Acting
Catherine Jacob
Born December 16, 1956 · Paris, France (age 69)
Catherine Jacob (born 16 December 1956) is a French film and theatrical actress who has won a César Award for her role in Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988), and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Tatie Danielle (1990), Merci la vie (1991) and Neuf mois (1994). She has been two-time president of the Lumières Award. She is known for her voice and her charisma. Born in Paris on 16 December…
Known For
The Chicks · 1985The Chicks
★ 3.71985
MovieComedy
Focuses primarily on three women and the (unseen) man who goes in and out of their lives. One member of this trio is a saleswoman with an open relationship that suddenly closes when she learns that her lover has been unfaithful. It seems that he has dallied with a book-dealer (her nemesis) who ultimately does not propose as much of a threat to the disillusioned saleswoman as a certain actress. Along with these three are several other females who interact with the main protagonists. Set up more in the manner of a stage play with changing scenes and acts.
Girls with Guns · 1994Girls with Guns
★ 4.31994
MovieComedyAction
In Montelimar, four young women whom life has not spared want to emerge from mediocrity. They decide to rob a bank, but everything is not so simple and the perfectly developed heist could turn into disaster.
Désiré Landru · 2005Désiré Landru
★ 5.82005
MovieCrimeTV Movie
Désiré Landru - husband, lover - and murderer. Based on documented facts, this is the full story of one of the most ambiguous criminals and lovers of the 20th century, the first modern serial killer.
XXL · 1997XXL
★ 4.61997
MovieComedy
Tunisian-Jewish businessman Alain Berrebi (Michel Boujenah) courts Ashkenazi princess Arlette Stern (Elsa Zylberstein). Her father David (Maurice Chevit) learns of the death of a rural Auvergne peasant who once hid David and his cousin Nathan (Felix Fibich) from the Nazis. Nathan is now a NYC diamond dealer on West 47th Street. David, Nathan, Arlette, and Berrebi head for the funeral in Auvergne. There they encounter the deceased peasant's son, Jean Bourdalou (Gerard Depardieu), who operates the family's restaurants in Paris. Arlette does a romantic take on Bourdalou, which sends the distraught Berrebi off to cry on the shoulder of his mother Gaby (Gina Lollobrigida). Back in Paris, Bourdalou and Berrebi make plans to open a trendy fashion restaurant in Manhattan.
Thank You, Life · 1991Thank You, Life
★ 6.21991
MovieDrama
Camille, a naïve schoolgirl, meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new friend through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. As the film progresses, Camille discovers AIDS and the fear that she may have picked up the disease in her early encounters.
This Is Our Land · 2017This Is Our Land
★ 5.92017
MovieDrama
Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their candidate at the mayoral elections.
The Heart at Work · 2000The Heart at Work
★ 4.22000
MovieDramaComedy
A porn film director convinces his producer to make a romantic film, but the cast is grappling with tensions in their private lives.
The Pink Soldier · 2006The Pink Soldier
★ 5.52006
MovieMusicFamily
A little boy hides in the toy section of a department store at night, where the toys come to life.
Movies
The Chicks · 1985The Chicks
★ 3.71985
MovieComedy
Focuses primarily on three women and the (unseen) man who goes in and out of their lives. One member of this trio is a saleswoman with an open relationship that suddenly closes when she learns that her lover has been unfaithful. It seems that he has dallied with a book-dealer (her nemesis) who ultimately does not propose as much of a threat to the disillusioned saleswoman as a certain actress. Along with these three are several other females who interact with the main protagonists. Set up more in the manner of a stage play with changing scenes and acts.
Girls with Guns · 1994Girls with Guns
★ 4.31994
MovieComedyAction
In Montelimar, four young women whom life has not spared want to emerge from mediocrity. They decide to rob a bank, but everything is not so simple and the perfectly developed heist could turn into disaster.
Désiré Landru · 2005Désiré Landru
★ 5.82005
MovieCrimeTV Movie
Désiré Landru - husband, lover - and murderer. Based on documented facts, this is the full story of one of the most ambiguous criminals and lovers of the 20th century, the first modern serial killer.
XXL · 1997XXL
★ 4.61997
MovieComedy
Tunisian-Jewish businessman Alain Berrebi (Michel Boujenah) courts Ashkenazi princess Arlette Stern (Elsa Zylberstein). Her father David (Maurice Chevit) learns of the death of a rural Auvergne peasant who once hid David and his cousin Nathan (Felix Fibich) from the Nazis. Nathan is now a NYC diamond dealer on West 47th Street. David, Nathan, Arlette, and Berrebi head for the funeral in Auvergne. There they encounter the deceased peasant's son, Jean Bourdalou (Gerard Depardieu), who operates the family's restaurants in Paris. Arlette does a romantic take on Bourdalou, which sends the distraught Berrebi off to cry on the shoulder of his mother Gaby (Gina Lollobrigida). Back in Paris, Bourdalou and Berrebi make plans to open a trendy fashion restaurant in Manhattan.
Thank You, Life · 1991Thank You, Life
★ 6.21991
MovieDrama
Camille, a naïve schoolgirl, meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new friend through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. As the film progresses, Camille discovers AIDS and the fear that she may have picked up the disease in her early encounters.
This Is Our Land · 2017This Is Our Land
★ 5.92017
MovieDrama
Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their candidate at the mayoral elections.
The Heart at Work · 2000The Heart at Work
★ 4.22000
MovieDramaComedy
A porn film director convinces his producer to make a romantic film, but the cast is grappling with tensions in their private lives.
The Pink Soldier · 2006The Pink Soldier
★ 5.52006
MovieMusicFamily
A little boy hides in the toy section of a department store at night, where the toys come to life.
Livid · 2011Livid
★ 5.92011
MovieHorror
Lucie, Ben and William search an old woman's home for a hidden treasure and they encounter a series of supernatural events that change them forever.
Hidden Kisses · 2016Hidden Kisses
★ 7.52016
MovieDramaRomance
Nathan, 16, lives alone with his father Stephane. A newcomer in high school, he is invited to a party and falls in love with Louis, a boy in his class. They find themselves out of sight and kiss each other, but someone takes a picture of them. Soon, the photo is published on Facebook and a storm overtakes their lives as they face bullying and rejection.
Oui · 1996Oui
★ 3.21996
MovieComedy
Can sex make you less of an asshole? One summer, nine friends stop thinking about their sex life in the wrong way and all learn to give pleasure and to give themselves, all manage to delight and make their partner enjoy.
Dikkenek · 2006Dikkenek
★ 6.72006
MovieComedy
Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a self-styled lady killer who would do better with the fairer sex if he could work up the ambition to wake up in the morning. Stef has decided that he may need some help in finding the woman of his dreams, and embracing loyalty rather than logic he turns to Jean-Claude for advice.
Thelma, Louise et Chantal · 2010Thelma, Louise et Chantal
★ 5.52010
MovieComedy
Chantal, Gabrielle and Nelly, three fiftyish women, decide to make the trip to the wedding of an ex together.
Génération plastiqueGénération plastique
Movie
Who Killed Bambi? · 2003Who Killed Bambi?
★ 6.12003
MovieThriller
Isabelle, a beautiful nursing student, is starting her internship at a prestigious hospital. She meets Dr. Philip there, feels atracted to him from the beggining and starts suffering from strange fainting; so he calls her Bambi: her legs don't support her. Patients mysteriously start to dissappear from their rooms; so Bambi and Dr. Philip start a cat vs. mouse paranoid game, in order to catch the probable killer.
La Méthode Bourchnikov · 2007La Méthode Bourchnikov
★ 7.52007
MovieAnimation
The unthinkable has finally happened, and a TV crew will be there to witness the event: Alexandre Goübrick, son of legendary filmmaker Roman Goübrick, has decided, twenty-five years after his father's mysterious disappearance, to complete the famous director's ultimate masterpiece. Alexandre sets out to find his father's old crew, and desperately tries to find the film's missing piece: the last shot.
Gentlemen Children · 1997Gentlemen Children
★ 5.21997
MovieComedy
To punish three troublemakers, Albert Castraing, their French teacher, gives them an essay to do, in which they must imagine what their lives would be if they were suddenly transformed into adults. The next morning, the three twelve-year-old boys realize to their amazement that...they HAVE BEEN transformed into adults! As for they parents they have become...KIDS! It is the beginning of a series of mishaps for Joseph, a Jew, Igor, a catholic and Nourdine, an Arab...
Demain, je me marie · 2011Demain, je me marie
★ 5.02011
MovieComedy
Malady of Love · 1987Malady of Love
★ 5.11987
MovieDramaRomance
Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. First, she is with Raoul, the older one; then passion for Clément, the younger doctor, takes over. Raoul fights back, playing on Clément's guilt and Juliette's lack of self-assurance; then, Clément makes his case to Juliette, abandons his fiancée, and takes her to the provinces where he sets up practice and asks her to have a baby. She panics and abruptly leaves Clément, taking up with Raoul again. When she contracts Hodgkin's disease and the treatment does no good, Raoul believes she has the malady of love. Is there a cure?
Maintenant ou jamais · 1997Maintenant ou jamais
1997
MovieComedyDrama
La Ballade de Titus · 1997La Ballade de Titus
★ 9.01997
MovieComedy
Once upon a time, Titus was locked up in a cellar by his adoptive parents with only a television set, a VCR... and five hundred cartoon tapes... Twenty years later, Titus escapes. The world seems to him then a simple amusement park...
Les Vieux Calibres · 2013Les Vieux Calibres
★ 5.02013
MovieComedy
In search of the excitement of their youth, four retired people play gangster and make plans to rob the till in their retirement home. But when they learn of an upcoming ministerial visit, they decide to move up a gear and make the most of this unexpected event.
L'arbre à clous · 2009L'arbre à clous
2009
MovieDrama
Qui mange quand ? · 2004Qui mange quand ?
★ 7.02004
MovieComedy
Two young parents are desperate to regain more defined roles when they realize that their son does not know his father from his mother.
TV Shows
Vivement dimanche · 1998Vivement dimanche
★ 3.61998
Series
Champs-Elysées · 1982Champs-Elysées
★ 6.81982
Series
Murders in... · 2013Murders in...
★ 7.32013
SeriesMysteryDrama
Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
Scènes de ménages · 2009Scènes de ménages
★ 5.92009
SeriesComedyFamily
Scènes de ménages depicts the daily lives of several couples from different generations, illustrating with humor their arguments, tender moments and little idiosyncrasies. Each episode is made up of short sketches, in which the characters exchange scathing retorts and funny situations.
Télématin · 1985Télématin
★ 5.81985
Series
Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan France weekdays from 6:30 to 9:00 am CET. TV5 broadcast the show in Canada in its entirety until September 2011: it now shows a 90 minute version between 6:30 and 8:00 am Eastern Time, when the French original version is now 2h30 long.
Télématin is hosted by William Leymergie. The show is daily seen by around 40% of the French morning audience, a very high percentage for French TV.
In Metropolitan France, the newscasts are presented at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00, with newsflashes at 6:30 and 8:50, and two press reviews at 7:20 and 8:30. The 6:30, 7:30 and 8:50 newscasts are usually presented by a female reader and the hourly newscasts by a male. The usual readers are Nathanaël de Rinquesen, Sophie Le Saint, Julien Benedetto, Sophie Gastrain, Patrice Romedenne and Frédéric Vion.
The Art of Crime · 2017The Art of Crime
★ 6.62017
SeriesCrimeDrama
Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander Pardo, his friend who becomes, therefore, his new superior. A clever investigator, but a stranger to everything related to culture, Antoine will have to work with Florence Chassagne, renowned art historian, who lives, speaks and breathes culture, to the point that - fruit of her great imagination - it happens to her in the midst of daydreams, to see and talk to the great artists who have disappeared as if they were familiar to her.
Cassandre · 2015Cassandre
★ 6.72015
SeriesCrimeDrama
The New Look · 2024The New Look
★ 7.42024
SeriesDrama
The shocking story of how fashion icon Christian Dior and his contemporaries including Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga navigated the horrors of World War Il and launched modern fashion.
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma · 2023Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
Series
Les Nuls, l'émission · 1990Les Nuls, l'émission
★ 8.61990
SeriesComedy
The Unexpected Getaway · 2012The Unexpected Getaway
★ 8.52012
Series
In each episode, 3 celebrities who have never met go on a 24-hour break in the countryside. A moment out of time to meet and talk about love, friendship, life with its obstacles and surprises.
The Unexpected Getaway · 2022The Unexpected Getaway
★ 9.02022
Series
In each episode, 3 celebrities who have never met go on a 24-hour break in the countryside. A moment out of time to meet and talk about love, friendship, life with its obstacles and surprises.
Folie passagère · 2015Folie passagère
★ 6.02015
Series
Tout le monde en parle · 1998Tout le monde en parle
★ 5.81998
Series
Tout le monde en parle is a French talk show broadcast on France 2 from September 5, 1998 to July 8, 2006. It was hosted by Thierry Ardisson and produced by Catherine Barma.
During its first season, the show took the form of societal debates; it was in September 1999 that it was re-formatted into a talk-show.
The show features guests who are making news at the moment, including actors, writers, singers, politicians and athletes. Guests discuss their life and engage in thematic interviews. The show gradually acquired a provocative reputation, notably since the host does not hesitate to ask political guests questions about their private and sexual lives.
With Thierry Ardisson as the main host, he was first accompanied by Laurent Ruquier and Linda Hardy. Later, he turned to duos Éric and Ramzy, then Kad and Olivier. Finally, he opted for comedian Lauren Baffie as co-host, until the end of the show.
Les Copains d'abord · 2020Les Copains d'abord
★ 5.02020
SeriesComedy
Faced with eviction, two neighboring families will risk everything to continue living together — even if it’s the worst idea they’ve ever had.
Les Impatientes · 2018Les Impatientes
★ 6.02018
SeriesCrimeDrama
L'Été de la Révolution · 1989L'Été de la Révolution
★ 9.01989
SeriesDrama
Rendez-vous chez Cyril Lignac · 2025Rendez-vous chez Cyril Lignac
2025
Series
Le Cri · 2006Le Cri
★ 9.02006
SeriesDrama
La Famille Katz · 2013La Famille Katz
2013
SeriesComedyDrama
L'Adieu · 2003L'Adieu
★ 9.02003
SeriesDrama
Colette, une femme libre · 2004Colette, une femme libre
★ 9.02004
SeriesDrama
Colette, une femme libre is a two-part French biographical TV film directed in 2003 by Nadine Trintignant and broadcast on January 25 and February 1, 2004 on RTBF, then on April 26 and April 27, 2004 on France 2. A biography of French writer Colette, it was also the last role for Marie Trintignant, who was killed by her partner Bertrand Cantat shortly before the end of filming at the end of July 2003.