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Isabelle Nanty has 23 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Amélie.
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At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet · With Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus

What do you dream of when you're 16-years-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.
Dir. François Ozon · With Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge

After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.
Dir. Jean-Marie Poiré · With Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Valérie Lemercier
A young man seeking his sexual identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant.
Dir. Ruben Alves · With Alexandre Wetter, Pascale Arbillot, Isabelle Nanty

A black comedy about a widow who mourns the death of her husband by tormenting everyone she meets.
Dir. Étienne Chatiliez · With Tsilla Chelton, Isabelle Nanty, Catherine Jacob
Fahim Mohammad, a Bangladeshi immigrant, becomes a world junior chess champion in France.
Dir. Pierre-François Martin-Laval · With Assad Ahmed, Gérard Depardieu, Isabelle Nanty
More than anything, 30-year-old Rose longs to be reunited with Mickaël, her estranged 11-year-old son who has been placed with a foster family and blames his mother for their long separation. When she discovers that Mickaël is crazy about wrestling, Rose thinks she's found a way to melt the ice: she'll put together a tag team with three girlfriends from the store where all four work as checkout girls...
Dir. Jean-Marc Rudnicki · With Marilou Berry, Nathalie Baye, André Dussollier
Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they strive to be happy... that is, until their hand-to-mouth existence is turned on its head. After winning the lottery, the Tuches get rich beyond their wildest dreams and move to Monaco. And while attempting to fit in in their swanky new homeland, they struggle to stay true to the same principles by which they've always lived.
Dir. Olivier Baroux · With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau
Lucas is an up-and-coming singer ready to do anything to be on top of the French pop scene.
Dir. Eric Lavaine · With Bénabar, Franck Dubosc, Jocelyn Quivrin
Vincent, 18 years old, is dumped by Elina. It is his first love, it is the end of the world! His parents decide to take matters into their own hands and will try everything to make him forget this girl: he will have to follow them in a loving detoxification of which they will imagine the program ...
Dir. Frédéric Forestier · With Isabelle Nanty, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Thomas Solivérès

as Cathy Tuche
Les Tuche, a modest french family, change his life after winning a super lottery. Thanks to the money of his parents, the son, Donald (aka "coin-coin") goes to Los Angeles to improve his english. On the L.A. University, he meets Jennifer, daughter of a famous American financier.
Dir. Olivier Baroux · With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Sarah Stern
Set in the world of 2045, where communities have robotic helpers, a group of suburbanites are locked in for their protection by their household robots, while a rogue, self-aware AI android revolt uprising takes place outside.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet · With Isabelle Nanty, Elsa Zylberstein, Claude Perron
Theo, not the most popular boy at his school, dreams of escaping the dreary everyday life, experiencing adventure and accomplishing great heroic deeds. His dream seems to be fulfilled when, one day, he finds a very old and magical book in the library and fascinates him with a short hand. He forges the plan to forge a ring with his best friend Bonav and the rebellious Laura, who can make him invisible. The charm succeeds, but the three friends conjure up all sorts of dangers of magical, but also secular nature. Only the mysterious red wizard Arkandias can now help you out of trouble.
Dir. Alexandre Castagnetti, Julien Simonet · With Christian Clavier, Isabelle Nanty, Anémone
When Jeff and Cathy’s grandson Jiji is selected for a training camp with Arsenal, it’s a dream opportunity for the whole family to head over to England and meet the royal family.
Dir. Jean-Paul Rouve · With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau
With only 12 percent of its pupils obtaining their baccalaureate, Jules Ferry High School is the worst school in France. The Inspector of Schools has already exhausted all the conventional means to raise standards at the school and he has no choice but to take the advice of his deputy. It is a case of having to fight fire with fire: the worst pupils must be taught by the worst teachers...
Dir. Pierre-François Martin-Laval · With Christian Clavier, Isabelle Nanty, Pierre-François Martin-Laval
The worst teachers of France landed in England for an ultra-secret mission. With Boulard, the King of the Dunces, they are parachuted in the best school of the country, and they will apply their famous methods on the future of the nation.
Dir. Pierre-François Martin-Laval · With Kev Adams, Isabelle Nanty, Didier Bourdon
After a groundbreaking presidential election, Jeff Tuche becomes the new President of France and moves in the Elysee with his family to govern the country.
Dir. Olivier Baroux · With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau

as Cathy Tuche / Maguy Marteau
After having resigned from his post as President of the Republic, Jeff and his family are happy to be back in their village of Bouzolles. As the end of the year holidays approach, Cathy asks for a unique gift: to reconnect with her sister Maguy, and her husband Jean-Yves, with whom Jeff has been angry for 10 years. The reconciliation could have gone smoothly, except that during a lunch, Jeff and Jean-Yves, will once again find a subject of contention: Christmas. This family feud, which should never have left Bouzolles, will turn into a standoff between Jeff and a giant of Internet distribution.
Dir. Olivier Baroux · With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Michel Blanc
Agathe Clery, a marketing manager for a cosmetics company, is snobbish, stubborn and racist. When she is diagnosed with Addison Syndrome, an disorder that darkens the pigmentation of one's skin, she suddenly finds herself resembling a black woman.
Dir. Étienne Chatiliez · With Valérie Lemercier, Anthony Kavanagh, Dominique Lavanant
A young Hungarian dreams of playing for the French football team and will get the help of a couple of friends.
Dir. Fabien Onteniente · With Samuel Le Bihan, Gérard Lanvin, Lorànt Deutsch
Nathalie and Jean-Pierre have been together for five years, to celebrate their anniversary, Jean-Pierre prepare a surprise present for his girlfriend: a cute four month english bullgod. Nathalie loves her present and calls the puppy "Tresor"; her relationship with the dog is close and strong since the begining but causes problems in the couple.
Dir. Claude Berri, François Dupeyron · With Alain Chabat, Mathilde Seigner, Fanny Ardant
Eight short films explore the subject of male infidelity. Serial cheaters, Fred and Greg, spend a night on the town doing what they do best, and with absolutely no regrets. The duo play various characters in assorted extracurricular situations, ranging from sexist to the darker sides of carnal desires.
Dir. Michel Hazanavicius, Emmanuelle Bercot, Gilles Lellouche, Alexandre Courtes, Éric Lartigau, Jean Dujardin, Fred Cavayé · With Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Géraldine Nakache
Didier Travolta is a 40-year-old disco music fan who has no job, lives with his mother, and has a son he hasn't seen for a while. The mother of his son refuses to send him their son for the holidays unless he can offer him a real vacation, not just going to bars of the French port city of Le Havre. Penniless, the only way he can see his son is by winning a dance contest organized by his friend Jackson, with the prize of a vacation to Australia for two.
Dir. Fabien Onteniente · With Franck Dubosc, Emmanuelle Béart, Gérard Depardieu
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