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Emmanuelle Devos has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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My Summer of Love
2005
Drama · Romance

The Squid and the Whale
2005
Comedy · Drama

Imaginary Heroes
2004
Comedy · Drama

The Vicious Kind
2009
Comedy · Drama

Babyteeth
2020
Drama · Comedy

Lymelife
2008
Comedy · Drama

Respiro
2002
Comedy · Drama

Conversations with Other Women
2006
Drama · Romance

Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorcycle accident, squanders his youth in idleness. His life changes when he meets Margot, who lives off scams and amorous manipulations.
Dir. Nicolas Bedos · With Pierre Niney, Isabelle Adjani, François Cluzet

She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet

When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Anne Consigny

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to derail his musical aspirations.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Jonathan Zaccaï

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.
Dir. Anne Fontaine · With Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola

Michel and Cathy, wed for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2 million loot in the process, their life takes an unpredictable turn, especially when they decide to cover up the incident and keep the money! But their plan leads them to stumble upon an unexplained trail of dead bodies. More used to being honest than crooked, Michel and Cathy’s clumsy cover-up efforts soon put an interfering inspector hot on their trail.
Dir. Franck Dubosc · With Franck Dubosc, Laure Calamy, Benoît Poelvoorde

Anne Walberg is a celebrity in the world of perfume. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible talent to companies of all kinds. She lives as a diva, selfish, with a strong temper. Guillaume is her new driver and the only one who is not afraid to stand up to her. No doubt this is the reason why she does not fire him.
Dir. Grégory Magne · With Emmanuelle Devos, Grégory Montel, Gustave Kervern

Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps. The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Dir. Nicole Garcia · With Daniel Auteuil, Géraldine Pailhas, François Cluzet
Antoine, a history teacher in his early 50s, learns that he has become very hard of hearing. Unable to own up to his handicap, he resigns himself to living in his bubble, even though his entourage finds his behavior increasingly odd. His encounter with Claire, widow and mother of a young girl who has stopped speaking, will lead him to open up to the world.
Dir. Pascal Elbé · With Sandrine Kiberlain, Pascal Elbé, Valérie Donzelli

France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he meets the lady mayor of a small village that the road will go through. She intrigues and unsettles him, before revealing to him a world he never knew: feelings. How far will he go now to save his victims and save himself from his own lies?
Dir. Xavier Giannoli · With François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos, Gérard Depardieu

Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this brutal loss, even if the priest says she is now in Heaven. Years later in the 90s, adult Massimo has become an accomplished journalist. After reporting on the war in Sarajevo, he begins to suffer from panic attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, Massimo is forced to relive his traumatic past. Compassionate doctor Elisa could help tormented Massimo open up and confront his childhood wounds…
Dir. Marco Bellocchio · With Valerio Mastandrea, Bérénice Bejo, Guido Caprino

One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the moustache he's worn all of his adult life. He waits patiently for his wife's reaction, but neither she nor his friends seem to notice. Stranger still, when he finally tells them, they all insist he never had a moustache. Is Marc going mad? Is he the victim of some elaborate conspiracy? Or has something in the world's order gone terribly awry?
Dir. Emmanuel Carrère · With Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric

A talented Las Vegas chef falls in love with an aspiring fashion designer but turns violently jealous when he realizes that she's hiding dark secrets.
Dir. Matthew Ross · With Michael Shannon, Imogen Poots, Rosanna Arquette
An American writer living in exile in London, Philip listens to women. His English mistress, who visits him regularly in the studio that serves as their refuge. A student he loved in another life. A former lover confined to a hospital in New York.
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Denis Podalydès, Léa Seydoux, Emmanuelle Devos
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