Daniel Auteuil Movies & Biography

VIE PRIVÉE (2026)

Starring Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Lacoste and Luàna Bajrami. Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski.

REVIEWS Vie Privée - Something lurking in the shadows

Starring Daniel Auteuil, Grégory Gadebois, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Alice Belaïdi, Suliane Brahim, Gaëtan Roussel, Isabelle Candelier, Florence Janas, Aurore Auteuil and Laurent Bozzi. Directed by Daniel Auteuil.

Auteuil stars as Jean Monier, a well-past-his-prime defence lawyer who, ever since discovering he was responsible for a killer being exonerated, now prefers to work as a prosecutor. But one evening, Jean agrees to help his over-committed wife and fellow counsel Annie (Sidse Babett Knudsen) by meeting with Nicolas Milik (Grégory Gadebois), a shell-shocked father of five who has just been arrested for the murder of his troubled wife.

Milik’s predicament inexplicably touches Jean; the more he pieces together the events of the night in question, the more he becomes convinced of Milik’s innocence. Soon, Jean rediscovers his passion for his vocation and becomes obsessed with exposing the killer.

FAREWELL, MR. HAFFMANN (2022)

Starring Daniel Auteuil, Gilles Lellouche, Sara Giraudeau, Mathilde Bisson, Anne Coesens and Nikolai Kinski. Directed by Fred Cavayé.

Paris 1942. François Mercier is an ordinary man whose only goal is to start a family with Blanche, the woman he loves. François works for Mr. Haffmann, a talented Jewish jeweler. Under the German occupation, the employer and employee are forced to strike a deal which, over the following months, will upend the fate of them all.

LA BELLE ÉPOQUE (2020)

Starring Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, Denis Podalydès, Michaël Cohen, Jeanne Arènes, Bertrand Poncet and Bruno Raffaelli. Directed by Nicolas Bedos.

REVIEWS La Belle Époque - Crowd-pleasing French romantic comedy

THE WINTER ROSE
Starring Kristen Scott Thomas, Daniel Auteuil and LeÏla Bekhti. Directed by Philippe Claudel.

Paul has never questioned his choices. A surgeon, he married beautiful and charismatic Lucie directly after medical school. They have built a wonderful life together and raised a son; they have an idyllic life. But when Paul meets Lou, a troubled young waitress, all that he has worked for is threatened. Bouquets of roses begin to be delivered daily to his office and home and he starts to run into Lou in the strangest of places. Paul thinks that Lou is obsessed with him while Lucie begins to doubt his faithfulness. But there's something much more sinister and complex at play and Paul must keep his family in the dark in order to protect them while he unravels the twisted plot.

THE THREAD (2025)

Starring Daniel Auteuil, Grégory Gadebois, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Alice Belaïdi, Suliane Brahim, Gaëtan Roussel, Isabelle Candelier, Florence Janas, Aurore Auteuil and Laurent Bozzi. Directed by Daniel Auteuil.

Auteuil stars as Jean Monier, a well-past-his-prime defence lawyer who, ever since discovering he was responsible for a killer being exonerated, now prefers to work as a prosecutor. But one evening, Jean agrees to help his over-committed wife and fellow counsel Annie (Sidse Babett Knudsen) by meeting with Nicolas Milik (Grégory Gadebois), a shell-shocked father of five who has just been arrested for the murder of his troubled wife.

Milik’s predicament inexplicably touches Jean; the more he pieces together the events of the night in question, the more he becomes convinced of Milik’s innocence. Soon, Jean rediscovers his passion for his vocation and becomes obsessed with exposing the killer.

THE THREAD (2025)

Starring Daniel Auteuil, Grégory Gadebois, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Alice Belaïdi, Suliane Brahim, Gaëtan Roussel, Isabelle Candelier, Florence Janas, Aurore Auteuil and Laurent Bozzi. Directed by Daniel Auteuil.

Auteuil stars as Jean Monier, a well-past-his-prime defence lawyer who, ever since discovering he was responsible for a killer being exonerated, now prefers to work as a prosecutor. But one evening, Jean agrees to help his over-committed wife and fellow counsel Annie (Sidse Babett Knudsen) by meeting with Nicolas Milik (Grégory Gadebois), a shell-shocked father of five who has just been arrested for the murder of his troubled wife.

Milik’s predicament inexplicably touches Jean; the more he pieces together the events of the night in question, the more he becomes convinced of Milik’s innocence. Soon, Jean rediscovers his passion for his vocation and becomes obsessed with exposing the killer.