Isabelle Sadoyan

Isabelle Sadoyan was a French film actress. She was the wife of actor Jean Bouise. Her filmography includes films by Jeanne Moreau, Claude Chabrol, Claude Lelouch, Luc Besson, Jean-Luc Godard, Henri Verneuil, Bertrand Tavernier, Robert Kechichian and Krzysztof Kieślowski.

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The Adolescent (1979)

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In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small town near Avignon. Marie discovers her femininity and falls for a young Jewish doctor, but he prefers Eva, Marie's mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeanne Moreau
CAST:  Simone Signoret  •  Francis Huster  •  Laetitia Chauveau  •  Edith Clever

In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small town near Avignon. Marie discovers her femininity and falls for a young Jewish doctor, but he prefers Eva, Marie's mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeanne Moreau
CAST:  Simone Signoret  •  Francis Huster  •  Laetitia Chauveau  •  Edith Clever

Mr. Klein (1976)

Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Losey
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Michael Lonsdale  •  Jean Bouise

Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Losey
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Michael Lonsdale  •  Jean Bouise

Keep Your Right Up (1987)

This film is made up several sketches in which certain actors play several real or fictional roles to a background of rock music. The lead character, played by Godard himself, is an annoyingly perfectionist film-maker determined to wring every last drop of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Luc Godard
CAST:  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Jane Birkin  •  Jacques Villeret  •  François Périer

This film is made up several sketches in which certain actors play several real or fictional roles to a background of rock music. The lead character, played by Godard himself, is an annoyingly perfectionist film-maker determined to wring every last drop of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Luc Godard
CAST:  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Jane Birkin  •  Jacques Villeret  •  François Périer

That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Carole Bouquet  •  Ángela Molina  •  Fernando Rey  •  Milena Vukotić

After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Carole Bouquet  •  Ángela Molina  •  Fernando Rey  •  Milena Vukotić

The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Vigne
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Maurice Barrier  •  Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu  •  Isabelle Sadoyan

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Vigne
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Maurice Barrier  •  Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu  •  Isabelle Sadoyan

Three Colors: Blue (1993)

Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. But avoiding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Kieślowski
CAST:  Juliette Binoche  •  Benoît Régent  •  Florence Pernel  •  Charlotte Véry

Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. But avoiding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Kieślowski
CAST:  Juliette Binoche  •  Benoît Régent  •  Florence Pernel  •  Charlotte Véry

Mother (1991)

Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, which he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Verneuil
CAST:  Claudia Cardinale  •  Omar Sharif  •  Nathalie Roussel  •  Isabelle Sadoyan

Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, which he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Verneuil
CAST:  Claudia Cardinale  •  Omar Sharif  •  Nathalie Roussel  •  Isabelle Sadoyan

The Wedding Ring (1971)

A vet tries to create his own Garden of Eden  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian de Chalonge
CAST:  Anna Karina  •  Jean-Claude Carrière  •  Isabelle Sadoyan  •  Tsilla Chelton

A vet tries to create his own Garden of Eden  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian de Chalonge
CAST:  Anna Karina  •  Jean-Claude Carrière  •  Isabelle Sadoyan  •  Tsilla Chelton

Young Girls in Black (2010)

Noémie and Priscilla, two teenagers from a modest background, nurture the same violence, the same revolt. They seriously worry their families, who feel that these girls are capable of anything...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Civeyrac
CAST:  Élise Lhomeau  •  Léa Tissier  •  Élise Caron  •  Roger Jendly

Noémie and Priscilla, two teenagers from a modest background, nurture the same violence, the same revolt. They seriously worry their families, who feel that these girls are capable of anything...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Civeyrac
CAST:  Élise Lhomeau  •  Léa Tissier  •  Élise Caron  •  Roger Jendly

L'homme fragile (1981)

A middle class leftist man of the Seventies decade, starting to show signs of aging and a loss of identity, runs away from his commitments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claire Clouzot
CAST:  Richard Berry  •  Françoise Lebrun  •  Didier Sauvegrain  •  Catherine Cauwet

A middle class leftist man of the Seventies decade, starting to show signs of aging and a loss of identity, runs away from his commitments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claire Clouzot
CAST:  Richard Berry  •  Françoise Lebrun  •  Didier Sauvegrain  •  Catherine Cauwet

Thérèse (2012)

The unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Miller
CAST:  Audrey Tautou  •  Gilles Lellouche  •  Anaïs Demoustier  •  Stanley Weber

The unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Miller
CAST:  Audrey Tautou  •  Gilles Lellouche  •  Anaïs Demoustier  •  Stanley Weber

The Hatter's Ghost (1982)

A hatter in a provincial town (Michel Serrault) leads the life of a respectable citizen but is in fact a serial murderer. The only person to suspect this is his neighbour the tailor (Charles Asnavour).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Charles Aznavour  •  Michel Serrault  •  Monique Chaumette  •  François Cluzet

A hatter in a provincial town (Michel Serrault) leads the life of a respectable citizen but is in fact a serial murderer. The only person to suspect this is his neighbour the tailor (Charles Asnavour).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Charles Aznavour  •  Michel Serrault  •  Monique Chaumette  •  François Cluzet

Merette (1982)

Merette is a pretty child, living within a patrician, strictly Calvinist family in the Switzerland of the 19th century. She is happy, until her mother dies, and Merette blames God, and gives up her religion. Her family turns against her, the villagers reject her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Lagrange
CAST:  Anne Bos  •  Jean Bouise  •  Isabelle Sadoyan  •  Patrick Lapp

Merette is a pretty child, living within a patrician, strictly Calvinist family in the Switzerland of the 19th century. She is happy, until her mother dies, and Merette blames God, and gives up her religion. Her family turns against her, the villagers reject her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Lagrange
CAST:  Anne Bos  •  Jean Bouise  •  Isabelle Sadoyan  •  Patrick Lapp

The Children of the Marshland (1999)

The film is set in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river in 1918. Riton is afflicted with a bad-tempered wife and three unruly children. Garris lives alone with his recollections of World War I trenches. Their daily life consists of seasonal work ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Becker
CAST:  Jacques Gamblin  •  André Dussollier  •  Michel Serrault  •  Jacques Villeret

The film is set in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river in 1918. Riton is afflicted with a bad-tempered wife and three unruly children. Garris lives alone with his recollections of World War I trenches. Their daily life consists of seasonal work ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Becker
CAST:  Jacques Gamblin  •  André Dussollier  •  Michel Serrault  •  Jacques Villeret

The Lady Banker (1980)

The scene is the restless Paris of the interwar years where an attractive and ambitious woman successfully makes her way in a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. Originating from a humble background, she quickly becomes popular with small ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Girod
CAST:  Romy Schneider  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Jean-Claude Brialy

The scene is the restless Paris of the interwar years where an attractive and ambitious woman successfully makes her way in a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. Originating from a humble background, she quickly becomes popular with small ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Girod
CAST:  Romy Schneider  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Jean-Claude Brialy

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)

Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating various women. She is now a big-time director whose most recent film was a very expensive bomb. She comes up with the idea of making a romance based upon her fling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Anouk Aimée  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant  •  Richard Berry  •  Évelyne Bouix

Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating various women. She is now a big-time director whose most recent film was a very expensive bomb. She comes up with the idea of making a romance based upon her fling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Anouk Aimée  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant  •  Richard Berry  •  Évelyne Bouix

Summer Hours (2008)

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Assayas
CAST:  Juliette Binoche  •  Charles Berling  •  Jérémie Renier  •  Édith Scob

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Assayas
CAST:  Juliette Binoche  •  Charles Berling  •  Jérémie Renier  •  Édith Scob

Going and Coming Back (1985)

Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot then imagines a film that could be created from her gripping story. A film entirely made of music because after seeing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Annie Girardot  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Erik Berchot

Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot then imagines a film that could be created from her gripping story. A film entirely made of music because after seeing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Annie Girardot  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Erik Berchot

The Things of Life (1970)

The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Michel Piccoli  •  Romy Schneider  •  Lea Massari  •  Jean Bouise

The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Michel Piccoli  •  Romy Schneider  •  Lea Massari  •  Jean Bouise

Aram (2002)

Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and banished by his faher for his brother's injuries in a terrorist ttack, he's also come to seek revenge for the drama that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Kechichian
CAST:  Simon Abkarian  •  Lubna Azabal  •  Mathieu Demy  •  Serge Avédikian

Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and banished by his faher for his brother's injuries in a terrorist ttack, he's also come to seek revenge for the drama that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Kechichian
CAST:  Simon Abkarian  •  Lubna Azabal  •  Mathieu Demy  •  Serge Avédikian
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