Stéphane Foenkinos

Production

Stéphane Foenkinos

Born 1968-10-27 · Paris, France

Acting credits

Colours of Time poster
7.4

When four distant cousins inherit a 19th-century home in Normandy, they decide to visit and examine their family history. No one has lived there since the 1940s, and the cousins are intrigued by all of the items they find there, little things that help them to understand their ancestor, Adèle Vermillard. Jumping back and forth in time, they meet the mysterious Adèle, whose bohemian lifestyle, and her relationships with the leading artists of the time, changes their lives.

Colours of Time

2025

Female Agents poster
6.6

May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.

Female Agents

2008

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre poster
4.6

A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's electrical system.

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre

2001

Dalida poster
6.6

Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième Jour", and who later committed suicide in 1987 in Paris, after selling more than 130 million records worldwide.

Dalida

2017

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Majorettes

Traceless poster
6.3

Étienne Meunier (Benoît Magimel) is a young executive who has everything going for him. His career is skyrocketing and he is about to become #1 at work, he is married to a picture-perfect wife, has a dream home and money. To top it off, he's charming, healthy and everyone likes him and seems to consider him "a great guy". But beneath the surface, not everything is perfect. Meunier feels some pressure at work, knowing others eye his future position and he and his wife have been unable to have children so far. One day, Meunier bumps into a childhood friend, Patrick Chambon (François-Xavier Demaison) and the two resume their friendship, despite Chambon having struggled as a petty criminal.

Traceless

2010

Samantha Chérie poster
NR

Corinne is a 50-year-old former 90's song starlet known as « Samantha Chérie ». Now alone and forgotten, she struggles to accept the success of her daughter on Instagram. One evening, a mysterious stranger takes hostage for ransom Corinne at her home. As the night goes, fear and misunderstanding gradually give way to hope. What if this was the opportunity for Samantha Chérie to come back under the spotlights?

Samantha Chérie

2023

The In(famous) Youssef Salem poster
6.4

Youssef Salem, 45, has always managed to miss his writing career. But the trouble begins when his new novel becomes a success because Youssef couldn't help but be inspired by his own, for better or worse. He must now avoid at all costs that his book falls into the hands of his family.

The In(famous) Youssef Salem

2023

Rire (enfin) au féminin poster
NR

For a long time, in France, comedy was the preserve of men. Female roles were mostly secondary and corresponded to stereotypes such as the pretty doll, the funny but unattractive woman, or the troublesome, even cantankerous wife

Rire (enfin) au féminin

2024

Jealous poster
5.9

A divorced teacher suddenly becomes jealous of everyone, including her daughter, friends and neighbors.

Jealous

2017

Marie-Francine poster
5.5

A woman at the age of 50 moves back in with her parents after her husband leave her for a younger woman.

Marie-Francine

2017

Rose poster
5.5

Rose, 78-year-old, has just lost her beloved husband. When her grief gives way to a powerful impulse to live her life, making her realize that she can still redefine herself as a woman, the whole balance of the family is upset.

Rose

2021

J'ai faim !!! poster
5.0

A chubby forty-ish florist is dumped for a gorgeous young woman. She decides to lose weight and to ruin her rival's life in order to win her handsome lover back.

J'ai faim !!!

2001

Souvenir poster
2.3

After spending the night together with her idol, Sinclair, Léa hopes to see him again soon. She still finds it difficult to quite grasp what has happened to her when a trivial accident brutally puts an end to her dream.

Souvenir

2008

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête poster
5.6

Married to Jeremie, Marie wants desperately to have a child. She has a 20 year old daughter from a former marriage with the police commissioner. When the gynecologist confirms they are unable to conceive a child together, they opt for adoption. However, it is a very lengthy and difficult process. When her daughter meets Joanna, a pregnant teenager willing to give up her child for adoption, Marie is thrilled. And so Joanna moves in...

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

1989

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