Emmanuelle RivaFilmography

The Great Alibi

Actors: Miou-Miou, Lambert Wilson, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Pierre Arditi, Anne Consigny

Synopsis: A man is shot dead, but is the woman with the gun really the killer? That's the all-important question in this thriller from France. Henri Pages (Pierre Arditi) is a successful politician who with his wife Elaine (Miou-Miou) has invited an eclectic group of guests to their country home for a Read More

My Son

Actors: Nathalie Baye, Victor Sévaux, Olivier Gourmet, Marie Kremer, Emmanuelle Riva

Synopsis: A good-natured adolescent struggles to find himself as his controlling mother attempts to bind him with her love in director Martial Fougeron's emotionally claustrophobic family drama. Julien (Victor Sévaux) is a handsome and smart young man who would make any mother proud. Though he may be fairly Read More

Eros Therapie

Actors: Catherine Frot, François Berléand, Isabelle Carré, Melvil Poupaud, Claire Nebout

Venus Beauty Institute

Actors: Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffé, Mathilde Seigner

Synopsis: A visually stylish comedy with dramatic overtones from director Tonie Marshall, Vénus Beauté (Institut) looks at the lives of three women who work at a small but successful beauty salon. Angele Nathalie Baye is an attractive woman just edging into middle age who is looking for companionship Read More

Arthur Rimbaud

Synopsis: Arthur Rimbaud, the title character of this film, was a noted French poet who at the age 26 abandoned his profession to become a North African trader/wanderer. This epic biopic tells his strange and tragic tale. A rather depressive and tormented soul, Rimbaud began his adventures in the early Read More

Dieu, L'Amant de Ma Mere, et le Fils du Charcutier

Actors: Richard Bohringer, Lio, Francis Huster, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Synopsis: This French ensemble comedy, is set in a small town where Gabrielle, a beautiful doctor's wife and mother of three prepares to play Elvira in a local production of Don Juan. The trouble begins when she finds herself sexually attracted to the town's womanizing hairdresser Serge, who plays the sexy Read More

Blue

Actors: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Emmanuelle Riva

Synopsis: The first chapter in Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy, Blue stars Juliette Binoche as Julie, the lone survivor of an automobile crash that killed her husband, a famed composer, and their only child. Despondent, Julie attempts suicide, but she cannot bring herself to Read More

L'Ombre du Doute

Actors: Mireille Perrier, Alain Bashung, Sandrine Blancke, Emmanuelle Riva, Josiane Balasko, Luis Issermann

Synopsis: Eleven-year old Alexandrine (Sandrine Blancke) may be making something more out of what is happening in her family than is really there, but she appears to be afraid to be touched by her father (Alain Bashung), and gets really edgy when her mother (a nurse) has to work late. When one of her Read More

Lion Du Bresil

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Jenny Cleve, Charlotte Clamens

Pour Sacha

Actors: Richard Berry, Sophie Marceau, Fabien Orcier, Niels Dubost, Frédéric Quiring

Synopsis: Wanting to learn more about his Jewish heritage, a French philosophy professor moves to an Israeli kibbutz located near the Golan Heights in 1965. He is followed by a non-Jewish former student who abandons her aspirations of becoming a concert violinist to be with him. Two years pass, and Read More

Loin Du Bresil

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Jenny Cleve

Synopsis: As a woman who single-handedly raised five contentious children, Riva probably feels entitled to kick up her heels a little these days. To the scandalized delight of her countrified neighbors, she has been having a relationship with a younger man and also goes to low dives with a similarly Read More

Niezwylka Podroz Balthazara Kobera

Actors: Rafal Wieczynski, Michel Lonsdale, Adrianna Biedrzynska, Gabriela Kownacka, Emmanuelle Riva

Synopsis: Balthazar Kober (Rafal Wieczynski) is a young man who ventures across plague-ridden Germany during the 16th century. Possessed with magical powers, the stuttering Balthazar can conjure up the angel Gabriel and his late mother (Emmanuele Riva). The hero is helped by a wise philosopher (Michael Read More

Funny Boy

Actors: Valérie Mairesse, Anais Jeanneret, Emmanuelle Riva

Un Delitto

Actors: Daniel Gélin, Margaret Mazzantini, Emmanuelle Riva, Nino Castelnuovo

Synopsis: When a wealthy, elderly woman and an unknown stranger are murdered in the same small village on the same night, the judge who is charged with investigating the deaths begins to suspect that a new arrival in the village is connected to the crime. The only serious obstacle to chasing down that Read More

Liberté, la Nuit

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Maurice Garrel, Christine Boisson, Laszlo Szabo, Brigitte Sy

Synopsis: Set during the Algerian war for independence in the 1950s and early '60s, this undistinguished drama centers on Jean (Maurice Garrel) who works covertly for the FLN, the Algerian independence fighters, and although he does not know it, the woman he loves (Mouche, played by Emmanuelle Riva), is Read More

Un Homme à Ma Taille

Actors: Liselotte Christian, Anémone, Daniel Russo, Thierry Lhermitte, Volker Brandt

Synopsis: A tall and gangly Victoire (Liselotte Christian) arrives in Paris looking for the ideal French lover -- and because she stands well above many of her preceding romantic partners, that is an added dimension to consider. As she finds and drops a series of possibilities -- a free-wheeling Read More

Gli Occhi, la bocca

Actors: Lou Castel, Ángela Molina, Emmanuelle Riva, Michel Piccoli, Antonio Piovanelli

Synopsis: Giovanni (Lou Castel) comes home after his brother's suicide to encounter the same family problems that have been around for years: his mother is a religious fanatic now obsessed with her son's errant spirit, his older brother has a cold and uncaring relationship with his children and his wife Read More

Y'a-t-il Un Francais Dans la Salle

Actors: Victor Lanoux, Marion Peterson, Jacques Dutronc, Dominique Lavanant, Jacqueline Maillan

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Frederic Dard who also co-scripted with director Jean-Pierre Mocky, this satire on French politics is centered around an official whose earlier rise to power had some sordid aspects that are about to be uncovered by the death of his uncle. While he is trying to contain any Read More

Au Long de la Riviere Fango

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Rufus, Sophie Chemineau, Elisabeth Wiener

Synopsis: Into a timeless, pastoral community, which lies along the river Fango, come two restless men on horseback, their heads filled with citified ideas and schemes. The men encounter the simple folk of the place, and start to make some friendships. However, when one of them wants to run off with a local Read More

La Mort De L'Utopie

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva

I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, George Shannon, Hachemi Marzouk, Marco Perrin

Synopsis: Love, death, sainthood and murder figure in this French film by Spanish director Fernan Arrabal, better known for his film Viva La Muerte. Aden Rey (George Shannon) is an epileptic boy whose life has been stunted by the heavy religiosity and repressiveness of his mother (Emmanuele Riva), who has Read More

Les Portes de Feu

Synopsis: This is a French World War II action/adventure film. In the story, four French nurses and a doctor are caught by the German advance into North Africa. They are protected from being raped by their captors by a stiff-necked German captain. The doctor then heroically prevents the Germans from Read More

La Modification

Actors: Maurice Ronet, Emmanuelle Riva, Sylva Koscina

Synopsis: A husband (Maurice Ronet) recalls his past experiences as he travels by train to Rome from Paris. He has just left his wife (Emmanuela Riva) for his mistress (Sylva Koscina), and flashbacks are employed to tell his story. He thinks of his future in Rome with the mistress as he fondly remembers the Read More

L'Homme De Desir

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva

Synopsis: When a married man picks up a hippie hitchhiker who promptly picks the driver's pocket, the two are strangely drawn to each other and develop a relationship. The passenger is a young man who is part of a gang that preys on homosexuals by robbing them after luring them with offers of sex. The Read More

Fruits Amers

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Laurent Terzieff, Roger Coggio

Synopsis: Soledad Emmanuelle Riva is a revolutionary in an mythical Latin American country who is captured by government police agents. When she is released, she discovers it is because her sister is having an affair with one of the police chiefs. Soledad is suspected of being a government informant and Read More

Les Risques du Metier

Actors: Jacques Brel, Nadine Alari, Emmanuelle Riva, René Dary, Christine Fabrega

Synopsis: Doucet (Jacques Brel) is a dedicated and happily married schoolteacher in a small town. One day he is accused of making sexual advances toward a fourteen-year old girl. One of his young students has come home with a ripped dress and a story about the tutor's misconduct. The police and the mayor Read More

Thomas L'Imposteur

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Fabrice Rouleau, Jean Servais, Sophie Dares, Rosy Varte

Synopsis: Thomas (Fabrice Rouleau) is a 16 year old who poses as the nephew of a general to help a princess (Emmanuella Riva) get to Paris during World War I. She helps wounded soldiers by taking them back to her castle for medical care. Thomas is able to cut through the red tape, and soon the princess' Read More

Le Coup de Grace

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Riva, Oliver Hussenot

Synopsis: Bruno (Michele Piccolo) returns for some strange reason to the small French town where he was an informant to the Nazis in this plodding drama. Sophie (Emmanuelle Riva) is a single woman who falls for Bruno partially out of fear of becoming an old maid, but Bruno falls in love with the sister of a Read More

Le Gros Coup

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Hardy Kruger, Francisco Rabal, Jean-Louis Maury

L'Or Et Le Plomb

Actors: Yvonne Clech, Emmanuelle Riva

Synopsis: Although the story is taken from a 17th-century story by Voltaire, this romantic drama serves as a commentary about France in the 1960s. An envoy is sent to Earth from another planet to determine if the planet is worth saving. He is taken to a lavish party for a famous actress, but it is a poor Read More

Le Ore dell'Amore

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Umberto D'Orsi, Barbara Steele

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, two long-time lovers finally decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately, they find the mundane realities of marriage oppressive. They miss the thrill of courtship, and suddenly all those cute little quirks of theirs have turned into annoying habits. They get a divorce and go Read More

Thérèse Desqueyroux

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Philippe Noiret, Edith Scob, Sami Frey, Renee Devillers

Synopsis: Emmanelle Riva won a Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of a tortured wife in this 1963 French-language adaptation of the novel by Francois Mauriac. Director Georges Franju remains faithful to the book. Riva plays the title character, who feels suffocated in her Read More

Climats

Actors: Marina Vlady, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Alexandra Stewart

Leon Morin, Prêtre

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel

Synopsis: Jean-Paul Belmondo portrays Leon Morin, an altruistic priest who believes that any sin can be expunged by a good dose of faith. Emmanuelle Riva plays a wayward woman who long ago decided that the easiest way was the best. Belmondo makes it his mission to steer Riva onto the right path. Given the Read More

Kapo

Actors: Didi Perego, Gianni Garko, Emmanuelle Riva, Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff

Synopsis: The French/Italian/Yugoslav concentration camp drama Kapo stars Susan Strasberg, who several years earlier had originated the title role in the Broadway production The Diary of Anne Frank. Here, Ms. Strasberg is once again a European Jewish teenager victimized by the Nazis. Interred in a Read More

Adua e le Compagne

Actors: Simone Signoret, Gina Rovere, Sandra Milo, Emmanuelle Riva, Claudio Gora

Synopsis: Four unemployed prostitutes attempt to open a restaurant in this comedy. They look all over Rome for a restaurant they can afford. When they find a ramshackle cafe. The landlord is willing to let them have it; they can even use his name to buy the food license, but he has one condition: they must Read More

Recours En Grace

Actors: Raf Vallone, Emmanuelle Riva, Annie Girardot, Fernand Ledoux

Synopsis: The main drawback to this well-wrought tale of a man on the run is the weight it places on dialogue and concepts over actions and feelings. Otherwise, the fast-paced, sad story moves along unremittingly after Mario (Raf Vallone) has an unexpected encounter with a friend he has not seen for many Read More

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Bernard Fresson, Pierre Barbaud

Synopsis: Alain Resnais's multi-award-winning Hiroshima, Mon Amour is neither an easy film to watch nor to synopsize, but it remains one of the high-water marks of the French "new wave" movement. Resnais and scenarist Marguerite Duras weave a complex story concerning a French actress's (Emmanuelle Riva) Read More

Le Huitième Jour

Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Felix Marten, Lucienne Bogaert, Marcel André

Synopsis: A somewhat literary and aloof tale about a woman and her problems, Le Huitième Jour focuses on the nature and causes of loneliness. Françoise (Emmanuelle Riva) spends her evenings by herself, and her only form of diversion is the charge she gets out of watching the horse races at the track on a Read More

Les Grandes Familles

Actors: Jean Gabin, Jean Desailly, Annie Ducaux, Françoise Christophe

Synopsis: Jean Gabin stars as Noel, patriarch of a large and wealthy family of industrialists. Noel sees no reason not to run his home in the same ruthless, coldhearted manner in which he runs his business. "Black sheep" Lucien (Pierre Brasseur), however, sees Noel for the pompous fraud that he is. And it Read More