Jacques Doillon

Jacques Doillon

March 15, 1944 · 82 years old

Jacques Doillon (born 15 March 1944 in Paris, France) is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women. Some actresses to break through are Fanny Bastien, Sandrine Bonnaire, Judith Godrèche, Marianne Denicourt and C…

Known For

11 titles
1
Ponette

Ponette

1996 · 1h 37m · Movie

A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.

7.5
2
Rodin

Rodin

2017 · 1h 59m · Movie

An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel.

5.0
3
The Hussy

The Hussy

1979 · 1h 30m · Movie

Misfit François kidnaps young Mado and takes her to live with him in the attic of his parents' home. A strange relationship evolves till the police comes upon them.

6.8
4
Love Battles

Love Battles

2013 · 1h 39m · Movie

A woman returns to her village after her father's death, who has never loved. She meets a man who spends his days cultivating the land and writing. Each of their meetings will culminate in a need for them to confront physically.

5.4
5
The Little Gangster

The Little Gangster

1990 · 1h 40m · Movie

Marc and Nathalie are brother and sister living separately since their parents' separation. Marc decides to visit Nathalie but in order to finance his trip he robs a shop bringing him to the attention of the police.

6.7
6
The Pirate

The Pirate

1984 · 1h 28m · Movie

With the help of a couple of her oddball friends, a woman takes her former lesbian lover to a hotel to convince her that their affair shouldn't end. After much shouting and some sex, things complicate when the lover's husband show...

5.0
7
Un sac de billes

Un sac de billes

1975 · 1h 45m · Movie

Two young French Jewish boys and their family struggle to survive in WWII during the invasion of Germans.

6.7
8
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps

She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps

1985 · 2h 10m · Movie

A young film director is turning a movie with his friend Christa (reminds us of the real-life relationship between Garrel and Nico). In the film-within-the-film there are two couples, one real, one imagined , and the film - told t...

6.9
9
Amoureuse

Amoureuse

1992 · 1h 39m · Movie

Marie and Antoine live together. They are in love. She wants to have a baby, but he does not agree. She meets Paul. Paul tries to seduce her, Marie rejects him, but when Paul sleeps with her sister Juliette, she realizes she is in...

5.4
10
The Crying Woman

The Crying Woman

1979 · 1h 30m · Movie

Jacques has a child with Dominique: Lola. His mistress is Haydée and they are having a child.

6.4
11
A Child of Yours

A Child of Yours

2012 · 2h 23m · Movie

At the ripe old age of 7, Lina's started wondering about her well-loved but firmly separated parents. Are they meeting up secretly? Soon, she's got proof. It's nuts! Then her mother tells her that she wants another child, as if sh...

5.2