Catherine Deneuve
1) The Midwife
Author
Language
Français
Description
Two of French cinema's biggest stars shine in this bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire (Catherine Frot), a talented but tightly wound midwife, and Béatrice (Catherine Deneuve), the estranged, free-spirited mistress of Claire's late father. Though polar opposites in almost every way, the two come to rely on each other as they cope with the unusual circumstance that brought them together in this sharp character...
3) Potiche
Author
Language
Français
Description
It's 1977 and women's liberation is in the air but Suzanne is still the self-effacing, elegant housewife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol. Pujol oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally tyrannical with his children and trophy housewife; When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. Her new role throws her back in touch with the union leader, a romantic fling from the past...
4) The Midwife
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
Two of French cinema’s biggest stars shine in this bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire (Catherine Frot), a hardworking midwife, and the lively mistress (Catherine Deneuve) of Claire’s deceased father. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival**.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1963.
Language
Français
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of France, VICE AND VIRTURE is a stylized retelling of the Marquis de Sade's Justine, as envisioned by one of cinema's most provocative filmmakers Roger Vadim (Blood and Roses, Barbarella). Two sisters navigate very different courses as they struggle to survive within the morally corrupt fascist regime. Juliette (Annie Girardot, The Piano Teacher) is surrounded by the spoils of war, being the mistress...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
When her marriage falls apart, Agnès Le Roux moves back to the South of France from Africa to live with her mother, Renée (Catherine Deneuve), owner of a casino in Nice. There, Agnès falls in love with Maurice Agnelet, a lawyer and Renée's business advisor, who is ten years her senior. As a shareholder in the casino, Agnès decides to sell what should have been her inheritance to go it alone. After a failed suicide attempt, Agnès disappears and...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
Middle-aged musician Antoine (Gustave Kervern) suddenly decides to end his career. After several days of aimless wandering, he is hired as the caretaker of an old residential building in Paris. Mathilde (Catherine Deneuve) is a recently retired resident, generous-spirited and deeply involved with the management of the building. Through a maze of misfires and anxieties, the two develop an awkward friendship. Nominated for an Best Actress at the **César...
8) On My Way
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Now in her early sixties, former beauty queen Bettie (Catherine Deneuve) finds herself jilted by her lover and left alone to deal with financial problems facing her family's restaurant. What begins as a quick drive to clear her head turns into a full-fledged road trip. Along the way there are chance meetings, an ex-Miss France gala, renewed ties with her estranged daughter and grandson, and possibly at the end of the road, love. Nominated for a Golden...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
Français
Description
Thomas is fourteen and perhaps because not much happens in his remote village in southwestern France, he likes to tell tales. But then one day, something really does happen to him, something that upsets his life and the lives of everyone around him. The lives of his grandparents. The life of his father Maurice. The life of Martin, a stranger and fugitive he meets one day.
10) Les Creatures
Publisher
Mk2 Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
The birth of a novel collides with the life of a couple having a child. All the people the husband meets become his “creatures” in the novel he is writing.
11) The Truth
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve) is an aging French movie star who, despite her momentary lapses in memory, remains a venerable force to be reckoned with. Upon the publication of her memoirs, her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) returns to Paris from New York with her husband (Ethan Hawke) and their young daughter to commemorate its release. A sharp and funny battle of wits ensues.
12) I’m Going Home
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Gilbert Valence (Michel Piccoli) is a successful theater actor appearing in Eugene Ionesco's "Exit the King," when he learns that his wife, daughter and son-in-law have all been killed in a car accident. When an American film director (John Malkovich) offers him a role in an English-language production "Ulysses," the rigors of playing a younger man make Valence confront his grief and have him realize just how deep his pain lies. At the age of 93,...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Deutsch
Description
This Golden Globe nominated comedy begins with one simple conceit: God exists, and He’s a jerk. He lives in a high-rise apartment in Brussels and never gets out of His pajamas. He takes sadistic delight in dreaming up new “laws” to torment humanity, and He’s a petty tyrant to his wife and ten year-old daughter, Ea. Like her brother before her, Ea has had enough of her Father’s abuse and when she spies the right opportunity, she hacks into...
14) A Christmas tale
Series
Criterion collection volume 492
Language
Français
Formats
Description
When steely French matriarch Junon (Catherine Deneuve) learns she has leukemia, she asks her children and grandchildren at the family Christmas gathering to see if they are eligible to become bone marrow donors. This causes deep friction in the family, especially between Junon's daughter Elizabeth (Anne Consigny) and son Henri (Mathieu Amalric), who already have a tumultuous relationship. Their mother's sickness also recalls the traumatic loss of...
15) Liza
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
Italiano
Description
Giorgio decides to leave society and goes to live on a desert island with a dog as his only companion. But his hermit's life is disturbed by the arrival of a beautiful blonde who kills his dog out of jealousy. In revenge, he forces her to take the animal's place.
16) Beloved
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Français
Description
A beguiling tale of romance, love and lust about a mother & daughter each striving to find the one. Starring Catherine Deneuve and real-life daughter, Chiara Mastroianni.
17) Rise of a Star
Publisher
Salaud Morisset
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Français
Description
Emma is about to be the new Ballerina et the Opéra de Paris, but she carries a secret that can undermine her life's work.
18) 3 Hearts
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
A touching and tense drama about destiny, connections, and passion, 3 HEARTS presents a headily romantic look at a classic love triangle. One night in provincial France, Marc (Benoît Poelvoorde) meets Sylvia (Charlotte Gainsburg) after missing his train back to Paris. Instantly and intensly drawn to one another, they wander through the streets until morning in rare, almost choreographed, harmony. A thwarted plan for a second meeting sends each in...
19) Standing Tall
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
Abandoned by his mother (Sara Forestier) at the age of 6, Malony (Rod Paradot) is constantly in and out of juvenile court. An adoptive family grows around this young delinquent: Florence (Catherine Deneuve), a children’s magistrate nearing retirement, and Yann (Benoît Magimel), a caseworker and himself the survivor of a very difficult childhood. Together they follow the boy’s journey and try unfailingly to save him. Then Malony is sent to a stricter...
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
Bravely managing her late husband’s shipping business, Louise also takes care of her disabled daughter Julia. After covering up Julia’s accidental murder of her drug-dealing boyfriend, Louise is blackmailed by his best friend Ben. Initially hostile, Louise gets to know Ben and is startled to find that they have more in common than either would expect. As their connection deepens and danger gets closer, the line between fear and protection starts...