7 Movies Starring Guillaume Depardieu

Tous les matins du monde

Tous les matins du monde

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-12-18

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (4790 Reviews)

Director:

Alain Corneau

Cast:

Writer:

Pascal Quignard (based on the novel by)

Alain Corneau (adaptation)

Pascal Quignard (adaptation)

Pascal Quignard (dialogue)

Fullplot:

It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into which he moves to dedicate his life to music and his two young daughters Madeleine and Toinette, avoiding the outside world. Rumor about him and his music is widespread, and even reaches to the court of Louis XIV, who wants him at his court in Lully's orchestra, but Monsieur de Sainte Colombe refuses. One day a young man, Marin Marais, comes to see him with a request, he wants to be taught how to play the viola.

Pola X

Pola X

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-09

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (3159 Reviews)

Director:

Leos Carax

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Leos Carax

Jean-Pol Fargeau

Herman Melville (novel)

Lauren Sedofsky

Fullplot:

Pierre vive con la madre in Normandia. Un'esistenza tranquilla e felice. Ogni mattina Pierre va a trovare Lucie, la propria fidanzata. Sono in fermento perchè devono sposarsi fra breve. Una sera il giovane fa uno strano incontro. Una donna bella e malinconica, dal volto stranamente familiare. Lei gli dice di essere sua sorella e di chiamarsi Isabelle. Pierre rimane scioccato : perchè la madre non gli ha mai rivelato questo segreto?

Pola X

Pola X

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-09

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (3176 Reviews)

Director:

Leos Carax

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Leos Carax

Jean-Pol Fargeau

Herman Melville (novel)

Lauren Sedofsky

Fullplot:

Pierre vive con la madre in Normandia. Un'esistenza tranquilla e felice. Ogni mattina Pierre va a trovare Lucie, la propria fidanzata. Sono in fermento perchè devono sposarsi fra breve. Una sera il giovane fa uno strano incontro. Una donna bella e malinconica, dal volto stranamente familiare. Lei gli dice di essere sua sorella e di chiamarsi Isabelle. Pierre rimane scioccato : perchè la madre non gli ha mai rivelato questo segreto?

A Loving Father

A Loving Father

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-11-13

Languages:

French, English, Swedish

Countries:

France, Canada, UK, Switzerland

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (526 Reviews)

Director:

Jacob Berger

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Pascal Barollier

Jacob Berger

Ed Radtke

Fullplot:

Writer Lèo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish Academy. Lèo has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son Paul tries desperately to contact him, but is denied every time by his sister. When Lèo starts traveling to the ceremony in Stockholm by motor bike, Paul decides to follow him and try to speak to him. Clearly Lèo doesn't want to be followed, starts speeding and gets involved in a accident, but isn't badly hurt. The police confuse another motorist for Shepherd and announce his death. Paul, driven by his childhood experiences, decides to kidnap his father.

The Duchess of Langeais

The Duchess of Langeais

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-28

Languages:

French, Spanish

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1052 Reviews)

Director:

Jacques Rivette

Cast:

Writer:

Honorè de Balzac (novel)

Pascal Bonitzer

Christine Laurent

Jacques Rivette

Fullplot:

In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched for her. Flash back to their meeting in Paris, he recently returned from Africa, she married and part of the highest society. She flirts with him, and soon he's captivated. His behavior is possessive, insistent. Then, it is her turn to become obsessed. Letters, balls, scandal, a kidnapping, and an ultimatum bring her to the cloister and him to melancholy. Whose steel proved sharper? Is it tragic or grotesque?

Peur(s) du noir

Peur(s) du noir

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-02-13

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2426 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Blutch

Charles Burns

Pierre Di Sciullo

Jerry Kramski

Richard McGuire

Michel Pirus

Romain Slocombe

Fullplot:

Different black-and-white animation techniques tell several scary stories. There's a story of a teenage boy who meets the wrong girl. Another tale deals with a small community where people disappear and are never seen again. Then there's the narrative of a little Japanese girl who suffers from horrible nightmares followed by a tale where a man doesn't get the rest he hoped for in an old not-so-abandoned house. These stories are connected by the story about a man with a devilish smile and four enormous dogs from hell and by a woman's monologue about her fears.

Versailles

Versailles

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-08-13

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (431 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A young mother Nina and her son Enzo find themselves sleeping on the streets on the street of Paris. Their tentative lifestyle eventually leads them to Versailles. Out in the woods near the palace, they encounter a man named Damien who lives cut off from the rest of the world. Nina and Enzo decide to take refuge with him over night. The next morning, Nina appears to have dissappeared. As days and seasons pass, Damien and Enzo grow fond of each other, unaware that one day they will have to leave the safe haven of the hut.

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