Françoise Michaud

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Femme Fatale (2002)

A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian De Palma
CAST:  Rebecca Romijn  •  Antonio Banderas  •  Peter Coyote  •  Rie Rasmussen

A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian De Palma
CAST:  Rebecca Romijn  •  Antonio Banderas  •  Peter Coyote  •  Rie Rasmussen

Family Business (1986)

French rocker Johnny Halliday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. After several successful thefts, he decides to include his under-aged kid into the "family business".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Fanny Ardant  •  Rémi Martin  •  Guy Marchand  •  Johnny Hallyday

French rocker Johnny Halliday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. After several successful thefts, he decides to include his under-aged kid into the "family business".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa-Gavras
CAST:  Fanny Ardant  •  Rémi Martin  •  Guy Marchand  •  Johnny Hallyday

À votre bon cœur, mesdames (2013)

The story of a septuagenarian, recently divorced, which in its reconstruction desire and quest for a new companion will rediscover the small pleasures of life and the art of seduction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Mocky  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  Dominique Lavanant  •  Sylvie Testud

The story of a septuagenarian, recently divorced, which in its reconstruction desire and quest for a new companion will rediscover the small pleasures of life and the art of seduction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Mocky  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  Dominique Lavanant  •  Sylvie Testud

Switch (2011)

In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is shown a website, switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frédéric Schoendoerffer
CAST:  Éric Cantona  •  Karine Vanasse  •  Mehdi Nebbou  •  Aurélien Recoing

In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is shown a website, switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frédéric Schoendoerffer
CAST:  Éric Cantona  •  Karine Vanasse  •  Mehdi Nebbou  •  Aurélien Recoing

Rust and Bone (2012)

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Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Audiard
CAST:  Marion Cotillard  •  Matthias Schoenaerts  •  Bouli Lanners  •  Céline Sallette

Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Audiard
CAST:  Marion Cotillard  •  Matthias Schoenaerts  •  Bouli Lanners  •  Céline Sallette

Silent Voice (2009)

An elderly woman wants to meet her son’s murderer. A sixteen-year-old girl who has crossed paths with a young hoodlum needs an adult to accompany her to the prison visiting room. A young medical supplies delivery man is offered a deal to take the place of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léa Fehner
CAST:  Farida Rahouadj  •  Reda Kateb  •  Pauline Étienne  •  Marc Barbé

An elderly woman wants to meet her son’s murderer. A sixteen-year-old girl who has crossed paths with a young hoodlum needs an adult to accompany her to the prison visiting room. A young medical supplies delivery man is offered a deal to take the place of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léa Fehner
CAST:  Farida Rahouadj  •  Reda Kateb  •  Pauline Étienne  •  Marc Barbé

Love, Math and Sex (1997)

A highly intelligent teenage girl has an affair with a 40-year-old man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlotte Silvera
CAST:  Julie Delarme  •  Georges Corraface  •  Marie-Christine Barrault  •  Christophe Malavoy

A highly intelligent teenage girl has an affair with a 40-year-old man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlotte Silvera
CAST:  Julie Delarme  •  Georges Corraface  •  Marie-Christine Barrault  •  Christophe Malavoy

A Saturday on Earth (1996)

A series of seemingly unconnected events and 50 important speaking parts make this film a jigsaw puzzle to be solved by the viewer. Martin and Claire were separated in childhood, and are brought together by a series of coincidences. A tragic car crash is central to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diane Bertrand
CAST:  Elsa Zylberstein  •  Éric Caravaca  •  Johan Leysen  •  Kent

A series of seemingly unconnected events and 50 important speaking parts make this film a jigsaw puzzle to be solved by the viewer. Martin and Claire were separated in childhood, and are brought together by a series of coincidences. A tragic car crash is central to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diane Bertrand
CAST:  Elsa Zylberstein  •  Éric Caravaca  •  Johan Leysen  •  Kent

Eminent Domain (1991)

A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Irvin
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Anne Archer  •  Paul Freeman  •  Anthony Bate

A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Irvin
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Anne Archer  •  Paul Freeman  •  Anthony Bate

The Under-Gifted (1980)

The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Zidi
CAST:  Maria Pacôme  •  Hubert Deschamps  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Richard Bohringer

The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Zidi
CAST:  Maria Pacôme  •  Hubert Deschamps  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Richard Bohringer

J'adore ma vie! (2013)

Angélique is a nursery school teacher. She loves the children: other people's, of course, and those of her partner Damien, who is going through a divorce. It is then that she realizes that she has contracted a very rare allergy... to children!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stéphane Kurc
CAST:  Armelle Deutsch  •  Thomas Jouannet  •  Annelise Hesme  •  Gaël Kamilindi

Angélique is a nursery school teacher. She loves the children: other people's, of course, and those of her partner Damien, who is going through a divorce. It is then that she realizes that she has contracted a very rare allergy... to children!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stéphane Kurc
CAST:  Armelle Deutsch  •  Thomas Jouannet  •  Annelise Hesme  •  Gaël Kamilindi

Mon pote (2010)

The story of a friendship between Victor, owner of a magazine, and Bruno, a car thief.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Esposito
CAST:  Édouard Baer  •  Benoît Magimel  •  Diane Bonnot  •  Léonie Simaga

The story of a friendship between Victor, owner of a magazine, and Bruno, a car thief.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Esposito
CAST:  Édouard Baer  •  Benoît Magimel  •  Diane Bonnot  •  Léonie Simaga

I'd Like to Share Spring with Someone (2008)

Joseph Morder begins to film his life with a cell phone and thus begins to realize some life-changing experiences in attempts to discover a new film language  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Morder
CAST:  Joseph Morder  •  Alain Cavalier  •  Stanislav Dorochenkov  •  Rémi Lange

Joseph Morder begins to film his life with a cell phone and thus begins to realize some life-changing experiences in attempts to discover a new film language  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Morder
CAST:  Joseph Morder  •  Alain Cavalier  •  Stanislav Dorochenkov  •  Rémi Lange

The Butterfly (2002)

An old man who has one interest in life, collecting butterflies, has his life changed by an eight year old girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Muyl
CAST:  Michel Serrault  •  Claire Bouanich  •  Nade Dieu  •  Françoise Michaud

An old man who has one interest in life, collecting butterflies, has his life changed by an eight year old girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Muyl
CAST:  Michel Serrault  •  Claire Bouanich  •  Nade Dieu  •  Françoise Michaud

Flowers of Blood (2002)

In custody after she murders her middle aged photographer lover, a fourteen year old Pam reflects back on the bohemian life she spent with her mother Lily, a free spirited cabaret performer. Lily tried to elevate her stripper performances from the level of erotic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Tanner  •  Myriam Mézières
CAST:  Myriam Mézières  •  Louise Szpindel  •  Tess Barthes  •  Anne Fassio

In custody after she murders her middle aged photographer lover, a fourteen year old Pam reflects back on the bohemian life she spent with her mother Lily, a free spirited cabaret performer. Lily tried to elevate her stripper performances from the level of erotic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Tanner  •  Myriam Mézières
CAST:  Myriam Mézières  •  Louise Szpindel  •  Tess Barthes  •  Anne Fassio

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (2018)

An aging movie actor who is preparing to shoot a death scene finds himself visited by the spirit of a dead, long-ago lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Suwa
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Pauline Étienne  •  Maud Wyler  •  Arthur Harari

An aging movie actor who is preparing to shoot a death scene finds himself visited by the spirit of a dead, long-ago lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Suwa
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Pauline Étienne  •  Maud Wyler  •  Arthur Harari

Cocktail Molotov (1980)

"Cocktail Molotov" is the story of the adventures of this threesome, who reach Venice only to learn of the outbreak of the May 1968 disturbances at home. Once again, Anne, Frederic and Bruno realize that the important things of their time are happening somewhere ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diane Kurys
CAST:  Élise Caron  •  François Cluzet  •  Philippe Lebas  •  Geneviève Fontanel

"Cocktail Molotov" is the story of the adventures of this threesome, who reach Venice only to learn of the outbreak of the May 1968 disturbances at home. Once again, Anne, Frederic and Bruno realize that the important things of their time are happening somewhere ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diane Kurys
CAST:  Élise Caron  •  François Cluzet  •  Philippe Lebas  •  Geneviève Fontanel

The Rebel (1980)

After the death of his parents, Pierre is forced to care for his younger sister Nathalie by committing petty crimes. In a recurring motif of Gérard Blain’s cinema, Pierre is taken under the wing of an older gay man, Hubert , who offers him work and financial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Blain
CAST:  Patrick Norbert  •  Michel Subor  •  Isabelle Rosais  •  Jean-Jacques Aublanc

After the death of his parents, Pierre is forced to care for his younger sister Nathalie by committing petty crimes. In a recurring motif of Gérard Blain’s cinema, Pierre is taken under the wing of an older gay man, Hubert , who offers him work and financial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Blain
CAST:  Patrick Norbert  •  Michel Subor  •  Isabelle Rosais  •  Jean-Jacques Aublanc

Cocktail Morlock (1981)

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DIRECTION:  Gérard Courant
CAST:  Roland Lethem  •  Joseph Morder  •  Guy Pezzetta  •  Vincent Tolédano

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DIRECTION:  Gérard Courant
CAST:  Roland Lethem  •  Joseph Morder  •  Guy Pezzetta  •  Vincent Tolédano

L'amour trop fort (1981)

Max is an old and unsuccessful actor while Charlie is an ambitious young director, yet they are bound together by close friendship. Until the day Rose-Marie, a rather conservative young antique dealer, walks into Charlie's life. When Max's wife walks out on him, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Duval
CAST:  Marie-Christine Barrault  •  Jean Carmet  •  Daniel Duval  •  Hubert Deschamps

Max is an old and unsuccessful actor while Charlie is an ambitious young director, yet they are bound together by close friendship. Until the day Rose-Marie, a rather conservative young antique dealer, walks into Charlie's life. When Max's wife walks out on him, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Duval
CAST:  Marie-Christine Barrault  •  Jean Carmet  •  Daniel Duval  •  Hubert Deschamps
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