Gérard Lanvin, Didier Bourdon, Christian Clavier… What French comedies are waiting for you until the end of the year?

A look at the French comedies that await you until the end of the 2024 cinema year, in chronological order of releases.

Didier Bourdon will be back, for not one but two comedies, including a Christmas comedy. Several Christmas comedies will be released in December: A Family Christmas, with Didier Bourdon, but also Les Boules de Noël, and Les Cadeaux, which will bring together Chantal Lauby and Gérard Darmon. In December, we will also find the essential Christian Clavier, with the comedy Jamais sans mon psy There will also be two comedies around football: 4 zeros (the release of which has been brought forward) and Mercato! Finally, let us point out, among other things, a film marking the return of the SEGPA gang.

October

What do we do now by Lucien Jean-Baptiste – Released October 2, 2024

With Isabelle Nanty, Gérard Darmon, Lucien Jean-Baptiste

Suddenly fired at 58, Alain decides to start his own company to prove himself and the world that he has not become useless. Embarking on his improbable project Véronique, his former colleague stuck for years in depression, and Jean-Pierre Savarin, a returning game show host, he tackles the sector that he thinks will be the most promising: childcare. .

It’s the world upside down by Nicolas Vanier – Released October 16, 2024

With Michaël Youn, Valérie Bonneton, Eric Elmosnino…

It’s a crisis, everything stops: no more water, no more electricity, no more network… Stanislas, a Parisian businessman, loses everything, including his fortune. He, who hates the countryside, is forced to take refuge with his wife and son in one of the farms he had acquired for speculative purposes. But upon his arrival, he finds himself face to face with Patrick and his family, farmers who operate the place, who have no intention of leaving the farm… In this chaotic atmosphere where everything is reversed, our two families who are completely opposed to each other will succeed… to live together to survive and perhaps rebuild a new world together?

4 zeros by Fabien Onteniente – Released October 23, 2024

With Gérard Lanvin, Didier Bourdon, Isabelle Nanty…

Sylvie Colonna, president of the Haricots d’Arpajon football club, has started a new life with José Pinto. Together, they run a Portuguese restaurant in Pontault-Combault: Churrasco. But business is bad. Their son, Manu, a slightly lost thirty-year-old, dreams of becoming a player’s agent. One day, he comes across a nugget: Kidane, a young prodigy who sets fire to the fields… But other agents are already lurking around… The Pintos who see in Kidane the hope of getting out of trouble decide to call to the rescue, Alain Colonna who lives a quiet retirement in Tahiti. But football has changed… All together, they will have to face DZ, the most influential agent in the business, a man with a long arm and a bad reputation… With the aim of allowing Kidane to join the club of his dreams : PSG.

Challenger by Varante Soudjian – Released October 23, 2024

By Varante Soudjian, Thomas Pone, with Alban Ivanov, Audrey Pirault, Soso Maness

The pitch: Luka dreams of being a great boxer… Unfortunately, for the moment, he is only an amateur and has to settle for small, lame fights. But one day, destiny knocks at his door and propels our hero to the top!

The art of being happy by Stefan Liberski – Released October 30, 2024

By Stefan Liberski, with Benoît Poelvoorde, Gustave Kervern, Camille Cottin

Camille Cottin will be in the casting of this satirical comedy with a Franco-Belgian cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Gustave Kervern… The art of nothing directed by the Belgian Stefan Liberski is adapted from The Dilution of the Artist by Jean-Philippe Delhomme published by Editions Denoël in 2001.

The story: The tribulations of an eminently conceptual painter whose career was quickly interrupted following a series of setbacks, and who decides to leave Brussels and his job as a teacher to settle in Normandy. Place of incarnation, par excellence, of Impressionism, he set out to find inspiration there in order to deliver to the world his major work which will finally earn him glory and eternal recognition. The problem is that he only has the thought of the idea of ​​the concept… Enter Bagnoule, a bon vivant, naive and warm figurative painter who will bring him out of his torpor with his good nature and the “charming” Cécile Fouasse, gallery owner and manipulator, who will disrupt his concentration, his meeting with the local people will prove decisive in the accomplishment of his project.

November

At full speed by Lucas Bernard – Released November 6, 2024

With Pio Marmaï, Eye Haïdara, José Garcia

She is a tactical submarine officer. He is a steward. They meet during a stopover. But their budding adventure must suddenly come to an end. And here he is hanging on! Who follows her! Who sticks it! As if we had time to be in love aboard a military ship! Still, the Pacific Ocean is not big enough to discourage it. Neither does the Arctic Ocean. The world is so small when we love each other with such great love…

In flip-flops at the foot of the Himalayas by John Wax – Released November 13, 2024

By John Wax, Marie-Odile Weiss, with Audrey Lamy, Nicolas Chupin, Benjamin Tranié…

Adaptation of the eponymous stage play written and performed by Marie-Odile Weiss where, in a tender and squeaky tone, she describes the daily life of a mother whose autistic son has just been diagnosed. She then has the impression of “being in flip-flops at the foot of the Himalayas, a broken compass in my hand,” she explains.

We should have gone to Greece by Nicolas Benamou – Released November 13, 2024

By Jérôme L’hotsky, Pierre-Marie Mosconi, with Gérard Jugnot, Virginie Hocq, Elie Semoun…

Unable to go to Greece as usual for their only annual family vacation week, the Rousselots arrive in Corsica. After a road accident on the Isle of Beauty, neighbors come to disrupt the start of their vacation… Family and island score-settling, and misunderstandings ahead…

The Panache by Jennifer Devoldère – Released November 20, 2024

With Joachim Arseguel, Aure Atika, José Garcia…

Colin, 14, enters a new school and he’s freaking out: how can you get through it when, like him, you’re a stutterer? His meeting with Mr. Devarseau, a charismatic French teacher, will push him to face his fears and break out of his isolation. Now Colin has a group of friends and a project: to go on stage to play Cyrano in front of the whole school.

Drama Queens by Alexis Langlois – Released November 27, 2024

With Louiza Aura, Gio Ventura, Bilal Hassani…

2055. Steevyshady, a hyper-botoxed YouTuber, recounts the incandescent destiny of his idol, the pop diva Mimi Madamour, from the height of her fame in 2005 to her descent into hell, precipitated by her love affair with punk icon Billie Kohler. For half a century, these drama queens sang their passion and rage in the spotlight.

With fanfare by Emmanuel Courcol – Released November 27, 2024

By Emmanuel Courcol, Irène Muscari, with Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin, Sarah Suco…

Thibaut is an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world. When he learns that he was adopted, he discovers the existence of a brother, Jimmy, a school canteen employee who plays the trombone in a marching band in the north of France. Apparently everything separates them, except the love of music. Detecting his brother’s exceptional musical abilities, Thibaut makes it his mission to repair the injustice of fate. Jimmy then begins to dream of another life…

Christmas balls by Alexandra Leclère – Released November 27, 2024

By Alexandra Leclère, with Valérie Bonneton, Kad Merad, Noémie Lvovsky…

For Nathalie and Antonin’s family, every year, Christmas Eve turns into a nightmare. Convinced that she is the victim of a curse, Nathalie makes a radical decision: this year we will not celebrate it! But that’s without counting on Antonin and his children who decide to take matters into their own hands by inviting Nicole, Nathalie’s sister whom she has lost sight of. Will they finally escape disaster this year?

December

Mercato by Tristan Séguéla – Released December 4, 2024

By Olivier Demangel, Thomas Finkielkraut, with Jamel Debbouze

Mercato takes us behind the scenes of today’s football, a global industry where interests amount to billions. Driss, a drifting agent, has seven days to save his skin before the end of the transfer window…

Women on the balcony by Noémie Merlant – Released December 11, 2024

By Noémie Merlant, with Noémie Merlant, Souheila Yacoub, Sanda Codreanu, Lucas Bravo…

Three women, in an apartment in Marseille in the middle of a heatwave. Opposite, their mysterious neighbor, object of all fantasies. They find themselves stuck in a terrifying and delusional affair with their only quest, their freedom.

This film was presented in a Midnight Screening at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Never without my therapist by Arnaud Lemort – Released December 11, 2024

With Christian Clavier, Baptiste Lecaplain, Claire Chust…

Christian Clavier is expected at the end of the year in a comedy called Never without my therapist. He will play the main role, that of Dr. Béranger, a famous psychoanalyst who succeeds in everything. His life would be perfect if it weren’t for this very anxious and extremely clingy patient: Damien Leroy (Baptiste Lecaplain). To finally get rid of her, he makes her believe that the only way to heal is to find true love. But as he prepares to celebrate his 30th wedding anniversary, his daughter (Claire Chust) tells him that she has finally found the man of her life who is none other than… Damien. The party will turn into a nightmare. The film directed by Arnaud Lemort (Ibiza, Love is better for two) will be released on December 11, 2024.

The beautiful role by Victor Rodenbach – Released December 18, 2024

By Victor Rodenbach, Camille Lugan, with Vimala Pons, William Lebghil, Jérémie Laheurte…

For years, Henri and Nora have shared everything: they love each other and she directs the plays in which he plays. When Henri lands a role in the cinema for the first time, the creation of their new show takes on water and their relationship explodes. Is it possible to love each other without completely belonging to ourselves?

Under nuts by Hakim Boughéraba – Released December 18, 2024

By Redouane Bougheraba, Ichem Bougheraba, with Ichem Bougheraba, Arriles Amrani, Bernard Farcy…

The daily life of Sami and Nada. If the latter proclaims himself as the “biggest thug on the promenade”, the second discovers the prison world for the first time. But in prison, no one is who they say they are, and it won’t be long before the masks fall.

A family Christmas by Jeanne Gottesdiener – Released December 18, 2024

By Jeanne Gottesdiener, Julie Ponssonnet, with Didier Bourdon, Noémie Lvovsky, Christophe Montien…

Carole, mayor of a small town, is deeply involved in the Christmas festivities of her town while Alain, her modern and devoted husband, takes care of organizing New Year’s Eve. But when the children arrive, the dream of a peaceful Christmas collapses and the couple suffers a complete attack on all family traditions…

Gifts by Raphaële Moussafir and Christophe Offenstein – Released December 25, 2024

By Raphaële Moussafir, Stéphane Kazandjian, with Chantal Lauby, Gérard Darmon, Camille Lellouche, Mélanie Doutey…

This Christmas comedy, still without a synopsis, will mark the reunion of the duo from The City of Fear, Chantal Lauby and Gérard Darmon.

Pretty Pretty by Diastema – Released December 25, 2024

With Clara Luciani, William Lebghil, Laura Felpin…

From Paris to Rome in the 1970s, the destiny of a broke writer collides with that of a rising cinema star. Their path to love will be strewn with pitfalls, misunderstandings and twists and turns. A whirlwind musical comedy!

Note that you will have to wait until 2025 to discover Les Tuche 5.