7 Movies Starring Pascale Bussières

When Night Is Falling

When Night Is Falling

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-11-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (5022 Reviews)

Director:

Patricia Rozema

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Camille and Martin are in love and teachers at a christian college; they get the opportunity to get a better job, but they would have to marry for that. But when Camille's dog dies, she recognizes that her love for Martin is not even as big as the love for her dog. After that, Camille gets to know Petra, and Petra falls in love with Camille. They meet again, but Camille is very unsure about her feelings. When Martin is away for a weekend, Camille and Petra meet in the Circus where Petra is working as an acrobat. They spend the night together, but Martin finds out about it and is shocked. He has an argument with Camille, and she goes burying her dog in the snow, and falls asleep...

Set Me Free

Set Me Free

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-07-28

Languages:

French

Countries:

Switzerland, Canada, France

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (740 Reviews)

Director:

Lèa Pool

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Nancy Huston (screenplay)

Monique H. Messier (screenplay)

Lèa Pool (original idea)

Lèa Pool

Isabelle Raynault (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Canadian/Swiss/French production that tells the tale of Hannah, a tomboyish 13 year-old hitting puberty in 1963. An unhappy and uncomfortable family life leads Hannah to seek escapism in the world of cinema. Specifically, she repeatedly watches and appears enthralled by Nana (Anna Karina), the character from Jean-Luc Godard's "Vivre sa vie" (1962) about a Parisian woman's descent into prostitution. Her confusion surrounding what is real leads to a crush for her female teacher and her actively pursuing what it's like to be a prostitute for an evening.

Un 32 aoèt sur terre

Un 32 aoèt sur terre

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-02-11

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

88 min

IMDB Ratings:

(642 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Young Simone gets hit by a near fatal car crash, and as she questions her mortality, she also decides to have a baby. Her candidate for a father is her best friend Phillipe who happens to be seeing someone. He agrees, as long as they conceive in Salt Lake City, in the desert. The trip teaches many lessons about love, solitude, and self-discovery.

Girls Can't Swim

Girls Can't Swim

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-10-18

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

(511 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Anne-Sophie Birot

Christophe Honorè

Fullplot:

Gwen is a teenager living in a small coastal town. Lise is her best friend, a city girl who comes every year with her family to spend the summer. This year things are different though; at first Lise might not come at all, and when she does it is obvious that Gwen grew up faster than she did.

Small Cuts

Small Cuts

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-02-12

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, UK

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (620 Reviews)

Director:

Pascal Bonitzer

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

PETITES COUPURES tells the story of Bruno (Daniel Auteuil), a communist newspaper journalist suffering a mid-life crisis. Torn between his wife Gaèlle ('Emmanuel Devos') and his young girlfriend Nathalie (Ludivine Sagnier), his political beliefs battered by the wind of history, Bruno seems to have lost his bearings. After responding to a call for help from his uncle (Jean Yanne), who is fighting a losing battle for re-election as the communist mayor of a small town near Grenoble, Bruno gets lost in a dark forest. There he meets Bèatrice (Kristin Scott Thomas), who does nothing to stop him getting even more lost

The Blue Butterfly

The Blue Butterfly

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-08-26

Languages:

English, Spanish, French

Countries:

Canada, USA, UK

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1298 Reviews)

Director:

Lèa Pool

Fullplot:

Based on a true story, The Blue Butterfly tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth, the mythic and elusive Blue Morpho. His mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take them on a trip to the jungle to search for the butterfly, leading to an adventure that will transform their lives.

Afterwards

Afterwards

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-01-14

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

Germany, France, Canada

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (2934 Reviews)

Director:

Gilles Bourdos

Cast:

Writer:

Michel Spinosa (screenplay)

Gilles Bourdos (screenplay)

Michel Spinosa (adaptation)

Gilles Bourdos (adaptation)

Guillaume Musso (novel)

Fullplot:

Nathan, a brilliant New York lawyer who leads a life of professional success, but his private life is pretty dismal since he divorced Claire, his only love. Until he meets Doctor Kay, a mysterious doctor who introduces himself as a "Messenger." He claims that he can sense when certain people are about to die, and that he is sent to help them put their life in order before it's too late. Nathan doesn't believe a word of this, but soon afterwards he witnesses some disconcerting scenes which seem to confirm the doctor's claims.

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