Bernard Le CoqFilmography

Times Have Been Better

Actors: Charlotte de Turckheim, Bernard Le Coq, Arnaud Binard, Franck de la Personne, Olivier Guéritée, Stephane Boucher

Synopsis: The comedy Times Have Been Better concerns a married couple whose preconceptions about their own open-mindedness are shattered when their oldest son announces he is homosexual. The family dynamic is complicated because the son's younger brother has always known the truth, but resents his older Read More

Before the Storm

Actors: Jonathan Zaccaï, Aure Atika, Bernard Le Coq, Florence Thomassin, Guillaume Viry

Synopsis: Stephane Allagnon's crime comedy Before the Storm stars Jonathan Zaccai as Frank, a tech worker assigned to fix the aged computer system of a store after a weather incident knocked it out. During the work, he uncovers a piece of code that embezzled money from the company. When the number one Read More

La Demoiselle d'Honneur

Actors: Benoît Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clément, Bernard Le Coq, Solene Bouton

Synopsis: The master of French suspense joins forces with the queen of English suspense fiction for this tense tale of the treacherous love affair between a disturbed bridesmaid and an unsuspecting young man. Philippe (Benoit Magimel) lives in a quiet French town with his hairdresser mother Christine (Aurore Clément Read More

Merry Christmas

Actors: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon, Daniel Brühl

Synopsis: The year is 1914, and as World War I continues to rage across the European countryside, four individuals stuck on the front lines find themselves faced with the unthinkable in director Christian Carion's Academy Award-nominated account of the true-life wartime event that would offer hope for peace Read More

GAL

Actors: José Garcia, Natalia Verbeke, Jordi Mollà, Ana Alvarez, Merce Llorens

Synopsis: A pair of reporters uncover a secret war that threatens the peace of two nations in this thriller based on actual events. In the 1980s, the Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberacion (or GAL) was an anti-terrorist organization sponsored by the Spanish government that was launched in response to attacks Read More

The Year After

Actors: Ariane Ascaride, Anaïs Demoustier, Patrick Catalifo, Bernard Le Coq

Synopsis: Isabelle Czajka's drama The Year After concerns a 15-year-old girl named Manu. Still mourning the death of her father, a man whose strong belief system shaped the girl's world view, Manu begins a tumultuous school year that includes a romantic attraction to a teacher, new friends, and the Read More

Caché

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Lester Makedonsky, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq, Daniel Duval, Nathalie Richard

Synopsis: Paranoia grips a bourgeois European family when a series of menacing videotapes begin turning up on their doorstep in Piano Teacher director Michael Haneke's dark drama. From the outside, Georges (Daniel Auteuil), Anne (Juliette Binoche), and son Pierrot (Lester Makedonsky) are the typical Read More

The Black Box

Actors: José Garcia, Marion Cotillard, Michel Duchaussoy, Bernard Le Coq, Gérald Laroche

The Flower of Evil

Actors: Nathalie Baye, Benoît Magimel, Suzanne Flon, Bernard Le Coq, Mélanie Doutey

Synopsis: Co-written by Caroline Eliacheff, Claude Chabrol's La Fleur Du Mal (The Flower of Evil) concerns three generations of the bourgeois Charpin-Vasseur family. The story opens in the present day with a murder occurring during a local election and son Francois (Benoit Magimel) returning home to Read More

Féroce

Actors: Samy Naceri, Jean-Marc Thibault, Bernard Le Coq, Claire Keim, François Berléand

Synopsis: Gilles de Maistre's political thriller Féroce (Ferocious) is about a man seeking revenge. Arab Alain (Samy Naceri) decides to join a fascistic French political party in order to assassinate the leader, Legle (Jean-Marc Thibault). Alain comes to this decision when his girlfriend's brother is Read More

Nearest To Heaven

Actors: Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Le Coq, Hélène Fillières, Patrice Chéreau

Synopsis: A middle-aged Frenchwoman is either experiencing delusions of grandeur or the full force of destiny in director Tonie Marshall's 2002 romantic drama Nearest to Heaven (Au Plus Pres Du Paradis). When single non-fiction book author Fanette (Catherine Deneuve) accidentally bumps into former Read More

Se Souvenir Des Belles Choses

Actors: Isabelle Carré, Bernard Campan, Bernard Le Coq, Dominique Pinon, Anne Le Ny

Synopsis: Two people looking for an answer to their problems with memory loss find love along the way in this comedy-drama from France. Claire (Isabelle Carre) is a woman in her early '30s whose mother recently passed on due to Alzheimer's Syndrome; in a bitterly ironic twist of fate, Claire was struck by Read More

Un Ange

Actors: Richard Berry, Elsa Zylberstein, Pascal Greggory, Bernard Le Coq, Vincent Martinez

Synopsis: Two people on opposite sides of the law are brought together under unusual circumstances in this thriller. Lea (Elsa Zylberstein) is a young woman with a checkered past who has just finished a stretch in prison and is waiting for her teenaged brother, Sammy (Vincent Martinez), to pick her up. As Read More

La Taule

Actors: Claude Brasseur, Olivier Martinez, Bernard Le Coq, Saïd Taghmaoui, Gilbert Melki

Synopsis: This French prison drama focuses on a penitentiary inmate known as the Mute (Olivier Martinez), who either cannot or will not speak, even though he can apparently hear well enough. When the Mute's cellmate escapes, both the Warden (Bernard Le Coq) and the Chief Guard (Claude Brasseur) try to get Read More

The School of Flesh

Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez, Vincent Lindon, Marthe Keller, François Berléand

Synopsis: Benoit Jacquot directed this French drama about an older woman and a younger man, adapted from the novel by Yukio Mishima. When career woman Dominique (Isabelle Huppert) goes out to a nightclub one evening, her attraction to bartender Quentin (Vincent Martinez) is observed by cross-dressing Chris (Vincent Lindon Read More

La Nube

Actors: Eduardo Pavlovsky, Angela Correa, Franklin Caicedo, Carlos Perez, Leonor Manso

Synopsis: Fernando E. Solanas directed this Argentine-French-Italian-German drama with allegorical reflections of Argentina's past history. The film is divided into four chapters ("The Mirror," "The Waiting Men," "Oblivion," "Howls") with subchapters ("Punishments," "Rewards," "Obstinacy"). A black cloud Read More

Bouge!

Actors: Ambre Boukebza, Ophélie Winter, Patrick Forster-Delmas, Bernard Le Coq, Léa Drucker

Synopsis: Video director Jerome Cornuau made his feature-film debut with this showbiz-themed French film. Young Alice (Ambre Boukebza) hitchhikes into the city to seek out her music-executive dad (Bernard Le Coq) but instead becomes friends with a singing star (Ophelie Winter, portraying herself), learns Read More

Capitaine Conan

Actors: Philippe Torreton, Catherine Rich

Synopsis: Bertrand Tavernier directed this hard-hitting anti-war drama. In November of 1918, just as World War I had come to a close, Capt. Conan (Phillippe Torreton) and his men await new assignments in Bucharest. Conan regards himself as a warrior, not a soldier: while a soldier will fight in a war, it Read More

C' Est Jamais Loin

Actors: Wadeck Stanczak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bernard Le Coq, Marie Caries

Mon Homme

Actors: Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Lanvin, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Olivier Martinez, Sabine Azéma

Synopsis: A successful prostitute attempts to fashion a homeless man into her ideal pimp in this unconventional, darkly humorous French drama. Marie (Anouk Grinberg) has no real need for a pimp, being a self-reliant, unabashed woman so fond of her job as a hooker that she is able to convince strangers to Read More

Elles Ne Pensent Qu'à Ça...

Actors: Claudia Cardinale, Carole Laure, Bernard Le Coq, Roland Blanche, Heinz Bennent

Synopsis: This fluffy French romantic comedy chronicles the love lives of several lovers and relatives. Margeau has just arrived in Paris from New York. Twenty years before, she left her husband, a painter and many years her senior and her daughter Jess, who now sells classic cars with her partner the Read More

Les Patriotes

Actors: Yvan Attal, Dan Toren, Yossi Banai, André Engel, Sandrine Kiberlain, Richard Masur, Nancy Allen

Synopsis: Espionage, personal integrity, and political commitment are the main themes running through this French thriller that chronicles a young man's journey from idealism to disillusionment and maturity. The story is set in the 1980's in Tel Aviv and follows the exploits and moral conflicts of Attal, a Read More

Amok

Actors: Fanny Ardant, Andrzej Seweryn, Bernard Le Coq, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: Whenever people are released from their society's constraints, there is the possibility that they will behave badly, at least according to the rules of the society they have left behind. This seems to have been particularly the case for Europeans living in colonial establishments in Africa and Read More

Van Gogh

Actors: Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Gerard Sety, Bernard Le Coq, Corinne Bourdon

Synopsis: Running nearly three hours, Maurice Pialat's Van Gogh is a leisurely paced look at the famous painter's final year. Pialat's portrait differs from many other films in that he shows Van Gogh (Jacques Dutronc) as being reasonably sane and he focuses on the everyday events of the painter's life and Read More

Feu Sur le Candidat

Actors: Michel Galabru, Giuliana de Sio, Patrick Chesnais, Francoise Dorner

Tout Le Monde Peut Se Tromper

Actors: Fanny Cottençon, Francis Perrin, Bernard Le Coq, Christophe Bourseiller

Il Faut Tuer Birgitt Haas

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Lisa Kreuzer, Bernard Le Coq, Michel Beaune

Synopsis: Birgitt Haas (Lisa Kreuzer) has become the target of the German Secret Service -- she is a German terrorist and the Secret Service would like her eliminated. To that end, they request some help from their French equivalent, represented by Athanase (Philippe Noiret). His plan is to enlist the Read More

T'inquiete Pas Ca Se Soigne

Actors: Jean-Michel Dupuis, Bernard Le Coq

Chaussette Surprise

Actors: Rufus, Bernadette Lafont, Anna Karina, Michel Galabru, Christine Pascal, Bernard Le Coq, Bernard Haller

Synopsis: In this comedy, over-achieving men who are involved in a multi-car automobile accident meet and get to know one another in the hospital. One collects old furniture under the guise of being an antique salesman, another stars in television commercials, and another is an inventor. Meanwhile, the Read More

Photo Souvenir

Actors: Jean-Claude Carrière, Vania Vilers, Ginette Mathieu, Bernard Le Coq

Synopsis: Made for television, this film tells the story of a doctor who receives an ordinary Polaroid camera from a patient of his and keeps it when the patient dies. Soon he discovers that the camera makes death predictions. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

La Bulle

Actors: Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Lachens, François Maistre, Roland Amstutz

Synopsis: During a celebration for the sale of his first book, a young writer is forcibly taken from his girlfriend's home by the special police and subjected to lengthy torture and interrogation. In the meantime, the girl tries to get him released, but no one is willing to tell her where he is, nor are Read More

C'Est Dur Pour Tout Le Monde

Actors: Bernard Blier, Francis Perrin, Claude Piéplu, Caroline Cartier, Robert Castel, Bernard Le Coq

Synopsis: The advertising business is the background for this drama about the struggles between a jaded old-timer (Bernard Blier) and his former employee (Francis Perrin), an idealistic young man who starts his own company and wants somehow to tell the truth about the products he is pushing. ~ Clarke Read More

Comme un Pot des Fraises!

Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Nathalie Courval, Jean Lefebvre, Marcha Grant

Synopsis: When Joelle (Nathalie Courval) notices that the "one of a kind" watch given to her by her lover Norbert (Jean-Claude Brialy) is also being worn by Olivia (Marcha Grant), she and the other woman strike up an acquaintance. They discover that they had been told the same lie by the same man; not only Read More

Mariage

Actors: Rufus, Bulle Ogier, Marie Déa, Bernard Le Coq, Caroline Cellier

Synopsis: Four wedding anniversaries serve to chronicle the beginning and end of a thirty-year marriage, in this tragicomic French film by director Claude Lelouche, best known to U.S. filmgoers for his Oscar-winning film A Man and A Woman. Henri (Rufus) and Janne (Bulle Ogier) are first seen on their Read More

Les Granges Brûlees

Actors: Fernand Ledoux, Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet

Synopsis: In this French film, Rose (Simone Signoret) is the pillar on which her family depends, and against which it pulls. These forces are held in equilibrium until a murdered woman's body is found near their farm, the Les Granges Brulees of the film's title. At first, Police Inspector Larcher (Alain Delon Read More

Le Concierge

Actors: Bernard Le Coq, Maureen Kerwin, Michel Galabru, Daniel Ceccaldi

Cesar & Rosalie

Actors: Romy Schneider, Yves Montand, Sami Frey, Umberto Orsini, Bernard Le Coq

Synopsis: Claude Sautet's romantic drama César et Rosalie (Cesar and Rosalie) stars Romy Schneider as Rosalie, a beautiful young woman happily married to successful businessman Cesar (Yves Montand). One day, Rosalie's former flame David (Sami Frey) appears and attempts to win her back. Cesar reacts with a Read More

Les Feux de la Chandeleur

Actors: Annie Girardot, Bernard Fresson, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Le Coq

Synopsis: This tragic French melodrama brings to the screen the story of Marie-Louise (Anne Giradot), a woman whose love for her ex-husband will not die even though he seems to be a heartless cad. Alexandre left her, he says, because she attended a few leftist marches and demonstrations. However, he has set Read More

La Liberté En Croupe

Actors: Bernard Le Coq, Juliette Villard, Michel Serrault, Maria Mauban, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: A young man leaves home when he finds the marriage of his mutually adulterous parents to be hypocritical in this romantic comedy satire. He has a gay artist pursuing him and a mistress he does not care for very much. When he leaves home, the mother beds down with the homosexual while his father Read More

Du Soleil Plein Les Yeux

Actors: Renaud Verley, Bernard Le Coq, Martine Sarcey, Catherine Sola

Synopsis: This plodding and uneven story finds a young doctor visiting his father in Morocco. He discovers his estranged parent, who he has not seen since childhood, is re-married with a young son. The young medico has a fling with a pretty French girl before he returns home to his girlfriend after the Read More

La Leçon Particulière

Actors: Natalie Delon, Renaud Verley, Robert Hossein, Martine Sarcey, Bernard Le Coq

Synopsis: A 19-year-old college student from an upper-middle-class family has an affair with the 25-year-old mistress of a famous driver who competes in international horse races. He is treated like a kid by the woman until they come together at a winter resort and begin an amorous affair. When the driver Read More