Alain Fromager

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Indochine (1992)

Eliane Devries is the seemingly repressed owner of a prosperous rubber plantation in French Indochina, circa 1930. Her steely exterior, however, is only a mask intended to hide her torrid love affairs from upper class society  (more)

DIRECTION:  Régis Wargnier
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Vincent Perez  •  Linh-Dan Pham  •  Jean Yanne

Eliane Devries is the seemingly repressed owner of a prosperous rubber plantation in French Indochina, circa 1930. Her steely exterior, however, is only a mask intended to hide her torrid love affairs from upper class society  (more)

DIRECTION:  Régis Wargnier
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Vincent Perez  •  Linh-Dan Pham  •  Jean Yanne

Frequent Death (1988)

Jeanne Quester is a psychologist-on-the-airwaves in a radio station. She got a raw deal when she was a child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Élisabeth Rappeneau
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  André Dussollier  •  Martin Lamotte  •  Etienne Chicot

Jeanne Quester is a psychologist-on-the-airwaves in a radio station. She got a raw deal when she was a child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Élisabeth Rappeneau
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  André Dussollier  •  Martin Lamotte  •  Etienne Chicot

Cherokee (1991)

In this detective and crime comedy, the heir to a large fortune is an unknown, and nobody knows him or where he can be found. An occasional musician, Fred plans to pass himself off as that man. It's a goofy idea, but maybe it will work. However, before he can set ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Ortega
CAST:  Bernadette Lafont  •  Roland Blanche  •  Gérard Desarthe  •  Alain Fromager

In this detective and crime comedy, the heir to a large fortune is an unknown, and nobody knows him or where he can be found. An occasional musician, Fred plans to pass himself off as that man. It's a goofy idea, but maybe it will work. However, before he can set ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Ortega
CAST:  Bernadette Lafont  •  Roland Blanche  •  Gérard Desarthe  •  Alain Fromager

Comment font les gens (1993)

Serge and Yvette are on the verge of separating. Hervé and Irene are already separated. Serge will meet Irene and Yvette will meet Hervé. Chance will make them meet other characters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascale Bailly
CAST:  Elsa Zylberstein  •  Géraldine Pailhas  •  Frédéric Pierrot  •  Sandrine Kiberlain

Serge and Yvette are on the verge of separating. Hervé and Irene are already separated. Serge will meet Irene and Yvette will meet Hervé. Chance will make them meet other characters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascale Bailly
CAST:  Elsa Zylberstein  •  Géraldine Pailhas  •  Frédéric Pierrot  •  Sandrine Kiberlain

Romuald et Juliette (1989)

A company president gets framed with a food-poisoning scandal and the only person who can help him is the evening cleaning-woman, who always seems to be at the right place at the right time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Coline Serreau
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Firmine Richard  •  Pierre Vernier  •  Maxime Leroux

A company president gets framed with a food-poisoning scandal and the only person who can help him is the evening cleaning-woman, who always seems to be at the right place at the right time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Coline Serreau
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Firmine Richard  •  Pierre Vernier  •  Maxime Leroux

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)

The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats -- from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks -- Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-François Richet
CAST:  Vincent Cassel  •  Ludivine Sagnier  •  Mathieu Amalric  •  Gérard Lanvin

The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats -- from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks -- Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-François Richet
CAST:  Vincent Cassel  •  Ludivine Sagnier  •  Mathieu Amalric  •  Gérard Lanvin

L'Âge des possibles (1996)

Ten young people ( boys and girls) at the age at which all is possible. They meet, they love, they choose. The film comes and goes between all those people, revealing their anguish, their dreams, depicting the portrait of a generation of the '90s which has both the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascale Ferran
CAST:  Anne Cantineau  •  Christèle Tual  •  Anne Caillere  •  Isabelle Olive

Ten young people ( boys and girls) at the age at which all is possible. They meet, they love, they choose. The film comes and goes between all those people, revealing their anguish, their dreams, depicting the portrait of a generation of the '90s which has both the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascale Ferran
CAST:  Anne Cantineau  •  Christèle Tual  •  Anne Caillere  •  Isabelle Olive

Born in 68 (2008)

Paris, 1968. Catherine, Yves and Hervé are twenty years old. They're students and they love each other. The May student uprisings radically change their lives. Overtaken by communal utopia, they leave the city with a few friends to set up house in an abandoned farm ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Ducastel  •  Jacques Martineau
CAST:  Laetitia Casta  •  Yannick Renier  •  Yann Trégouët  •  Christine Citti

Paris, 1968. Catherine, Yves and Hervé are twenty years old. They're students and they love each other. The May student uprisings radically change their lives. Overtaken by communal utopia, they leave the city with a few friends to set up house in an abandoned farm ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Ducastel  •  Jacques Martineau
CAST:  Laetitia Casta  •  Yannick Renier  •  Yann Trégouët  •  Christine Citti

I Want to Go Home (1989)

Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France with his partner Lena to attend an exhibition in Paris about the comic strip (bande dessinée) which features his work. He also hopes to be reconciled with his daughter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Resnais
CAST:  Adolph Green  •  Laura Benson  •  Linda Lavin  •  Gérard Depardieu

Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France with his partner Lena to attend an exhibition in Paris about the comic strip (bande dessinée) which features his work. He also hopes to be reconciled with his daughter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Resnais
CAST:  Adolph Green  •  Laura Benson  •  Linda Lavin  •  Gérard Depardieu

Have Mercy on Us All (2007)

In Paris, many citizens go to the precinct after the doors of their apartments have been sprayed with a 4 and the letters "clt". When a dweller is found mysteriously dead in his apartment, Detective Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg and his partner Danglard investigate...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Régis Wargnier
CAST:  José Garcia  •  Marie Gillain  •  Michel Serrault  •  Lucas Belvaux

In Paris, many citizens go to the precinct after the doors of their apartments have been sprayed with a 4 and the letters "clt". When a dweller is found mysteriously dead in his apartment, Detective Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg and his partner Danglard investigate...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Régis Wargnier
CAST:  José Garcia  •  Marie Gillain  •  Michel Serrault  •  Lucas Belvaux

Poltergay (2006)

Marc and Emma move into a new house but have no idea that their basement was a gay nightclub. To make matters worse, the club was destroyed by fire, and now the house is haunted by the ghosts of five gay clubbers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Lavaine
CAST:  Clovis Cornillac  •  Julie Depardieu  •  Lionel Abelanski  •  Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus

Marc and Emma move into a new house but have no idea that their basement was a gay nightclub. To make matters worse, the club was destroyed by fire, and now the house is haunted by the ghosts of five gay clubbers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Lavaine
CAST:  Clovis Cornillac  •  Julie Depardieu  •  Lionel Abelanski  •  Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus

Case départ (2011)

Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Ngijol  •  Fabrice Eboué  •  Lionel Steketee
CAST:  Thomas Ngijol  •  Fabrice Eboué  •  Joséphine de Meaux  •  Etienne Chicot

Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Ngijol  •  Fabrice Eboué  •  Lionel Steketee
CAST:  Thomas Ngijol  •  Fabrice Eboué  •  Joséphine de Meaux  •  Etienne Chicot

The Jews (2016)

Four separate stories deal with stereotypical ideas about Jews: their alleged influence on politics, the stereotype of Jewish business-mindedness, the Mossad, the Jewish world conspiracy and the memory of the Holocaust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Attal
CAST:  Yvan Attal  •  Benoît Poelvoorde  •  Valérie Bonneton  •  Dany Boon

Four separate stories deal with stereotypical ideas about Jews: their alleged influence on politics, the stereotype of Jewish business-mindedness, the Mossad, the Jewish world conspiracy and the memory of the Holocaust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yvan Attal
CAST:  Yvan Attal  •  Benoît Poelvoorde  •  Valérie Bonneton  •  Dany Boon

Encore heureux (2016)

Okay, Marie is a little tired of the insouciance of her husband Sam, framework sup unemployed for 2 years. Agree, it is very tempted to be seduced by this beautiful stranger who made him the Court. Okay, there is also the daughter piano competition... If this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Graffin
CAST:  Sandrine Kiberlain  •  Édouard Baer  •  Bulle Ogier  •  Carla Besnaïnou

Okay, Marie is a little tired of the insouciance of her husband Sam, framework sup unemployed for 2 years. Agree, it is very tempted to be seduced by this beautiful stranger who made him the Court. Okay, there is also the daughter piano competition... If this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Graffin
CAST:  Sandrine Kiberlain  •  Édouard Baer  •  Bulle Ogier  •  Carla Besnaïnou

The New Snow White (2011)

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DIRECTION:  Laurent Bénégui
CAST:  Lou de Laâge  •  Claire Keim  •  Bruno Solo  •  Armelle

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DIRECTION:  Laurent Bénégui
CAST:  Lou de Laâge  •  Claire Keim  •  Bruno Solo  •  Armelle

Rituels meurtriers (2011)

Three cops of different hierarchy are shattered by the tragic death of their beloved sister. They come across three murder cases and all murders follow a similar pattern like that of Masonic rituals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Guignard
CAST:  Eric Elmosnino  •  Florence Loiret Caille  •  Grégory Gadebois  •  Benoît Giros

Three cops of different hierarchy are shattered by the tragic death of their beloved sister. They come across three murder cases and all murders follow a similar pattern like that of Masonic rituals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Guignard
CAST:  Eric Elmosnino  •  Florence Loiret Caille  •  Grégory Gadebois  •  Benoît Giros

Le Mac (2010)

A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Bourdiaux
CAST:  José Garcia  •  Gilbert Melki  •  Carmen Maura  •  Arsène Mosca

A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Bourdiaux
CAST:  José Garcia  •  Gilbert Melki  •  Carmen Maura  •  Arsène Mosca

Marie-Octobre (2008)

After the Liberation of France during the World War II, ten former Resistant fighters meet again during a dinner organized by Marie-Octobre...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josée Dayan
CAST:  Nathalie Baye  •  Xavier Beauvois  •  Samuel Labarthe  •  Etienne Chicot

After the Liberation of France during the World War II, ten former Resistant fighters meet again during a dinner organized by Marie-Octobre...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josée Dayan
CAST:  Nathalie Baye  •  Xavier Beauvois  •  Samuel Labarthe  •  Etienne Chicot

Nos enfants chéris (2003)

30 ans, l'âge des responsabilités... Martin s'apprête à partir en vacances avec sa femme Ariane et sa fille Cerise, 4 mois... C'est alors qu'il croise Constance, son ex, son amour de jeunesse, elle-même flanquée de deux marmots. C'est décidé : on passera quelques ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Cohen
CAST:  Mathieu Demy  •  Romane Bohringer  •  Mathias Mlekuz  •  Laurence Côte

30 ans, l'âge des responsabilités... Martin s'apprête à partir en vacances avec sa femme Ariane et sa fille Cerise, 4 mois... C'est alors qu'il croise Constance, son ex, son amour de jeunesse, elle-même flanquée de deux marmots. C'est décidé : on passera quelques ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Cohen
CAST:  Mathieu Demy  •  Romane Bohringer  •  Mathias Mlekuz  •  Laurence Côte

Murder in Bastia (2017)

The body of a shady businessman is found on the jetty in the port of Toga, in Bastia. The investigation, Commander Gabrielle Monti's first since returning to the country, begins on a tightrope between the past and the present.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stéphanie Murat
CAST:  Amira Casar  •  Richard Bohringer  •  Philippe Corticchiato  •  Jean-Emmanuel Pagni

The body of a shady businessman is found on the jetty in the port of Toga, in Bastia. The investigation, Commander Gabrielle Monti's first since returning to the country, begins on a tightrope between the past and the present.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stéphanie Murat
CAST:  Amira Casar  •  Richard Bohringer  •  Philippe Corticchiato  •  Jean-Emmanuel Pagni
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