Coline Serreau

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Coline Serreau

Born October 29, 1947 · Paris, France (age 78)

Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French actress, film director and writer. She was born in Paris, the daughter of theatre director Jean-Marie Serreau and actress Geneviève Serreau. In Paris, Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well as the circus. In 1970, she made her debut as an actress at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier. Serreau wrote her first screenplay in 1973. Her f…

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3 Men and a Baby3 Men and a Baby · 1987
3 Men and a Baby
6.21987
MovieComedy
Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
3 Men and a Little Lady3 Men and a Little Lady · 1990
3 Men and a Little Lady
5.81990
MovieFamilyComedy
Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important women in their lives.
La Belle VerteLa Belle Verte · 1996
La Belle Verte
7.21996
MovieComedy
As part of an intergalactic coalition, a well-meaning space alien volunteers to bring a message of self-actualization and harmony with nature to the one planet rejected by all her peers as incorrigible: Earth.
Seven Deaths by PrescriptionSeven Deaths by Prescription · 1975
Seven Deaths by Prescription
6.11975
MovieDramaThriller
Dr. Brézé and his sons, all surgeons with limited abilities fight any competition on their sector with all means.
ChaosChaos · 2001
Chaos
6.42001
MovieDrama
A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her resurrection-then for her dignity and freedom. Stormy encounters for everyone involved.
Three Men and a CradleThree Men and a Cradle · 1985
Three Men and a Cradle
6.41985
MovieComedy
Three young men - Jacques, Pierre, and Michel - share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package to deliver, and asks him if he can leave it discreetly at their place. Jacques agrees and, as he works as a steward, flies away for a one-month trip in Japan, telling Pierre and Michel about the package. Then, one of Jacques' former girlfriends drops a baby before their door, making Pierre and Michel believing it is the package they are waiting for. Their lives are then completely changed.
Romuald & JulietteRomuald & Juliette · 1989
Romuald & Juliette
6.71989
MovieComedy
A company president gets framed with a food-poisoning scandal and the only person who can help him is the evening cleaning-woman, who always seems to be at the right place at the right time.
Lest We ForgetLest We Forget · 1991
Lest We Forget
7.01991
MovieDocumentaryDrama
A compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas Wanggai, West Papuan activist who has since died in prison. The short films were commissioned by Amnesty International.

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Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux!Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux! · 1982
Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux!
6.31982
MovieComedy
In this film that sends up the foibles of filmmaking, a standard crew of actors, stage-hands, director, writers, producers, and others are gathered for the filming of a 45-second automobile commercial. Each role embodies an archetype (the harried director who has a deadline to meet, the Scrooge production manager who has a budget to meet, and the writers who are above these mundane concerns), and these personalities drive the working actors over the edge until they decide to lock them up and do their own thing -- happiness can be just around the corner if you are in the driver's seat. Hopefully, the actors will be able to bow out before the police catch on to the situation.

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