Valérie MairesseFilmography

The Orphans' Season

Actors: Laurent Lucas, Aurélien Recoing, Gabrielle Lazure, Valérie Mairesse, Philippe Nahon

Synopsis: A middle-aged man is forced to come to terms with traumatic events from his childhood in this drama. Not long after the end of World War II, young Alexandre Gérard (Jordan Chemama) was an orphan was an orphan who was handed over to M. de Montferrand, a gentleman who was already taking care of six Read More

One to Another

Actors: Lizzie Brocheré, Arthur Dupont, Guillaume Baché, Pierre Perrier, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Nicolas Nollet, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: Directors Jean-Marc Barr and Pascal Arnold's sexually political drama Chacun Sa Nuit explores the carnal interdependencies among a host of characters who live in a town in provincial France. At the center of it all is Pierre (Arthur Dupont), a conceited and vain bisexual musician in his late teens Read More

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

Un crime au Paradis

Actors: Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier, Suzanne Flon, Gerard Hernandez

Synopsis: When a man kills his wife -- who happened to be the most hated woman in the village -- no one is sure if he should be punished or congratulated in this darkly farcical comedy. Jojo (Jacques Villeret) runs a small farm in rural France, and asks for little from life; all he wants to do is finish his Read More

Confort Moderne

Actors: Nathalie Richard, Valérie Mairesse, Jean-Jacques Vanier, Jean-Michel Noirey

Synopsis: A woman finds her personality taking an abrupt about-face in this comedy-drama from France. Irene (Nathalie Richard) is a bank executive who enforces fiduciary regulations with a ruthless, to-the-letter strictness. Irene notices a homeless woman wandering around Paris in a yellow raincoat; one Read More

La vie ne me fait pas peur

Actors: Magalie Woch, Ingrid Molinier, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Camille Rousselet, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

Synopsis: In this bittersweet look back at the trials of growing up in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Emilie (Magali Woch), Ines (Ingrid Molinier), Stella (Julie-Marie Parmentier), and Marion (Camille Rousselet) become friends as they share the humiliations that are a part of adolescent life -- going to Read More

Ville a Vendre

Actors: Michel Serrault, Tom Novembre, Richard Bohringer, Valérie Mairesse, Eddy Mitchell, Philippe Léotard

Synopsis: In this murder farce, a hitchhiker lopes into one of France's decaying industrial towns where unemployment is much higher than the national average (about ten percent). Still, the locals seem cheerful enough. When he gets to town, he sees most of the inhabitants are dressed up for a masquerade. He Read More

Sup de Fric

Actors: Jean Poiret, Anthony Delon, Cris Campion, Roland Giraud, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: Victor Dargelas is smart but for some reason wasn't accepted at one of France's top universities, so he has taken a scholarship to begun study at a business-management school instead. He is a computer whiz, and his scholarship is based on his ability to straighten out a glitch in the school's Read More

L'Entrainement du Champion Avant la Course

Actors: Richard Berry, Valérie Mairesse, Mireille Perrier

Synopsis: Fabrice (Richard Berry) is an otherwise brutish truck driver who loves the disciplines involved in bicycle racing. He's no champion and doesn't appear to care much whether he wins any or not. In the crowded spaces of his world, the aloneness that comes with being a racer in training affords him a Read More

Amelia Lopes O'Neill

Actors: Franco Nero, Laura del Sol, Laura Benson, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: Amelia (Laura del Sol) lives with her sister in a lovely house in Valparaiso with a view of the harbor. She is comfortably well off, but for some reason during an evening outing, a doctor named Fernando (Franco Nero) takes her to be a prostitute. Already smitten with him, she allows him to take Read More

Funny Boy

Actors: Valérie Mairesse, Anais Jeanneret, Emmanuelle Riva

The Sacrifice

Actors: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Gudrún Gísladóttir, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: The Sacrifice, director Andrei Tarkovsky's final film, begins in Bergmanesque fashion on a small, remote island, where friends and family gather for drama critic Alexander's (Erland Josephson) birthday celebration. The revelry is interrupted by a radio announcement: World War III has begun, and Read More

Les Freres Petard

Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, Michel Galabru, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: In this comedy-drama, Manu (Gerard Lanvin) and Momo (Jacques Villeret) are two men who are at first unwittingly involved in a drug deal, but then get quite wittingly involved when they realize that there may be some money to be had in the sale of illegal substances. Once they decide to launch into Read More

Gros Degueulasse

Actors: Maurice Risch, Valérie Mairesse, Martin Lamotte, Jackie Sardou

Synopsis: This senseless comedy is based on a cartoon-strip character drawn by the late Jean-Marc Reiser and has no real plot to speak of -- it is just a series of ribald, raunchy sketches. The character in question is a man who goes about wearing only one oversized pair of stained underwear, with one Read More

Les Fauves

Actors: Philippe Léotard, Daniel Auteuil, Gabrielle Lazure, Veronique Delbourg, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: In this embarrassment of an action thriller, the poor storyline and direction are only matched by the underpar acting, all to tell the tale of Berg (Daniel Auteuil), a young stunt car driver who leaves his profession and starts working at a private security service when his lover is killed in an Read More

La Triche

Actors: Victor Lanoux, Anny Duperey, Xavier DeLuc, Michel Galabru, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: The social and personal conflicts that arise when a bisexual, married policeman takes a male lover are carefully handled by director Yannick Bellon in this crime drama. Michel Vera (Victor Lanoux) is investigating a murder at a local nightclub when he is attracted to the club's saxophone player Read More

Banzai

Actors: Coluche, Valérie Mairesse, Didier Kaminka, Marthe Villalonga, Francois Perrot, Jean-Marie Proslier

Synopsis: Lacking the bite to be really funny, this wilted farce stars French comedian Coluche as Michel Bernardin, a white-collar trouble-shooter for tourists caught in a bind, or in bandages, depending on the problem. His business "Planet Assistance" sends people all over to help travelers in need, and as Read More

Debout les Crabes, la Mer Monte!

Actors: Martin Lamotte, Veronique Genest, Virginie Thévenet, Richard Bohringer, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: The action in this attempt at farce and drama starts moving when a prostitute just out of prison overwhelms a young man with her charms in their shared train compartment and ends up getting invited to his home. Once there, other than inducing some unusual behavior in the members of the family, she Read More

Deux Heures Moins le Quart Avant Jesus-Christ

Actors: Coluche, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne, Françoise Fabian, Michel Auclair

Synopsis: The setting for this story is Rahatlcoum, a Roman colony in North Africa, but the "colonists" watch television, have gay bars, trade unions, and traffic problems -- something like the "Flintstones" in an Afro-French incarnation, slipping around on Monty Pythonesque dialogue. A gay Jules César's Read More

Si Ma Gueule Vous Plait

Actors: Valérie Mairesse, Michel Galabru, Bernadette Lafont, Marthe Villalonga

Le Coup du Parapluie

Actors: Pierre Richard, Gert Fröbe, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo

Synopsis: This zany satire of the stereotypical spy thriller is directed by Gerard Oury, known for his ability to wring laughter out of a script. Pierre Richard stars as Gregorie, a down-and-out actor anxious to find a job. He wanders into the office of a talent agent and signs a contract to work in a Read More

C'est Pas Moi, C'est Lui

Actors: Pierre Richard, Aldo Maccione, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: Pierre Richard directs and stars in this comedy about a ghost writer employed by a successful comic. He assumes the comic's identity and talks his way into a joint venture with an Italian screen star. The two travel to Tunisia to work on their collaboration and experience romantic and professional Read More

Un Si Joli Village...

Actors: Victor Lanoux, Jean Carmet, Valérie Mairesse, Michel Robin, Jacques Richard

Synopsis: Bertin (Victor Lanoux) has accidentally killed his wife during an argument. He is the owner of a tannery which employs most of the inhabitants of the town he lives in. Rather than subject himself to the indignities of a police inquiry, he attempts to cover up the killing by saying that she has Read More

Haro

Actors: Jean-Claude Bouillon, Nathalie Courval, Laurent Malet, Valérie Mairesse

Synopsis: The plight of a misfit living in the countryside is compounded by his never having been properly registered at birth, which has brought him endless hassles from officialdom. In addition, he has a chip on his shoulder. Though he has committed many thefts and other small crimes in his rural Read More

Dora Et La Lanterne Magique

Actors: Nathalie Manet, Valérie Mairesse, Gerard Boucaron, Rita Maiden, Alain David

Synopsis: Eleven-year old Dora (Nathalie Manet) is forced to chase after clues concerning her inventor-father's death while being chased by thugs working for big industry. Not only is she seeking to understand her father's mysterious death, but some of the clues he gave her indicate that he invented Read More

Les Loulous

Actors: Jean-Louis Robert, Charles Nelson, Valérie Mairesse, Raoul Billerey

Synopsis: In this grim drama, a barkeeper who has grown weary of young punks hanging around kills one. Nothing happens to him, and when the boy's younger brother tries to get some revenge, the police intervene and ship the boy off to an insane asylum. There, the nastiness of his situation truly does send Read More

Reperages

Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Delphine Seyrig, Lea Massari, Valérie Mairesse, Roger Jendly

Synopsis: In the story of Reperages, Victor (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a film director who has arranged to shoot a version of Anton Chekhov's play The Three Sisters. Casting her in the lead will enable his troubled wife, who has separated from him, to earn some money and receive some much-needed emotional Read More

Emmenez-Moi Au Ritz

Actors: Maurice Ronet, Valérie Mairesse, Macha Meril, Tina Aumont, Marcha Grant

Synopsis: Gregor (Maurice Ronet) is a rich, charming womanizer who has been married three times. Perhaps he is not quite charming enough, because his ex-wives have it in for him. They conspire together to find just the sort of girl who will happily ruin him. Once they find her, they make sure the two get Read More

L'Une Chante, l'Autre Pas

Actors: Valérie Mairesse, Therese Liotard, Ali Raffi, Robert Dadies, Jean-Pierre Pellegrin

Synopsis: In this story of friendship and reproductive rights, 14 years in the relationship between two very dissimilar women are chronicled. Pauline (Valerie Mairesse) is a middle-class city girl, at odds with her very conventional family. Suzanne (Therese Liotard) is several years older, a country girl Read More

Andrea

Actors: Odette Laurent