Movies: Humbert Balsan
- 2005
Manderlay (2005)
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In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the farmers. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to in...
- 1996
Surviving Picasso (1996)
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The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life....
- 1980
Loulou (1980)
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A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal....
- 1995
Lumière and Company (1995)
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40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds,...
- 1995
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
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His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry....
- 2002
The Adversary (2002)
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Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely ...
- 1977
The Devil, Probably (1977)
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A group of disillusioned young Parisians look for satisfaction in political activism, religion, romance, music, and drugs....
- 1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
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Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children....
- 1974
Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
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Having failed in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, their number reduced to a mere handful. Seeing a rift developing between Lancelot and Mordred, Arthur urges his knights to bury their differences and b...
- 1982
All Fired Up (1982)
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Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take advantage that Pauline, his eldest daughter now fully responsible for the whole family, has begun to ...
- 2004
Grande école (2004)
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Paul and Agnes have been going out for quite a while and Agnes is shocked to learn that he'd rather live with two roommates on campus than move in with her. As soon as he meets one of his roommates, Louis-Anault, Paul's behavior changes - he is attra...
- 1996
The Proprietor (1996)
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An expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being placed on the auction block....
- 1976
Noroît (1976)
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After her brother was killed by a notorious all-female pirate gang, Morag dedicates her life to bringing the murderers to justice. Soon, she has become an important member of the pirate gang and has begun acquiring the loyalty of key members. Eventua...
- 2007
The Man from London (2007)
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A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime....
- 2001
Transfixed (2001)
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Bo is a transexual prostitute in Brussels who left home after being abused by her father. She's infuatuated with a neighbor and suspected by the police in a series of transexual murders. In order to clear herself she must turn detective....
- 1983
I Married a Shadow (1983)
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After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident....
- 1981
Quartet (1981)
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When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple....
- 1985
Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
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This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effec...
- 1979
Swimming Instructor (1979)
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Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where she lives, she meets and marries small-time crooner Marcel Potier. Together they leave for the South of France where they live happily but poorly. Now...
- 1981
Chanel Solitaire (1981)
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The life and loves of Coco Chanel who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and became one of the most legendary creative icons....