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Catherine Hiegel

Catherine Hiegel

French actress
December 10, 1946 (77 years old)

Miss Impossible

V.O.: Jamais contente
Fr. 2016. Dramatic comedy by Émilie Deleuze with Léna Magnien, Patricia Mazuy, Philippe Duquesne. A teenager with a difficult personality finds an outlet in song, in a rock band composed of boys a little older than her.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 2015. Drama by Alain Tasma with Robinson Stévenin, Patrick Mille, Catherine Hiegel. After the death of his parents, whom he criticized in his books, a writer returns to Brittany to deal with the sale of the family home.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2014. Crime drama by Régis Musset with Pierre Arditi, Yoann Denaive, Catherine Hiegel.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2013. Biography by Martin Provost with Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Catherine Hiegel. In 1945, Violette Leduc met the writer Simone de Beauvoir, who became her benefactor and introduced her into Parisian literary circles.
Runtime: 138 min.

Granny's Funeral

V.O.: Adieu Berthe - L'Enterrement de mémé
Fr. 2012. Comedy by Bruno Podalydès with Denis Podalydès, Valérie Lemercier, Isabelle Candelier. The death of his grandmother plunges a provincial pharmacist into an existential abyss that forces him to re-evaluate his affections for his wife and his mistress.
Runtime: 100 min.

He Is My Girl

V.O.: La Folle Histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy
Fr. 2009. Comedy by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann with Antoine de Caunes, Mehdi Dehbi, Elsa Zylberstein. In Paris, the private life of a gay clarinet player is turned upside down by the unexpected return of his ex-wife and their ten-year-old son.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2007. Dramatic comedy by Josiane Balasko with Nathalie Baye, Éric Caravaca, Isabelle Carré. An attractive older woman who uses the services of male escorts begins an ambiguous affair with one young man who does it behind his fianc
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 2007. Chronicle by Thomas Gilou with Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Samy Seghir. In the early 1960s, a young Parisian of Algerian origin who is Muslim is placed with a provincial Catholic couple, where he must disguise his true identity.
Runtime: 127 min.

It's Our Life!

V.O.: La Vie est à nous!
Fr. 2005. Comedy by Gérard Krawczyk with Sylvie Testud, Josiane Balasko, Eric Cantona. In a Savoyard village, the rivalry between two shopkeepers is exacerbated by a truckers' strike.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2003. Dramatic comedy by Bertrand Blier with Michel Bouquet, Philippe Noiret, Farida Rahouadj. A rich left-wing 60-year-old and a poor right-wing 70-year-old share their young Algerian maid.
Runtime: 87 min.

Man Is a Woman

V.O.: L'Homme est une femme comme les autres
Runtime: 96 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1995. Psychological drama by Claire Devers with Éloïse Charretier, Catherine Hiegel, Marcel Bozonnet.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1993. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann with Josiane Balasko, Maurice Bénichou, Catherine Hiegel. In 1958, a mother devotes herself to the cause of the Communist Party despite her husband's objections.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1993. Psychological drama by Bernard Stora with Catherine Hiegel, Samuel Labarthe, Laura Morante. The life of a young provincial doctor is turned upside down by the arrival of a cantankerous nurse with rigid manners.
Fr. 1991. Fantasy comedy by Josiane Balasko with Josiane Balasko, Daniel Auteuil, Michael Lonsdale. A plump spinster makes a deal with a messenger of the devil to be transformed into an irresistible seductress.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1988. Mores comedy by Luc Béraud with Jean Poiret, Jacques Villeret, Agnès Blanchot. During a winter sports trip, a contractor asks an architect to pretend to be his young mistress
Runtime: 87 min.

Life Is a Long Quiet River

V.O.: La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille
Fr. 1987. Comedy by Étienne Chatiliez with Hélène Vincent, André Wilms, Benoît Magimel. Switched at birth by a nurse, two children are raised in opposite environments to those of their natural parents.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1986. Sentimental drama by Jacques Rouffio with Nicole Garcia, Sami Frey, Pierre Arditi. A businessperson with right-wing political views pursues a passionate affair with a socialist politician.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 93 min.

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