4 Movies Directed by Guillaume Nicloux

Le poulpe

Le poulpe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-07

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (556 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Guillaume Nicloux

Jean-Bernard Pouy

Patrick Raynal

Fullplot:

A private investigator (nicknamed Octopus after his long arms) travels to the small town of Angernaud with his bisexual girlfriend to collect the money he spent for the reconstruction of his family grave after it was vandalized by a group of young people. He seeks them out one by one but every time he finds the person dead. When he learns that a drunkard Scotsman, a local celebrity and an extreme right politician are involved in the mysterious deaths and all signs lead to a boat in the harbor, he calls in his sidekick Pedro for reinforcement.

The Nun

The Nun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-01-01

Languages:

French, Latin

Countries:

France, Germany, Belgium

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (804 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Denis Diderot (novel)

Guillaume Nicloux (adaptation)

Jèrème Beaujour (adaptation)

Fullplot:

France, in the 1760s. Born to a bourgeois family, Suzanne (Pauline Etienne) is a beautiful young girl with a natural talent for music. Despite her faith, she is dismayed when her parents send her off to a convent, expecting her to become a nun. Suzanne first resists the rules of the convent, but soon finds out that she is an illegitimate child, leaving her no other option than to pronounce her vows and suffer the consequences of her mother's sin. She soon wants to escape the religious path and is trying to revoke her vows when the Mother Superior, who had brought her comfort and solace, dies. Her successor, Sister Christine (Louise Bourgoin), turns out to be a sadistic and cruel Mother Superior, inflicting the worst forms of humiliation upon Suzanne, such as depriving her of food and clothing. Suzanne is finally transferred to another convent, where she discovers another kind of Mother Superior (Isabelle Huppert), who develops an inappropriate affectionate bond with her... Adapted from Diderot's eponymous novel, The Nun tells the story of a woman trying to resist imposed religious values, revealing the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.

The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq

The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-03-25

Languages:

French, Polish

Countries:

France

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (595 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

The author Michel Houellebecq is abducted by three amateur kidnappers.

Valley of Love

Valley of Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-06-17

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

France, Belgium

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (223 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Guillaume Nicloux (screenplay)

David H. Pickering (translation)

Fullplot:

Isabelle and Gèrard go to a strange appointment in Death Valley, California. They have not seen each other for years and are here to answer to an invitation from their son Michael, a photographer, which they received after his suicide, six months ago.

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