Screenplay: Jean-François Laguionie

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Jean-François Laguionie. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Painting

2011 · Movie · 76 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator, to convince him to finish his work.

7.2

909 votes

7.2

909 votes

Louise by the Shore

2016 · Movie · 75 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot Louise, an old lady, finds herself stranded in a seaside resort after the last train of the holiday season has left the station. But far from panicking, the fearless Louise...

6.6

171 votes

6.6

171 votes

The Prince's Voyage

2019 · Movie · 77 min. · Luxembourg

Direction Jean-François Laguionie · Xavier Picard

Plot An old monkey Prince runs aground on an unknown shore. Injured and lost, he is found by 12 year-old Tom, and taken in by his parents, a couple of scientists...

6.3

27 votes

6.3

27 votes

L'Ile de Black Mor (Black Mor's Island)

2004 · Movie · 85 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot Kid, a 15-year-old hard laborer, steals a map that promises to reveal the location of the notorious pirate Black Mor's treasure. Together with his crew -- MacGregor, Beanpole, Taka and...

6.2

28 votes

6.2

28 votes

Le masque du diable (S)

1976 · Movie · 12 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie · Kali Carlini

Plot Once upon a time there was an old lady who did not like the carnival with their masks. So she decides on going to the mountain to relax. At midnight...

6.2

27 votes

6.2

27 votes

6.1

45 votes

L'acteur (S)

1974 · Movie · 6 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot In his dressing room, a young actor is making up as an old man. But behind the young man’s mask, what is his real face like?

5.9

44 votes

5.9

44 votes

Gwen, the Book of Sand

1984 · Movie · 107 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot Gwen is a young girl adopted by a nomad tribe in a desert post-apocalyptic world. When Gwen's friend is kidnapped, she and an old woman called Roseline embark on a...

5.9

52 votes

5.9

52 votes

Une bombe par hasard... (S)

1969 · Movie · 7 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot A bomb has fallen to the middle of the town square, and the town citizens flee in panic. However the bomb does not explode. While the citizens are watching from...

5.8

35 votes

5.8

35 votes

The Lady and the Cellist (S)

1965 · Movie · 9 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot A cellist attempts to rescue a woman swept out to sea, only to find he must battle a series of overly possesive sea creatures.

4.7

80 votes

4.7

80 votes

L'arche de Noé (S)

1967 · Movie · 10 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot In the ark, which has been perched for millennia on a snowy mountain top, an old hermit waits for a new flood. A scientific expedition approaches, just when the rain...

4.6

21 votes

4.6

21 votes

A Boat in the Garden

2024 · Movie · 75 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot 1st July 1895. Captain Joshua Slocum leaves the port of Boston onboard "Spray", for the first-ever single-handed round-the-world sailing trip. 1st July 1950, Pierre begins building a replica of "Spray"...

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A Monkey's Tale

1999 · Movie · 80 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot A rebellious teenage monkey refuses to believe what he has been told and sets out to find the truth.

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Potr' et la fille des eaux (S)

1974 · Movie · 12 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Plot A looter of wrecked ships and a mermaid, by love and by magic, try to overcome their differences.

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Private Beach (S)

1970 · Movie · 14 min. · France

Direction Jean-François Laguionie

Cast Jean Vimenet · Nicole Chollet · François Guillier · Marta Alexendrova

Plot A steady customer of a Turkish Bath is allowed in on a day when the Bath is closed: he has an adventure with a tragic end.

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Not rated