Jacques Martial

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (2001)

A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Sophie Marceau  •  Michel Serrault  •  Frédéric Diefenthal  •  Julie Christie

A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Sophie Marceau  •  Michel Serrault  •  Frédéric Diefenthal  •  Julie Christie

Broken English (1981)

Follows the story of Sarah, who comes under fire from her family, friends and colleagues when she marries an African man, Maas. When she discovers that Maas is part of an underground group of South African freedom fighters, she must analyze her own political and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michie Gleason
CAST:  Beverly Ross  •  Jacques Martial  •  Greta Ronningen  •  Mansour Sy

Follows the story of Sarah, who comes under fire from her family, friends and colleagues when she marries an African man, Maas. When she discovers that Maas is part of an underground group of South African freedom fighters, she must analyze her own political and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michie Gleason
CAST:  Beverly Ross  •  Jacques Martial  •  Greta Ronningen  •  Mansour Sy

Le Maître d'école (1981)

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Coluche  •  Roland Giraud  •  Josiane Balasko  •  Charlotte de Turckheim

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Berri
CAST:  Coluche  •  Roland Giraud  •  Josiane Balasko  •  Charlotte de Turckheim

Walk the Walk (1996)

I saw this happen : Raye left home. Why ? To see what was waiting for her out there. Europe ! It didn't matter where she went, the Mediterranean coast, Strasbourg, Zurich, Berlin, she's young. Then her father, Abel, left. Perhaps he wanted something else to happen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Kramer
CAST:  Jacques Martial  •  Laure Duthilleul  •  Betsabée Haas  •  Eliane Boisgard

I saw this happen : Raye left home. Why ? To see what was waiting for her out there. Europe ! It didn't matter where she went, the Mediterranean coast, Strasbourg, Zurich, Berlin, she's young. Then her father, Abel, left. Perhaps he wanted something else to happen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Kramer
CAST:  Jacques Martial  •  Laure Duthilleul  •  Betsabée Haas  •  Eliane Boisgard

Street of No Return (1989)

A rock star-turned-bum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a woman, drunkenly roams the city, torn apart by sponsored race riots. When accused of murder, he may have the chance to get revenge on the magnate who maimed him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samuel Fuller
CAST:  Keith Carradine  •  Valentina Vargas  •  Bill Duke  •  Andréa Ferréol

A rock star-turned-bum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a woman, drunkenly roams the city, torn apart by sponsored race riots. When accused of murder, he may have the chance to get revenge on the magnate who maimed him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samuel Fuller
CAST:  Keith Carradine  •  Valentina Vargas  •  Bill Duke  •  Andréa Ferréol

Noir et blanc (1986)

Antoine is an accountant, uptight and withdrawn, married to Edith, who picks out his clothes and shoes. He's assigned to a fitness gymnasium for a month to straighten out their books. The owner, M. Roland, encourages Antoine to use the facilities, including the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claire Devers
CAST:  Isaach De Bankolé  •  Catherine Belkhodja  •  Marc Berman  •  Francis Frappat

Antoine is an accountant, uptight and withdrawn, married to Edith, who picks out his clothes and shoes. He's assigned to a fitness gymnasium for a month to straighten out their books. The owner, M. Roland, encourages Antoine to use the facilities, including the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claire Devers
CAST:  Isaach De Bankolé  •  Catherine Belkhodja  •  Marc Berman  •  Francis Frappat

The Flood Drummers (2003)

Based on the play by Hélène Cixous, filmed in 2002, Tambours sur la Digue is a story written by Hélène Cixous based on an ancient Asian fable about who shall be saved during a flood and presented by live actors as puppets and puppeteers, evoking the theatrical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ariane Mnouchkine
CAST:  Nicolas Sotnikoff  •  Renata Ramos Maza  •  Juliana Carneiro da Cunha  •  Duccio Bellugi-Vannuccini

Based on the play by Hélène Cixous, filmed in 2002, Tambours sur la Digue is a story written by Hélène Cixous based on an ancient Asian fable about who shall be saved during a flood and presented by live actors as puppets and puppeteers, evoking the theatrical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ariane Mnouchkine
CAST:  Nicolas Sotnikoff  •  Renata Ramos Maza  •  Juliana Carneiro da Cunha  •  Duccio Bellugi-Vannuccini

Omnibus (1992)

A commuter suddenly realizes he's mistakenly boarded the express train and desperately tries to get off between stations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Karmann
CAST:  Daniel Rialet  •  Jacques Martial  •  Christian Rauth  •  Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc

A commuter suddenly realizes he's mistakenly boarded the express train and desperately tries to get off between stations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Karmann
CAST:  Daniel Rialet  •  Jacques Martial  •  Christian Rauth  •  Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc

Voyager (1991)

Walter Faber has survived a crash with an airplane. His next trip is by ship. On board this ship he meets the enchanting Sabeth and they have a passionate love affair. Together they travel to her home in Greece, but the rational Faber doesn't know what fate has in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Volker Schlöndorff
CAST:  Sam Shepard  •  Julie Delpy  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Dieter Kirchlechner

Walter Faber has survived a crash with an airplane. His next trip is by ship. On board this ship he meets the enchanting Sabeth and they have a passionate love affair. Together they travel to her home in Greece, but the rational Faber doesn't know what fate has in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Volker Schlöndorff
CAST:  Sam Shepard  •  Julie Delpy  •  Barbara Sukowa  •  Dieter Kirchlechner

Antilles sur Seine (2000)

Corruption threatens to move into a heretofore idyllic village in this comedy-drama. Hector St. Rose is the mayor of a seaside community in the Antilles Islands, a French-controlled territory in the West Indies. Hector has long been determined not to sacrifice the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Légitimus
CAST:  Chantal Lauby  •  Pascal Légitimus  •  Med Hondo  •  Pierre-Olivier Mornas

Corruption threatens to move into a heretofore idyllic village in this comedy-drama. Hector St. Rose is the mayor of a seaside community in the Antilles Islands, a French-controlled territory in the West Indies. Hector has long been determined not to sacrifice the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Légitimus
CAST:  Chantal Lauby  •  Pascal Légitimus  •  Med Hondo  •  Pierre-Olivier Mornas

The Graduates of the Last Row (1982)

The students of a prestigious law school try their best to mess things up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Gion
CAST:  Patrick Bruel  •  Marie Laforêt  •  Philippe Manesse  •  Patrice Minet

The students of a prestigious law school try their best to mess things up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Gion
CAST:  Patrick Bruel  •  Marie Laforêt  •  Philippe Manesse  •  Patrice Minet

Le corbillard de Jules (1982)

Alphonse and Aldo, two soldiers during the Second World War, are responsible for transporting the body of Jules, who died in battle, to his country of origin. Nothing is going to go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Pénard
CAST:  Aldo Maccione  •  Francis Perrin  •  Jean-Marc Thibault  •  Henri Courseaux

Alphonse and Aldo, two soldiers during the Second World War, are responsible for transporting the body of Jules, who died in battle, to his country of origin. Nothing is going to go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Pénard
CAST:  Aldo Maccione  •  Francis Perrin  •  Jean-Marc Thibault  •  Henri Courseaux

The Old Sorceress & the Valet (1987)

An old couple, Eugenie and Armand, have been living in Paris since 1921 part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique. Eugenie, a former dancer with Josephine Baker's Black Revue has become a professional quimboiseuse (practising black magic) for a white ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julius-Amédée Laou
CAST:  Jenny Alpha  •  Robert Liensol  •  Jacques Martial  •  Christine Amat

An old couple, Eugenie and Armand, have been living in Paris since 1921 part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique. Eugenie, a former dancer with Josephine Baker's Black Revue has become a professional quimboiseuse (practising black magic) for a white ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julius-Amédée Laou
CAST:  Jenny Alpha  •  Robert Liensol  •  Jacques Martial  •  Christine Amat

Il y a maldonne (1988)

Following a denunciation, a man is forced to flee the police who are looking for him for murder. In his fight to make the truth triumph, he will discover that the culprit of the crime attributed to him is none other than his best friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Jacques Martial  •  Clovis Cornillac  •  Luc Thuillier  •  Nathalie Gabay

Following a denunciation, a man is forced to flee the police who are looking for him for murder. In his fight to make the truth triumph, he will discover that the culprit of the crime attributed to him is none other than his best friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Jacques Martial  •  Clovis Cornillac  •  Luc Thuillier  •  Nathalie Gabay

Jean Galmot, aventurier (1990)

Evocation of the life of the journalist Jean Galmot, adventurer, who established himself as a gold digger in Guyana in 1906. Madly in love with this country, he will die for having wanted to give dignity and freedom to the Guyanese people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Maline
CAST:  Christophe Malavoy  •  Roger Hanin  •  Désirée Nosbusch  •  Belinda Becker

Evocation of the life of the journalist Jean Galmot, adventurer, who established himself as a gold digger in Guyana in 1906. Madly in love with this country, he will die for having wanted to give dignity and freedom to the Guyanese people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Maline
CAST:  Christophe Malavoy  •  Roger Hanin  •  Désirée Nosbusch  •  Belinda Becker

Une famille parfaite (2006)

Martha is 30 years old in 2031. She spent a happy childhood in a family not quite like the others since she was adopted by two men. Now, one of them is dead and the other is losing his memory  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Mario Bernard  •  Pierre Trividic
CAST:  Aïssa Maïga  •  Ulrich Tukur  •  Jacques Martial  •  Alain Azerot

Martha is 30 years old in 2031. She spent a happy childhood in a family not quite like the others since she was adopted by two men. Now, one of them is dead and the other is losing his memory  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Mario Bernard  •  Pierre Trividic
CAST:  Aïssa Maïga  •  Ulrich Tukur  •  Jacques Martial  •  Alain Azerot

Tropic (2023)

Year 2041, France, two trained astronaut twins go through a lot when one of them is contaminated with a mysterious residue from space.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edouard Salier
CAST:  Marta Nieto  •  Louis Peres  •  Marvin Dubart  •  Pablo Cobo

Year 2041, France, two trained astronaut twins go through a lot when one of them is contaminated with a mysterious residue from space.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edouard Salier
CAST:  Marta Nieto  •  Louis Peres  •  Marvin Dubart  •  Pablo Cobo

Le souffle du dragon (2022)

In Reims, a group of women meet every week aboard a strange boat with a dragon head. Sandrine, Rose-Marie, Poups and Fanny don't know each other, but they all have in common that they have been fighting breast cancer. On the advice of their oncologist, Dr. Cuvelier ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stéphanie Pillonca
CAST:  Julie de Bona  •  Julie Gayet  •  Lola Dewaere  •  Bérengère Krief

In Reims, a group of women meet every week aboard a strange boat with a dragon head. Sandrine, Rose-Marie, Poups and Fanny don't know each other, but they all have in common that they have been fighting breast cancer. On the advice of their oncologist, Dr. Cuvelier ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stéphanie Pillonca
CAST:  Julie de Bona  •  Julie Gayet  •  Lola Dewaere  •  Bérengère Krief

A Love Story (2023)

Justine has never dated a woman, and Katia knows her life is hanging by a thread. But when they meet, it's love at first sight. Katia and Justine decide to confront life living a love story, and giving birth to a baby girl, Jeanne. Twelve years later, Justine come ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Michalik
CAST:  Juliette Delacroix  •  Alexis Michalik  •  Pauline Bression  •  Manon Maindivide

Justine has never dated a woman, and Katia knows her life is hanging by a thread. But when they meet, it's love at first sight. Katia and Justine decide to confront life living a love story, and giving birth to a baby girl, Jeanne. Twelve years later, Justine come ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis Michalik
CAST:  Juliette Delacroix  •  Alexis Michalik  •  Pauline Bression  •  Manon Maindivide