The films of
Judith Godrèche

La Fille de 15 ans (1989)
Jacques Doillon
  La Désenchantée (1990)
Benoît Jacquot
  Paris s'éveille (1991)
Olivier Assayas
 
     
La Fille de 15 ans is a subtle yet poignant film which explores the complexity and brittleness of human relationships – both across and within the generations...  [More...]   This early film from Benoît Jacquot (now a highly rated French film director) is a melancholic essay in teenage angst. Like many of Jacquot’s films...  [More...]   Olivier Assayas’ third full-length film combines some of the elements of a noir thriller and a conventional French love triangle but presents them as a gritty social realist drama...  [More...]  

Tango (1993)
Patrice Leconte
  Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996)
Edouard Molinaro
  Ridicule (1996)
Patrice Leconte
 
     
Although the plot sounds rather grim, this is actually rather an entertaining light comedy - well paced, well acted, with some amusing dialogue and...  [More...]   Based on a play by the eminent French film director Sacha Guitry (which was never performed), this film offers some fascinating insights into one of the most enigmatic and influential of French historical figures. ...  [More...]   Whilst not quite in the league of earlier, more substantial historical films (a genre in which French cinema seems always to have excelled), Ridicule is nonetheless an impressive and entertaining film...  [More...]  

Bimboland (1998)
Ariel Zeitoun
  L'Auberge espagnole (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
  France Boutique (2003)
Tonie Marshall
 
     
Whilst its raison d’être is primarily to entertain, Bimboland is a film that does broach some serious issues – particularly about society’s out-dated attitudes towards women (to succeed in life...  [More...]   One of the French film highlights of the year 2002, L’Auberge espagnole is a vibrant yet intelligent comedy-drama about young people from different cultures and nationalities coming together and discovering a shared...  [More...]   Tonie Marshall’s sixth film bears some superficial similarities with her previous success, Vénus beauté (institut), in that both portray tangled love lives within an artificially glamorous setting...  [More...]  

Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte (2005)
Philippe Harel
  Home Sweet Home (2008)
Didier Le Pêcheur
  Fais-moi plaisir! (2009)
Emmanuel Mouret
 
     
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