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Crew: Director, Screenwriter
Actors: Jacques Nolot, Jean-Paul Dubois, Marc Rioufol, Bastein d'Asnieres, Bruno Moneglia
Synopsis: Imprisoned by his past and unable to cope with the loneliness that permeates every aspect of his life, an HIV-afflicted 58-year-old man seals himself up from the world in order to embark on an inward journey in director Jacques Nolot's existential drama. Pierre is desperate to move past the Read More
Actors: Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila, Julie Depardieu, Johan Libereau
Synopsis: The early days of the AIDS crisis in France provides the backdrop for this powerful, life-affirming drama from writer and director André Téchiné. It's 1984, and Mehdi (Sami Bouajila) is a police detective who, unbeknownst to his wife Sarah (Emmanuelle Béart), is a bisexual who has occasional Read More
Synopsis: Director Olivier Jahan offers an glimpse into The Director's Fortnight, a sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival conceived by a group of filmmakers known as the Société des Réalisateurs de Films who sought to counter the academism of the main part of the world-renowned festival. Pierre-Henri Deleau Read More
Actors: Sabine Azéma, Daniel Auteuil, Amira Casar, Sergi López, Philippe Katerine
Actors: Jacques Nolot, Vittoria Scognamiglio, Sebastien Viala, Olivier Torres, Lionel Goldstein
Synopsis: Jacques Nolot is the writer, director, and star of the French comedy drama Glowing Eyes. The film takes place in an adult movie theater in Paris during a screening of the porno film "La Chatte à Deux Têtes," which happens to be the French title of the film itself, literally translating to "The Read More
Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart, Pierre Vernier
Synopsis: Noted French filmmaker François Ozon directs this drama about personal loss and resilience. Marie (Charlotte Rampling) is deeply in love with her husband, Jean (Bruno Cremer). One day while vacationing at the seashore, Jean disappears into the ocean. A distraught Marie notifies the authorities Read More
Actors: Jacques Nolot, Ouassini Embarek, Leila Belarbi, Dalia Amrani, Meriem Serbah
Synopsis: Adapted from a work by Paul Bowles and co-written by Andre Techine, this film -- directed by Benoit Graffin) -- is about the complicated relationship between a young up-and-comer and a silver-haired lothario. Driss is a jack-of-all trades type who sells fish from his car and moves furniture from Read More
Actors: Romain Goupil, Marianne Denicourt, Anne Alvaro, Christine Murillo, Dominique Frot
Synopsis: The idea for this film about a generation and its lost ideals came to Romain Goupil after attending several funerals of friends in the fall of 1996, where the '68 generation, now in influential positions in media or politics, kept meeting each other. It seemed as if the revolution that they had Read More
Actors: Jacques Nolot, Henri Gardey, Mathilde Mone, Christian Sempe, Henirette Sempe
Synopsis: Scripter Jacques Nolot made his directorial debut with this French drama, winner of the Prix Georges Sadoul. In a small town in southwestern France, successful actor Jacques Pruez (Nolot) returns home briefly to visit his dying mother. When she dies, neighbor women bath and dress her naked body. Read More
Actors: Mathilde Mone, Henri Gardey, Jacques Nolot, Christian Sempe, Christine Paolini
Synopsis: Director Jacques Nolot writes, directs and stars in this semi-autobiographical trilogy concerning a homosexual man who remains the same individual despite displaying three distinct personalities. From a look at a childhood rite of passage to meditations on the man he could have been, Nolot's film Read More
Actors: Michel Serrault, Valentina Cervi, Miki Manojlovic, Luca Zingaretti, Brigitte Catillon
Synopsis: This historical drama is based on the true story of Artemisia Gentileschi, the first woman to achieve success as a painter. In 17th century Italy, noted artist Orazio Gentileschi (Michel Serrault) is a portrait artist enjoying a certain degree of success and acclaim. His 17-year-old daughter Read More
Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Catherine Jacob
Synopsis: Three old French jamons attempt to make a comeback by working in a road-show production of Scoubidou in this hilarious French farce. Also on the tour are the flighty leading actress Carla Milo, and a murderous producer, Shapiron, who knows the show is a stinker and tries to convince Read More
Actors: Chiara Mastroianni, Melvil Poupaud, Hubert Saint-Macary, Serge Merlin, Mathieu Amalric
Synopsis: This gentle French comedy, takes an intellectualized look at the nature of a crush as it tells the tale of 20-year-old Claire, a young woman seemingly suffering a terminal case of ennui. She glumly goes through the minimal motions of living until she falls in love with handsome Gregoire, a highly Read More
Actors: Élodie Bouchez, Gael Morel, Stephane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny, Michèle Moretti
Synopsis: This is a nostalgic French coming-of-age drama from director Andre Techine set in a Provence deeply divided over the war for independence being waged against French colonialism in Algeria. In 1962, Francois (Gael Morel) and Maite (Elodie Bouchez) are best friends and students at a boarding school Read More
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Chiara Mastroianni
Synopsis: French critic and filmmaker André Téchiné directs the intense family drama Ma Saison Préférée (My Favorite Season), which he co-wrote with screenwriter Pascal Bonitzer. Family matriarch Berthe (Marthe Villalonga) is advancing in years and developing health problems, so she goes to live with her Read More
Actors: Jacques Nolot, Dani
Crew: Screenwriter
Actors: Manuel Blanc, Hélène Vincent, Philippe Noiret, Emmanuelle Béart
Synopsis: Young, naive and innocent, Pierre (Manuel Blanc) has dreams of becoming an actor. He is a good-looking and personable boy, and he has just moved to the city to see if he can't accomplish his dreams. He gets a job as an orderly at a hospital and is further supported by an older woman (Helene Vincent Read More
Actors: Daniele Dubroux, David Leotard, André Dussollier, Jacques Nolot
Synopsis: On a whim, the long-married Hélène decides to look up a former lover of hers. At his apartment, she is met by the man's grown son, Julien, who tells her that his father died just a few days before. Before long, she has become Julien's lover, but she is also increasingly becoming attached to the Read More
Actors: Anémone, Simon de la Brosse, Agnes Soral, Claude Piéplu, Micheline Presle
Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, Paul (Simon de la Brosse), a good-looking gym teacher, falls hopelessly in love with Isabelle (Anemone) a very busy, professional fashion designer whose response to him runs both hot and cold, driving him to distraction. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Magali Noël
Synopsis: In this frothy comedy, Lucie (Patricia Dinve) never knew her father, but she somehow finds out he has recently died and is to be buried on a certain day at a certain cemetary. In a belated attempt to connect with her roots, she rushes to the cemetary and joins a funeral gathering. She gets to know Read More
Actors: Lambert Wilson, Claudia Cardinale, Dr. Robert Hirsch, Laurent Terzieff
Synopsis: Postwar France was slow to recover from the after-effects of the World War Two. The economy was doing poorly, and many people were poor and homeless, sleeping under bridges, etc. The winter of 1953-54 proved particularly difficult for these people, as it was one of the coldest on record. Father Read More
Actors: Jacques Nolot, Brigitte Roüan, Patrick Raynal, Raymond Aquilon
Synopsis: Set in a cafe which has become the hangout for a group of unhappy and frustrated men, this slice-of-life film follows them as they complain to one another about their lives, discuss their options, and generally quarrel and suffer. They are joined by a woman who is the ex-lover of one of them. Her Read More
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
Actors: Juliette Binoche, Lambert Wilson, Wadeck Stanczak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Anne Wiazemsky
Synopsis: Juliette Binoche teams with Lambert Wilson in this erotic drama. Binoche plays Nina, the young lady friend of timid Paulot (Wadeck Stanczak). Though she intends to be true to Paulot, Nina falls hard for his roommate, Quentin (Wilson), a thoroughly self-centered actor who performs in live sex Read More
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Wadeck Stanczak, Nicolas Giraudi, Danielle Darrieux, Victor Lanoux
Synopsis: Scene of the Crime (Le Lieu du Crime) begins with a quote from Great Expectations. Thirteen-year-old Nicolas Giraudi, picking flowers in a cemetery, is surprised by escaped criminal Wadeck Stanczak, who orders the boy to bring him some money. Displaying no signs of fear, Giraudi does what he is Read More
Actors: Sandrine Bonnaire, Simon de la Brosse, Jean-Claude Brialy, Abdel Kechiche, Stephane Onfroy
Synopsis: The lines between love, sex, and politics become hopelessly blurred in this French drama from director Andre Techine. Jeanne (Sandrine Bonnaire), born and raised in Northern France, is visiting the Mediterranean for the first time, prompted by two events: the wedding of her sister, and the Read More
Actors: Caroline Cellier, Bernard Giraudeau, Olivia Brunaux, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Actors: Barbara Rudnik, Andréa Ferréol, Hito Jaulmes, Hanns Zischler, Patrick Bouchitey
Synopsis: In this drama set in the south of France during World War II, the realities of war lose out to a melodramatic rendering of the fortunes of Lise, a gorgeous German Jewess (Barbara Rudnik). Lise escapes certain death in Nazi Germany by making her way to the south of France, only to be threatened Read More
Actors: Richard Anconina, Sabine Azéma, Hélène Surgère, Jacques Nolot, Dominique Reymond
Synopsis: Corruption in the rarified air of the corporate and governmental elite drives the action in this fast-paced thriller. Claire Rousset (Sabine Azema) heads to a small town to come to the aid of her ailing ex-husband, who has been poisoned by the town's drinking water. As Claire arrives, she sees a Read More
Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Evelyne Bouix, Charles Aznavour
Synopsis: Through a series of convoluted turns, like a tornado going through Kansas, director Claude Lelouch has managed to keep a vacuum at the center of his film. A corporate executive (Michel Piccoli and a young actress (Evelyne Bouix) suddenly disappear and reappear and disappear, almost as fast as Read More
Actors: Richard Berry, Richard Bohringer, Victoria Abril, Farid Chopel, Fabrice Eberhard
Synopsis: This technically impressive throwback to the early days of film noir stars Richard Berry as Bruno, a young actor who seems to get blamed for everything. Spotting a gorgeous female shoplifter (Victoria Abril) in trouble, Bruno decides to help her and gets arrested in her place. While lamenting his Read More
Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Cleve, François Cluzet
Synopsis: In this tragic tale of misunderstanding, obsession, and increasing madness, "she," a beautiful young woman (Isabelle Adjani) settles into a small town in the south of France with her introverted mother (Maria Machado) and physically handicapped father and soon becomes the subject of wild Read More
Actors: Gerard Klein, Julie Jezequel, Didier Flamand, Brigitte Fossey, Mylène Demongeot
Synopsis: Based on Erskine Caldwell's novel, Le Batard could also refer to this French film born from an American novel, with the American South transformed into the south of France. An unemotive Gerard Klein is Patrice, the Paris automobile mechanic who travels to Marseille to identify the body of his Read More
Actors: Jacques Nolot, Patrick Fierry
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