12 Movies Starring Carole Bouquet

That Obscure Object of Desire

That Obscure Object of Desire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-10-08

Languages:

French, Spanish

Countries:

France, Spain

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(13597 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Buèuel

Cast:

Writer:

Luis Buèuel (scenario)

Jean-Claude Carrière (collaboration)

Pierre Louès (inspired by the book "La femme et le pantin")

Fullplot:

Just after boarding a train, much to the surprise of his fellow passengers, a man pours a bucket of water over a young girl on the platform. Over the next few hours he explains (and we see in flashback) how he became obsessed by her (so much so that he failed to notice that she was played by two different actresses, representing different sides of her personality), and how she tantalised him, but would never allow him to satisfy his desire for her...

For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-06-26

Languages:

English, Greek, Italian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (65583 Reviews)

Director:

John Glen

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Michael G. Wilson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After disposing of a familiar looking face, Bond is sent to recover a communication device, known as an ATAC, which went down with a British Spy ship as it sunk. Bond must hurry though, as the Russians are also out for this device. On his travels, he also meets Melina Havelock, whose parents were brutally murdered. Bond also encounters both Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo. Each of them are accusing the other of having links with with the Russian's. Bond must team up with Melina, solve who the true ally is and find the ATAC before it's too late.

Day of the Idiots

Day of the Idiots

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-03-26

Languages:

German

Countries:

West Germany

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (108 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Fullplot:

Story of a mentally unstable woman who goes into an institution.

Bunker Palace Hètel

Bunker Palace Hètel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-06-14

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (557 Reviews)

Director:

Enki Bilal

Genres:

Sci-Fi

Fullplot:

In an imaginary dictature of a futuristic world, rebellion has broken out. The men in power scramble to the Bunker Palace Hotel, a bunker built long ago for just this kind of contingency. But a rebel spy sneaks in, and although her nature is very quickly suspected, she is left to observe the raving of the decadent power class, who keeps wondering what happened to their leader, who has failed to show up.

Too Beautiful for You

Too Beautiful for You

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-04-01

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1902 Reviews)

Director:

Bertrand Blier

Fullplot:

A car dealer, well-to-do and with a beautiful wife, finds himself attracted to his rather plain new temporary secretary. Despite her own commitments she feels the same and the two soon embark on an affair. Though it would seem it has happened before his wife finds this particular entanglement of her husband's very difficult to accept

Dead Tired

Dead Tired

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-07-12

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1458 Reviews)

Director:

Michel Blanc

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Michel Blanc (scenario and dialogue)

Bertrand Blier (original idea)

Fullplot:

What is going on here?!? French director, Michel Blanc (as Himself), just doesn't understand why his life is suddenly falling apart. This nightmarish comedy-thriller is all about identity. What defines a famous person? Is it their public self or their private self? What is the public's legitimate claim on their fame? With the glitterati of French Cinema starring as themselves, the anonymous faces in the audience gain a glimpse into the downside of public recognition.

Lucie Aubrac

Lucie Aubrac

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-02-26

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1032 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Berri

Cast:

Writer:

Lucie Aubrac (book)

Claude Berri

Fullplot:

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the lengths she goes to to rescue her husband from prison on more than one occasion. Based on a true story Lucie Aubrac works as both history lesson and love story.

The Bridge

The Bridge

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-04-07

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (487 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Franèois Dupeyron

Alain Leblanc (novel)

Fullplot:

In the 1960s in Normandy, Mina, Georges' beautiful and sensible wife, seeks to escape from her routine life by going to the cinema with Tommy, their fifteen-year-old boy. After a screening of West Side Story, Matthias, a man they are sitting next to, invites them for a drink at a dance hall. At the same time, Georges finds a job at a building site and is compelled to stay away from home the whole week long. The growing passion between Mina and Matthias is as painful for Tommy as for Georges. He finally accepts Mina's departure, as he hopes that this love affair will not last long ...

Summer Things

Summer Things

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-10-09

Languages:

French, English, German, Italian

Countries:

France, UK, Italy

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (2053 Reviews)

Director:

Michel Blanc

Cast:

Writer:

Michel Blanc

Joseph Connolly (book)

Fullplot:

Two couple of friends, one very rich the other almost homeless, decides to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it starts a complicate love cross among them that will involve also a transsexual, a jealous brother,a Latin Lover and another nervous stressed couple. Not to mention about the daughter of one of them that is secretly in Chicago with one of his father's employee... More, at the end of the summer all of them will join the same party...

Red Lights

Red Lights

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-03-03

Languages:

French, Serbo-Croatian, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2267 Reviews)

Director:

Cèdric Kahn

Cast:

Writer:

Georges Simenon (novel)

Laurence Ferreira Barbosa

Cèdric Kahn

Gilles Marchand

Fullplot:

Antoine and Helene drive to South France to return their kids from a holiday camp. The traffic is dense and the atmosphere growingly tense; he is an alcoholic and becomes increasingly drunk the more often they stop. After a fierce discussion they split and both have to face great danger during the night.

Bad Spelling

Bad Spelling

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-11-03

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (301 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Philippe Lasry

Jean-Jacques Zilbermann

Fullplot:

Being a student in a school where the headmaster is your father and the head supervisor your mother is no bed of roses. That's what Daniel Massu tells himself every day of his life. The others believe he is his father's pet whereas the latter wants his son to sleep in the dormitory with the others, which he hates! And although Daniel claims he has swept the sexy Mercèdès off her feet he is no ladies' man! To say nothing of his bad spelling, which regularly earns him appallingly low grades. But Damien, who has drive, does not let all those problems get him down.

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-05-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France, Canada

Runtime:

170 min

Rated:

TV-14

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (3499 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Modern 4 hour mini-series adaptation of the classic novel by Ira Levin focusing on young Rosemary Woodhouse's suspicions that her neighbors may belong to a Satanic cult who are hell bent on getting one thing: the baby she is carrying.

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