Yann ColletteFilmography

Dante 01

Actors: Lambert Wilson, Linh-Dan Pham, Simona Maicanescu, Dominique Pinon, Bruno Lochet

Synopsis: Delicatessen and City of Lost Children co-director Marc Caro makes his solo directorial debut with this nightmarish tale of a deep space prison and the newly arrived inmate suffering from a mysterious alien infection. Dante 01 is a maximum-security penitentiary located at the edge of the galaxy. Read More

La Maison de Nina

Actors: Agnès Jaoui, Sarah Adler, Katia Lewkowicz, Arie Elmaleh, Charles Berling

Synopsis: Richard Dembo's third directorial effort, La Maison De Nina, concerns a group of Jewish children living in an orphanage in Paris at the end of WWII. Soon there is an influx of children at the orphanage whose parents did not survive the concentration camps. Eventually those newcomers and the Read More

Immortel Ad Vitam

Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Thomas Kretschmann, Linda Hardy, Frederic Pierrot, Thomas M. Pollard

Synopsis: The year is 2095 and the ancient Egyptian gods have returned to Earth to cast judgment on the falcon-headed god Horus in this epic fantasy from comic-book creator Enki Bilal. Given only one week by the gods to preserve his immortality, Horus must search New York City and find both a human host Read More

Shimkent Hotel

Actors: Yann Collette, Thibault de Montalembert, Melvil Poupaud, Caroline Ducey, Romain Duris

Oedipus N+1

Actors: Jalil Lespert, Nicole Jamet, Catherine Buquen, Dimitri Storoge

Cantique de la Racaille

Actors: Yvan Attal, Virginie Lanoue, Yann Collette, Banaissa Ahaouari, Samy Naceri

Synopsis: French novelist Vincent Ravalec made his directorial debut with this French drama about small-time crook Gaston (Yvan Attal) who poses as a millionaire after he picks up hitchhiking 16-year-old Marie-Pierre (Virginie Lanoue). Actually living in a seedy apartment, Gaston deals in stolen goods, but Read More

Le Monde a l'Envers

Actors: Laurence Côte, Denis Lavant, Roschdy Zem, Yann Collette, Sara Capretti

Synopsis: Rolando Colla made his directorial debut with this Swiss-French-Italian period drama about a Breton woman who disguises herself as a man to join a ship's crew during the 18th century. Rebellious 24-year-old Anne Bruneau (Laurence Cote) is abandoned at the altar by her fiancé Yann (Denis Lavant). Read More

On Guard

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Perez, Marie Gillain, Yann Collette

Synopsis: This period swashbuckler, set during the years 1699 to 1716, is the seventh screen adaptation of Paul Feval's 1857 serialized novel. Trained in circus stunts and fencing, Lagardere (Daniel Auteuil) becomes the bodyguard of the Duke of Nevers (Vincent Perez), whose cousin is the greedy Gonzague (Luchini Read More

Tykho Moon

Actors: Johan Leysen, Julie Delpy, Tchéky Karyo, Michel Piccoli

Synopsis: Mirroring the style of French graphic novels and dramatic comic strips, this adventure is set in a rundown lunar city and chronicles an evil, rapidly aging dictator's desperate search for the man who unwillingly donated his brain cells to him 20 years before. The dictator Mac Bee begins his mad Read More

Démons de Jésus

Actors: Fabienne Babe, Yann Collette, Nadia Farès, Thierry Frémont, Patrick Bouchitey, Victor Lanoux

Synopsis: Filled with references and language that will be most meaningful to those intimate with the French language and culture, this gritty outing attempts to paint a dignified but funny portrait of a poor, dysfunctional family during the winter of 1968. The Jacobs currently reside in a grim industrial Read More

Pullman Paradis

Actors: Dominique Valadie, Charles Berling

Synopsis: Sixteen passengers aboard a Paris tour bus bound for Normandy provide the framework for this French ensemble drama. The trip takes 48 hours; in that time the disparate passengers begin forming a unique bond. Among the riders are a pair of snobs who have decided to "slum it" and take the bus; a Read More

Jeanne La Pucelle: Les Prisons

Actors: Sandrine Bonnaire, Baptiste Roussillon, Didier Sauvegrain, André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard, Marcel Bozonnet

Synopsis: Jacques Rivette directed this richly detailed six-hour drama based on the story of Joan of Arc. In Part one, "Les Batailles," Jeanne the Maid (Sandrine Bonnaire) leaves her childhood home in Domremy after hearing what she is sure was the voice of God. She believes that she can help lead France to Read More

Marie-Louise Ou La Permission

Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Eric Ruf, Marie Caries, Yann Collette

Synopsis: Star crossed lovers are the focus of this French romantic comedy. Marie-Louise, an American, has come to Paris to meet her new lover, Jean-Paul who has a weekend pass from his military service post. Unfortunately they misunderstood each other's instructions and are each at different train Read More

Prêt-à-Porter

Actors: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Kim Basinger

Synopsis: This large, sprawling comedy directed by Robert Altman concerns a variety of romantic and personal intrigues that intersect against the backdrop of Paris's annual "Pret-a-Porter" fashion extravaganza. With 31 principal characters and a number of cameos from well known models, designers, actors and Read More

Jeanne La Pucelle: Les Batailles

Actors: Sandrine Bonnaire, Baptiste Roussillon, Didier Sauvegrain, André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard, Marcel Bozonnet

Synopsis: Jacques Rivette directed this richly detailed six-hour drama based on the story of Joan of Arc. In Part one, "Les Batailles," Jeanne the Maid (Sandrine Bonnaire) leaves her childhood home in Domremy after hearing what she is sure was the voice of God. She believes that she can help lead France to Read More

La Legende

Actors: Jean Yanne, Remi Martin, Yann Collette

Le Souper

Actors: Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich, Ticky Holgado, Yann Collette, Stephane Jobert

Synopsis: France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, Talleyrand (Claude Rich), a shrewd politician of flexible convictions, invites chief of police and zealous Read More

J'entends Plus la Guitare

Actors: Benoit Regent, Johanna ter Steege, Yann Collette, Mireille Perrier

Synopsis: As a young man, Gerard was in a relationship with Marianne, a woman he called the love of his life, someone he would love even beyond the veils of death. However, somehow he drifted out of his relationship with her, though they were occasionally in touch with one another. Many relationships later Read More

Rome Romeo

Actors: John Hargreaves, Yann Collette, Laszlo Szabo

Bunker Palace Hotel

Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Carole Bouquet, Benoit Regent, Maria Schneider, Roger Dumas, Yann Collette

Synopsis: The French Bunker Palace Hotel is set in the Future. Rebels have taken over the totalitarian government, compelling the officials to flee for safety to the underground hotel of the title. Clara (Carole Bouquet), a spy for the rebels, infiltrates the hotel to observe the last moves of the crumbling Read More

La Maison Assassinée

Actors: Patrick Bruel, Anne Brochet, Yann Collette, Ingrid Held, Agnes Blanchot

Synopsis: Seraphin Monge (Patrick Bruel) is a World War I veteran whose family was killed when he was an infant. At the end of the war, he returns to seek vengeance on the murderers. Monge is unable to carry out his revenge when the victims die before he can kill them. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More

L'Amour Braque

Actors: Sophie Marceau, Francis Huster, Tchéky Karyo, Christiane Jean, Michel Albertini

Synopsis: Inspired by Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot and intended as "a homage to the great writer," this film is set in modern France rather than 19th century Russia. This is a story of Léon (Francis Huster), who has been recently released from a mental asylum and claims to be a descendant of a Hungarian Read More