Jean-Michel Martial

Sale destin (1987)

Francois Marboni is a butcher who is being blackmailed for having an affair with the prostitute Rachel in this black comedy. He decides to hire a hit man when the blackmailer demands that he start cutting his profit margin to the bone. Francois soon becomes a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sylvain Madigan
CAST:  Victor Lanoux  •  Pauline Lafont  •  Marie Laforêt  •  Jacques Penot

Francois Marboni is a butcher who is being blackmailed for having an affair with the prostitute Rachel in this black comedy. He decides to hire a hit man when the blackmailer demands that he start cutting his profit margin to the bone. Francois soon becomes a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sylvain Madigan
CAST:  Victor Lanoux  •  Pauline Lafont  •  Marie Laforêt  •  Jacques Penot

Stringer (1999)

Waiting for a lucky break in the movie business, a young Frenchman works as a stringer in New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Klaus Biedermann
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Élie Semoun  •  Christina Perry  •  Jean-Michel Martial

Waiting for a lucky break in the movie business, a young Frenchman works as a stringer in New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Klaus Biedermann
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Élie Semoun  •  Christina Perry  •  Jean-Michel Martial

Belle Maman (1999)

At the altar where he is marrying Séverine, the groom, Antoine, gets his first glimpse of her mother, Léa, and suffers what the French call a coup de foudre which we know as love at first sight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Aghion
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Mathilde Seigner  •  Line Renaud  •  Catherine Deneuve

At the altar where he is marrying Séverine, the groom, Antoine, gets his first glimpse of her mother, Léa, and suffers what the French call a coup de foudre which we know as love at first sight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Aghion
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Mathilde Seigner  •  Line Renaud  •  Catherine Deneuve

The Courage to Love (2005)

A picture of humankind in Paris: singers, shows, social gatherings, businessmen, nightclub barmen, bums, shoppers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Mathilde Seigner  •  Massimo Ranieri  •  Michel Leeb  •  Arielle Dombasle

A picture of humankind in Paris: singers, shows, social gatherings, businessmen, nightclub barmen, bums, shoppers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Mathilde Seigner  •  Massimo Ranieri  •  Michel Leeb  •  Arielle Dombasle

The Man by the Shore (1993)

Early 1960s Haiti during 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's dictatorship seen through the eyes of a young girl whose family has suffered heavily.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Peck
CAST:  Jennifer Zubar  •  Toto Bissainthe  •  Patrick Rameau  •  Jean-Michel Martial

Early 1960s Haiti during 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's dictatorship seen through the eyes of a young girl whose family has suffered heavily.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Peck
CAST:  Jennifer Zubar  •  Toto Bissainthe  •  Patrick Rameau  •  Jean-Michel Martial

Little Nothings (1992)

Lepetit, an ambitious and determined man, is named the new CEO of a department store. His mission is to improve the store's financial position. He decides that the human factor will be his catchword and introduces new methods, which he also applied to himself. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cédric Klapisch
CAST:  Fabrice Luchini  •  Daniel Berlioux  •  Marc Berman  •  Antoine Chappey

Lepetit, an ambitious and determined man, is named the new CEO of a department store. His mission is to improve the store's financial position. He decides that the human factor will be his catchword and introduces new methods, which he also applied to himself. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cédric Klapisch
CAST:  Fabrice Luchini  •  Daniel Berlioux  •  Marc Berman  •  Antoine Chappey

Elles... Les filles du Plessis (2016)

In the 1970s, the house of Plessis welcomes young pregnant minors. Even though these unborn children are the fruit of love or rape, in this institution, a single slogan: put these girls in the right way. But the day when the revolt rumbles, the mechanism fails... A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bénédicte Delmas
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jean-Michel Martial  •  Blandine Bellavoir  •  Nastasia Caruge

In the 1970s, the house of Plessis welcomes young pregnant minors. Even though these unborn children are the fruit of love or rape, in this institution, a single slogan: put these girls in the right way. But the day when the revolt rumbles, the mechanism fails... A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bénédicte Delmas
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jean-Michel Martial  •  Blandine Bellavoir  •  Nastasia Caruge

State Affairs (2009)

A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora investigates, getting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Valette
CAST:  André Dussollier  •  Thierry Frémont  •  Rachida Brakni  •  Christine Boisson

A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora investigates, getting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Valette
CAST:  André Dussollier  •  Thierry Frémont  •  Rachida Brakni  •  Christine Boisson

The Exes (2017)

If Paris is the city of lovers, it is also that ... ex! Antoine does not dare to commit, Didier regrets his ex-wife, Father Laurent must celebrate the marriage of his ex, Julie, Serge is harassed by Lise, the ex of his girlfriend of the moment, while Greg consoles ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Barthélemy
CAST:  Jean-Paul Rouve  •  Maurice Barthélemy  •  Claudia Tagbo  •  Patrick Chesnais

If Paris is the city of lovers, it is also that ... ex! Antoine does not dare to commit, Didier regrets his ex-wife, Father Laurent must celebrate the marriage of his ex, Julie, Serge is harassed by Lise, the ex of his girlfriend of the moment, while Greg consoles ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Barthélemy
CAST:  Jean-Paul Rouve  •  Maurice Barthélemy  •  Claudia Tagbo  •  Patrick Chesnais

Friday Night (2016)

While visiting her daughter who is studying abroad in France, Claire is thrown into the midst of a city-wide attack. In a place where she doesn't speak the language or know her way around, she's forced to navigate this French metropolis in the dark of night in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Michalik
CAST:  Adria Tennor  •  Raphaëlle Agogué  •  Régis Valée  •  Daniel Njo Lobé

While visiting her daughter who is studying abroad in France, Claire is thrown into the midst of a city-wide attack. In a place where she doesn't speak the language or know her way around, she's forced to navigate this French metropolis in the dark of night in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Michalik
CAST:  Adria Tennor  •  Raphaëlle Agogué  •  Régis Valée  •  Daniel Njo Lobé

Rose and the Soldier (2015)

Martinique, 1942. Rose, a young teacher, is fired from her job by the Vichy regime of Admiral Robert. Rose seeks to leave the island by boat with a group of fellow dissidents. Her plans are thwarted by the landing on the island of a German officer, and her meeting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Barny
CAST:  Fred Testot  •  Zita Hanrot  •  Jean-Michel Martial  •  Jocelyne Béroard

Martinique, 1942. Rose, a young teacher, is fired from her job by the Vichy regime of Admiral Robert. Rose seeks to leave the island by boat with a group of fellow dissidents. Her plans are thwarted by the landing on the island of a German officer, and her meeting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Barny
CAST:  Fred Testot  •  Zita Hanrot  •  Jean-Michel Martial  •  Jocelyne Béroard

Cyrano, My Love (2018)

Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant Coquelin to perform the main role in his new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Michalik
CAST:  Thomas Solivérès  •  Olivier Gourmet  •  Mathilde Seigner  •  Tom Leeb

Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant Coquelin to perform the main role in his new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Michalik
CAST:  Thomas Solivérès  •  Olivier Gourmet  •  Mathilde Seigner  •  Tom Leeb

Sandra (1990)

Sandra, a schoolteacher, would like to control every moment of a life she finds too banal. Even if she seems to have found an ideal in love, she takes two lovers, in the person of Pierre, ordinary but in love, and of Blaise a splendid black photographer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Landron
CAST:  Christine Boisson  •  Christophe Odent  •  Jean-Michel Martial  •  Bernard Ballet

Sandra, a schoolteacher, would like to control every moment of a life she finds too banal. Even if she seems to have found an ideal in love, she takes two lovers, in the person of Pierre, ordinary but in love, and of Blaise a splendid black photographer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Landron
CAST:  Christine Boisson  •  Christophe Odent  •  Jean-Michel Martial  •  Bernard Ballet

Sucre amer (1998)

Sucre Amer tells the story of a unique court case in which an event from the past is judged by a court of history. Major figures from history are brought together in the present to re-examine the "Ignace case", about a legendary figure in the history of Guadeloupe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Lara
CAST:  Jean-Michel Martial  •  Robert Liensol  •  Marc Michel  •  Anne-Marie Philipe

Sucre Amer tells the story of a unique court case in which an event from the past is judged by a court of history. Major figures from history are brought together in the present to re-examine the "Ignace case", about a legendary figure in the history of Guadeloupe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Lara
CAST:  Jean-Michel Martial  •  Robert Liensol  •  Marc Michel  •  Anne-Marie Philipe

It's Not About Love (1998)

Raoul Peck directed this French-German-Haitian drama set in Manhattan where medical examiner Chase Dellal (Geno Lechner) isn't happy with the diminishing aspects of her life: Not only does she face political pressures to soft-pedal her testimony, her marriage to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Peck
CAST:  Geno Lechner  •  Jean-Michel Martial  •  Bob Meyer  •  Susan Moncur

Raoul Peck directed this French-German-Haitian drama set in Manhattan where medical examiner Chase Dellal (Geno Lechner) isn't happy with the diminishing aspects of her life: Not only does she face political pressures to soft-pedal her testimony, her marriage to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Peck
CAST:  Geno Lechner  •  Jean-Michel Martial  •  Bob Meyer  •  Susan Moncur

Seule (1997)