Catherine Jacob

Tony is a macho middle-aged school bus driver in the provinces with no friends or relations. A sudden heart attack throws him into a tailspin. Tony's convinced he's going to die. When his cardiologist warns him : We all need others. Alone, we're nothing. Tony decides to reconnect with the daughter he abandoned twenty years earlier, when she was just a baby. Still a coward, he's unable to screw up the courage to actually confront her directly. So he decides to sign up for a dance class she's teaching in Paris. Incognito, of course. To get to know her gradually… in a desperate attempt to give some meaning to his empty life. In the process, he has more than a few dance steps to learn!

Culture shock between a pork butcher from the Basque country and a Parisian bohemian.

An apparently well-rounded woman hides a secret wound: her daughter Hortense was taken from her as she was only 3.

The heir of a geranium farm meets a strange death.

Assim que consegue coragem para revelar à sua conservadora família judia que é gay, Simone começa a se sentir atraída por um chef senegalês.

Avril, uma mulher de 30 anos bem-sucedida com sua vida e carreira, é completamente o oposto de sua mãe, Mado, que é super dependente e mora com a filha desde que se divorciou. A relação das duas, que nunca foi das melhores, fica ainda mais complicada quando, por um azar do destino, mãe e filha ficam grávidas ao mesmo tempo.

Um drama estrelado por Émilie Dequenne como uma enfermeira liberal de uma pequena cidade que se torna líder de um fictício partido de extrema-direita na bacia mineira de Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Aproveitando sua popularidade, os diretores do partido sugerem que ela se torne candidata às eleições municipais.

There are almost a hundred years that The Sleeping Beauty is asleep No prince charming responsible for waking found favor in his eyes or, if it does not wake up, the world of fairies disappear.

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.

Nathan, 16 anos, vive sozinho com seu pai Stephane. Novato na escola, ele é convidado para uma festa e se apaixona por Louis, um menino de sua turma. Eles se encontram escondidos e se beijam, mas alguém tira uma foto deles. Rapidamente a foto é publicada no Facebook e uma tempestade surge em suas vidas enquanto eles enfrentam bullying e rejeição.

Worker or poker player, Samir and Xavier live from day to day. Bright young woman and future bride, Liza has a future all traced. They and she find themselves by chance for a weekend for a stay as unlikely as initiative.

Ariane, a young French violinist, accepts the marriage proposal of Christen, an irresistible conductor. Only problem: she's a little bit ... married! Separated for two years with Nino, an Italian teacher with a strong character, she manages to convince him to follow her to Paris to divorce in 8 days flat. But their trip in the city of love looks much more eventful than expected...

Para voltar a experimentar as emoções da juventude, quatro aposentados improvisam-se como bandidos e planejam assaltar o caixa do lar onde vivem. Depois, quando ficam sabendo da visita próxima de um ministro, eles resolvem engatar uma segunda e aproveitar a chance inesperada...

Éric é o orgulho da mãe, Viviane, que protege o filho com uma verdadeira mãezona. Quando ele é enviado em missão para Cuba, é um drama! Seis meses depois, Éric volta outra pessoa, radiante e casado com uma jovem cubana, com quem Viviane implica de cara...

The writer Louis Gardel remembers his youth in Algeria. In 1955, Louis is 15 years old and lives with his grandmother Zoé. Zoé is friend with president Steiger, leader of the French settlers but also with the old Arab Bouarab. One night looking at the Bay of Algiers, Louis is convinced that the world in which he has grown will disappear. The first events of the War of Independence have begun. The young boys and young girls have a good time at the seaside: swimming, dancing, flirting. But, little by little, the war becomes part of their daily life.

Family caretakers Brussels advantage of the absence of his patrons to exchange a beautiful property against a holiday villa in Sunset Island ... They just did not know a small detail: Island Sunset is 100% nude! Meanwhile, the Levantains arrive in Brussels to promote a directive that could undress throughout Europe...

It's young Lucy's first day as a trainee in-house caregiver. She visits Mrs Jessel, an old woman who lies in cerebral coma, by herself, in her large desolate house. Learning by accident that Mrs Jessel, a former dance teacher of repute, supposedly possesses a treasure somewhere in the house, Lucy and friends William and Ben decide to search the house in the hope of finding it. At night, they get into the house, which reveals itself to be increasingly peculiar. Their hunt for Mrs Jessel's treasure leads them into a horrifying supernatural series of events that will change Lucy forever..

A young couple marry in France in the 1940s and the film follows the arc of their marriage over the next decade. As France recovers from the trauma of the war, the wife finds herself increasingly caught up in acquiring material possessions while the husband prefers a more traditional lifestyle.

Véra é psiquiatra e trabalha em uma Unidade de Intervenção Psiquiátrica de Emergência. Seu diretor, Edouard Russel, costumeiramente odiado por atribuir trabalhos em excesso na Unidade, se depara, certa noite, com o filho em meio a um surto psicótico. Ele pede que Véra diagnostique como loucura para evitar a prisão do filho, mas ela recusa, desencadeando, assim, a fazer sua própria investigação.

Chantal, Gabrielle and Nelly, three fiftyish women, decide to make the trip to the wedding of an ex together.

A young professional woman takes radical action to force her husband's help with the household chores.

Yves Treguier é um órfão de 14 anos na França dos anos 30 que já passou por várias casas de correção durante a infância. Assim que ele se vê em uma dessas "escolas", prédios austeros cercados por altos muros, Yves, o rei da fuga e terno sonhador, tem apenas uma idéia em sua mente: fugir para o porto e pegar um navio para Nova York...

The plot of the musical is about a little boy who hides in the toy section of a department store at night, where the toys come to life.

The Arbac de Neuvilles are one of the oldest families in France. They have inhabited their ancient château for fifty-two generations and are proud of their noble ancestry. But today they are stone broke. When a bailiff turns up notifying them that they owe two million euros in back taxes, these proud aristocrats are understandably shaken to the core of their ancestral seat. Just how are they to find this amount of money when none of them has any capacity for work?

Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a self-styled lady killer who would do better with the fairer sex if he could work up the ambition to wake up in the morning. Stef has decided that he may need some help in finding the woman of his dreams, and embracing loyalty rather than logic he turns to Jean-Claude for advice.

A successful businesswoman thinks she has found her daughter, whom she lost when she was six months old...

Désiré Landru - husband, lover - and murderer. Based on documented facts, this is the full story of one of the most ambiguous criminals and lovers of the 20th century, the first modern serial killer.

Gardien à la Santé, Alex mène une petite vie tranquille aux côtés de son épouse Louisette et de son collègue et copain René. Muté au quartier des V.I.P., il se voit proposer par l'un des détenus, Bertrand, un businessman condamné pour affaires frauduleuses, un étrange marché : Claire, l'épouse de Bertrand, a décidé de se séparer d'un mari devenu encombrant tout en profitant de sa fortune. Alex est alors chargé de lui proposer une affaire financière alléchante mais bidon qui pourrait permettre à Bertrand de récupérer son argent. Désireux de mettre un peu de piment dans sa vie, Alex accepte de jouer le jeu et de se comporter pendant ses soirées en homme d'affaires suisse et discret ! Claire est séduite. Très vite, Bertrand réalise qu'Alex s'intéresse vraiment à sa femme, Claire découvre la supercherie financière et Louisette la trahison conjugale...

Two young parents are desperate to regain more defined roles when they realize that their son does not know his father from his mother.

In 1960s France, 16-year-old Hannah Goldman is experiencing a painful adolescence. Her Jewish background and plain appearance make her an object of ridicule, but she has a talent for music and is determined to fulfil her ambition to play in the school jazz band.

Isabelle, a beautiful nursing student, is starting her internship at a prestigious hospital. She meets Dr. Philip there, feels atracted to him from the beggining and starts suffering from strange fainting; so he calls her Bambi: her legs don't support her. Patients mysteriously start to dissappear from their rooms; so Bambi and Dr. Philip start a cat vs. mouse paranoid game, in order to catch the probable killer.

Em 1916, o aventureiro lacônico Corto Maltese está em Paramaribo, Suriname, visitando sua mística amiga Java. Ele ajuda um jovem herdeiro assombrado por espíritos de vodu, entrega algumas armas para rebeldes no Brasil e procura tesouros com Rasputin.

O famoso aventureiro de banda desenhada de Hugo Pratt, Corto Maltese, enquanto peregrina em Adana, na Turquia, descobre um mapa para o tesouro de Cyrus, um antigo rei da Pérsia. Para ajudá-lo na sua missão, ele recruta o seu velho amigo / inimigo, o inacreditável Raspoutine, em que ele primeiro tem que ajudar a escapar da prisão de Samarkand (também conhecida como "La maison dorée de Samarkand", A Casa Dourada de Samarcanda). No longo e tortuoso caminho para as riquezas, ele encontra todo tipo de personagens interessantes, soldados da fortuna, atores britânicos perdidos e até o seu sósia.

Several boys aged seven to fourteen, have formed their own secret support group as a result of parental neglect and abuse. The group is however more keen on revenge against the adults on their island. They break into houses and steal items, not for money, more for the thrill. They vandalize homes and torment the occupants. One man decides to seize the opportunity to do away with his wife and blame it on the intruders.

Rose, a health and fraud inspector, wants to have a child with Marc, a biologist in the same organization as her. But first, she decides to settle her problems with René, her ex-husband's uncle. Their restaurant is on the verge of bankruptcy despite the efforts of Joseph, the cook. As for Marc, he is afflicted with a possessive sister, Chantal, psychorigid and adept at macrobiotics.

A chubby forty-ish florist is dumped for a gorgeous young woman. She decides to lose weight and to ruin her rival's life in order to win her handsome lover back.

'Pelo Amor de Deus!!' narra a divertida história de Michèle (Audrey Tautou), uma garota de 20 anos que está arrasada por ter terminado com seu namorado. É quando ela conhece François, um judeu vegetariano. Apaixonada, Michèle decide converter-se ao judaísmo, porque ela tem de acreditar em algo ou pelo menos em alguém. Entre idas e voltas, Michèle descobre que nem sempre a fé remove montanhas e mantém namoros. Sejam com quem for.

A porn film director convinces his producer to make a romantic film, but the cast is grappling with tensions in their private lives.

In the hot summer of 1940 the German troops are just outside Paris, and numerous Parisians are leaving the city in a complete panic. Luce Ader, the sensitive daughter of a factory owner, decides somewhat belatedly to escape as well, together with her arrogant fiancé Bruno. Since they have a luxury automobile, the elderly society lady Daine Lessing decides to join them, and brings along the sensitive homosexual diplomat with her. The four of them finally leave the city in the hopelessly overloaded luxury car, only to get stuck in the middle of a seemingly endless column of refugees along a dusty road outside Paris...

A young health inspector takes on the restaurant of her lover who betrayed her.

God comes to Earth in order to make a film.

After the arrest of his mother, who is accused of collaboration, 14-year-old Theo decides to go join his grandfather in Paris. On the road he meets Marie, an 11 year old orphan.

Tunisian-Jewish businessman Alain Berrebi (Michel Boujenah) courts Ashkenazi princess Arlette Stern (Elsa Zylberstein). Her father David (Maurice Chevit) learns of the death of a rural Auvergne peasant who once hid David and his cousin Nathan (Felix Fibich) from the Nazis. Nathan is now a NYC diamond dealer on West 47th Street. David, Nathan, Arlette, and Berrebi head for the funeral in Auvergne. There they encounter the deceased peasant's son, Jean Bourdalou (Gerard Depardieu), who operates the family's restaurants in Paris. Arlette does a romantic take on Bourdalou, which sends the distraught Berrebi off to cry on the shoulder of his mother Gaby (Gina Lollobrigida). Back in Paris, Bourdalou and Berrebi make plans to open a trendy fashion restaurant in Manhattan.

To punish three troublemakers, Albert Castraing, their French teacher, gives them an essay to do, in which they must imagine what their lives would be if they were suddenly transformed into adults. The next morning, the three twelve-year-old boys realize to their amazement that...they HAVE BEEN transformed into adults! As for they parents they have become...KIDS! It is the beginning of a series of mishaps for Joseph, a Jew, Igor, a catholic and Nourdine, an Arab...

Once upon a time, Titus was locked up in a cellar by his adoptive parents with only a television set, a VCR... and five hundred cartoon tapes... Twenty years later, Titus escapes. The world seems to him then a simple amusement park...

Can sex make you less of an asshole? One summer, nine friends stop thinking about their sex life in the wrong way and all learn to give pleasure and to give themselves, all manage to delight and make their partner enjoy.

After the accidental death of her husband, Dominique Vallorie agrees to take over the construction of an important dam on the Orinoco River. She does not know that by accepting to go to Venezuela, her life as a woman and engineer will change. Through a great love story she will assert herself despite all the pitfalls on the way.

Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions.

Joseph and Victor are two motorcyclists of the national police force and inseparable friends. If the first leads a tidy life with wife and child, the second, single, is always in search of a soul mate - And one day he finds her.

Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend Gerard. Then a TV show called "where are you?" shows a woman from Gers who is searching for her husband who disappeared 28 years ago. The lost husband looks like an identical twin of Francis...

In Montelimar, four young women whom life has not spared want to emerge from mediocrity. They decide to rob a bank, but everything is not so simple and the perfectly developed heist could turn into disaster.

Anne divides her time between her children, a 16-year-old son and twins Lili and Lolotte and her work as an editor. Her life is turned upside down by the reappearance on the scene of Arthur, one of her first loves, whom she never wanted to see again. He doesn't know that he is the father of the twins but he is determined to win Anne over. The trouble is, she is surrounded by men desperate for her hand and thinks she is in love with one of them.

Samuel est psychanalyste. Toute la journée, il voit des patients exprimer des griefs, en particulier des adolescents rebelles qui méprisent leurs parents. Cette situation l'a conduit à voir d'un mauvais œil l'idée de sa paternité. C'est alors que sa compagne Mathilde lui annonce qu'elle est enceinte. Terrifié par l'idée, Samuel vit les neuf mois de grossesse de Mathilde plutôt comme un cauchemar, et les conseils de son ami Marc, homme à femmes mais célibataire endurci, n'arrangent rien à son angoisse. De leur côté, Georges et Dominique, la sœur de Marc, déjà parents de trois filles, affrontent sans inquiétude la quatrième grossesse de Dominique. L'expérience des uns va finalement avoir raison des appréhensions des autres, et entre les deux couples vont se tisser de solides nœuds d'amitié.

Urbain and his grandmother are stingy. They buy gold with all their money, and hide it inside the bricks of a wall at their country house. Jackes, his chauffer, and his lover (who casualy is the Urbain's wife) don't know this fact and think they have the money hidden somewhere. When Urbain and his grandmother decide to transport the gold (with the house!) to Switzerland, in order to pay less tax, a crazy chase begins.

Who would have expected Brigitte to marry a prisoner with a long sentence in the first place? In this romantic action movie, that is only the first in a long line of surprising actions by the young woman. Somehow, she manages to get hooked to the young prisoner before realizing that he'll be locked up for another three or four decades. She decides that this is much too long to wait to spend time with her sweetheart and decides to learn how to fly a helicopter. Why? So she can fly in and take him out of his prison yard, which is exactly what she does, thrilling romantics all over France and seriously upsetting the authorities. This award-winning film is based on a true incident from 1986.

Veronique, living with her divorced mother, is going on holiday to Mauritius with her father. To impress a local boy, Benjamin, she manages to complicate the situation by making up stories about her father. She presents him as her lover, a mercenary and even a secret agent which gets her into trouble and then her father has to start playing along...

À beira do oceano, Camille se prepara para o vestibular, sozinha. Ela conhece Joëlle, com muita experiência de vida, que levará Camille por caminhos alternativos, apresentando-lhe a vida, o amor e o sexo.

Tatie Danielle is a black comedy about a widow who is intent on ruining the lives of her great-nephew and his wife. Tsilla Chelton plays the title character, who mourns the death of her husband by tormenting everyone she meets. Eventually, she moves in with her nephew and his vain wife. Soon, her family is at war with Tatie, and takes off for Greece, leaving her in the care of Sandrine (Isabelle Nanty), an au pair who is as equally bitter as Tatie herself. At first the two don't get along, yet the two eventually become friends. However, Sandrine is invited to accompany an American student for an overnight stay at the beach, which would leave Tatie alone for a night. Angered, Tatie fires Sandrine, and while she is alone, she goes into deep depression, eventually setting the family's apartment on fire. The fire becomes a national story, with Tatie cast as a poor old lady and the family labeled as cruel and heartless villains.

In the summer holidays, a group of women stay behind in Paris whilst their husbands and children take a vacation on the sunny Island of Ré. The women – wives, frustrated spinsters and adolescents – profit from their new-found freedom to sort out their love lives and the men indulge their earthy passions with no less enthusiasm. Only the children seems capable of rising above this infantile summer madness...

Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious (even delinquent) children, often hungry, but with lots of laughter in the house.

Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. First, she is with Raoul, the older one; then passion for Clément, the younger doctor, takes over. Raoul fights back, playing on Clément's guilt and Juliette's lack of self-assurance; then, Clément makes his case to Juliette, abandons his fiancée, and takes her to the provinces where he sets up practice and asks her to have a baby. She panics and abruptly leaves Clément, taking up with Raoul again. When she contracts Hodgkin's disease and the treatment does no good, Raoul believes she has the malady of love. Is there a cure?

She is Florence Vannier-Buchet. Married to Protestant banker Jean-Marc Buchet. Florence leads a major sporting goods company with happiness and firmness. He is Antoine Lombard, Professor, son of a teacher, he is Secretary of State at the Universities. He divides his time between his ministerial activity and his riding in the working class suburb of Chartres. An elected member of the "pink wave". They met during a stormy assembly of the CNPF. The action takes place in 1983. Florence is engaged in a daring industrial and financial operation, while Antoine is putting the finishing touches to a bill for the renovation of Higher Education. Everything separates them and yet they do not manage to live separated from each other ...