Direction: Jean Becker

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


The Children of the Marshland

1999 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Direction Jean Becker

Cast Jacques Villeret · Jacques Gamblin · André Dussollier · Michel Serrault

Synopsis A lighthearted and nostalgic drama about life among a group of close-knit friends, it tells the tale of a girl named Cri-Cri, who in flashback recalls growing up in a community along a quiet marsh in France. Her father, Riton...

7.5

4K votes

7.5

4K votes

Love Me No More

2008 · Movie · 85 min. · France

Direction Jean Becker

Cast Albert Dupontel · Marie-Josée Croze · Pierre Vaneck · Jean Dell

Synopsis Antoine Méliot is around 40 years old and has everything he needs to be happy: a beautiful wife, two adorable children, friends he can count on, a pretty house in the Yvelines and money. But one day he decides to...

7.1

5K votes

7.1

5K votes

Strange Gardens

2003 · Movie · 95 min. · France

Direction Jean Becker

Cast Jacques Villeret · André Dussollier · Thierry Lhermitte · Benoît Magimel

Synopsis Lucien, a young boy, loves his father, Jacques, but despises his childish eccentricities, which include an extravagant clown act. Jacques’ best friend, André, decides it his time for Lucien to discover the reason for his father’s behaviour. During World War...

7.0

242 votes

7.0

242 votes

One Deadly Summer

1983 · Movie · 133 min. · France

Direction Jean Becker

Cast Isabelle Adjani · Alain Souchon · François Cluzet · Suzanne Flon

Synopsis In spring 1976, a beautiful young woman (Isabelle Adjani) settles into a small town in the south of France with her introverted mother and physically handicapped father and soon becomes the subject of wild speculation because of her aloofness and...

6.6

236 votes

6.6

236 votes

My Afternoons with Margueritte

2010 · Movie · 82 min. · France

Direction Jean Becker

Cast Gérard Depardieu · Gisèle Casadesus · Maurane · Patrick Bouchitey

Synopsis It's the story of one of those improbable encounters that can change the course of one's life: the encounter, in a small public garden, between Germain, fifty and barely literate, and Marguerite, a little old lady passionate about reading. Forty...

6.5

4K votes

6.5

4K votes

A Crime in Paradise

2001 · Movie · 93 min. · France

Direction Jean Becker

Cast Jacques Villeret · Josiane Balasko · André Dussollier · Suzanne Flon

Synopsis In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine... Written by...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

A Man Named Rocca

1961 · Movie · 102 min. · France

6.3

114 votes

6.3

114 votes

Welcome Abroad

2012 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction Jean Becker

Cast Patrick Chesnais · Jeanne Lambert · Ludovic Berthillot · Marc Fayet

Synopsis A depressed and nearly suicidal mooded man in his mid sixties, escapes from his "too much normal life" and then meets a runaway teenage girl.

5.7

424 votes

5.7

424 votes

Get Well Soon

2014 · Movie · 81 min. · France

5.6

1K votes

5.6

1K votes

The Red Collar

2018 · Movie · 83 min. · France

Direction Jean Becker

Cast François Cluzet · Nicolas Duvauchelle · Sophie Verbeeck · Jean-Quentin Châtelain

Synopsis In a small town, crushed by the heat of summer, in 1919, a war hero was held prisoner in a deserted barracks. In front of the door, his whipped dog barks day and night. Not far away, in the countryside,...

5.5

470 votes

5.5

470 votes

5.4

41 votes

Elisa

1995 · Movie · 114 min. · France

Direction Jean Becker

Cast Vanessa Paradis · Gérard Depardieu · Clotilde Courau · Sekkou Sall

Synopsis Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel...

5.4

225 votes

5.4

225 votes

5.4

115 votes

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Les volets verts

2022 · Movie · 97 min. · France

Direction Jean Becker

Cast Gérard Depardieu · Fanny Ardant · Stefi Celma · Benoît Poelvoorde

Synopsis It describes the twilight of a sacred monster, Jules Maugin, an actor at the height of his glory. Under the famous personality, the big mouth, and the social shell, lies the intimate portrait of a man laid bare.

Not rated

Not rated

Not rated