Marin Karmitz

Marin Karmitz

October 7, 1938 · 88 years old

Marin Karmitz (born 7 October 1938) is a Romanian-French businessman whose career has spanned the French film industry, including director, producer, film distributor, and operator of a chain of cinemas. He comes from an assimilated Jewish-Romanian family and emigrated to France in 1948. Karmitz at…

Known For

26 titles
1
Three Colors: Blue

Three Colors: Blue

1993 · 1h 38m · Movie

A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.

7.8
2
Three Colors: Red

Three Colors: Red

1994 · 1h 39m · Movie

A model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.

8.1
3
Three Colors: White

Three Colors: White

1994 · 1h 32m · Movie

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

7.6
4
The Piano Teacher

The Piano Teacher

2001 · 2h 11m · Movie

A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.

7.5
5
Certified Copy

Certified Copy

2010 · 1h 46m · Movie

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged British writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper.

7.2
6
Code Unknown

Code Unknown

2000 · 1h 58m · Movie

A young man harasses a homeless woman, another man protests, the police arrest both and the woman has to leave the country. What were their various story-lines leading up to this event?

7.1
7
The Ceremony

The Ceremony

1995 · 1h 51m · Movie

A newly hired maid for a rich countryside family befriends a post-office clerk who encourages her to rebel against her employers.

7.5
8
Like Someone in Love

Like Someone in Love

2012 · 1h 49m · Movie

In Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.

7.0
9
The Wind Will Carry Us

The Wind Will Carry Us

1999 · 1h 58m · Movie

Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.

7.4
10
Summer Hours

Summer Hours

2008 · 1h 43m · Movie

Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.

7.1
11
Hell

Hell

1994 · 1h 42m · Movie

Paul and Nelly have everything to be happy: a dream wedding and a hotel. Until Paul starts to doubt Nelly.

7.0
12
Story of Women

Story of Women

1988 · 1h 48m · Movie

A housewife in Nazi-occupied France struggles to make ends meet when her husband returns home after being wounded in the war.

7.5
13
Nightcap

Nightcap

2000 · 1h 41m · Movie

In Lausanne, the aspirant pianist Jeanne Pollet has lunch with her mother Louise Pollet, her boyfriend Axel and his mother. Lenna leans that when she was born, a nurse had mistakenly told to the prominent pianist André Polonski th...

6.7
14
The Flower of Evil

The Flower of Evil

2003 · 1h 44m · Movie

Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.

6.4
15
The Swindle

The Swindle

1997 · 1h 41m · Movie

Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that m...

6.5
16
Black Venus

Black Venus

2010 · 2h 39m · Movie

In the 19th century, a black woman from Africa is on display throughout Europe as an exotic curiosity.

6.8
17
The Apple

The Apple

1998 · 1h 26m · Movie

After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.

7.2
18
The Color of Lies

The Color of Lies

1999 · 1h 53m · Movie

In a little village in Brittany, a 10 year old girl is found assassinated. René, an artist by profession and the girl's art teacher, is the last person to have seen her. He is immediately questioned by the police inspector in charge.

6.6
19
Next Stop Paradise

Next Stop Paradise

1998 · 1h 39m · Movie

The Bucharest's suburb, a torrid summer day. Norica, a waitress and Mitu, a swineherd, meet and tease each other and starts a beverage competition. Their relationship is not just a one-night stand. It would end with a marriage, if...

7.8
20
Tale of Cinema

Tale of Cinema

2005 · 1h 29m · Movie

In Seoul, a suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to join him in his fatal gesture. Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a beautiful young woman, who happens to be the lead actress in the film he has just seen.

6.9
21
Woman Is the Future of Man

Woman Is the Future of Man

2004 · 1h 28m · Movie

Two college friends get together and reminisce on the woman they both fell in love with at different times in their past, and are thus propelled to find her.

6.4
22
The Silence

The Silence

1998 · 1h 16m · Movie

Every day, 10-year-old Khorsid takes the bus to his work at an instrument maker's shop, and every day something unexpected happens.

6.9
23
Inspector Lavardin

Inspector Lavardin

1986 · 1h 40m · Movie

Inspector Lavardin investigates on the murder of a famous writer, whose widow happens to be Helen, a woman Lavardin once loved. She has a daughter from a first marriage, who actually killed her stepfather, as he was trying to abus...

6.5
24
I Want to Go Home

I Want to Go Home

1989 · 1h 40m · Movie

A grumpy American is suffering during his visit to Europe.

5.4
25
Un homme perdu

Un homme perdu

2007 · 1h 33m · Movie

UN HOMME PERDU stars Melvil Poupaud as Thomas Koré, a French photographer who travels around the world for his research about extreme experiences. During his travels, he crosses paths with Fouad Saleh - played by British-Sudanese ...

5.3
26
Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes

Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes

2005 · 36m · Movie

More than 40 years after making "Cléo de 5 à 7," Agnès Varda invites her star, two other cast members, and her assistant directors to look back. She takes us through the film, from opening ...

7.5