BYE BYE BLONDIE - the young Gloria - in production
With: Beatrice Dall, Emmanuele Béart, and Pascal Greggory. Directed by Virginie Despentes.
À l'origine (In the Beginning) (as Soko) - Monika
- French release date: 11 November 2009
With: Gérard Depardieu, Francois Cluzet
Xavier Giannoli, Director
SOKO was nominated for a César Award (French equivalent of an Oscar) in the catgory of Best Female Newcomer, for her role in À l'Origine. The ceremony, which is televised nationally in France, was 27 February, and Soko did not win. Mélanie Thierry was the Best Female Newcomer for her young alcoholic in "Le dernier pour la route" (One for the Road). For other winners see hollywoodreporter.com
The film was nominated for Best Picture of 2009 by the 2010 Globes de cristal. The film was also nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes. The soundtrack is available as an import CD from Amazon.
Paul (Francois Cluzet), a career con man, is enjoying the
profits of his latest scam when a lady mayor (Emmanuelle Devos)
makes him rethink his criminal ways. Thanks to his growing
interest in the lovely village boss, Paul wants to make things
right with his victims, who are many.
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Adrien (2008) (TV)- Sandra
With: Mark Ruchman, Gregory Fitoussi, Annie Gregorio, Alice Butaud
Director: Pascale Bailly
After six months in Thailand, Adrian comes home and looks for the truth about the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, found drowned three months earlier.
Ma vie n'est pas une comédie romantique )(2007)- Lisa
Director: Marc Gibaja
With: Marie Gillain, Gilles Lellouche, Laurent Ournac, Phillipe
Lefebre
The english title is, for some reason, "It Had To Be You". This is a parody of romantic comedies. It is the story of Thomas and Florence. Thomas had a bad breakup
and, at age 35, is occuppied mainly with Star Trek (the film includes a Klingon wedding), and video games. Florence
became a single mother at 17, and became a schoolteacher. She meets Thomas shopping for toilet paper with her
daughter (Soko). For some reason all the vocals in the soundtrack are in English, although the dialogue is in French.
The music is good, though, and the theme was written by Soko (The Dandy Cowboys).
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Les diablesses (2007) (TV)- Denise
Director: Harry Clevin
With: Anna Mihalcea, Bernadette Lafont, Marianne Basler, Annie
Gregorio
Ma place au soleil (My Place in the Sun) (2007)- Sabine
Director: Eric de Montalier
With: Elodie Bouchez, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Dutronc, Andre Dussollier, Gilles
Lellouche, Valeria Golino
Three couples and a single (among others) of different ages and social classes, struggle with professional and personal problems.
Dans les cordes (2007)- Sandra
Director: Magaly Richard-Serrano (Former French boxing
champion)
With: Richard Anconina, Maria De Medeiros, Louise Szpindel, Bruno
Putzulu
Length 1 hour 30 minutes. Joseph manages a French Boxing Club
where he trains his daughter and niece. Boxing is everything for
them. The evening of the French Championships, the defeat of one
of the two girls throws the survival of the club into peril. The
bond between Angie and Sandra, raised as if sisters, is tested
and a dangerous rivalry begins both inside the ring and out.
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Poésie del Amor (2006)- Margot
Short film. Director: Olivier Vidal
With: Marc Andreoni, Mischa Aznavour, Victor Chambon, Dora Doll
Leo is a fifteen year old loner, the son and grandson of farmers, different from other boys his age. His need to live on the edge of society fits nicely with his desire to disrupt day-to-day life. He tells of his encounter with Nathan, an impressively successful man from the city, of undefined age, who has no dreams left to fulfill.
Les irréductibles (2006)- Lucie
Director: Renaud Bertrand
With: Jacques Gamblin, Kad Merad, Anne Brochet, Sacha Briquet
As teenagers, Michel (Jacques Gamblin), Gerard (Kad Merad) and Edmond (Rufus) all failed their Baccalaureat exams (necessary for high school graduation in France. They planned to retake the exam, but all three ended up with jobs in the same factory. Twenty years after leaving school, Michel has a son, Philippe, who also fails the Baccalaureat. As Michel encourages Philippe to give the test another try, he gets word that the factory is shutting down, and all three men are all out of work.
Mes copines (2006)- Manon
Director: Sylvie Ayme
With: Djena Tsimba, Anne-Sophie Franck, Rossy de Palma, Serge
Riaboukine
Four girlfriends dream of winning the Challenge dance. Their idea is to distinguish themselves from competitors by replacing sensuality with technical prowess.
Le penitent is a series of 90 minute made-for-TV films starring Frederic van den Driessche as Pere Louis Page, a Catholic priest who, after losing his mother, undertakes a pilgramage and becomes involved in various plotlines on the way. 23 episodes have been made beginning in 1997.
Oh! Ma femme (2006) - Clémentine
Director: Olivier Dujols
With: Pascal Reneric, Carole Bianic, Valerie Decobert, Cybele
Villemagne
The short film can be viewed in its entirety at DAILYMOTION
Commissaire Valence - TV - (2 episodes) - Camille Valence
- Vengeances (2005)
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- Double face (2006)
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Commissaire Valence is a series of made-for-TV movies starring
Bernard Tapie, Christian Charmetant, Loic Corberry, Laure
Killing, and Cecile Simeone.
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Au secours, j'ai trente ans! (Help me, I'm 30!) (2004) - Chloe
Director: Marie-Anne Chazel
With: Pierre Palmade, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Nathalie Corré,
Franck Dubosc
Kathy, Tara and Yann spent their childhood together on the island of Grois off Brittany. At 18 they came to Paris. Twelve years later, Yann is happy with his boyfriend Alfredo, and the girls have disastrous love lives.
Their carefree attitude to life turns serious when Yann falls ill. Yann's mother
arrives from the island to take care of him and discovers his private life. The two women sort
out their soap-opera-ish series of relationships. Based on the book "Last Chance Saloon"
by MARIAN KEYES.
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Ben et Thomas (2004) - Girl 1
Director: Jon Carnoy
With: Romain Vissol, Adrien Saint-Joré, Vincent Ronsse, Alaric
Sepulchre
This short film can be viewed in its entirety at DAILYMOTION
Action Justice (2003) - Léa Franqui
- Déclaré coupable - TV episode
With: Alexandra Kazan, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Cyril Lecompte, Laura Weissbecker
L'escalier (2003) - Bea
Director: Frédéric Mermoud
With: Nina Meurisse, Camille Japy, Marie Collins, Olivia Amandine
Maudet
An apartment building staircase connects the lives of the building's tenants.
This 22 minute short film won four film festival awards, including the
Golden Swann. Nine Meurisse (Rachel) won Best Actress at the Vendome and Cabourg Festivals for her role.
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Clara cet été là (Clara's Summer) (2002) (TV) - Zoe
With: Salomé Stévenin, Selma Brook, Léo Grandperret
Director: Patrick Grandperret
Clara and Zoe head to summer camp for a week of adventure and
self-discovery. Zoe quickly gets involved with Sebastien, but is
upset to find he is dating her just to impress his buddies. For
comfort, Zoe turns to Clara, telling her she loves her, but Clara
rejects her advances. When bisexual Sonia befriends her, other
campers accuse Clara of being a lesbian. To stop rumors, Clara
decides to sleep with a male counselor, but this only complicates
things. Eventually, Clara succumbs to her attraction to Sonia,
who helps her express her own self-awareness.
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