Éric Elmosnino
8 titles
Filmography
8 results

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
(2010)This zesty bio pic gives a glimpse of French singer and national treasure Serge Gainsbourg's life from 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris to his 1968 chart-topping success with lover Jane Birkin to his death aged 62. With affairs with Brigitte Bardot and Juliette Greco, his journey was anything but dull!

War of the Buttons
(2011)A village in the South of France, 1960. A band of country boys aged 7 to 14, led by fearless young Lebrac, wages an uncompromising battle against their sworn rivals, the kids from the neighboring village. A war of honor and allegiance that's been kept alive for generations, in which humiliation is the most fearsome defeat and no tactic is too extreme, including attacking the enemy stark naked!

It Happened in Saint-Tropez
(2013)The funeral of Zef's wife fell on a bad day - the day his brother Roni's daughter was getting married. This unfortunate timing brings to a head the antagonism between the two brothers, already at loggerheads.

Reformed
Based on the memoir by Delphine Horvilleur, this heartfelt French dramedy follows young female rabbi Léa Schmoll as she returns to her hometown to lead a new synagogue. After moving in with her atheist psychoanalyst father André, Léa attempts to modernize old traditions, connect with her congregants and find solutions for life's dilemmas both big and small -- all while wrestling with her own search for meaning. Incisive and poignant, Reformed (Le Sens Des Choses) follows a young woman's earnest, messy journey to become a new kind of spiritual leader for her family, the people who come to her and herself.

School of Life
(2017)Set in 1930, young Paul is finally freed from his grim existence in a Paris orphanage when a bohemian couple and estate caretakers bring him home.

Chic!
(2015)A crushing breakup has sapped all of Alicia’s inspiration just as she’s expected to design a new collection for her haute couture fashion house.

The Bélier Family
(2014)In the Bélier Family, everybody is deaf. Except Paula, who is a young high-school girl. Suddenly she discovers that she has a gift for singing. Despite the hardship of being a teenager, and the handicap of her family, she will follow her dream.

Father of My Children
(2009)The sophomore feature from Mia Hansen-Løve, this moving drama is sensitively attuned to the intimate dynamics of family life. Inspired by the true-life story of producer Hubert Balsan—famed for his work with Claire Denis—The Father of My Children blossoms with quiet observations on love and loss.