Natacha Régnier

Nathalie "Natacha" Régnier (born 11 April 1974) is a Belgian actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award, a European Film Award, and a César Award for her role in the 1998 film The Dreamlife of Angels. Régnier is the first Belgian actress to win a César Award.

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The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)

Isa and Marie bond while working in a French sweatshop and soon begin sharing an apartment that Marie is watching for a hospitalized mother and daughter. Marie, hoping to avoid a life of struggle and poverty, takes up with Chriss, a nightclub owner whose most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erick Zonca
CAST:  Élodie Bouchez  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Patrick Mercado  •  Grégoire Colin

Isa and Marie bond while working in a French sweatshop and soon begin sharing an apartment that Marie is watching for a hospitalized mother and daughter. Marie, hoping to avoid a life of struggle and poverty, takes up with Chriss, a nightclub owner whose most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erick Zonca
CAST:  Élodie Bouchez  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Patrick Mercado  •  Grégoire Colin

Encore (1996)

The mid-life crisis of a middle-aged, depressive college professor/author provides the center of this French character study. Abel Vichac has really let himself go. Though a successful writer, and supposedly working on a book about 'regret,' he is barely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Bonitzer
CAST:  Jackie Berroyer  •  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Hélène Fillières

The mid-life crisis of a middle-aged, depressive college professor/author provides the center of this French character study. Abel Vichac has really let himself go. Though a successful writer, and supposedly working on a book about 'regret,' he is barely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Bonitzer
CAST:  Jackie Berroyer  •  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Hélène Fillières

Orly (2010)

At the Paris airport Orly, a woman falls for a stranger, a family heads to a funeral, a couple lose touch, a wife reads her husband’s break-up letter. All wait for their planes. Absorbed in their immediate fates, they move through the impeccably structured space, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angela Schanelec
CAST:  Josse De Pauw  •  Maren Eggert  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Bruno Todeschini

At the Paris airport Orly, a woman falls for a stranger, a family heads to a funeral, a couple lose touch, a wife reads her husband’s break-up letter. All wait for their planes. Absorbed in their immediate fates, they move through the impeccably structured space, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angela Schanelec
CAST:  Josse De Pauw  •  Maren Eggert  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Bruno Todeschini

Green Paradise (2004)

Lucas, a young sociologist, finds in his home village two friends, Isabelle and Simon. Discovering that they almost got married ten years earlier, he sets out to bring them together again. However, Isabelle is in fact falling in love with Lucas. Written by  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emmanuel Bourdieu
CAST:  Denis Podalydès  •  Natacha Régnier

Lucas, a young sociologist, finds in his home village two friends, Isabelle and Simon. Discovering that they almost got married ten years earlier, he sets out to bring them together again. However, Isabelle is in fact falling in love with Lucas. Written by  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emmanuel Bourdieu
CAST:  Denis Podalydès  •  Natacha Régnier

Morning Star (2012)

A small circus arrives in a coastal area of the North Sea: the place looks rather eerie and the audience is quite scarce. But despite all of this, the life of the performers is animated by feelings born under the circus tent, and which are often lived out in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sophie Blondy
CAST:  Denis Lavant  •  Iggy Pop  •  Tchéky Karyo  •  Béatrice Dalle

A small circus arrives in a coastal area of the North Sea: the place looks rather eerie and the audience is quite scarce. But despite all of this, the life of the performers is animated by feelings born under the circus tent, and which are often lived out in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sophie Blondy
CAST:  Denis Lavant  •  Iggy Pop  •  Tchéky Karyo  •  Béatrice Dalle

Everything's Fine, We're Leaving (2000)

Three French sisters have their lives interrupted and their relationship called into question when their father returns to visit 15 years after having abandoned them and their now-deceased mother. Each responds differently to his return according to how her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Mouriéras
CAST:  Natacha Régnier  •  Miou-Miou  •  Sandrine Kiberlain  •  Michel Piccoli

Three French sisters have their lives interrupted and their relationship called into question when their father returns to visit 15 years after having abandoned them and their now-deceased mother. Each responds differently to his return according to how her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Mouriéras
CAST:  Natacha Régnier  •  Miou-Miou  •  Sandrine Kiberlain  •  Michel Piccoli

One Night (2012)

In the harbor city of Le Havre, France, a woman is stabbed during the night, just below the windows of her neighborhood. Pierre (Yvan Attal) has witnessed the murder, and heard the wails of the women crying for help. So have the neighbors, certainly. But at the end ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucas Belvaux
CAST:  Yvan Attal  •  Sophie Quinton  •  Nicole Garcia  •  François Feroleto

In the harbor city of Le Havre, France, a woman is stabbed during the night, just below the windows of her neighborhood. Pierre (Yvan Attal) has witnessed the murder, and heard the wails of the women crying for help. So have the neighbors, certainly. But at the end ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucas Belvaux
CAST:  Yvan Attal  •  Sophie Quinton  •  Nicole Garcia  •  François Feroleto

Mood Indigo (2013)

A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Gondry
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Gad Elmaleh  •  Omar Sy

A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Gondry
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Gad Elmaleh  •  Omar Sy

Capital (2012)

The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Gad Elmaleh  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Gabriel Byrne  •  Bernard Le Coq

The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Gad Elmaleh  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Gabriel Byrne  •  Bernard Le Coq

The Prey (2011)

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A robber escapes from prison with a single objective in mind: to track down his former cellmate, a serial killer who intends to pin his crimes on him. A cop is sent after the robber who, despite his best efforts, soon becomes Public Enemy Number One. As the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Valette
CAST:  Albert Dupontel  •  Alice Taglioni  •  Stéphane Debac  •  Natacha Régnier

A robber escapes from prison with a single objective in mind: to track down his former cellmate, a serial killer who intends to pin his crimes on him. A cop is sent after the robber who, despite his best efforts, soon becomes Public Enemy Number One. As the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Valette
CAST:  Albert Dupontel  •  Alice Taglioni  •  Stéphane Debac  •  Natacha Régnier

That Day (2007)

Jacob Berger’s film shows a day in the life of a family. People meet and leave, and wonder, will they find themselves again? At daybreak, Serge believes he has committed a crime. Pietra realises that she has been betrayed around midday. At one o’clock 8-year-old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacob Berger
CAST:  Bruno Todeschini  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Noémie Kocher  •  Zinedine Soualem

Jacob Berger’s film shows a day in the life of a family. People meet and leave, and wonder, will they find themselves again? At daybreak, Serge believes he has committed a crime. Pietra realises that she has been betrayed around midday. At one o’clock 8-year-old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacob Berger
CAST:  Bruno Todeschini  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Noémie Kocher  •  Zinedine Soualem

The Right of the Weakest (2006)

In the Belgian town of Liege, in order to buy a moped for the wife of their friend Patrick, three men decide to organise a large-scale hold-up. As expected, nothing goes to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucas Belvaux
CAST:  Lucas Belvaux  •  Claude Semal  •  Patrick Descamps  •  Natacha Régnier

In the Belgian town of Liege, in order to buy a moped for the wife of their friend Patrick, three men decide to organise a large-scale hold-up. As expected, nothing goes to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucas Belvaux
CAST:  Lucas Belvaux  •  Claude Semal  •  Patrick Descamps  •  Natacha Régnier

Boxes (2007)

Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of things and plenty of memories. Anna has lived many lives and her past comes out of these boxes. Her parents surely, but also her children and their fathers, the living and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jane Birkin
CAST:  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Jane Birkin  •  Natacha Régnier

Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of things and plenty of memories. Anna has lived many lives and her past comes out of these boxes. Her parents surely, but also her children and their fathers, the living and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jane Birkin
CAST:  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Jane Birkin  •  Natacha Régnier

Criminal Lovers (1999)

After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the woods, only to find themselves hopelessly lost – much like the fairy-tale plight of Hansel and Gretel. Starving and with no hope of being found, they chance upon a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Ozon
CAST:  Natacha Régnier  •  Jérémie Renier  •  Miki Manojlović  •  Salim Kéchiouche

After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the woods, only to find themselves hopelessly lost – much like the fairy-tale plight of Hansel and Gretel. Starving and with no hope of being found, they chance upon a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Ozon
CAST:  Natacha Régnier  •  Jérémie Renier  •  Miki Manojlović  •  Salim Kéchiouche

How I Killed My Father (2001)

When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anne Fontaine
CAST:  Michel Bouquet  •  Charles Berling  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Amira Casar

When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anne Fontaine
CAST:  Michel Bouquet  •  Charles Berling  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Amira Casar

Tomorrow We Move (2004)

When her mother moves in, the life of a writer gets crowded.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chantal Akerman
CAST:  Sylvie Testud  •  Aurore Clément  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Natacha Régnier

When her mother moves in, the life of a writer gets crowded.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chantal Akerman
CAST:  Sylvie Testud  •  Aurore Clément  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Natacha Régnier

The Wedding Chest (2005)

Aïdar, a young Kyrgyz man returns home from his studies in France, with a beautiful French fiancée in tow. His fiancée is warmly welcomed by the village and captivated by the beauty of the region, but he stubbornly refuses to tell his family that the two are engaged.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nurbek Egen
CAST:  Natacha Régnier  •  Bolot Tentimyshov  •  Tynar Abdrazaeva  •  Melis Sharshenbaev

Aïdar, a young Kyrgyz man returns home from his studies in France, with a beautiful French fiancée in tow. His fiancée is warmly welcomed by the village and captivated by the beauty of the region, but he stubbornly refuses to tell his family that the two are engaged.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nurbek Egen
CAST:  Natacha Régnier  •  Bolot Tentimyshov  •  Tynar Abdrazaeva  •  Melis Sharshenbaev

Domestic Life (2013)

Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she has an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isabelle Czajka
CAST:  Emmanuelle Devos  •  Julie Ferrier  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Héléna Noguerra

Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she has an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isabelle Czajka
CAST:  Emmanuelle Devos  •  Julie Ferrier  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Héléna Noguerra

Le silence (2004)

A man on holiday in Corsica witnesses the robbery and the killing of a gas station / grocery owner by somebody he knew. He flees the place without saying anything to anyone about what happened, and then feels deeply guilty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orso Miret
CAST:  Mathieu Demy  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Thierry de Peretti  •  Muriel Solvay

A man on holiday in Corsica witnesses the robbery and the killing of a gas station / grocery owner by somebody he knew. He flees the place without saying anything to anyone about what happened, and then feels deeply guilty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orso Miret
CAST:  Mathieu Demy  •  Natacha Régnier  •  Thierry de Peretti  •  Muriel Solvay

The Bridge of Arts (2004)

The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before met. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eugène Green
CAST:  Natacha Régnier  •  Adrien Michaux  •  Alexis Loret  •  Denis Podalydès

The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before met. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eugène Green
CAST:  Natacha Régnier  •  Adrien Michaux  •  Alexis Loret  •  Denis Podalydès
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