Writing

Philippe Madral

Known for

Writing

Credits

11 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Tokyo Eyes poster
6.7

The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective finds that he's not the mad vigilante portrayed in newspapers.

Tokyo Eyes

1998

Le pays des enfants perdus poster
10.0

In the 1960s, orphans from Reunion Island were deported to France to repopulate a department where rural exodus was rampant.

Le pays des enfants perdus

2004

No artwork available
9.0

This certificate was formerly obtained by pupils at the end of primary school. The teacher of a small village has a dream: he wants his son to get his certificate and to be the best in the district ("Canton"). His younger son is less gifted: he is ashamed of him and treats him like a dunce. His obsession is so strong his marriage (his wife is a schoolteacher too) is soon on the rocks.

The Year of Certificate

1996

L'appel du 18 juin poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'appel du 18 juin

2010

No artwork available
7.0

Delphine, a saleswoman in a French fry stand, and Roland, a campsite warden, fall in love at first sight. They are in perfect love, but their big dream is to buy a house. Thanks to a friend, who puts together a fake file to obtain a loan, they acquire a piece of land and order a house in kit. From then on, Delphine and Roland will have to foil the traps that will accumulate before The construction of their kit house has become their obsession and a metaphor for the difficulties of their own couple.

Un amour en kit

2003

Guy de Maupassant poster
5.4

The life and times of the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant.

Guy de Maupassant

1982

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2.0

Officially declared missing in 1945, Gaston Boissac suddenly comes back at 70 years old in his home village.

My Russian Uncle

2006

The ben barka affair poster
1.0

Moroccan politician Mehdi Ben Barka arrives in Paris to prepare for the Tricontinental Conference where he is accosted by the police and taken into custody, never to be seen again.

The ben barka affair

2008

L'enfant éternel poster
6.0

Shocked by the death of his ten-year-old son, a scientist conducts a successful cloning experiment.

L'enfant éternel

2002

Every Man for Yourself poster
6.6

Georges Flavier, once renowned Parisian hairdresser, lives alone since the death of his son and the departure of his wife. One night, he saves a stranger from drowning in the Canal Saint-Martin.

Every Man for Yourself

1994

State Conspiracy poster
6.2

French territory is threatened by a terrorist organization just before the presidential election. If the government doesn't answer its demands, programmed bombs will explode gradually on the national railway network. Despite the operation deployed by the anti-terrorist unit, the Home Office has no other choice but to call Franck Barrot, police superintendent well-known for his controversial methods, to neutralize the armed group. His investigation will lead him to the very top level of the terrorist organization: the government itself.

State Conspiracy

2012