Philippe Rousselet

PRODUCER

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.

BASTILLE DAY (2016)
Starring Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Kelly Reilly and Jose Garcia. Directed by James Watkins.

On the eve of Bastille Day, a young French woman, Zoe Naville, slips across Paris with the intent of planting a bomb to make a radical political statement but means to kill no one. At the last moment, she decides that she cannot commit this violent act.

Michael Mason, an American pickpocket, steals Zoe’s bag, keeps what he can use and throws the rest away into a garbage bin next to a busy Metro stop. At the same time, inside the ultra-secure CIA Station in Paris, Sean Briar, an agent brought in from the battlefields of Syria and Iraq in the wake of a mission that has gone terribly wrong, struggles to adjust to his reassignment as a desk-bound data analyst: a misfit real warrior in a world of cyber counter-terrorists.

When the bomb goes off, Michael becomes the only suspect. Briar is determined to find him and bring him into custody before the French authorities do.

From then on, Briar, Michael, and Zoe will be bound together in a 24-hour suspense ride across the city, in a frantic attempt to expose a conspiracy of chaos and greed that only they can prove.

REVIEWS Bastille Day - Idris Elba's realistic action drama

THE BÉLIER FAMILY (2015)
Starring Louane Emera, FranÇois Damiens, Karin Viard and Eric Elmosnino. Directed by Eric Lartigau.

In the Beliér family, everyone is deaf, except dutiful sixteen-year-old Paula. She acts as an indispensible interpreter for her parents and younger brother, especially in the running of the family dairy farm.

Though her salt-of-the-earth father has decided to run for mayor - spurred on by her vivacious but over-involved mother, portrayed by the wonderful Karin Viard - Paula’s attentions are very much elsewhere. She’s witnessed the handsome new boy at school sign up for the choir, and impulsively joined too. It’s not long before her music teacher discovers her considerable talent, however his encouragement only exacerbates the matter of Paula’s independence...

REVIEWS The Bélier Family - Simple perfection

HAUTE CUISINE (2013)
Starring Catherine Frot. Directed by Christian Vincent.

Hortense Laborie, a renowned chef from the Périgord, is astonished when French President Francois Mitterand invites her to become his personal cook, responsible for creating all his meals at the Élysée Palace.

Despite jealous resentment from the other kitchen staff, Hortense quickly establishes herself, thanks to her indomitable spirit. The authenticity of her cooking soon seduces the President, but the corridors of power are littered with traps...

PARIS-MANHATTAN (2012)
Starring Alice Taglioni - Alice, Patrick Bruel - Victor, Woody Allen and Marine Delterme - HÉlÈne. Directed by Sophie Lellouche.

Idealistic pharmacist Alice is totally obsessed with the movies of Woody Allen. She continually quotes lines from his films, engages in imaginary conversations, and even prescribes her customers his classic works to help alleviate their ailments; it’s little wonder she’s still single in her thirties! Alice’s increasingly concerned Jewish parents hope to cure her fixation by setting her up with a handsome French gentleman, but even he quickly realises that he’s no match for the man of her dreams...

CODA
Starring Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin, Amy Forsyth, Kevin Chapman, John Fiore and Erica McDermott. Directed by Sian Heder.

REVIEWS CODA - Raise your hands in joy