Julie Gayet Movies
With a classical upbringing that instilled in her a fundamental love and appreciation of the fine arts, and that found her traveling in extremely cultured Parisian circles during girlhood, the glamorous Julie Gayet balanced collegiate courses in vocal performance, drama, art, and dance, then opted to move into a professional acting career. A famously meticulous performer and something of a... (read more) perfectionist, Gayet insisted, from the very beginning, on engaging in months of advance preparation prior to tackling a new role. She took her cinematic bow on a note of great esteem by working for Krzysztof Kieslowski on the director's Blue, though she maintains an extremely low profile in the picture (as a girl in the Paris Metro whose "silhouette" is visible onscreen). Released two years later, the legendary Agnès Varda's A Hundred and One Nights boosted Gayet to fourth billing; she played Camille, a French cinema student who assists the century-old Simon Cinéma (Michel Piccoli) in remembering the highs and lows of the first century of French filmmaking. Gayet next obtained the prestigious Prix Romy Schneider for her work in Laurent Bouhnik's Sélect Hôtel (1996).
Many Gallic box-office highlights were quick to follow over the next ten years, including the 1999 Les Gens Qui S'Aiment, the 2002 La Turbulence des Fluides, and the 2003 Lovely Rita: Sainte Patronne des Cas Désespérés. The gay-themed romantic comedy 3 Guys, 1 Girl, 2 Weddings was Gayet's (the "girl" of the title) first major international success. In 2006, the actress garnered immense popularity for her lead in director Patrice Leconte's romantic comedy My Best Friend, opposite French screen icon Daniel Auteuil. She plays Catherine, the business partner of a ruthless antique dealer (Auteuil), who makes a wager with him over the ownership of a rare vase. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
Bonsái
NR 2011
Alejandro Zambra's celebrated novella of love and literature comes to the screen in this film adaptation from director Cristian Jimenez. Julio (Diego Noguera) was an...
Sans laisser de traces
2010
The new president of a prominent cleaning product company attempts to ease his guilty conscience by repaying the man whose ideas he once stole, only to find the situation leading...
Fix Me
2009
One man sees his physical and emotional maladies as a metaphor for the calamitous history of his homeland in this documentary. Filmmaker Raed Andoni is a Palestinian who has...
Un Certain Regard
2007
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Red Ants
2007
A sixteen year-old girl living with her widowed father in the Ardennes forest befriends a twenty-two year old orphan whose manipulative aunt contrives to keep him immature in the...
Shall We Kiss?
2007
Emmanuel Mouret's romantic comedy Shall We Kiss? begins with two strangers who end up attracted to each other, even though they both are involved in relationships with...
Hotel Harabati
2006
Earning frequent comparisons to the finer work of David Lynch for its defiantly unpredictable and enigmatic narrative twists, neophyte director Brice Cauvin's {\political...
My Best Friend
PG13 2006
A businessman tries to belatedly learn the fine art of friendship in this comedy from French filmmaker Patrice Leconte. François (Daniel Auteuil) is an antique dealer...
A Woman in Winter
2005
A man with a belief in travel between different realities encounters a woman who seems to be the living embodiment of his theories in this drama. Michael Seraph (Jamie...
Bab El Web
2005
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Camping a la Ferme
2005
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Clara et Moi
2004
Arnaud Viard's 2003 French-language feature Clara et Moi chronicles the eccentric romance between the 33-year-old struggling actor Antoine (Julien Boisselier of Le...
3 Guys, 1 Girl, 2 Weddings
2004
When the gay roommate and best friend of a commitment-phobic radio show hosts learns that his womanizing roommate is planning to settle down, he does everything in his power to...
Lovely Rita: Sainte Patronne des Cas Désespérés
2003
French filmmaker Stephane Clavier directs the comedy Lovely Rita: Patron Saint of Lost Causes, based on the novel by Benjamin Legrand. The director's brother, French...
La Turbulence Des Fluides
2002
A scientist living in Tokyo is sent to a small Canadian town to study the tides in this visually inventive feature from director Manon Briand. Suspecting that the cecassion of...
Ma camera et moi
2002
Christopher Loizillon's Ma Camera et Moi (My Camera and Me) is the story of Max (Zinedine Soualem), a young man obsessed with videotaping life. Adopted and later...
Almost Peaceful
2002
A group of Jewish Holocaust survivors attempt to restart their lives after Europe's liberation from Nazi occupation in director Michel Deville's 2002 ensemble drama Almost...
Vertiges de l'amour
2001
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Confusion of Genders
2000
A lawyer finds himself playing on so many sides at once that he has trouble keeping score in this offbeat comedy. Alain (Pascal Greggory) is a bisexual attorney stuck in a deep...
Les Gens qui s'aiment
NR 1999
Neither the youthful or the experienced have a monopoly on the joys or the follies of romance -- or at least that appears to be the message of Jean-Charles Tacchella's Les Gens...