French films of 1998
Encyclopedia
A list of film
s produced in France
in 1998
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Film
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s produced in France
France
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in 1998
1998 in film
-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
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1998
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 1998 1998 in film -Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:... |
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| Le Dîner de Cons | Francis Veber Francis Veber Francis Paul Veber is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and theater playwright. Many of his French comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon and François Perrin... |
Jacques Villeret Jacques Villeret Jacques Villeret was a French actor.-Early life and Family:Born Jacky Boufroura in Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother, he is most famous internationally for his role as François Pignon in Le Dîner de Cons, both on the stage and in the later film... |
Comedy | Won 3 César & 2 Lumiere Awards, +4 nom. |
| The Dreamlife of Angels The Dreamlife of Angels The Dreamlife of Angels is a 1998 French drama film directed by Erick Zonca.-Story:The film is about two working class women, Isa and Marie. Isa is a drifter and searching for a lover she had met during the summer. When she realizes that her search for him is futile and turns elsewhere she meets... |
Erick Zonca Erick Zonca Erick Zonca is a French film director, best known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning 1998 feature film debut The Dreamlife of Angels. The film won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.... |
Élodie Bouchez Élodie Bouchez Élodie Bouchez-Bangalter is a French actress. She is best known in the United States for her role as Renée Rienne on the fifth and final season of the television show Alias... , Natacha Régnier Natacha Régnier Natacha Régnier is a Belgian actress.Born in the Ixelles section of Brussels, she was attracted to theatre from early adolescence. Her first screen role was in The Motorcycle Girl , a short film by Stéphan Carpiaux... |
Drama | Nomin. for Golden Palm, +14 wins, +9 nom. |
| L'ennui L'Ennui L'Ennui is a 1998 dramatic film directed by Cédric Kahn, starring Charles Berling and Sophie Guillemin. It follows the life of a bored philosopher as he becomes jealously obsessed with the much younger lover of a dead painter.... |
Cédric Kahn Cédric Kahn Cédric Kahn is a French screenwriter and film director. His films include L'Ennui , from the Alberto Moravia novel Boredom and Red Lights , from the Georges Simenon novel... |
Charles Berling Charles Berling Charles Berling is a French actor, director, scenario writer and producer born on April 30, 1958 in Saint-Mandé in Val de Marne .-Biography:Son of a marine physician, he is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard... , Sophie Guillemin Sophie Guillemin Sophie Guillemin is a French actress. She has appeared in such films as L'ennui, Harry, He's Here to Help and Un chat un chat, a la folie pas du tout.-External links:... |
Drama | |
| I Stand Alone I Stand Alone (film) I Stand Alone is a 1998 French drama film, written and directed by Gaspar Noé, and starring Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankye Pain and Martine Audrain. The original French title is Seul contre tous, which means "Alone against all". The film focuses on several pivotal days in the life of a... |
Gaspar Noé Gaspar Noé Gaspar Noé is an Argentine filmmaker and the son of Argentine painter and intellectual Luis Felipe Noé. He graduated from Louis Lumière College and is the visiting professor of film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland... |
Philippe Nahon Philippe Nahon -Biography:Nahon is best known for his roles in French horror and thriller films, including I Stand Alone, Humains, Calvaire, Irréversible, The Pack and Haute Tension, and he has been featured as a nameless butcher in three films by Gaspar Noé – Carne, I Stand Alone, and Irréversible .-Filmography... |
Thriller drama | 5 wins & 5 nominations |
| Killer Killer (1998 film) Killer is a 1998 French-Kazakhstani crime drama film directed by Darezhan Omirbaev.-Plot:Marat is a chauffeur who, following a traffic accident, finds himself in debt. When his baby becomes ill, he agrees to murder a journalist in order to earn some money.-Awards:Killer won the Un Certain Regard... |
Darezhan Omirbayev | Crime drama | ||
| Kirikou and the Sorceress Kirikou and the Sorceress Kirikou and the Sorceress is a 1998 Franco-Belgian animated film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. Drawn directly from West African folk tales, it tells of how a newborn boy saves his village by ridding them of the evil witch Karaba... |
Michel Ocelot Michel Ocelot Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs and a former president of the International Animated Film Association... |
Doudou Gueye Thiaw, Maimouna N'Diaye, Awa Sène Sarr | Animation | 11 wins & 1 nomination |
| Place Vendôme Place Vendôme (film) Place Vendôme is a 1998 film directed by Nicole Garcia, starring Catherine Deneuve, and named after the Place Vendôme in Paris.Deneuve won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at Venice Film Festival for her role in the film.-Plot:... |
Nicole Garcia Nicole Garcia Nicole Garcia is a French actress, film director and writer. Her film Selon Charlie was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Actress:*1968: Des garçons et des filles directed by Étienne Périer... |
Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that... |
Crime drama | 1 win & 13 nominations |
| Sitcom Sitcom (film) Sitcom is a 1998 French surrealistic satire film written and directed by François Ozon. The story documents the moral decline of a once esteemed suburban family, whose descent into degeneracy begins with the purchase of a small white rat.... |
François Ozon François Ozon François Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.... |
Dark Comedy | 3 wins & 3 nominations | |
| Sombre Sombre Sombre is a 1998 French film directed by Philippe Grandrieux, starring Marc Barbé and Elina Löwensohn. The film was nominated for the Golden Leopard and won the C.I.C.A.E... |
Philippe Grandrieux Philippe Grandrieux Philippe Jesus Grandrieux is a French film director born in 1954.- Biography :He studied movies at the INSAS in Brussels and started his career as a moviemaker by shooting fictional films and documentaries. Grandrieux then worked as an experimental filmmaker in Belgium where he exhibited his... |
Marc Barbé, Elina Löwensohn Elina Löwensohn Elina Löwensohn is a Romanian-born American actress.-Biography:Löwensohn was born in Bucharest, Romania. After the death of her father, a survivor of Nazi concentration camps, her mother emigrated to the United States with her, where her mother went on a hunger strike in order to get a visa for... |
Drama | 1 win & 1 nomination |
| Taxi Taxi (1998 film) Taxi is a 1998 French action-comedy film starring Samy Naceri, written by Luc Besson, and directed by Gérard Pirès.- Plot :The film takes place in Marseille, France, and involves an aspiring racecar driver named Daniel , who initially works as a pizza delivery boy, but changes jobs to become a taxi... |
Gérard Pirès Gérard Pirès -Filmography:* Guo bao zong dong yuan * Les Chevaliers du ciel * Double zéro * Steal * Taxi... |
Samy Naceri Samy Naceri Samy Naceri is a French actor known for his work in the four Taxi movies and The Code .-Childhood and Career:... |
Action comedy | 3 wins & 5 nominations |
| Train of Life Train of Life Train of Life is a tragicomedy film by France, Belgium, Netherlands, Israel and Romania made in 1998 in French language... |
Radu Mihăileanu Radu Mihaileanu Radu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer... |
Romance / War | 9 wins & 4 nominations | |
| Les Visiteurs II Les Visiteurs II Les visiteurs 2: Les couloirs du temps is a sequel to the original French film, Les Visiteurs. The film was followed by an American remake of the first Les Visiteurs, Just Visiting... |
Jean-Marie Poiré Jean-Marie Poiré Jean-Marie Poiré is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is the son of the producer Alain Poiré.-Filmography as director:* Ma femme... s'appelle Maurice Jean-Marie Poiré (born July 10, 1945) is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is the son of the producer... |
Jean Reno Jean Reno Jean Reno is a French actor. Working in French, English, Spanish and Italian, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as The Pink Panther, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible, Ronin and Couples Retreat, but also in European productions such as the... , Christian Clavier Christian Clavier Christian Clavier is a French actor. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.-Biography:After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris —he started his acting career with the... |
Fantasy / Comedy | |
| Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train is a 1998 French drama film directed by Patrice Chéreau and written by himself, Danièle Thompson and Pierre Trividic... |
Patrice Chéreau Patrice Chéreau Patrice Chéreau is a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor, and producer.-Biography:Patrice Chéreau was born in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, and went to school in Paris. At a young age he became well-known to Parisian critics as director, actor, and stage manager of his high-school theatre... |
Entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival 1998 Cannes Film Festival The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-24, 1998. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film Mia aioniotita kai mia mera by Theo Angelopoulos.- Jury :*Martin Scorsese *Alain Corneau *Chiara Mastroianni... |
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| The School of Flesh The School of Flesh The School of Flesh is a 1998 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot. It was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Dominique* Vincent Martinez - Quentin* Vincent Lindon - Chris* Marthe Keller - Madame Thorpe... |
Benoît Jacquot Benoît Jacquot Benoît Jacquot is a French film director who has had a varied career in European cinema.Born in Paris, he began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films including Nathalie Granger, India Song and also actor in the 1973 short film La Sœur du cadre.He turned to writing and... |
Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most... |
Entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival 1998 Cannes Film Festival The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-24, 1998. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film Mia aioniotita kai mia mera by Theo Angelopoulos.- Jury :*Martin Scorsese *Alain Corneau *Chiara Mastroianni... |
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| For Sale For Sale (film) For Sale is a 1998 French drama film directed by Laetitia Masson. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Sandrine Kiberlain - France Robert* Sergio Castellitto - Luigi Primo... |
Laetitia Masson | Screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival 1998 Cannes Film Festival The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-24, 1998. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film Mia aioniotita kai mia mera by Theo Angelopoulos.- Jury :*Martin Scorsese *Alain Corneau *Chiara Mastroianni... |
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| Tell Me I'm Dreaming Tell Me I'm Dreaming Tell Me I'm Dreaming is a 1998 French drama film directed by Claude Mouriéras. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Frédéric Pierrot - Luc* Muriel Mayette - Jeanne* Vincent Dénériaz - Julien... |
Claude Mouriéras Claude Mouriéras Claude Mouriéras is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1989. His film Dis-moi que je rêve was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:... |
Screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival 1998 Cannes Film Festival The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-24, 1998. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film Mia aioniotita kai mia mera by Theo Angelopoulos.- Jury :*Martin Scorsese *Alain Corneau *Chiara Mastroianni... |
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| Louise (Take 2) Louise (Take 2) Louise is a 1998 French drama film directed by Siegfried. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Élodie Bouchez - Louise* Roschdy Zem - Rémi* Gérald Thomassin - Yaya* Antoine du Merle - Gaby... |
Siegfried | Screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival 1998 Cannes Film Festival The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-24, 1998. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film Mia aioniotita kai mia mera by Theo Angelopoulos.- Jury :*Martin Scorsese *Alain Corneau *Chiara Mastroianni... |
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External links
- French films of 1998 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- 1990s film at Filmsdefrance.com
- Films by year at Cinema-francais.fr