Olivier Gourmet
19 titles
Filmography
19 results
40-Love
(2014)Jerome loses his job and his wife leaves him for another man, and he is left to manage his 11-year-old son's fledgling tennis career.
La Promesse
(1996)La promesse is the breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who would go on to become a force in world filmmaking. The brothers brought the unerring eye for detail and the compassion for those on society’s lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to this absorbing drama about a teenager (Jérémie Renier) gradually coming to understand the implications of his father’s making a living through the exploitation of undocumented workers. Filmed in the Dardennes’ industrial hometown of Seraing, Belgium, La promesse is a brilliantly economical and observant tale of a boy’s troubled moral awakening.

Rosetta
(1999)A powerfully affecting, uncompromising portrait of the day-to-day struggles of a Belgian teenager living in a trailer park with her alcoholic mother, Rosetta is the Dardenne brothers most celebrated work to date.

Come What May
(2015)1940, German forces roll into France. The inhabitants of a small Northern village are forced to flee, along with millions throughout the country. They take along a German child whose father opposed the Nazi regime and has been jailed for lying about his nationality. The father escapes into the fog of war in search of his son, accompanied by a Scottish soldier, who is trying to get back to England.

Turtles
(2024)After 35 years of relationship bliss and a beautiful life built in Brussels, Thom will realize the only way to save his marriage to Henri is divorce.

Read My Lips
(2001)Two outcasts are drawn together by crime and passion in this early tour de force from Jacques Audiard, a noir thriller of unique depth and emotion. Emmanuelle Devos stars as an unappreciated, hard-of-hearing employee whose lonely life gets a jolt of excitement when she hires a new assistant (Vincent Cassel), an ex-con who soon enlists her—and her lip-reading ability—in a risky scheme.

Violette
(2013)Born out of wedlock early in the last century, impoverished and unloved Violette Leduc (Emmanuelle Devos, Coco Before Chanel) meets Simone de Beauvoir (Sandrine Kiberlain, The Apartment) in post war Saint-Germaindes-Pres. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette’s quest for freedom through writing and on Simone’s conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer. Based on the true story of French novelist Violette Leduc, Violette is directed by Martin Provost (Séraphine).

Mayhem!
(2023)A martial artist and ex-con starts a new life in Thailand to escape a local gang lord, but a kidnapped family member sucks him back into the underworld he'd left behind in this propulsive action spectacle.

The Gate
(2014)Cambodia, 1971. While working on the restoration of the Angkor Wat temples, French ethnologist François Bizot is taken prisoner by the Khmer Rouge. Detained in a camp in the middle of the jungle, Bizot is accused of spying for the CIA. His only hope of survival is to convince Douch, the young head of the camp, that he is innocent. While the Frenchman discovers the reality of Khmer Rouge indoctrination, an indefinable bond develops between the prisoner and his jailer...

The Midwife
(2017)Follows the unlikely friendship between Claire, a talented but tightly wound midwife, and the estranged, free-spirited mistress of her late father.

On the Edge
(2022)After witnessing his estranged son's fatal fall, a subway operator uncovers a bloody heist and reveals skills far beyond those of a public employee.

Daguerrotype
(2016)Unskilled Jean is hired as the assistant to grieving photographer Stéphane. After falling in love with Marie, Stéphane's daughter and muse, the two must hatch a plot to leave Stéphane's haunted world behind them.

Chocolat
(2016)From circus to theatre, from anonymity to fame, Chocolat is the incredible true story of how Rafael Padilla Chocolat (Omar Sy), escaped slavery to become the first black stage performer in France. Performing a lead role in a circus pantomime act in Paris, Chocolat shot to stardom with his partner, Charles Footit (James Thiérrée), as the pair's unprecedented double act sent shock waves through conservative Parisian society. However, as their fame grew so did the gambling and discrimination, taking a toll on the duo's friendship and their lives.

Red Soil
(2021)When worker health records don’t seem to add up, an occupational nurse begins to find evidence of her chemical plant’s secret toxic waste dumps.

Hidden Love
(2007)A woman recovering from a suicide attempt reflects on her strained relationship with her daughter in a series of sessions with her psychiatrist.

The Kid with a Bike
(2011)Angsty 11-year-old Cyril refuses to believe he has been rejected by his single father. Although he spends his days desperately searching for him, the patience and compassion of a stranger who agrees to care for him offers the boy a chance to move on.
Have Mercy on Us All
(2007)Paris, in the present day. Hastily painted mysterious symbols are appearing on the doors of apartment buildings all over the city. The rumor of a plague epidemic is spreading through the capital like wildfire. The first body bearing all the symptoms of the terrible scourge is soon discovered. Commissaire Adamsberg, an unusual, intuitive policeman, recently appointed as the head of the Crime Squad, is put in charge of the investigation.

Time of the Wolf
(2003)Following a global cataclysm, a family’s countryside home is occupied by other survivors, leaving them no choice but to try and escape to the city.

Madame Bovary
(2015)Based on Flaubert’s acclaimed novel, a young married woman escapes the ennui of her country life through a series of adulterous encounters.