List of the best Monique Melinand movies: The Mouth Agape(1974), Genealogies of a Crime(1997), Overseas(1990), Savage Souls(2001), Three Lives and Only One Death(1996) ... ...
Drama
Italy|France
1974
82 Minutes
Monique
Monique Melinand Hubert Deschamps Philippe Léotard Nathalie Baye
mother wife husband son daughter-in-law father dark disheartening raw emotional france store hospital bedroom cancer family dysfunction infidelity terminal illness marriage rivalry
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, ... See full summary »
Drama
France|Portugal
1997
114 Minutes
Louise
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, Drama
France
1990
99 Minutes
Tante Léonie
Nicole Garcia Brigitte Roüan Marianne Basler Philippe Galland Yann Dedet Bruno Todeschini Pierre Doris Monique Melinand
young woman sister husband sailor farmer emotional melodramatic algeria farm household colonialism sisterhood coming of age marriage family culture clash transformation discovery 1960s
In French Algeria, after WWII, three daughters of wealthy settlers begin their adult lives. Zon marries an often absent sailor. Malene's husband, Gildas, refuses to work in the farm, so she... See full summary »
Drama
2001
119 Minutes
Thérèse âgée
Laetitia Casta Frédéric Diefenthal Arielle Dombasle John Malkovich Charles Berling Johan Leysen Christian Vadim Carlos López Monique Melinand Édith Scob Jacqueline Staup
husband wife blacksmith wealthy woman friend server intense melodramatic passionate france inn estate countryside pregnancy financial troubles friendship wealth marriage legal problems mystery
In 1882 a generous Frenchwoman (Arielle Dombasle) shares her home with a peasant couple (Laetitia Casta, Frédéric Diefenthal) who are expecting a child.
Comedy, Drama
France|Portugal
1996
124 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Anna Galiena Marisa Paredes Melvil Poupaud Chiara Mastroianni Arielle Dombasle Féodor Atkine Jacques Pieller Jean-Yves Gautier Pierre Bellemare Lou Castel
salesman wife professor panhandler butler tycoon creative intricate amusing offbeat paris mansion street apartment sorbonne truth identity alternate reality deception secrets
Take a walk into the dreamlike world of filmmaker Raul Ruiz as he takes us to Paris for a twisting ride. Four strangely symmetrical stories unfold involving love, lust, crime, and time.