Sylvie Testud
11 titles
Filmography
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Lourdes
(2009)From acclaimed director Jessica Hausner, Lourdes centres on Christine (Sylvie Testud), a young woman who's been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In order to escape her isolation, she joins a party to Lourdes - the iconic site of pilgrimage in.

The Captive
(2000)This languorous, beguiling adaptation – where, again, Akerman resets our sense of time – probes possessive love. A wealthy young man obsesses over his girlfriend. But who is the captor asks Akerman, who considered a person could be a cage as much as a room.

Marie's Song
(1994)Set In 1813 Prussia, teenage Marie lives with her countess mother in a French palace as the German Campaign against Napoleon rages around her.

La Vie en Rose
(2007)An astonishing biopic featuring an Oscar-winning performance from Marion Cotillard as the iconic French singer Edith Piaf. From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Raised in poverty, her magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period - Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others - made her a star all around the world. But in Edith's audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow - her nickname - flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings.

Tamara
(2016)Fed up with being considered as the "fat girl", curvy teen Tamara resolves to hook up with Diego, the hottest guy in high school. A task that will change her life.

The Exchange Student
(2016)High-school freshmen Malo and Stéphane are low on the popularity scale. To boost their profile, they hatch a plan to fix themselves up with German exchange students, the cooler the better! But Malo is out of luck when his German counterpart turns out to be a girl and a goth who ends up making his life hell... With a stellar cast including Charles Berling (Elle) and Sylvie Testud (La Vie En Rose), enjoy this fresh and delightful comedy about the highs and lows of high school life.

Final Portrait
(2017)In 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, the American writer and art-lover James Lord is asked by his friend, the world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti, to sit for a portrait. The process, Giacometti assures Lord, will take only a few days. Flattered and intrigued, Lord agrees. So begins not only the story of a touching and offbeat friendship, but, seen through the eyes of Lord, a uniquely revealing insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and, at times, downright chaos of the artistic process. Final Portrait is a bewitching portrait of a genius, and of a friendship between two men who are utterly different, yet increasingly bonded through a single, ever-evolving act of creativity. It is a film which shines a light on the artistic process itself, by turns exhilarating, exasperating and bewildering, questioning whether the gift of a great artist is a blessing or a curse.

The Visitors: Bastille Day
(2016)Travelling through time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his servant Jacquouille la Fripouille find themselves stuck during the turbulent era of the French Revolution, when Jacquouille’s descendants take over Montmirail castle as the aristocrats flee.

Flashback
(2021)Charlie is a high-ranking, cynical female lawyer who believes in nothing but herself. After another winning plea, she meets with an unconventional Uber driver, Hubert. Driving her back in time from French revolution, to the Glorious Thirties and the First World War, he will confront Charlie with a lot of historical characters she would have never been able to meet.

Thanks to my Friends
(2015)Alex and Jeff are co-workers at a major multinational and have been best friends since high school. With their respective wives, they’re almost like a family, making their way steadily through life, with no great ambitions. That is until Alex’s childhood friend, Thibault turns up. He is now a motivational speaker and life coach who wastes no time throwing Alex’s happy little life into confusion. Back when they were a pair of misfits and the least popular kids in the schoolyard, they made a pact to one day succeed in life, no matter what. The handsome and brilliant Thibault, who seems to have kept that promise, pushes Alex to fulfill his dreams, even if it means losing Jeff’s friendship…

Rebellion
(2011)It's April 1988 on the Ouv̩a Island in the French colony of New Caledonia. 30 police are kidnapped by Kanak separatists and in response 300 special-forces operatives are sent in to restore order. To avoid unnecessary conflict, Philippe Legorjus, the captain of an elite counter-terrorism police unit, is sent in to the heart of the rebel base to negotiate a peaceful solution.