Laurent Lévy

The First Time I Turned Twenty (2004)

In 1960s France, 16-year-old Hannah Goldman is experiencing a painful adolescence. Her Jewish background and plain appearance make her an object of ridicule, but she has a talent for music and is determined to fulfil her ambition to play in the school jazz band.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lorraine Lévy
CAST:  Marilou Berry  •  Catherine Jacob  •  Serge Riaboukine  •  Stéphanie Pasterkamp

In 1960s France, 16-year-old Hannah Goldman is experiencing a painful adolescence. Her Jewish background and plain appearance make her an object of ridicule, but she has a talent for music and is determined to fulfil her ambition to play in the school jazz band.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lorraine Lévy
CAST:  Marilou Berry  •  Catherine Jacob  •  Serge Riaboukine  •  Stéphanie Pasterkamp

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DIRECTION:  Lorraine Lévy
CAST:  Séverine Berthelot  •  Élie Semoun  •  Julie Ferrier  •  Sara Martins

The Woman in the Fifth (2011)

An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paweł Pawlikowski
CAST:  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Samir Guesmi  •  Ethan Hawke  •  Joanna Kulig

An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paweł Pawlikowski
CAST:  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Samir Guesmi  •  Ethan Hawke  •  Joanna Kulig

Rosa la Rose, Public Girl (1986)

Rosa la Rose is the most beautiful prostitute of Les Halles. Every client wants her and she accepts everything. Her pimp is a sympathetic and generous man and there is not much to tell about Rosa’s life. Until one day she meets Julien, a young guy, and falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Marianne Basler  •  Jean Sorel  •  Pierre Cosso  •  Laurent Lévy

Rosa la Rose is the most beautiful prostitute of Les Halles. Every client wants her and she accepts everything. Her pimp is a sympathetic and generous man and there is not much to tell about Rosa’s life. Until one day she meets Julien, a young guy, and falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Marianne Basler  •  Jean Sorel  •  Pierre Cosso  •  Laurent Lévy

Graduate at 70! (2007)

18-year-old Alice decides to drop out of school just before the final exams and go to work for her baker grandfather Louis, who never could afford to get an education yet it's something he has dreamed of.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Lévy
CAST:  Pierre Mondy  •  Lizzie Brocheré  •  Arthur Dupont  •  Micky Sébastian

18-year-old Alice decides to drop out of school just before the final exams and go to work for her baker grandfather Louis, who never could afford to get an education yet it's something he has dreamed of.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Lévy
CAST:  Pierre Mondy  •  Lizzie Brocheré  •  Arthur Dupont  •  Micky Sébastian

La musique adoucit les meurtres (2003)

Urbain, a man "like everyone else" likes only one music; that of the records he listens religiously. Unfortunately, troublesome neighbors will disrupt the man who will have to act to get rid of it in a definitive way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Ybert  •  Eve Laudenback
CAST:  Richard Taxy  •  Delphine Depardieu  •  Silvie Laguna  •  Julien Courbey

Urbain, a man "like everyone else" likes only one music; that of the records he listens religiously. Unfortunately, troublesome neighbors will disrupt the man who will have to act to get rid of it in a definitive way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Ybert  •  Eve Laudenback
CAST:  Richard Taxy  •  Delphine Depardieu  •  Silvie Laguna  •  Julien Courbey

Jeanne du Barry (2023)

The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maïwenn
CAST:  Maïwenn  •  Johnny Depp  •  Pierre Richard  •  Robin Renucci

The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maïwenn
CAST:  Maïwenn  •  Johnny Depp  •  Pierre Richard  •  Robin Renucci