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Caroline Champetier

Caroline Champetier

French cinematographer and film director
July 16, 1954 (69 years old)
Fr. 2021. Musical by Léos Carax with Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg. An American comedian and a French singer go through a marital crisis caused by the prodigious vocal talent of their baby.
Runtime: 139 min.

The Guardians

V.O.: Les Gardiennes
Fr. 2017. Drama by Xavier Beauvois with Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Iris Bry. In 1915, while her sons are away at war, a widow farmer who is working with her daughter gets help from a young homeless woman known for her bravery.
Runtime: 135 min.

The Innocents

V.O.: Les Innocentes
Fr. 2015. History by Anne Fontaine with Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza. In 1945 Poland, a young intern of the French Red Cross secretly helps nuns who have become pregnant after being raped by Soviet soldiers.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 2014. Dramatic comedy by Xavier Beauvois with Benoît Poelvoorde, Roschdy Zem, Séli Gmach. In 1977 in Switzerland, two men in financial difficultiy decide to steal the coffin of filmmaker Charlie Chaplin to demand a ransom from the family.
Runtime: 114 min.

The Last of the Unjust

V.O.: Le Dernier des injustes
Fr. 2013. Documentary by Claude Lanzmann. In 1975, the director met and interviewed a man who held the controversial position of chairperson of the Jewish council of a ""model ghetto"" during the war.
Runtime: 218 min.
Fr. 2012. Drama by Léos Carax with Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Kylie Minogue. From dawn to dusk, a mysterious ""actor"" is escorted through Paris in a white limousine equipped like a theatre box has a series of encounters.
Runtime: 115 min.
All. 2012. History by Margarethe von Trotta with Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer. In 1961, the German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt arouses controversy when she develops her theory on ""The Banality of Evil"" during the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 2012. History by Caroline Champetier with Marine Delterme, Alice Buteau, Malik Zidi. In 1865, a prefect's daughter turns her back on her destiny and with the help of Edouard Manet becomes the first impressionist painter.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 101 min.

Of Gods and Men

V.O.: Des hommes et des dieux
Fr. 2010. History by Xavier Beauvois with Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin. The story of the seven French monks of Tibhirine, killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria in 1996.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 2009. Drama by Benoît Jacquot with Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Xavier Beauvois. After discovering her husband's infidelity, a famous Parisian pianist leaves him, abandons her career, sells all her belongings and tries to disappear.
Runtime: 94 min.

One Day You'll Understand

V.O.: Plus tard tu comprendras
Fr. 2008. Drama by Amos Gitaï with Jeanne Moreau, Hippolyte Girardot, Emmanuelle Devos. When a forty-year-old Parisian man learns that he is Jewish, he tries to shed light on his parents' actions during World War II.
Runtime: 88 min.
Jap. 2008. Sketches by Michel Gondry, Léos Carax, Bong Joon-ho with Ayako Fujitani, Denis Lavant, Teruyuki Kagawa. In Tokyo, the fantastic fates of a young woman undergoing a strange mutation, a human-like monster emerging from the sewers and a man who has been confined to his home for ten years.
Runtime: 107 min.

The Killer

V.O.: Le Tueur
Fr. 2007. Thriller by Cédric Anger with Gilbert Melki, Grégoire Colin, Sophie Cattani. An investment banker convinces the hitman who was hired to kill him to give him a few days to get his affairs in order.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2005. Crime drama by Xavier Beauvois with Nathalie Baye, Jalil Lespert, Roschdy Zem. Afterthree years of small-time cases, an alcoholic detective is assigned to lead the Parisian homicide squad.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 2004. Historic chronicle by Benoît Jacquot with Catherine Deneuve, Heinz Bennent, Anne Bennent. The long friendship between Sigmund Freud and Marie Bonaparte, Napoleon's great-grandniece.
Runtime: 185 min.
Fr. 2003. Mores drama by Josée Dayan with Cyrille Thouvenin, Nicole Garcia, Jeanne Moreau. A young man living in harmony with his parents and an aunt causes a stir when he falls in love with his father's mistress.
Runtime: 100 min.

Dangerous Liaisons

V.O.: Les Liaisons dangereuses
Fr. 2002. Mores drama by Josée Dayan with Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Everett, Leelee Sobieski. In the 1960s, two idle rich men employ shady seduction techniques to manipulate those around them.
Runtime: 192 min.
Fr. 2001. Biography by Josée Dayan with Jeanne Moreau, Aymeric Demarigny, Christiane Rorato. From 1980 until her death in 1996, the writer Marguerite Duras lived a passionate relationship with her young student Yann Andrea.
Runtime: 95 min.

The School of Flesh

V.O.: L'École de la chair
Fr. 1998. Psychological drama by Benoît Jacquot with Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez, Vincent Lindon. A woman in her forties has a stormy relationship with a young prostitute.
Runtime: 110 min.

Alice and Martin

V.O.: Alice et Martin
Fr. 1998. Psychological drama by André Téchiné with Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric. A violinist has a love affair with a young model haunted by a dramatic family secret.
Runtime: 124 min.
Fr. 1996. Psychological drama by Jacques Doillon with Victoire Thivisol, Matiaz Bureau Caton, Xavier Beauvois.
Runtime: 92 min.

To Have (or Not)

V.O.: En avoir (ou pas)
Fr. 1995. Dramatic comedy by Laetitia Masson with Sandrine Kiberlain, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Roschdy Zem.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1991. Drama by Arnaud Desplechin with Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard. A medical student is thrust into an espionage case after finding a mummified head in his luggage.
Runtime: 144 min.
Fr. 1989. Dramatic comedy by Jacques Doillon with Jacques Doillon, Judith Godrèche, Melvil Poupaud. The father of a fourteen-year-old boy feels attracted to his son
Runtime: 84 min.

Keep Your Right Up!

V.O.: Soigne ta droite
Fr. 1987. Comedy by Jean-Luc Godard with Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Villeret, Michel Galabru. The tribulations of a film writer struggling to deliver his latest work to a distributor.
Runtime: 81 min.

A Whole Night

V.O.: Toute une nuit
Bel. 1982. Essay film by Chantal Akerman with Aurore Clément, Pierre Forget, Véronique Silver. On a hot summer night in Brussels, various people take actions that will change the course of their lives.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1981. Drama by Jacques Rivette with Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti. Aided by a mysterious young girl, a former far-left terrorist sets out into a hostile Paris in search of a friend.
Runtime: 129 min.

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