Sylvie Laporte Movies
- 1993
Helene (Anemone) is looking for her love of 25 years ago. She is 43 now, was 18 then. She has returned to the last place she saw him, a large house in the country. Once there, she finds Ariane making love to Matthieu. Matthieu is Sabine's husband; Sabine is younger than he is, she wants a child, Matthieu doesn't. Also at the time Helene arrives, she finds Lena leaning on a door, in tears. she has a lover 23 years younger than her, named Marc. Lena also has a child, Michel, a bright lad. The household also includes Cecile, who thought she was invited to babysit someone, and instead sits at the piano playing light classical tunes by the composer Gottschalk. When Helene is able to get the attention of these busy people, she confides her purpose to them, and in this bedroom farce they all agree to do whatever they can to help her. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anémone, Xavier Beauvois, (more)
- 1992
- R
In this hectic farce, Louis Aubinard (Bob Hoskins) is at the bottom of every totem pole he's ever come near, a nebbish and unattractive man who makes a poor living as a photographer of religious tableaux. His sister doesn't respect him and deliberately cooks awful food just to makes his life more miserable. At work, he is in danger of losing his job if he can't find a suitable model for a Christ-on-the-cross photo. One of his friends (Jean-Pierre Cassel) asks him to fill in for him on a movie project, and without knowing what he's being asked to do, Louis agrees to help out. He is astonished to discover that he is to provide the voiced-over cries of orgasmic delight for a porn movie. His fellow dubber is a lovely woman named Sybil (Natasha Richardson), and together, they voice a world-shaking sexual climax for the movie. Sybil then asks the hapless Louis to do a favor for her, and once again, he agrees. He meets the actress' boyfriend (Jeff Goldblum) as he is being released from jail and simultaneously finds his model for the troublesome photo. Things become particularly frenetic when the addle-pated ex-con takes his holy image too much to heart and begins trying to work miracles. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bob Hoskins, Jeff Goldblum, (more)
- 1989
A young nurse is hired to care for patients in a mental institution in this insightful drama taken from the stage play by Julius Amede Laou. She begins to work with a longtime patient, a black woman from Martinique who has spent 50 years in the facility. Jenny Alpha-Villand and Sylvie Laporte co-star with Catherine Rougelin. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jenny Alpha-Villard, Sylvie Laporte, (more)
- 1988
- R
At the suggestion of a friend, Constance (Miou-Miou) places an ad in the paper offering her services as a reader in this romantic comedy drama. Her job leads her to a variety of employers and occasional romantic involvement. Maria Casares plays the widow of an East European general who has Constance read Tolstoy and Marx. Pierre Dux is the local magistrate who prefers to hear the memoirs of the Marquis de Sade. She also has an affair with a harried business executive played by Patrick Chesnais. This film was named the "Best Feature" at the 1988 Montreal World Film Festival. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Miou-Miou, Christian Ruche, (more)
