List of the best Jean-François Balmer movies: Polar(1984), Madame Bovary(1991), Mumu(2010), Cosmos(2015), Dien Bien Phu(1992), Flic ou voyou(1979), The Swindle(1997), Dead Europe(2012), In the House(2012), Golden Eighties(1986), Lucky Luke(2009), Beaumarchais the Scoundrel(1996) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1984
97 Minutes
Jean-François Balmer Sandra Montaigu Pierre Santini Roland Dubillard Claude Chabrol Jean-Paul Bonnaire Marc Dudicourt Gérard Hérold Jean-Marie Lemaire Gerard Loussine Max Vialle
A private detective (Jean-François Balmer) ponders another profession until a mysterious woman hires him to solve her roommate's murder.
Romance, Drama
France
1991
130 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert Jean-François Balmer Christophe Malavoy Jean Yanne Lucas Belvaux Christiane Minazzoli Jean-Louis Maury Florent Gibassier Marie Mergey
wife husband lover student father landowner passionate tender touching france party wedding fair country house church madame bovary marriage boredom infidelity fantasy
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.
Drama
France
2010
100 Minutes
Sylvie Testud Jean-François Balmer Bruno Lochet Michel Galabru Dominique Pinon Prune Lichtle Héléna Noguerra Valentin Ferey
The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat's life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger reaches 11 years old. He's a kid badly loved, mischievous and specializes in silly things to do. ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2015
103 Minutes
Jonathan Genet Jean-François Balmer Sabine Azéma Victória Guerra Andy Gillet Johan Libéreau Clémentine Pons Ricardo Pereira
young man young woman hotel owner maid disfigured person bleak chilling frightening tense hotel france mysterious deaths unexplained deaths unexplained phenomenon discovery escape transformation 2010s
Drama, War
France
1992
140 Minutes
Donald Pleasence Patrick Catalifo Jean-François Balmer Ludmila Mikaël François Négret Maxime Leroux Raoul Billerey Thé Anh
soldier frenchman journalist american vietnamese man french officer gritty intricate engaging hanoi, vietnam airport bar city military life colonialism civil wars journalism censorship siege rivalry
An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the 57-day battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam between the French army and the Vietminh, which finally resulted in the defeat and ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
France
1979
110 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Marie Laforêt Michel Galabru Jean-François Balmer Georges Geret Charles Gérard Claude Brosset Julie Jezequel Michel Beaune Juliette Mills Michel Peyrelon
dead person criminal investigator prostitute corrupt police officer brother investigator engaging thrilling suspenseful brutal intense nice, france hotel murder investigation murder case corruption corrupt police police corruption danger adventure
Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz is going undercover as gangster Antonio Cerutti in order to expose corrupted policemen.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
France|Switzerland
1997
105 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert Michel Serrault François Cluzet Jean-François Balmer Jackie Berroyer Jean Benguigui Mony Dalmès Thomas Chabrol Greg Germain Nathalie Kousnetzoff
con artist gangster courier partner gambler pretty woman suspenseful intricate emotional casino hotel room switzerland caribbean con game seduction double-cross on the run betrayal money laundering quest
Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.
Drama
Australia|UK|Greece
2012
84 Minutes
Ewen Leslie Marton Csokas Kodi Smit-McPhee Jean-François Balmer Igal Naor William Zappa Françoise Lebrun Thanos Samaras Danae Skiadi
In Greece to scatter his father's ashes, Isaac hears of a curse that hangs over the head of his family. Dismissing the idea, his trip begins to unveil dark truths that forced his father to flee years ago.
Mystery & Thriller
France
2012
105 Minutes
Fabrice Luchini Ernst Umhauer Kristin Scott Thomas Emmanuelle Seigner Denis Menochet Jean-François Balmer Yolande Moreau Catherine Davenier Vincent Schmitt Bastien Ughetto
A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.
Comedy
France|Belgium|Switzerland
1986
96 Minutes
Delphine Seyrig Myriam Boyer Fanny Cottençon Lio Charles Denner Jean-François Balmer John Berry Nicolas Tronc Pascale Salkin
Employees and clients of a commercial gallery only live for love; they dream it, proclaim it, sing it and dance it. Experience the encounters, reunions, passions and disappointments of a malicious chorus of girls and a group of idle boys.
Comedy, Adventure, Western
France|Argentina
2009
104 Minutes
Melvil Poupaud Jean Dujardin Sylvie Testud Alexandra Lamy Michaël Youn Jean-François Balmer Daniel Prévost Bruno Salomone Carlos Kaspar Rafael Lavin
cowboy gunslinger sheriff engaging hometown peace crime time adventure 19th century
Fearless gunslinger Lucky Luke is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.
Drama, Romance, History
France
1996
97 Minutes
Fabrice Luchini Manuel Blanc Sandrine Kiberlain Michel Serrault Jacques Weber Michel Piccoli Jean-François Balmer Claire Nebout Florence Thomassin Dominique Besnehard Jean-Claude Brialy
The life story of the titular Beaumarchais, playwright and adventurer, who gets himself into numerous different scrapes and romantic encounters in 18th Century France.
Comedy, Drama
France|Germany
2006
110 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert François Berléand Patrick Bruel Robin Renucci Maryline Canto Thomas Chabrol Jean-François Balmer Pierre Vernier Jacques Boudet Philippe Duclos Roger Dumas
judge criminal politician ceo witty fiery cheeky paris france corruption court battles scandal judicial system fraud temptation mystery fall 2000s
A magistrate investigates a corporate executive.
Comedy
France
1999
118 Minutes
Catherine Frot Bernard Verley Barbara Schulz Didier Bezace Marie-Christine Barrault Odette Laure Nathalie Lafaurie Jean-François Balmer Jean Desailly Clement Thomas Sebastien Cotterot
Pierrette Dumortier, a woman of character but weak-willed and defenseless against boredom, decides one fine day to leave her husband and her bourgeois life in Switzerland to return to Paris... See full summary »