Jean-Claude Brisseau Movies

A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his latest project: a thriller on the subject of female pleasure.

Two young women find themselves struggling to survive in Paris, street-wise Nathalie, a stripper, and naïve Sandrine, a barmaid. Together, they...

A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.

Fed up with her present lifestyle, and more particularly sexually unsatisfied by her boyfriend Fred, Sandrine decides to find a new way in life....

Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend...

Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, her...

A woman discovers curious erotic messages on a lost cell phone in the train. When she meets the owner of the phone, a liberated young woman, the two...

Michel, a retired math teacher, has lived alone since his wife’s death and occupies his time writing an essay about the beliefs that shape...

After his wife leaves him, Fred goes on a cross-country crime spree in this dark but dreamy French comedy.

This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he...

A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret and tortured life.

A man stabbed to death is haunted by his memories and fantasies while dying alone.

After the death of her father, 22-year-old Céline inherits most of his estate, but gives it to her stepmother, causing her greedy...

Agnes leaves school and moves with a friend to a housing project in Bagnolet. Engaged as a clerk, she becomes associate staff after the dismissal of...

Director Jean-Claude Brisseau discusses the making of his film Les anges exterminateurs (2006) in an interview.

Jean-Claude Brisseau receives a film crew and some friends at his home to talk about cinema, childhood, time passing by…

The life of an ordinary working class family in Bagnolet's block of council flats, Paris' suburb. "I've spent 17 years here. I sacrificed myself for...

A young boy moves with his mother into rent-controlled housing in a new banlieue. He begins sixth grade and meets a mysterious classmate. Produced...