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The Page Turner AKA La tourneuse de pages (2006) Denis Dercourt, Catherine Frot, Déborah François, Pascal Greggory
The girl Mélanie Prouvost is the beloved daughter of the butchers Mrs. Prouvost and Mr. Prouvost. Read More »
La dilettante (1999) Pascal Thomas, Catherine Frot, Sébastien Cotterot, Barbara Schulz
Pierrette Dumortier, a woman of character but weak-willed and defenseless against boredom Read More »
Home Front AKA Des hommes (2020) Lucas Belvaux, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Frot, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
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Odette Toulemonde (2006) Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, Jacques Weber
Odette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. Read More »
By the Pricking of My Thumbs AKA Mon petit doigt m’a dit… (2005) Pascal Thomas, Catherine Frot, André Dussollier, Geneviève Bujold
Prudence and Belisaire are what can be called an eccentric couple. How can you bear such impossible Christian (?) names in the first place? Read More »
CHAOS (2001) Coline Serreau, Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot, Rachida Brakni, Comedy, Drama, Crime
Contrary to her husband, Hélène devotes herself to help an French-Algerian prostitute, Malika, who seeks to escape from her abusers. As the film begins, Paul and Hélène, a wealthy Parisian couple, are preparing to go out for the evening. While driving, they see three men chasing a prostitute down the street. She begs them to save her by letting her into the car, but Paul locks the doors and drives away as the three men beat her, leaving her unconscious in the street. He refuses to let Hélène phone an ambulance, afraid of being charged with not helping a person in danger (which is a crime in France). Hélène cannot forget the incident, and the next day she goes to the hospital, where she finds the prostitute, Noémie, in a coma. Moved, Hélène stops work and leaves her family responsibilities to stay with Noémie throughout her recovery, aiding her as she regains mobility and helping her to communicate since she can’t yet speak. When one of the pimps returns to threaten Noémie, Hélène follows him out of the hospital, knocks him unconscious, and leaves him for the police to find.
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