Catherine Mouchet
Biography: Catherine Mouchet (born 21 August 1959) is a French actress. She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, following the courses of Jacques Lassalle and Claude Régy. Her performance in the film Thérèse, directed by Alain Cavalier, won her the César Award for Most Promising Actress for 1987. Having been acclaimed for her appearance in Thérèse, she next appeared in Claude Goretta's Si le soleil ne revenait pas in 1987, and then devoted herself to theatre for a time. She appeared in works by Luigi Pirandello, (Vêtir ceux qui sont nus), and Alfred de Musset, (Les Caprices de Marianne), amongst others, and directed La Petite dame with Claude Guyonnet in 1992. She returned to the screen in Jean-Pierre Mocky's Bonsoir 1993, and in Louis and Xavier Bachelot's short film La Plante. On television she appeared in the saga Jalna, directed by Philippe Monnier from the books of Mazo de la Roche, and Le blanc à lunettes, directed by Édouard Nierman, from a Georges Simenon novel. She then studied for a degree in philosophy. She returned to the screen and played supporting roles in two Olivier Assayas films, Fin août, début septembre and Les Destinées sentimentales. She appeared in Pierre Jolivet's My Little Business, for which she received a nomination for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Philippe Harel's 1999 Extension du domaine de la lutte, an adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's controversial breakthrough novel Whatever, in which she played a psychoanalyst. She played a prostitute in Patrice Leconte's Rue des Plaisirs. She continues to appear in a wide variety of roles in both auteur films and popular comedies, and for both first time directors and established talents. In October 2008 Mouchet appeared at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg in Jean Magnan's "et pourtant ce silence ne pouvait être vide", based, like Jean Genet's The Maids, on the Papin sisters murders in 1933. Source: Article "Catherine Mouchet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Bonsoir
1994-01-19
Bonsoir
Overview: Having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society. He admits himself into people's homes, by pretending to be a relative or an official, and persuading his victims to give him a night's free board: He finds at first a lunch at the horrible couple Dumont, where a thief follows him for a robbery. Alex spent an evening in front of TV at Marie, mother of seven children. He runs from Marie to find an evening and a new bed at the home of charming but shy lesbian Caroline and her funny lover Gloria. To save her inheritance, Caroline - accused for her homosexuality by her horrible sister Catherine - tells her aunt Amélie, that Gloria is her secretary and Alex her lover. So Alex has to present himself nude in Caroline's bed. He saves Carolines inheritance. The police officers investigating the case are so terminally stupid that Alex has little chance of being arrested.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-01-19
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Coup de vache
2004-12-19
Coup de vache
Overview: An old man bequeaths his fortune to a television host, much to the chagrin of his own family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-12-19
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La danse des asperges sarrasines
2000-01-01
La danse des asperges sarrasines
Overview: Robert doesn't look up to much in his prisoner's suit. But when needs be, Robert also knows how to be a prince. And when it comes down to it, who else would dare to stand up to the horde of Saracen asparagus?
Genres: Animation
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Thérèse
1986-06-21
Thérèse
Overview: The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of "the little way" to God are shown clearly, using plain modern language. A sense of angelic simplicity comes across without fancy lights, choirs, or showy miracles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-06-21
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Two Worlds
2007-11-21
Two Worlds
Overview: A French tradesman travels in time and liberates an oppressed tribe in another world.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-11-21
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The Other Dumas
2010-02-10
The Other Dumas
Overview: Alexandre Dumas, at the height of his career, takes Auguste Maquet, his chief literary collaborator or 'ghost writer' ten years his junior, to meet a young unknown admirer, Charlotte Desrives. The two men are at the summit of their artistic collaboration for they have just published "The Count of Monte Christo", "Queen Margot" and "The Three Musketeers". If it's Maquet who writes the majority of the texts, both the honours and fame go to Dumas.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-02-10
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Madame Irma
2006-12-06
Madame Irma
Overview: Francis, who is in his forties, manages the French subsidiary of an American high-tech company. But the shareholders suddenly decide to close it. Depressed by the idea of being unemployed and the prospect of losing his second wife, Francis decides to consult a fortune-teller. The experience is a real eye-opener for him and the start of a new career: He pretends to be a fortune teller himself and turns into Madame Irma. How to explain that to his wife Clotilde?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-12-06
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Whatever
1999-10-13
Whatever
Overview: It is a story of a depressed, isolated man stuck in a tedious but well-paying programming job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-10-13
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If the Sun Never Returns
1987-09-02
If the Sun Never Returns
Overview: The residents of a remote Swiss mountain village come to believe an ancient oracle in this drama taken from the novel by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz. With news of the Spanish Civil War on the radio, the people begin to believe the sun will not return and the world will be forever darkened.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Romance History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-09-02
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My Little Business
1999-09-01
My Little Business
Overview: A wood worker is trying hard to make his company survive every day... But a fire in his workshop leaves him in a lot of trouble when he realizes his insurer was swindling him - he does not have any insurance... That's when a crazy idea grows in his mind - he will need all his friends and their different talents to make it work...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-09-01
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The Monk
2011-07-12
The Monk
Overview: A virtuous monk descends to the depths of sin and depravity after Satan sends an unholy temptress to lead him astray.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-07-12
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In Your Arms
2009-07-01
In Your Arms
Overview: Louis was adopted when he was just a baby. Now sixteen-year-old Louis wants to know where he comes from. He therefore heads south to find the mother he's never known. Totally thrown by this unexpected visit, Solange rejects the child she never desired. Louis will nevertheless do everything he can to make her accept him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-01
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Small Cuts
2003-02-12
Small Cuts
Overview: Bruno, a communist newspaper journalist, is suffering a mid-life crisis. Torn between his wife Gaëlle and his young girlfriend Nathalie, his political beliefs battered by the wind of history, Bruno seems to have lost his bearings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-02-12
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Hors Service
2001-06-13
Hors Service
Overview: Ils sont cinq tueurs. Francis, le chef, Louis le parano, Victor, l'accro aux series tele, M'sieur, fan de tamagochi et Marchand, dont la femme est la seule certitude. Elle le croit representant en chaussures. Jusqu'au jour ou elle decouvre la verite. Une discussion plus qu'orageuse suit, au cours de laquelle il lui balance un coup de poing d'une telle force qu'elle tombe dans le coma. Marchand est effondre. Il acquiert la conviction que, s'il se rachete, elle se reveillera. Il decide non seulement de raccrocher mais encore de sauver ses hypothetiques victimes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-06-13
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Love Street
2002-02-13
Love Street
Overview: A handyman in a 1940s Paris brothel tries to help the prostitute he loves with her singing career and romantic life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-02-13
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She's One of Us
2003-09-24
She's One of Us
Overview: At the start, Christine Blanc is a temp, her boyfriend has gone. Near the story's end, she's been offered a steady job, she has a fiancé, other men seem interested in her, she's passed her driving test, and, after she wins 1000 Euros in a scratch-off, her colleagues sing that she's a jolly good fellow ("one of us"). But something's askew: her gaze is too direct, her eyes open too widely; conversational gambits hit odd notes; she parrots others' words; she cooks too much food when she invites a supervisor to dinner. When the supervisor takes Christine on a spontaneous outing that disorients her, her oddities become something else. Can things ever be normal?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-09-24
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The Repentant
2002-04-17
The Repentant
Overview: A mysterious woman, dressed in black and carrying a small suitcase, arrives in Nice and tries in vain to get a job in a luxury goods shop. She ends up in a plush hotel where a solitary middle-aged man, engages her to be his companion. They introduce themselves - she is Charlotte, he is Paul. Both are reluctant to talk about their past; both need someone to make their present predicament more tolerable. Unbeknownst to either of them, Charlotte is being followed by another man, who seems intent on revenge...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-04-17
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A Summer Day
2006-06-06
A Summer Day
Overview: The sudden death of a teenager during a soccer match puts a small community completely off-balance.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-06-06
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Le blanc à lunettes
1995-02-10
Le blanc à lunettes
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-02-10
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Toni
2023-09-06
Toni
Overview: Toni has spent her entire life putting other people’s needs before her own. When she was 20 years old, she was pushed by her mother to join a TV singing competition, becoming a national star. Twenty years and five children later, she is a full-time mom who spends all her time and effort on raising her teenage kids. As she helps her children plan their future after graduation, she begins to imagine what her life could be if - for once - she did what she really wanted. Will she be able to turn her life around and dare to be something other than a mother and a daughter?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-09-06
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Bowing Out
2011-05-13
Bowing Out
Overview: Simon, a depressed hitman, tries to hang himself in a forest. Bernard, a young man with no history who passes by by chance, saves him. The old man, sick, cannot drive without risking an accident. Claiming to be a rodent controler, he hires Bernard to take him to Cap d'Agde. Simon, lonely and cynical, is forced to travel in the company of this talkative and confusingly optimistic driver.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-05-13
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My Friend Victoria
2014-12-31
My Friend Victoria
Overview: Victoria, a little black girl aged 8 from a humble background, happens to spend the night with the bourgeois family of Thomas, one of her classmates. Years later, they see each other again and Marie is the fruit of their fleeting relationship. But Victoria decides not to tell Thomas and raises her child alone. When Marie turns seven, Victoria decides that her daughter must have a better future and again turns to this family that she lost sight of long ago.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-12-31
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Du côté des filles
2001-04-25
Du côté des filles
Overview: A suburban pavilion, garden gnomes, a bloody scene. Break between Fred and Liza. As happiness never comes alone, Carole, emerges, announces to Liza that she is pregnant with Fred. Liza takes the kid in a wagon stolen from Fred.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-04-25
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J'ai tué Clémence Acéra
2001-04-11
J'ai tué Clémence Acéra
Overview: A man's wife has disappeared; her diary gives the police detailed account of their sexual life.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-04-11
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The Great Mystical Circus
2018-11-15
The Great Mystical Circus
Overview: The story of five generations of the Austrian-Brazilian Knieps family, from the inauguration of their family-owned Great Mystical Circus in the 1910s up to the early 21st century, following both the family and the circus from their prime through to their decadence.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-11-15
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Writer of O
2005-04-01
Writer of O
Overview: Published in Paris in 1954, Story of O was an immediate bestseller and literary scandal: an elegantly written S&M fantasy that had all the hallmarks of being an autobiographical account by the pseudonymous Pauline Réage. In 1994 Dominique Aury, a mild-mannered, dowdy editor for France’s prestigious Gallimard press, revealed her authorship. Pola Rapaport explores Aury's inspiration, recreating the world of '50s literary Paris and setting it against dramatic sequences that bring the infamous book to life. The author as well as various French intellectuals expound on the thorny relationship between sexuality and power, submission and freedom, liberation and non-being.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-04-01
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The Pornographer
2001-10-03
The Pornographer
Overview: A former porn director, who once elevated the genre with 1960s counter-culture ideals, returns to filmmaking after 20 years, clashing with his producer's hard-core vision. Estranged from his son over the family business, they begin reconnecting as the son embraces political activism, while the director seeks personal renewal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-10-03
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The Poisoning Angel
2017-01-18
The Poisoning Angel
Overview: In 1800, Brittany is on its knees, overwhelmed by the regime in place and by the omnipotent clergy. It founders in an economic slump without end in sight and, in the middle of all this, a young, suffering girl pushes back as best she can. She is known as the "Poisoning Angel," an isolated child, mistreated by life and rocked by morbid thoughts. She will become one of the world's most notorious serial killers and will sow death, perhaps merely to be looked at and loved.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-01-18
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The Royal Exchange
2017-12-27
The Royal Exchange
Overview: After many years of confrontation, the treasures of Spain and France are empty. In 1721, the regent of France draws up an ambitious plan to inaugurate an era of peace and prosperity that will heal the economies of both nations: his intention is to build a solid network of marriage alliances that will involve four children of very different ages who know nothing of betrayals and power games…
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-12-27
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Reinventing Marvin
2017-11-22
Reinventing Marvin
Overview: Telling the true story of Marvin Bijou, a young boy from a working-class family in a small village, who suffers constant bullying at school and home for being ‘different’ – too sensitive and too feminine. A chance encounter with a drama teacher opens the doors to a world that offers him the chance to escape his situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-11-22
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Nature contre nature
2004-03-28
Nature contre nature
Overview: Sébastien Chantoux, a psychoanalyst, decides to move to the Creuse. Adapting little by little to the local customs, he joined "Troc'en Creuse", an association that promotes exchange between individuals. He proposes, within this framework, psychoanalysis sessions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-03-28
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Ismael's Ghosts
2017-05-17
Ismael's Ghosts
Overview: Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project, his life is sent into a tailspin. His wife Carlotta, presumed dead for 20 years, come crashing back into his life creating chaos in his work and his current romantic relationship with the starry-eyed astronomer Sylvia.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-05-17
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Looking for Her
2016-01-06
Looking for Her
Overview: Elisa, on a verge of divorce, leaves Paris with her son Noe to settle in her hometown of Dunkerque to find the biological mother who gave her up for adoption 30 years before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-01-06
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Mortal Transfer
2001-01-10
Mortal Transfer
Overview: Michel, a psycho-analyst, falls asleep while listening to his patient Olga, a kleptomaniac and a sexual pervert, tell him how she likes her husband beating her. When he wakes up, he finds Olga having been choked to death. He now has to deal with a body, with Olga's rich husband who thinks she stole money from him, and with all his patients' insanity that haunts him.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-01-10
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Go, Toto!
2017-10-04
Go, Toto!
Overview: A film about belonging, gay rural life, physical labor & elderly bodies. The arrival of Toto the marcassin at Madeleine's house, Vincent's trip to India and his troubles with the monkeys, or Joseph's dreams provoked by the continuous pressure machine, are three stories that Pierre will share and that in one way or another summon up our relationship with the animal, with this other neighbor
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-10-04
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De Gaulle
2020-03-04
De Gaulle
Overview: Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-03-04
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The Specials
2019-10-23
The Specials
Overview: For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-10-23
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Family Tree
2010-02-16
Family Tree
Overview: When Frédérick, the patriarch of the Alsatian Muller family, is conspicuously absent from his son Charles' funeral, Frédérick's surviving son and his granddaughter, raw from their loss, await an explanation. Once revealed, Frédérick's reasons and the painful secret Charles harbored for years threaten the foundations of the entire family.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-02-16
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No One's Missing
2020-09-05
No One's Missing
Overview: Suzanne was not keen on returning to this village in which she grew up. It was her brother Anton who insisted that she finally see their father again. Before it 's too late ? Indeed the old man has for some time completely lost his mind. If the reunion promises to be complicated, Anton doesn't know yet that the return of a sister can turn many lives. Starting with his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-09-05
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Late August, Early September
1999-02-10
Late August, Early September
Overview: A book editor juggles relationships with two women while coping with his best friend's terminal illness.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-02-10
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Les Destinées
2000-07-12
Les Destinées
Overview: In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife. He and his lover keep their love strong as the world changes around them.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-07-12
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Our Dream Lives
2004-04-06
Our Dream Lives
Overview: Bénédicte, Martine, and Juliette were classmates who formed an inseparable trio. Fifteen years later, Bénédicte and Martine return to their small native town of Pithiviers for Juliette's funeral. But Juliette remains present in Bénédicte and Martine's remembrances and through her eighteen-year-old daughter Scarlett, who bears a striking resemblance.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-04-06
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The Ties That Bind Us
2025-02-19
The Ties That Bind Us
Overview: A young single father trying to find the strength to love. A feminist librarian, single by conviction, who’s decided that she won’t be a mother. A six-year-old child trying to find a place in a new family structure. By revealing their aspirations, their fears, their choices, Carine Tardieu depicts different ways in which humans create families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-02-19
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