Direction: Martin Provost

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Martin Provost. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Séraphine

2008 · Movie · 125 min. · France

Direction Martin Provost

Cast Yolande Moreau · Ulrich Tukur · Anne Bennent · Geneviève Mnich

Plot Based on the life of French painter Séraphine de Senlis, born in 1864. Films about painters tend to concentrate on the masters, but Martin Provost turns his camera on a...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Violette

2013 · Movie · 132 min. · France

Direction Martin Provost

Cast Emmanuelle Devos · Sandrine Kiberlain · Catherine Hiegel · Olivier Gourmet

Plot Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Then begins an intense relationship between the...

6.2

990 votes

6.2

990 votes

The Midwife

2017 · Movie · 117 min. · France

Direction Martin Provost

Cast Catherine Frot · Catherine Deneuve · Olivier Gourmet · Quentin Dolmaire

Plot A midwife gets unexpected news from her father's old mistress.

6.0

759 votes

6.0

759 votes

Le ventre de Juliette

2003 · Movie · 92 min. · France

5.1

224 votes

5.1

224 votes

How to Be a Good Wife

2020 · Movie · 109 min. · France

Direction Martin Provost

Cast Juliette Binoche · Yolande Moreau · Noémie Lvovsky · Édouard Baer

Plot Paulette and her husband have been running a housekeeping school. After the sudden death of her husband, Paulette discovers that the school is on the verge of bankruptcy and has...

4.7

518 votes

4.7

518 votes

Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe

2023 · Movie · 122 min. · France

Direction Martin Provost

Cast Stacy Martin · Cécile De France · Vincent Macaigne · Anouk Grinberg

Plot Explores the art and love story of renowned French painters Pierre Bonnard and his wife Marthe.

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Tortilla and Cinema

1997 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction Martin Provost

Cast Carmen Maura · Marc Duret · Michel Aumont · Marina Tomé

Plot A budding auteur attempts to make his first movie, encouraged and mothered by his star, and assisted by a flaky film crew.

Not rated

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The Long Falling

2011 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Martin Provost

Cast Yolande Moreau · Pierre Moure · Edith Scob · Jan Hammenecker

Plot After murdering her abusive husband, a woman on the run develops a friendship with another widow.

Not rated

Not rated