Martine Audrain

I Stand Alone (1998)

SuspensefulDisturbingThought provokingDark

After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, The Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gaspar Noé
CAST:  Philippe Nahon  •  Blandine Lenoir  •  Martine Audrain  •  Frankie Pain

After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, The Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gaspar Noé
CAST:  Philippe Nahon  •  Blandine Lenoir  •  Martine Audrain  •  Frankie Pain

Dead Tired (1994)

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Blanc
CAST:  Michel Blanc  •  Philippe Noiret  •  Marie-Anne Chazel  •  Charlotte Gainsbourg

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Blanc
CAST:  Michel Blanc  •  Philippe Noiret  •  Marie-Anne Chazel  •  Charlotte Gainsbourg

Mauvais Genre (1997)

The film's title is a pun, the double meaning referencing both the "wrong genre" and a person with distasteful motives. Insecure novelist Martial Bok promotes his new sexy novel La Fille de Dos ("Girl Observed From the Rear") with a round of book-signings and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Bénégui
CAST:  Jacques Gamblin  •  Elina Löwensohn  •  Monica Bellucci  •  Michel Aumont

The film's title is a pun, the double meaning referencing both the "wrong genre" and a person with distasteful motives. Insecure novelist Martial Bok promotes his new sexy novel La Fille de Dos ("Girl Observed From the Rear") with a round of book-signings and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Bénégui
CAST:  Jacques Gamblin  •  Elina Löwensohn  •  Monica Bellucci  •  Michel Aumont

An arrangement (1998)

Alphonse Dutilleux, a Paris Shoemaker, closes shop and makes his way to the Bois de Boulogne, the male pick-up and prostitution scene. His wife and his son are waiting for him for dinner...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Didier Blasco
CAST:  Frédérique Meininger  •  Jean-Christophe Bouvet  •  Jean-Michel Fête  •  Martine Audrain

Alphonse Dutilleux, a Paris Shoemaker, closes shop and makes his way to the Bois de Boulogne, the male pick-up and prostitution scene. His wife and his son are waiting for him for dinner...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Didier Blasco
CAST:  Frédérique Meininger  •  Jean-Christophe Bouvet  •  Jean-Michel Fête  •  Martine Audrain

Venus Beauty Institute (1999)

Madam Nadine manages with pride the "Vénus Beauté" Salon which offers relaxation, massage and make-up services. The owner and her three beauticians: Samantha, Marianne and Angèle are pros. Contrary to her friend Marianne, who still dreams of the big day, Angèle no ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tonie Marshall
CAST:  Nathalie Baye  •  Bulle Ogier  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Mathilde Seigner

Madam Nadine manages with pride the "Vénus Beauté" Salon which offers relaxation, massage and make-up services. The owner and her three beauticians: Samantha, Marianne and Angèle are pros. Contrary to her friend Marianne, who still dreams of the big day, Angèle no ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tonie Marshall
CAST:  Nathalie Baye  •  Bulle Ogier  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Mathilde Seigner