Brigitte Roüan

Meet the Barbarians (2024)

The municipality of a small Breton village has decided to welcome a family of Ukrainian refugees. To their surprise, they receive Fayad family – coming from Syria. ...

Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste (2023)

Stage actress turned film actress and director, Nicole Garcia has worked with the greatest French directors. Mysterious, singular, elegant, she has become a major figure in French cinema, but in her forties, she wanted to tell her own stories. She took a ...

Forever Young (2022)

Alex, whose singing career can't manage to succeed, accepts a strange job : to make a pensionner choir sing nursery rhymes. She finds out a bunch of out of control old people who dream of singing rock and roll music ! Her mission will be more complicated t ...

Intérieur Jour (2022)

The Man in the Hat (2020)

The Man In The Hat sets off from Marseilles in a small Fiat 500. On the seat beside him is a framed photograph of an unknown woman. Behind him is a 2CV into which is squeezed Five Bald Men. Why are they chasing him? And how can he shake them off? As he tra ...

Into the World (2020)

Jeanne works as an auxiliary in a maternity in Marseilles. Day and night, Jeanne and her colleagues fight to help mothers and their babies against the lack of staff and constant management pressure. Jeanne lives with her 18 year-old daughter, Zoé. When a ...

Andy (2019)

A lazy man becomes a prostitute. ...

My Polish Honeymoon (2019)

Anna and Adam, a young couple from Paris with Polish Jewish origins, leave for the first time of their lives in Poland. They were invited to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the destruction of the birth village community of Adam's grandfather. ...

We Need Your Vote (2018)

Arnaud, a 25-year-old man, enters the campaign team of a candidate for the French presidential election as assistant to the Director of communication. While discovering the techniques, intricacies and rivalries of the electoral campaign, he will feel fasci ...

Guy (2018)

Gauthier, a young journalist, learns from his mother that he is the illegitimate son of Guy Jamet, a popular French singer whose heyday stretched unevenly from the 1960's to the nineties. Guy is currently promoting a new album of old material and heads on ...

The Troubleshooter (2018)

Alex, 43, is not a man of many responsibilities. He works as a tow truck driver in the car repair garage run with an iron fist by his mother Antoinette. She hopes he will someday take over the business, but Alex manages to consistently prove that he's not ...

Train de vies (2018)

"Train de vies" crosses a series of characters who, in pairs, confess to each other their innermost desires and their most secret memories. ...

When Margaux Meets Margaux (2018)

20-year-old Margaux makes the acquaintance of 45-year-old Margaux: they have a lot in common – so much so that it turns out they are one and the same person, at two different ages and stages of their life… ...

Based on a True Story (2017)

Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, ...

Just to Be Sure (2017)

Erwan, a strapping Breton who clears mines for a living, is shaken when he discovers that his father is not his father. Despite his affection for the man who raised him, he quietly sets out to find his biological father, and succeeds in locating Joseph, an ...

Going to Brazil (2017)

Four childhood friends are reunited at a wedding in Rio. But when they accidentally kill a young man during a party that gets out of hand, they are forced to flee the city in a crazy adventure. ...

Love Is Dead (2016)

Mathias Lonisse, founder of the company Love is Dead, is a breakup specialist. He is hired to break up relationships on behalf of those who, for one reason or another, prefer to avoid this often painful and delicate task. Mathias takes his job very serious ...

From the Land of the Moon (2016)

In 1950s France, a free-spirited woman trapped in an arranged marriage falls in love with an injured veteran of the Indochinese War. ...

Two Birds, One Stone (2016)

Zayane is 75. Since arriving in France, she has never left her neighborhood. One day, she receives a letter informing her of the death of a man she once knew in Algeria. She sets off on a day trip to collect a box that the deceased left her. During her abs ...

Love at First Fight (2014)

Arnaud, facing an uncertain future and a dearth of choices in a small French coastal town, meets and falls for the apocalyptic-minded Madeleine, who joins an army boot camp to learn military and survival skills to prepare for the upcoming environmental col ...

The Ultimate Accessory (2013)

The story of Aleksandra and Cyrille, a prominent, trendy, and very well-off Parisian couple, whose life is not quite the same after seven-year-old Alekseï from Russia suddenly pops up in their 100% cashmere, childless home. Aleksandra soon realises that t ...

Cinéast(e)s (2013)

Is there such a thing as strictly feminine cinema? Is it more difficult for a woman than for a man to direct a film? Is gender parity necessary in the industry? Actress and producer Julie GAYET and actor and director Mathieu BUSSON ask these questions to t ...

Half-Sister (2013)

When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father's pharmacy busi ...

Second Chance (2011)

Julien Monnier has a serious problem. Though he's a brilliant couples counselor, he can't keep a woman in his life for more than two weeks. Indeed, ever since his childhood, Julien jinxes every woman who falls in love with him. But it's not just any small ...

Made in Italy (2008)

French writer Luca Morandi was born in Italy. He is forty years old and finds himself at a crossroads in his life. He doesn't know where to turn: France, his adopted home where he was raised, or Italy, the country of his birth, perfect, wonderful and ideal ...

Love Songs (2007)

Ismael and Julie, in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means neg ...

Juana Had Hair of Gold (2006)

A magician announces in a show that in Ciénaga, a small town on the Colombian Atlantic Coast, there's a little girl whose hair is made of real gold: Juana. The Deacon, the Mayor, and the greedy population of this town find in this unusual gift the solutio ...

The Pleasure Is All Mine (2004)

A beautiful, self-centered young woman's life turns upside down when she suddenly "loses her clitoris" (i.e. her ability to have an orgasm). ...

Totally Nuts (2004)

Diane, a young woman in search of a child, is looking for money to go to the sperm bank. She crosses paths with Arthur, a bank robber. ...

Time of the Wolf (2003)

A middle-class family flees an unspecified disaster that has struck the city and takes refuge in their country home. They think this will allow them to escape the chaos, but they soon realize that getting away won't be so easy. ...

L'Aîné des Ferchaux (2001)

Ferchaux, a rich and powerful businessman, becomes the target of an investigating judge convinced of his involvement in a huge political and financial scandal. To obtain Ferchaux's confession, the judge throws his brother and partner in jail. Very attached ...

Her Mother, the Whore (2001)

After Coralie was found dead in a vacant lot, her mother Catherine - who thinks that her daughter was murdered - conducts her own investigation. ...

All About Love (2001)

Maria is a bright and attractive but not especially responsible young woman who is used to having things go her way in life. Out of school and with no clear career path, Maria ends up taking a job putting together cushions for chairs. But after a single da ...

Inséparables (1999)

Twenty years ago, Robert left his home in the provincial northern town of Boulogne to make it as an actor. His career never amounted to much, as he managed only a couple of acting jobs on TV. Without warning, he returns to his hometown and drops in on his ...

À mort la mort ! (1999)

The idea for this film about a generation and its lost ideals came to Romain Goupil after attending several funerals of friends in the fall of 1996, where the '68 generation, now in influential positions in media or politics, kept meeting each other. It se ...

Venus Beauty Institute (1999)

Aging beautician Angèle, already wounded by a long-ago romance, gets awkwardly dumped at a train station. Witnessing how she turns around a humiliating situation, younger sculptor Antoine becomes so smitten that he breaks up with his fiancée and sets out ...

Baby Blues (1999)

One hot summer's day in a little french town, a building worker accidentally finds the skeleton of a newborn baby and calls the police. Detective Jacques Deveure (Vincent Winterhalter) is placed in charge of the investigation. His investigation uncovers ev ...

Why Not Me? (1998)

Four gay French expatriots share a business in Barcelona. When they and their parents are thrown together for a "coming out" party, another French Farce ensues. ...

Marie from the Bay of Angels (1997)

A random montage of disturbing images tell a story about one summer in the lives of two teenagers who somehow find love within each other, Orso and Marie. After they realize this, they run off to a hidden island off the coast of France where they can not b ...

After Sex (1997)

The end of an affair from the woman's point of view. ...

The Silence of Rak (1997)

The adventures of Rak, who after his dismissal begins to reflect on the meaning of the word work and on the act of working. ...

The Lambs (1996)

In a village of the French Juras, Daniel, 15, and Marie, 14, live in the shadow of their brutal, domineering father, who can only express his love through violence. When their mother dies, the two inseparable children flee into the forest pursued by their ...

Je m'appelle Régine (1996)

This TV movie is adapted from the memoirs of the singer Régine, in which she recounts her youth and her beginnings in the music hall. ...

L'éducatrice (1996)

Stephanie is a hostile and mute newcomer in a home for troubled minors. She disorients the staff. Louise, a young educator, is determined and determined to overcome the aggressiveness of the girls, who give her a hard time. She gets caught up in the game a ...

Corps inflammables (1995)

Juliette loves Bruno, but he does not notice. Perhaps because he is mad about Corinne, and Corinne is not aware of it. She does not seem to love anybody, but she has an affair with Luc. Luc is gay, and he wonders how to tell Bruno he loves him. ...

The Little Boy (1995)

Eight-year old Francois has moved from Paris to a quiet chateau with his parents who want to escape the stress of the war. In a nearby town, his father's mistress works as a tutor. Soon his father allows a refugee family of Polish Jews to move into the bas ...

Jeanne (1994)

A surgeon in her forties sees the course of her life deeply disturbed by the crazy love of a teenager. ...

The Honour of the Tribe (1993)

Like every year in Zitouna, a bear handler passes by. With his creature, he comes to challenge the small community. And like every year, it is Slimane El Mabrouk who defends the honor of the tribe. But this time, he dies, leaving two orphans, Omar and Ouri ...

Olivier, Olivier (1992)

Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and Serge, a country veterinarian, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emotional aftermath of his disappearance sends his father packing and nearly destroys his mother. ...

Railway Bar (1992)

A naive, sixteen-year-old boy named Richard becomes involved with a single mother after babysitting her child. ...

Overseas (1990)

In French Algeria, after WWII, three daughters of wealthy settlers begin their adult lives. Zon marries an often absent sailor. Malene's husband, Gildas, refuses to work in the farm, so she has to take care of everything. Gritte, the youngest, does not wan ...

Out 1 (1990)

While two theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus, two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash. ...

Guys in the Cafe (1989)

A night of drinking in a local cafe quickly turns to tragedy for two of its patrons. ...

Quand je serai jeune (1988)

May 68. While, outside, people are demonstrating, a man is finishing the editing of Baisers volés. ...

Charlie Dingo (1987)

Charlie (Guy Marchand) returns home after being declared legally dead to reclaim his wife Georgia (Caroline Cellier) and cash in on a lucrative life insurance policy in this shadowy drama. He finds Georgia is married to the crooked cop William (Niels Arest ...

The Little Coquette (1987)

Fifteen-year-old Camille is a vulnerable and a strong-willed seductress- she chooses, she takes, she leaves; she can go very far in her desire for freedom. She is the daughter of disunited parents, Armand, a professor and Colette, an intellectual bourgeois ...

The Murderous Months of April (1987)

When an informer is executed, his dismembered remains found in several bin bags, Fred, a resilient police inspector, leads the murder investigation with his customary dogged determination. ...

Double Gentlemen (1986)

In a routine look at what it means to finally leave adolescence behind — even in one's mature years — this series of mood swings and sequences focuses on two grown men. Francois (Jean Francois Stevenin, the director) and Leo (Yves Alonso) are old frien ...

Follow My Gaze (1986)

A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy anthology by Jean Curtelin. Among the sketches performed is one with Jean Carmet playing a man from the sticks woefully burdened with t ...

Grosse (1985)

A César award winning short film about a young actress who has to disguise her pregnancy bump in order to keep working. ...

Les Capricieux (1984)

In post-revolutionary France, two neighbouring aristocrats embark on a dangerous game when they agree to help a Polish agent. ...

Grain of Sand (1983)

Delphine Seyrig plays a middle-aged woman coping with an ungovernable present and holding out hopes of escaping to a more pleasant past. She leaves her current residence to retreat to her provincial French hometown. Here she dreams of locating and rekindli ...

Ladies' Choice (1982)

As a result of an automobile accident, a sophisticated TV producer meets her car mechanic/blue collar nemesis. They start a comic affair, but can they reconcile their totally different worlds? ...

My American Uncle (1980)

Professor Henri Laborit uses three people's stories to discuss behaviourist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety: René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing; Janin ...

The Bit Between the Teeth (1979)

Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math whiz who uses his talent for picking the winners. Charles (Michel Galabru) is the wealthy scrap-iron magnat ...

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses (1979)

François Perrin is a journalist who reads the news on RTL radio. Alone in life, his only "amusement" is his neighbor from Africa, who makes mildly fun of him from time to time. One evening, François is bored, and decides to call a random telephone number ...

Paradiso (1977)

Tomorrow's Children (1976)

The hero of this bleak science-fiction story is a married man who, along with his wife, survives the mysterious destruction of the world. After his wife dies, he makes plans to seek out whatever remnants of civilization exist. However, the arrival of a gro ...

The Golden Mass (1975)

A middle-aged couple invites a group of youngsters to their luxury villa to introduce them into the rituals and mystery of love and lust. ...

Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)

A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another. ...

Ce que savait Morgan (1974)

The Moreen family hires Pemberton to tutor young Morgan. Pemberton has no money of his own, and the social non-conformity of his employers condemns him to the impossibility of being paid. Yet an emotional relationship develops between master and pupil. Lit ...

A Greek Type of Problem (2013)

"Everything will be fine" the doctor promised Jo while she was giving birth to her first child. But, some forty years and four sons later, nothing is happening like it should be during this month of August: as she arrives on Greek soil to organize her trad ...

Housewarming (2005)

Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect. In the mean time a former client decides he is in love with her, ...

Her Mother, the Whore (2001)

After Coralie was found dead in a vacant lot, her mother Catherine - who thinks that her daughter was murdered - conducts her own investigation. ...

After Sex (1997)

The end of an affair from the woman's point of view. ...

Overseas (1990)

In French Algeria, after WWII, three daughters of wealthy settlers begin their adult lives. Zon marries an often absent sailor. Malene's husband, Gildas, refuses to work in the farm, so she has to take care of everything. Gritte, the youngest, does not wan ...

Grosse (1985)

A César award winning short film about a young actress who has to disguise her pregnancy bump in order to keep working. ...