Josiane Balasko

All Inclusive
3.2

All Inclusive

Feb. 13, 2019

All Inclusive

Planted by his fiancee at the airport, Bruno flies away alone for a week in an All Inclusive Caribbean vacation club. Bad news never comes alone, ...
15 Minutes of War
6.3

15 Minutes of War

Jan. 30, 2019

15 Minutes of War

February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it ...
Let the Sunshine In
6.0

Let the Sunshine In

Sep. 27, 2017

Let the Sunshine In

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.
Back to Mom’s
5.8

Back to Mom’s

Jun. 01, 2016

Back to Mom’s

At 40, Stephanie loses her job and is forced to move back in with her mother. She is welcomed with open arms to the joys of overheated apartment, ...
Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous
5.5

Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous

At last, Josephine has found her perfect non-smoker-cat-loving-amazing-cook-perfect-man-soulmate. They’ve been in love for two years and ...
Arrête ton cinéma !
4.9

Arrête ton cinéma !

Sybille, an accomplished actress, is given the chance to direct a film based on her own screenplay. Everything seems to go well at first. Her ...
The Roommates Party
5.2

The Roommates Party

Dec. 23, 2015

The Roommates Party

An unusually cold winter forces the french government to push the best housed people to accommodate some poor fellow citizens. The decree called ...
A Happy Event
6.6

A Happy Event

Sep. 27, 2011

A Happy Event

She drove me into a corner, then forced me to go beyond my limits. She made me confront the absolute: love, sacrifice, tenderness, abandonment. ...
The Hedgehog
7.4

The Hedgehog

Jul. 01, 2009

The Hedgehog

Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art ...
The Red Inn
6.0

The Red Inn

Dec. 05, 2007

The Red Inn

A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to ...
French Fried Vacation 3
3.9

French Fried Vacation 3

After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the same, and worse.
Absolutely Fabulous
4.6

Absolutely Fabulous

Aug. 29, 2001

Absolutely Fabulous

The wildly popular British television show Absolutely Fabulous gets a Francophonic makeover with this film version directed by Gabriel Aghion. In ...
A Crime in Paradise
6.5

A Crime in Paradise

Feb. 28, 2001

A Crime in Paradise

In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against ...
Didier
6.2

Didier

Jan. 28, 1997

Didier

Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier ...
French Twist
6.4

French Twist

Feb. 08, 1995

French Twist

After learning of her husband’s infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever ...
My Life Is Hell
5.6

My Life Is Hell

Dec. 04, 1991

My Life Is Hell

La naïve et complexée Leah signe par erreur un pacte avec le diable Abargadon. Mais elle est sur les listes du Paradis, aussi l’Archange ...
Too Beautiful for You
6.8

Too Beautiful for You

Oct. 21, 1989

Too Beautiful for You

A car dealer, well-to-do and with a beautiful wife, finds himself attracted to his rather plain new temporary secretary. Despite her own ...
Nuit d’ivresse
5.8

Nuit d’ivresse

Sep. 23, 1986

Nuit d’ivresse

Jacques Belin, presenter of a silly TV show, gets drunk after receiving an award and misses the train bringing his TV-soap-star fiancée. He meets ...
All Mixed Up
5.3

All Mixed Up

Mar. 19, 1985

All Mixed Up

After the death of her little boy, Anita wants to take her own life.
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
4.8

The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent

An international intrigue with terrorists threatening to blow up the presidents of the most powerful countries.
La smala
5.2

La smala

Aug. 29, 1984

La smala

When the mother of a “tribe” of five children leaves for good, their inept father is not sure how to keep the family clothed and fed, ...
Papy fait de la résistance
6.8

Papy fait de la résistance

It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family’s home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. ...
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
7.6

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

Félix, disguised as Father Christmas, hands out leaflets advertising a sexy Christmas party. His place is taken by an African Santa Claus and he ...
Le Maître d’école
5.8

Le Maître d’école

Oct. 28, 1981

Le Maître d’école

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny ...
Men Prefer Fat Girls
5.0

Men Prefer Fat Girls

Aug. 19, 1981

Men Prefer Fat Girls

Lydie, a physically unattractive young woman, is brutally dumped by her fiancé when she had just acquired the lease of an apartment to live with him.
French Fried Vacation 2
7.5

French Fried Vacation 2

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, ...
French Fried Vacation
6.8

French Fried Vacation

Nov. 11, 1978

French Fried Vacation

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. ...
We Will All Meet in Paradise
6.9

We Will All Meet in Paradise

The film is the immediate continuation of Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, released the previous year. Having fortuitously discovered a ...