Jeanne Balibar

My Darling Family (2026)

A famous retired opera singer reunites with her children. ...

Nino (2025)

Nino is a young man on a journey to reconnect with the world and himself in the streets of Paris, following the suggestion of his doctors. In three days, he will face a major challenge. ...

Lads (2025)

Ethan, 20, becomes an apprentice jockey in a racing stable. He discovers a talent, a passion, and begins to dream of a better future. But among the jockeys, places are hard to come by and competition is fierce. Out of a hundred lads, only one will go pro. ...

Once Upon My Mother (2025)

In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a club foot that prevents him from standing. Against everyone's advice, she promises her son that he will walk like the others and that he will have a fabulous life. ...

The Victoria System (2025)

The film centers on David Kolski, who is overseeing the construction of the highest tower ever built in France. The developer's constant pressure, crushing delivery delays, overworked employees… David lives in a hurry. One night, while returning home fo ...

A Month With the Girls (2024)

The French female pioneer of immersion journalism, Maryse Choisy, who infiltrated in 1928 the prostitution underworld of Paris. Posing as a chambermaid, a lesbian bar dancer and more, she wrote a very successful and scandalous book about that avant-garde e ...

Boléro (2024)

Boundary-pushing Russian dancer and actress Ida Rubinstein selects renowned French composer Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Ravel ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro. ...

Molière's Last Stage (2024)

Royal Palace Theatre, Paris . February 17th 1673, the King's theatre group is playing « Le Malade Imaginaire » when Moliere started spitting blood, but he takes the decision to keep playing until the end. During his agony, he let enter in the theatre a ...

Let Me Go (2023)

Every Tuesday, Claudine goes to a mountain hotel to meet men passing through. When one of them decides to extend his stay for her, Claudine's daily life is disrupted and she finds herself dreaming of another life. ...

Les Indésirables (2023)

A local activist and a budding young mayor clash over the best path forward for their impoverished suburb. ...

The Peace and Love Process (2023)

Marie and Simon, a couple with two children, are deeply in love despite constant fights in their paired life. To save their marriage, they come up with a chart of Ten Rules to seek love and peace. ...

Let Her Kill You (2023)

Alone in the mountains of Switzerland, Anne discovers that her isolated chalet is on surveillance and has been bugged. Caught up by her former life as an intelligence secret agent and an affair with her handler, Anne can only count on herself to get out al ...

X14 (2022)

Liz, thirty-something, lives in her appartement in the Paris suburbs with her cat and her robot butler. Somewhere between a peaceful Golddorak and a protective creature from Studio Ghibli, with a punky Mohican and two blue LED eyes, X14 looks after the hom ...

Five-O (2022)

Amin is a young spotter with the gift of the gab. Isabelle, a theater director from Paris, sees an opportunity for Amin to become a soloist in her opera. ...

Sigmund Freud: A Jew Without God (2022)

An account of the life and work of the influential Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), an iconic figure and a godless demigod who dared to enter the darkest depths of the human mind; through his correspondence and his own voice, and that of hi ...

Dancing On (2022)

After thirty years of marriage, Sandra finds out that her husband is having an affair with his best friend. She immediately leaves him and has no choice but to seek refuge in her childhood home, where her sister Danie still lives. The sisters couldn't be m ...

Lost Illusions (2021)

Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams. ...

Memoria (2021)

After hearing a loud 'bang' at daybreak, a Scottish woman begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia. ...

A Town Called Panic: The Summer Holidays (2021)

School is out, and Indian and Cowboy are bored. Watching an old pirate film gets them out of their funk and they decide to build a ship and go off on an adventure. But their first try is a disaster. With the help of some animals, they finally manage to lau ...

Ça passe (2020)

Amin, a young lookout full of gibberish from 93, uses his magnificent voice to warn the dealers of the arrival of the police. Isabelle, a director in Paris, sees in Amin the future soloist of her opera and offers him an artistic future far from his ghetto. ...

Wonders in the Suburbs (2020)

Political rivals try to sabotage a new mayor and her eccentric plans for an underprivileged French municipality. ...

Bajazet - Considering the Theatre and the Plague (2019)

Frank Castorf has adapted Racine and combined this material with texts by Artaud. His art of theatrical and vital immoderation explores how, when it comes to this classical French author, the tragedy of existence is born from collusions between private pas ...

Les Misérables (2019)

Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel "Les Miserables". Alongside his new colleagues Chris and Gwada – both experienced members of the team – he quickly ...

Panique au village : La Foire agricole (2019)

Indian and Cowboy finally pass their exams. Horse buys them tickets for the County Fair. But at the last moment, he slips and comes crashing down on his head. He wakes up with no idea where he hid the tickets. So begins a race against time for them two to ...

Amalric, l’art et la matière (2018)

On the shooting or when talking about it, Mathieu Amalric is preparing Barbara, his film about the iconic singer, starring the incredible Jeanne Balibar. ...

Cold War (2018)

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other. ...

Barbara (2017)

An actress will play Barbara, the French singer. The shoot will soon start. The actress works on her character, her voice, the songs, scores, the gestures, knitting, scenes she has to learn, things are going okay, there's progress, development, she is even ...

Panique tous courts (2017)

Cowboy and Indian are leaving on a luxury cruise, but they've got caught up. They have totally forgotten that today is back to school day! Goodbye tropical islands, our friends desperately find themselves on the school benches being put through the monoton ...

Never Ever (2016)

Based on Don DeLillo's novella "The Body Artist," the film swirls around a self-centered filmmaker who, during a screening of one of his films, wanders into an adjoining gallery and becomes mesmerized by a young performance artist. Dumping his leading lady ...

A Town Called Panic: Back to School Panic! (2016)

Indian and Cowboy are about to set off on a magnificent cruise on a luxury liner, but they have made a big mistake. They completely forgot that today is the first day of school! Goodbye tropical islands, our friends are back at their desks in school listen ...

The Chameleon Slayer (2015)

Pattern never changes. She finds lonely, anonymous, almost invisible women doing menial jobs, becomes their friend and confidante and then kills them and takes their identity, their job and their apartment. Police investigator Judith Corel serves as bait i ...

Rouge (2015)

A companion to the director's Le Dos Rouge/Portrait of the Artist. A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of finding a painting that will be central to the film and will crystallize all the p ...

Portrait of the Artist (2015)

A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of finding a painting that will be central to the film and will crystallize all the power and beauty of monsters. But what he doesn't show to anyone, not ...

Summer Nights (2014)

Michele and Helene seem to be the perfect couple. However, on weekends, Michele steps into a secret life, as a transvestite, Mylene, in a hidden French forest. There, Mylene meets with a lover, Flavia, another transvestite who once fought alongside Michele ...

Duras and Cinema (2014)

Documentary on famous writer Marguerite Duras and her paradoxical relation to the seventh art by her former film editor. ...

Grace of Monaco (2014)

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s. ...

Biette (2013)

Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette. ...

Electra, for Instance (2013)

An homage to Greek tragedy. ...

Clara s'en va mourir (2012)

At Ellen’s Age (2010)

A German flight attendant's life spirals downward after she leaves her husband, quits her job, and joins a radical group of animal rights activists. ...

Change Nothing (2009)

One of the most important figures in contemporary cinema, Pedro Costa's celebrated music documentary is a mesmerizing portrait of French actress-turned-singer Jeanne Balibar, a transfixing, cigarette-smoking chanteuse with an intense devotion to her craft. ...

Le Soulier de satin (2009)

A staging of Paul Claudel's play "The Satin Slipper" by Olivier Py. ...

A Town Called Panic (2009)

Cowboy and Indian's only wish was to come up with a brilliant idea for Mr Horse's birthday, but when their plan ends up in utter disaster, they'll need to travel the world and back to make things right again. ...

La Traversée du désir (2009)

What was your first desire? What did you long for most? Arielle Dombasle put these questions to a wide circle of famous people. ...

Mourir d'aimer (2009)

Priests and educational institutions try to put an end to a forbidden love between a 16-year-old student and his 40-year-old teacher. ...

All About Actresses (2009)

A director wants to make a documentary about actresses, all actresses: the popular ones, the unknown ones, the intellectuals, the comedians, the forgotten ones... Filming everything, with or without their consent, the director gets caught up in the game an ...

The Joy of Singing (2008)

A banker has died. He trafficked in nuclear material, so French intelligence assign two agents to find his list of contacts, which are on a flash drive: Muriel - the boss, acerbic, willing to sleep with any man, wondering if she should have a child - and P ...

The Girl from Monaco (2008)

A brilliant and neurotic attorney goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil, who turns him into a complete wreck... Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard will step in and put everything ...

The Idiot (2008)

Nastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois Totsky. Another is the opportunistic Ganya, whom Totsky has promised 75,000 rubles if he will marry Nastassia. ...

Sagan (2008)

France, 1950s. From the Quartier Latin to Saint-Tropez via New York, a young Parisienne becomes the icon of a whole generation. In 1954, 19-year-old Francoise Sagan shot to fame with her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse. Flamboyant, scandalous and underrated ...

Gone for a Dance (2007)

After seeing 'Singin' in the Rain', a man decides to give up his peaceful life of happiness to pursue his new dream of tap dancing. ...

The Duchess of Langeais (2007)

At a Spanish cloister, a celebrated French general of the Napoleonic Wars recognizes the voice of one of the nuns and recalls how, five years ago, she was the Duchess of Langeais, and he her most persistent suitor. ...

Call Me Agostino (2006)

Hélène and Marianne are two girls with love on their minds. Together, they decide to play a short-lived game of deception. ...

Noise (2006)

Footage from 2005's Festival Art Rock in Saint-Brieuc, France, featuring Metric, Sonic Youth, Jeanne Balibar, and other acts. ...

Change Nothing (2005)

A short film showing a rehearsal and live performance by Jeanne Balibar. Costa would go on to make a feature-length documentary with the same title and subject matter in 2009. ...

Clean (2004)

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son. ...

Saltimbank (2003)

The title reflects the brand of a financial institution, the bank of the Saltim family: Frederic, the younger brother, runs the family bank; his brother Bruno rejected the position of executive director, and chose to fund a theatrical company. Around them, ...

Code 46 (2003)

In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passports that record people's identities and genetics. Gold falls for Maria Gonzalez, the woman in charge of the ...

Marguerite as She Was (2003)

On June 3, 1991, Marguerite Duras gave me her last published work, "The North China Lover", autographed for the first time. She wrote: "For my friend Dominique Auvray, in memory of a wonder of wonders: a still recent past, when we worked together in the ci ...

All the Fine Promises (2003)

Marianne, a young cellist discovers that her father had a mistress who is still alive. Her journey to find this mysterious woman takes her to places and people from her childhood that she thought she'd left behind forever. ...

Seventeen Times Cécile Cassard (2002)

A portrait of a woman, composed of 17 moments from her life. ...

A Private Affair (2002)

Divorced private detective Francois Maneri is assigned by his agency to investigate the disappearance of Rachel, a young student who has been missing for six months. After interviewing Rachel's family, friends and classmates, Francois is attacked and injur ...

Wimbledon Stage (2002)

The story is about a woman who is going to Trieste (a city in Italy) to search for informations about a writer who has never written. ...

Avec tout mon amour (2001)

Algeria, 1903. Just after the trial of the insurgents in Margueritte, a village where seven Europeans were killed, Eugénia commits suicide despite the amorous passion that she feels for her husband, the French lawyer of these insurgents. ...

Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001)

After finding love and success in Italy, French actress Camille returns to Paris, the city she fled three years ago. She secretly dreads confronting her ex-boyfriend Pierre. Her new lover Ugo also has a secret, as he's meeting with the intriguing Dominique ...

Tomorrow's Another Day (2000)

A group of Parisians frets over the minutiae of life in the course of one week. ...

Comedy of Innocence (2000)

Today, Camille turns nine. He had sworn that on his 9th birthday he would show his parents the videos he was shooting on the side - the tail of a cat scampering away, a window, and a veiled woman's face - an intriguing picture... Later that day, Camille's ...

Sade (2000)

A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth. ...

Three Bridges on the River (1999)

Arthur is a history teacher who lives alone in Paris after having broken up with Claire. He is a sensitive man, full of existential doubts and questions. He has to go to Lisbon to meet an eminent historian whose work is the subject of his thesis. Having ju ...

Late August, Early September (1999)

A book editor juggles relationships with two women while coping with his best friend's terminal illness. ...

Only God Sees Me (1998)

Albert, a sound engineer who is chronically hesitant successively meets three charming young women who will, each in their own way, provoke and help him to get a better hold of himself. ...

Mange ta soupe (1997)

A young man returns to the family home to face a childhood trauma: his brother's suicide, but nobody in the family is willing to help him. ...

I Hate Love (1997)

Independent Parisian doctor Annie finds herself in an emotional tangle when she tries to help single-minded HIV-positive patient Laurent and embarks on a brief affair with conceited actor Richard. ...

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)

Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his long-standing girlfriend, or should he re-start with one of his other lovers? ...

Un dimanche à Paris (1994)

Alain finds Marie, whom he still loves, but he is embarrassed by the presence, to say the least, of Nina, who keeps asking him for services. Marie gradually becomes aware of the strong bond that unites Alain and Nina, who has never counted in his eyes. ...

Le Beau Pavel (1994)

The Sentinel (1992)

A medical intern finds himself drawn into a world of international intrigue after discovering a shrunken human head in his luggage. ...

Wonders in the Suburbs (2020)

Political rivals try to sabotage a new mayor and her eccentric plans for an underprivileged French municipality. ...

Electra, for Instance (2013)

An homage to Greek tragedy. ...

Mange ta soupe (1997)

A young man returns to the family home to face a childhood trauma: his brother's suicide, but nobody in the family is willing to help him. ...