The best Jacques Debary’s comedy movies

Jacques Debary

Jacques Debary

25/11/1914- 09/12/2011
Today we present the best Jacques Debary’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jacques Debary’s movies.

That Obscure Object of Desire

That Obscure Object of Desire
7.8/10
After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.

The Thief of Paris

The Thief of Paris
6.9/10
In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a life-time of burglary.

The Phantom of Liberty

The Phantom of Liberty
7.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 10/09/1974
  • Character: Le président du tribunal
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.

Le Maître d'école

Le Maître d'école
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/10/1981
  • Character: Le directeur
After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

The Wonderful Crook

The Wonderful Crook
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/01/1974
  • Character: le père de Pierre
A manufacturer of furniture sees his business go down and decides to rob banks to pay his staff. Het gets romantically involved with one of his victims.

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