Jean-François Garreaud

Acting

Jean-François Garreaud

Born 1946-04-01

Acting credits

The Advent Calendar poster
6.7

Eva, an ex-dancer, is now living in a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life: some of them good, but most of them bad... Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again… even if it causes death around her.

The Advent Calendar

2021

Violette Nozière poster
6.7

Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent 18-year-old her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of the city.

Violette Nozière

1978

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Premier Suspect

Blanche Maupas poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Blanche Maupas

2009

The Fighter poster
5.7

Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.

The Fighter

1983

Blessure poster
3.0

A young rock singer, Morgan, falls in love with the pretty Julie. But Dimitri, Julie's "ex", doesn't see it that way.

Blessure

1985

Betty poster
6.4

A drunken, self-destructive woman called Betty wanders into a Parisian bar where she meets middle-aged alcoholic Laure. Laure decides to take care of Betty. Recovering in a hotel room, Betty begins to recount to Laure the story of her bourgeois life and her unhappy and unfaithful marriage.

Betty

1992

Counter Investigation poster
6.8

A cop investigates whether the man convicted of murdering his daughter is really guilty.

Counter Investigation

2007

I... for Icarus poster
7.7

Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.

I... for Icarus

1979

A Simple Story poster
6.0

A middle-aged woman leaves her partner and drifts back to her ex-husband, while the lives of her middle class friends intersect with her own.

A Simple Story

1978

Lead Us Not Into Temptation poster
5.1

A young woman strikes up an affair with an older married man, but twisted secrets begin to emerge as their tale is told from different points of view.

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

2011

The Girls of Grenoble poster
5.3

In Grenoble, a prostitute is murdered in her hospital bed. Cora twenty-two and also a prostitute was one of her friends. On a daily basis these women suffer violence receive a miserable salary and work non-stop in terror of the pimps.

The Girls of Grenoble

1981

No artwork available
NR

Cruel Santa Claus, when you come down from the sky with guns by the thousands, I beg you to spare me. If Santa Claus really existed, if he lived in some hidden place in the city in the company of those who still believe in him, and if he was seeking revenge, waiting for his revenge on those who distorted his name and image for money purposes!

La Nuit de Santa-Klaus

1986

The Orinoco Dam poster
6.7

After the accidental death of her husband, Dominique Vallorie agrees to take over the construction of an important dam on the Orinoco River. She does not know that by accepting to go to Venezuela, her life as a woman and engineer will change. Through a great love story she will assert herself despite all the pitfalls on the way.

The Orinoco Dam

1996

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

1970

Les Allumettes suédoises poster
5.5

Oliver has a happy childhood in the streets of Montmartre, Paris, in the 30's. Suddenly his mother dies. He is alone and helpless. He seeks comfort with the offbeat adults.

Les Allumettes suédoises

1996

Une journée de merde ! poster
5.0

This is an important day for Marc Chanois, an insurance advisor heading toward middle age: it's his fiancée Sabine's birthday, her parents arrive in Paris and Marc will meet them for dinner to announce the engagement (her father can't stand him), he's bought Sabine a Spitfire, and his most important client is to sign a policy. But, as the day wears on, he's vexed by an incompetent secretary, the unexpected return of a girlfriend he hasn't seen in five years, squatters who use his office at night, the jealous former lover of a flight attendant who lives in the building, and his boss's unexpected return from a Swiss clinic. Will he reach Sabine in one piece?

Une journée de merde !

1999

Baby Cat poster
4.4

The life of a Parisian photo model turns into a nightmare when the photographer with whom she used to work begins to pursue her constantly but she refuses his offers.

Baby Cat

1983

Si ma gueule vous plaît... poster
3.3

A French satirical comedy that examines society’s obsession with appearance. A man with unconventional looks unexpectedly becomes a public sensation, facing ridicule and admiration. His striking features thrust him into a whirlwind of media sensationalism and superficial relationships. Amid a series of ironic and humorous encounters, he grapples with the burden of being judged solely on his appearance, ultimately questioning the true essence of beauty and personal worth.

Si ma gueule vous plaît...

1981

Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour poster
6.1

Jeanne Poisson, the headstrong, ambitious, witty and erudite, catches the eye and heart of French King Louis XV at a costumed ball. She masters the art of seduction well enough to become accepted even by the Queen, corpulent mother of ten. As a sensibly chosen Royal 'favorite' mistress she is soon ennobled Marquise of Pompadour to facilitate her introduction at court. The immature dauphin (crown prince) proves a bitter and unrelenting enemy, joined by his imposed Saxon bride, and his sister at her deathbed. Although friends at court help Pompadour return, her health gives way.

Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour

2006

La victoire des vaincus poster
7.0

In June 1940, in a village of Franche-Comté occupied by the Germans, five children decide to join the resistance in their own way, against the German invaders.

La victoire des vaincus

2002

Mais où et donc Ornicar poster
7.5

They are in their thirties. They have now children, an appartment, a work, cars... and still have loves, dreams and passions. They will meet each other, leave each other, under the eye of their kids.

Mais où et donc Ornicar

1979

For Love poster
6.5

A classical pianist falls in love with a friend's young daughter.

For Love

1976

Love Lies poster
4.0

After a harrowing breakup, Marcel returns to his favorite hotel to find his room occupied by a journalist, whom he attempts to impress.

Love Lies

1983