Dominique BlancFilmography

One Day You'll Understand

Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Hippolyte Girardot, Emmanuelle Devos, Dominique Blanc, Daniel Duval

Synopsis: A middle-aged man studying the Mur des Noms in modern-day France recalls the time 20 years prior when he and his mother were viewing the trial of Klaus Barbie with rapt attention in this introspective drama from director Amos Gitai. The year was 1987, and Rivka lived with her son, Victor Read More

The Other One

Actors: Dominique Blanc, Cyril Guei, Peter Bonke, Christele Tual, Anne Benoit

Poison Friends

Actors: Thibault Vinçon, Malik Zidi, Alexandre Steiger, Thomas Blanchard, Natacha Régnier

Synopsis: French writer/director Emmanuel Bourdieu's intense, cerebral drama Poison Friends dissects the internal politics (and eviscerates the pretentiousness) of French academic circles played out on a collegiate campus. Three first-year graduate literature students at the Sorbonne, Alexandre Pariente (Alexandre Steiger Read More

Captain Ahab

Actors: Denis Lavant, Virgil Leclaire, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Bonnaffé, Jean-François Stévenin

Synopsis: Writer/director Philippe Ramos ponders the formative years of legendary Herman Melville seaman Captain Ahab in this stylized tale of adventure presented in five chapters. When Ahab's mother dies in childbirth, the infant's gruff father (Jean-Francois Stevenin) places his son in the care of his Read More

Sir Max

Actors: Jean-Claude Brialy, Dominique Blanc, Guillaume Gallienne, Féodor Atkine, Nazim Boudjenah

Synopsis: Abandoned by the world and left to fend for himself as the Nazis continue their march across Europe, one-time bohemian turned Catholic convert Max Jacob finds help coming from the most unlikely of places as he awaits the train that will take him to a Concentration camp. The year is 1944, and as Read More

The Art of Breaking Up

Actors: Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Bearling, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Bonnaffé, Mathieu Demy

Après la Vie

Actors: Ornella Muti, François Morel, Dominique Blanc, Gilbert Melki, Lucas Belvaux

Synopsis: After Life is the third film in Lucas Belvaux's ambitious Trilogy, following On the Run, a thriller, and An Amazing Couple, a romantic comedy. After Life features the same characters as the other two films and happens over the same time period, but it's a melodrama, and the focus is on Pascal (Gilbert Melki Read More

Un Couple Épatant

Actors: François Morel, Ornella Muti, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: Un Couple Épatant (An Amazing Couple) is the second installment in the ambitious French-language trilogy directed by Belgian-born filmmaker Lucas Belvaux. Where the first film, Cavale (On the Run), was a film noir thriller, this sequel is a lighthearted romantic comedy in the style of a classic Read More

Cavale

Actors: Catherine Frot, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Blanc

Synopsis: Inspired by Lawrence Durrell's collection of interrelated novels, The Alexandria Quartet, Lucas Belvaux's trilogy--the violent noir On the Run, the romantic comedy An Amazing Couple, and the melodrama After the Life, examine many of the same characters from three distinct perspectives. In On the Read More

Peau D'Ange

Actors: Morgane More, Guillaume Depardieu, Magalie Woch, Karine Silla, Hélène de Saint Père

Synopsis: Actor Vincent Perez makes his feature-film directorial debut with the romantic drama Once Upon an Angel, which he cowrote with his wife, Karine Silla, and Jerome Tonnerre. Young Angèle (Morgane Moré) sets out to find work in order to ease the burden for her poor, debt-ridden parents and finds a Read More

C'est le Bouquet!

Actors: Sandrine Kiberlain, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Maurice Bénichou, Dominique Blanc

Synopsis: A strange phone call sets in motion a series of traumatic events in writer/director Jeanne Labrune's self-described "fantasy," C'est le Bouquet! Catherine (Sandrine Kiberlain of Alias Betty) and Raphaël (Jean-Pierre Darroussin of The Town Is Quiet) seem a reasonably happy middle-class Parisian Read More

Le Lait de la tendresse humaine

Actors: Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto, Dominique Blanc, Sergi López, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

Synopsis: A woman discovers that the joys of parenthood are not making her especially happy in this dark comedy/drama. Christelle (Marilyne Canto) is a new mother who isn't dealing well with the anxieties of caring for her child. One day, she suffers a severe panic attack while alone with the baby, and her Read More

The Pornographer

Actors: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jérémie Renier, Dominique Blanc, Thibault de Montalembert, André Marcon

Synopsis: A man who traded in his artistic ambitions for commercial success now finds himself at a personal and professional impasse in this drama. Jacques (Jean-Pierre Leaud) is a filmmaker who in the 1970s directed a number of top-grossing porno movies; more than two decades later, Jacques's struggles to Read More

La Plage Noire

Actors: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Dominique Blanc, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Ignacy Gogolewski

Synopsis: Respected French actor Michel Piccoli directed and co-wrote this allegorical drama. A (Jerzy Radziwilowicz) is a veteran political activist in an unnamed country with a long history of human rights abuses. When the nation's dictatorial government is overthrown and a new democratic leadership comes Read More

Avec tout mon amour

Actors: Jeanne Balibar, Bruno Todeschini, Dominique Blanc, Dominique Reymond, Montserrat Salvador

Les Acteurs

Actors: André Dussollier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jacques Villeret, Claude Rich

Synopsis: The son of actor Bernard Blier, director Bertrand Blier is known throughout France for his documentaries and dark depictions of sex and its impact on society. Though his influences and personal opinions clearly shine through, Les Acteurs is a satirical take on the ups, downs, and numerous Read More

Stand-By

Actors: Dominique Blanc, Roschdy Zem, Patrick Catalifo, Jean-Luc Bideau, Georges Corraface

Synopsis: Married for five years, Gerard (Patrick Catalifo) and Helene (Dominique Blanc) are at Paris' Orly South airport, where they are planning to take a flight to Buenos Aires to begin a new life in Argentina. However, at the last minute, Gerard informs Helene that he is ending their relationship, and Read More

La Voleuse de Saint Lubin

Actors: Dominique Blanc, Denis Podalydès, Michelle Goddet, Fanny Florido

Synopsis: French filmmaker Claire Devers directs this powerful drama about poverty and injustice. Francoise Barnier (Dominique Blanc), a single mother who works as a cleaner at a slaughterhouse, can barely put food on the table for her two young daughters, but her fierce pride prevents her from seeking out Read More

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey, Leelee Sobieski, Jesse Bradford, Anthony Roth Costanzo

Synopsis: James Ivory directed this drama adapted from Kaylie Jones's 1990 autobiographical novel in which the character Bill Willis is based on her father, James Jones, author of From Here to Eternity and A Thin Red Line. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's screenplay about expatriate Americans in Paris during the Read More

Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train

Actors: Pascal Greggory, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Bruno Todeschini

Synopsis: Patrice Chereau (Queen Margot) directed this French drama about a train trip to an artist's funeral. Friends of painter Jean-Baptiste Emmerich (Jean-Louis Trintignant, seen in flashbacks) gather at a Paris railroad station for a four-hour journey to Limoges, where Emmerich wanted to be buried. The Read More

Alors Voilà

Actors: Maurice Garrel, Dominique Blanc, Arno, Roland Amstutz, Bernard Bloch

Synopsis: Distinguished French actor Michel Piccoli was 72-years-old when he made his directorial debut with this keen black comedy of a wildly dysfunctional family and the destructive games they play whenever they force themselves to get together. Piccoli also penned the screenplay. Constantin is the Read More

Total Eclipse

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer, Dominique Blanc

Synopsis: This historical drama, directed by Agnieszka Holland, focuses on the rocky relationship between the renowned 19th century French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine. Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a teenage wunderkind known for his rebelliousness against conventional society and his Read More

C'est Pour la Bonne Cause

Actors: Antoine de Caunes, Dominique Blanc, Loic Freynet, Laurie Lefret

Synopsis: When 12-year-old Tonin's teacher announces that he is looking for volunteers to house one of several orphan African refugees for a month during their visit to Paris, the exuberent, well-meaning youth immediately offers his own abode. His classmates cheer and he feels happy until he broaches the Read More

Queen Margot

Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi

Synopsis: The historical novel by Alexandre Dumas was adapted for the screen with this lavish French epic, winner of 5 Césars and a pair of awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Isabelle Adjani stars as Marguerite de Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of scheming Catholic power player Catherine de Read More

Faut-Il Aimer Mathilde?

Actors: Dominique Blanc, Paul Crauchet, André Marcon, Jacques Bonnaffé

Synopsis: Mathilde (Dominique Blanc) has had a number of children, but is still an attractive woman. One day her husband simply picks up and leaves without any explanation whatever. At about the same time, she is involved at an accident at her workplace which makes her strongly aware of the passage of time. Read More

Loin des Barbares

Actors: Dominique Blanc, Ronald Guttman

Synopsis: Zena (Dominique Blanc) lost her parents as a very young girl, and though she was born in Albania, only knows about life in Paris. She was raised by her uncle Selman (Sulejman Pitarka), whom she is about to leave behind in order to start a new life in New York. Just before she leave, however, she Read More

Indochine

Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Jean Yanne, Linh-Dan Pham, Dominique Blanc

Synopsis: Regis Wargnier's epic about French Indochina -- from the years of French colonial imperialism to the days when American presence made itself felt and the country became known as Vietnam -- is a story of romance and separation told through the backdrop of a country in turmoil. The film centers on Read More

L'Affut

Actors: Tchéky Karyo, Dominique Blanc, Patrick Bouchitey, Carlo Brandt, Jean-Pierre Sentier

Synopsis: In this earnest drama, a rural schoolteacher who has become a strong advocate for ecological awareness and is a committed opponent of hunting in the local swamp becomes romantically embroiled with a single mother who has returned to her birthplace since just before her boy (now nine years old) was Read More

Plaisir d'amour

Actors: Pierre Arditi, Françoise Fabian, Dominique Blanc, Cecile Sanz De Alba

Synopsis: Flo is just thirteen and is away from home on vacation. Her mother Clo, her sister Jo, and her relative Do, are all very liberated women, very wealthy, and very determined to have their way. When they catch sight of Guillaume de Burlador (Pierre Arditi), a handsome, well-educated and somewhat Read More

L'Echange

Actors: Dominique Blanc, Andrzej Seweryn, Marianne Denicourt, Antoine Basler

May Fools

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou, Michel Duchaussoy, Dominique Blanc, Harriet Walter

Synopsis: This comic excursion from Louis Malle is set in May 1968, concurrent with a series of Parisian student uprisings. After the death of family matriarch Mme. Vieuzac (Paulette Dubost), the survivors converge on the French countryside for her funeral; they include her two sons, Milou (Michel Piccoli) Read More

Story of Women

Actors: Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Marie Trintignant, Nils Tavernier, Lolita Chammah

Synopsis: The women in this story are the customers of amateur abortionist Isabelle Huppert. The time is 1941, and the place is a Nazi-occupied French town. Struggling to survive, Huppert turns to illegally terminating unwanted pregnancies for a hefty fee. As her income increases, Huppert moves her family Read More

Quelques Jours Avec Moi

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Vincent Lindon

Synopsis: Claude Sautet's A Few Days With Me (Quelque Jours avec Moi) stars Daniel Auteuil as the emotionally disturbed heir to a supermarket empire. Auteuil's mother Danielle Darrieux tries to give her son some purpose in life by assigning him the task of reinvigorating one of the supermarket chain's least Read More

Natalia

Actors: Pierre Arditi, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Ludmila Mikael, Michel Voita, Dominique Blanc

Synopsis: The French/Swiss Natalia is set in France during the Nazi occupation. A Jewish film actress (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) successfully obscures her heritage, rising to the top of her profession. Some uncomfortable moments transpire when she is courted by several high-ranking German officials. The Read More

Je Suis le Seigneur du Chateau

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Dominique Blanc

Synopsis: When his widowed father M. Bread (Jean Rochefort) hires Mme Vernet (Dominique Blanc) to be his governess to look after him, and she brings along her son (who is the same age) to provide him with a playmate. Thomas (Regis Arpin) is not amused. After all, he muses, Je suis le seigneur de chateau Read More

Savannah

Actors: Jacques Higelin, Daniel Martin, Elodie Gautier, Sylvie Granotier, René Feret

Synopsis: This is a remake of the 1982 film Savannah Smiles. Colin (Jacques Higelen) and Mailland (Daniel Martin) are small-time crooks on the run who are surprised to find the seven-year-old runaway Savannah (Elodie Gautier) is along for the ride. The police and her parents fear she has been kidnapped, and Read More

Das Weite Land

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Milena Vukotic

Synopsis: Set in Vienna, Austria before World War I, an industrialist grows weary of his cold-hearted wife. He seeks vengeance in a dual with the young officer who desires her affections. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More

La Femme De Ma Vie

Actors: Jane Birkin, Christophe Malavoy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Béatrice Agenin, Andrzej Seweryn

Synopsis: The personal tragedy of an alcoholic hemmed in by a domineering wife is the focus of this drama of hope lost and regained. Simon (Christophe Malavoy) is a solo violinist in an orchestra managed by his wife Laura (Jane Birkin). Haunted by specters of his own inadequacy, he loses his insecurities in Read More

Lace

Actors: Bess Armstrong, Brooke Adams, Arielle Dombasle, Phoebe Cates, Anthony Higgins, Angela Lansbury

Synopsis: A notorious, internationally known sex symbol (Phoebe Cates) attempts to track down her birth mother in this glitzy, deliciously trashy melodrama. The mother could be one of three women, all of whom have vowed to never reveal the secret truth behind the child's illegitimate birth. Based on the Read More