Pierre Martot

The Color of Lies (1999)

In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial town where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jacques Gamblin  •  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  •  Bernard Verley

In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial town where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jacques Gamblin  •  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  •  Bernard Verley

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle (2001)

In the 70s, there was Merckx and there were the others. Ghislain Lambert was one of the others. This is his story, a quite simple one. The story of a modest Belgian bike racer. His greatest ambition in life? To become a champion. His greatest tragedy? Not having ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Harel
CAST:  Benoît Poelvoorde  •  José Garcia  •  Daniel Ceccaldi  •  Sacha Bourdo

In the 70s, there was Merckx and there were the others. Ghislain Lambert was one of the others. This is his story, a quite simple one. The story of a modest Belgian bike racer. His greatest ambition in life? To become a champion. His greatest tragedy? Not having ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Harel
CAST:  Benoît Poelvoorde  •  José Garcia  •  Daniel Ceccaldi  •  Sacha Bourdo

The Swindle (1997)

Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Michel Serrault  •  Isabelle Huppert  •  François Cluzet  •  Jean-François Balmer

Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Michel Serrault  •  Isabelle Huppert  •  François Cluzet  •  Jean-François Balmer

Betty (1992)

Drunk, Betty is feeling worse and worse, the previous evening is slowly coming back to her: her husband and her husband's family had criticized her harshly, had sent her away. But Betty hadn't wanted to get married in the first place. She knows that she always ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Marie Trintignant  •  Stéphane Audran  •  Yves Lambrecht  •  Christiane Minazzoli

Drunk, Betty is feeling worse and worse, the previous evening is slowly coming back to her: her husband and her husband's family had criticized her harshly, had sent her away. But Betty hadn't wanted to get married in the first place. She knows that she always ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Marie Trintignant  •  Stéphane Audran  •  Yves Lambrecht  •  Christiane Minazzoli

Madame Bovary (1991)

RomanticDark

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Jean-François Balmer  •  Christophe Malavoy  •  Jean Yanne

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Jean-François Balmer  •  Christophe Malavoy  •  Jean Yanne

Ligne 208 (2001)

Bruno, a bus driver, lives in a problem estate. One day, a group of young people stab him. Since this moment, Bruno spends his time in a meeting point of extreme right-wing people. His only goal is to find the youngs who did that to him, even if he looses everything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Dumont
CAST:  Patrick Dell'Isola  •  Nozha Khouadra  •  Pierre Martot  •  Nicolas Duvauchelle

Bruno, a bus driver, lives in a problem estate. One day, a group of young people stab him. Since this moment, Bruno spends his time in a meeting point of extreme right-wing people. His only goal is to find the youngs who did that to him, even if he looses everything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Dumont
CAST:  Patrick Dell'Isola  •  Nozha Khouadra  •  Pierre Martot  •  Nicolas Duvauchelle

A Minute of Silence (1998)

In a dying French mining town near the German border, the last miners are preparing to strike. Marek and Mimmo, two young miners and friends, have different views on the impending strike.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florent-Emilio Siri
CAST:  Benoît Magimel  •  Bruno Putzulu  •  Jean-Yves Chatelais  •  Andrea Schieffer

In a dying French mining town near the German border, the last miners are preparing to strike. Marek and Mimmo, two young miners and friends, have different views on the impending strike.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florent-Emilio Siri
CAST:  Benoît Magimel  •  Bruno Putzulu  •  Jean-Yves Chatelais  •  Andrea Schieffer

Monsieur Cauchemar (2015)

The old Mr. Esbirol, a passionate bookseller of crime fiction, had waited for a long time that the three conditions necessary for committing a perfect crime materialize : murder, preferably by strangulation of an anonymous bystander walking in a deserted street.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Mocky  •  Fred Testot  •  Martin Daquin  •  Pierre Martot

The old Mr. Esbirol, a passionate bookseller of crime fiction, had waited for a long time that the three conditions necessary for committing a perfect crime materialize : murder, preferably by strangulation of an anonymous bystander walking in a deserted street.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Mocky  •  Fred Testot  •  Martin Daquin  •  Pierre Martot