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Joséphine Japy has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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The Kings of Summer
2013
Comedy · Drama

The Armadillo's Prophecy
2018
Comedy · Drama

Woman at War
2018
Drama · Thriller

50/50
2011
Comedy · Drama

A Man Called Ove
2015
Comedy · Drama

Last Flag Flying
2017
Drama · Comedy

The Clown
2011
Comedy · Drama

The Way Way Back
2013
Comedy · Drama

A man tries to make his wife fall in love with him again, after waking up in an alternate reality where she never knew him.
Dir. Hugo Gélin · With François Civil, Joséphine Japy, Benjamin Lavernhe

Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new friend, their relationship takes an ominous turn.
Dir. Mélanie Laurent · With Joséphine Japy, Lou de Laâge, Isabelle Carré

In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a club foot that prevents him from standing. Against everyone's advice, she promises her son that he will walk like the others and that he will have a fabulous life. From then on, Esther will do everything in her power to keep this promise. Through decades of trials and miracles of life, this film is the story of a true, funny and moving story, that of an incredible destiny and the greatest love there is: that of a mother for her child.
Dir. Ken Scott · With Leïla Bekhti, Jonathan Cohen, Joséphine Japy
Constance, a 40-years-old real estate agent, gets fired from her job. With no options left, she contacts her former boss, from the small agency where she started her career. To her surprise, he is hiring, but explains he may have already found someone. Constance is convinced she will get the job because of her experience and extensive qualifications. But when Audrey, a younger and prettier woman, is hired instead, it proves too much for Constance to take.
Dir. Sébastien Marnier · With Marina Foïs, Jérémie Elkaïm, Joséphine Japy
A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.
Dir. Florent-Emilio Siri · With Jérémie Renier, Benoît Magimel, Monica Scattini
Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
Dir. Gabriel Julien-Laferrière · With Samy Seghir, Jérémy Denisty, Rachida Brakni

Pierre, a famous explorer and writer, travels regularly through the world. Someday, climbing a hotel frontage while drunk, he falls from high and into a deep coma. When he awakes, he has difficulties walking but, against everyone's advices, he decides to walk through France, following forgotten pathways...
Dir. Denis Imbert · With Jean Dujardin, Izïa Higelin, Jonathan Zaccaï
A virtuous monk descends to the depths of sin and depravity after Satan sends an unholy temptress to lead him astray.
Dir. Dominik Moll · With Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Joséphine Japy
In 2008, Sami Benboudaoud discovered the hell of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Ten years later, now that everything is for the best for Sami who brilliantly completes his studies of political science, nothing will go for his cousin Charles of Chazelle.
Dir. Gabriel Julien-Laferrière · With Samy Seghir, Jérémy Denisty, Denis Podalydès

as Aurélie Diaz
Two years after surviving alone on the hostile island of Val Verde, Jack Mimoun has become an adventure star. The book recounting his experience is a bestseller and his television show breaks audience records. He is then approached by the mysterious Aurélie Diaz who will bring Jack Mimoun back to Val Verde to train him in search of the legendary sword of the pirate La Buse. Accompanied by Bruno Quézac, the ambitious but reckless manager of Jack, and Jean-Marc Bastos, a mercenary as disturbed as he is unpredictable, our adventurers will embark on an incredible treasure hunt through the jungle of the island of thousand dangers.
Dir. Ludovic Colbeau-Justin, Malik Bentalha · With Malik Bentalha, Joséphine Japy, Jérôme Commandeur
Faced with their fantasies, six couples try to explore the hidden sides of their intimate life. Six questions on access to pleasure. From role play to abstinence, via exhibition, six separate stories with the same questioning of desire today in the center.
Dir. Stéphane Foenkinos, David Foenkinos · With Ramzy Bedia, Nicolas Bedos, Monica Bellucci
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