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Dominique Bettenfeld has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Dev.D
2009
Comedy · Drama

Day of the Wacko
2002
Comedy · Drama

Running with Scissors
2006
Drama · Comedy

World's Greatest Dad
2009
Comedy · Drama

The Rules of Attraction
2002
Drama · Romance

The Libertine
2004
Drama · Romance

It's a Free World...
2007
Drama

Changing Lanes
2002
Thriller · Drama

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet · With Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon

The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris police. The hunt is led by the sadistic cop Christini, who only has one goal: to catch Dobermann at any cost.
Dir. Jan Kounen · With Vincent Cassel, Tchéky Karyo, Monica Bellucci

Paris, France, 2001. Octave Parango, a young advertiser working at the Ross & Witchcraft advertising agency, lives a suicidal existence, ruled by cynicism, irresponsibility and debauchery. The obstacles he will encounter in developing a campaign for a new yogurt brand will force him to face the meaning of his work and the way he manages his relationship with those who orbit around his egotistic lifestyle.
Dir. Jan Kounen · With Jean Dujardin, Jocelyn Quivrin, Patrick Mille
Pierre is the highly successful CEO of a large family-owned company. Before signing the deal of the century, he has to settle one last formality: obtain the signature of his cousin Adrien who owns 50% of his firm. This sweet, idealistic dreamer, who makes one blunder after another, is so happy to see Pierre again that he wants to spend time with him and delay the moment of signing. So Pierre has no choice but to take his cousin with him on a turbulent business trip during which his patience will be put to the test.
Dir. Jan Kounen · With Vincent Lindon, François Damiens, Pascale Arbillot

Vincent, a police officer, and his partner Manuel steal a large amount of cocaine from José Marciano, a ruthless crime lord who is quick to seek revenge, endangering Vincent's life, career and family.
Dir. Frédéric Jardin · With Tomer Sisley, Serge Riaboukine, Julien Boisselier
An accident survivor wakes from a coma and confronts old, uncomfortable memories.
Dir. Richard Berry · With José Garcia, Marion Cotillard, Michel Duchaussoy
Deep space, at the edge of the galaxy. The future. A new prisoner arrives on top security prison ship and psychiatric research unit Dante 01. Sole survivor of an encounter with an alien force, Saint-Georges is a man possessed by inner demons, caught up in the battle to control the monstrous power within him. It's a power that will infect the other highly dangerous occupants of Dante 01, gaolors and prisoners alike, unleashing a violent rebellion that turns this terrifying, labyrinthine world upside down. In the otherworldly hell of the ship's depths, through danger and redemption, each must journey to his very limits... each must confront his own Dragon.
Dir. Marc Caro · With Lambert Wilson, Linh-Dan Pham, Simona Măicănescu
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