Family Resemblances

1996 · directed by Cédric Klapisch

Rating

80/100

Hit

yes

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.

Family Resemblances (1996), directed by Cédric Klapisch, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Jean-Pierre Bacri
• Jean-Pierre Darroussin
• Catherine Frot
• Agnès Jaoui
• Claire Maurier
• Wladimir Yordanoff
• Alain Guillo
• Cédric Klapisch
• Antoine Chappey
• Sophie Simon

Crew

• Benoît Delhomme — Director of Photography
• Francine Sandberg — Editor
• Philippe Eidel — Original Music Composer
• Agnès Jaoui — Writer
• Cédric Klapisch — Writer
• Jean-Pierre Bacri — Writer

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1. Colours of Time (2025) — 82/100 · hit
2. Lumière & Company (1995) — 80/100 · hit
3. Someone, Somewhere (2019) — 79/100
4. When the Cat's Away (1996) — 74/100
5. Rise (2022) — 73/100
6. The Spanish Apartment (2002) — 71/100

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