
Acting
Nadia Barentin
Born — Died
1936-10-17 — 2011-03-22
Place of birth
Paris, France
Known for
Acting
Credits
38 titles
Nadia Barentin (17 October 1936 – 22 March 2011) was a French actress, known for her theatre and film roles, including Les Blessures assassines in 2000. She was nominated for the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress for Monsieur Klebs et Rosalie in 1993. Barentin died on 22 March 2011, aged 74, from undisclosed causes. Source: Article "Nadia Barentin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
7.4French adaptations of the stories by Agatha Christie.
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
5.9High-profile lawyer Michel takes on the defence of a young and pretty small-time thief, Cécile, after the botched hold-up of a jewellery shop. As predicted by his elegant art-dealer and sculptress wife Viviane, Michel goes well beyond his brief, jeopardising his career and ruining his marriage of 18 years.
In All Innocence
1998
5.2Louis Roman is a secondhand goods broker in the Lyon region of France. He provides assistance to people and acts as a private investigator in cases involving suspected relatives or clients.
Louis la Brocante
1998
6.6Angelique is saved by the king of the cutthroats when she is endangered in the streets of Paris. After her hero is killed, she has many amorous affairs and becomes a successful businesswoman.
Angelique: The Road to Versailles
1965
7.5A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
The Round Up
2010
7.7In 1939, on the eve of the declaration of war, Simon Le Tescou gathered his family together for his 70th birthday. But that same evening, he was brutally murdered in his bedroom. Inspector Larosière, assisted by Emile Lampion, his loyal deputy, quickly discovered that this family's closets were full of skeletons...
Petits Meurtres en famille
2006
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
7.5A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
The Round Up
2010
5.8At 40, Molina is the most famous radio host in France: she hosts a nightly call-in show where she answers questions from callers with sexual and emotional problems. When she decides to look for her mother whom she never knew, she discovers her living in the suburbs.
On Air
2012
2000s · 10 titles
6.9Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is temporary. In the clinic where she is being treated, Claire is attracted to Philippe, a man who is still traumatized after a car accident in which his wife and child were both killed. In spite of their personal tragedies, Claire and Philippe fall in love. When Philippe recovers, Claire moves into his home. Then Claire's condition takes a turn for the worse.
Beautiful Memories
2001
6.8Camille arrives in Ouessant, the island of her birth off the Brittany coast, to sell the family home. She spends a last night in the house during which she discovers a secret. In 1963 a man came to work with her father, who was the Jument lighthouse operator. He only stayed two months, but his presence proved to be a disturbing catalyst.
The Light
2004
5.4Isabelle Nanty is a Paris concierge, four children to look after and a fifth in gestation with a loutish and uncaring husband who runs off with the girlfried of one of the lodgers in her building. This same lodger called Le Bison has rather strange hours and both he and Dorine ( the concierge ) get on each other's nerves because each makes noise at the "wrong" time for the other ! The fact that their respective mates have run off together nevertheless bring the two together and with Dorine's children getting very attached to Le Bison, there are the makings of an "idylle" between the two of them which the return of the two offending mates fails to break
Le Bison (et sa voisine Dorine)
2003
4.6A poor but ambitious young man arrives in Paris and settles down in the boarding house run by Madame Vauquer. He soon gets to know the guests: Victorine Taillefer, a young lady her rich father refuses to recognize; Horace Bianchon, a medical student; Monsieur Vautrin, a mysterious and disconcerting man; Goriot, a rich merchant who spent all his fortune for his daughters, Delphine and Anastasie, to make a rich marriage. Eugène becomes friends with Goriot but while the former, thanks to his cousin Madame de Beauséant, is introduced in high society, Goriot, both exploited and scoffed at by his daughters, continues his descent into hell.
Old Goriot
2004
5.1The film follows Etienne, a 40-year-old car designer, who takes time off from work to study sexual mastery from a Zen master and several prostitutes, in the hopes of having the sexual skill to impress Laure. Laure, a blonde who was introduced to him by his friend Jacques, told Etienne on January 1 that she will not have sex with him until May 27 that year at precisely 9 PM.
L'Art (délicat) de la séduction
2001
6.0Félix, operator of dodgem cars in a fairground, becomes obsessed by one of his customers, a mysterious young woman named Lola. Félix soon discovers that Lola is running away from her former boyfriend, a singer who continues to taunt her. Lola asks Félix to prove his love for her by murdering a man he does not know...
Felix and Lola
2001
5.6Charlotte, an alienated sound engineer, travels to the country home where her mother was just murdered. She is quickly frustrated by the lack of progress in the police investigation and so begins her own. While listening to a fresh sound recording she made in her mother's house, Charlotte discovers a strange phenomenon, she can hear sounds from the past in her headphones. Soon she is using this ability to hear the past to piece together the last few days of her mother's life, drawing ever closer to discovering who killed her, even as the murderer returns to try and eliminate Charlotte before they are discovered.
Fissures
2007
Sandrine, a former fashion designer who is unemployed, is now working in a garment factory as a worker. There she meets Mathieu, the company's human resources manager and a former childhood sweetheart. The two of them get closer, but their relationship is hampered by the economic crisis that is catching up with the company... The employees then decide to join forces to buy the company by creating a clothing line, "Les P'tits Lutins", for which Sandrine is, of course, asked to contribute. However, the situation turns out to be tense. How will Mathieu react to these new directions?
L'Amour sur un fil
2000
4.0Marie returns to live in La Rochelle, the city of her childhood, with her husband Marc, a policeman, and meets Nadia. The two young women scour the city's stores, looking for a red sofa. They soon discover one in the store of Maxime, a second-hand dealer. A few days later, Nadia seems tormented when Marie mentions the sofa. During a visit, Marie discovers Nadia's lifeless body.
The Red Sofa
2007
7.0A bygone symbol of the luxury of yesteryear and a true institution in a provincial town, the "Grand Magasin" is living its last hours. Indeed, the management, which can no longer afford the establishment, is preparing to sell the store to a large distribution group. Agathe, a saleswoman in the men's department for more than 25 years, is shocked to discover that all the staff will be laid off. Feeling both betrayed and responsible for the future of the "Grand Magasin", she becomes a passionaria, leading her colleagues to revolt, a true leader. The operation finally seems to bear fruit when the sale is cancelled and a new director is appointed.
Agathe et le grand magasin
2001
1990s · 12 titles
5.9High-profile lawyer Michel takes on the defence of a young and pretty small-time thief, Cécile, after the botched hold-up of a jewellery shop. As predicted by his elegant art-dealer and sculptress wife Viviane, Michel goes well beyond his brief, jeopardising his career and ruining his marriage of 18 years.
In All Innocence
1998
6.9Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator.
A Self-Made Hero
1996
4.9An old psychiatrist finds out that he is likely to suffer a second and probably fatal heart attack in the near future. As a consequence he becomes determined to seduce Odile, a young woman he first encounters in a railway compartment.
Le Sourire
1994
6.5A black comedy about a widow who mourns the death of her husband by tormenting everyone she meets.
Auntie Danielle
1990
3.6This French romantic comedy-drama concerns Claude Langmann, a middle-aged auctioneer, who is in a loving marriage with his second wife of 15 years. Though he is deeply in love with his wife and has remained faithful to her, he finds himself unable to perform in bed. His wife says she is satisfied with Claude's love and tenderness, but he visits a sex specialist anyway. There he learns of Viagra, which is not yet approved in France, though it is available in Switzerland over the counter. Soon Claude is on his way to Geneva, and eager to prove his manhood, tries to bed Agnes, his very attractive and very available assistant. His daughter, who also comes along for the trip, interferes with her own problems.
Hard Off
1999
6.3It’s summer, on the beach of this little town in Brittany, a man is building a sand castle. A few people watch him. We will be told the story of three of them: a boy, Jumbo, aged 9; François and his sister Zaza. All of them had to deal with the death of somebody they cherished.
Coming to Terms with the Dead
1994
10.0No synopsis available yet.
L'impossible Monsieur Papa
1995
7.5Captain Stéphane Delage, head of the Juvenile Brigade, witnesses the death of a close friend and fellow officer, who is replaced by Laurence Dorlaville. On her very first day, Delage learns that Simon, the 13-year-old son of his late colleague, has attempted suicide. Even more disturbing, the gun Simon used is identified as the same weapon used to shoot a security guard at a shopping mall. While Dorlaville investigates the case of a child who has been the victim of incest, Delage uncovers the shocking truth: Simon is part of a gang of teenagers completely controlled by an adult who terrorizes and ruthlessly exploits them.
Brigade des mineurs
1999
7.0This 2-part TV film, adapted from an autobiography, tells the childhood of writer François Cavanna, son of an Italien emigrant and a French mother.
Les Ritals
1991
5.8A subsidiary of Générale Financière d'Investissement (GFI), Medic-Hall, a medical equipment company, employs nine salespeople. As part of the restructuring of the group, management decided to separate from them, without paying them severance pay. For this, the company called on Sébastien Jalabier, a degreasing specialist, who undertakes to make them resign by resorting to various means of pressure: tracking down professional misconduct, humiliation, bullying, thankless tasks ...
De gré ou de force
1998
5.7A famous couple is going on stage after ten years of separation and hate.
Un grand cri d'amour
1998
65 years old Agathe Ledu refuses to grow old alone. That's why she's visiting the graveyard on a daily basis, honouring her husband and son, Breton sailors lost in sea five years ago. She's talking to them, all the while knitting. But for whom is Agathe knitting ? (One of the two shorts that inspired "Amélie".)
Agathe tricote
1998
1980s · 5 titles
6.3Robert Avranche, a middle-aged, alcoholic garage owner, is sitting on a train, reflecting on the emptiness of his life. An attractive young woman, Donatienne, suddenly enters the compartment and offers to make love to him. Robert accepts but, when the woman leaves the train afterwards, he decides to follow her...
Our Story
1984
5.4Princess Charlotte is scheduled to marry a boring duke, but before that event happens, Paul has taken a bet that he can seduce her. He does, profits from his act, and then falls in love with her. Meanwhile, the wedding with the duke is still planned, and it remains to be seen whether Paul will give in and give up.
Marriage of the Century
1985
5.2Whilst driving through rural France, Antoine Bonfils comes across a community of babas - men and women who have turned their back on the modern commercialist world and live, free of constraints, as close to nature as they can. After a tiff with his girlfriend, he decides to swap his comfortable but empty life in Paris for a new life with the babas. Adapting to the new life-style proves to be far from easy...
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
1981
5.5The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end in his country house. A modest clerical worker, also invited, discovers the hidden reason for this party - and decides to take advantage of it.
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
1982
6.3Guy is fired from is job, and asks to stay with his friend and his girlfriend in their apartment. The longer he stays, the more disaster he creates.
Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's
1981
1970s · 4 titles
5.2Hélène, a fragile and romantic teenager, discovers that her father, a rich business man, has a mistress. Curious, she decides to go and meet this woman who is described as strange. At the first chance she has she goes to her house in the Ramparts of Béguines... from then on she goes back often, discovering a new world of artists and nightowls where she also experiences love in the arms of Tamara.
The Beguines
1972
7.3The second part of the Seventh Company adventures.
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975
5.3Two brothers are fighting for a one girl attention...
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
1979
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Huit femmes
1972
Series credits
7.4French adaptations of the stories by Agatha Christie.
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
5.2Louis Roman is a secondhand goods broker in the Lyon region of France. He provides assistance to people and acts as a private investigator in cases involving suspected relatives or clients.
Louis la Brocante
1998
7.7In 1939, on the eve of the declaration of war, Simon Le Tescou gathered his family together for his 70th birthday. But that same evening, he was brutally murdered in his bedroom. Inspector Larosière, assisted by Emile Lampion, his loyal deputy, quickly discovered that this family's closets were full of skeletons...
Petits Meurtres en famille
2006
6.0Between 1905 and 1918, the opposing destinies of two brothers from a large Catholic bourgeois family.
Les Thibault
2003
