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Karin Viard has 25 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Polisse.
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Demolition
2016
Comedy · Drama

The Professor
2019
Comedy · Drama

While We're Young
2015
Comedy · Drama

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
Comedy · Drama

Wilson
2017
Comedy · Drama

Afternoon Delight
2013
Comedy · Drama

Joshy
2016
Drama · Comedy

Losers' Club
2011
Comedy · Drama
Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer commissioned to graphically document the daily routine of the team.
Dir. Maïwenn · With Frédéric Pierrot, JoeyStarr, Nicolas Duvauchelle

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro · With Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus

The whole Bélier family is deaf, except for sixteen year old Paula who is the important translator in her parents' day to day life especially when it comes to matters concerning the family farm. When her music teacher discovers she has a fantastic singing voice and she gets an opportunity to enter a big Radio France contest the whole family's future is set up for big changes.
Dir. Éric Lartigau · With Louane, Karin Viard, François Damiens

Odette is a 8-yr-old girl who loves to dance and draw. Once she has become an adult, Odette realizes she was abused, and immerses herself body and soul in her career as a dancer while trying to deal with her past.
Dir. Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer · With Andréa Bescond, Karin Viard, Clovis Cornillac

After failing the medical entrance exam, Léopold enters midwifery school by default, hiding the truth from those around him. While he is unconvinced of his commitment to this exclusively female environment, his meeting with Nathalie, an experienced midwife with a passionate character, will change his view of this fascinating world and upset his certainties.
Dir. Jennifer Devoldère · With Melvin Boomer, Karin Viard, Théodore Levisse

Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.
Dir. Costa-Gavras · With José Garcia, Karin Viard, Ulrich Tukur

In 1977 France, tightfisted factory owner Robert Pujol is so shocked when his workers strike for higher wages that he suffers a heart attack. His acquiescent wife, Suzanne, whose father had founded the factory, takes over management duties during Robert's convalescence.
Dir. François Ozon · With Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini
A director wants to make a documentary about actresses, all actresses: the popular ones, the unknown ones, the intellectuals, the comedians, the forgotten ones... Filming everything, with or without their consent, the director gets caught up in the game and lets herself be devoured by these women, who are as fragile as they are manipulative.
Dir. Maïwenn · With Jeanne Balibar, Romane Bohringer, Julie Depardieu
Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it starts a complicate love cross among them that will involve also a transsexual, a jealous brother, a Latin Lover and another nervous stressed couple. Not to mention about the daughter of one of them that is secretly in Chicago with one of her father's employees... At the end of the summer, all of them will join the same party...
Dir. Michel Blanc · With Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Michel Blanc

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.
Dir. Cédric Klapisch · With Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini
Ève and Henri are among the happy few of the French community in Vienna. They are “la crème de la crème”. The perfect picture crumbles when Ève discovers that Henri is cheating on her. On an impulse, she finds revenge with Jonas, a perfect young Austrian guy. But he’s not who she thought he was. This will lead them to an irreversible spiral.
Dir. Marc Fitoussi · With Lucas Englander, Karin Viard, Pascale Arbillot

A divorced teacher suddenly becomes jealous of everyone, including her daughter, friends and neighbors.
Dir. Stéphane Foenkinos, David Foenkinos · With Karin Viard, Anne Dorval, Anaïs Demoustier

One day, Jean-Louis discovers that his heart has stopped. He is not dead, can walk and talk, but his heart is no longer beating. With the help of his wife and a friend, he tries to understand the origin of this mystery.
Dir. Laurent Lafitte · With Laurent Lafitte, Karin Viard, Hélène Vincent
Marc, in his 40s, is a professor of literature at the University of Lausanne. Still a bachelor — and still living with his sister Marianne in a huge, isolated chalet that they inherited when they were very young — he carries on one love affair after another with his students. Winter has almost ended when one of his most brilliant students, Barbara, suddenly disappears. Two days later, Marc meets Barbara’s mother, Anna, who wants to find out more about her vanished daughter.
Dir. Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu · With Mathieu Amalric, Karin Viard, Maïwenn

During the elimination of the Belgian/French border in the 90s, a Belgian customs officer is forced to team up with one of his French counterparts.
Dir. Dany Boon · With Benoît Poelvoorde, Dany Boon, Julie Bernard
There is one thing that Nicole, who is soon turning fifty, would have loved to be spared, is to learn that the symptoms that have been ruining her life for some time are not those of a latent menopause, but those of a real pregnancy! What a drag…
Dir. Nadège Loiseau · With Karin Viard, Philippe Rebbot, Hélène Vincent

When Myriam, the mother of two young children, decides, despite the reluctance of her husband to resume her activity in a law firm, the couple is looking for a nanny. After a severe casting, they hire Louise, who quickly conquers the affection of children and gradually occupies a central place in the home. Gradually the trap of mutual dependence will close, until the tragedy.
Dir. Lucie Borleteau · With Leïla Bekhti, Karin Viard, Antoine Reinartz
So called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family.
Dir. Danièle Thompson · With Karin Viard, Dany Boon, Marina Foïs
A quartet of Parisians embark upon a guided hike in Corsica and end up working through the sometimes comical chaos of their individual lives.
Dir. Philippe Harel · With Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Elbaz, Karin Viard
Sequel to 2002's "Summer Things" (Embrassez qui vous voudrez). This French comedy follows various people in two families. Bertrand and his wife, Elizabeth, are a wealthy couple who plan to vacation near the same coastal town as their friends, Jerome and Veronique, who are secretly struggling with financial problems. Meanwhile, Bertrand and his daughter, Emilie, have each been hiding a secret, and these deceptions are bound to have repercussions.
Dir. Michel Blanc · With Karin Viard, Carole Bouquet, Charlotte Rampling

as Lili Michel (sketch 'Antagonistophilie')
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
On holiday in the south of France, chic Parisian sophisticate Violette meets life-loving IT geek Jean-René. Against all odds, there’s a real chemistry between them and at the end of the summer, Jean-René wastes no time in joining his beloved in Paris. But there’s trouble in paradise, and a third party swiftly appears to shatter the couple’s idyll: Lolo, Violette’s ultra-possessive 19-year-old son, who is determined to get rid of his mother’s lover, whatever it takes…
Dir. Julie Delpy · With Dany Boon, Julie Delpy, Vincent Lacoste

France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workmates without a job. She decides to go to Paris to look for work. There she finds a cleaning job at the home of a rich man, Steve, whose world is radically different from her own. As their paths keep crossing, she discovers that her employer played a part in closing the factory in Dunkirk...
Dir. Cédric Klapisch · With Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche, Audrey Lamy
An unusually cold winter forces the french government to push the best housed people to accommodate some poor fellow citizens. The decree called "Le Grand Partage" creates some trouble among the residents of a Paris upscale apartment block.
Dir. Alexandra Leclère · With Karin Viard, Didier Bourdon, Valérie Bonneton

as Adélaïde de Montmirail
Stuck in the corridors of time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his faithful servant Jacquouille are projected to a time of profound political and social upheavals: the French Revolution... specifically, The Terror, time of great dangers, during which the descendants of Godefroy and Jacquouille had their castle and all their property confiscated by arrogant aristocrats, fleeing and lifes hanging by a thread.
Dir. Jean-Marie Poiré · With Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Franck Dubosc
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