Hippolyte Girardot
22 titles
Filmography
22 results

That's Fine
(2021)In Faenza, Italy, a dysfunctional family gathers for occasional dinners, and as untold truths are revealed over time, things gradually become rocky.

The Perfume of Yvonne
(1994)From acclaimed director Patrice Leconte ("Girl on the Bridge"), "Yvonne's Perfume" is a mysterious and romantic drama of desire. In the early 1950s, on the shores of a lake wedged between France and Switzerland, a trio of holiday travelers meet, clash, and fall in and out of friendship and love. Adapted from the novel Ville Triste by Nobel Prize-winner Patrick Modiano.

Life of Riley
(2014)In Alain Resnais' last feature film, adapted from Alan Ayckbourn's play, three couples living in Yorkshire learn that their mutual friend, George Riley, is suffering from a terminal illness. With only a few months left to live, they invite George to join their theatrical troop in preparation for their next performance, but rehearsals shine a spotlight on their prior relationships. George decides to take one last holiday in Tenerife, and the three women volunteer to go with him leaving their husbands as suspicious understudies.

An Irrepressible Woman
(2020)Janot fell in love with Léon when she was only sixteen. Years later, when they could finally be together, the Nazis arrived in France.

Jump Tomorrow
(2001)Two strangers help George decide if he should go through with a pre-arranged marriage to a woman he has never met or if he should follow his heart and lead his own life.

Mama Weed
(2020)A translator with the Paris police (Isabelle Huppert) finds herself in possession of a huge store ofhash, the insider knowledge required to move it and an unexpected flair for the danger that ensues.

House of 9
(2005)Nine strangers with no clear connection awaken drugged and imprisoned in a locked house, where they learn only one of them is meant to survive.
Inside
Young police officer Angele’s solo investigation into a death in a psychiatric hospital shakes her grip on reality. Will she able to trust her own mind? From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.

To Life
(2014)Years after surviving the atrocities of Auschwitz, old friends reunite at the seaside, trying to close the door on the past and celebrate life’s joys.

Lanester
For Parisian police commander Eric Lanester, the discovery of three bizarre murders coincides with his loss of vision. How will he solve the case?

Manon of the Spring
(1986)Shot simultaneously with JEAN DE FLORETTE, this second chapter in the epic story of the intersecting fates of the Cadoret and Soubeyran families unfolds ten years after the events of the first film, as Jean Cadoret’s daughter, Manon (Emmanuelle Béart, in a César-winning performance), now a teenage shepherdess, learns of the circumstances that drove her family to ruin—and seeks revenge on those responsible. A stirring portrait of a young woman’s awakening to her own agency, MANON OF THE SPRING brings to a close Claude Berri’s sweeping Marcel Pagnol adaptation with a devastating power that approaches Greek tragedy.

Modigliani
(2004)The story of brilliant artist Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso and his tragic romance with painter and model Jeanne Hebuterne.

The Moustache
(2005)What would you say if I shaved my moustache? Asks Mark to Agnès. I don't know. I love you with it, but I've never known you without it. Alone in front of the bathroom mirror, he does it. Just like that: as a game, to change a little something in their happy, uneventful life. She walks in and seems to notice nothing. Neither do the others.

Flight of the Red Balloon
(2007)For the second feature to be shot outside of his native Taiwan, Hou Hsiao-hsien ventured to Paris for this lyrical masterpiece. Starring Juliette Binoche, and captured in swooning tracking shots by cinematographer Lee Ping Bing, The Flight of the Red Balloon is a work of warm and delicate wonder.

Haute Cuisine
(2012)A humble country cook is unexpectedly chosen to be French President Francois Mitterrand's personal chef in this delightful true story.

Spy(ies)
(2009)The French counterintelligence agency obliges Vincent to collaborate with the French and British secret services to catch a men implicated in the bombing of an airport.

The Girl King
(2015)A lush biopic on the life of Sweden’s Queen Kristina that explores her sexual awakening and clashes with conservative forces at work in her nation.

Where I've Never Lived
(2017)An architect reunites with her estranged father after 20 years and decides to help him with the construction of his home. However, her life changes forever after she meets her father's business partner.

Capital
(2012)When the CEO of France's Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil is crowned as his replacement.

Bardot
Meet the woman before the iconic French superstar: Brigitte Bardot. Young and free, her early years saw her struggle with newfound fame and the search for her true self. Bardot defied the rules of society and inadvertently sparked a global sexual revolution. From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.