Catherine Davenier
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Adult: No
Birthday: December 23, 1953
Age: 71 years old
Gender: Female
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Of Love and Lies
Overview: Twelve-year old Theo plays for a local soccer club and has enough talent to eventually go pro. But his father has been on a self-destructive spiral ever since he started drinking and got divorced, and Theo feels powerless and anxious as he watches his dad slowly destroying his own life. But he refuses to give up on him. When a recruiter for a prestigious British club takes notice of him, Theo sees an opportunity to rekindle his father’s hope, but despite all his efforts he is not selected. So he decides to lie and say he was, hoping to make his father happy and proud. Theo’s dad is so overjoyed that he puts all his heart into helping his son prepare for “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” gradually regaining his taste for life and motivation for the future. Until the lie reaches unforeseen proportions and completely spins out of control. Thankfully, Theo’s little lie has already operated big change and generated so much hope, that life is able to get back on track. Only better!
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-02-03
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The shadow of Mont st. Michel
Overview: After the death of his mother, Elisa (Claire Borotra) is responsible for custody of her sister Audrey (Penelope Leveque), a troubled teen and something he hardly knows. Following the last will of her mother, both go to Mont Saint Michel, where the two grew up, to spread his ashes. The second night of stay, and after a flood, Audrey disappears while the mayor's daughter, which suggests a voluntary escape, but Elisa does not think so, so it will not stop until its trace sister.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-11
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Little Nicholas' Treasure
Overview: In the peaceful world of Little Nicholas, there is Daddy, Mommy, the school, but above all, his band of friends. They are called The Invincibles, but above all they are inseparable. At least they think so. But when Dad gets a promotion and announces that the family is moving to the south of France, Nicolas' world falls apart. How can he imagine life without his best friends?
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-09-09
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A Moment of Happiness
Overview: Philippe, 25, arrives one morning in Arcachon, where his sister lives. He is a young man with no ties, someone people easily confide in. He works seasonal jobs in the restaurant industry. Betty, 20, is a young mother full of life and tenderness for her 5-year-old son, Damien. They still live within the family household, but Betty's relationship with her father is strained. Damien is affected by this tense atmosphere. Betty finds a job, leaves the family home, and gains independence. Betty and Philippe will cross paths.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-03-06
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Defend Your Name
Overview: Fabrice grew up fascinated by his father. His only way to get his admiration: follow in his footsteps, become the local boss and stick up for their land at all costs. But now, his wife Laetitia is urging him to move on, to break free from his father's grip. Torn by the conflict between his desire for freedom and the fear of losing his father's love, he will fall into a spiral of violence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-10-11
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Monsieur Joseph
Overview: Monsieur Joseph is a respected citizen of a small town in the North of France. For over four decades he has run a specialized bookshop in the shopping square of the town. Every morning before opening his shop, he has a nice cup of black coffee at the local cafe where he has a nice small talk with Julien, the barkeeper, and with the regulars. Everybody likes him. At least everybody did... Everything actually started to change the night his young wife Tina disappeared without trace. Now, Monsieur Joseph has become Youssef again, he is again the "foreigner" (wasn't he born of Kabyle parents?), the shady foreigner, the frightening foreigner... He can't but have murdered his wife, all the more as another woman was killed four years before without the culprit having been arrested. There is no smoke without fire, is there?...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-12-15
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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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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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Deux femmes à Paris
Overview: In Paris in 1935, a young Jewish woman married to an anti-fascist activist befriends her neighbor who is dating a far-right supporter.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-11-27
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Cédric
Overview: The animated adventures of a young rascal, including his family and his school life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Mise à nu
Overview: Sophie gets the wrong target when she shoots the bookseller. A bookseller loved by the whole neighborhood? She accuses him of using their love nights as a weapon to destroy her by exposing her on the Internet as pornographic material. Her trial will bring to light the ordeal of an ordinary young woman victim of cybercrime, and the devastation on her children, her loved ones, even her job... But in the absence of evidence, will we believe her?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-05-15
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Le Secret de la grotte
Overview: On the banks of the Ardèche, near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, kayakers find the body of the museum president of a recently discovered Paleolithic cave. A 40,000-year-old carved stone was embedded in his neck. To investigate, Captain Manon Ferret-Duval of the research section teams up with her counterpart Riad Lekcir. They must overcome a shared past: she is convinced that her partner's older brother is responsible for the murder of her parents in 1994. Riad has no doubt that Kamel, now deceased, is innocent.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-02-09
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Les Malvenus
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-04-17
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The Snake
Overview: A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. In fact the marriage is on the brink of a divorce and a judge is deciding who will take the two children. Can Hélène take them to Germany or will they stay with Vincent? Vincent has a lot on his mind and he improvises when model Sofia Kippiani comes to his studio, but his makeup crew doesn't show up. Before he knows it, he is accused of a rape. Things go worse and worse for Vincent, he sees his entire life slipping away and, most importantly, he might lose his children. But why does his former schoolmate Joseph Plender seek contact with Vincent and even solve a nasty problem for him? Does Plender want something more than money?
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-10-21
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In the House
Overview: A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-09-26
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Overview: Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The revolutionary dissonances of Igor's work parallel Coco's radical ideas. She wants to democratize women's fashion; he wants to redefine musical taste. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco is moved but Igor is inconsolable.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-09-24
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À tout de suite
Overview: A girl from bourgeoisie discovers the pleasures of banditism, following her lover in his lifestyle.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-09-09
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La voleuse de Saint-Lubin
Overview: Françoise Barnier, the film's heroine, is a mother. One day, she stole something. She was in dire straits but no more so than usual. She was not in debt. She had always refused the degradation of excessive debt and charities, attempting to live in line with the rules laid down by society and the law. We follow her journey through the judicial institution. Here, two ideas of justice and law collide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-11-09
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Murder in Rocamadour
Overview: A dead body is found on the Chemin du Pénitent in Rocamadour. But the investigation on this death takes an unexpected turn when the victim seems to show up among the living.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-03
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In Her Name
Overview: In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and leads him to accuse Kalinka’s stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer. Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to France, where he will dedicate his life to Kalinka’s justice and the imprisonment of Krombach.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-03-16
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Samba
Overview: Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba's willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-10-15
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Les brumes du souvenir
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Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-04-22
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One Man and his Cow
Overview: An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture Fair.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-02-17
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Haute Cuisine
Overview: The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-09-17
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1905
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-12-12
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99 Francs
Overview: Paris, France, 2001. Octave Parango, a young advertiser working at the Ross & Witchcraft advertising agency, lives a suicidal existence, ruled by cynicism, irresponsibility and debauchery. The obstacles he will encounter in developing a campaign for a new yogurt brand will force him to face the meaning of his work and the way he manages his relationship with those who orbit around his egotistic lifestyle.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-09-26
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Lovers
Overview: In a rural French town, a 15-year-old closeted gay boy breaks free from his idolization of his older and ostensibly free-wheeling half-sister, learning to trust himself and become independent.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-06-01
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Appearances
Overview: Ève and Henri are among the happy few of the French community in Vienna. They are “la crème de la crème”. The perfect picture crumbles when Ève discovers that Henri is cheating on her. On an impulse, she finds revenge with Jonas, a perfect young Austrian guy. But he’s not who she thought he was. This will lead them to an irreversible spiral.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-09-23
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My Cousin
Overview: Pierre is the highly successful CEO of a large family-owned company. Before signing the deal of the century, he has to settle one last formality: obtain the signature of his cousin Adrien who owns 50% of his firm. This sweet, idealistic dreamer, who makes one blunder after another, is so happy to see Pierre again that he wants to spend time with him and delay the moment of signing. So Pierre has no choice but to take his cousin with him on a turbulent business trip during which his patience will be put to the test.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-09-30
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Bye Bye Morons
Overview: When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-10-21
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Three Worlds
Overview: Al, a young man from a modest background is about to marry his boss’ daughter, along with succeeding him as the head of a car dealership. One night, while coming back from his bachelor party, he is guilty of a hit-and-run accident, urged by his two childhood friends present in the car. The next day, gnawed with guilt, Al decides to inquire about his victim. What he does not know is that Juliette, a young woman, has witnessed the entire accident from her balcony.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-12-05
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Le dérapage
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-01-17
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