Nathalie Boutefeu

Les Sentinelles de l'oubli (2023)

The war memorials of 1914-1918 have become so familiar that we no longer see them. They've become an invisible museum, blending into the landscape of France. Then, one fine day, a sculpture catches our eye. Another History appears, perhaps the most giganti ...

A Couple (2022)

"A Couple" is a film about a long term relationship between a man and a woman. The man is Leo Tolstoy. The woman is his wife, Sophia. They were married for 36 years, had 13 children, nine of whom survived. Each kept a diary. Although they lived together, ...

The House of Solitude (2022)

Marion, an architect, while on the construction site of her new project learns that the construction manager is dead, by talking on the phone with the new one. This new acquaintance will complicate the woman's relationship with her son. ...

Madeleine Collins (2021)

Judith leads a double life between Switzerland and France. On the one hand Abdel, with whom she is raising a little girl, on the other Melvil with whom she has two older boys. Little by little, this fragile balance, made up of lies, secrets and back and fo ...

The Other Side (2020)

Marona's Fantastic Tale (2020)

Marona, an innocent and empathetic little female dog, remembers the life she has shared with different masters, whom she has loved unconditionally. ...

Robin (2017)

Robin lives with his aunt in a small town on the Mediterranean. A strange request from his ex-girlfriend Aurélie turns his life upside down: she wants him to get her some heroin. Robin, willing to do anything to win Aurélie back, throws himself headlong ...

Les Photographes (2015)

The Hoffmann's are a famous couple of photographers. They are called to Berlin to shoot a significant commissioned series, but this work will not proceed as planned. ...

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 ...

The Accomplices (2013)

Returning from a romantic getaway, a CEO and his mistress do not see a bus, which, to avoid them, swerves and flips over. The couple does not stop, and silently continues on their way. The accident claims many victims, mostly children. A car was seen nearb ...

One of a Kind (2013)

When Frédi loses his mother, he realizes she has passed her healing gift on to him. Frédi rejects it totally, tangled up in his own unhappiness, until a fatal accident changes everything. He is forced to acknowledge that he had healing hands. ...

Nights with Théodore (2013)

After meeting at a party, two young Parisians, Theodore and Anna, spend the night together in the city's Parc des Buttes Chaumont. They return the next night, and the night after that, waiting for the park to empty of its daytime visitors so they can explo ...

The Sinkholes (2012)

Five gigantic sinkholes have recently been discovered on a remote plateau on the other side of the world. A team of experts has made the trip to descend into the depths. Among them is professor Georges Lebrun, who has come with his wife. ...

Polisse (2011)

Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer commissioned to graphically documen ...

The Moon Child (2011)

David, a professor of dermatology, has been treating 13-year-old Romain since he was a baby. Afflicted with a rare skin condition, Romain must avoid sunlight and is condemned to live in the shade. David and Romain have become the closest of friends and not ...

The Rebel, Louise Michel (2010)

A fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Along with thousands of other revolutionaries, she is deported to New Caledonia, whilst, back in Paris, a young parliamentarian Georges Clemenceau campaigns for a tru ...

The Queen of Clubs (2010)

Aurélien and Argine have never been able to leave each other. Brother and sister, they have always lived together. Aurélien secretly makes ends meet for them by dealing in stolen metal. One night, his accomplice Simon suddenly arrives. ...

In the Beginning (2009)

France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he meets the lady mayor of a ...

Quatuor (2009)

A lovely pianist sneaks his mistress in under the pretext of rehearsal. This is a risky business, especially when the wife is in the next room. ...

La vie lointaine (2009)

It is a mild winter and Martin has just settled into the isolated house that was his father's. One night, at the edge of the woods, a strange man called Haruki appears before him. He invites Martin to lose himself in the forest in order to encounter a stra ...

Monstre numéro deux (2008)

Antoine Barraud Short Film ...

A Secret (2007)

In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "A ...

Les Mains d'Andréa (2006)

Andrea works as a healer. One evening, he decides to quit, but the next night, he meets a long-lost friend who asks him to help him forget the one he loved, who is no longer with him. ...

A Perfect Couple (2006)

A French couple has been living in Lisbon for years, and they return to Paris for a friend's wedding. They announce to another friend they are having dinner with that they are going to split. ...

The Clear Eyes (2005)

Fanny is a schizophrenic woman in her early thirties living under the care of her brother Gabriel, a schoolteacher. Following a violent altercation with his wife, Fanny steals her brother's car and sets off on a road trip to Germany to visit the grave of t ...

Kings & Queen (2004)

Shortly before her wedding, art gallery director Nora travels from Paris to Grenoble to visit her preteen son, Elias, who is spending time with her aging professor father, Louis, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. During her stay, she reaches out to ...

His Brother (2003)

After years of estrangement due to difficulties accepting his brother's sexuality, a man diagnosed with a terminal illness decides to reconnect. As the brothers grow closer, their renewed bond starts to alienate their partners, leading to emotional turmoil ...

The Housekeeper (2002)

After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order. As he starts increasing her hours and spending more time with her on her days off, Jacques is torn between the pleasure of Laura's company, ...

Le Chignon d'Olga (2002)

Julien and Emma are brother and sister, living in rural France with their father, who writes children's books. Julien is a gifted pianist but the loss of his mother has sucked the joie de vivre out of him; his best friend Alice knows it although their plat ...

A+ Pollux (2002)

Halvard Sanz believes in the principle according to which we always meet people who really interest us twice. It's written in the tables of how the world works, right next to the law of series and the constant speed of light. Halvard therefore believes tha ...

Agathe et le grand magasin (2001)

A bygone symbol of the luxury of yesteryear and a true institution in a provincial town, the "Grand Magasin" is living its last hours. Indeed, the management, which can no longer afford the establishment, is preparing to sell the store to a large distribut ...

Pau and His Brother (2001)

A death in the family brings a man back to his family and his hometown in this drama. After his brother Alex goes missing under hazy circumstances, Pau gets the bad news that Alex has died after a successful suicide attempt. Pau travels to the village in S ...

Savage Souls (2001)

At a wake one night in 1945, a group of aged women recall the life of one of their number. Sixty years before, Thérèse was barely 20 years old when she eloped with her boyfriend, Firmin, a blacksmith, to Châtillon, a town in Provence. Here, she makes th ...

Sachs' Disease (1999)

Dr. Bruno Sachs, the only medical practitioner in a small French town, seems on the surface to be compassionate and dedicated. However, in private he is not happy in his work and does not like most of his patients. Here he meets Pauline Kasser, a young wom ...

Nothing About Robert (1999)

Didier never knew that a wrong film review of a film which he did not bother to watch would land him in numerous troubles. ...

Fidèle (1999)

A woman and a man recount their first sexual encounters to each other as they get out of bed and get dressed. ...

À l'ombre des grands baobabs (1999)

A César nominated short drama about a mother, her daughter and her fiancé who live in a remote woodland cottage and of the days before their wedding. ...

Une mère comme on n'en fait plus (1997)

Port Djema (1997)

A doctor from Paris travels to North Africa to investigate the murder of a friend and find a lost boy. ...

Irma Vep (1996)

A has-been French filmmaker wants a Hong Kong actress to be the heroine in a rendering of Les Vampires. ...

The Butterfly's Dream (1994)

This European existential drama utilizes complex symbols inspired by abstract psychological theories to explore the effects and reasons behind a young classical actor's decision to stop talking. No one knows why Massimo has vowed to stop talking. Other tha ...

A New Life (1993)

In a shock after her mother's sudden death, warehouse forklift driver Tina seeks out the rich, enigmatic businessman father she has never known and discovers a half-sister, Lise. ...

Les Yeux au Plafond (1993)

A young man who has just experienced a breakup makes a variety of encounters throughout a day. ...

Barjo (1992)

The narrator, "Barjo" (nutcase, crap artist), is an obsessive simpleton, given to filling his notebook with verbatim dialog, observed trivia, and oddball speculation on human behavior and the end of the world. When his house burns, he moves in with his twi ...

La fille du directeur et la correspondante anglaise (1988)

In an institution for deaf pupils, two girls talk about love and their interest in boys. ...

A Couple (2022)

"A Couple" is a film about a long term relationship between a man and a woman. The man is Leo Tolstoy. The woman is his wife, Sophia. They were married for 36 years, had 13 children, nine of whom survived. Each kept a diary. Although they lived together, ...