Michelle Marquais

Queen Margot (1994)

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrice Chéreau
CAST:  Isabelle Adjani  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Jean-Hugues Anglade  •  Vincent Perez

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrice Chéreau
CAST:  Isabelle Adjani  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Jean-Hugues Anglade  •  Vincent Perez

The Red Sweater (1979)

A film version of author Gilles Perrault's best-selling book about the 1976 trial and execution of Christian Ranucci, the youth who was convicted with extremely inconclusive evidence of murdering an eight-year-old girl in Southern France. The publicity the book and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Drach
CAST:  Serge Avédikian  •  Michelle Marquais  •  Claire Deluca  •  Roland Bertin

A film version of author Gilles Perrault's best-selling book about the 1976 trial and execution of Christian Ranucci, the youth who was convicted with extremely inconclusive evidence of murdering an eight-year-old girl in Southern France. The publicity the book and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Drach
CAST:  Serge Avédikian  •  Michelle Marquais  •  Claire Deluca  •  Roland Bertin

Villa Amalia (2009)

Ann leaves Thomas and everything else behind when she catches him kissing another woman. With her music and help from Georges, she begins a journey to find herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Jacquot
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Jean-Hugues Anglade  •  Xavier Beauvois  •  Clara Bindi

Ann leaves Thomas and everything else behind when she catches him kissing another woman. With her music and help from Georges, she begins a journey to find herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Jacquot
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Jean-Hugues Anglade  •  Xavier Beauvois  •  Clara Bindi

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)

Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rossellini
CAST:  Jean-Marie Patte  •  Raymond Jourdan  •  Silvagni  •  Katharina Renn

Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rossellini
CAST:  Jean-Marie Patte  •  Raymond Jourdan  •  Silvagni  •  Katharina Renn

Just a Game (1992)

Emile Michel, Lapland, orphan, is obliged to bring back within the tribe the ancestral totem: a gold plumb line "borrowed" formerly by his grandfather Raymond Michel. His quest will take him aboard a floating boat that crosses Baffin Bay in the icy waters of Greenland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Sentier
CAST:  Philippe Clévenot  •  Charlotte Maury-Sentier  •  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Jean-Yves Tual

Emile Michel, Lapland, orphan, is obliged to bring back within the tribe the ancestral totem: a gold plumb line "borrowed" formerly by his grandfather Raymond Michel. His quest will take him aboard a floating boat that crosses Baffin Bay in the icy waters of Greenland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Sentier
CAST:  Philippe Clévenot  •  Charlotte Maury-Sentier  •  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Jean-Yves Tual

Tom Thumb (1972)

Classic fairy-tale story about Tom Thumb against Giant. Parents are poor and want to leave Tom Thumb in forest. But Tom Thumb is clever and marks his way by stones. Second time he is unsuccessful - he has only bread-crumbs and birds eat them. Tom Thumb finds a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Boisrond
CAST:  Marie Laforêt  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Jean-Luc Bideau  •  Jean-Christophe Maillot

Classic fairy-tale story about Tom Thumb against Giant. Parents are poor and want to leave Tom Thumb in forest. But Tom Thumb is clever and marks his way by stones. Second time he is unsuccessful - he has only bread-crumbs and birds eat them. Tom Thumb finds a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Boisrond
CAST:  Marie Laforêt  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Jean-Luc Bideau  •  Jean-Christophe Maillot