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Isabelle Candelier has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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And So It Goes
2014
Comedy · Drama

Romantics Anonymous
2010
Drama · Comedy

Mr. Stein Goes Online
2017
Romance · Drama

The Troubleshooter
2018
Comedy · Drama

One Man and his Cow
2016
Drama · Comedy

My Summer in Provence
2014
Comedy · Drama

Simple Simon
2010
Comedy · Drama

The Vets
2019
Comedy · Drama

Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something from their mutual past that will explain the reason for Lucien’s father’s strange behavior.
Dir. Jean Becker · With Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier, Thierry Lhermitte

Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard

as Madame Bernier
Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of Mathilde Stangerson, who uses the yellow room of the title as her bedroom. At the time of the revolver shots her room was locked and the windows were barred, but when her father enters after having forced the door, there is no-one there except for Mathilde. So who did it and how did he get away?
Dir. Bruno Podalydès · With Denis Podalydès, Jean-Noël Brouté, Claude Rich

Sebastian has one ambition in life: to do nothing. His horizon is his couch. His life he does not want to live but contemplate. But today, if you do nothing - You are nothing. So driven by his two roommates, that chain internships and odd jobs, decided to Anna and not quite decided Bruno, Sebastien will have to - A little.
Dir. Benjamin Guedj · With Baptiste Lecaplain, Charlotte Le Bon, Félix Moati

Pierre, in his thirties, is a breeder of dairy cattle. His life revolves around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents whose livestock he took over. As the first cases of a zoonotic outbreak are reported in France, Pierre discovers that one of his animals is infected. He cannot cope with the perspective of losing the whole herd. They are everything he has and he will do whatever it takes to save them.
Dir. Hubert Charuel · With Swann Arlaud, Sara Giraudeau, Bouli Lanners

Down-on-his-luck, unemployed Alexandre has two months to prove to his wife he can take care of his two young kids and be financially independent. Now, the thing is, although The Box, a user-friendly startup, wants to hire him on pro- bation, the company’s slogan is “No kids!” and Séverine, his future boss, is a short-tempered “killer”. So if Alexandre wants to land the job, he’s bound to lie... Will his meeting with Arcimboldo, an “entrepreneur of himself” and the king of online odd jobs, help the brave, disoriented Alexandre overcome all those challenges?
Dir. Bruno Podalydès · With Denis Podalydès, Sandrine Kiberlain, Bruno Podalydès

Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to defend Nicolas Milik, a man accused of murdering his wife. While everything points to his guilt, Monier takes up the case, convinced of his innocence.
Dir. Daniel Auteuil · With Daniel Auteuil, Grégory Gadebois, Alice Belaïdi

Flanked by their two children, Simon and Adélaïde decide, like many Parisians today, to leave their two-room apartment for a quieter and more comfortable life in the country. They are seduced by a house in the middle of nature: space, a vegetable garden, a wood adjoining their garden and above all villagers who welcome them with open arms. A dream come true! But the young couple was soon to be disillusioned: the wood was actually a hunting ground for big game! Although the hunters are friendly, they are not willing to give up their territory, making Simon and Adélaïde's dream of the countryside a living hell. But true to their reputation, our Parisians are not going to let them do it.
Dir. Antonin Fourlon, Frédéric Forestier · With Hakim Jemili, Camille Lou, Didier Bourdon

Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.
Dir. Anne Fontaine · With Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Fabrice Luchini

When a jaded actor meets a down-on-her-luck waitress in Paris, their unexpected love story begins — but will it survive the glare of the spotlight?
Dir. Lisa-Nina Rives · With Omar Sy, Sara Giraudeau, Pascale Arbillot
Jérémie, 34, wakes up in an apartment he doesn't know, next to a woman he doesn't know. She is Adna, a stunning Swedish woman who is as funny as she is sweet. Is this the beginning of a fairy tale? Not quite, since Jérémie is about to get married—to Antoine.
Dir. Noémie Saglio, Maxime Govare · With Pio Marmaï, Franck Gastambide, Lannick Gautry

They loved each other with the ardor of thirteen-year-old boys. Rebellion and curiosity, hopes and doubts, girls and dreams of glory – they shared it all. Paul was rich, Emile poor. They went skinny-dipping, drank absinthe, starved, only to overeat. Sketched models by day, caressed them by night... Now, Paul is a painter and Emile a writer. Glory has passed Paul by. But Emile has it all: fame, money, the perfect wife, whom Paul once loved. They judge each other, admire each other, confront each other. They lose touch, meet up again, like a couple who cannot stop loving each other.
Dir. Danièle Thompson · With Guillaume Gallienne, Guillaume Canet, Alice Pol
After an accident, Pierre, a sixty years old grumpy man, ends up stuck on an hospital bed with a cast. While Pierre dreams of silence and solitude with his strong character, the whole world seems to invite himself to his hospital bed. Powerless, he has to support the daily visits of doctors,nurse and hospital staff then his closes including his brother Herve. Visits after visits, funny or touching, Pierre starts to reconsider some people and reexamine his environment. And after all, his stay becomes a second chance ...
Dir. Jean Becker · With Gérard Lanvin, Fred Testot, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Maud is an architect and a mother. Due to a misunderstanding, she wins the competition to refurbish the parvis of Notre-Dame. Torn between these responsibilities and love issues, she will go through an emotional storm.
Dir. Valérie Donzelli · With Valérie Donzelli, Pierre Deladonchamps, Thomas Scimeca
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