Judith Chemla
8 titles
Filmography
8 results

A Woman's Life
(2016)A Woman's Life is a tale of tormented love embedded in the restrictive social and moral codes of marriage and family in 19th century Normandy. Upon finishing her schooling in a convent, young aristocrat Jeanne marries local Viscount Julien de Lamare, who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful husband. As she navigates his chronic infidelity, pressure from her family and community, and the alternating joys and burdens of motherhood, Jeanne's rosy illusions about her privileged world are slowly stripped away.

My Polish Honeymoon
(2019)A young Parisian couple with Polish-Jewish roots makes their first trip to their ancestral homeland with very different outlooks and expectations.

This Summer Feeling
(2015)
The Elephant and the Butterfly
(2017)Years after leaving his ex-lover, a man returns to his hometown to be with her and the daughter he’s never known – until life changes drastically.

Simone: Woman of the Century
(2022)Chronicles the life of the French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil, whose pioneering human rights work is still keenly relevant today.

In the Name of My Daughter
(2014)In 1976 when her marriage falls apart, Agnès Le Roux (ADÈLE HAENEL) moves back to the South of France from Africa to live with her mother, Renee. There, Agnès falls in love with Maurice Agnelet (GUILLAUME CANET), a lawyer and Renee's business advisor, who is ten years her senior. In November 1977, after a failed suicide attempt, Agnes disappears. Her body is never found. Thirty years on, Maurice Agnelet remains the prime suspect in a murder case with no body and no proof of his guilt. Convinced of his involvement, Renée is prepared to fight to the bitter end to see him put behind bars...

Maya
(2018)December 2012. Two French reporters are released after months of captivity in Syria. Gabriel, just shy of 30, heads to his childhood home in Goa, India, to recover. There, he meets Maya.

Possessions
Possessions follows Natalie, a young French woman living in Israel who's accused of murdering her husband on their wedding night. When Karim an attaché to the French consulate is assigned to Natalie's case, he can't decide whether she's deeply vulnerable or incredibly manipulative. While Karim becomes obsessed with this mystery, Israeli detectives Esti and Rafi dive into the case. What begins as a seemingly straightforward investigation becomes increasingly twisted, the groom's death awakens demons in a community where everyone has a secret to hide.