Acting
Françoise Michaud
Born January 1, 1963 · Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France (age 63)
Françoise Michaud was born in Dijon, France. She graduated in humanities and cinema studies in Paris. After she began an acting career in France, she decided to go to Los Angeles (California) where she followed sessions of the Actors Studio. She also studied screenwriting at UCLA. At the same time she started to take photographs – making portraits of musicians, actors, directors, published in the …
Known For
Femme Fatale · 2002Femme Fatale
★ 6.22002
MovieMysteryCrime
A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all want their share of the diamond heist. Or her life. Or both.
Rust and Bone · 2012Rust and Bone
★ 7.22012
MovieDramaRomance
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
The Rebel · 1980The Rebel
★ 7.81980
MovieDrama
After the death of his parents, Pierre is forced to care for his younger sister Nathalie by committing petty crimes. In a recurring motif of Gérard Blain’s cinema, Pierre is taken under the wing of an older gay man, Hubert , who offers him work and financial security; but when Hubert makes advances to him, Pierre robs him and takes up with a group of radical leftists who are planning terrorist attacks. Without employment, Pierre loses Nathalie to child services and spirals into desperation, finally erupting in an act of horrific violence. An x-ray showing the largely undiagnosed sickness of its time, and a stern warning to ours.
The Under-Gifted · 1980The Under-Gifted
★ 6.51980
MovieComedy
The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!
À votre bon cœur, mesdames · 2013À votre bon cœur, mesdames
★ 5.02013
MovieDrama
The story of a septuagenarian, recently divorced, which in its reconstruction desire and quest for a new companion will rediscover the small pleasures of life and the art of seduction.
Mémoires d'un juif tropical · 1986Mémoires d'un juif tropical
★ 10.01986
MovieDocumentary
In this avant-garde exercise in self-reflection, director Joseph Morder reminisces about his youth in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where his Jewish parents settled after they left Poland. The heat of August in Paris brings forth memories and at the same time the adult Morder is involved in a love affair. There are no scenes from Ecuador here, and none of the images in the film are used to carry the narration; instead they vaguely illustrate what Morder happens to be saying at the moment.
Romamor · 1992Romamor
★ 7.41992
MovieDramaRomance
A French director in Berlin creates a film letter to his lover, while reminiscing over their relationship.
Eminent Domain · 1991Eminent Domain
★ 6.01991
MovieDrama
A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.
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The Ghost Valley · 1987The Ghost Valley
★ 6.51987
MovieDrama
The efforts of an aspiring filmmaker to include an unwilling woman in his production.
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