The Midwife (
2017) | IMDb:
6.7
Claire is a midwife and has devoted her life to others. At a moment when she is preoccupied by the imminent closure of the maternity clinic where she works, her life is further turned upside down when Béatrice, her father's former mistress, turns up on the scene. Béatrice is a capricious and selfish woman, Claire's exact opposite.
Starring:
Catherine Frot
,
Catherine Deneuve
,
Olivier Gourmet
,
Quentin Dolmaire
,
Mylène Demongeot
,
Marie Paquim
Directed by:
Martin Provost
Produced by:
Olivier Delbosc
The Villain (
2009) | IMDb:
6.3
With gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it into a gleaming new banking district, but to her son's disgust Maniette leads the inhabitants resistance. Her ingenious methods provoke her boy's admiration, but he fights back with sneaky traps and underhand tricks when Maniette tries to force him to do the right thing just once in his life.
Starring:
Albert Dupontel
,
Catherine Frot
,
Bouli Lanners
,
Nicolas Marié
,
Bernard Farcy
,
Christine Murillo
Directed by:
Albert Dupontel
Crime Is Our Business (
2008) | IMDb:
6
Loosely based on "4.50 from Paddington" by Agatha Christie.
Starring:
Catherine Frot
,
André Dussollier
,
Claude Rich
,
Chiara Mastroianni
,
Melvil Poupaud
,
Alexandre Lafaurie
Directed by:
Pascal Thomas
Produced by:
Nathalie Lafaurie
Happily N'Ever After (
2007) | IMDb:
4.5
An alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.
Starring:
George Carlin
,
Andy Dick
,
Sarah Michelle Gellar
,
Lisa Kaplan
,
Michael McShane
,
Rob Paulsen
Me and My Sister (
2004) | IMDb:
6.4
Louise, who has just written a novel, comes to Paris to meet with a potential publisher. While in the city, she stays with her older sister, Martine, who in many ways is the exact opposite of Louise: she lives in a fashionable neighborhood, is cold to others, and has snobby friends, while Louise lives in a small town and is thoroughly unpretentious. Louise's apparent happiness -- and similarities to their mother -- gradually gets on Martine's nerves.
Starring:
Isabelle Huppert
,
Catherine Frot
,
François Berléand
,
Brigitte Catillon
,
Michel Vuillermoz
,
Christiane Millet
Directed by:
Alexandra Leclère
Produced by:
Philippe Godeau
Viper in the Fist (
2004) | IMDb:
6.4
1920. Jean Rezeau and his elder brother were living happily in their family estate in Brittany, until the death of their grandmother. The return of their mother, a worthy descendant of fairytales' witches, brings an all new atmosphere to their home.
Starring:
Catherine Frot
,
Jacques Villeret
,
Jules Sitruk
,
Cherie Lunghi
,
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
,
Richard Bremmer
Directed by:
Philippe de Broca
The Dinner Game (
1998) | IMDb:
7.6
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
Starring:
Jacques Villeret
,
Thierry Lhermitte
,
Francis Huster
,
Daniel Prévost
,
Alexandra Vandernoot
,
Catherine Frot
Directed by:
Francis Veber