Jean-Paul Salomé

Jean-Paul Salomé, born in 1960, is a French director and screenwriter. After studying cinema at the Sorbonne Censier, he worked as an assistant in the shooting of films, notably in 1981 in the film Les Uns et les Autres by Claude Lelouch. Then he made two short films which were documentaries: L'Heure d'aimer in 1983 and La petite Commission in 1984. In 1991, he made his first feature film for television: Crimes et jardins for which he also wrote the scenario. He then directed other feature films, including Les Femmes de l'ombre with Sophie Marceau, released in 2008. In January 2013, he was elected president of UniFrance Films.

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (2001)

A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Sophie Marceau  •  Michel Serrault  •  Frédéric Diefenthal  •  Julie Christie

A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Sophie Marceau  •  Michel Serrault  •  Frédéric Diefenthal  •  Julie Christie

Adventures of Arsène Lupin (2004)

As the daring thief Arsène Lupin ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Eva Green  •  Pascal Greggory

As the daring thief Arsène Lupin ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Eva Green  •  Pascal Greggory

The Chameleon (2010)

The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he has come of age, now passes himself off as Nicholas Barclay, a 13-year-old American who had vanished three years ago. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Famke Janssen  •  Nick Stahl  •  Marc-André Grondin  •  Emilie de Ravin

The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he has come of age, now passes himself off as Nicholas Barclay, a 13-year-old American who had vanished three years ago. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Famke Janssen  •  Nick Stahl  •  Marc-André Grondin  •  Emilie de Ravin

Girls with Guns (1994)

In Montelimar, four young women whom life has not spared want to emerge from mediocrity. They decide to rob a bank, but everything is not so simple and the perfectly developed heist could turn into disaster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Catherine Jacob  •  Clémentine Célarié  •  Alexandra Kazan  •  Nanou Garcia

In Montelimar, four young women whom life has not spared want to emerge from mediocrity. They decide to rob a bank, but everything is not so simple and the perfectly developed heist could turn into disaster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Catherine Jacob  •  Clémentine Célarié  •  Alexandra Kazan  •  Nanou Garcia

Playing Dead (2013)

Jean, a forty-year-old struggling, out-of-work actor has hit rock bottom. Although open to any kind of work, he can't get a break. At the unemployment office, his counselor has a rather odd proposal: he can get a job helping the police reconstruct crime scenes, by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  François Damiens  •  Géraldine Nakache  •  Lucien Jean-Baptiste  •  Anne Le Ny

Jean, a forty-year-old struggling, out-of-work actor has hit rock bottom. Although open to any kind of work, he can't get a break. At the unemployment office, his counselor has a rather odd proposal: he can get a job helping the police reconstruct crime scenes, by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  François Damiens  •  Géraldine Nakache  •  Lucien Jean-Baptiste  •  Anne Le Ny

Female Agents (2008)

May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Sophie Marceau  •  Julie Depardieu  •  Marie Gillain  •  Déborah François

May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Sophie Marceau  •  Julie Depardieu  •  Marie Gillain  •  Déborah François

Mama Weed (2020)

A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Liliane Rovère  •  Hippolyte Girardot  •  Iris Bry

A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Liliane Rovère  •  Hippolyte Girardot  •  Iris Bry

Restons groupés (1998)

A group of French tourists goes on an organized trip to visit the American West. A dream trip from California to Las Vegas, passing through national parks and grandiose sites immortalized by the western.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Emma de Caunes  •  Samuel Le Bihan  •  Bruno Solo  •  Judith Henry

A group of French tourists goes on an organized trip to visit the American West. A dream trip from California to Las Vegas, passing through national parks and grandiose sites immortalized by the western.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Emma de Caunes  •  Samuel Le Bihan  •  Bruno Solo  •  Judith Henry

The Sitting Duck (2023)

The true story of Maureen Kearney, the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistleblower, denouncing top-secret deals that shook the French nuclear sector. Alone against the world, she fought government ministers and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Marina Foïs  •  Alexandra Maria Lara  •  Grégory Gadebois

The true story of Maureen Kearney, the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistleblower, denouncing top-secret deals that shook the French nuclear sector. Alone against the world, she fought government ministers and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Marina Foïs  •  Alexandra Maria Lara  •  Grégory Gadebois

Crimes et jardins (1991)

Suzanne is a former singer but also a seductress in her sixties. During a reunion meal with the former musicians of the orchestra that accompanied her on her tours, the young men in love with the lady all hope to seduce her. All except one, who mysteriously finds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Magali Noël  •  Ginette Garcin  •  Zabou Breitman  •  Jean-Pierre Aumont

Suzanne is a former singer but also a seductress in her sixties. During a reunion meal with the former musicians of the orchestra that accompanied her on her tours, the young men in love with the lady all hope to seduce her. All except one, who mysteriously finds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Magali Noël  •  Ginette Garcin  •  Zabou Breitman  •  Jean-Pierre Aumont

La vérité est un vilain défaut (1997)

The trials and tribulations of a good guy who feels obliged to confess the truth to his wife or his boss every time he makes a mistake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Sam Karmann  •  Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Natalia Dontcheva

The trials and tribulations of a good guy who feels obliged to confess the truth to his wife or his boss every time he makes a mistake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Sam Karmann  •  Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Natalia Dontcheva