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
8 titles
Ponette
A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.
Rodin
An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel.
The Hussy
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.
Love Battles
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.
Un sac de billes
Two young French Jewish boys and their family struggle to survive in WWII during the invasion of Germans.
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
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...
Amoureuse
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...
A Child of Yours
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...