Roch Leibovici

Frantic (1988)

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roman Polanski
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Betty Buckley  •  Emmanuelle Seigner  •  Djiby Soumare

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roman Polanski
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Betty Buckley  •  Emmanuelle Seigner  •  Djiby Soumare

Camille Claudel (1988)

The life of Camille Claudel, a french sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Nuytten
CAST:  Isabelle Adjani  •  Gérard Depardieu  •  Laurent Grévill  •  Alain Cuny

The life of Camille Claudel, a french sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Nuytten
CAST:  Isabelle Adjani  •  Gérard Depardieu  •  Laurent Grévill  •  Alain Cuny

Haute Cuisine (2012)

The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Vincent
CAST:  Jean d'Ormesson  •  Catherine Frot  •  Hippolyte Girardot  •  Arthur Dupont

The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Vincent
CAST:  Jean d'Ormesson  •  Catherine Frot  •  Hippolyte Girardot  •  Arthur Dupont

The Warrior's Brother (2002)

13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the sword of knowledge, which gives the power to read and heal? Two brothers, separated long ago, must do battle. Alongside, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Jolivet
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Guillaume Canet  •  Mélanie Doutey  •  François Berléand

13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the sword of knowledge, which gives the power to read and heal? Two brothers, separated long ago, must do battle. Alongside, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Jolivet
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Guillaume Canet  •  Mélanie Doutey  •  François Berléand

Miss Mona (1987)

An aging trans woman dreams of becoming a real woman before she dies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehdi Charef
CAST:  Ben Smaïl  •  Jean Carmet  •  Kader Boukhanef  •  Albert Delpy

An aging trans woman dreams of becoming a real woman before she dies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehdi Charef
CAST:  Ben Smaïl  •  Jean Carmet  •  Kader Boukhanef  •  Albert Delpy

Life Is a Dream (1987)

A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die. And that dreams may be as real as life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Ruiz
CAST:  Sylvain Thirolle  •  Roch Leibovici  •  Bénédicte Sire  •  Jean-Bernard Guillard

A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die. And that dreams may be as real as life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Ruiz
CAST:  Sylvain Thirolle  •  Roch Leibovici  •  Bénédicte Sire  •  Jean-Bernard Guillard

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anne Fontaine
CAST:  Audrey Tautou  •  Benoît Poelvoorde  •  Alessandro Nivola  •  Marie Gillain

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anne Fontaine
CAST:  Audrey Tautou  •  Benoît Poelvoorde  •  Alessandro Nivola  •  Marie Gillain

The Dark Room (2000)

In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her childhood love, but her new husband deserts her immediately after the ceremony. Undeterred, she sets out after him, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marie-Christine Questerbert
CAST:  Caroline Ducey  •  Melvil Poupaud  •  Mathieu Demy  •  Sylvie Testud

In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her childhood love, but her new husband deserts her immediately after the ceremony. Undeterred, she sets out after him, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marie-Christine Questerbert
CAST:  Caroline Ducey  •  Melvil Poupaud  •  Mathieu Demy  •  Sylvie Testud

On the Other Side of the Tracks (2012)

Two mismatched cops team up to investigate the murder of a business mogul's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Charhon
CAST:  Omar Sy  •  Laurent Lafitte  •  Sabrina Ouazani  •  Lionel Abelanski

Two mismatched cops team up to investigate the murder of a business mogul's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Charhon
CAST:  Omar Sy  •  Laurent Lafitte  •  Sabrina Ouazani  •  Lionel Abelanski

Camille (2019)

Camille, a young idealistic photojournalist, goes to the Central African Republic to cover the civil war that is brewing up. What she sees there will change her destiny forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Lojkine
CAST:  Nina Meurisse  •  Fiacre Bindala  •  Bruno Todeschini  •  Grégoire Colin

Camille, a young idealistic photojournalist, goes to the Central African Republic to cover the civil war that is brewing up. What she sees there will change her destiny forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Lojkine
CAST:  Nina Meurisse  •  Fiacre Bindala  •  Bruno Todeschini  •  Grégoire Colin

Vent de panique (1987)

Roland and Martine, once child stars in a TV series, have sunk into a life of crime. Answering an ad from Isabelle, a young girl seeking work with children, they abduct her with the intention of selling her into prostitution. At the last moment, having become fond ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Stora
CAST:  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Caroline Cellier  •  Jean-Pierre Kalfon  •  Olivia Brunaux

Roland and Martine, once child stars in a TV series, have sunk into a life of crime. Answering an ad from Isabelle, a young girl seeking work with children, they abduct her with the intention of selling her into prostitution. At the last moment, having become fond ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Stora
CAST:  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Caroline Cellier  •  Jean-Pierre Kalfon  •  Olivia Brunaux

Ennemis intimes (1987)

Baudin (Michel Serrault) and Tayar (Wadeck Stanczak) become trapped in a movie theater while trying to fend off a gang of marauding juvenile thugs. The two agree to settle their personal differences in their fight over a pretty female in order to halt the violent siege.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Amar
CAST:  Michel Serrault  •  Wadeck Stanczak  •  Ingrid Held  •  Anne Gautier

Baudin (Michel Serrault) and Tayar (Wadeck Stanczak) become trapped in a movie theater while trying to fend off a gang of marauding juvenile thugs. The two agree to settle their personal differences in their fight over a pretty female in order to halt the violent siege.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Amar
CAST:  Michel Serrault  •  Wadeck Stanczak  •  Ingrid Held  •  Anne Gautier

Firing Squad (1991)

Based on the controversial case of Pvt. Joseph Pringle, a Canadian soldier convicted of murder in Italy in 1945 and executed by firing squad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Andrieu
CAST:  Robin Renucci  •  Cedric Smith  •  Malcolm Stewart  •  David Hemblen

Based on the controversial case of Pvt. Joseph Pringle, a Canadian soldier convicted of murder in Italy in 1945 and executed by firing squad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Andrieu
CAST:  Robin Renucci  •  Cedric Smith  •  Malcolm Stewart  •  David Hemblen

The Life of the Dead (1991)

A young woman convenes with her extended family in a provincial village where her cousin, in a coma, is hospitalized after attempting suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnaud Desplechin
CAST:  Thibault de Montalembert  •  Roch Leibovici  •  Marianne Denicourt  •  Bernard Ballet

A young woman convenes with her extended family in a provincial village where her cousin, in a coma, is hospitalized after attempting suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnaud Desplechin
CAST:  Thibault de Montalembert  •  Roch Leibovici  •  Marianne Denicourt  •  Bernard Ballet

Les cendres du paradis (2000)

Why did Ariane Fisher, a young woman in her thirties, come to the hospital to die without telling anyone? To whom should this disappearance be reported? This is what Alice, the night nurse, and Prudence, the social worker, will try to find in the bag containing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominique Crèvecoeur
CAST:  Emmanuelle Devos  •  Caroline Chaniolleau  •  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  •  Dominic Gould

Why did Ariane Fisher, a young woman in her thirties, come to the hospital to die without telling anyone? To whom should this disappearance be reported? This is what Alice, the night nurse, and Prudence, the social worker, will try to find in the bag containing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominique Crèvecoeur
CAST:  Emmanuelle Devos  •  Caroline Chaniolleau  •  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  •  Dominic Gould

Alcyon (1990)

On a deserted island, an old caretaker with a waning memory wanders among the ruins of a former children’s prison, which was destroyed by a mutiny and a fire a long time ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabrice Cazeneuve
CAST:  François Négret  •  Hito Jaulmes  •  Roch Leibovici  •  Raoul Billerey

On a deserted island, an old caretaker with a waning memory wanders among the ruins of a former children’s prison, which was destroyed by a mutiny and a fire a long time ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabrice Cazeneuve
CAST:  François Négret  •  Hito Jaulmes  •  Roch Leibovici  •  Raoul Billerey