally different from that of adults.

Director

La PagailleLa Pagaille · 1991
La Pagaille
★ 10.01991
MovieComedy
To a non-French speaker, the word La Pagaille looks charming, elegant, even tidy. However, it means "a mess," and a mess is just what the happily divorced Martin gets into when he and his ex-wife Brigitte, the mother of his children, rekindle their long-dormant relationship and announce that they intend to move back in together. Not only do the children find this whole thing confusing, but the husband's and the wife's lovers are equally befuddled. Add to that the need for Martin to meet Brigitte's lover and vice-versa, and you have the beginnings of a mess. When it begins to seem to Brigitte's former lover that he has offended the Muslims with a book he translated and he is slated for death, the whole thing grows yet more complicated. In this comedy, this list only scratches the surface of the messes these people must confront.

Director

La DilettanteLa Dilettante · 1999
La Dilettante
★ 6.01999
MovieComedy
Pierrette is a woman who describes herself as having "opted for the temporary on a permanent basis." After 15 years of living the good life in Switzerland, Pierrette one day packs her bags full of fashionable outfits and returns to her native Paris with no idea of what she'll do. Pierette, however, leads a charmed life; while her son is forced to work the graveyard shift at a factory due to poor job prospects, she's able to find a job right away at a high school. Pierrette soon reintroduces herself to her 23-year-old daughter and one-time best friend, trying to use her charm to skate over years of neglect. She just as suddenly finds a new beau, Ackerman, and starts helping him out with his antique business. However, what would seem like a simple matter -- buying a clock from an elderly woman -- soon turns out to be very complicated and fraught with consequence.

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