Laurent Lacotte

Black Heaven (2010)

An innocent young man becomes enamored with a mysterious girl. He is lured into "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Marchand
CAST:  Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet  •  Melvil Poupaud  •  Pauline Étienne  •  Louise Bourgoin

An innocent young man becomes enamored with a mysterious girl. He is lured into "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Marchand
CAST:  Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet  •  Melvil Poupaud  •  Pauline Étienne  •  Louise Bourgoin

House of Pleasures (2011)

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A young woman begins a new life at the Apollonide bordello, a high-class brothel in Paris at the turn of the 20th century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Bonello
CAST:  Hafsia Herzi  •  Céline Sallette  •  Jasmine Trinca  •  Adèle Haenel

A young woman begins a new life at the Apollonide bordello, a high-class brothel in Paris at the turn of the 20th century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Bonello
CAST:  Hafsia Herzi  •  Céline Sallette  •  Jasmine Trinca  •  Adèle Haenel

Pitchipoï (2015)

Julien Schulmann is a comedian. He has just lost his father, a Polish Jew and extermination camp survivor. Before he died, his father left a "will" in which he requested that his other son, Pierre, who hasn't been heard from for two years, spread his ashes in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Najman
CAST:  Xavier Gallais  •  Michèle Moretti  •  Sabrina Seyvecou  •  Laurent Lacotte

Julien Schulmann is a comedian. He has just lost his father, a Polish Jew and extermination camp survivor. Before he died, his father left a "will" in which he requested that his other son, Pierre, who hasn't been heard from for two years, spread his ashes in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Najman
CAST:  Xavier Gallais  •  Michèle Moretti  •  Sabrina Seyvecou  •  Laurent Lacotte

Holy Motors (2012)

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We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leos Carax
CAST:  Eva Mendes  •  Kylie Minogue  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Édith Scob

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leos Carax
CAST:  Eva Mendes  •  Kylie Minogue  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Édith Scob

La France (2007)

During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up from him. Distraught, she decides to go to join him, but is driven back by the rule of the time which forbids women ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Bozon
CAST:  Sylvie Testud  •  Pascal Greggory  •  Guillaume Depardieu  •  Guillaume Verdier

During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up from him. Distraught, she decides to go to join him, but is driven back by the rule of the time which forbids women ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Bozon
CAST:  Sylvie Testud  •  Pascal Greggory  •  Guillaume Depardieu  •  Guillaume Verdier

Guillaume et les sortilèges (2007)

Contemporary Paris, mid-July. Guillaume arrives in the capital to caretake a large apartment until the end of the summer. Lucie, the apartment’s owner, and a friend of his mother’s, welcomes him… then suddenly disappears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Léon
CAST:  Guillaume Verdier  •  Anne Benhaïem  •  Svetlana Léon  •  Renaud Legrand

Contemporary Paris, mid-July. Guillaume arrives in the capital to caretake a large apartment until the end of the summer. Lucie, the apartment’s owner, and a friend of his mother’s, welcomes him… then suddenly disappears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Léon
CAST:  Guillaume Verdier  •  Anne Benhaïem  •  Svetlana Léon  •  Renaud Legrand

Drift away (2012)

Chercher le garçon (2012)

On New Year's Eve, accompanied by a bottle of champagne, Emile, 35 years old, signs up to Meet Me, a famous Internet dating site, with a good resolution for the new year: to find love. There are many men on Meet Me: cynics, comics, a few oddballs, and even great ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorothée Sebbagh
CAST:  Sophie Cattani  •  Moussa Maaskri  •  Gérard Dubouche  •  Aurélie Vaneck

On New Year's Eve, accompanied by a bottle of champagne, Emile, 35 years old, signs up to Meet Me, a famous Internet dating site, with a good resolution for the new year: to find love. There are many men on Meet Me: cynics, comics, a few oddballs, and even great ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorothée Sebbagh
CAST:  Sophie Cattani  •  Moussa Maaskri  •  Gérard Dubouche  •  Aurélie Vaneck

The Idiot (2008)

Nastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois Totsky. Another is the opportunistic Ganya, whom Totsky has promised 75,000 rubles if he will marry Nastassia. Rogozhin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Léon
CAST:  Jeanne Balibar  •  Laurent Lacotte  •  Sylvie Testud  •  Bernard Eisenschitz

Nastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois Totsky. Another is the opportunistic Ganya, whom Totsky has promised 75,000 rubles if he will marry Nastassia. Rogozhin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Léon
CAST:  Jeanne Balibar  •  Laurent Lacotte  •  Sylvie Testud  •  Bernard Eisenschitz

Mystification ou L'histoire des portraits (2003)

Before he marries his current girlfriend, eccentric speech therapist Richard (Serge Bozon) asks his friend Raphael (Mods star Laurent Lacotte) to help him destroy photos kept by his ex-girlfriend, Mademoiselle Dornet, as a record of their relationship. Raphael in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandrine Rinaldi
CAST:  Camille Cayol  •  Lucía Sánchez  •  Laurent Le Doyen  •  Laurent Lacotte

Before he marries his current girlfriend, eccentric speech therapist Richard (Serge Bozon) asks his friend Raphael (Mods star Laurent Lacotte) to help him destroy photos kept by his ex-girlfriend, Mademoiselle Dornet, as a record of their relationship. Raphael in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandrine Rinaldi
CAST:  Camille Cayol  •  Lucía Sánchez  •  Laurent Le Doyen  •  Laurent Lacotte

Mods (2002)

A college stands in the middle of verdant grounds. One day, Édouard, a student, suddenly falls sick. The college doctor is unable to diagnose the young man's illness. Anna, the college director, calls in Édouard's two brothers, professional soldiers, in the hope ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Bozon
CAST:  Laurent Lacotte  •  Guillaume Verdier  •  Serge Bozon  •  Vladimir Léon

A college stands in the middle of verdant grounds. One day, Édouard, a student, suddenly falls sick. The college doctor is unable to diagnose the young man's illness. Anna, the college director, calls in Édouard's two brothers, professional soldiers, in the hope ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Bozon
CAST:  Laurent Lacotte  •  Guillaume Verdier  •  Serge Bozon  •  Vladimir Léon

Malika is Gone (2008)

Two friends, Marc and Nicolas, are a little lost in life. Malika, a foreigner living on the fringes, struggles for her survival. Perhaps a love affair begins between Marc and Malika - unless it's something else entirely.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Civeyrac
CAST:  Mounia Raoui  •  Laurent Lacotte  •  Renan Carteaux  •  Déborah Marique

Two friends, Marc and Nicolas, are a little lost in life. Malika, a foreigner living on the fringes, struggles for her survival. Perhaps a love affair begins between Marc and Malika - unless it's something else entirely.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Civeyrac
CAST:  Mounia Raoui  •  Laurent Lacotte  •  Renan Carteaux  •  Déborah Marique

The French Trilogy (2013)

The French Trilogy showcases a series of 62 photographs taken by Philippe Terrier-Hermann with 25 actors in 6 French regions echoing his previous project, The American Tetralogy. Questioning the relationship between cinema, landscapes and representations, this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Terrier-Hermann
CAST:  Julien Baumgartner  •  Charles Berling  •  Lolita Chammah  •  Andréa Ferréol

The French Trilogy showcases a series of 62 photographs taken by Philippe Terrier-Hermann with 25 actors in 6 French regions echoing his previous project, The American Tetralogy. Questioning the relationship between cinema, landscapes and representations, this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Terrier-Hermann
CAST:  Julien Baumgartner  •  Charles Berling  •  Lolita Chammah  •  Andréa Ferréol