Amira CasarFilmography

The Last Mistress

Actors: Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aatou, Roxane Mesquida, Claude Sarraute, Yolande Moreau

Synopsis: Catherine Breillat's adaptation of An Old Mistress stars Fu'ad Ait Aatou as Ryno de Marigny, and Asia Argento as Vellini, two lovers in 19th century Paris. The two have been passionately involved for nearly a decade, but de Marigny attempts to end their relationship now that he is engaged to Read More

Journey to the Pyrenees

Actors: Sabine Azéma, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Arly Jover, Gurgon Kyap, Philippe Katerine, Christian Ameri

Synopsis: Getting away from it all causes more problems than it solves in this comedy from the French writing-directing team of Jean-Marie Larrieu and Arnaud Larrieu. Alexandre Darou (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) and his wife Aurore Lalu (Sabine Azema) are a pair of well-known actors who need a break from the Read More

Nuit de Chien

Actors: Pascal Greggory, Bruno Todeschini, Amira Casar, Jean-François Stévenin

Synopsis: Werner Schroeter directed this dark and surreal tale of a man determined to save a lost lover from a grim fate at the hands of a violent mob. The city of Santa Maria is falling into chaos as an armed military faction is poised to take power in a coup d'etat. Ossorio (Pascal Greggory) used to call Read More

Guilty

Actors: Hélène Fillières, Jérémie Renier, Amira Casar, Denis Podalydès, Anne Consigny

Synopsis: A newly married attorney accepts the murder case that could establish him as a top defense lawyer, only to find himself hopelessly intertwined with a prime suspect after meeting the mysterious beauty at the scene of the crime. Approached by this brother with a case that seemed especially Read More

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

Actors: Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Cesar Sarachu, Assumpta Serna, Ljubisa Lupo-Grujcic

Synopsis: The Brothers Quay return for their first film in a decade with this live-action story of an 19th-century opera singer who is murdered on-stage shortly before her upcoming wedding. Soon after being slain by the nefarious Dr. Emmanuel Droz (Gottfried John) during a live performance, Malvina van Read More

Transylvania

Actors: Asia Argento, Birol Ünel, Amira Casar, Alexandra Beaujard, Marco Castoldi

Synopsis: An Italian woman intent on tracking down the Romany musician who impregnated her becomes lost in a world of Gypsies in director Tony Gatlif's meditative road drama. Convinced that her one-time lover Milan (Marco Castoldi) has been deported by French authorities and determined to let him know about Read More

To Paint or Make Love

Actors: Sabine Azéma, Daniel Auteuil, Amira Casar, Sergi López, Philippe Katerine

Anatomy of Hell

Actors: Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi, Catherine Breillat, Jacques Monge, Claudio Carvalho

Synopsis: A lonely and dejected woman (Amira Casar) learns that only when all inhibitions are cast aside will she be able to truly understand the truth about how men see women in this erotically charged exploration of sexuality from controversial director Catherine Breillat. Teetering on the edge of Read More

Sylvia

Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Jared Harris, Amira Casar, Andrew Havill

Synopsis: The life of poet and novelist Sylvia Plath -- one of the most celebrated literary figures of her generation -- is brought to the screen in this controversial screen adaptation. Born in Boston, MA, in 1932, Plath (played by Gwyneth Paltrow) developed a precocious talent as a writer and published Read More

Mariees Mais Pas Trop

Actors: Jane Birkin, Émilie Dequenne, Pierre Richard, Clovis Cornillac, Jérémie Elkaïm

Synopsis: French filmmaker Catherine Corsini co-writes and directs the black comedy Mariees Mais pas Trop (The Very Merry Widows). Jane Birkin stars as Renee, a femme fatale with a knack for making herself into a wealthy widow. Just as her latest husband's death is being investigated by insurance agent Read More

My Father and I

Actors: Michel Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Régnier, Amira Casar, Stephane Guillon

Synopsis: When the grown-up children of a missing parent are reunited with their father, they discover it raises more questions than it answers in a well-crafted mood piece from writer/director Anne Fontaine. Jean-Luc (Charles Berling) is a well-to-do physician whose practice is devoted to older patients Read More

Les Chemin de l'Oued

Actors: Nicolas Cazalé, Amira Casar, Mohammed Majd, Kheireddine Defdaf

Synopsis: Gael Morel's drama Les Chemin de l'Oued (Under Another Sky) is about life in Algeria. When Sami (Nicolas Cazale) causes the death of a police officer, his family sends him to help his grandfather (Kheireddine Defdaf) work his farm. Sami is a fish out of water, but soon connects with two very Read More

Filles Perdues, Cheveux Gras

Actors: Amira Casar, Marina Fois, Olivia Bonamy, Charles Berling, Sergi López

Synopsis: Claude Duty's feature-length debut Filles Perdues, Cheveux Gras (Hypnotized and Hysterical, (Hairstylist Wanted)) is an offbeat comedy about three women. Elodi (Olivia Bonamy) is a struggling single mother. Natacha (Marina Fois) is an upbeat alcoholic hair stylist whose beloved pet cat has Read More

La Verite Si Je Mens! 2

Actors: Richard Anconina, José Garcia, Bruno Solo, Gad Elmaleh, Gilbert Melki

Synopsis: The Sephardic Jewish characters who headlined the riotous 1997 comedy Would I Lie To You? - all employees in the garment business - return for this laugh-filled 2001 sequel. At the center of the farce are Dov (Gad Elmaleh), Patrick (Gilbert Melki), Serge (Jose Garcia), Yvan (Bruno Solo) and Eddie Read More

Bunuel Y La Mesa Del Rey Salomon

Actors: El Gran Wyoming, Pere Arquillue, Ernesto Alterio, Adria Collado, Valeria Marini

Synopsis: Noted Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura follows up on his 1999 opus Goya with this wild and woolly reimagining of a 1930s adventure serial from the mind of a surrealist master. The film opens in the present with an aged Luis Buñuel listening to a script pitch about the search for a magical table Read More

Murder on the Orient Express

Synopsis: Previously filmed by director Sidney Lumet in 1974, Agatha Christie's classic mystery novel Murder on the Orient Express was updated from the 1930s to the early 21st century in this made-for-TV remake. To be sure, the ineffable, insufferable Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (here played by Alfred Molina Read More

Tot Ou Tard

Actors: Philippe Torreton, Amira Casar, Laura del Sol, Anny Duperey, Jacques Weber

Synopsis: Two musician are going to fall in love, but they don't know it yet in this romantic drama from France. Catherine (Amira Casar) is a woman trying to get a break as a singer in Paris; she also finds out that she's pregnant, which is not good news, since she's not having much luck getting gigs and Read More

Quand On Sera Grand

Actors: Mathieu Demy, Amira Casar, Maurice Bénichou, Marie Payen

Synopsis: A 30-year-old man finds the trials and responsibilities of adulthood are finally starting to catch up with him in this comedy-drama from France. Simon (Mathieu Demy) does not have an especially strong relationship with his father (Maurice Benichou), a psychoanalyst, his friends are going through a Read More

Le Derrière

Actors: Valérie Lemercier, Claude Rich, Dieudonne, Marthe Keller, Patrick Catalifo

Synopsis: This is a comedy about homosexuals, transvestites, and taboos. The main character is a young woman from the provinces whose gay father lives in Paris. She decides to dress like a man to understand social prejudice. The director, who plays the main character, wrote the script with her sister. Their Read More

Marie Baie des Anges

Actors: Vahina Giocante, Frederic Malgras, Amira Casar, David Kilner, Jamie Harris

Synopsis: Manuel Pradal makes his feature-film debut with this free-form tale of Marie (Vahina Bronchain), a seductive 14-year-old child/woman who works in an American naval base canteen during the 60s. The base is located near an undetermined Mediterranean resort area. When not amusing herself with the Read More

Pourquoi pas Moi?

Actors: Amira Casar, Julie Gayet, Bruno Putzulu, Alexandra London, Carmen Chaplin

Synopsis: The story of this gay comedy reminds one of the fashionable boulevard theatre of 1950's Paris whose major theme was bourgeois adultery. A couple would invite another couple to dinner, and half way through the second course it would be revealed that the husband was having an affair with his best Read More

La Vérité Si Je Mens!

Actors: Richard Anconina, Amira Casar, Vincent Elbaz, Elie Kakou, José Garcia

Synopsis: In this French box-office smash, director Thomas Gilou once again trains his sights on working-class immigrants living in metropolitan Paris, as he did with Black Mic-Mac. This time the subjects are the Sephardic Jews working in the garment district of Sentier. Eddie Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is Read More

Tiré à part

Actors: Terence Stamp, Daniel Mesguich, Maria de Medeiros, Amira Casar, Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Synopsis: Edward (Terence Stamp) is an editor in a small English publishing house. The story concerns what happens when he receives a very good manuscript from Nicholas (Daniel Mesguich), an old friend, who up until now has been a hack writer. The manuscript sheds light on events both men lived through, and Read More

Mirada Liquida

Synopsis: On a dark and rainy night, a deeply troubled Antonio drives a saddened Laura home from the hospital after witnessing the painful death of her husband (Antonio's best friend), Tomas. In a series of flashbacks, as water splashes down the darkened car windows, Antonio tells her how he came to marry Read More

Ainsi Soient-Elles

Actors: Marine Delterme, Florence Thomassin, Amira Casar, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey

Synopsis: Three French women in their 20s wrestle with their feelings about the nature of romance in this drama that chronicles their love lives over a 6 month period. The film opens with scenes that not only introduce the women, they also tell the viewer what is to become of two of them. Marie, who likes Read More