OLIVIER GOURMET

DE GAULLE (2021)

Starring Lambert Wilson, Isabelle Carré, Olivier Gourmet, Laurent Stocker, Gilles Cohen, Philippe Laudenbach, Tim Hudson, Andrew Bicknell, Nicolas Robin and Marilou Aussilloux. Directed by Gabriel Le Bomin.

It is May 1940, where the war between Germany and its neighbours has intensified. Shockingly, the French army collapses, and Hitler seizes Paris. The government is in panic and considers accepting defeat, but recently promoted two-star General Charles de Gaulle, wants to change the course of history...

His wife, Yvonne, is his first support, but very quickly events spiral out of control and separate them - she and their children set out on the roads of exodus, as Charles travels to London to meet with Winston Churchill. He wants to make another voice heard: that of resistance.

REVIEWS De Gaulle - Historical biopic on Free French leader

THE MIDWIFE (2017)

Starring Catherine Frot, Catherine Deneuve, Olivier Gourmet, Quentin Dolmaire, Mylène Demongeot, Marie Paquim, Karidja Touré, Pauline Étienne, Audrey Dana and Pauline Parigot. Directed by Martin Provost.

Gifted midwife Claire has led a quiet, focused life, dedicated to her profession and to the raising of her son as a single mother. But change is in the air; the local community maternity ward where she has worked for decades is to be closed, and though she has a job offer from a larger corporate clinic, struggles to reconcile their more efficiency-driven methods with her own.

In the midst of this upheaval, she receives a call from Béatrice, the extravagant mistress of her deceased father, who wants to meet again, thirty years after having disappeared without a trace. Béatrice is a true free-spirit – loud, vivacious, and seemingly without guilt. Claire agrees to meet, but is decidedly less than enthusiastic about delving into the secrets of the past, let alone prepared to respond to a plea for help...

MONSIEUR CHOCOLAT (2017)

Starring Omar Sy, James Thiérrée, Clotilde Hesme, Olivier Gourmet, Frédéric Pierrot, Noémie Lvovsky, Alice De Lencquesaing, Alex Descas, Olivier Rabourdin and Thibault De Montalembert. Directed by Roschdy Zem.

From the circus to the music hall, from anonymity to glory, this is the incredible story of Monsieur Chocolat, the first black artist of the French stage. The duo he formed with Footit met with huge and popular success in Belle Epoque Paris, before fame, easy money, gambling, and discrimination wore out their friendship and Monsieur Chocolat's career. The film retraces the story of this remarkable artist.