List of the best Bernadette Lafont movies: The Mother and the Whore(1973), A Very Curious Girl(1969), Like a Turtle on Its Back(1977), The Good Girls(1960), Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me(1972), Paulette(2012), An Impudent Girl(1985), Inspector Lavardin(1986), Les godelureaux(1961), Attila Marcel(2013), The Delinquents(1960), I Do(2006) ... ...
Drama
France
1973
210 Minutes
Marie
Bernadette Lafont Jean-Pierre Léaud Françoise Lebrun Isabelle Weingarten Jacques Renard Jean-Noël Picq Geneviève Mnich
boyfriend girlfriend lover brooding emotional sultry paris apartment love triangle love meaning of life jealousy infidelity sex discovery love rivalry 1970s
The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women, including the maternal Marie and the sexually liberated Veronika, in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
Drama
France
1969
120 Minutes
Marie
Bernadette Lafont Georges Geret Julien Guiomar Henry Czarniak Claire Maurier Jacques Marin Francis Lax Michel Constantin Jean Parédès
An oppressed and exploited young woman (Marie) begins charging for her sexual favors and completely disrupts the smug patriarchal capitalist society of the village of Tellier.
Comedy, Drama
France
1977
110 Minutes
Camille
Bernadette Lafont Jean-François Stévenin Virginie Thévenet Veronique Silver Claude Miller Marion Game Sandy Whitelaw Valerie Quennessen
What does Paul need to create and write ? His wife ensures him her love. They decide to separate when she cracks under pressure.
Drama
France|Italy
1960
105 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Lucile Saint-Simon Clotilde Joano Stéphane Audran Mario David Jean-Louis Maury Sacha Briquet Dinan
single woman woman saleswoman man love interest lover amusing cheeky engaging dreamy heartwarming lighthearted paris france relationships love work destiny saleswomen love interest
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
Comedy
1972
98 Minutes
Camille Bliss
Bernadette Lafont André Dussollier Charles Denner Philippe Léotard Guy Marchand Gilberte Geniat Claude Brasseur Michel Delahaye
femme fatale student husband lover cheeky tense spirited france prison household murder deception crime feminine sexuality infidelity temptation fall 1970s
In prison for murder, a French beauty (Bernadette Lafont) relates her steamy past to a criminology student.
Comedy
2012
87 Minutes
Paulette
Bernadette Lafont Carmen Maura Dominique Lavanant Françoise Bertin André Penvern Jean-Baptiste Anoumon Axelle Laffont Paco Boublard Kamel Laadaili Aymen Saidi Soufiane Guerrab
old woman widow racist drug dealer drug addict daughter amusing hilarious heartwarming emotional cool paris ghetto loneliness racism drugs secret identity bitterness mother/daughter relationship love
Comedy, Drama
France
1985
96 Minutes
Charlotte Gainsbourg Bernadette Lafont Jean-Philippe Écoffey Clothilde Baudon Julie Glenn Jean-Claude Brialy Raoul Billerey Simon de la Brosse
Charlotte (Gainsbourg) is being raised without a mother. She is only 13 but ready to be an adult. She meets an older boy and begins a relationship while teaching a young friend about life and learning the ropes herself.
Mystery & Thriller
Switzerland|France
1986
99 Minutes
Hélène Mons
Jean Poiret Bernadette Lafont Jean-Claude Brialy Jacques Dacqmine Jean-Luc Bideau Hermine Claire Pierre-Francois Dumeniaud Florent Gibassier Guy Louret Jean Depusse
Inspector Lavardin is induced to investigate the murder of a province's notable who was taking himself as the moral guardian of his village. The perspective of the inquiry changes when the ... See full summary »
Comedy
France|Italy
1961
97 Minutes
Ambroisine
Jean-Claude Brialy Bernadette Lafont Charles Belmont Jean Galland Jean Tissier Sacha Briquet
Roland, an idler living on the Left Bank in Paris, is determined to inflict a terrible revenge on his friend Arthur, after the latter subjected him to a harmless joke. He engages the ... See full summary »
Comedy
France
2013
106 Minutes
Tante Annie
Guillaume Gouix Anne Le Ny Bernadette Lafont Hélène Vincent Luis Rego Cyril Couton Fanny Touron Kea Kaing
Paul is a sweet man-child, raised - and smothered - by his two eccentric aunts in Paris since the death of his parents when he was a toddler. Now thirty-three, he still does not speak. (He ... See full summary »
Drama
Italy|France
1960
103 Minutes
Mado
Sacha Distel Danik Patisson Bernadette Lafont Philippe Hersent René Dary Michel Galabru Daniel Cauchy Richard Winckler
Anti-Communist propaganda flick, in which the victory of Mao Tse-Tung's People's Liberation Army is seen through the eyes of an American journalist reporting from the Nationalists'side.
Romance
2006
86 Minutes
Geneviève Costa
Alain Chabat Charlotte Gainsbourg Bernadette Lafont Wladimir Yordanoff Grégoire Oestermann Marie-Armelle Deguy Veronique Barrault Katia Lewkowicz Louise Monot Luce Mouchel Christiane Millet
bachelor middle-aged man mother sister young woman love interest amusing cheeky endearing paris family home store countryside wedding france schemes family romance matchmaking relationships
Pressured by his family to marry, a confirmed bachelor (Alain Chabat) pays a woman (Charlotte Gainsbourg) to pose as his fiancee.
Adventure
1984
88 Minutes
The Queen
Tawny Kitaen Brent Huff Zabou Bernadette Lafont Jean Rougerie André Julien
Virtuous Gwen (Tawny Kitaen), her boyfriend (Brent Huff) and her best friend (Zabou) search for her father in the land of the Yik Yak.
Drama
France|Australia
1991
109 Minutes
Angie Cross
Colin Friels Miles Davis Helen Buday Joe Petruzzi Bernadette Lafont Bernard Fresson Brigitte Catillon Steven Shaw Helen Doig
Traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy... See full summary »
Drama
France|Portugal
1997
114 Minutes
Esther
Catherine Deneuve Michel Piccoli Melvil Poupaud Andrzej Seweryn Bernadette Lafont Monique Melinand Hubert Saint-Macary Laurence Clement
At her son's funeral, Solange, a lawyer famous for losing hopeless cases, agrees to defend René, her son's age, accused of murdering his wealthy aunt, Jeanne, who's part of the ... See full summary »
Comedy
France
2011
113 Minutes
Mamie
Julie Delpy Eric Elmosnino Aure Atika Noémie Lvovsky Bernadette Lafont Emmanuelle Riva Vincent Lacoste Marc Ruchmann Sophie Quinton Valérie Bonneton Denis Menochet
grandmother first love adult emotional reunion coast celebration crash 1970s growing up 19th century
In July 1979, during the Summer holidays, in a house somewhere in Brittany, a whole family (parents, uncles, aunts, cousins and other relatives) are gathered to celebrate Granny Amandine's ... See full summary »
Comedy
1998
105 Minutes
Mme. Sauvage
Fabrice Luchini Sandrine Kiberlain Valentina Cervi Michel Piccoli Bernadette Lafont Laurent Lucas Denis Podalydès Nathalie Boutefeu Micheline Boudet Édouard Baer Violeta Sanchez
A magazine critic's (Fabrice Luchini) life goes downhill quickly, from the strange looks he is getting from strangers to his now jobless girlfriend.
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1965
100 Minutes
Louis De Funès Gilles Grangier Bernard Blier Mireille Darc Darry Cowl Jean Carmet Bernadette Lafont Andréa Parisy Frank Villard Dominique Davray
brothel owner baroness amusing emotional mansion france hidden past theft court decision transformation 1940s
It is with a heavy heart that Monsieur Charles has to close his Parisian brothel in 1946, following new legislation outlawing such establishments. As a parting gift, he offers the brothel's... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
France
1984
101 Minutes
Ségolène
Lee Marvin Miou-Miou Jean Carmet Victor Lanoux David Bennent Bernadette Lafont Jean-Pierre Kalfon Grace de Capitani Henri Guybet Tina Louise
A fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars hides out in the house of a farm family. The tables turn when the family turns out to be even more criminally ... See full summary »
Comedy
France
2007
85 Minutes
Mélina
Aure Atika Antoine de Caunes Victoria Abril Catherine Jacob Aurore Clément Bernadette Lafont François-Xavier Demaison Manon Boisseau
A young professional woman takes radical action to force her husband's help with the household chores.
Crime, Drama, Comedy
France|Italy
1967
119 Minutes
Marguerite, the maid
Jean-Paul Belmondo Geneviève Bujold Marie Dubois Françoise Fabian Julien Guiomar Paul Le Person Martine Sarcey Marlène Jobert Bernadette Lafont Madeleine Damien Christian Lude
thief heir cousin uncle priest fiancé witty lighthearted offbeat thrilling paris inheritance class distinctions family feud arranged marriage crime spree betrayal love adventure transformation
In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a ... See full summary »
Romance
France
2009
95 Minutes
Zinedine Soualem Hélène de Fougerolles Valérie Kaprisky Mylène Demongeot Michel Duchaussoy Patrick Bouchitey Jean-Marie Lamour Philippe Caroit Mélanie Tran Doug Rand Bernadette Lafont
Clemence is a brilliant young lawyer who has just settled herself in a comfortable chair. She does not want to be involved in love.
Comedy
France
1988
88 Minutes
Charles Vanel Denise Grey Jean Abeille Jacqueline Maillan Jean-Pierre Bacri Fanny Cottençon Richard Bohringer Jean Poiret Darry Cowl Jean-Luc Bideau Eva Darlan
Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their products in their castle. Garibaldi, their mutilated and somewhat disturbed son-in-law, will be the butler.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1965
95 Minutes
Yves Montand Simone Signoret Pierre Mondy Catherine Allégret Pascale Roberts Jacques Perrin Michel Piccoli Jean-Louis Trintignant Charles Denner Claude Mann Nadine Alari
Six people travel in a railroad sleeping car from Marseilles to Paris. Upon their arrival, a woman is found dead in one of the berths. The police investigate the other five passengers, ... See full summary »