Sylvie Verheyde Movies
- 2008
A street-smart girl is given a crash course in how the other half lives in this bittersweet comedy from writer and director Sylvie Verheyde. Eleven year old Stella (Leora Barbara) is the daughter of Roselyne (Karole Rocher), a currently single mother who runs a tavern in a working-class neighborhood in Paris. Stella is used to helping out her mom at work and knows a lot more about football, mixing drinks and what's popular on the jukebox than nearly any girl her age. But none of this proves very helpful to Stella when to her surprise she's transferred to a school in one of the city's mot upscale communities. Stella is a thorough misfit at the school and doesn't do especially well in her classes; eventually she makes friends with Gladys (Melissa Rodrigues), the smartest girl in her class, who introduces Stella to the world of great literature. Stella finds that books teach her some valuable lessons about how to deal with others, but she's not sure how much her new studies will help her in the real world; Stella is also wrestling with a crush on Alain-Bernard (Guillaume Depardieu), a regular at the bar and a good friend of her mother who is a font of information that shouldn't be useful to an average 11-year-old. Stella was an official selection at the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
When ex-Thai boxer Angelo gets drawn into the violent world of competitive kickboxing, the blows come fast and furious as he seeks to redeem himself through the restorative power of true love. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Clovis Cornillac, Jérôme Le Banner, (more)
A woman caught in a comfortable but lifeless marriage gets a wake-up call that threatens to dismantle her entire existence in this erotic drama starring Raffaela Anderson and Anthony Delon. A successful osteopath living in Paris, Jeanne feels something is missing from her life. While attending a party with her husband, Jeanne makes the acquaintance of a professional dancer named Marie. As Jeanne and Marie form a close-knit bond and Jeanne begins taking private dance lessons from Marie, she soon begins to get back in touch with her body and realize her inner desires. When Marie reveals that she is sexually attracted to Jeanne, Jeanne quickly realizes that she too is attracted to Marie, and is slowly falling in love with her. When Jeanne confides her secret in a close friend, the shock that her revelation arouses spills over into her husbands' suspicions that his wife is having an affair, overwhelming the woman whose life has suddenly taken a dramatic and unexpected turn. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Helen Filleres, Raffaela Anderson, (more)
- 1997
In this controversial French drama, Loic (Jeannick Gravelines) is a photographer who is trying to leave his working-class background behind and make a name for himself as an artist. Loic's best friend Tony (Emmanuel Nicolas) has become involved with both hard drugs and Loic's former girlfriend Virginie (Karole Rocher), while man-about-town Vincent (Nils Tavernier), who has plenty of connections in the art community, has developed a keen interest in Loic's sister Sophie (Emma de Caunes). However, Loic and Sophie are very close -- perhaps closer than a brother and sister should be -- and Loic is not comfortable with Vincent's obviously sexual interest in her. Emma de Caunes' performance in Un Frere earned her a Cesar Award (the French Oscar) as Most Promising Actress of 1997. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeannick Gravelines, Emma de Caunes, (more)
