Andrée Damant

Just Retired (2019)

Marilou and Philippe prepare for their future retirement in Portugal. But their daughter separates and a whole procession of solicitations falls on them. ...

Dad Friend (2018)

Stéphane defers his frustration at not having had a son on his sons-in-law. So when her younger daughter decides to leave a rugby player than the idolatrous father for a doctor he can not stand, he will do everything to get his son-in-law back. His daught ...

Venise sous la neige (2017)

A Whole World for a Little World (2017)

A woman tells a fairy tale to her baby, but actually it's a true story of life and love. ...

Tu es si jolie ce soir (2015)

Prosecutor Vadim, who has an uneasy relationship with his glamorous wife Chanéac, vanishes at the time a psycho is offing club girls to the strains of the "Tu es si jolie ce soir" song. ...

Marthe (2014)

An old couple. The evening routine. It's been years since he last looked at her. ...

Belle and Sebastian (2013)

Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be 'the beast' that has been kil ...

À vos caisses ! (2010)

The Day Will Come (2009)

Thirty years after giving her daughter up for adoption in order to join the terrorist underground in Germany, Judith is tracked down by her now adult daughter Alice to a vineyard in the Alsace where she is now living with a new family and a new identity. A ...

Baby Love (2008)

They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay? ...

Tokyo! (2008)

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to ...

Crossfire (2008)

A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The detective inherits a team of unmotivated and dishevelled detectives, and he makes connections nobody else e ...

A Pain in the Ass (2008)

An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons. ...

The Time of Love (2007)

The last episode of Pagnol's memories (see also "La Gloire de Mon Père" "le Château de Ma Mère" and "Le Temps des secrets") deals with the teenage years of Marcel. While always spending his Summers in his dear Garrigue, he is now on the way to the Bacca ...

The Time of Secrets (2007)

The story takes us from the dear Garrigue to the secondary school where Marcel is first ill at ease because he is a scholarship holder and because he went to the grade school (the other bourgeois pupils had probably a private tutor). A fight against a rich ...

My Best Friend (2006)

Catherine refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable François, has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. Scrambling to find someone willing to pose as his best pal, François enlists the services of a charming t ...

Tell No One (2006)

A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death. ...

House of D (2004)

In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the you ...

My New Partner III (2003)

It's been ten years since the paths of René and François parted ways. From the glorious era when, as cops, they roamed the Montmartre district, they only have a handful of memories left, the money from their cronies having evaporated over time. Everythin ...

Clémence (2003)

Clémence is a fulfilled woman, happy with her job as an investigating judge and her family. But everything changes when she learns that her husband, Philippe, is cheating on her. ...

Whatever You Say (2002)

Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own television show. ...

Amélie (2001)

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will ...

The Harem of Madame Osmane (2000)

In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in c ...

Les Insaisissables (2000)

Romain, a well read and articulate real estate agent, protects his grandmother from a bailiff that wants to seize her property, ...

La femme du boulanger (1999)

In a small village of Haute-Provence, it is an event. The abandoned bakery comes back to life. Aimable and his wife Aurélie bring out the first batch of bread for the happiness of the inhabitants. Among the first customers, Dominique, a young shepherd, do ...

Laisse un peu d'amour (1998)

58-year-old Monique lives in a small apartment in the projects on the outskirts of Paris. She has retired from assembly-line work with a small textile company, only to learn that her retirement benefits barely match her rent. One of her daughters, Giselle ...

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 t ...

La Femme du cosmonaute (1997)

Anna and her husband Jean-Paul have to face a long and difficult separation since Jean-Paul is a spationaut. Thanks to a video device they can see each other and communicate... But definitely not for the best! ...

Everything Must Disappear (1997)

Robert Millard has based his industrial kingdom - based on all the noise technologies - thanks to his marriage with the wealthy and cantankerous Irene, he blithely cheat for years. However, his last link with his pretty secretary, Eve, is the straw that br ...

La Belle Verte (1996)

As part of an intergalactic coalition, a well-meaning space alien volunteers to bring a message of self-actualization and harmony with nature to the one planet rejected by all her peers as incorrigible: Earth. ...

When the Cat's Away (1996)

When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally makes an arrangement with the elderly M ...

On the Edge (1995)

A man. A woman. A single night in Paris. Such is the basic framework of this French romance that begins when middle-aged middle-class housewife Clara, happily drives to the airport to meet her husband who was supposed to come in on the evening flight and i ...

Inner City (1995)

Pierre, a young man in his thirties, grew up with his two brothers in a city in the suburbs of Paris. He still lives there today with his wife, Deborah. His everyday life is divided between a job where he is exploited, discussions with his friends and brot ...

La Haine (1995)

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police. ...

Mayday (1995)

This a beautiful May evening. The sun has just set behind the hill. Tonight the inhabitants of the Le Corbusier housing unit are going to experience a slight change of program. They are all sitting in front of their TV sets and in twelve minutes the face o ...

Dead Tired (1994)

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually ...

Métisse (1993)

Lola is pregnant, and she isn't sure who the father is: Félix, a Jewish delivery boy, or Jamal, a black law student. ...

My Father's Glory (1990)

Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends wit ...

Club de rencontres (1987)

Bernard is in the middle of a divorce. In the courthouse where he is awaiting the separation settlement, he runs across a childhood friend, Nicolas, who runs a dating service and is passing out flyers to soon-to-be divorcés. Bernard goes with his friend t ...

Yiddish Connection (1986)

Two middle-aged Jewish merchants plot to crack a safe with a clergyman and some neighbors in Paris. ...

The Seducers of Saint-Tropez (1983)

Four friends discover the pleasures of Saint-Tropez. ...

A Man of My Measure (1983)

A tall and gangly Victoire arrives in Paris looking for the ideal French lover -- and because she stands well above many of her preceding romantic partners, that is an added dimension to consider. As she finds and drops a series of possibilities -- a free- ...

Rape of Love (1978)

Nicole, nurse in Grenoble, is raped one night by four men. Deeply scarred, emotionally and physically, she thinks she will never recover from the trauma. Following a friend's advice, she decides to file a lawsuit. ...

Cigalon (1975)

Cigalon, a restaurant owner in a small village in Provence, refuses to serve customers... And suddenly Mrs. Toffi, his former laundress, opens a restaurant with her nephew Virgil... Annoyed, Cigalon counter-attacks and goes back to cooking. ...

Marianne's Temptations (1973)

Innocent young Marianne works in a ski resort high in the French Alps. One night she agrees to go on a date with Bob, a young guy on vacation. Bob excites her in ways that her oafish boyfriend never could. ...

It Only Happens to Others (1971)

Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction. ...

L'Envolée belle (1969)

Two tourists in Provence meet an old naive peasant painter who tells them the extraordinary story that happened in the village in 1890: Amédée, the teacher, succeeded in stealing. ...

Heures Chaudes (1961)

In this drama, a jilted bride and her little sister flee their hometown to search for better lives. They go to stay in their aunt's boarding house. There they meet a notorious philanderer and his mistress. The younger sister soon tries to lure him away fro ...