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Nicole Garcia

Nicole Garcia

French actress, film director and writer
April 22, 1946 (77 years old)
Fr. 2024. Dramatic comedy by Christophe Honoré with Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Benjamin Biolay. Actress Chiara Mastroianni borrows the identity of her late father Marcello, dressing as him and asking to be considered an actor from now on.

One Fine Morning

V.O.: Un Beau Matin
Fr. 2022. Drama by Mia Hansen-Love with Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Pascal Greggory. While caring for her ailing father, a translator, who is raising her daughter alone, begins an affair with a long lost friend who is now married.
Runtime: 112 min.

Dear Mother

V.O.: L'Origine du monde
Fr. 2021. Comedy by Laurent Lafitte with Laurent Lafitte, Karin Viard, Vincent Macaigne. When his heart stops beating, Jean-Louis must face his Oedipus complex— and ask his mother an unthinkable question — or risk dying in three days.‏
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 2020. Drama by Nicole Garcia with Stacy Martin, Pierre Niney, Benoît Magimel. Three years after an incident that caused her drug dealer lover to flee, a young woman married to a wealthy businessman stumbles upon him in Mauritius.
Runtime: 102 min.

Who You Think I Am

V.O.: Celle que vous croyez
Fr. 2019. Drama by Safy Nebbou with Juliette Binoche, François Civil, Nicole Garcia. A divorced university professor tells her new psychologist about her pen pal affair, via Facebook, with a photographer 20 years her junior.
Runtime: 102 min.

Ladies

V.O.: De plus belle
Fr. 2017. Dramatic comedy by Anne-Gaëlle Daval with Florence Foresti, Mathieu Kassovitz, Josée Drevon. In remission from breast cancer, a single mother resists the advances of a serial seducer and half-heartedly participates in a show designed to make her appreciate her body.
Runtime: 98 min.

From the Land of the Moon

V.O.: Mal de pierres
Fr. 2016. Sentimental drama by Nicole Garcia with Marion Cotillard, Alex Brendemuhl, Louis Garrel. Given in marriage to a Spanish worker who has fled Francoism, the eldest daughter of a good French family falls in love with a soldier who has returned from Indochina.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 2016. Sentimental comedy by Martin Bourboulon with Laurent Lafitte, Marina Foïs, Alexandre Desrousseaux. An alleged pregnancy and a bogus marriage announcement jeopardize the shared custody arrangement between an obstetrician and an engineer.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 2015. Drama by Lucas Belvaux with Nicole Garcia, Louise Bourgoin, Amir El Kacem. Exiled to Paris for trying to poison her husband twenty years ago, a woman unwittingly charms the frivolous young man her only daughter wishes to marry.

Families

V.O.: Belles familles
Fr. 2015. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Mathieu Amalric, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche. While trying to get the sale of the family home approved, a businessman meets the daughter of his late father
Runtime: 113 min.
Runtime: 174 min.
Fr. 2013. Drama by Claire Simon with Reda Kateb, Nicole Garcia, Monia Chokri. In a Parisian train station, a sociology student meets a professor with cancer, a disoriented real estate agent and a TV host looking for his runaway daughter.
Runtime: 119 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2012. Social drama by Lucas Belvaux with Yvan Attal, Sophie Quinton, Nicole Garcia. A pilot in the port of Le Havre admits to his wife and then to the police, that like his neighbors, he did nothing to help a woman who was murdered in front of his building.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 2012. Dramatic comedy by Brigitte Roüan with Nicole Garcia, Éric Caravaca, Patrick Mille.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 2011. Sentimental comedy by Katia Lewkowicz with Benjamin Biolay, Emmanuelle Devos, Nicole Garcia. A few days before his wedding, a thirty-year-old Parisian man beset by doubts whose fianc
Runtime: 99 min.

Balcony on the Sea

V.O.: Un Balcon sur la mer
Fr. 2010. Sentimental drama by Nicole Garcia with Jean Dujardin, Marie-Josée Croze, Toni Servillo. In the 1980s, a real estate agent begins a passionate affair with a client, in whom he believes he recognizes his childhood love from the time they lived in Oran, Algeria.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2008. Social drama by Claire Simon with Nathalie Baye, Nicole Garcia, Isabelle Carré. The daily life of a family planning clinic in Paris.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 2007. Dramatic comedy by Éric de Montalier with Nicole Garcia, Jacques Dutronc, André Dussollier. Three couples and a single man struggle with their romantic and professional lives.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2005. Psychological drama by Nicole Garcia with Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Lindon, Benoît Poelvoorde. The return of a famous paleontologist to his hometown disrupts the lives of a few people in a more or less direct way.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 2003. Sentimental drama by Jacques Rivette with Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Emmanuelle Béart, Anne Brochet. A watchmaker in love with a mysterious woman blackmails an antique dealer who seems to know a lot about the woman he loves.
Runtime: 151 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.
Fr. 2003. Mores drama by Claude Miller with Ludivine Sagnier, Robinson Stévenin, Nicole Garcia. Professional and romantic crossroads between a famous actress, an established director, an apprentice filmmaker and an aspiring actress.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 2003. Thriller by Philippe Harel with Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Jacques Vanier, Jean-Louis Loca. A young police commissioner believes she is on the trail of a serial killer who seduces his victims and then drives them to suicide.
Fr. 2002. Psychological drama by Nicole Garcia with Daniel Auteuil, Géraldine Pailhas, François Cluzet. Sensing that he is in danger of being exposed, a man who has lied to those around him for years does the unthinkable.
Runtime: 124 min.

Betty Fisher and Other Stories

V.O.: Betty Fisher et autres histoires
Fr. 2001. Psychological drama by Claude Miller with Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia, Mathilde Seigner. A mentally unstable woman kidnaps an unloved child to replace her romance novelist daughter's dead child.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1999. Dramatic comedy by Sam Karmann with Jean-Pierre Bacri, Nicole Garcia, François Chattot. A depressed writer covets his psychoanalyst's watch, said to have been worn by John F. Kennedy on the day he died.
Fr. 1997. Psychological drama by Nicole Garcia with Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner. After the suicide of a jeweller, his alcoholic wife comes out of seclusion and starts selling stolen gemstones that he was holding.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1994. Sentimental drama by Robert Mazoyer with Nicole Garcia, Guillaume Canet, Annie Girardot. A surgeon in her forties sees the course of her life deeply disturbed by the mad love that a teenager has for her.
Fr. 1993. Mores comedy by Michel Deville with Anémone, André Dussollier, Nicole Garcia. At a summer residence, a woman in search of her first love is welcomed by couples with capricious temperaments.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1992. Drama by Christopher Frank with Nicole Garcia, Jacques Perrin, Florence Pernel. Through the emotional confessions of her 20-year-old daughter, a mother discovers that her husband is having an affair with a very young woman.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1991. Drama by Pierre Boutron with Nicole Garcia, Robin Renucci, Denise Chalem. A young atheist woman falls in love with the priest who slowly brings her back to Christianity.

Overseas

V.O.: Outremer
Fr. 1989. Psychological drama by Brigitte Roüan with Brigitte Roüan, Nicole Garcia, Marianne Basler. The different fates of three sisters, daughters of French settlers living in Algeria in the 1940s and 1950s.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1989. Psychological drama by Nicole Garcia with Nathalie Baye, Joachim Serreau, Félicie Pasotti. Separated from her husband, an actress who only sees her two children occasionally takes them wandering on the road for a few days.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1987. Drama by Francesca Comencini with Nicole Garcia, Wadeck Stanczak, Jean-Louis Barrault. Wanted by mobsters, a young swindler takes refuge in a mountain village and has a passionate romance with a novelist.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1986. Crime drama by Joël Santoni with Nicole Garcia, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Pierre Bisson. Hired by an architect to maintain his house, a couple seeks revenge for an accident for which they believe him responsible.
Runtime: 112 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.
Fr. 1985. Social drama by Serge Leroy with Philippe Noiret, Nicole Garcia, Roland Blanche. A journalist and a television presenter have evidence of the French government's involvement in a political assassination.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1984. Psychological drama by Claude D'Anna with Nicole Garcia, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Michel Galabru. In their theatre dressing room, two actors, who are spouses in life, confront each other between their appearances on stage.
Runtime: 78 min.
Fr. 1984. Thriller by Michel Deville with Christophe Malavoy, Nicole Garcia, Anémone. When a musician agrees to give guitar lessons to the daughter of a wealthy couple, he is drawn into a dark intrigue.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1984. Sentimental comedy by Michel Deville with Nicole Garcia, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Richard Fontana. A Norman lord and his neighbor come to the aid of a Polish revolutionary hunted by Napoleon's police.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1983. Psychological drama by José Pinheiro with Nicole Garcia, Marie-Christine Barrault, Daniel Mesguich. A young mother in her thirties, anxious and suffering from hemorrhaging, begins therapy with a psychiatrist.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1983. Dramatic comedy by Claude Sautet with Yves Montand, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Villeret. The emotional tribulations of a former dancer turned waiter.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1983. War drama by Laurent Heynemann with Nicole Garcia, Thierry Lhermitte, Jean-Claude Brialy. In the summer of 1944, a young Parisian, working for the Gestapo in order to obtain the release of his Jewish mistress, must flee with her as the Allied forces approach.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1982. Dramatic comedy by Élie Chouraqui with Francis Huster, Nicole Garcia, Charles Aznavour. A young filmmaker is inspired by his family background and his romantic experiences to write a screenplay.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1982. Drama by Pierre Schoendoerffer with Nicole Garcia, Jacques Perrin, Georges Wilson. The widow of an officer, who died during the Algerian war, sues a history professor who called her husband a torturer and a murderer.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1981. Mores drama by Caroline Huppert with Jacques Penot, Nicole Garcia, Sabine Haudepin.

Beau Pere

V.O.: Beau-père
Fr. 1981. Psychological drama by Bertrand Blier with Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet.
Runtime: 124 min.
Runtime: 184 min.
Fr. 1980. Psychological drama by Alain Resnais with Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre.
Runtime: 126 min.

Ogro

V.O.: Operacion Ogro
Runtime: 115 min.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1978. Mores comedy by Philippe de Broca with Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, Annie Girardot.
Runtime: 104 min.
Runtime: 330 min.
Fr. 1978. Crime drama by Jacques Deray with Lino Ventura, Claudine Auger, Nicole Garcia. A French person passing through Barcelona is drawn into a mysterious affair.
Runtime: 94 min.
Suis. 1977. Psychological drama by Patricia Moraz with Isabelle Huppert, Christine Pascal, Mathieu Carrière. The turmoil of a lonely girl.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1977. Social drama by Laurent Heynemann with Jacques Denis, Nicole Garcia, Jean-Pierre Sentier. A journalist is imprisoned and tortured for supporting the Liberation Front in Algeria.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 1976. Crime drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Bernard Blier. Upon his release from prison, a man returns to his hometown and searches for the real culprit of the murder for which he was convicted.
Runtime: 121 min.

Let Joy Reign Supreme

V.O.: Que la fête commence...
Fr. 1974. History by Bertrand Tavernier with Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle. In 1719, Abb
Runtime: 115 min.

Faire l'amour - Emmanuelle et ses soeurs

V.O.: Emmanuelle et ses soeurs
Fr. 1971. Sketches by Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, Thomas Fantl, Susumu Hani, Gunnar Hogland with Danielle Palmero, Christiane Kruger, Annabella Munters. Five countries, five sketches, and as many ways of seeing love, male-female relationships, and sexual behaviour within a couple.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Troops get Married

V.O.: Le Gendarme se marie
Fr. 1968. Comedy by Jean Girault with Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Michel Galabru. An armed police officer falls madly in love with the widow of a police colonel.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1967. Dramatic comedy by Étienne Périer with Roger Van Hool, Ludmila Mikaël, Jean-Christophe Maucorps. Ten young people get together to rent an old house.
Runtime: 95 min.

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