5 Movies Directed by Cèdric Kahn

L'ennui

L'ennui

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-12-16

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Portugal

Runtime:

122 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1545 Reviews)

Director:

Cèdric Kahn

Genres:

RomanceDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Cèdric Kahn (adaptation)

Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (adaptation)

Alberto Moravia (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

A philosophy teacher restless with the need to do something with his life meets a young woman suspected of driving an artist to his death. He finds the very simple Cecilia irritating but develops a sexual rapport with her. Obsessed with the need to own and tormented by her inability to respond to him, he becomes increasingly violent in a quest he can't name - a quest that slowly begins to undermine his certainties.

Roberto Succo

Roberto Succo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-05-16

Languages:

French, Italian, German, English

Countries:

France, Switzerland

Runtime:

124 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1024 Reviews)

Director:

Cèdric Kahn

Cast:

Writer:

Pascale Froment (book)

Cèdric Kahn

Fullplot:

'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Lèa, age 16. Between his increasingly strange dates with Lèa, Kurt engages in a number of armed robberies, some successful, some not... The police are perplexed by a series of crimes including disappearances and a murder. They conclude that they are dealing with a madman... After he proposes, Lèa breaks up with Kurt. The attempt to find a new girlfriend leads to a shooting by Kurt, now calling himself Andrè. Lèa's information identifies Kurt/Andrè as Roberto Succo, psychiatric patient and parental murderer. The police hunt for Roberto covers three countries.

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.

A Better Life

A Better Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-01-04

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1179 Reviews)

Director:

Cèdric Kahn

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Catherine Paillè (scenario)

Cèdric Kahn (scenario)

Fullplot:

Yann (Guillaume Canet) and Nadia (Leèla Bekhti) fall in love. Nadia has acquired a crumbling building in a Paris suburb and the couple decide to renovate it to launch a restaurant. But things turn upside down, high financing costs make things difficult, and Nadia, has to accept a temporary work opportunity in Montreal to pitch in with extra money. She has to leave her son Slimane (Slimane Khettabi) to Yann. Things get even worse when Nadia disappears without a trace.[1] Yann has to sell the building at a low price, not enough to pay all his debts, and has to move with Slimane from his nearby caravan to an unattractive room, which he rents from the buyer. He robs the man and travels with Slimane to Canada. He finds Nadia, she is in custody. He comes to the prison but at first she refuses to accept the visit. The next day she allows him to visit her but to Slimane's regret she refuses to see him, out of shame. She is there for drug possession, but she is innocent. The next time she allows Yann to visit her with Slimane.

Vie sauvage

Vie sauvage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-10-29

Languages:

French

Countries:

Belgium, France

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (254 Reviews)

Director:

Cèdric Kahn

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Okwari Fortin (book)

Shahi'Yena Fortin (book)

Xavier Fortin (book)

Cèdric Kahn (screenplay)

Nathalie Najem (screenplay)

Laurence Vidal (book)

Fullplot:

Paco and Nora once were an ideally matched couple. Both loved nature, nomadic or semi-nomadic life and agreed to raise their children far from the corruption of the consumer society. But Nora, unlike Paco, grew tired of such a lifestyle and left Paco taking their children with her. Paco would not accept what he considered a betrayal, all the more since Nora had obtained custody of the children. Taking advantage of his access to his children, Paco took flight with his two sons, Tsali and Okyesa. Their escape was to last an amazing eleven years...

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