Marquise de Rohan
Royal Palace Theatre, Paris . February 17th 1673, the King’s theatre group is playing « Le Malade Imaginaire » when Moliere started spitting blood, but he takes the decision to keep playing until the end. During his agony, he let enter in the theatre all the elements and ghost who made his life. Starting a fight to preserve his dignity, he plan to transfigure his death in a last laugh instrument.
Line Blanchot
Marilou and Philippe decide to show their grandchildren their new holiday home in Portugal. But once there, they discover to their horror that the house is still under construction. This is just the beginning of the problems for the grandparents, because soon they will lose their children. They have only two days left to find them, before their parents join them.
Gisèle Delage
Line, aka Mamiline, Philippe's mother
Marilou y Philippe están a punto de jubilarse y de realizar su sueño: vivir bajo el sol de Portugal. Pero su familia tiene otros planes para ellos.
Natalie Delpit
Nicolas Wolf, an Austrian who's just inherited his grandmother's Parisian flat, is shaken with fear as an unexpected nightly visitor refuses to leave. But no-one but Nicolas seems to be able to see the menacing stranger.
Irène
Michelle, una exitosa ejecutiva de una empresa de software, busca venganza tras ser violada en su propia casa por un intruso.
Judith
Japanese writer Kyoko Murakai comes to in Paris with the purpose of meeting “mythic Parisian women” and uncover the secret of their fulfilling lifestyles, which, she hopes, will serve as an inspiration for the main character of her next novel. This literary and sentimental saga, is also for Kyoko an attempt to emancipate herself from a still misogynistic Japanese society.
La tortue (voix)
En el cumpleaños de Ariane, todos sus invitados se han disculpado por no poder asistir, con lo que Ariane coge el coche y deja su zona residencial para perderse en la ciudad.
Mathilde
Lucas es un arquitecto de unos treinta años que vive en la región de Charlevoix en Québec. Su vida es un sueño: está casado con una guapa entrenadora deportiva, tiene un buen grupo de amigos y disfruta de muchos deportes. Nada parece estropear su feliz vida. Sin embargo con motivo de un viaje a Toronto tiene un romance con otra mujer que se repite cuando ella visita Quebec. Mientras Lucas se enamora de su nueva conquista, su mujer, que está experimentando problemas de salud mental, piensa en el suicidio.
La grand-mère
Atrapada por el amor de sus padres que la engordan como pavo para navidad, Rachel, de 9 años, cuenta los minutos que la separan de la libertad. Hasta el día en que su camino se cruza con el de la intrépida Valérie. (FILMAFFINITY)
Jeanne
The paths of Sophie and Gerard cross following a traffic accident; as for their children, they meet during a school outing. Two encounters, two love stories.
Esther
A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passion. She follows the men she loves unconditionally, suffering betrayal and hardship.
Bella
Diez años después de "L'homme est une femme comme les autres", Simon Eskenazy se ha convertido en un gran intérprete de música tradicional judía. En su vida ve aterrizar -nueva y sucesivamente- a su entrometida madre, su ex esposa y a un hijo de 10 años que nunca ha visto, también entra en juego Naïm, un joven travesti musulmán que va a cambiar su vida...
Esther
Louise returns home from a humanitarian aid mission having been cut off from the world for weeks and is met with a shock: her daughter Safa is dead - drowned. The Medical Examiner's conclusion: accidental death. But Louise won't accept this, knowing her daughter's complete phobia of water. She is determined to uncover the truth alone: Safa was murdered. Louise adopts a false name to find a job at the winegrower's where her daughter worked and soon figures out the complex relations that tied Safa to her employers' family. A family seemingly founded on secrets. The motive and murder seem obvious. But what if things weren't so simple...? Louise will stop at nothing for the truth to be revealed and the murderer arrested; even going so far as to dig up old stories and another well covered-up murder.
Aline Bledish
Duchesse
An inspector who just suffered a family tragedy is looking for a missing older man. Man's family is of no help, or are they hiding something? He is helped by a ghost of an actress who died 30 years ago, or is he slowly going insane?
Mme Marty mère
JAM (Christian Clavier), a French "master of the universe" is on the brink of a major takeover when he starts suffering from anxiety attacks. His doctor (Lhermite) thinks it is to do with childhood experiences and suggests he searches back in his mind to something that could be the trigger and will prove to be the antidote.
Catherine's Mother
Catherine (Fanny Ardant), una atractiva ginecóloga de mediana edad y casada desde hace 25 años, descubre un día que su marido (Gérard Depardieu) la engaña. Decide entonces vengarse y, para ello, contrata a Nathalie (Emmanuelle Béart), una prostituta de un nightclub.
Olga Steg
Jascha Steg, un violonchelista mundialmente conocido, se encuentra en un momento de su vida en el que la gloria ya no significa nada para él. Durante una gira internacional, sus padres, a quienes no ha visto desde hace tiempo, deciden ir a verle actuar. Allí se encuentran con Lulú Kreutz, una antigua amiga de toda la vida. Ella será la encargada de organizar un gran encuentro. Jascha, sus padres, su tío, Lulú y su gran amor, la violinista Anna
Simon's mother
Hasta ahora, Simon sólo se ha interesado en chicos. Hace mucho tiempo que dio la espalda a su familia, sus deberes y a todo lo relacionado con la tradición judía. Rosalie fue criada en una familia judía de Nueva York y ahora da conciertos para el Circuito Cultural de Judíos Franceses, cantando canciones en Yidis con su voz de soprano. Cuando ve a Simon por primera vez, se enamora de su clarinete; Simon lo toca como un virtuoso. Rosalie no sabe nada de sus preferencias sexuales, y se lo imagina como un ser inspirado. A pesar de sus diferencias, el destino acaba por cruzar sus caminos...
Mrs. Chamot
After raising her daughter, one would think that Julie's life was rather full. However, she recently got an offer from the French consul to a mission in Pondicherry, India to teach her skills to Indians. She can only do this if she gets her high-school diploma, something she neglected to do earlier. The idea of this new post motivates her to rectify her youthful omission, and she goes back to school in Montparnasse. Just before classes are to start, her current boyfriend's condescending ways prove too much for her, and she breaks up with him, reacting to that by getting drunk. Thus, when she has to take the subway to school on the first day, being unfamiliar with the route and somewhat the worse for wear, she gets lost. Fortunately, she meets an elderly man, a retired musician for the Paris Opera, who is headed for the very same destination. The two form a relationship of mutual encouragement and support.
Roselyne
Joëlle, a simple and energetic young woman, works as a hairdresser for Mrs. Delbarre. When Professor Thibaud, a great bone specialist, asks her to donate her bone marrow for a transplant, on the condition that she does not seek to know the recipient, she accepts without hesitation. But the temptation is too strong and she investigates in order to discover the person who benefited from her generous gesture. It is a handsome young man with whom she immediately falls in love.
Roselyne
When Professor Thibaud, a great bone specialist, asks Joëlle, a simple young girl, to donate her bone marrow in view of a transplant, she agrees without hesitation. Despite the pain and the risks, she only thinks of saving a human life. Just one condition is imposed : the giver is not allowed to meet the transplanted in any case. However it is more than she can take, so Joëlle sifts through the medical network until she meets Arnaud. The more she advances, the more she becomes attached to her transplanted, to the point where she believes that her marrow influences his dreams and desires. Ambiguity will reign throughout this love comedy.
Ms Malicorne
Hermance
In this romantic farce, former opera-singer and current music festival organizer Hermance (Judith Magre) is married to Charles-Henry (Jean Roquel). However, she still has a passion for her former lover Simon (Carlo Brandt), but he has a thing for Francoise (Sabine Haudepin). Meanwhile, Nathalie (Tonie Marshall) keeps trying to put the moves on Hippolyte (Jacques Bonnafe), who is either unaware of or is ignoring her efforts, while her lackluster former lover Christian (Michel Gauthier) looks on and stays out of the whole mess. Who comes out the worst in this deal? Naturally enough, it's Christian, the fellow who has, for good or ill, kept the most distance from it, when Hermance, who seems jealous of everyone, tries to get even with Simon for running off with Francoise. Don't worry, it's supposed to be confusing.
Dubbing actress
En Montreal, un joven artista acepta la propuesta de un sacerdote para representar la Pasión de Cristo en los jardines de la parroquia, interpretando él mismo el papel de Jesús. No tardan en darse lugar las desavenencias entre el equipo artístico y la comunidad parroquial.
An anatomist
The name of painter Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is synonymous for a kind of painting style which celebrates carefree romantic life, indoors and out. He was a painter during the final decades of the French monarchy. In this story, he and his brother Cyprien (Robin Renucci), who is an early pioneer in medical anatomy (he dissected corpses and made drawings of what he found in them), have fallen in love with the same woman, Marianne (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), a laundress. This attraction has not escaped the notice of Salmon d'Anglas (Sami Frey), a conniving nobleman, who has his heart set on getting revenge on Jean-Honore (Joachim de Almeida) for refusing his patronage and becoming the darling of the French court.
Falconnetti
Whilst spending a few days on the Côte d’Azur with his friends, Jérôme meets Simorre, a strange young woman who will have a profound impact on him. Jérôme allows Simorre to take her into her world, and he soon finds himself caught in a terrible trap...
Solange Morane
Black comedy about a couple who become convinced that their best friends are aliens and that the Earth’s days are numbered.
Anna Novak
Jean Pierre, a young Parisian salesman, decides to go on vacation by hitchhiking at random. Taken as a jaguar by a rich man, he finds himself invited to his villa in Saint Tropez and discovers a luxurious, idle and decadent universe. A tasty TV movie, written and directed by Michel Polac, with a very young Fabrice Luchini.
Françoise
A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip is represented by a woman.
Béatrice
Rien ne va plus is a series of comedy sketches of disparate quality, on the social, cultural, and political foibles that make the French, French. Various settings and character types are given a once-over, including pseudo-intellectuals, punk bikers, right-wingers, and patrons of a low-end cafe.
Mme Breol, la secrétaire
Un joven está convencido de tener vista para los negocios, pero su comportamiento no inspira confianza. Por eso, y bajo seudónimo, inventa una sociedad que poco a poco le hará rico.
“A l’aventure”: the expression is beautiful for this sinister place, grubby, old and outdated that is the cafe of Mr. Jacquot. Yet this is where Pierre, Adolphe, Alain and François meet every day.
La femme cachée
A poll for an advertising agency during a working day resulting in a series of meetings with women and men from different social strata, each one of them with a different problem.
la dame au petit chien
El Señor Richard, un rico industrial, es brutalmente asesinado en su apartamento de París. Una investigación se inicia para averiguar los detalles del suceso y desentrañar dicho misterio. El inspector Lechat, famoso por sus métodos, nada tradicionales, se hace responsable del caso y, nada más entrar, pone en tela de juicio hasta los hechos más seguros, como la coartada de la señora Richard, que aparentemente es invulnerable. Otros sospechosos se unen a su lista, tales como la maestra de la víctima y un agente de seguros.
madame Ash
In Paris, in 1942, on a Thursday, the Parisian police herded together some 13,000 Jews for deportation to German territory. In this story, Paul (Christian Rist) is a teenager who tries to prevent this from happening. At first he attempts to save two elderly Jews, but they are resigned to their fate and comply with the order to assemble. For a short while, he is able to keep Jeanne (Christine Pascal) from joining them, but, after a long and strenuous day, she finally escapes from him he is too tired to chase after her.
David Goldman's mother
The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.
Roberte Bertolier
Prosecutor Maillard can rejoice: he has just obtained the death sentence of an accused accused of murder. It is the third head he gets at the assizes. There followed an evening of rejoicing with his wife and friends, including the prosecutor Bertolier. The latter's wife is Maillard's mistress. The lovers left alone, the condemned man, Valorin, burst into the room. He managed to escape during his transfer to the remand center. Valorin immediately recognized Bertolier's wife. And for good reason: at the time of the crime, they were together in a brothel. Stunned by the miscarriage of justice he has just committed, Maillard then tries to rehabilitate Vallorin while trying to avoid a scandal in the judiciary. He then calls Bertolier to the rescue. Valorin is opportunely killed "accidentally" and ... everything will go back to "order".
Mrs. Cheveley
Odile
Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Realising that neither his friend Jean nor his girlfriend Eloïse can help him, he decides to stay with his sister Odile, who lives near Limoges. At a party one evening he meets a wealthy bourgeois woman named Nathalie Sylvener. It is love at first sight, and on his return to Paris, Gilles tells Eloïse that he is now devotedly attached to another woman. Although Nathalie agrees to live with him in Paris, she rejects Gilles' offer of marriage. It is not long before the couple have settled into a routine and their passion begins to cool. Then Nathalie suddenly disappears from Gilles' life...
Gina
A young couple of burglars, waiting for trial, marry in jail. Annick writes down her observations of the women's ward. When she hears that her lover must serve a twice as long prison sentence, she plans their escape.
Marylène the Boss's Fiancee
In this whimsical French comedy, Cookie is a tough, sweet little rich girl, and is rather smart, too. She's smart enough and charming enough to outwit her kidnappers by setting one against the other until they have all killed each other or died trying to prove thier worth to her.
Ms. Gallois
Simon, un abogado condenado por un crimen, se escapa de la cárcel y se refugia provisionalmente en casa de una desconocida. Poco después, se pone en contacto con su ex mujer y con su amigo Charles, sus cómplices en el secuestro del hijo de un empleado de un banco, por el que recibieron un rescate de un millón de dólares. Simon escondió el dinero de ser detenido y ahora se propone recuperarlo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Flaminia
Two young villagers in love with each other, Silvia and Harlequin, see their love broken by a manipulative prince.
Bitter Thirty
Conjunto de siete cortos sobre el adulterio con Shirley MacLaine como protagonista.
La voyante
Mathieu hereda una red de prostíbulos de su suegro. El único problema es que no está motivado para recibir esta herencia.
Movie for French TV - Jean, a highly sought-after reporter, and Diane, an actress, have been married for three years, but are often separated by their respective professions. They have not lived together for more than six months. During the winter, they decide to spend a vacation together in Meschers, to relive the first moments of their relationship.
Barbara
Eliane Fournier
La femme de Pete
Maggy Thiebaut-Leroy
Una mujer burguesa está casada con un hombre respetable y además, tiene un amante español que es jugador de polo. Sin embargo, su vida le parece tediosa. De repente, un día, volviendo desde París a su casa de campo, se le estropea el coche, pero consigue llegar a su casa gracias a la ayuda de una joven. Este breve encuentro la hará recapacitar y plantearse la posibilidad de comenzar una nueva vida.
(uncredited)
This is the story of an obsession. Mona Lisa keeps smiling quizzically while our poor hero is pursued by her representation in all its forms, in all places. She smiles at him in a museum, at a bookseller along the banks of the Seine, in the streets, at a café. Enough to drive him up the wall!
La Prostituée Devant le Café
Montparnasse, el barrio bohemio de París, está lleno de artistas que aspiran a triunfar, aunque muy pocos lo consiguen. En 1919 vivía allí el pintor italiano Modigliani, que arrastraba una miserable y tormentosa existencia, ya que su arte no era comprendido y su único consuelo era el alcohol y las mujeres. Siempre enfermo y borracho, su vida se dividía entre una tabernera y una rica inglesa que le proporcionaba opio y pagaba sus facturas. Una mañana en la academia de dibujo, conoció a Jeanne, una joven burguesa, de la que enamoró inmediatamente. Decidido a emprender una nueva vida, le propuso que se fuera a vivir con él.
Dora, une entraîneuse de la boîte
A female journalist beats two male rivals to a scoop by exposing a white slave racket going on right in 50s Paris.
Irma
Brigitte es la hija de un importante político. Se encapricha con el jefe de gabinete de su padre y recurrirá a todo tipo de artimañas para conseguirlo. Se concierta la boda, el problema es que el novio no está enamorado de Brigitte. Celosa porque siente que su marido no la quiere, vuelve a idear un retorcido plan para conquistarlo.
Rachel
En 1865, el joven Octave Mouret llega a París dispuesto a hacer una gran fortuna aprovechando tanto sus encantos físicos como sus exquisitos modales de caballero. Seduce a cuantas mujeres considera necesario para sus fines, y así va escalando posiciones en el escalafón social. Adaptación de una novela de Émile Zola a la que Duvivier le da a la vez un toque romántico y cínico.
Éva
In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrived after a crime. Perceived by some people leaving the scene of the crime covered by his raincoat, he became the only suspect for the police. His only hope is to discover the murderer before is name is mentionned publicly, specially in front of his wife.
La Panthère
Germaine, la secrétaire
A young journalist, Sylvia, has to interview a writer, Claude Chatel, whose success is due to his misogyny.
A secretary
El joven periodista Louis Commandeur multiplica las intrigas y las traiciones con tal de lograr sus propósitos.
Jenny, telephone operator (uncredited)
André (Daniel Gélin) es un simpático Don Juan, que ha caído enamorado de la preciosa Catherine. Sin embargo, eso no le impide remememorar las gracias y favores de sus antiguas conquistas femeninas, como Christine, Minouche, Denise, etc. Pero eso no será fácil de compaginar con el amor de Catherine.
Professor Louis Delage is a kidney transplant specialist. He is so good in his field that his peers nickname him the "great man". But one day, one of his patients die during surgery and Delage starts doubting. Is he actually such a great man? To fight desperation he decides to take in the deceased child while devoting more time to Florence, his hitherto neglected wife.
A poker player (uncredited)
Melodrama of two struggling artists whose love for each other is thwarted.She has some success as a ballerina despite being wounded by him in a fit of jealousy. His career as a sculptor is stymied when he is arrested.
Based on a venerable Legend of the Sea, the story concerns a pliable prostitute named Bella (Romance) who is all things to all men. No matter what sort of woman her client wants, she will become that woman -- at least for the night. When a middle-aged man named Jean insists that Bella is his long-lost sweetheart, she plays along, hoping to escape her sordid lifestyle. The emotional tragedy that follows is meant to explain how Bella became "Maya," the living embodiment of Lost Souls.
Hortense Girodot
A little town erupts in turmoil about the construction of a public urinal. The army is sent in to restore order, but the military add to the confusion by getting involved with the local women.
