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Nathalie Baye has 18 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Catch Me If You Can.
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Stuck in Love
2013
Drama · Comedy

The Sessions
2012
Drama · Romance

Hope Springs
2012
Drama · Comedy

Irreplaceable You
2018
Comedy · Drama

My Old Lady
2014
Romance · Comedy

Before We Go
2014
Romance · Drama

Drinking Buddies
2013
Romance · Drama

Hello I Must Be Going
2012
Drama · Comedy

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken

A committed filmmaker struggles to complete his latest project while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani

The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.
Dir. Xavier Dolan · With Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye

A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Dir. Guillaume Canet · With François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier

Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
Dir. Xavier Dolan · With Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel

After closing his agency Alibi.com and promising Flo that he would never lie to her again, Greg's new life became quiet, too quiet... Not for long! When he decides to propose to Flo, Greg is up against the wall and has to introduce his family. But with his crooked father and his ex-charm actress mother, this could ruin his future union. He has no choice but to reopen his agency with his former accomplices for an ultimate Alibi and to find more presentable fake parents.
Dir. Philippe Lacheau · With Philippe Lacheau, Tarek Boudali, Élodie Fontan

Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their clients. But meeting Flo, a pretty blonde who hates men who lie, will complicate Greg's life, which begins by hiding the true nature of his activity. During the presentation to parents, Greg understands that Gérard, the father of Flo, is also one of their clients.
Dir. Philippe Lacheau · With Philippe Lacheau, Élodie Fontan, Julien Arruti

The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killers.
Dir. Frédéric Tellier · With Raphaël Personnaz, Nathalie Baye, Olivier Gourmet

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat claiming to be Martin, the Guerre family recognizes him as such; but doubts soon arise about his true identity.
Dir. Daniel Vigne · With Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Barrier

A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her widowed mother.
Dir. Pierre Salvadori · With Audrey Tautou, Sami Bouajila, Nathalie Baye

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode · With Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau

Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock passes, Rémi is caught off-guard when Marion begins expressing her attraction to him. Initially repulsed, Marion's mature beauty wears him down as he finally caves to her seductions.
Dir. Bertrand Blier · With Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet

Aging beautician Angèle, already wounded by a long-ago romance, gets awkwardly dumped at a train station. Witnessing how she turns around a humiliating situation, younger sculptor Antoine becomes so smitten that he breaks up with his fiancée and sets out to win Angèle's heart. Meanwhile, Angèle attempts to quash the budding romance of her young co-worker, Marie, and a much older widowed client, despite their obvious rapport.
Dir. Tonie Marshall · With Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Audrey Tautou
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
Lou, a creative and dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives alone with her mother in an orange building with tons of little balconies that give access to the roof. Mina has been her best friend since kindergarten, and Lou has been in love with Tristan, one of her neighbors, since elementary school. Her mother has relinquished her own personal happiness of late so as to devote herself to her daughter, but their little bubble bursts when Mom meets a man and Lou at last dares speak to Tristan.
Dir. Julien Neel · With Ludivine Sagnier, Kyan Khojandi, Lola Lasseron

Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade. She sees in her the opportunity to pass on her skills, the craft of dressmaking, her only wealth. In the frenetic world of Haute Couture, Esther will give Jade la beauté du geste, a way to reach beyond herself.
Dir. Sylvie Ohayon · With Nathalie Baye, Lyna Khoudri, Pascale Arbillot

In this ensemble drama set in rural France, the women of the Paridier farm are left to run it by themselves while their men are off fighting in World War I. But things become complicated with the arrival of American troops.
Dir. Xavier Beauvois · With Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Iris Bry
Jean-Pierre, a wealthy businessman, is lonely. He still desires his wife but she only seems interested in shopping and the beauty salon. Tired of lunching alone every day, one day he decides to invite his chauffeur to join him, and a relationship quickly develops as the two find they have much in common. Are they just cash machines for their wives? Don't they deserve some love in return? Jean-Pierre confiscates his wife's credit card, but things don't turn out exactly the way he'd hoped...
Dir. Alexandra Leclère · With Christian Clavier, Gérard Lanvin, Géraldine Pailhas
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