8 Movies Starring Melvil Poupaud

A Summer's Tale

A Summer's Tale

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-06-20

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (3759 Reviews)

Director:

Eric Rohmer

Fullplot:

A shy maths graduate takes a holiday in Dinard before starting his first job. He hopes his sort-of girlfriend will join him, but soon strikes up a friendship with another girl working in town. She in turn introduces him to a further young lady who fancies him. Thus the quiet young lad finds he is having to do some tricky juggling in territory new to him.

Three Lives and Only One Death

Three Lives and Only One Death

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-10-11

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Portugal

Runtime:

123 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (767 Reviews)

Director:

Raoul Ruiz

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Pascal Bonitzer

Raoul Ruiz

Fullplot:

Take a walk into the weird world of filmmaker Raul Ruiz as he takes us to Paris for a twisted ride. A man which shares four names and four personalities (which is the real one?) is the link between four different, yet similar, stories involving love, lust, crime, and time.

Genealogies of a Crime

Genealogies of a Crime

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-03-27

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Portugal

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (626 Reviews)

Director:

Raoul Ruiz

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

At her son's funeral, Solange, a lawyer famous for losing hopeless cases, agrees to defend Renè, her son's age, accused of murdering his wealthy aunt, Jeanne, who's part of the Franco-Belgian Psychoanalytic Society, known for odd views and methods. She reads Jeanne's journal, documenting Renè's criminal tendencies. Solange believes him innocent, manipulated into the murder or framed. Odd psychiatrists turn up, including Georges Didier, who runs FBPS, and his rival, Christian, who believes crime originates in a story's taking hold of a person. After the verdict, Renè and Solange's relationship changes, Georges and his society commit a bizarre act, and the police record Solange's story.

Love Torn in a Dream

Love Torn in a Dream

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-11-22

Languages:

French, Portuguese, Spanish

Countries:

France, Portugal, Chile

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (166 Reviews)

Director:

Raoul Ruiz

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Cast:

Writer:

Raoul Ruiz (original screenplay and dialogue)

Fullplot:

Time to Leave

Time to Leave

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-11-30

Languages:

French, English, German

Countries:

France

Runtime:

81 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (6802 Reviews)

Director:

Franèois Ozon

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

In Paris, the thirty-one year old gay fashion photographer Romain learns that he has a terminal cancer and his chances with the chemotherapy are the least. His choice is to live the rest of his life without treatment. He hides the truth from his lover Sasha and his family and is cruel with them. He travels to visit his grandmother Laura and has a small talk with a waitress. He spends a couple of days with Laura and he meets by chance the waitress again that asks him for an unusual favor. Romain returns to Paris and changes his attitude toward the rest of his life.

The Brèken

The Brèken

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-11-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (8313 Reviews)

Director:

Sean Ellis

Fullplot:

In London, the radiologist Gina McVey organizes a surprise birthday party to her father John McVey with her boyfriend Stefan Chambers, her brother Daniel McVey and his girlfriend Kate Coleman. On the next day, she sees herself driving a car on the street and she follows the woman to her apartment, where she finds a picture of her father and her. While driving back, she has a car crash and loses parts of her memory; further, she believes Stefan is another man. Gina decides to investigate what is happening and unravels a dark reality.

Hideaway (Le refuge)

Hideaway (Le refuge)

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-09-10

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

88 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1947 Reviews)

Director:

Franèois Ozon

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Mathieu Hippeau (screenplay)

Franèois Ozon (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis' brother joins her in her refuge.

Laurence Anyways

Laurence Anyways

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-06-28

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

Canada, France

Runtime:

168 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (8800 Reviews)

Director:

Xavier Dolan

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

The movie highlights ten years in the life of a literature teacher named Laurence who transforms himself into a woman after years of concealing his feelings. Her tremulous relationship with her family is further complicated by revealing herself to them while she struggles to find comfort with her significant other Frèdèrique. Though others may not initially accept or understand Laurence in her true form, those who knew her before her transformation still know her as Laurence, anyways.

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