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Gisèle Casadesus has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s.
All Together
2012
Comedy · Drama
Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her. But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits in her building's grumpy janitor and an enigmatic, elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire Paloma to question her rather pessimistic outlook on life.
Dir. Mona Achache · With Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, Togo Igawa
On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the history of France. She starts digging archives and through Sarah's file discovers a well kept secret about her own in-laws.
Dir. Gilles Paquet-Brenner · With Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup
The film is set in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river in 1918. Riton is afflicted with a bad-tempered wife and three unruly children. Garris lives alone with his recollections of World War I trenches. Their daily life consists of seasonal work and visits from their two pals: Tane, the local train conductor and Amédée, a dreamer and voracious reader of classics.
Dir. Jean Becker · With Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier
An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
Dir. Jean Becker · With Gérard Depardieu, Maurane, Gisèle Casadesus
The Malakian clan, a family of ruthless gangsters, controls the underworld of Southern France. At its head, the violent godfather Milo Malakian rules his world with an iron fist. His son and heir, Anton, dreams of breaking free and making his own choices. But the gang's inner circle is engraved in blood. To escape, not only does Anton have to counter his own destiny, but also the man who has sworn to bring his father down.
Dir. Laurent Tuel · With Jean Reno, Gaspard Ulliel, Vahina Giocante
Eugenia is the queen of an imaginary European country. When her husband dies, quite unexpectedly, the country is left without a king. According to the law, the new king needs to be married so that leaves out the eldest son. Her youngest son, Prince Arnaud is married to the lovely Armelle and they have two young children. They become the future rulers of the kingdom.
Dir. Valérie Lemercier · With Valérie Lemercier, Lambert Wilson, Catherine Deneuve
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