Marie-Christine BarraultFilmography

Trivial

Actors: Christopher Lambert, Sophie Marceau, Nicolas Briancon, Simon Abkarian, Robert Hossein

Synopsis: A suicidal police detective travels from La Havre to Deauville at the behest of a mysterious femme fatale in the suspenseful sophomore feature from actress-turned-director Sophie Marceau. For Lt. Jacques Renard (Christopher Lambert), every night is a struggle. Rendered sleepless following the Read More

Headrush

Actors: Pierre Arditi, Marie-Christine Barrault, Sandrine Le Berre, Bernard Haller, Jean-Paul Bazziconi

Synopsis: A widower's grief leads him down the road to madness in this drama from French filmmaker Jean Marboeuf. Pierre Valois (Pierre Arditi) is an elderly man who is still emotionally reeling from the death of his wife (Marie-Christine Barrault), and he visits her grave nearly every day, even though he Read More

Les Contes Secrets ou les Rohmeriens

Actors: Féodor Atkine, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jean-Claude Brialy, Florence Darel, Arielle Dombasle

Synopsis: Eric Rohmer is one of the best-respected filmmakers in the history of the French cinema, as well as among the most elusive. Notoriously reluctant to talk about his own work, Rohmer rarely sits for filmed interviews, but documentary filmmaker Marie Binet has taken another route to gain a Read More

Azzurro

Actors: Marie-Christine Barrault, Jean-Luc Bideau, Renato Scarpa

Synopsis: Giuseppe (Paolo Villaggio) takes his blind seven-year-old granddaughter Carla (Francesca Pipoli) from Puglia to his native Geneva. Giuseppe wants to call in an old debt in order to pay for an eye operation for the girl, and the man he needs to find in order to do so is Gaston (Jean-Luc Bideau) Read More

La Dilettante

Actors: Catherine Frot, Bernard Verley, Barbara Schulz, Didier Bezace, Marie-Christine Barrault

Synopsis: In the offbeat comedy La Dilettante, Pierette (Catherine Frot) is a woman who describes herself as having "opted for the temporary on a permanent basis." After 15 years of living the good life in Switzerland, Pierette one day packs her bags full of fashionable outfits and returns to her native Read More

C'est La Tangente Que Je Prefere

Actors: Julie Lapierre, Georges Corraface, Marie-Christine Barrault, Agnes Soral, Christophe Malavoy

Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Sabine is unusually confident and analytical. She is also extraordinarily gifted in mathematics. This tender romance chronicles her coming-of-age at the hands of a gentle and fun-loving 40-year-old Czech playwright named Jiri. Because she is so bright, Sabine, who lives in a Read More

Obsession

Actors: Heike Makatsch, Charles Berling, Daniel Craig, Seymour Cassel, Allen Garfield

Synopsis: In order to solve a family mystery, John, a stonemason from Zimbabwe, travels to Berlin to search for 1928 footage of a tightrope walker at Niagara Falls. While there, he becomes romantically obsessed with Miriam, a French rock musician in an all-girl band. Unfortunately, Miriam is totally in love Read More

La Prossima Volta il Fuoco

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Marie-Christine Barrault, Lila Kedrova

Synopsis: The study of semantics has convinced Amedio (Jean Rochefort) that things only have relative validity, and that everything is changeable. So it seems, because while on an Italian holiday with his family, he conceives the idea that his aging wife (Marie-Christine Barrault) should assume the role of Read More

Bonsoir

Actors: Michel Serrault, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jean-Pierre Bisson

L'Amore Necessario

Actors: Ben Kingsley, Marie-Christine Barrault, Ann-Gisele Glass, Malcolm Conrath, Geoffrey Bayldon

Synopsis: Ernesto and Valentina are sure of their relationship. It is late in the 19th century in Europe, and this sophisticated married couple consider that a little openly conducted outside dalliance only adds spice to their partnership. When the architect (Ben Kingsley) and his wife (Marie-Christine Barrault Read More

Jesus of Montreal

Actors: Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Rémy Girard, Robert Lepage

Synopsis: A modern-day Passion Play becomes a reenactment of the life and death of Jesus Christ in more ways than one with this critically acclaimed drama from Quebec filmmaker Denys Arcand. Lothaire Bluteau stars as Daniel Coloumbe, an intense young actor in Montreal who is hired by church fathers to Read More

Dames Galantes

Actors: Richard Bohringer, Isabella Rossellini, Marie-Christine Barrault, Marianne Basler, Laura Betti, Robin Renucci

Synopsis: Despite being busy with his profession of soldiery, Brantome (Richard Bohringer) manages to find much more time for amorous dalliances with the ladies of the 16th-century French court than for battles. Unfortunately for him, his true love, Victoire (Isabella Rossellini), is beyond his reach most Read More

Daniya, Jardin Del Harem

Actors: Ramon Madaula, Laura del Sol, Paco Guijar, Marie-Christine Barrault, Paco Casares

Synopsis: This uneven historical drama tries but fails to give any insight into the cultural differences between Arabs and Christians in 12th-century Spain. The harem is unattractive and is erratic, not erotic. The feature is further plagued by poor production and lack of a coherent storyline. ~ Dan Read More

Prisonnières

Actors: Agnes Soral, Marie-Christine Barrault, Fanny Bastien, Annie Girardot, Bernadette Lafont, Milva

Synopsis: Nicole (Agnes Soral) is sent up the river for infanticide in this routine woman-in-prison feature. There she meets Marthe (Annie Girardot), a fellow murderess who receives special treatment from the warden Dessombes (Marie-Christine Barrault). The warden frames Nelly (Bernadette Lafont) for drug Read More

Stormy Summer

Actors: Judith Godrëche, Stanislas Carre de Malberg, Murray Head, Marie-Christine Barrault

Synopsis: It is the summer of 1944, and Laurance (Judith Godreche) and her cousin Louis (Stanislaus Carre de Malberg) have always been fond of each other. Now, Louis has developed a crush on Laurance, and it appears that she is responding similarly. It seems that their relationship has every chance of Read More

L'Oeuvre Au Noir

Actors: Gian Maria Volontè, Sami Frey, Jacques Lippe, Anna Karina, Johan Leysen

Synopsis: Andre Delvaux directed this stylish, yet ultimately empty adaptation of a historical novel by Marguerite Yourcenar. Gian Maria Volonte leads the cast as Zenon, a Belgian doctor and alchemist in the 1500s. Zenon travels across Europe for many years hiding from the Inquisition, which eventually Read More

Adieu Je T'aime

Actors: Marie-Christine Barrault, Bruno Cremer, Stephane Bonnet, Bruno Pradal

Le Jupon Rouge

Actors: Marie-Christine Barrault, Alida Valli, Guillemette Grobon, Julien Negulesco

Synopsis: A lesbian love triangle leads to heartache in this erotic emotional drama. Bacha (Alida Valli) is a concentration-camp survivor and human rights advocate who is jealous when her lover Manuela (Marie-Christina Barrault) becomes involved with Bacha's protégé Claude (Guillemette Grobon). ~ Dan Read More

Manuela's Loves

Synopsis: This quietly provocative drama makes a realistic exploration of the relationships between three generations of European women. One woman is an author in her 60s who survived a Nazi concentration camp. Another is her 40-year-old assistant, who also works as a theatrical costume designer. Finally Read More

Paradigma

Actors: Marie-Christine Barrault, Vittorio Gassman, Benjamin Voelz, Raf Vallone

Synopsis: In a befuddling look at the nature of evil (apparently linked with how much money one has), a young idealist finds himself in hot water by sticking with his beliefs. Hubert (Benjamin Voelz) is studying theology supported by a grant from a weapons manufacturer (Vittorio Gassman) -- the first crack Read More

Le Soulier De Satin

Actors: Luis Miguel Cintra, Patricia Barzyk, Anne Consigny, Berangere Jean

Synopsis: With this 410-minute epic, Prolific Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira adapts the 7-hour stage play of Catholic playwright Paul Claudel. Two people -- Dona Prouheze (Anne Consigny) and Don Rodigue (Luis Miguel Cintra) have fallen in love but are honor-bound to renounce their passion for a Read More

Le Meilleur De La Vie

Actors: Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Bonnaffé, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jean-Marc Bory

Synopsis: Two quarreling lovers from opposite sides of the economic scale take central stage in this well-executed drama about Veronique (Sandrine Bonnaire) and Adrien (Jacques Bonnafe). Veronique is wealthy and from the provinces, Adrien is impoverished and his ancestors come from Brittany. In spite of Read More

Vaudeville

Actors: Marie-Christine Barrault, Guy Marchand, Roland Giraud, Jean-Marc Thibault, Annie Jouzier

Synopsis: In this amusing, entertaining tale of three men and the two dominant women in their lives, a potpourri of individual frustrations first appear to have easy answers, and then they don't. Gaston (Guy Marchand has been married to Madeleine (Marie-Christine Barrault) for twenty years, and though they Read More

Pianoforte

Actors: Giulia Boschi, Giovannella Grifea, Karl Zinny, Marie-Christine Barrault

Synopsis: Enhanced by a good musical score and good cinematography, this first-time directorial effort by Francesca Comencini is an engrossing, partially autobiographical story of a drug-addicted couple who heroically try to break their destructive habit. Maria (Giulia Boschi) and Paolo (François Siener) Read More

Swann in Love

Actors: Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon, Fanny Ardant, Marie-Christine Barrault

Synopsis: This ambitious attempt to film a portion of Marcel Proust's epic novel Remembrance of Things Past stars Jeremy Irons as Charles Swann, a Jewish intellectual who has managed to overcome growing anti-Semitism in 19th century France and travels in an elite social circle. But Swann has become obsessed Read More

Louise...L'insoumise

Actors: Catherine Rouvel, Roland Bertin, Marie-Christine Barrault

Synopsis: The common problem of a generation gap between young teens and their parents is exacerbated by a cultural gap as well in this interesting first film by Charlotte Silvera. When Louise's family -- her parents and two sisters -- came from Tunisia to live in France, the parents kept their traditional Read More

Josephs Tochter

Actors: Linda Manz, Walt Davis, Marie-Christine Barrault, Ana Torrent, May Heatherly

Synopsis: In a curiously undefined story about a macho-man who roughs up his very attractive but submissive wife and feisty teenage daughter just because he cannot relate to them in any other way, director Gustav Emck has created interesting characters with no apparent motivation for their behavior. In the Read More

Les Mots Pour Le Dire

Actors: Nicole Garcia, Marie-Christine Barrault, Daniel Mesguich, Claude Rich, Jean-Luc Boutte

Synopsis: Based on an autobiographical novel by Marie Cardinal, this well-acted psychological drama details the tormented relationship between Marie (Nicole Garcia) and her mother, stemming from Marie's childhood on their estate in Algeria. The mother, Eliane (Marie-Christine Barrault) had lost a child Read More

Eine Liebe in Deutschland

Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Marie-Christine Barrault, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Daniel Olbrychski

Synopsis: Based on a non-fiction bestseller of the same name by Rolf Hochhuth, Eine Liebe In Deutschland is about a tragic and forbidden love affair between Stanislaw, a Polish POW (Piotr Lysak) and Paulina (Hanna Schygulla) a fruit-and-vegetable vendor in a small town in Germany along the border with Read More

Table for Five

Actors: Jon Voight, Richard Crenna, Marie-Christine Barrault, Millie Perkins, Roxana Zal

Synopsis: Jon Voight stars in this David Seltzer-scripted sentimental tale about a divorced father who tries to achieve an emotional connection with his children. J.P. Tannen (Jon Voight) is a confused and childish man who, five years earlier, was divorced from his wife Kathleen (Millie Perkins). Kathleen Read More

Mir Reicht's - Ich Steig Aus

L'Amour Trop Fort

Actors: Daniel Duval, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jean Carmet, Hubert Deschamps

Ma Cherie

Actors: Marie-Christine Barrault, Beatrice Bruno

Synopsis: Both subtle and obvious fluctuations in a mother-daughter relationship are explored in this sensitive, insightful drama by Charlotte Dubreuil. Divorcee Jeanne (Marie-Christine Barrault) lives alone with her sixteen-year-old daughter Sarah (Beatrice Bruno) and the two of them have developed a very Read More

Stardust Memories

Actors: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jessica Harper, John Rothman, Amy Wright

Synopsis: Woody Allen's tenth film as writer/director, Stardust Memories opens with a scene reminiscent of the opening of 8 1/2 and continues to use that film for inspiration. Sandy Bates (Allen) sits in a train at a train station, the car filled with very unhappy looking people. In a train on another set Read More

Perceval

Actors: Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Marie-Christine Barrault, Marc Eyraud

Synopsis: This dignified and stylized film, set in the Middle Ages, follows the exploits of Sir Perceval, a legendary exemplar of knightly chivalry and one of the champions of King Arthur's Round Table. The story is based on the verse tale Perceval ou le Conte del Graal. as recounted by the 12th-century Read More

Een Vrouw Tussen Hond En Wolf

Actors: Marie-Christine Barrault, Roger Van Hool, Rutger Hauer

Synopsis: Lieve is a Belgian woman who marries just as World War II is beginning. When the Germans invade, her husband goes off to fight them, but he swiftly returns home after the invasion succeeds. Later, he decides that the Germans are on the right side of things, and goes off to fight for them on the Read More

L'État Sauvage

Actors: Marie-Christine Barrault, Jacques Dutronc, Michel Piccoli, Claude Brasseur, Doura Mane

Synopsis: L'Etat Sauvage is based on the novel by Georges Conchon which won the highly esteemed Prix de Goncourt. The story chronicles the mindless racism of both the departing French colonial overlords and the emergent black Africans in a newly emerging African state. Laurence (Marie-Christine Barrault) Read More

The Medusa Touch

Actors: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Marie-Christine Barrault

Synopsis: In The Medusa Touch Brunel (Lino Ventura), a French detective on temporary assignment with Scotland Yard, investigates a mysterious series of disasters. The uncanny events begin happening shortly after writer John Morlar (Richard Burton) was hit over the head by an unknown intruder and rendered Read More

Du Coté des Tennis

Actors: Marie-Christine Barrault, Bernadette Clauzel, Claude Lemaire

Synopsis: This film explores everyday lives of a small group of middle-class women who meet frequently (if not daily) by the tennis courts and in the beauty parlor. The film revels in their intrigues and difficulties, and the way they meet the challenges of day-to-day life. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Read More

Cousin Cousine

Actors: Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux, Marie-France Pisier, Guy Marchand, Ginette Garcin

Synopsis: Love turns out to be all in the family in this romantic comedy from France. When an elderly couple decides to marry, their families come together for a wedding banquet that turns into a raucous, wine-soaked celebration. Marthe (Marie-Christine Barrault) and Ludovic (Victor Lanoux) are distant Read More

John Glueckstadt

Actors: Dieter Laser, Marie-Christine Barrault, Johannes Schaaf, Dan van Husen, Tilo Prückner

Synopsis: Adapted from the novel Die Döppelgänger by Theodor Storm, this black-and-white drama tells the tragic story of a war veteran who, in 1860, returns to his home in Schleswig Holstein after serving a term for robbery. There he finds nothing but hardship and rejection, save from the town's mayor and a Read More

Les Intrus

Actors: Charles Aznavour

Synopsis: This crime melodrama features a dramatic performance by singer Charles Aznavour. In the film, he plays a doctor whose summer home is invaded by two violent criminals. They hold his wife and daughter hostage while the doctor is forced to clean out his bank account to pay for their ransom. In a Read More

Chloe in the Afternoon

Actors: Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Francoise Verley, Daniel Ceccaldi, Malvina Penne

Synopsis: Eric Rohmer ends his cycle of "Six Moral Tales" with this delightful film starring Bernard Verley as Frederic, a happily married man who discovers that he can't stop looking at beautiful women. As he says in a voiceover, "I feel marriage closes me in, cloisters me, and I want to escape." His Read More

Le Distrait

Actors: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Maria Pacome, Paul Preboist, Marie-Christine Barrault

Synopsis: The Daydreamer (Le Distrait) stars Pierre Richard (who also directed) as a stumblebum ad-agency employee. Unable to get by in the "real" world, he opts for his own fantasy world, in which everything goes right for him and he always gets the girl. After several blithe moments, the businessman Read More

My Night at Maud's

Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Antoine Vitez, Marie-Christine Barrault, Anne Dubot

Synopsis: The "my" in My Night At Maud's belongs to the protagonist played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, a Catholic engineer whose struggle with his faith is renewed when he falls instantly in love with a woman he's never met (Marie-Christine Barrault) while attending mass. A chance meeting with an amoral old Read More