An asylum patient must find her mother amid the guests at a large gala held at the hospital.
Martha
Philippe is a well-known writer, whose life was going smoothly: a surgeon wife, a circle of high-ranking friends, a Parisian mansion... And above all, an imminent entry into the Académie Française. Except that Philippe suffers from terrible back pain that plagues his life. When he meets the incredible Martha, who picks him up after a car accident on the roads of Normandy, his vision of the world changes. With her gentle madness and her healing hands, this woman who seems so free is especially concerned with treating others, even if it means forgetting herself. Between these two characters that everything opposes, a surprising friendship is woven, with the opportunity for them to finally seize the best that life can offer them.
Author
Françoise and Jean-Jacques Lombard, very wealthy tax exiles whose fortune is based on the inventions of their husbands, are preparing to receive a couple of friends, Alicia and Grégoire Lagarde. He is a daddy's boy industrialist, She is a rich and stupid aristocrat. Everything could well happen if Alicia had not become infatuated with a spiritual coach who accompanies them to dinner. And inevitably, the varnish will end up cracking, especially when the guru will tell them the worst: their fortune is threatened.
Françoise and Jean-Jacques Lombard, very wealthy tax exiles whose fortune is based on the inventions of their husbands, are preparing to receive a couple of friends, Alicia and Grégoire Lagarde. He is a daddy's boy industrialist, She is a rich and stupid aristocrat. Everything could well happen if Alicia had not become infatuated with a spiritual coach who accompanies them to dinner. And inevitably, the varnish will end up cracking, especially when the guru will tell them the worst: their fortune is threatened.
Self
Chantal Blanc
Chantal y Christian viven una jubilación tranquila. Pero desde que sus hijos Sandrine y Stéphane abandonaron el nido, no los ven demasiado. Las oportunidades de reunirse en familia son cada vez más escasas. Cuando sus hijos les anuncian que no vendrán a celebrar la Navidad, ya es demasiado para Chantal y Christian. Entonces deciden hacerles creer que les ha tocado la lotería.
La Reine-Mère
Paul Château-Têtard, a 45-year-old bachelor from the best of Parisian nobility, has – for the first time in his life – to take the Metro, and even buy a ticket. It is with extraordinary luck that the beautiful young Ava happens to be sitting at the counter: a spark ignites and wedding bells begin ringing in the distance.
Lili
Tralala, un cantante cuarentón que vagabundea por París, conoce una tarde a una joven que le envía un único mensaje antes de desaparecer: "No seas tú mismo". ¿Acaso lo ha soñado? Rápidamente abandona la capital y parte hacia Lourdes en busca de la misteriosa mujer, que solo puede ser la respuesta contemporánea a las apariciones milagrosas de la Virgen María. Allí, el músico se encuentra con una colorida colección de personajes que le ayudan a despojarse de su antigua identidad.
Jacqueline Mazerin
Esta vez, es ella quien llega. Jacqueline está de obras en su casa, así que se ve alegremente obligada a irse a vivir algunos días a casa de su hija mayor, Carole y de su yerno, ambos en plena terapia de pareja. Los "algunos días" se acaban convirtiendo en "algunos meses". Jacqueline se siente como en su casa, prepara las cenas, acapara la tele, cambia la cocina...
Dominique
Marguerite, la mère d'Alexandre
A writer must face the sudden death of his father, but after the burial, the latter reappears to him. He will have to learn to live with this facetious companion, but difficult to explain the situation to his family, because he is the only one who can see him. This disturbing presence will create an earthquake in the family.
Leonora Evesco
For the "story of the month," Coline, a contributor to a women's magazine, is sent deep into the Pyrenees to interview Simon, a rather wild artist who claims his mother appeared to him at the precise moment she died. Coline is particularly intrigued since her beautiful neighbor Azar insists the same thing happened with her father! On the night they meet, Simon attempts to seduce Coline, who resists but falls in love...
Mona
Coline Rossi
Cuando su hija decide divorciarse, Coline y Andre no pueden aceptarlo porque quieren mucho a su yerno. La única forma de seguir viéndolo es en secreto. Pero, ¿durante cuánto tiempo pueden llevar una doble vida?
Director
Irène, Emmanuel's Mother
Alexandre vive en Lyon con su esposa e hijos. Por casualidad, se entera de que el sacerdote que abusó de él en un campamento de verano cuando era niño, sigue trabajando con menores. En busca de justicia, Alexandre se lanzará a un combate al que se unen François y Emmanuel, otras víctimas del sacerdote, con el fin de liberarse de sus sufrimientos a través de la palabra. Pero las repercusiones y consecuencias de sus testimonios no dejarán a nadie indemne.
Lulu
Colocado por su prometida en el aeropuerto, Bruno vuela solo durante una semana en un club de vacaciones Todo Incluido en el Caribe. Las malas noticias nunca llegan solo, tendrá que compartir su habitación con Jean-Paul Cisse, eterno soltero muy invasor.
Michèle Sampieri
Febrero de 1976, en la antigua colonia francesa de Djibouti, cerca de la frontera con Somalia. Un grupo de terroristas secuestra un autobús escolar con unos 30 niños. Después de 30 horas de tensión se organiza una operación de rescate. Para desbloquear la situación, Francia envía una unidad de tiradores de la Gendarmería, la recién creada GIGN. Este equipo, tan heterogéneo como indisciplinado, llevará a cabo una operación de alto riesgo que marcará un hito de esta unidad especializada en misiones peligrosas.
Mme Le Couidec
Chloe has been living a successful life thanks to one trick: Albert Einstein is in her mind. But one day, he decides to move and chooses another body: Zac, a depressive beekeeper.
Mme Bachelot
In 2008, Sami Benboudaoud discovered the hell of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Ten years later, now that everything is for the best for Sami who brilliantly completes his studies of political science, nothing will go for his cousin Charles of Chazelle.
Mademoiselle Châtaigne
Born to a poor farming family in Brittany, Bécassine finds work as a nanny with the Marquise de Grand-Air who has recently adopted a lovely baby named Loulotte. A strong bond develops between Becassine and Loulotte, and life is sweet, until the Grand-Airs are threatened with financial ruin… Can Bécassine save the day? Naïve, funny, dreamy, optimistic, loving, Bécassine is also inventive, courageous and always ready to handle any situation in her own unique way – a superheroine like no other. César-winner Bruno Podalydès returns with a family movie adapted from the beloved French comic book Bécassine.
La mère
La historia gira en torno a Laura, una chica de 22 años que se está buscando a sí misma. Después de finalizar con éxito sus estudios literarios, se alista en la marina francesa como oficial de comunicación. Se tiene que adaptar rápidamente y asimilar las reglas que rigen la institución. Pero Laura está decidida. Tiene que aprender. Seguir aprendiendo. Aprender a conocerse y a aceptarse. Encontrar su sitio.
la méchante belle-mère / la voisine
Maxime
Isabelle, madre soltera, artista divorciada con un hijo, busca el amor verdadero, pero sólo va encontrando decepciones... Adaptación de la novela de Roland Barthès "Fragmentos de un discurso amoroso".
Jacqueline Mazerin
Stéphanie Mazerin se ve obligada a sus cuarenta años a volver a vivir con su madre Jacqueline. Al principio todo parece normal, pero la convivencia no será fácil. Jacqueline es una mujer con carácter y lleva un estilo de vida bastante peculiar. Cuando su hija, por ejemplo, decide crear una cuenta de e-mail para su madre, se convierte en toda una hazaña. Su día a día incluye además escuchar la música de Francis Cabrel en bucle, partidas de Scrabble insoportables y preciados consejos maternales sobre cómo comportarse en la mesa o de qué forma debe llevar su vida. Pero ahí no acaba todo. Toda clase de secretos familiares saldrán a la luz en una cena familiar, pero de la forma más estimulante.
la mère de Joséphine
At last, Josephine has found her perfect non-smoker-cat-loving-amazing-cook-perfect-man-soulmate. They’ve been in love for two years and everything is peachy. Until she realizes she’s… pregnant. Time for Josephine to transform her life, mature into a responsible adult, not become like her mother, get a job, hold on to her man, refrain from falling out with her friends, and tell her sister, who's been crashing at her place, that she's got to move out. A bunch of overwhelming challenges that Josephine will have to face in her own, special way.
Brigitte
Sybille, an accomplished actress, is given the chance to direct a film based on her own screenplay. Everything seems to go well at first. Her producers, two sisters, are two wacky but lovable characters, and Sybille dives into the adventure with them, putting aside her family life. But, from the unlikely choice of actresses, the successive rewrites of the script and the financial issues, the wonderful dream turns into a nightmare. Ever the optimist, Sybille will realise too late that her whimsical and totally crazy producers are going to drag her in their madness ... One thing is certain, nothing will happen as planned.
La gardienne
Un invierno excepcionalmente frío obliga al gobierno francés para empujar las personas alojadas mejor para dar cabida a algunos conciudadanos pobres. El decreto llamado "Le Grand Partage" crea algunos problemas entre los vecinos de un bloque de apartamentos de lujo París.
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Director
Brigitte
Marie and Eric, a couple in their thirties who have been together since college, buy their first apartment when Marie is suddenly overcome by doubt. Her encounter with a handsome, dark-haired man forces her to make a decision...
Dolorès (voice)
Plant loving Hilda, has created a museum where she preserves endangered and rare plants from all over the world. Meanwhile Attilem, a new genetically modified cereal, is launched on the market. Growing with little water and fertilizer while generating high crop field Attilem looks like an ideal solution to eradicate starvation and provide an alternative to diminishing oil reserves. But nothing is at it seems...
Self
Is there such a thing as strictly feminine cinema? Is it more difficult for a woman than for a man to direct a film? Is gender parity necessary in the industry? Actress and producer Julie GAYET and actor and director Mathieu BUSSON ask these questions to twenty French woman filmmakers, who face a camera together for the first time. After over an hour of lively, informal, spontaneous and funny interviews, it becomes obvious that these issues are still problematic and definitely worthy of a documentary. As Mia HANSEN-LØVE remarks, “In the eyes of the people, a woman’s film is always a woman’s film, while a man’s movie is simply… a movie”.
Writer
When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father’s pharmacy business, is less than thrilled at the arrival of his ‘embarrassing’ half-sister. After refusing to take her in, he soon gets a taste of his own medicine. Under the influence of a potent drug, for one day Paul is generous, happy and sensitive. The next morning, however, once the drug has worn off, his nasty side comes back...
Antoinette
When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father’s pharmacy business, is less than thrilled at the arrival of his ‘embarrassing’ half-sister. After refusing to take her in, he soon gets a taste of his own medicine. Under the influence of a potent drug, for one day Paul is generous, happy and sensitive. The next morning, however, once the drug has worn off, his nasty side comes back...
Director
When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father’s pharmacy business, is less than thrilled at the arrival of his ‘embarrassing’ half-sister. After refusing to take her in, he soon gets a taste of his own medicine. Under the influence of a potent drug, for one day Paul is generous, happy and sensitive. The next morning, however, once the drug has worn off, his nasty side comes back...
Olga
La mère
Sandrine and Alice are two sisters who, in their thirties, decide the time has come to attempt a reconciliation with their mother.
Joséphine de Silène
This microcosm of power and money has no time for Gracieuse, whose only assets are her talent, her fiercely stubborn character, and, most particularly, her determination to succeed. A high tension wire who's ready to stand up to Franz Mann and to face any obstacle, even if it means stepping outside the law, she pursues her sole obsession: to have a horse to call her own that she will take to the top.
Mamie Nova
25-year-old Khalid Belkacem has failed at everything: college education, summer camp instructor's permit, driver's license, and even his BCG. He never expected to become the first "positive discrimination" member of the police force. But as his mother says: "That's France for you! A country where everyone has a chance."
Claire
El guión, escrito por el director y Vanessa Portal, adapta una novela de Eliette Abeccassis, protagonizada por una pareja que vive como si fueran solteros sin hijos. La llegada de un bebé cambia drásticamente su vida cotidiana convirtiéndola en un verdadero calvario. Film que “habla con humor y ternura de la felicidad, y también de las dificultades de ser padres jóvenes”
Christiane Mercier
Mme Bachelot, directrice du collège Saint-Exupéry
Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
Solange Renivelle
As she does every morning, Lucie takes advantage of her journey to work to lose herself for a while in the pages of a good book. And as she does every morning, she joins her colleagues at the office with a smile. It's a working day just like any other. Then suddenly all activity in the office stops. All attention is turned towards the window of the opposite building opposite and abanner reading: Man Alone. Is it a hoax? A cry for help? Everyone has his own interpretation, and will try, by any means possible, to discover what lies behind this mysterious message.
Renée Michel
Relato del encuentro inesperado entre algunos de los habitantes del número 2 de la calle Eugène Manuel, en París: Paloma Josse, una niña de once años tremendamente inteligente y con un plan secreto; Renée Michel, portera discreta y solitaria que bajo su apariencia de inculta y arisca oculta en realidad una personalidad inteligente y cultivada, y el enigmático señor Kakuro Ozu, un japonés que acaba de mudarse al edificio...
La mère en Chanel
Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin, un ministre perdu dans une exposition de sexes, une voiture disparue au parking Rembrandt, des provinciaux amoureux des Impressionnistes, touristes galopins galopant d'une salle à l'autre, passager clandestin dans l'art premier, Picasso, Gauguin, Warhol, ils sont tous là dans ce petit monde qui ressemble au grand, dans ce musée pas si imaginaire que ça, valsant la comédie humaine jusqu'au burlesque.
Writer
Judith es una atractiva cincuentona que vive sola y contrata regularmente los servicios sexuales de jóvenes a través de internet. Así es como conoce a Patrick, cuyo encanto y simplicidad seducirá a una Judith que empezará a verlo regularmente. El encantador joven, cuyo nombre real es Marco, sólo trabaja como chico de compañía para pagar la hipoteca de la peluquería que regenta su esposa Fanny, de la que está profundamente enamorado, aunque ésta desconoce en qué consiste su trabajo en realidad. Cuando ella descubre la verdad, Marco abandona. Sin embargo, poco a poco, a medida que pasa el tiempo y el dinero disminuye, Fanny empujará a su marido a volver a sus lucrativas actividades. Y a Judith.
Director
Judith es una atractiva cincuentona que vive sola y contrata regularmente los servicios sexuales de jóvenes a través de internet. Así es como conoce a Patrick, cuyo encanto y simplicidad seducirá a una Judith que empezará a verlo regularmente. El encantador joven, cuyo nombre real es Marco, sólo trabaja como chico de compañía para pagar la hipoteca de la peluquería que regenta su esposa Fanny, de la que está profundamente enamorado, aunque ésta desconoce en qué consiste su trabajo en realidad. Cuando ella descubre la verdad, Marco abandona. Sin embargo, poco a poco, a medida que pasa el tiempo y el dinero disminuye, Fanny empujará a su marido a volver a sus lucrativas actividades. Y a Judith.
Irene
Judith es una atractiva cincuentona que vive sola y contrata regularmente los servicios sexuales de jóvenes a través de internet. Así es como conoce a Patrick, cuyo encanto y simplicidad seducirá a una Judith que empezará a verlo regularmente. El encantador joven, cuyo nombre real es Marco, sólo trabaja como chico de compañía para pagar la hipoteca de la peluquería que regenta su esposa Fanny, de la que está profundamente enamorado, aunque ésta desconoce en qué consiste su trabajo en realidad. Cuando ella descubre la verdad, Marco abandona. Sin embargo, poco a poco, a medida que pasa el tiempo y el dinero disminuye, Fanny empujará a su marido a volver a sus lucrativas actividades. Y a Judith.
Françoise Dolto
After the Second World War, Claude, son of communist resistance fighters, whose mother died in Auschwitz, and Ben, child of a prostitute and a Jew face, face with the help of Françoise Dolto, the demons that haunt them.
Michèle Varin
Depuis peu Eric Vincent, trentenaire sans histoire, a un fort sentiment de malaise. Est-ce la peur d'avoir un enfant ou celle de voir brutalement resurgir le fantôme d'un père qu'il n'a jamais connu ? Un matin, un inconnu l'appelle pour lui proposer de récupérer les cendres de son père. D'abord réticent, il finit par accepter et se retrouve plongé au coeur d'une machination infernale.
Rose Martin
Finales de siglo XIX, "Croûteux Inn" es un hostal en mitad de las montañas de los Pirineos. El establecimiento está a cargo de Martin y Rose, una pareja que tiene la costumbre de pedirle a su hijo adoptado sordomudo, Violet, que asesine a viajeros solitarios para robar sus pertenencias. Hasta que una tormentosa noche, el padre Carnus decide guiar a un adolescente a través de las montañas para llegar al monasterio.
Stephanie
An elderly man's innocent friendship with an eight year old girl is tarnished by the assumptions of a community when the little girl goes missing.
Writer
En 1979, Popeye, Gigi, Jérôme, Bernard, Nathalie y Jean-Claude se conocieron en Costa de Marfil en un club de vacaciones. Después del Club Med y del esquí, no dejaron de verse, de perderse de vista, de volver a encontrarse,… Después de 25 años nada ha cambiado entre ellos y ahora volverán a encontrarse en el lujoso hotel regentado por Popeye.
Nathalie Morin
En 1979, Popeye, Gigi, Jérôme, Bernard, Nathalie y Jean-Claude se conocieron en Costa de Marfil en un club de vacaciones. Después del Club Med y del esquí, no dejaron de verse, de perderse de vista, de volver a encontrarse,… Después de 25 años nada ha cambiado entre ellos y ahora volverán a encontrarse en el lujoso hotel regentado por Popeye.
Blanche Delhomme
Louise and Blanche run L'Etape, a cafe restaurant in a Savoy village. Facing them is Le Virage, run by Lucie and her daughters. The rivalry between the two cafes will be exacerbated during the truckers' strike that blocks the village.
Marguerite Duras
En un apartamento parisino, la policía descubre el cadáver de Georges Figon – el hombre que hizo estallar el escándalo del ‘Asunto Ben Barka’ que sacudió los cimientos del poder gaullista. Un año antes, Figon, cansado de los asuntos dudosos y estafas lamentables, busca dar un golpe jugoso. Estando en ese momento tan certero, después de unos años de prisión, decide embarcarse en una misión de gran envergadura: producir un documental sobre la descolonización.
Marie-Pierre
Six years after their split, a woman attempts to get her ex-husband back by unusual means.
Director
Six years after their split, a woman attempts to get her ex-husband back by unusual means.
Nina Tchitchi
In Brussels, one discovers the bodies of young women buried behind the tombs of famous painters… In each of them, it lacks the right forearm. Yarn needles, Commissioner Leon, whose secret passion is knitting, unravels the intrigue of this dark history, with the heart of this case Mrs. Edward Island, transvestite housekeeper bistro "In Sudden Death," where one encounters a high wildlife colors.
Michèle Varin
Una oficial de policía de mediana edad, Michèle Varin, se encuentra en un estado de depresión por la muerte de su hijo, ocurrida hace unos pocos años. De alguna manera, ella se culpa de su muerte, y se encuentra particularmente mal el día 29 de febrero, fecha de la muerte de su hijo. Justo por esos días, le es encargada la investigación de la muerte de una chica en el bosque.
Madame Jo
Cuatro criminales de poca monta se hacen pasar por deportistas de elite, apuntándose a un Raid que se celebra en Patagonia. Su verdadero objetivo es asesinar, por cuatro millones de dólares, a la capitana de su equipo: Léonore de Segonzac, una joven y rica heredera. La misión parece "pan comido". En plena selva y en una competición de deportes de aventura, cualquiera puede sufrir "un inesperado accidente". Sin embargo, la torpeza de estos cuatro delincuentes parece no tener límite.
Eddie Mousson
The wildly popular British television show Absolutely Fabulous gets a Francophonic makeover with this film version directed by Gabriel Aghion. In this go around, Josiane Balasko and Nathalie Baye play the incorrigible Eddie and Patsy, who leave no impulse unenacted and no lust unsated -- be it for sex or the latest in designer clothing. Waking up from a night of drunken debauchery, the two dip right into a feast of champagne and caviar, much to the irritation of Eddie's elegant mother and her resentful daughter. As Eddie stretches an appalling pair of leopard-print leotards (complete with matching shoes, purse, and hat) over her massive rear end, she and Patsy learn of a handsome young Rollerblading delivery boy who quickly becomes the object of their lust. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.
Lulu Braconnier
Un día, Jojo ve en televisión al famoso abogado Maurice Jacquard que celebra su vigesimoquinto triunfo ante los tribunales. Incapaz de aguantar su matrimonio ni un minuto más, concierta una cita con el letrado y le comunica que ha matado a su mujer (lo cual no es cierto). Haciendo las preguntas apropiadas consigue averiguar cuáles serían las circunstancias atenuantes que podrían exculparlo en caso de asesinarla.
André Dussollier 2
Les Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot water, the story of a conspiracy against actors, the story of aging actors whose careers are slowly less active than they used to be, but a stunning tribute to French actors and their cinema.
Baronne d'Holbach
Francia, finales del siglo XVIII. El gobierno, con el apoyo de la Iglesia, prohibe la publicación de la Enciclopedia de Diderot. Éste, por su parte, acompañado de algunos amigos, se refugia en un castillo. Allí intenta continuar su obra, pero sus amantes no se lo ponen nada fácil.
Suzanne
A young boy and his two grandmothers flee from headhunters and other villainous types in the Brazilian rain forest in this wacky family adventure. Benjamin, whose mom is dead and whose dad is off in the jungle searching for gold, is more cool-headed than his two grandmothers, both of whom hate one another. Upper class teacher bristles at the coarse behavior of working class Suzanne, who shoplifts and cheats at cards. Soon bad guys threaten them, and the chase begins.
Director
A famous couple is going on stage after ten years of separation and hate.
Gigi Ortega
A famous couple is going on stage after ten years of separation and hate.
Arlette
An actor owes big bucks to the Vegas mob. He's all set to pay them off; he's conned a rich widow into marrying him. But the mobsters blow his cover because they need him for a different scam. The lost heiress to a Vegas casino fortune has been found; she's a truckstop waitress in France. The mobsters' proposition: romance the broad, and get hitched. Or else. Then the crooks can bump her off and keep the casino for themselves...
Commentateur sportif, Jean-Philippe
Para Jean Pierre, agente deportivo y muy liado con sus problemas, este no va ser el mejor día para cuidar a Didier, el perro labrador de su amiga y menos aún para ocuparse de él durante una semana. Al día siguiente, un extraordinario acontecimiento le llevará a una de las aventuras más alucinantes, en la cual su peor pesadilla puede convertirse en la oportunidad de su vida...
Writer
Loli es una infeliz mujer casada con Laurent, un hombre machista y del que sospecha que tiene aventuras extramatrimoniales. Sin embargo, su vida está a punto de cambiar cuando conoce a otra mujer, Marijo, camionera de profesión, a la que casualmente conoce cuando su camión sufre una avería justo enfrente de su casa. Loli nunca había sospechado que pudiera ser lesbiana, pero se sentirá atraída por Marijo. César al mejor guión del año y récord de recaudación en Francia en 1995.
Marijo
Loli es una infeliz mujer casada con Laurent, un hombre machista y del que sospecha que tiene aventuras extramatrimoniales. Sin embargo, su vida está a punto de cambiar cuando conoce a otra mujer, Marijo, camionera de profesión, a la que casualmente conoce cuando su camión sufre una avería justo enfrente de su casa. Loli nunca había sospechado que pudiera ser lesbiana, pero se sentirá atraída por Marijo. César al mejor guión del año y récord de recaudación en Francia en 1995.
Director
Loli es una infeliz mujer casada con Laurent, un hombre machista y del que sospecha que tiene aventuras extramatrimoniales. Sin embargo, su vida está a punto de cambiar cuando conoce a otra mujer, Marijo, camionera de profesión, a la que casualmente conoce cuando su camión sufre una avería justo enfrente de su casa. Loli nunca había sospechado que pudiera ser lesbiana, pero se sentirá atraída por Marijo. César al mejor guión del año y récord de recaudación en Francia en 1995.
Josiane Balasko
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.
Irène
This bright domestic drama captures a moment in time when, for a large number of idealistic and grateful French men and women, the promise of Russian communism was bright, and everything Russian was a source of joy and amazement. In the story, Irene was rescued from Auschwitz by soldiers from the U.S.S.R., and since that time she has enthusiatically considered Russia to be the source of hope in the world. Her more pragmatic husband has, by 1958, grown somewhat weary of her enthusiasm, which has led her to decorate their apartment with anything Russian she can get her hands on. Matters come to a head when she is befriended by three members of the Red Army Choir during their tour of Paris.
Leah Lemonier
The naive and self-conscious Leah mistakenly signs a pact with the devil Abargadon. But she's on Heaven's hit list, so the Archangel Gabriel intervenes to bring about the demon's demise. But Leah begins to find Abargadon attractive and not so bad. She decides to save his soul.
Director
The naive and self-conscious Leah mistakenly signs a pact with the devil Abargadon. But she's on Heaven's hit list, so the Archangel Gabriel intervenes to bring about the demon's demise. But Leah begins to find Abargadon attractive and not so bad. She decides to save his soul.
La scientifique
El Dr. Apfelglück, eminente psiquiatra, cuenta algunos de los casos más graves que le han ido llegando.
Colette Chevassu
Bernard Barthélémy es un vendedor de coches que vive satisfecho y está casado con Florence, una mujer bellísima y adorable. Un día llega a su oficina Colette, la nueva secretaria, una mujer poco agraciada y sin atractivo alguno. Inesperadamente, entre ambos se desata una pasión arrolladora que a ellos mismos les resulta inexplicable. Tal vez los misterios de la pasión no sólo sean oscuros, sino también crueles.
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Author
Frankie
Companion threatened with rape
Without fear and beyond reproach: the life of the brave knight de Bayard reviewed and corrected with humorous sauce.
la journaliste
The leader of a nudist colony enlists the help of left-wing militant when he mistakenly believes he should receive the Legion of Honor.
Scenario Writer
Mireille Molyneux, police inspector, tracks down pimps. With the complicity of Yasmina, a prostitute, she arrested Charlie, her pimp. To take revenge on Mireille, Jean-Pierre, another pimp, accuses him of corruption. It was then the subject of an investigation by two IGS inspectors: Blondel and Lacroix. Soon after, Charlie was released for lack of evidence. To keep Yasmina, he kidnaps his son and threatens to kill him.
Director
Mireille Molyneux, police inspector, tracks down pimps. With the complicity of Yasmina, a prostitute, she arrested Charlie, her pimp. To take revenge on Mireille, Jean-Pierre, another pimp, accuses him of corruption. It was then the subject of an investigation by two IGS inspectors: Blondel and Lacroix. Soon after, Charlie was released for lack of evidence. To keep Yasmina, he kidnaps his son and threatens to kill him.
Inspecteur Molyneux
Mireille Molyneux, police inspector, tracks down pimps. With the complicity of Yasmina, a prostitute, she arrested Charlie, her pimp. To take revenge on Mireille, Jean-Pierre, another pimp, accuses him of corruption. It was then the subject of an investigation by two IGS inspectors: Blondel and Lacroix. Soon after, Charlie was released for lack of evidence. To keep Yasmina, he kidnaps his son and threatens to kill him.
Aline
After he is dismissed from his umpteenth job, Momo is kicked out of the family home by his fed-up father. He immediately joins his buddy Manu, who is also penniless having just lost his job at a cafeteria. The two decide to ask shady nightclub owner Sammy for a job, and he promptly hires them to transport back two statuettes from Amsterdam. Momo and Manu soon find out that these art objects are stuffed with drugs, but still manage to carry out their mission. They receive one kilo of grass in exchange, which they sell immediately. But while the business is lucrative, they discover that it's not so easy to become a full-fledged drug dealer...
Writer
Jacques Belin, presenter of a silly TV show, gets drunk after receiving an award and misses the train bringing his TV-soap-star fiancée. He meets up with Frède, just out of prison after a three year sentence and, in between numerous arguments and Jacques' break-up with his girlfriend, the two of them get drunker together, going across Paris in search of more alcohol and adventure.
Frède
Jacques Belin, presenter of a silly TV show, gets drunk after receiving an award and misses the train bringing his TV-soap-star fiancée. He meets up with Frède, just out of prison after a three year sentence and, in between numerous arguments and Jacques' break-up with his girlfriend, the two of them get drunker together, going across Paris in search of more alcohol and adventure.
Director
After the death of her little boy, Anita wants to take her own life.
Anita
After the death of her little boy, Anita wants to take her own life.
La parisienne
Una serie de bocetos humorísticos sobre la vida: "Una noche para recordar", "Cumbre de enfrentamiento" y "¿Un libro? ¡Eso es personal!"
Writer
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.
Simone
In a bar, ex-TV host Belin meets Frede, an ex-maid who just got out of prison. Between them, they manage to create panic everywhere they go. The next morning Belin has forgotten everything.
Jackie
An international intrigue with terrorists threatening to blow up the presidents of the most powerful countries.
Simone
When the mother of a "tribe" of five children leaves for good, their inept father is not sure how to keep the family clothed and fed, and without the help of his neighbor Simone, he would be nowhere. She is attracted to him but eventually gives up on the relationship. Meanwhile, the father grabs his brood and they take off for Paris in search of the wife. But Simone accidentally ends up on the same train...
Rolande
An adolescent who fancies himself a sexy and conscientious young man abuses all his friends and family in a quest for his own independence.
Béatrice Flamand
Jean-Jacques Lestrade is the owner of a renowned veterinary clinic in Paris who lives in a luxurious apartment. He is part of Parisian high society and lives a wealthy lifestyle surrounded by young women and money. He relies on his trusty accountant, Jérôme Bouvier, to manage his finances. All goes well until the day that Béatrice Flamand, a tax inspector, shows up at his clinic, at which point Lestrade is now in trouble.
la pharmacienne
It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!
Writer
Es Nochebuena y en las oficinas de SOS Amistad, que ofrecen asistencia telefónica a todo aquel que se sienta solo, parece todo muy tranquilo. Pero poco a poco la noche se irá desmadrando de la mano de un travesti depresivo o una pareja de los suburbios completamente chiflada, entre otros.
Marie-Ange Musquin
Es Nochebuena y en las oficinas de SOS Amistad, que ofrecen asistencia telefónica a todo aquel que se sienta solo, parece todo muy tranquilo. Pero poco a poco la noche se irá desmadrando de la mano de un travesti depresivo o una pareja de los suburbios completamente chiflada, entre otros.
In the cloakroom of Bunny's Bar, a shabby striptease box, Anita, a cloakroom lady, celebrates her last night of work: she has to join Paul in Metz to start a new life.
Colette
En Biarritz, Hélène atropella con su coche a Gilles. Vive abstraída y sumida en una gran depresión tras la muerte de su amante, un brillante y prometedor arquitecto. Tras el accidente, Hélène y Gilles, dos seres solitarios, se hacen amigos, pero él se enamora de Hélène, a pesar de que es consciente de que que una mujer como ella no se puede interesar por un hombre de clase más baja y sin grandes aspiraciones. (FILMAFFINITY)
Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher
After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.
Writer
Lydie, a physically unattractive young woman, is brutally dumped by her fiancé when she had just acquired the lease of an apartment to live with him.
Lydie Langlois
Lydie, a physically unattractive young woman, is brutally dumped by her fiancé when she had just acquired the lease of an apartment to live with him.
Scenario Writer
Isabelle and Maxime are a pair of lighthearted lovers -- that is, until Isabelle gets the itch for motherhood. When she confesses her desire for a child, Maxime panics. As a cartoonist by trade he is far from financially stable, so he outright rejects the idea of parenthood. What follows is a roller-coaster romance full of recriminations and reconciliations, until Maxime must ultimately decide whether his fear of becoming a parent is a reason to leave.
Louise
Three days in the lives of six friends who are nearly 30 years old, live in Grenoble, and have a rock band called the "Why Notes?". They're to play in Paris at Charles's school reunion. In getting to Paris and back, the characters interact with Aimee's ex-husband and her abrasive, cruel ex-mentor, Louise's would-be lover who turns out to have a husband, Mickey's long-time lover and her children, Bertrand's Germanic wife and their children who speak no French, and Frederic's distant mother. The band also meets Clara, a mercurial free spirit who beguiles Bertrand, then Mickey, then takes up with someone else in the band.
Writer
Secuela de "Les bronzés", también dirigida por Patrice Leconte. Ahora, tras la experiencia mediterránea estival de la primera entrega, el grupo de amigos se embarca en la aventura de los deportes de invierno. Por supuesto continuarán, al mismo tiempo, los problemas sentimentales y personales de los distintos componentes.
Nathalie Morin
Secuela de "Les bronzés", también dirigida por Patrice Leconte. Ahora, tras la experiencia mediterránea estival de la primera entrega, el grupo de amigos se embarca en la aventura de los deportes de invierno. Por supuesto continuarán, al mismo tiempo, los problemas sentimentales y personales de los distintos componentes.
Writer
an upset client
Two brothers are fighting for a one girl attention...
Writer
Un grupo de turistas llega a Costa de Marfil con la intención de pasárselo lo mejor posible y olvidar todos sus problemas.
Nathalie Morin
Un grupo de turistas llega a Costa de Marfil con la intención de pasárselo lo mejor posible y olvidar todos sus problemas.
une spectatrice
A bunch of actors (mixed theater gangs from Le Café de la Gare and Le Splendid) are reunited in a movie theater to watch an anonymous porn flick. Their reactions to the images. All dialogs have been improvised.
Screenplay
Seeking medical advice to lose a few pounds, a woman lands up finding out about the usefulness of a computer, not just for her diet but also for work, with her parents,and to find a new boyfriend after the previous one has left her.
Pauline
Seeking medical advice to lose a few pounds, a woman lands up finding out about the usefulness of a computer, not just for her diet but also for work, with her parents,and to find a new boyfriend after the previous one has left her.
Josy, Lucien's girlfriend
Cuatro amigos insatisfechos en plena cuarentena cronológica. Bouly, el "donjuan" del grupo, separado de su mujer y a punto de contraer matrimonio con otra separada, tan bien provista de hijos como él mismo, se ve atropellado por la llegada de su ex mujer y del ex marido de su amante. Etienne, el más reposado de los camaradas, teme haber sido engañado por su mujer, Marthe, y empieza a espiarla. Daniel, el homosexual, descubrirá en su naturaleza una nueva vía de relación amorosa, y Simon, siempre cercado por su madre, tendrá que recurrir a la seducción de sus clientes en su propio consultorio médico. Secuela de "Un elefante se equivoca enormemente". (FILMAFFINITY)
Nadine
Basada en la novela "Ese dulce mal" de Patricia Highsmith, es la historia de una obsesión, la de David, un hombre que está dispuesto a matar por una mujer a la que ama de una manera enfermiza, aunque ella haya decidido rehacer su vida con otro hombre.
The woman in the phone booth
In this family comedy, Papa has no end of trouble getting his young son to accept his new girlfriend.
(uncredited)
Herbie, el vehículo con corazón, añade algunas concesiones internacionales a su simpática personalidad. Al inicio de la carrera de Paris - Montecarlo, Herbie se derrite sobre sus ruedas, cuando encuentra a un sencillo y deportivo Lancia azul claro. Pero Herbie también pondrá su atención en una banda de ladrones de joyas, quiénes ingenuamente esconden una piedra preciosa robada ¡en su depósito de gasolina! Así comienza una chiflada persecución con este bólido como único protagonista... (FILMAFFINITY)
Corinne
Sylvie, Corinne and Sophie all live in the same accommodation in Paris. The first sells clothes on the steps. The second works in a factory restaurant and the third is divorced, has a child and does odd jobs.
While chaos and the impending doom of World War II are just over the horizon, the members of an impoverished French family are occupied with their own concerns. Most notable among them are the romance of the teenaged girl with a young socialist and the boy's friendship with a German boy.
Office Worker
Un tímido conserje (Roman Polanski) se muda a una habitación, en la que una chica intentó suicidarse arrojándose por la ventana. A medida que pasa el tiempo, el nuevo inquilino empieza a temer que sus vecinos intenten provocar en él un estado de paranoia que lo induzca también a saltar por la ventana.
A televiewer / The cyclist (uncredited)
Francia se para. Todo el mundo deja de trabajar y cada uno reflexiona. Se trata de construir una nueva sociedad basada en otros valores y estructurada de un modo diferente. Pero, ¿es posible?
