18 Movies Starring Audrey Tautou

Amèlie

Amèlie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-02-08

Languages:

French, Russian

Countries:

France, Germany

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (481311 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Guillaume Laurant (scenario)

Jean-Pierre Jeunet (scenario)

Guillaume Laurant (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Amèlie is a story about a girl named Amèlie whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Amèlie gets hardly any real life contact with other people. This leads Amèlie to resort to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. After seeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Such as, her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the "ghost", a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass. But after consuming herself with these escapades - she finds out that she is disregarding her own life and damaging her quest for love. Amèlie then discovers she must become more aggressive and take a hold of her life and capture the beauty of love she has always dreamed of.

Pretty Devils

Pretty Devils

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-02-09

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (323 Reviews)

Director:

Serge Meynard

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Sisters Lèa and Aurèlie, 19 and 13, live in Paris with their mom. They miss their dad, who drowned. Their mom has a new man, Vincent, a cop. The girls are angry, stealing wallets from gymnasium locker rooms and running a con on men Aurèlie invites to an empty gym (Lèa bursts in, law book in hand, quoting the penal code on statutory rape). Aurèlie befriends a runaway, Anne-Sophie, 19, who tells them her dad, who's abandoned her, lives across the street; Lèa reluctantly takes her in and designs a series of vengeful pranks that disrupt his life. Things get worse when a victim of their scam has a heart attack. All roads lead back to their dad's death. Can healing happen?

Happenstance

Happenstance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-06-21

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (3475 Reviews)

Director:

Laurent Firode

Fullplot:

Chance, volition, and the large effects of tiny causes swirl through Paris on a single day. A clerk born 11 March 1977 hears her horoscope on the way to work: today she'll meet her true love, but she must be patient. Before the day ends under a full moon, twenty lives intersect time and again in unpredictable, connected ways: a jilted lover holds a souvenir pebble, a stolen coffee maker looks suspicious at a Metro stop, a yellow rain slicker is passed on as a gift, lettuce causes a bicycle accident, a leaf betrays an habitual liar who's just told the truth, and an Algerian waiter, also born 11 March 1977, sees a bug cross a tablecloth. Magical sand from the Sahara is in the air.

The Spanish Apartment

The Spanish Apartment

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-06-20

Languages:

French, Spanish, English, Catalan, Danish, German, Italian

Countries:

France, Spain

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (32676 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

As part of a job that he is promised, Xavier, an economics student in his twenties, signs on to a European exchange program in order to gain working knowledge of the Spanish language. Promising that they'll remain close, he says farewell to his loving girlfriend, then heads to Barcelona. Following his arrival, Xavier is soon thrust into a cultural melting pot when he moves into an apartment full of international students. An Italian, an English girl, a boy from Denmark, a young girl from Belgium, a German and a girl from Tarragona all join him in a series of adventures that serve as an initiation to life.

He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not

He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-27

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (15360 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Laetitia Colombani

Caroline Thivel (collaborating writer)

Fullplot:

Angelique, a young student, is in love with a married doctor. We see her attempts to make him leave his pregnant wife, but he does not appear for meetings or finally the booked journey to Florence. Then the movie is turned back to the beginning, and the view changes: We are now following the view of the doctor instead of Angeliques. And things look quite different now...

Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-09-05

Languages:

English, Somali, Spanish, French

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (33015 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Frears

Fullplot:

Okwe is an illegal Nigerian immigrant leading a hard life and struggling to survive in London's underground. He works as a hotel receptionist in the night time and as he has a doctor degree he practices some medicine, during the day, in a very odd way . Besides that he must constantly escape from Immigration officers. One day Okwe discovers by chance an illegal scheme of surgeries is being lead by Juan, his boss in the hotel. Juan quickly comes up with a tempting proposal: if Okwe accepts to perform the illegal surgeries he makes a lot of money and gets legalized situation in the U.K. Can Okwe keep his moral values intact?

A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-01-14

Languages:

French, German, Corsican

Countries:

France, USA

Runtime:

133 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (60068 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sèbastien Japrisot (novel)

Jean-Pierre Jeunet (story)

Guillaume Laurant (story)

Guillaume Laurant (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans finish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancèe to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul.

Not on the Lips

Not on the Lips

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-12-03

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Switzerland

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1293 Reviews)

Director:

Alain Resnais

Cast:

Writer:

Andrè Barde (libretto: original)

Fullplot:

A musical drawing room farce set in Paris in October, 1925. Gilberte, in middle-age, flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were more demonstrative. He's negotiating a deal with an American, Eric Thomson, who turns out to be Gilberte's first husband from an annulled and secret stateside marriage. Along with her sister Arlette, Gilberte begs Eric not to tell Georges about the marriage. Meanwhile, a young artist, Charly, pursues Gilberte while Arlette tries to match him with the young Huguette, who loves him. Will Eric play along or try to re-win Gilberte's affection? Can Gilberte play one off against another? And who will manage to kiss whom on the lips?

A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-01-14

Languages:

French, German, Corsican

Countries:

France, USA

Runtime:

133 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (59936 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sèbastien Japrisot (novel)

Jean-Pierre Jeunet (story)

Guillaume Laurant (story)

Guillaume Laurant (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans finish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancèe to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul.

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-05-19

Languages:

English, French, Latin, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Malta, France, UK

Runtime:

149 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (287769 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Howard

Cast:

Writer:

Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

Dan Brown (novel)

Fullplot:

Symbologist Robert Langdon is thrown into a mysterious and bizarre murder. Alongside Langdon is the victims granddaughter and cryptologist Sophie Neveu, who with Robert discovers clues within Da Vinci's paintings. To further find the truth, Robert and Sophie travel from Paris to London, whilst crossing paths with allies and villains such as Sir Leigh Teabing and Silas. Wherever their path takes them, their discovery which is about to be revealed could shake the foundations of mankind.

Russian Dolls

Russian Dolls

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-06-15

Languages:

French, Russian, English, Spanish, Italian

Countries:

France, UK

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

(15700 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Xavier is now thirty. No longer a student, he is not yet a well-balanced, fulfilled adult either. His career is unsatisfying: Far from being the renowned novelist he aimed to be he must be content with little jobs such as reporter or ghost writer. His greatest "achievement" in "literature" is his collaboration to the script of a corny TV soap! His sentimental life is not much better, rhythmed by one night stands and unfinished romances. It looks as if when he seduces a woman beautiful outside and inside such as Kassia or Wendy he can't keep them. Will he ever bring his life into focus?

Priceless

Priceless

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-04-11

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (24190 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Pierre Salvadori (scenario)

Benoèt Graffin (scenario)

Pierre Salvadori (dialogue)

Franck Bauchard (script consultant)

Fullplot:

In Biarritz with her elderly provider to celebrate her birthday, Irene slips down to the hotel bar when he falls asleep on her. She mistakes barman Jean for a well-healed guest and he encourages the deceit by taking her up to the Royal Suite for the night. A year later the same thing happens but this time her lover finds out and disowns her. Now knowing Jean is indeed a barman of little means doesn't stop her from continuing to live in style until his money is gone. He soon finds himself in Irene's business with older and worldly-wise Madeleine, and though Irene also takes up with a new paramour the two of them keep in increasingly close touch.

Hunting and Gathering

Hunting and Gathering

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-21

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (9192 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Berri

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Claude Berri

Anna Gavalda (novel)

Fullplot:

When Camille (Audrey Tautou) falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck (Guillaume Canet). A moving trio story.

Coco Before Chanel

Coco Before Chanel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-11-06

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France, Belgium

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (29637 Reviews)

Director:

Anne Fontaine

Cast:

Writer:

Edmonde Charles-Roux (book)

Anne Fontaine

Camille Fontaine

Fullplot:

Several years after leaving the orphanage to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entrèe into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing increasingly popular hats. When she falls in love with English businessman Arthur Capel further opportunities open up, though life becomes ever more complicated.

Thèrèse

Thèrèse

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-21

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (2486 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Miller

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Franèois Mauriac (novel)

Claude Miller (scenario

adaptation and dialogue)

Natalie Carter (scenario

adaptation and dialogue)

Fullplot:

The year is 1926. In the Landes region, free-spirited Thèrèse Larroque, the daughter of a wealthy pinery owner and radical-socialist politician, marries Bernard Desqueyroux, another pinery owner. Although she does it half-heartedly, she thinks that marriage may help her to "sort out all the ideas in her mind". But her disappointment is great. Her wedding night is all but fascinating and when she becomes pregnant she realizes the baby matters more to Bernard than herself. While Thèrèse stifles in her husband's beautiful residence among stiff in-laws who do not think high of her, ideas keep on roaming her mind.

Delicacy

Delicacy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-21

Languages:

French, Swedish

Countries:

France

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (9245 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

David Foenkinos (scenario)

David Foenkinos (novel)

Fullplot:

A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.

Chinese Puzzle

Chinese Puzzle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-05-16

Languages:

French, English, Spanish, Chinese, Yiddish

Countries:

France, USA, Belgium

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(8393 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Cèdric Klapisch (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Xavier is now forty years old. So are Wendy, Isabelle and Martine. At forty you are supposed to be more mature and live a a steadier life than at twenty. But not Xavier. Well, to be fair, he has made some progress in the field of thoughtfulness (he has even become a writer) but as concerns his everyday life, it is far from well-ordered. To be totally honest it is not entirely Xavier's fault if his wife Wendy has suddenly left him for a new companion in New York and taken their two children with her. Realizing he can't stand living without them, Xavier decides to settle down in Big Apple in order to remain close to them. He finds a home in Chinatown and it does not take long before trouble comes his way.

Mood Indigo

Mood Indigo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-07-18

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France, Belgium

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (10058 Reviews)

Director:

Michel Gondry

Cast:

Writer:

Michel Gondry (scenario)

Luc Bossi (scenario)

Boris Vian (novel)

Fullplot:

Set in a charmingly surreal Paris, wealthy bachelor Colin spends his time developing his pianocktail (a cocktail-making piano) and devouring otherworldly dishes prepared by his trusty chef Nicolas. When Colin learns that his best friend Chick, a fellow acolyte of the philosopher Jean-Sol Partre, has a new American girlfriend, our lonely hero attends a friend's party in hopes of falling in love himself. He soon meets Chloe and, before they know it, they're dancing to Duke Ellington and plunging headfirst into a romance. Their whirlwind courtship is tested when an unusual illness plagues Chloe; a flower begins to grow in her lungs. To save her, Colin discovers the only cure is to surround Chloe with a never-ending supply of fresh flowers.

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