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Géraldine Pailhas has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Junebug
2005
Comedy · Drama

The Hedgehog
2009
Comedy · Drama

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
Comedy · Drama

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002
Comedy · Drama

C.R.A.Z.Y.
2005
Comedy · Drama

Lars and the Real Girl
2007
Comedy · Drama

Catch and Release
2006
Comedy · Drama

Georgia Rule
2007
Drama · Comedy

John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric treatment with Dr. Jack Mickler to cure him of his apparent delusion. But the psychiatric sessions have an unexpected effect on the psychiatric staff and, most profoundly, Dr Mickler, who rekindles the romance in his complacent marriage.
Dir. Jeremy Leven · With Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway

When her elderly father has a stroke, Emmanuelle rushes to his bedside. Sick and half-paralysed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to help him end his life.
Dir. François Ozon · With Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas

The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris. Five long years, and his life will change forever...
Dir. François Dupeyron · With Éric Caravaca, Denis Podalydès, Grégori Derangère

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
Two air force pilots prevent a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.
Dir. Gérard Pirès · With Benoît Magimel, Clovis Cornillac, Géraldine Pailhas

As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles is elsewhere; Gilles and Marion's joyous wedding; and, finally, the fateful moment when they meet as acquaintances at an Italian beach resort, and their love affair begins.
Dir. François Ozon · With Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian

Isabelle, a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.
Dir. François Ozon · With Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling
Jean-Pierre, a wealthy businessman, is lonely. He still desires his wife but she only seems interested in shopping and the beauty salon. Tired of lunching alone every day, one day he decides to invite his chauffeur to join him, and a relationship quickly develops as the two find they have much in common. Are they just cash machines for their wives? Don't they deserve some love in return? Jean-Pierre confiscates his wife's credit card, but things don't turn out exactly the way he'd hoped...
Dir. Alexandra Leclère · With Christian Clavier, Gérard Lanvin, Géraldine Pailhas
A quartet of Parisians embark upon a guided hike in Corsica and end up working through the sometimes comical chaos of their individual lives.
Dir. Philippe Harel · With Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Elbaz, Karin Viard
The lives of the residents of a small French town are changed when thousands of the recently dead inexplicably come back to life and try to integrate themselves into society that has changed for them.
Dir. Robin Campillo · With Géraldine Pailhas, Jonathan Zaccaï, Frédéric Pierrot
At 9:00, Laurent receives a worrying text message. 9:01, his mobile's stolen. 9:30, his son disappears. 10:00, his house burns down. 10:15, his wife leaves him. 10:30, his company goes bankrupt. 11:00, he's in custody. The day's got off to a bad start.
Dir. Gabriel Julien-Laferrière · With Guillaume de Tonquédec, Géraldine Pailhas, Anne Marivin
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