Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chassure Noire (1972), remade in the U.S. as
The Man With One Red Shoe
(1985).
La Cage Aux Folles
(1978), remade in the U.S. as The Birdcage
(1996).
Le Placard
(The Closet) (2000), he has
perfected the art of French farce.
With his new film, La Doublure (The Valet), he has continued and refined his comedic oeuvre.
* Oddly, there is a character named François Pignon in many of Veber’s films. Just the name of the character is the same; the roles are very different. When asked about this, Veber said that François Pignon has become “…a kind of alter ego, a good luck charm.