Sylvie Testud

Sylvie Testud

Nascimento : 1971-01-17, Lyon, Rhône, France

História

Sylvie Testud was born on January 17, 1971 in Lyon. Her parents separated when she was two years old. She spent her youth in the Lyon district of Croix-Rousse, raised by her mother, an accountant. In high school, she learned Chinese. Very early fascinated by the cinema, the young girl identifies in particular with the complexed teenager character embodied by Charlotte Gainsbourg in L'Effrontée. Having moved to Paris to study history, she soon embarked on acting by joining the free class at Cours Florent and then the Conservatory, where her teachers were Jacques Lassalle and Catherine Hiegel. She made her first screen appearance in 1994 in Couples et amants. She decided to become an actress during her youth, after having admired actresses in films. She then took acting lessons in Lyon with the actor and director Christian Taponard. In 1989, she moved to Paris to study history, as well as drama lessons in free classes at Cours Florent, then at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art for three years, with Jacques Lassalle and Catherine Hiegel for teachers. In the early 1990s, she obtained her first small roles in the cinema, then in feature films such as The Story of the Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed by Philippe Harel (1994), Le Plus Bel Age..., by Didier Haudepin (1995) or even Love, etc. by Marion Vernoux (1996). In 1997, Sylvie Testud experienced her first great success at the cinema in Germany with the film Beyond Silence by Caroline Link, for which she learned German, the clarinet and sign language. She is rewarded as best actress by the German Film Prize (the equivalent of the César for best actress). In 1998, she played her first major role in French cinema and enjoyed great success in France with the role of Béa in Karnaval, the first feature film by Thomas Vincent, for which she was nominated for the César for best female hope and received the Michael Simon Prize. She then began an important acting career with a preference for auteur cinema. In 2000, her performance in La Captive by Chantal Akerman (adaptation of the novel La Prisonnière by Marcel Proust) earned her a nomination as best actress at the European Film Prize. In 2001, she obtained, for her second nomination, the César for best female hope for the remarkable interpretation of Christine Papin, one of the Papin sisters, in Les Blessures assassines by Jean-Pierre Denis, based on a news item from 1933.

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Sylvie Testud
Sylvie Testud

Filmes

Cocorico
Nicole Martin
The Bouvier-Sauvages, a large aristocratic family, meet the much more modest Martin family when their children's wedding is announced. For the occasion, the future bride and groom offer their parents DNA tests, which will reveal their true origins. The results are totally unexpected and will make the effect of a bomb.
Des mains en or
Rose
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.
Marinette
Régine Pierre, coach Saint-Memmie
Based on the biography Ne jamais rien lâcher, the script traces the career of Marinette Pichon over three decades. Born in 1975, she was the pioneer of French women's football and one of the greatest stars of that sport in the world. A prodigy discovered at the age of five, she went on to become the first French player to make a career in the United States (men/women combined) and the record holder for the number of goals and selections for the French team (men/women combined). From her childhood, ravaged by an alcoholic and violent father, to the American dream (she was crowned best player and best scorer in the prestigious US league in 2002 and 2003 and "Most Valuable Player" in 2003), via her career with the French team, Marinette paints the portrait of a kid from a working-class background who was not destined for such an extraordinary career path...
Les François
Caroline
The Grand Restaurant IV
For this new year, Pierre, the director of the Grand Restaurant is thinking big to try to get the famous star from the famous Michalon guide! And for that, he settles at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. Pierre faces an unscrupulous culinary critic, who will offer him a dubious deal: to dismiss his historic chef in exchange for this famous star. Will the manager of the Grand Restaurant accept?
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
Juliette discovers that her teenage son, whom she thought was flourishing, is in reality undermined by a deep malaise and that he has become dangerously dependent on drugs. Determined to get him out of his deadly addiction, and driven by her unconditional love, she embarks on a long and painful fight, alongside her child, without ever giving up on saving him.
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
Director
Juliette discovers that her teenage son, whom she thought was flourishing, is in reality undermined by a deep malaise and that he has become dangerously dependent on drugs. Determined to get him out of his deadly addiction, and driven by her unconditional love, she embarks on a long and painful fight, alongside her child, without ever giving up on saving him.
Champagne!
Joanna
Springtime in the French vineyards of Champagne. Patrick has gathered his oldest friends for his bachelor party. The trouble is, everyone hates his future wife. This could thus become one hellish weekend in gourmet paradise.
Simone, The Journey of the Century
Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979)
Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged and transformed her era defending a humanist message still keenly relevant today.
Flashback
Olympe de Gouges
A female lawyer travels back in time and crosses paths with other women in history who fought for women's rights.
L'heureux Stratagème
La Comtesse
The Grand Restaurant III
The nymphomaniac's friend
He had opened his Great Restaurant twice, in 2010 and 2011, as part of an entertainment broadcast on France 2. Pierre Palmade “reopens it after work” in the form of a fiction offered by M6. Exit the brewery. The artist has chosen to shoot his film at the Froufrou, the restaurant at the Théâtre Édouard-VII, in Paris, a chic establishment with rococo decor, more solemn and therefore more appropriate to important moments in life, to his big announcements that make the subject of a series of sketches. They are interpreted by a cast of stars just as prestigious as that of his comrade Muriel Robin a few weeks ago in I Love you coiffure , on TF1. As a common thread, Pierre Palmade in the role of the host busy satisfying his customers, while ensuring that his mother (Marthe Villalonga), his competitor (Florence Foresti) and her cook husband (Jean Leduc) do not transform the evening in disaster.
I Love You Coiffure
Geneviève (segment "L'Addition")
Liliane and Maud are twin sisters. The first is a modest provincial hairdresser while the second leads the great life in Paris. They both fight over their mother's custody.
Meet the Malawas
Nathalie Dulac
A news anchor, a comedian, an actress, and a soccer player with big egos have to travel across the globe to meet the Malawa tribe for a TV show.
Disclaimer
Maïté
Since his sensational arrival at the head of the 20 Hours, Cédric Saint Guérande, known as "CSG" is THE favorite presenter of the French. His insolent audiences stoke the jealousy even within La Grande Chaîne which he is the undisputed star. His thirst for power is limitless, which displeases the new president of the chain. The war is declared between the two men for the great pleasure of CSG. Power games, networking, manipulations and low shots: the fight will be merciless, and the outcome necessarily spectacular. Welcome to the media circus games.
Quand sort la recluse
le lieutenant Froissy
After three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic accidents. But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector Adamsberg begins to suspect that the case is far more complex than first appears.
Wide Load
Jennifer
This is the story of a guy who goes too fast and a big guy who is too slow. Foster meets Taupin. All this would be trivial if one of them had a scary scenario, the scenario of their lives and their deaths. Just open the pages and shake.
Defiant Souls
Enriqueta Faber / Enrique Faber
Santiago de Cuba, January 19th, 1819. Coming from Lausanne, Enrique Faber, a Swiss doctor and surgeon, arrives on the island, a Spanish province, hoping to find his son, who has been kidnapped…
Deux gouttes d'eau
Valérie Laforge
Suspíria: A Dança do Medo
Miss Griffith
As trevas tomam conta de uma renomada companhia de dança, envolvendo a diretora artística do grupo, uma ambiciosa jovem dançarina e um psicoterapeuta de luto. Alguns irão sucumbir ao pesadelo. Outros irão finalmente despertar.
Fan Club
Anna
A New Girl In Paris!
Amandine
Tamara has been separated from Diego for two years. She finally leaves home to live the student adventure in Paris with his girlfriend Sam. In a galley apartment, they accept a cohabit with Wagner. Problem: Diego is part of the lot, and he is no more single.
Kings for a Day
Val
A wannabe actor must chose between his passion and his father, a crook.
Último Retrato
Annette Giacometti
O filme centra-se no ano de 1964, quando o pintor e escultor suíço Alberto Giacometti convidou o crítico de arte e escritor norte-americano James Lord para posar para ele; este convite acabou sendo um dos retratos mais famosos do artista.
Até que o Casamento nos Separe
Clarisse
Planejadora de casamento é perfeita no que faz, mas incapaz de gerir a sua própria vida.
Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne
Charlotte de Savoye
In 1477 Charles the Bold dies, his only child is a girl which cannot rule without a husband. Meanwhile in Austria, Emperor Frederick III and his antagonist Louis XI France battle over said marriage prospects, battles ensue, tragedy falls.
Mörderische Stille
Elena
Tamara
Amandine
Tamara, 15, complexed with her curves, decided its entry into second to get rid of the label of "big". To shut up the gossip, she made a bet with her best friend to go out with the first boy who pass the classroom door. No luck, the boy turns out to be Diego, the most handsome guy of high school. The bet is complicated for Tamara .... Between the dirty tricks of bitches of high school, a mother hen, boards "drag" his little sister, Tamara is a memorable year!
The Exchange Student
Eloïse
Malo and Stéphane are two students who are kind of losers and have just started high school. Their plan to become popular: to host a German exchange student with a lot of style. Too bad for Malo, who gets stuck with a Goth who will make his life hell.
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Charlotte de Robespierre
Jean Reno e Christian Clavier estão de volta como viajantes do tempo para a Idade Média.
Arrête ton cinéma !
Screenplay
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.
Arrête ton cinéma !
Novel
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.
Arrête ton cinéma !
Sybille
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.
Too Close to the Sun
Sophie Picard
A magistrate investigating a fraud case discovers the woman is the biological mother of her adopted child. Instead of recusing herself, the magistrate pursues the case further.
Thanks to my Friends
Stéphane Brunge
A man in his mid 30's reevaluates his life and priorities after he met someone from his past.
Spiderwebhouse
Sabine
When 12-year-old Jonas’ mother leaves to “fight her demons”, he steps up as head of the household, becoming the unofficial guardian to his younger siblings. With food and money running out, the children retreat into a world of their own where, cloaked eerily in black-and-white, their home turns into one of bugs and mysticism – they make saucepan gardens, they take on insects as pets and spiderwebs encroach. Only the friendship of an odd young homeless man gives Jonas hope to survive in an adult’s world.
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
Self
Two Women
Elisaveta Bogdanovna
A headstrong young woman is married to land baron. Her feelings for her son's tutor becomes a complex web of unrequited love.
Ceux qui dansent sur la tête
Catherine
Dance drama playing on a dairy farm, starring two 19-year-old friends Syl and Frenzy who live for breakdancing. The friendship comes under pressure during a dance audition in Paris, where one clearly is superior to the other. A unique film with the passion for dance as a binder for an unusual friendship and countryside as surprisingly natural playing field. Set up by choreographer Mourad Merzouki, the founder of a hip-hop circus school, director of a dance academy and widely loved ambassador for the French streetdance.
Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone
Nadiège
The 1980s. Stéphanie grows up in La Courneuve, on the outskirts of Paris, in a home where her mother is rarely there and her step-father is brutal. She quickly decides to escape her morose everyday life. Thanks to her grandmother's love, reading, her passion for dance, and for French pop-star Jean-Jacques Goldman, Stéphanie copes in this colorful neighborhood where friendship is primordial. One day, she knows that she'll leave this place to lead the life she's always dreamed of.
O Que as Mulheres Querem
Sam
Esta comédia se passa no primeiro mês de primavera, acompanhando as histórias amorosas de onze mulheres diferentes. Umas são esposas, outras são as melhores amigas, as amantes, as empresárias… Cada uma se envolve em um novo caso, com os homens de suas vidas, ou simplesmente com algum desconhecido encontrado por acaso.
24 Days
Brigitte Farell
When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
96 heures
Marion Reynaud
Carré is the boss of the BRB (Brigade for the Repression of Banditry). 3 years earlier, he arrested a big mobster, Kancel. Today, thanks to an extraction, Kancel kidnaps the cop. He has 96 hours to elicit a single information: know who gave him.
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
Lolita
The story of a septuagenarian, recently divorced, which in its reconstruction desire and quest for a new companion will rediscover the small pleasures of life and the art of seduction.
My Name Is Hmmm...
La mère de Céline
Céline, 11, meets Peter, 40. Together they go on a "luminous journey" in his beautiful red truck. She, escaping her desperate and incestuous father; he, far from his native Scotland and the sad memory of his lost wife and daughter. In the course of a few days, a few words, Céline experiences her first true moments of childhood and lightness, exhilaration and trust. Peter goes towards the last days of a life that he offers, like a sublime and aging angel, to this wounded child.
Les déferlantes
Louise
Holed up in a small Normandy town, Louise hides from her ghosts as she looks after grumpy old Theo, the retired lighthouse keeper who shares her passion for ornithology. As she wanders the twisted shores, observing birds and people alike, Louise also keeps track of old Florelle, another broken soul who searches the beaches, seemingly waiting for the crashing waves to return something to her. Observing the locals' reactions to Lambert's return, the heir of a family lost at sea, Louise is intrigued by his past but, at the same time, attracted to him. As their relationship deepens, they start to unravel the web of secrets that have haunted the small village for decades. Together, they struggle to uncover the truth that could set them both free.
For a Woman
Anne
After the death of her mother, Anne makes a shocking discovery: an old photograph casts doubt on her origins and leads her to discover a mysterious uncle who lived with her parents after the war. As she lifts the lid on a long forgotten family secret, the young woman learns that her mother once succumbed to an amorous passion that was as intense as it was short-lived...
Une chanson pour ma mère
Sylvie
As mãos do mal
Roxana Orlac
Roxana Orlac, a famous violinist, loses the use of her hands in a terrible lift accident. Her career as a virtuoso seems to be over until Professor Christansen offers her a transplant of two new hands. What he omits to tell her is that the two hands in question belonged to a woman who murdered her own children. When unexplained incidents happen, followed by a murder in Roxana's entourage, she starts to wonder whether her new hands may be committing crimes of which she's unaware. Police Capitain Almeida, in charge of the investigation, falls in love with Roxana, but she remains the prime suspect. Is it possible that Roxana's hands are urging Roxana to do terrible things she's not even conscious of? Or is she the victim of some terrible plot?
Max
Nina
Max 6 anos. Ela vive com seu pai Toni, um pouco de punk com um coração grande. Para o Natal, Max decide oferecer-lhe Rose, conheci uma garota alegria na rua e ele tomou um gosto para. Apesar da situação complicada, Toni será difícil recusar o "dom" de sua filha e ter que conviver com Rose.
A Vida de Outra Mulher
Writer
Marie tem 40 anos de idade, mas quando ela acorda, um dia, ela acredita ter apenas 25 anos. 15 anos de sua vida se apagaram de sua memória. Ela acorda no início de uma longa história de amor, que na verdade acaba de terminar. Entre os transtornos desta nova realidade, ela terá apenas quatro dias para reconquistar o homem de sua vida.
A Vida de Outra Mulher
Director
Marie tem 40 anos de idade, mas quando ela acorda, um dia, ela acredita ter apenas 25 anos. 15 anos de sua vida se apagaram de sua memória. Ela acorda no início de uma longa história de amor, que na verdade acaba de terminar. Entre os transtornos desta nova realidade, ela terá apenas quatro dias para reconquistar o homem de sua vida.
A Rebelião
Chantal Legorjus
A França, país da Igualdade, Liberdade e Fraternidade, abriga um núcleo duro de colonialistas. O filme narra uma história real que descreve em detalhes as facetas do ataque à Gruta de Ouvéa, na Nova Caledônia (Oceania, Oceano Pacífico). Envolvido em um suspense contínuo e crescente, o caso do ataque ao posto policial de Fayaoué, onde morrem 4 guardas e 30 outros são feitos reféns, será ou não resolvido à força pelo exército francês? Tudo acontece em 12 dias, no intervalo entre o primeiro e o segundo turno das eleições presidenciais na França, disputadas por Mitterrand e Chirac, a esquerda e a direita, um Presidente, o outro, 1º Ministro. A luta interna entre eles e as próprias eleições tem influência direta no campo, onde acontece o estado de guerra. Ambos disputam o apoio de Le Pen, da extrema direita, e se organiza assim um golpe de força para manter a colônia. Dessa colônia a França explora o níquel usado nos trilhos das ferrovias.
The Night Clerk
Sylvie Poncet
Frédéric, a young man with a troubled past, has the good fortune to be given a job in a luxurious mountain hotel. When one of the hotel guests disappears one evening and is later found dead, Frédéric suspects he may have been killed by the family who employ him. But rather than betray his boss, Jacques Couvreur, he makes up his mind to protect him. Unwittingly, Frédéric puts himself in grave danger...
L'amour, la mort, les fringues
They stick to our skin and soul, our clothes. We believe we buy them, they own us. Warning ! these rags are traitors: far from dressing us they expose our complexes, our moods ... Clinging to their hangers, to our memories too, they exercise an underhand dictatorship. Snuggled up, huddled together, they build a bulwark against oblivion in our closets. Often stained for eternity with ink or redcurrant, impregnated with perfume, tears sometimes, piled up or messed up on our shelves, they remain forever linked to the happy or unhappy chapters of our life. It is through the evocation of their wardrobe that Gigi, Eve, Marie, Nora, Françoise, Amanda, Lisa and the others evoke the past, missed appointments and those that changed their lives, the joys and childhood revolts, giggles, disappointments, dramas, parties and hopes too…
The Rebel, Louise Michel
Louise Michel
A fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Along with thousands of other revolutionaries, she is deported to New Caledonia, whilst, back in Paris, a young parliamentarian Georges Clemenceau campaigns for a truce with the Communards. During her exile, Louise Michel becomes a teacher and wins the admiration of the other deportees, inspiring them to rise up against the colonial order…
Professora Mumu
Mumu
1947. Aos 11 anos de idade, Roger, uma criança criada sem amor, é mandado como interno na escola de Mumu, a professora mais severa da região. Tendo já sido expulso de várias escolas, esta é a sua útlima chance de escapar do reformatório. Mas a severa Mumu revela ter também um grande coração...
Amor e Ódio
Bella Zygler
1942, Joseph tem onze anos. E numa manhã de junho, ele deve ir à escola, com uma estrela amarela costurada no peito. Recebe o incentivo de um traficante de segunda. E as provocações de um padeiro. Entre benevolência e desprezo, Jo, seus amigos judeus como ele, e suas famílias, descobrem a vida numa movimentada Paris, no Butte Montmartre, onde encontraram refúgio. Pelo menos eles acreditam nisso, até esta manhã de 16 de julho, onde sua frágil felicidade balança. É quando ocorre o evento chamado de La Rafle em francês. A prisão indiscriminada de uma grande quantidade de pessoas, sem muita justificativa, uma espécie de Rapa. Do Vélodrome d'Hiver, onde 13.000 detidos são amontoados, ao campo de Beaune-La-Rolande, de Vichy ao terraço do Berghof, La Rafle segue os verdadeiros destinos das vítimas e dos carrascos. Dos que orquestraram, confiaram, fugiram e dos que se opunham. Todos os personagens do filme existiam. Todos os eventos, mesmo os mais extremos, ocorreram no verão de 1942.
Sentiments provisoires
Hélène
A young woman announces to the man she has lived with for ten years that she is leaving him ... and that she is leaving him for his best friend. But is it so easy to break up a couple and lose a friend? ... "
Sisters
Novel
Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only blonde in the family, except for their father who abandoned them, and she feels isolated. She dreams of meeting her French father one day.
Sisters
Sybille adulte
Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only blonde in the family, except for their father who abandoned them, and she feels isolated. She dreams of meeting her French father one day.
Lucky Luke
Calamity Jane
Durante sua missão em Daisy Town, a cidade onde cresceu, Lucky Luke, “o homem que saca mais rápido do que a sua sombra”, cruzará Billy The Kid, Calamity Jane, Poker Pat, Jesse James e Belle.
Lourdes
Christine
Christine é uma mulher solitária, quase totalmente deficiente e faz uma viagem para Lourdes, local icônico de peregrinação nas montanhas dos Pireneus, que acaba transformando sua vida. Não que ela acredite em milagres – porém essa é a única maneira onde ela poderia encontrar uma saída.
Can't Say No
Vingança
Irene Costello
Acompanha Costello (interpretado pelo roqueiro Johnny Halliday), um francês que desembarca em Macau para vingar a morte do genro e dos netos (sua filha sobrevive por milagre ao massacre). O desejo da alma é acompanhado de uma ameaça de perda de memória, cortesia de uma bala alojada no cérebro. Vengeance é um western urbano, dirigido brilhantemente pelo Johnnie To do aclamado (Eleição).
A Happy Man
Catherine
The Idiot
Darya Alexeyevna
Nastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois Totsky. Another is the opportunistic Ganya, whom Totsky has promised 75,000 rubles if he will marry Nastassia. Rogozhin offers Nastassia 100,000 rubles for her hand. And the “idiot,” Prince Myshkin, loves Nastassia madly and vows to “save” her.
Sagan
Françoise Quoirez dite Sagan
A biopic of famous French writer Françoise Sagan, best known for her groundbreaking first book, Bonjour Tristesse.
The Vanishing Point
Lucie Audibert
Lucie Audibert, a student of Art History, does research work on Watteau and is certain that a hidden sense that nobody has ever deciphered can be found in a few of his paintings. The further she explores this the more Professor Jean Dussart - for unclear reasons - tries to discourage her.
Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher
Jeanne d'Arc
Born Oscar-Arthur Honegger (the first name was never used) in Le Havre, France, he initially studied harmony and violin in Paris, and after a brief period in Zürich, returned there to study with Charles-Marie Widor and Vincent d'Indy. He continued to study through the 1910s, before writing the ballet Le dit des jeux du monde in 1918, generally considered to be his first characteristic work.
La France
Camille
During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up from him. Distraught, she decides to go to join him, but is driven back by the rule of the time which forbids women to move around alone. She has no other recourse than to dress herself up as a man so as to be able to take to the road on foot. As she lives near the Western Fromt she hooks up with a passing group of French soldiers without too much trouble. But there's something a bit odd about these stragglers, and it's not just their habit of bursting into song at every opportunity.
Eat, for This Is My Body
Madame
Haiti, a lonely forgotten black island abandoned to its poverty and misery. A white woman, Madame lives in a fantasy in which she helps to teach, inspire and feed the retched masses of the world. She is in fact completely cut off from them – a continent away. The awakening of desire between Madame and her black servant boy, Patrick, will lead her from her isolation out into the real Haiti, where she will for the first time see and hear the land and its people, discover the reality of her own body, her identity and come face to face with her own mortality.
Piaf: Um Hino ao Amor
Simone "Mômone" Berteaut
A vida de Edith Piaf foi sempre uma batalha. Abandonada pela mãe, foi criada pela avó, dona de um bordel na Normandia. Dos 3 aos 7 anos de idade fica cega, recuperando-se milagrosamente. Mais tarde vive com o pai alcoólatra, a quem abandona aos 15 anos para cantar nas ruas de Paris. Em 1935 é descoberta por um dono de boate e neste mesmo ano grava seu primeiro disco. A vida sofrida é coroada com o sucesso internacional. Fama, dinheiro, amizades, mas também a constante vigilância da opinião pública.
Legacy
Patricia
Three French hipsters and their translator travel through rural Georgia to claim a remote, ruined castle that one of them has inherited. En route, they encounter an old man and his grandchild who are on a journey to carry out a mysterious, morbid ritual designed to end a conflict between warring clans.
La vie est à nous !
Louise 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.
Words in Blue
Clara is afraid of words. Her daughter, Anna, is afraid of others. Vincent is afraid to grow up. But he won't be afraid to love them.
Victoire
Victoire
Victoire is sweet, sensitive, nice and understanding. She leads an existence which doesn't leave her much time to wonder.
Cause toujours !
Léa
This way-offbeat comedy from Gallic director Jeanne Labrune concerns two young French women, best friends Léa and Jacinthe. While Jacinthe develops a fixation with the moths that begin to cluster in frightening quantities throughout her apartment, Léa finds herself drawn to a dim-witted fellow employed by a local supermarket, then impulsively decides to follow him home via train. When Léa mysteriously disappears during the days that follow, Jacinthe naturally grows concerned about her friend and decides to investigate.
Tout pour l'o$eille
Prune
A bunch of broke guys rob a rich con artist who has embezzled money from a charity.
Tomorrow We Move
Charlotte
When her mother moves in, the life of a writer gets crowded.
Labyrinth
Claude
Psychologist Dr. Brennac is asked by a colleague to help with the case of Claude, a patient on trial for multiple murders. Is Claude really guilty of the crimes, or is he a victim of his own mind?
Der Gläserne Blick
Das Mädchen
A policeman lunching with his daughter is present when a dead body washes up on shore. He investigates, leading him down a twisted and muddled path of nefarious connections reflecting, somewhat, his own life.
Only Girls
Tina
After a shoplifter finds herself unexpectedly released on parole, she pays a call on the judge at her flat. The judge, Carole Rewinsky, does not tell Tina that her elease was only a clerical error. The two find they share things in common other than the judicial system, like a mutual interest in shoes. Carole allows Tina to crash on her chesterfield... Carole spots a pimp trolling for young girls at a café. Carole failed to put him away the last time, but now, with Tina agreeing to be the bait, she has a chance for better luck... The two find they complement one another well, like champagne and cassis. Carole needs to go to Annecy to crack a crooked casino case. Annecy happens to be Tina's home town... Written by David Carless
Fear and Trembling
Amélie
Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it precisely this determination that is incompatable with Japanese humility. Though she is hired for a choice position as a translator at an import/export firm, her inability to understand Japanese cultural norms results in increasingly humiliating demotions. Though Amelie secretly adulates her, her immediate supervisor takes sadistic pleasure in belittling her all along. She finally manages to break Amelie's will by making her the bathroom attendant, and is delighted when Amelie tells her the she will not renew her contract. Amelie realizes that she is finally a real Japanese when she enters the company president's office "with fear and trembling," which could only be possible because her determination was broken by Miss Fubuki's systematic torture.
Meu Pai, Meu Filho
Virginia
Writer Léo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish Academy. Léo has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son Paul tries desperately to contact him, but is denied every time by his sister. When Léo starts traveling to the ceremony in Stockholm by motor bike, Paul decides to follow him and try to speak to him. Clearly Léo doesn't want to be followed, starts speeding and gets involved in a accident, but isn't badly hurt. The police confuse another motorist for Shepherd and announce his death. Paul, driven by his childhood experiences, decides to kidnap his father.
A vida me mata
Myriam
Baseado no romance de Jack-Alain Léger, este drama se foca em Paul e Daniel, dois irmãos árabes nascidos na França, cujo pai é um "modelo de imigrante" sempre pacífico e legalizado. Paul Smail tem 27 anos, é louco por literatura, por Myrian, sua namorada, e tem um diploma universitário. Sem conseguir encontrar um emprego digno dele, distribui pizzas e usa as palavras de seu romance inacabado "Life Kills Me", para salvá-lo de sua raiva e frustração. Seu adorado irmão Daniel luta com sua identidade de muçulmano secretamente gay e quer ser um famoso fisiculturista, mas só consegue se tornar a "estrela" de um clube de sexo em Hamburgo.
Stolen Tangos
Alice / Paula
In Paris, a young Argentine screenwriter attempts to escape his daily routine through a fictional story set in Argentina. This attracts the attention of those around him, including Alice, a young actress. But his story gradually escapes him and he becomes inextricably entangled in dreams and reality.
Women or Children First
Virginie
Tom, a Spaniard, is married to Sylvie and lives a quiet but a bit boring life in the Britanny countryside (west of France). Trouble comes when Tom ex girlfriend reappears, asking for help, announcing him that she had a girl from him 9 years ago.
Un moment de bonheur
L'institutrice
Philippe, 25 ans, débarque un matin à Arcachon, où vit sa soeur. C'est un jeune homme qui n'a pas d'attache et à qui on se confie facilement. Il est saisonnier et travaille dans la restauration. Betty, 20 ans, est une jeune mère pleine de vie et de tendresse pour son fils, Damien, 5 ans. Ils vivent encore dans la cellule familiale et les relations entre Betty et son père sont conflictuelles. Damien est perturbé par cette ambiance. Sa mère trouve du travail, quitte le foyer familial et acquiert de l'indépendance. Betty et Philippe se croiseront...
Everyman's Feast
Sophie
Austrian television director Fritz Lehner makes his feature debut with the big-budget drama Jedermann's Fest, based on the 1911 play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, which in turn was based on a medieval tale. Originated in parts of England, the myth of Jan Jedermann ("John Everyman") deals with a rich man on his deathbed coming to terms with his life's failures. Not following much of a plot, the modernized version involves famous fashion designer Jedermann (Klaus Maria Brandauer) imagining his last big gala event while rendered unconscious as a result of a car accident in his Ferrari. He is a success in Vienna but not in fashionable Paris, so he wishes to impress French elder stateswoman Yvonne Becker (Juliette Greco).
Les acteurs anonymes
Nine comedians meet at the Acteurs Anonymes, a rehab center for acting, lost in the heart of Aveyron.
Vou Para Casa
Ariel
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses -- finally convince him that it's time to retire.
The Château
Isabelle
Two brothers go to France to claim the chateau they have inherited.
Julies Geist
Julia
The Dark Room
Azalaïs
In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her childhood love, but her new husband deserts her immediately after the ceremony. Undeterred, she sets out after him, traveling to Siena to bring him back.
Murderous Maids
Christine Papin
Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter. Christine Papin and Léa Papin are sisters with an already troubled past. Madame Lancelin takes them into her home and employs the girls as maids. Christine sees in Madame Lancelin an ideal mother figure — in spite of her severity. But their wretched background — an indifferent mother and drunken abusive father — casts a shadow over the girls and over time their ill-fated situation darkens. The sisters withdraw into themselves and finish by committing the worst — killing Madame Lancelin and her daughter after six years of service, on the 2 February 1933 in Le Mans.
A Prisioneira
Ariane
Simon ama Ariane perdidamente. Quer saber tudo sobre ela, sem deixar escapar nada. Essa necessidade incontrolável de possuir e de conhecer por completo a pessoa amada o obceca: ele a interroga, a espia, a segue, a mantém reclusa na prisão dourada de seu luxuoso apartamento parisiense. A atração de Ariane pelas mulheres apenas aguça seu ciúme cego e também seu desejo. Adaptação de "A Prisioneira", de Proust.
Bad Connection
Laurence
Paris is being rocked by a wave of bomb blasts. Stuck in a video game, Sadim calls the players helpline from a phone booth. Laurence takes his call and talks him through it. But their virtual chit-chat turns to drama as one misunderstanding leads to another.
Scénarios sur la Drogue
Segment "Lucie"
In Heaven
I Heaven's plot revolves around three friends with personal ambitions who must face the less pleasant aspects of reality. The story is told from the point of view of 17-year-old Csiwi, a loner who spends his evenings driving around in his brother's car or simply hanging out. He has no idea about the direction his future should take. He runs into Levi and Valeska and they easily become his bosom friends despite their differences. Levi, whose circumstances have constantly been changing, is looking for something stable in his life. He works very hard so that he can afford his own flat. Valeska is restless and fascinated by distant places and change. For her, postcards symbolize places where happiness is hidden. Valeska and Levi represent two different ways of living and Csiwi must decide for himself which road to take. He feels the first pangs of love towards Valeska, and Levi easily becomes a good friend. Together they set off in a new direction, which could be their heaven on earth.
Annaluise & Anton
Laurence
Luise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, young Pünktchen lives in a great house. Her mother, who always travels through the world more for public relation reasons than for the social tasks she pretends to fulfill, is never available to her as a mother. Anton, son of a single and sick mother in financial trouble, does his best to help her out of it by working late. Pünktchen decides to help her only friend (as nobody else would anyway) and starts singing in public places. Trouble arises when Anton can't resist stealing a golden lighter and Pünktchen's secret life is discovered by her parents. Two troubled families finally can see the need for actions to be taken.
Karnaval
Béa
Karnaval is set against a backdrop of intolerance and hostility in the gloomy Northern French city of Dunkirk. The story is set during carnival time, when the citizens let themselves loose for six weeks of partying, carousing and having a good time. The film centers on Larbi, an Arab youth, and his confrontation with one of the turning points of his life. After a violent argument with his father, Larbi decides to leave the family's business and go to Marseilles for a fresh start. On his last night in the town he grew up in, he sleeps in the hallway of an apartment building, where he is disturbed by Béa and Christian, a couple having fun at the carnival. Larbi is attracted to Béa and decides to stay a few more days to try his luck. In the free atmosphere of the carnival, Larbi discovers a world that he did not know existed, a world which is about to clash with his conservative outlook, and the three lives are changed forever.
The Misadventures of Margaret
Young Nun
A timid, insecure popular author with an overly-attentive professor husband decide to write an erotic novel. With encouragement from her sister and a bi-sexual friend, she goes to France with the intent of doing research at an inn where a diary she had been using documented erotic encounters. Instead she finds the inn is now a cloister for singing nuns. However, a young, divorced sound engineer is also there taping the nuns. While attracted, she mostly succumbs only to new fantasies until he follows her home to New York.
Sentimental Education
Julia
The story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the hollowness of his glamorous lifestyle, leading to self discovery and ultimately a personal catharsis (and his own death). The film is based on (really, inspired by) the French Book, L'Education Sentimentale, by Gustave Flaubert.
Flammen im Paradies
Esther
On her honeymoon on a ship the daughter of a rich plant owner realizes that she's not happy with her marriage. She meets a poor woman on the way to meet her future husband, a missionary in India. The women decide to swap roles...
Beyond Silence
Lara
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.
Those Were the Days
The grueling, emotionally torturous world of French preparatory schools provides the framework for this mystery. The deliberately rigorous courses are designed to prepare students to take the brutal examinations for entry into the elite Grand Ecoles, where a select few will gain the skills and education needed to insure a bright, prosperous future for themselves. The story centers on Delphine, a girl from the lower classes, and the upper class Claude. Both young women aspire to attend the Ecole Normale Superieure on the Rue d'Ulm. Delphine lives in humble public housing with her dull mother and two young brothers while Claude, who considers herself a Communist, lives in luxury with her own servant; she is sexually involved with fellow- student, Axel, who thinks himself a fascist.
Éternelles
Nathalie
20 years old Denis is a mason for his father's small business. One day, his grand-mother won't wake up anymore.
Marie's Song
Marie
Marie, de 16 anos, mora num palácio onde é regularmente espancada por sua governanta e ignorada por sua mãe, uma condessa. Até que um dia conhece um estranho. Um filme poético que recria a vida na Prússia de 1813 do ponto de vista de quem foi excluído da História.
Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara
The life of Rayenari changes when the poet Antonin Artaud arrives to his village seeking the spiritual knowledge of the Tarahumara. Rayenari introduces him to the Peyote ceremony. However, the poet abandons the ritual and loses his soul. Sometime later, Rayenari discovers through dreams that Artaud has been committed to a mental hospital. It will be through this connection that Rayenari will help his friend to recover what he lost.
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