Denis Podalydès

Set during the largely unexplored period immediately after WWII, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. (Empire Pictures)

A tragicomic romp based on director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's memories growing up in a privileged Italian family that immigrated to France in the 1970's. (New Yorker Films)

In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Assistant director and Resistance activist Jean Devaivre works for Continental, where he can get "in between the wolf's teeth and avoid being chewed up". Fast-living screenwriter Jean Aurenche uses every possible argument to avoid working for the enemy. For both, wartime is a battle for survival.

Georges (Auteuil), a television talk show host, and his wife Anne (Binoche), are living the perfect life of modern comfort and security. One day, their idyll is disrupted in the form of a mysterious videotape that appears on their doorstep. On it they are being filmed by a hidden camera from across the street with no clues as to who shot it, or why... (Sony Pictures Classics)

A comedy set in the world of European royalty. (imdb)

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? (imdb)

Three social media victims declare war on the tech giants. (imdb)

Two cousins, Suzanne and Alma, inherit a stately home on an island. They never met before, but unsure if they should sell the estate they decide to move in together. Some days later their ancestorr Gustave Frémy appears. He was hung more than 100 years ago.

Joseph Rouletabille (Bruno Podalydès), a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of Mathilde Stangerson (Sabine Azéma), who uses the yellow room of the title as her bedroom. At the time of the revolver shots her room was locked and the windows were barred, but when her father (Michael Lonsdale) enters after having forced the door, there is no-one there except for Mathilde. So who did it and how did he get away?

A teacher, played by Isabelle Adjani, takes her class hostage.

The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris. Five long years, and his life will change forever... (imdb)

The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before met. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980, in other words it occurs during the collapsing of the bridge. (wikipedia.org)

Newly married, Mathilde and Robert are honeymooning at a resort owned by their friends Edith and Arthur, the Chateau d'Hercule. But an unpleasant shock is in store for them. The wicked Larsan Ballmeyer has returned and once more he is terrorizing the beautiful Mathilde. Rouletabille and his side-kick Sainclair lead the brave investigation into Larsan and his evil schemes. (theauteurs.com)

Cécile and Samira can't pay their rent. The two girls see an art gallery reception and finesse their way in. In attendance are Michel, a lawyer, and his wife Viviane. Cécile steals some wallets from coats. The girls are ejected.They try to rob a jeweller but there's a scuffle. Samira is arrested. Cécile needs to find a lawyer. Michel agrees to take the case, since she comes from the same poor neighbourhood he worked his way out of. Viviane suspects her husband has another reason... (imdb)

Jeanne has an appetite for love that can never be satisfied. Olivier gives her butterflies like never before she finally finds herself in love, truly in love. Yet she continues her affairs. Olivier reveals to Jeanne he has AIDS from a bad needle during his heroine use. This however does not scare Jeanne off and her love for him turns her into a new person who wants to care for him, but that is not what he wants. The two share a common friend that is an AIDS Activist but they don't know it. (imdb)

The movie relate the events surrounding Coluche's bid for the French presidency in 1981.

In Congo, whose government is supported by France, rebels take French soldiers in hostage.A special advisor at the Presidency, acting largely on his own, negotiates their liberation, organises to this aim the delivery of weapons to the rebels. But the plane carrying the weapons, sold by a major defence industry, unexpectedly blows up above the Guinea Gulf.The film describes the French-African networks, the wars of influence between the services, their methods, the dilemmas of the "raison d'Etat".

Character-driven political thriller following French president Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power. (screenbase.screendaily.com)

15-year-old Max is in search of his father, the famous troubadour Johnny Bigoude, who disappeared shortly after Max's birth. He reaches Saint-Hilare where Madam Doudou, the old teacher, takes care of him and finds him a job as elevator musician in the fly swatter factory Bzzz & Co. But the factory doesn't run well and half of the village gets fired. To boost the swatter sales, a dangerous scientist creates a mass production of flies. Soon, a thick cloud of insects attacks the village... (imdb)

Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back. (tiff.net)

What if you woke up one day and found the police at your door? What if they told you that the woman you had always thought of as a mother was murdered and that, moments before she died, she wrote in her own blood that it was you who killed her? These were the facts that lead Omar Raddad to be imprisoned for eighteen years. (tiff.net)

In the large drawing room, the butler welcomes some friends whom the playwright, now deceased, asked to be summoned for the reading of his will and who all responded to the request. These 13 actors previously performed in his plays, including one in particular who was considered outstanding in her time. But is she still? (mubi.com)

Camille was sixteen years old when she met Eric. They fell madly in love and had a daughter. 25 years later: Eric is leaving Camille for a younger woman. That's New Year's Eve, and Camille suddenly finds herself back in her past. She is sixteen again and has returned to her parents, her girlfriends, her childhood... and Eric. (quinzaine-realisateurs.com)

Thierry left Switzerland many years ago but has to return with Sophie, his girlfriend, for his grandmother's funeral. There, an unexpected and large inheritage awaits him as long as he appears able, in his uncle's eyes, to make good use of it. (festival-cannes.fr)

Maxime is the best detective of a French agency. She is always very busy driving many investigations at one time. She divorced 15 years before, when she got the job. During an investigation she finds her son, who had not seen since he was a baby, so she begins to have memories of her past life that she belived forgotten. Another investigation leads her to discover dirty bussiness of her ex-husband. (imdb)

Granny is dead. Berthe is no more. Armand's grandmother had sort of slipped his mind... Armand runs a pharmacy in the Paris suburbs with his wife, Helene. In a medicine cabinet he hides his magical equipment - he's secretly preparing a show for the daughter... of his lover, Alix. And Granny? Should she be buried or cremated? Who was Berthe? (quinzaine-realisateurs.com)

Nine year old Rachel Gladstein is a member of a slightly hysterical family. Her overprotective and strongly matriarchal Jewish-Tunisian mother is worried and sends her daughter to a psychiatrist. Rachel becomes good friends with Valerie, who lives alone with her mother. The Dandelions is a film with many parent-child themes seen through the perspective of the mothers and the daughters.
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Two misfits (Elsa & Mathieu who live next to each other) struggle to get their lives in order. Finding a job proves to be difficult. And paying the rent is hard.

East of France, December 1917. In a village situated close to the front but protected from it by a hillside, the body of Belle de Jour, a little girl, is found by the canal. Judge Mierck, assisted by an Colonel Matzev representing the Armed Forces, investigates the case in his own way. The fact that the young victim's corpse lies a few yards from the manor of Destinat, the withdrawn, haughty-looking district attorney, who has always despised and humiliated him, doesn't escape him. (imdb)

A pharmaceutical company throws a gala party where all the employees from the top to the bottom are invited. Asked to participate in a role playing game which is actually a massive training simulation for the management team, rumors begin to circulate the the company may be acquired and everyone begins vying to save his or her own skin. (imdb)

How did Sarah and Victor have done to support themselves for more than 45 years? Who really is this enigmatic woman living in the shadow of her husband? Love and ambition, betrayals and secrets nourish this odyssey of an extraordinary couple, crossing with us small and great history of the last century. (allocine.fr)

A French-Jewish actor seeks counseling and discusses a number of stereotypes concerning Jewish people. Told in the form of short stories that accompany each stereotype. (imdb)

The unemployed Duval is contacted by a mysterious organization to transcribe intercepted calls. He accepts the job with no suspicions, since it restores stability to his life, but it will soon result in political shenanigans of all kinds. (imdb)

1990. Arthur, 20 years, studying in Rennes. His life changes when he meets Jacques, a writer who lives in Paris with his young son. All summer long, Arthur and Jacques enjoy and love each other. But Jacques knows that this kind of love needs to live fast.

Michel, a fifty year old man, graphic designer, decides to change the urban lifestyle and go on an adventure. Fascinated by airmail, he dreams at Jean Mermoz when he's on scooter. One day, Michel sees a picture of a kayak. (imdb)

A couple in crisis. He, disillusioned, sees his life upset the day an entrepreneur offers him to plunge back into the time of his choice. (imdb)

Thieves vie for an old, priceless statue from Africa.

Since his sensational arrival at the head of the 20 Hours, Cédric Saint Guérande, known as "CSG" is THE favorite presenter of the French. His insolent audiences stoke the jealousy even within La Grande Chaîne which he is the undisputed star. His thirst for power is limitless, which displeases the new president of the chain. The war is declared between the two men for the great pleasure of CSG. Power games, networking, manipulations and low shots: the fight will be merciless. (imdb)

Set in the very near future in France, Les 2 Alfred is a satire of the modern ultra-connected and gig-based economy through the story of a man who takes a job at a startup company despite their "no child" policy, meaning he will have to hide the existence of his two children.

An American novelist living for a time in London converses with his wife, his mistress, and other female characters he may have dreamed up. (imdb)

François Foucault, veteran professor of French literature at the prestigious Henri IV institute, ends up accepting a position at a public school in the outskirts of Paris in a troubled area. A bit pedantic and prejudiced, François must adapt to a new social reality in which culture and the desire for knowledge are not the priority of his students. (imdb)

Follows Anaïs, a 30-year old woman that is broke and has a lover she doesn't think she loves anymore. She meets Daniel, who immediately falls for her. But Daniel lives with Emilie - whom Anaïs also falls for. (imdb)

The Forest is both a vibrantly spontaneous and brutally funny family drama, and a glorious tribute to acting and theater - in other words, an Arnaud Desplechin film. With Michel Vuillermoz and Denis Podalydès as the nephew and his friend, Adeline D’Hermy as the niece, and Martine Chevallier in a stunning performance as the sublimely selfish aunt Raissa. Based on the play by Aleksandr Ostrovskiy.

Elise, a very promising classical dancer, is injured during a performance at 26 years old. Although she's told she will no longer be able to dance, she will try to find a new direction in contemporary dance. (imdb)

Follows six couples and revolves around their intimate lives and fantasies, from role-playing to exhibitionism and abstinence. (imdb)

Fourteen-year-old Sami (Samy Seghir) is a beur (a French person of Maghrebi descent) living in Chalon-sur-Saône, a relatively poor city in the Burgundy region. When his widowed mother (Farida Khelfa) takes a job working on a boat, she sends Sami to live with her sister Djamila (Rachida Brakni), who is married to Frenchman Stanislas de Chazelle (Denis Podalydès). They live in the upscale neighborhood of Neuilly-sur-Seine, an affluent suburb of Paris. (wikipedia.org)

Jacques Monot is spending a few weeks of the summer at the seaside with his wife, Albertine, and their four children. However, the resort community where they've landed is not proving to be very entertaining. An encounter with a persuasive salesman leads to Jacques purchasing a rattletrap sailboat. Despite the fact that he's never handled a sailboat in his life, Jacques decides to take his new craft out for a spin on the ocean with chaotic results. (imdb)

A few months after May 68, Robert, a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and far-left militant, decides to get a job at Citroën as a production line worker. Like a number of his comrades, he wanted to infiltrate the factory to rekindle the revolutionary fire, but the majority of workers didn't want to hear any more about politics. When Citroën decided to pay back the Grenelle agreements by requiring workers to work 3 hours overtime a week for free, Robert and a few others saw the possibilit

Since 2014, in France, Restorative Justice has offered victims and perpetrators of offences the opportunity to dialogue through secure systems, supervised by professionals and volunteers such as Judith, Fanny or Michel. Nassim, Issa, and Thomas, sentenced for theft with violence, Gregoire, Nawelle and Sabine, victims of home jacking, robbery and purse snatching.

A purplewashed biopic that follows the conservative shrew Bernadette Chirac from 1995 to 2007, during the two presidential terms of her husband, Jacques Chirac.

Workers fighting to protect the factory from being relocated but nothing goes as planned. Joseph wants to get into the film industry, agrees to direct and takes his role very seriously and starts following around the crew. (imdb)