In a small town, Hélène is a family matriarch who has devoted her life to preserving the legacy of her artist uncle. Read More »
Tag Archives: Charles Berling
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train AKA Ceux qui m’aiment prendront le train (1998) Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling
Friends of a recently deceased minor painter Jean-Baptiste take a train in Paris for Limoges Read More »
How I Killed My Father AKA Comment j’ai tué mon père (2001) Anne Fontaine, Michel Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Régnier
Jean-Luc is an established gerontologist who can do no wrong; he runs a private clinic Read More »
Ridicule (1996) Patrice Leconte, Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant
In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman soon discovers that survival at court demands both a razor wit and an acid tongue. Read More »
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed (2005) Serge Le Péron, Saïd Smihi, Charles Berling, Simon Abkarian, Josiane Balasko
My name is Georges Figon. Okay I’m dead but, being the talkative kind, death isn’t going to stop me from speaking. Read More »
The Art of Breaking Up (2005) Michel Deville, Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Dominique Blanc
Lucette and Edouard: Two lovers passionate about sex, money and life. Read More »
Les Destinées sentimentales / Sentimental Destinies (2000) Olivier Assayas, Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Drama, Romance
In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife – and more talk when he decides to take her back. Read More »
Fait d’hiver (1999) Robert Enrico, Charles Berling, Claude Brasseur, Jean-François Stévenin, Drama
A la fin d’un week-end, Louis Riquier, père divorcé refuse de rendre ses enfants à leur mère. Armé, barricadé dans sa maison, il tient tête à un escadron de gendarmerie. Les médias s’emparent de l’affaire, la tension monte et la situation s’envenime. Riquier menace de tuer ses enfants…
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L’ennui (1998) Cédric Kahn, Charles Berling, Sophie Guillemin, Arielle Dombasle, Romance, Drama
A philosophy teacher restless with the need to do something with his life meets a young woman suspected of driving an artist to his death. He finds the very simple Cecilia irritating but develops a sexual rapport with her. Obsessed with the need to own and tormented by her inability to respond to him, he becomes increasingly violent in a quest he can’t name – a quest that slowly begins to undermine his certainties.
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