Daniel Auteuil Collection - 3-DVD Box Set ( Le placard / 36 Quai des Orfèvres / La doublure ) ( The Closet / 36th Precinct / The Valet )

Daniel Auteuil Collection - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le placard / 36 Quai des Orfèvres / La doublure
Alternate Title: The Closet / 36th Precinct / The Valet
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
277 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Anamorphic Widescreen
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2001 - 2006 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Francis Veber
Olivier Marchal

Written By:
Francis Veber
Olivier Marchal
Franck Mancuso

Actors:
Daniel Auteuil ..... François Pignon
Gerard Depardieu ..... Félix Santini
Thierry Lhermitte ..... Guillaume
Michèle Laroque ..... Mlle Bertrand
Jean Rochefort ..... Kopel, the director
Alexandra Vandernoot ..... Christine
Stanislas Forlani ..... Franck
Michel Aumont ..... Belone, the neighbour
Edgar Givry ..... Mathieu
Thierry René ..... Victor
Armelle Deutsch ..... Ariane
Michèle Garcia ..... Madame Santini
Laurent Gamelon ..... Alba
Vincent Moscato ..... Ponce
Irina Ninova ..... Martine
Daniel Auteuil ..... Léo Vrinks
Gerard Depardieu ..... Denis Klein
Andre Dussollier ..... Robert Mancini
Roschdy Zem ..... Hugo Silien
Valeria Golino ..... Camille Vrinks
Daniel Duval ..... Eddy Valence
Francis Renaud ..... Titi Brasseur
Catherine Marchal ..... Ève Verhagen
Guy Lecluyse ..... Groluc
Alain Figlarz ..... Francis Horn
Vincent Moscato ..... Jenner
Anne Consigny ..... Hélène Klein
Stéphane Metzger ..... Smao
Solène Biasch ..... Lola Vrinks (11 ans)
Aurore Auteuil ..... Lola Vrinks (17 ans)
Gad Elmaleh ..... François Pignon
Alice Taglioni ..... Elena
Daniel Auteuil ..... Levasseur
Kristin Scott Thomas ..... Christine
Richard Berry ..... Maître Foix
Virginie Ledoyen ..... Émilie
Dany Boon ..... Richard
Michel Jonasz ..... André
Michel Aumont ..... Le Médecin
Laurent Gamelon ..... Paul
Patrick Mille ..... Pascal
Michèle Garcia ..... Louise
Philippe Magnan ..... Berman
Jean-Yves Chilot ..... Hervé
Irina Ninova ..... Marie

Synopsis:

The Closet (2001)
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.

36th Precinct (2004)
A series of armed robberies has left nine guards dead and €2 million stolen. There are only two men who can stop this violent gang: head of the Search and Action Squad, Leo Vrinks and the head of the Anti-Crime Unit, Denis Klein. Their chief, Robert Mancini, lays down a challenge to the two men: whichever man captures the gang will replace him as the head of the Criminal Investigations Department. The race begins for the two men-once friends, now bitter rivals.

The Valet (2006)
Pierre Levasseur, an important CEO, is photographed with his lover, Elena, a world-famous model. In an attempt to salvage his marriage, he tries to convince his wife that Elena is not his lover, but that of François Pignon, a valet who was passing by and ended up on the photograph. To make his story believable, Levasseur then has to convince Pignon and Elena to move in together and to pretend to be a couple. Things get more complicated when this creates tensions between Pignon and his former flatmate Richard and his love interest Émilie, and when Levasseur's wife discovers the truth and decides to play games with her husband.

The Closet (2001)
François Pignon, a very bland sort of man who works as an accountant in a rubber factory, is about to be fired. His new neighbour comes up with an idea to prevent such a thing to happen: he spreads the rumor that he's gay so that the factory management might be afraid they'll be sued for sexual discrimination. Of course, nothing happens as it should, but the changes in François Pignon's life -and other people's too - is drastic!

36th Precinct (2004)
Euro screen legends Gérard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil star, respectively, as French cops Denis Klein and Leo Vrinks, in Olivier Marchal's tough-as-steel policier 36 Quai des Orfevres. The story unravels at the titular Parisian police headquarters, where Klein (who heads up the department's anti-crime unit) and Vrinks (who manages the "search and action squad") go head-to-head - competing with one another not only to succeed their boss, but to be the first to solve an ongoing series of security-van robberies. Ultimately, the men resort to sabotaging one another, and thus set the stage for an ongoing series of twists, turns, reversals, and betrayals. Valeria Golino and Catherine Marchal co-star; Olivier Marchal co-authored the script with Dominique Loiseau, Julien Rappeneau, and Franck Mancuso.

The Valet (2006)
Middle-classed Pierre Levasseur's life changes after he marries wealthy Christine. With wealth at his beckoning, he has an affair with leggy supermodel, Elena, and makes her his mistress. Things spiral out of control after Christine gets a photograph of both of them together along with a strange male. The only way Pierre can get out of this mess is by locating this stranger, and asking him to pose as Elena's boyfriend/spouse. He is able to locate and identify him as Francois Pignon, a Valet, pays him handsomely to enact this charade, and as a result Francois and Elena move in to live in small apartment. Chaos results when Christine hires a private eye to spy on Elena, and Pignon juggles his life between the woman he adores, Emilie; this charade; his attraction towards Elena herself; an overly inquisitive friend, Richard; while a suspicious Pierre, afraid of losing Elena to Pignon, recruits a male to spy on the couple!

The Closet (2001)
François Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) is a non-entity accountant, divorced two years but still in love with his wife and wanting a better relationship with their 17 y/o son. Then, he is the last in his company to hear that he is to be fired. A neighbour suggests that Pignon creates the impression that he is gay, so that the company executives will find it difficult to fire him or else be thought homophobic. The plan works. Meanwhile, Félix Santini (Gérard Depardieu) is convinced, by joking fellow-executives, that Santini must treat Pignon particularly well or run the risk of charges of homophobia.

36th Precinct (2004)
In the underbelly of the Parisian criminal world, the Police are frustrated by a gang committing a series of violent robberies. Leo Vrinks and Denis Klein are two cops seeking promotion, and the imminent departure of the Chief sets the scene for them to compete for the vacant throne. The competition between them becomes increasingly ruthless and blurs the usual lines of morality, until there seems no difference between the police and the criminals they chase. Vrinks, meeting with a source, becomes involved with a murder. Klein seizes the opportunity to up the ante and arranges for the arrest of Vrinks, but when he goes further and viciously involves Vrinks' wife, Camille, revenge is inevitable.

The Valet (2006)
Another uproarious comedy from the king of French farce, Francis Veber (THE DINNER GAME, THE CLOSET, TAIS TOI). When French tycoon Pierre Levasseur (Daniel Auteuil) is spied with his supermodel mistress Elena (Alice Taglioni), the pictures end up on the front page of a Paris daily. Telling his powerful wife Christine (Kristen Scott Thomas)-who holds a controlling stake in the companies he runs- that there must have been a mistake, he declares Elena was actually with the other fellow in the photo. Trying to keep one step ahead of his dubious wife, Pierre engineers it so a naive car-park valet, Veber's recurring fool François Pignon (Gad Elmaleh), appears to be Elena's boyfriend, moving her into his flat and his life. As Pierre's web of deceit widens, so do the possibilities of discovery-and with them disaster after hilarious disaster.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 10 December, 2012.

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