Jean Yanne

When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s brother-in-law, Paul Decourt, a truly horrible individual.

Dir. Claude Chabrol · With Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne

An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.

Dir. Claude Chabrol · With Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel

A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.

Dir. Jean-Luc Godard · With Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.

Dir. Christophe Gans · With Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Émilie Dequenne

In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare form the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.

Dir. Régis Wargnier · With Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh-Dan Pham

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.

Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau · With Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre Arditi

In ancient Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the locals who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.

Dir. Jean Yanne · With Coluche, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.

Dir. Claude Chabrol · With Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy