Jean-Jacques Zilbermann

Bad Spelling (2004)

At a French boarding school for troubled youth in the early 1970's, the Headmaster and his wife decide that their son Daniel, who is fifteen years old but looks younger, should finally go live in the dorm with all the other students, as they do not want it to seem ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
CAST:  Damien Jouillerot  •  Carole Bouquet  •  Olivier Gourmet  •  Raphaël Goldman

At a French boarding school for troubled youth in the early 1970's, the Headmaster and his wife decide that their son Daniel, who is fifteen years old but looks younger, should finally go live in the dorm with all the other students, as they do not want it to seem ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
CAST:  Damien Jouillerot  •  Carole Bouquet  •  Olivier Gourmet  •  Raphaël Goldman

Man Is a Woman (1998)

Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homophobic uncle, looking to continue the family legacy – if he gets married and has a child, he will receive ten million ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
CAST:  Antoine de Caunes  •  Elsa Zylberstein  •  Gad Elmaleh  •  Michel Aumont

Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homophobic uncle, looking to continue the family legacy – if he gets married and has a child, he will receive ten million ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
CAST:  Antoine de Caunes  •  Elsa Zylberstein  •  Gad Elmaleh  •  Michel Aumont

To Life (2014)

Helen, Rose and Lili have survived the Holocaust and have never seen each other since the war has ended. In 1960, they meet again in Berck, France. They learn to enjoy together simple pleasures in life: nice meals, ballads on the beach, playing in the waves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
CAST:  Julie Depardieu  •  Suzanne Clément  •  Hippolyte Girardot  •  Johanna ter Steege

Helen, Rose and Lili have survived the Holocaust and have never seen each other since the war has ended. In 1960, they meet again in Berck, France. They learn to enjoy together simple pleasures in life: nice meals, ballads on the beach, playing in the waves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
CAST:  Julie Depardieu  •  Suzanne Clément  •  Hippolyte Girardot  •  Johanna ter Steege

Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents (1993)

This bright domestic drama captures a moment in time when, for a large number of idealistic and grateful French men and women, the promise of Russian communism was bright, and everything Russian was a source of joy and amazement. In the story, Irene was rescued ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
CAST:  Josiane Balasko  •  Maurice Bénichou  •  Catherine Hiegel  •  Jean-François Dérec

This bright domestic drama captures a moment in time when, for a large number of idealistic and grateful French men and women, the promise of Russian communism was bright, and everything Russian was a source of joy and amazement. In the story, Irene was rescued ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
CAST:  Josiane Balasko  •  Maurice Bénichou  •  Catherine Hiegel  •  Jean-François Dérec

He's My Girl (2009)

A clarinetist is trying to finish his record when his wife and ten year old son reappear in his life. His 10-year-old son whom he has never seen, and Naim, a young Muslim transvestite who will change his life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
CAST:  Antoine de Caunes  •  Mehdi Dehbi  •  Elsa Zylberstein  •  Judith Magre

A clarinetist is trying to finish his record when his wife and ten year old son reappear in his life. His 10-year-old son whom he has never seen, and Naim, a young Muslim transvestite who will change his life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
CAST:  Antoine de Caunes  •  Mehdi Dehbi  •  Elsa Zylberstein  •  Judith Magre

Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon (1999)

Posthumous tribute paid by actor Luc Bernard to his older brother, director Guy Gilles ( 1938 - 1996 ). Documentary composed of interviews with some of his brother's friends and some actors from his main films, excerpts of which we see.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Bernard
CAST:  Georges Beaume  •  Richard Berry  •  Jacques Bouzerand  •  Gisèle Braunberger

Posthumous tribute paid by actor Luc Bernard to his older brother, director Guy Gilles ( 1938 - 1996 ). Documentary composed of interviews with some of his brother's friends and some actors from his main films, excerpts of which we see.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Bernard
CAST:  Georges Beaume  •  Richard Berry  •  Jacques Bouzerand  •  Gisèle Braunberger