Jacques Santamaria

Clémenceau, la force d'aimer (2023)

Quelque chose a changé (2018)

Outvoted by his board of directors and hounded by the press, the Parisian CEO of a large company finds refuge for the weekend in a country inn run by his ex-wife. ...

Jours de sacre à l'Elysée (2017)

The Iron Stairs (2015)

A meek, mild-mannered man begins to suspect that his beautiful wife is poisoning him after he realizes that his acute stomach aches occur only after he eats at home. As a result, he investigates the death of his predecessor-- his wife's first husband. ...

The Black Ball (2015)

Married with a family and professionally successful, Vincent Ferreira has all he needs to be happy. Sensitive about his modest origins, he dreams of joining the local upmarket club attended by the town big wigs. But with each election, his bad luck prevent ...

La rupture (2013)

Upon the sudden death of President Georges Pompidou, the French right is taken aback. Who will succeed him? It is finally Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, aged 48, elected with the support of Jacques Chirac, who is then appointed Prime Minister. Their alliance s ...

Des gens qui passent (2013)

Wonderful piece of film noire. Great acting, París, well, as beautiful as ever. Love the plot gaps, force you to thunk. To imagine. The whole story is never revealed. Highly recommended. Marie is delicious. ...

Louis XI, le pouvoir fracassé (2011)

C'est toi, c'est tout (2011)

"It's You, That's All" tells the story of a young woman who has locked herself away in the worst kind of solitude, that of the heart, and to whom fate, cruel and capricious, offers one last chance to escape. It is indeed her last chance, as Pauline is abou ...

In Case of Bad Luck (2009)

Lucie was supposed to sleep with the jeweler but hadn't foreseen the alarm. The jeweler noticed the scheme and attacked Lucie's accomplice Noémie. Lucie defended her, pushed her and the jeweler fell , stunned. Thinking to have killed her, Lucie goes to se ...

Le Petit Fût (2008)

Monsieur Joseph (2007)

Monsieur Joseph is a respected citizen of a small town in the North of France. For over four decades he has run a specialized bookshop in the shopping square of the town. Every morning before opening his shop, he has a nice cup of black coffee at the local ...

The Necklace (2007)

Mathilde and her husband, who works in a minister's office, are not rich. Mathilde, however, loves beautiful clothes and her husband loves her too much that he lets her do anything she wants. One day they receive an invitation for an important party and sh ...

Aller-retour dans la journée (2006)

Les Innocents (2006)

La Fuite de monsieur Monde (2004)

Claude Chabrol, the Maverick (2019)

An account of the life and work of French filmmaker Claude Chabrol (1930-2010), a sybarite Buddha, a furtive anarchist, an insolent lover of life. ...

Des gens qui passent (2013)

Wonderful piece of film noire. Great acting, París, well, as beautiful as ever. Love the plot gaps, force you to thunk. To imagine. The whole story is never revealed. Highly recommended. Marie is delicious. ...