Camille Japy
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Biography: Camille Japy (born 7 September 1968) is a Belgian-French actress. She has appeared in more than seventy films since 1990. Source: Article "Camille Japy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bruxelles, Belgium
Birthday: November 30, 1968
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Gender: Female
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Odette Toulemonde
Overview: Objectively, Odette Toulemonde has nothing to be happy about, but is. Balthazar Balsan has everything to be happy about, but isn’t. Odette, awkwardly forty, with a delightful hairdresser son and a daughter bogged down in adolescence, spends her days behind the cosmetic’s counter in a department store and her nights sewing feathers on costumes for Parisian variety shows. She dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite author, to whom – she believes – she owes her optimism. The rich and charming Parisian writer then turns up in her life in an unexpected way.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-02-07
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Taken
Overview: Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-18
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Le pont du trieur
Overview: “Le Pont du Trieur”, co-written by de Meaux and Philippe Parreno, with an original score by Dave Stewart, is set in Pamir, a region situated in the highest part of Tajikistan, at the border between Afghanistan and China. This is a strategic zone controlled by various armies in the midst of a region that awaits reconstruction. The film stems from the simple question of how to tell the story of a country of which the West is deprived of images. Both fiction and documentary, it is about reality and the means of telling it.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-05-24
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How I Became a Superhero
Overview: Paris 2020. While superheroes have assimilated into the Parisian society, they discover a new drug that gives themselves personal superpowers to mere mortals. Lieutenants Moreau and Schaltzmann are investigating the case with the support of two ex-superheroes, Monte Carlo and Callista. They'll do whatever it takes to dismantle the traffic. But Moreau's past resurfaces, and the investigation becomes more complicated.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-11-19
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Little Death
Overview: Family ties. Paul is an artist, his current project is to take photos of the faces of men during orgasm. He lives with Martial, his lover. His sister Camille, who's running the family business, takes Paul to the hospital to see their father, who is dying. Paul hasn't seen him in six years, and all his life has believed his father thinks he's ugly and perhaps not even his child. There's no deathbed reconciliation, but subsequent exchanges of Paul with Martial and with Camille bring opportunities for growth and change to this temperamental and self-pitying young man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Catarina
Overview: Ruined and abandoned by his wife, Francis is ready to do anything to win her back. With the help of his friend Simon, he decides to kidnap Catarina, the wife of the man who scammed him, in order to blackmail him and recover his savings.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-09-03
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Toutes les filles sont folles
Overview: Céleste, la trentaine, n'a toujours pas rencontré le grand amour. Un jour, sur un coup de tête, elle décide d'enlever l'homme qu'elle croit idéal, forçant au passage Rosalie, sa soeur cadette, à la suivre dans sa combine. Mais dans la panique, Céleste va se tromper d'homme...
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-05-07
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Métisse
Overview: Lola is pregnant, and she isn’t sure who the father is: Félix, a Jewish delivery boy, or Jamal, a black law student.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-08-18
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The Cost of Living
Overview: Une héritière qui n'arrive pas à hériter, un radin qui ne peut rien dépenser, un petit garçon qui trouve un billet dans la rue, un restaurateur prodigue qui ne fait que donner... Tels sont, entre autres, les personnages de ce film "choral". Pourquoi certains dépensent-ils de manière convulsive là où d'autres retiennent l'argent comme la partie la plus vitale de leur être ? On croit parler d'argent, mais c'est d'amour dont il s'agit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-07-30
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Business is Booming
Overview: Tired of being bossed around, Jean-Jacques, a talented cook quits his job to start up his own restaurant. He does a business course run by Claude, a frustrated writer. Lacking the necessary capital to get started, Jean-Jacques realizes that his dream may come to nothing. He stresses out, can’t sleep, starts taking tranquilizers mixed with alcohol.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-07-03
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La Croisière
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-08-17
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Dadou
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Our Happy Lives
Overview: Six people whose lives are intertwined struggle to find happiness amid broken relationships and painful life changes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-05-19
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La Vie d'artiste
Overview: A novelist, an actress, and a struggling young singer all attempt to make their mark in modern day Paris in director Marc Fitoussi's cynical entertainment industry satire. Bertrand is a French literary professor whose students all know that he is shacked up with pretty math teacher Solange despite the couple's best efforts to keep their relationship under the radar. Though no one in the school much cares for Bertrand's prose, self-flagellating student Frederic is the one notable exception. Meanwhile, as Bertrand struggles to deliver his second novel, recent big city arrival Cora finds that her fondness for outmoded songwriters may be having an adverse effect on her career trajectory. While Cora struggles to make ends meet by working at a popular chain steakhouse, even this attempt to remain afloat ultimately proves disastrous.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-09-05
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Animal Heart
Overview: Suddenly he thinks her alone, his wife. This person whom he doesn't know how to love and who is now falling prey to a gnawing disease. This woman whom he knows so little about and whom he would like to be with him. Right now, Just like before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-11-04
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Le Cri de la soie
Overview: An illiterate seamstress has a powerful fetish for silk which gets her into trouble. The psychiatrist sent to help her becomes fascinated by her case and when he returns to France from World War One they fall in love, an affair that can only end in tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-08-28
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Cycling with Molière
Overview: Serge Tanneur is at the pinnacle of his acting career when he decides to turn his back on show business and become a hermit living off of France’s Atlantic coast. Three years later, Gauthier Valence, a beloved TV actor, shows up on the island to offer Serge a role in his directorial debut – a rendition of Molière’s classic play, “The Misanthrope”. Serge refuses at first, but then suggests that they rehearse the first scene and after five days he’ll decide if he wants to dothe play or not. What ensues is a battle of brawn and wits and peculiar encounters with a hotel maid who longs to be a pornstar and an Italian divorcée.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-01-16
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Love Reinvented
Overview: Different aspects of homosexual romance are explored in this compendium of ten short vignettes encompassing a broad look at AIDS and range for the tale of a lesbian teen trying to come out to her parents, to a gay man who shocks his lover by claiming to be pregnant, to another man's reminiscence of a brief affair with an HIV-positive man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-06-21
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It Boy
Overview: 38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses Alice's path, she realizes that he holds the key to her promotion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-03-06
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When the Cat's Away
Overview: When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally makes an arrangement with the elderly Madame Renée, who often watches over other peoples' cats and dogs. However, when Chloe comes back, Madame Renée tells her that unfortunately the cat has been lost, and the unlucky owner goes on a search for her dear animal friend. While looking for the cat, she meets many colorful characters who populate the neighborhood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-04-03
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Intime Conviction
Overview: Philippe Villers, coroner, found his wife shot once in the head on his way home one evening. After investigation, Detective Judith Lebrun, define Villers as responsible for the murder.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-14
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In the Nguyen Kitchen
Overview: Yvonne Nguyen, a French-Vietnamese actress, dreams of a successful career in musicals, to the great displeasure of her mother, who would like her to pursue a more serious path. When she has no choice but to move back to her mother’s, both women are strangers to each other. But in the intimacy of the Vietnamese family restaurant’s kitchen, they grow closer. Meanwhile, Yvonne is still after her dreams and finally gets the chance to audition for a big show.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-03-05
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Plus haut
Overview: During the summer, Irene mourns the loss of the man she loved. Around her, Claire, a young actress, and Victoria, a young doctor, wonder about their vocation. In the fall, Claire meets Juliette. Without knowing it, the two women fall for the same man. In winter, Irene visits Victoria who is replacing a doctor in the mountains.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-06-19
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Ozon: Remastered & Uncut
Overview: He thrilled you with 'Swimming Pool', tickled you with '8 Women' and beguiled you with 'Young and Beautiful'. Dive into the the erotic twists and transgressive turns of the early short films of auteur director François Ozon. The 5 short films are: A Summer Dress [Une robe d'été] (1996); X2000 (1998); Truth or Dare [Action vérité] (1994); See the Sea [Regarde la mer] (1997); Little Death [La petite mort] (1995).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-10-24
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Une nouvelle vie
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-08-23
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Electroménager
Overview: Wanting to prove to his wife that he is cured after his brief stay in a psychiatric hospital, John insists on giving her a microwave oven.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-03-14
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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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Le pigeon
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-05-09
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The Eiffel Tower Mystery
Overview: The daughter of one of the architects who built the Eiffel Tower gets framed for a murder that has taken place there, so she and her girlfriend embark on a quest across Paris to solve the mystery.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-04-19
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Gallant Ladies
Overview: Despite being busy with his profession of soldiery, Brantome manages to find much more time for amorous dalliances with the ladies of the 16th-century French court than for battles. Unfortunately for him, his true love, Victoire, is beyond his reach most of the time. He more than compensates for this in the arms of others.
Genres: Comedy History Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-11-14
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Journey Through China
Overview: Liliane, a provincial nurse in her peaceful fifties, must cope with the accidental death of her son in China. She decides to fly there in order to repatriate the body. This mourning journey will soon turn out to be a trip of discovery of her son whom she didn't see for years and a trip to make a fresh start through the insight of a new culture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-03-25
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L'Onzième Commandement
Overview: The perpetrator of a murder refuses to denounce himself, which results in the conviction of one of his friends. On leaving prison, 20 years later, he goes in search of his former boyfriend.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-09-15
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Break
Overview: Lucie, a young dancer suffers an accident. When she wakes up from a coma, she and her partner start training for a dance show. On the way, she starts looking for her estranged father, a path that might lead her to life-changing love.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-07-18
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Moi, grosse
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-05-15
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Crime Scenes
Overview: The disappearance of a young woman puts two forensic police officers on the trail of a serial killer. Their fears are confirmed by the discovery of several corpses, what follows is a long hunt across Paris.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-03-15
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L'escalier
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-03-30
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Grève party
Overview: While France is on strike, Jean, a Parisian bookseller, opens his shop. A former trade unionist, he has in fact decided not to take part in the movement. However, a phone call from his friend René awakens his enthusiasm.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-03-04
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Bed Scenes
Overview: Seven brief scenes, each with a couple, explore the surprises and the changes of heart that can occur during sexual encounters. Only one of the seven couples has been in bed together before; several are strangers or new acquaintances. A prostitute and her john, an older woman and a youth who follows her home, two women friends, a gay man with a straight man, a man with distinctive ideas about soap and water, a woman who wants the light left on, and a Spanish-speaking woman with a French-speaking man make for an array of possibilities and unanticipated consequences. The 7 bed scenes are titled: The Black Hole [Le trou noir]; Mr. Clean [Monsieur Propre]; Madame; Heads or Tails [Tête bêche]; The Ideal Man [L'homme idéal]; Love in the Dark [L'amour dans le noir]; and The Virgins [Les puceaux].
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-06-21
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Les fantômes de Louba
Overview: Louba never knew her father and lost her mother when she was five years old. Placed in a host family, she meets Jeannie, a pretty and sensual girl. But, haunted by her past, Louba is unable to express her emotions and her need for love.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-02-14
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Cold Showers
Overview: Mickael's family is struggling (they don't have enough money to pay for hot water) however his life is full with Judo and his girlfriend Venessa. Then Mickael makes a decision to open up his relationship to include Clement his rich-kid Judo partner, starting a chain of events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-05-14
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Do it Right
Overview: Nassim, a 16-year-old boy, is placed with a family in the suburbs following the death of his drug addict mother. But he refuses to integrate into the social setting that surrounds him. He invents another life for himself, similar to that of his mates at the big Parisian high school he goes to. There’s no reason for that to change. His two lives, his home life and his school life, must be kept separate at all costs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-05-03
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Another Man's Sorrow
Overview: Charles’s solitude in a big city. Days come and go with no one to talk to. In a church, on a rainy day, he stumbles upon a stranger: A woman in despair after a funeral. Charles comforts her. He has just found himself a new activity: To bring comfort to people in mourning. He feels useful again. Another man’s sorrow is the key to his new existence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-01-22
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Tout se mérite
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-01-15
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So What?
Overview: Lisa drives Marie home but Marie doesn't want to end the night. Lisa suggests they go for a drive. Lisa tries to keep her distance from Marie, because she has a secret. However, Marie wants to be close to Lisa.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-12-06
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Corporate
Overview: Emilie is a bright young workaholic manager in Human Resources, working for a huge French agro-food company. But, one day, one of the employees commits suicide at the company in front of her. While an investigation is underway, stuck between her traumatized colleagues and under pressure of a powerful hierarchy, she will have to get by on her own.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-04-05
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Le Secret de Khéops
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Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-03-05
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L’affaire Bojarski
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Genres: History Crime
Original Language: fr
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