María Luisa García

Astrakan (2022)

Samuel is a wild-looking twelve-year-old orphan who has been placed with a nanny, Marie, for several weeks. Marie, who is struggling between her feelings and her need for money, is married to Clément with whom she has two sons, Alexis and Dimitri. Very qu ...

Brisseau, 251 rue Marcadet (2018)

Jean-Claude Brisseau receives a film crew and some friends at his home to talk about cinema, childhood, time passing by… ...

L’ange et la femme: le cinéma de Jean-Claude Brisseau (2008)

Le cinéma selon Brisseau (2007)

Director Jean-Claude Brisseau discusses the making of his film Les anges exterminateurs (2006) in an interview. ...

Secret Things (2002)

Two young women find themselves struggling to survive in Paris, street-wise Nathalie, a stripper, and naïve Sandrine, a barmaid. Together, they discover that sex can be used to their advantage, and pleasure. ...

Workers for the Good Lord (2000)

After his wife leaves him, Fred goes on a cross-country crime spree in this dark but dreamy French comedy. ...

The Black Angel (1994)

Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, her lawyer becomes hopelessly enmeshed in a web of lies and subterfuges concerning her past. ...

Céline (1992)

After the death of her father, 22-year-old Céline inherits most of his estate, but gives it to her stepmother, causing her greedy fiancé to leave her. Following several failed suicide attempts, Céline is hospitalized and comes to the attention of a nurs ...

Sound and Fury (1988)

This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he spends most of his time alone, in a phantasy world, while his mother is away at work. But then he befriends ...

Rosette vole les voleurs (1988)

The Green Ray (1986)

A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation. ...

Rosette prend sa douche (1984)

A Brutal Game (1983)

A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret and tortured life. ...

The Adventures of Rosette (1983)

A series of stories told by Rosette about her vacation. Filmed in super 8 by Eric Rohmer. ...

The Interchange (1982)

A young boy moves with his mother into rent-controlled housing in a new banlieue. He begins sixth grade and meets a mysterious classmate. Produced for the "Contes pour enfants" television series that aired on former network Antenna-2. ...

Shadows (1982)

The life of an ordinary working class family in Bagnolet's block of council flats, Paris' suburb. "I've spent 17 years here. I sacrificed myself for you. Now it's over. " says the mother, who dreams of being a singer. Between a pre-teen rocker brother and ...

The Aviator's Wife (1981)

A student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her airline pilot lover. ...

Médiumnité (1978)

A young woman unsatisfied with her life and her marriage discovers gifts of medium. ...

Life the Way It Is (1978)

Agnes leaves school and moves with a friend to a housing project in Bagnolet. Engaged as a clerk, she becomes associate staff after the dismissal of a colleague. ...

La Croisée des chemins (1976)

The peregrinations of a group of boys and girls from Paris. Two girls swap the capital for the countryside near Montpellier. One of the girls hesitates between dream world and reality.La croisée des chemins marks the start of a significant oeuvre and is a ...

Des jeunes femmes disparaissent (1976)

Second version of a short film Brisseau will remake in 2014. ...

Tempting Devils (2018)

A woman discovers curious erotic messages on a lost cell phone in the train. When she meets the owner of the phone, a liberated young woman, the two of them embark on an erotic journey. ...

The Girl from Nowhere (2013)

Michel, a retired math teacher, has lived alone since his wife's death and occupies his time writing an essay about the beliefs that shape daily life. One day he comes across Dora, a young homeless woman, who shows up injured on his doorstep, and puts her ...

À l'aventure (2009)

Fed up with her present lifestyle, and more particularly sexually unsatisfied by her boyfriend Fred, Sandrine decides to find a new way in life. Intrigued by her friend Sophie, who tells her about her sexual experimentations, she will find, through various ...

The Exterminating Angels (2006)

A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his latest project: a thriller on the subject of female pleasure. ...

Secret Things (2002)

Two young women find themselves struggling to survive in Paris, street-wise Nathalie, a stripper, and naïve Sandrine, a barmaid. Together, they discover that sex can be used to their advantage, and pleasure. ...

Workers for the Good Lord (2000)

After his wife leaves him, Fred goes on a cross-country crime spree in this dark but dreamy French comedy. ...

The Black Angel (1994)

Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, her lawyer becomes hopelessly enmeshed in a web of lies and subterfuges concerning her past. ...

Céline (1992)

After the death of her father, 22-year-old Céline inherits most of his estate, but gives it to her stepmother, causing her greedy fiancé to leave her. Following several failed suicide attempts, Céline is hospitalized and comes to the attention of a nurs ...

A Tale of Springtime (1990)

The story of an introverted young girl just reaching adulthood who takes a liking to an older woman she meets at a party and determines to match her off with her father, despite the latter's already having a lover of his own. ...

White Wedding (1989)

A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone. ...

Sound and Fury (1988)

This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he spends most of his time alone, in a phantasy world, while his mother is away at work. But then he befriends ...

Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)

Middle-class Parisian suburbs: Blanche and Léa, office worker and student, meet and become friends. Léa is going out with Fabien, but is thinking of leaving him. Blanche falls for Léa's handsome and witty friend Alexandre, but is tongue-tied whenever sh ...

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)

Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University. Four successive stories about their daily lives illustrate the very different views, characters and rela ...

The Green Ray (1986)

A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation. ...

Full Moon in Paris (1984)

Feeling suffocated by a possessive boyfriend, work and suburban life, a young woman starts spending the weekends in her Paris apartment in order to reclaim some of her lost freedom. ...

A Brutal Game (1983)

A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret and tortured life. ...

The Adventures of Rosette (1983)

A series of stories told by Rosette about her vacation. Filmed in super 8 by Eric Rohmer. ...

A Good Marriage (1982)

Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse introduces her to her cousin Edmond, a busy lawyer from Paris. Sabine pursues Edmond, with the encouragement of Clarisse, but Edmond does not seem ver ...