Direction: Étienne Chatiliez

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


Life Is a Long Quiet River

1989 · Movie · 91 min. · France

Direction Étienne Chatiliez

Cast Daniel Gélin · Benoît Magimel · Hélène Vincent · André Wilms

Plot Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful...

6.6

469 votes

6.6

469 votes

Tatie Danielle

1990 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Direction Étienne Chatiliez

Cast Tsilla Chelton · Catherine Jacob · Isabelle Nanty · Neige Dolsky

Plot Auntie Danielle, supposedly in ailing health but in reality just a nasty old bitch, lives with a paid housekeeper who she regularly abuses. When the housekeeper dies falling off a...

6.4

331 votes

6.4

331 votes

Le bonheur est dans le pré

1995 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Étienne Chatiliez

Cast Michel Serrault · Eddy Mitchell · Sabine Azéma · Carmen Maura

Plot Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his...

6.3

322 votes

6.3

322 votes

Tanguy

2001 · Movie · 107 min. · France

Direction Étienne Chatiliez

Cast André Dussollier · Sabine Azéma · Eric Berger · Aurore Clément

Plot Edith and Paul Guetz are so happy with the birth of their son Tanguy that they promise he can live with them forever. Twenty-eight years later, Tanguy, a cultivated intellectual,...

5.8

3K votes

5.8

3K votes

La confiance règne

2004 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Étienne Chatiliez

Cast Cécile De France · Vincent Lindon · Eric Berger · Anne Brochet

Plot Because life had nothing planned for them, they don't expect anything from life. That's why Chrystèle Burrel and Christophe Gérard, despite their total lack of education and moral values, go...

4.4

127 votes

4.4

127 votes

Visual Telegrams

2011 · Documentary · 75 min. · France

Direction Isabella Rossellini · Étienne Chatiliez · Pierre Jolivet · Rachid Bouchareb

Plot Statements today, solutions tomorrow… To bring about change, innovation, and collaboration, 30 directors from all the continents offer their own 2-minute take on the environment. From the Far North to...

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The King of Ads

1991 · Documentary · 74 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jean-Marie Boursicot · Ricardo Albiñana · Jean-Jacques Annaud · Dario Argento

Cast Grace Jones · Vanessa Paradis · Emmanuelle Seigner

Plot A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.

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Tanguy Is Back

2019 · Movie · 93 min. · France

Direction Étienne Chatiliez

Cast Sabine Azéma · Eric Berger · Olivier Claverie · André Dussollier

Plot 16 years later, Tanguy, now 44, returns to his parents' house with his daughter Zhu under his arm because Meï Lin left him. Disappointed to see their "little one" in...

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Agathe Cléry

2008 · Movie · 113 min. · France

Direction Étienne Chatiliez

Cast Valerie Lemercier · Anthony Kavanagh · Dominique Lavanant · Isabelle Nanty

Plot Agathe Cléry is a hard working and modern marketing manager from a cosmetics company, specialized in clear skin. Her colleagues find her snob, strict, and they know she's a racist....

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L'oncle Charles

2012 · Movie · 98 min. · France

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