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Patrice Leconte

Highest Rated: 100% Monsieur Hire (1989)

Lowest Rated: 13% A Promise (2013)

Birthday: Nov 12, 1947

Birthplace: Paris, France

A much-heralded French director, Patrice Leconte has been making feature films since 1975, although it was not until the late 80s and 90s that his work received international attention. His star rose considerably with the release of "Ridicule" (1996), the Oscar-nominated story of a small-time civil engineer who must learn the ins and outs of the court of Louis XVI in order to secure royal financing to drain a swamp. Ironically perhaps, it was one of the few of his 20-plus films that Leconte had not also written, but its cinematically style was all his: brisk and satiric, a soupcon of sentiment with a depth of subject matter that creeps up on the viewer.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 86% Monsieur Hire
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92% 79% The Man on the Train
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92% 86% The Hairdresser's Husband
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91% 50% Maigret
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91% 77% The Widow of Saint-Pierre
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88% 90% The Girl on the Bridge
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85% 69% Intimate Strangers
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80% 83% Ridicule
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75% 69% My Best Friend
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71% 49% The Suicide Shop
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Patrice Leconte

Patrice Leconte MY BEST FRIEND, (aka MON MEILLEUR AMI), director Patrice Leconte, on set, 2006. ©IFC Films MY BEST FRIEND, (aka MON MEILLEUR AMI), Daniel Auteuil, director Patrice Leconte, on set, 2006. ©IFC Films MAN ON THE TRAIN, (aka L'HOMME DU TRAIN), Director Patrice Leconte, Johnny Hallyday on the set, 2002, (c) Paramount Classics MY BEST FRIEND, (aka MON MEILLEUR AMI), Daniel Auteuil, director Patrice Leconte, on set, 2006. ©IFC Films MY BEST FRIEND, (aka MON MEILLEUR AMI), Dany Boon, Daniel Auteuil, director Patrice Leconte, on set, 2006. ©IFC Films MY BEST FRIEND, (aka MON MEILLEUR AMI), director Patrice Leconte (right), on set, 2006. ©IFC Films View more photos

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Maigret 91% 50% 2022 Director, Screenwriter Paolo Conte: It's Wonderful 2019 Self Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk 63% 2018 Self Do Not Disturb 2014 Director Une heure de tranquillité 33% 2014 Director A Promise 13% 24% 2013 Director, Screenwriter The Suicide Shop 71% 49% 2012 Director, Screenwriter Voir la mer 37% 2011 Director, Writer La Guerre des Miss 15% 2008 Director My Best Friend 75% 69% 2006 Director, Writer Les Bronzes 3: Friends Forever 14% 2006 Director Dogora 75% 2004 Director Intimate Strangers 85% 69% 2004 Director The Man on the Train 92% 79% 2002 Director Rue des Plaisirs 41% 2002 Director Love Street 2002 Director, Screenwriter The Widow of Saint-Pierre 91% 77% 2000 Director Felix and Lola 2000 Director The Girl on the Bridge 88% 90% 1999 Director Half a Chance 32% 1998 Director, Writer Ridicule 80% 83% 1996 Director The Grand Dukes 67% 1996 Director, Writer The Son of Gascogne 1995 Self The Scent of Yvonne 1994 Director, Writer Yvonne's Perfume 68% 1994 Director
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