Roger Souza

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Jean de Florette (1986)

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In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Gérard Depardieu  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Elisabeth Depardieu

In a rural French village, an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, and are dismayed to hear that the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Gérard Depardieu  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Elisabeth Depardieu

Manon of the Spring (1986)

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Emmanuelle Béart  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Hippolyte Girardot

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Emmanuelle Béart  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Hippolyte Girardot

The Vanishing (1988)

A man embarks on an increasingly obsessive search for his girlfriend after she disappears without a trace during a romantic summer getaway to France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sluizer
CAST:  Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu  •  Gene Bervoets  •  Johanna ter Steege  •  Gwen Eckhaus

A man embarks on an increasingly obsessive search for his girlfriend after she disappears without a trace during a romantic summer getaway to France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sluizer
CAST:  Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu  •  Gene Bervoets  •  Johanna ter Steege  •  Gwen Eckhaus

Time Has Come (2005)

In a time and place indeterminate a bandit has kidnapped Rixo Lomadis Bron’s daughter. Bron is a wealthy landowner who reigns over the shepherds of the Purple Mountain. The time has come when Rixo Lomadis Bron accuses Manjas-Kebir of killing his daughter and urges ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Guiraudie
CAST:  Eric Bougnon  •  Guillaume Viry  •  Pierre Louis-Calixte  •  Jacques Buron

In a time and place indeterminate a bandit has kidnapped Rixo Lomadis Bron’s daughter. Bron is a wealthy landowner who reigns over the shepherds of the Purple Mountain. The time has come when Rixo Lomadis Bron accuses Manjas-Kebir of killing his daughter and urges ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Guiraudie
CAST:  Eric Bougnon  •  Guillaume Viry  •  Pierre Louis-Calixte  •  Jacques Buron

Lourdes (2000)

The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local authorities even try to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Alessandro Gassmann  •  Angèle Osinsky  •  Florence Darel  •  Roger Souza

The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local authorities even try to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Alessandro Gassmann  •  Angèle Osinsky  •  Florence Darel  •  Roger Souza

I Have You Under My Skin (1990)

Jeanne is a woman who is driven by her very active conscience. She attempts to assuage her idealistic bent by trying out life as a nun, but this doesn't work out. After she leaves the convent, she takes a job at a factory, where the callousness of management spurs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Thorn
CAST:  Solveig Dommartin  •  Emmanuelle Chaulet  •  Anna Acerbis  •  Françoise Arnaud

Jeanne is a woman who is driven by her very active conscience. She attempts to assuage her idealistic bent by trying out life as a nun, but this doesn't work out. After she leaves the convent, she takes a job at a factory, where the callousness of management spurs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Thorn
CAST:  Solveig Dommartin  •  Emmanuelle Chaulet  •  Anna Acerbis  •  Françoise Arnaud

Fusil chargé (1972)

Having completed his studies in England, Don César returned to his family's farm in Sardinia. He finds that the local peasants are living in terror of a cattle rustler, Marras, and his accomplices. Don César begins by lodging a complaint against Marras. But this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Lombardini
CAST:  Jean Goeders  •  Raymond Meunier  •  Paul Bisciglia  •  Evelyne Dress

Having completed his studies in England, Don César returned to his family's farm in Sardinia. He finds that the local peasants are living in terror of a cattle rustler, Marras, and his accomplices. Don César begins by lodging a complaint against Marras. But this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Lombardini
CAST:  Jean Goeders  •  Raymond Meunier  •  Paul Bisciglia  •  Evelyne Dress

White Nightmare (1991)

Four racists plan to assault a local Arab man, but soon things get out of control.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mathieu Kassovitz
CAST:  Yvan Attal  •  François Toumarkine  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Roger Souza

Four racists plan to assault a local Arab man, but soon things get out of control.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mathieu Kassovitz
CAST:  Yvan Attal  •  François Toumarkine  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Roger Souza

Amour d'enfance (2001)

Paul returns home to the family farm and rediscovers the people and places of his childhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Caumon
CAST:  Mathieu Amalric  •  Lauryl Brossier  •  Fabrice Cals  •  Michèle Gary

Paul returns home to the family farm and rediscovers the people and places of his childhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Caumon
CAST:  Mathieu Amalric  •  Lauryl Brossier  •  Fabrice Cals  •  Michèle Gary

Fanny (2013)

"Fanny" is the second part of the "Marseille trilogy", made by Marcel Pagnol with the generic name of "Marius, Fanny and César". Fanny falls in love and is abandoned by Marius. Now she discovers she is pregnant. Her mother and Marius's father, César, persuade her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Auteuil
CAST:  Victoire Bélézy  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Raphaël Personnaz

"Fanny" is the second part of the "Marseille trilogy", made by Marcel Pagnol with the generic name of "Marius, Fanny and César". Fanny falls in love and is abandoned by Marius. Now she discovers she is pregnant. Her mother and Marius's father, César, persuade her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Auteuil
CAST:  Victoire Bélézy  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Raphaël Personnaz

No Pasaran (2009)

Maxence Lafourcade raises pigs in the Pyrenees. His life changes when he learns that a highway will cross his his farm. To face the cynical deputy mayor and his project, he must make an unnatural alliance with a disillusioned lawyer, whose daughter Maxence falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Martin  •  Emmanuel Caussé
CAST:  Cyril Lecomte  •  Élodie Navarre  •  Bernard Blancan  •  Murray Head

Maxence Lafourcade raises pigs in the Pyrenees. His life changes when he learns that a highway will cross his his farm. To face the cynical deputy mayor and his project, he must make an unnatural alliance with a disillusioned lawyer, whose daughter Maxence falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Martin  •  Emmanuel Caussé
CAST:  Cyril Lecomte  •  Élodie Navarre  •  Bernard Blancan  •  Murray Head

Le mammouth Pobalski (2007)

Pïerre Victor Bouvier, explorer, landed in Oubalski, Eastern Siberia in search of a frozen woolly mammoth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Mitsch
CAST:  Roger Souza  •  Alain Dumas  •  Muriel Bénazéraf

Pïerre Victor Bouvier, explorer, landed in Oubalski, Eastern Siberia in search of a frozen woolly mammoth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Mitsch
CAST:  Roger Souza  •  Alain Dumas  •  Muriel Bénazéraf

Conviction (2019)

Ever since she served on the jury during his trial, Nora has been convinced that Jacques Viguier is innocent, despite him being accused of murdering his wife. Following an appeal by the public prosecutor’s office, and fearing a miscarriage of justice, she convinces ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoine Raimbault
CAST:  Marina Foïs  •  Laurent Lucas  •  Olivier Gourmet  •  Jean Benguigui

Ever since she served on the jury during his trial, Nora has been convinced that Jacques Viguier is innocent, despite him being accused of murdering his wife. Following an appeal by the public prosecutor’s office, and fearing a miscarriage of justice, she convinces ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoine Raimbault
CAST:  Marina Foïs  •  Laurent Lucas  •  Olivier Gourmet  •  Jean Benguigui

War of the Maidens (1984)

A film about the rebellion that took place in the French department of Ariège from 1829 to 1832, and continued in a less intense fashion until 1872.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Nichet
CAST:  Jean-Paul Roussillon  •  Roger Souza  •  Jean-Quentin Châtelain  •  Gilbert Gilles

A film about the rebellion that took place in the French department of Ariège from 1829 to 1832, and continued in a less intense fashion until 1872.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Nichet
CAST:  Jean-Paul Roussillon  •  Roger Souza  •  Jean-Quentin Châtelain  •  Gilbert Gilles

La Face De L'Ogre (1988)

Several mountaineers attempt to climb La face de l'Ogre near Chamonix. Their starting point is a small mountain hotel from where many tourists observe them. Among these is Hélène, who has been staying there for a few weeks but who is excluded by the other tourists. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Giraudeau
CAST:  Anny Duperey  •  Pierre Vaneck  •  Catherine Frot  •  Bernard Giraudeau

Several mountaineers attempt to climb La face de l'Ogre near Chamonix. Their starting point is a small mountain hotel from where many tourists observe them. Among these is Hélène, who has been staying there for a few weeks but who is excluded by the other tourists. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Giraudeau
CAST:  Anny Duperey  •  Pierre Vaneck  •  Catherine Frot  •  Bernard Giraudeau

Welcome to Veraz (1991)

An old man teaches a young man to live in the forest and to understand the wild world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Castano
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Roger Souza  •  Jean-Pierre Bagot  •  Madeleine Marie

An old man teaches a young man to live in the forest and to understand the wild world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Castano
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Roger Souza  •  Jean-Pierre Bagot  •  Madeleine Marie

The Cage (2002)

Directed by Alain Raoust, The Cage follows 25-year-old Anne, who has spent the past seven years of her life in prison. The crime was killing a small boy who had inadvertently gotten in the line of fire during a service station hold-up gone wrong, and Anne has never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Raoust
CAST:  Caroline Ducey  •  Roger Souza

Directed by Alain Raoust, The Cage follows 25-year-old Anne, who has spent the past seven years of her life in prison. The crime was killing a small boy who had inadvertently gotten in the line of fire during a service station hold-up gone wrong, and Anne has never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Raoust
CAST:  Caroline Ducey  •  Roger Souza

Marche et rêve ! Les homards de l'utopie (2002)

Returning to his beloved native Marseille, Carpita focuses on three unemployed dockworkers who try to earn their keep by selling seafood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Carpita
CAST:  Daniel Russo  •  Roger Souza  •  Guy Belaidi  •  Mireille Viti

Returning to his beloved native Marseille, Carpita focuses on three unemployed dockworkers who try to earn their keep by selling seafood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Carpita
CAST:  Daniel Russo  •  Roger Souza  •  Guy Belaidi  •  Mireille Viti

Frappes interdites (2005)

A boxer is unfairly suspected by his new neighbors of beating his children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Malaterre
CAST:  Stomy Bugsy  •  Isabelle Gélinas  •  Roger Souza  •  Audrey DeWilder

A boxer is unfairly suspected by his new neighbors of beating his children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Malaterre
CAST:  Stomy Bugsy  •  Isabelle Gélinas  •  Roger Souza  •  Audrey DeWilder
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