Berri, Claude

The two of us by Claude Berri ( Book )
16 editions published between 1966 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 339 libraries worldwide
"Texte de Claude Berri sur son enfance, suivi du scénario intégral du film, illustré de photos du film.

Valmont ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1990 and 2008 in English and held by 328 libraries worldwide
The vindictive widow Merteuil bets her friend debaucherous Valmont that he cannot seduce the virtuous (and married) Madame de Tourvel. If Valmont succeeds he may also bed Merteuil, but if he fails he must join a monastery. Set amongst the aristocracy in France in the 18th century.

Lucie Aubrac ( Visual )
35 editions published between 1996 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 282 libraries worldwide
Based on a true story, this is the dramatic tale of a husband and wife along with their associates in the French Resistance during several months of 1943.

Uranus ( Visual )
19 editions published between 1990 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 240 libraries worldwide
Set in a small village in post-World War II France. An informer seeking revenge on a tavern owner claims a Nazi collaborator is hiding in the tavern. This throws the village into an uproar.

L'enfance nue Naked childhood ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2010 in French and held by 235 libraries worldwide
François Fournier is a troubled ten-year-old who has been in foster care since he was four. But his is a "temporary placement," meaning that his parents can come back for him any time. They never do. The story begins with François being shuffled from one foster home to another, as his insecurity leads him to engage in increasingly destructive behavior. He is placed with an older couple named Thierry, the newest addition to a ménage that includes Mrs. Thierry's mother, a very young girl, and a high-school age boy. They aren't afraid to share their lives with this new houseguest, and the impressionable boy seems to be settling down. For François, things just are what they are--and he's usually "temporary." A fascinating portrait of childhood, which is also an indictment of a failing social system.

Une femme de ménage The housekeeper ( Visual )
5 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in French and held by 191 libraries worldwide
Jacques is a forlorn bachelor living alone after his wife has left him. Deciding to get his life back in order, he hires a housekeeper. Laura plows through the mess that has overtaken his apartment, but he soon learns that she has never done a days worth of housework in her life. Her presence adds a joyful spark to a life that has been missing living for too long.

La séparation ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1994 and 2007 in French and Turkish and held by 154 libraries worldwide
Anne tells her husband, Pierre, that she is in love with another man. He seems to accept this as a fact of life and refrains from asking the most burning questions. However, as Anne continues to see the "other man", Pierre becomes more violent and it begins to dawn on them that something intangible has happened which cannot be put right.

Oratorio for Prague ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1990 and 1992 in English and held by 134 libraries worldwide
A film begun as a documentary about the liberalization of Czechoslovakia becomes a record of the entry of Soviet tanks into Prague in 1968.

French twist ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1996 in French and held by 134 libraries worldwide
Suburban housewife Loli is furious when she discovers her husband has been cheating on her for years. When the van of a tough-talking, tender-hearted lesbian named Marijo breaks down in front of Loli's house, things take an unusual turn.

Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis Welcome to the sticks ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2008 in French and held by 126 libraries worldwide
Post office manager Philippe longs for a transfer to the sunny, sophisticated south of France. But when his attempt to cheat his way into a transfer backfires, he is sent instead to Nord-Pas de Calais. This northern province is known for its chilly dampness, its drunken, unemployable population, its terrible food and an impenetrable dialect known as Ch'timi. But Philippe soon learns to love these people so much that he must devise a strategy, with the help of the natives, to keep his left-behind wife from discovering his secret.