Beyond Silence 1996  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Caroline Link
Cast: Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago, Emmanuelle Laborit, Sibylle Canonica, Matthias Habich, Alexandra Bolz
Lara's (Sylvie Testud) parents are deaf mutes, but she has faithfully tended to their needs throughout her young life. As she approaches adulthood, however, it is the world of music that she wants to serve and, now, must choose between her parents and her clarinet.
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The Chateau 2001  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jesse Peretz
Cast: Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Didier Flamand, Sylvie Testud, Donal Logue, Maria Verdi, Philippe Nahon, Nathalie Jouen, Marie Girard, Estelle Sobelman
When American brothers–Graham (Paul Rudd) and Allen (Romany Malco)–inherit a French chateau, they head for France where they find it difficult to communicate with the chateau's servants. And, to make matters even worse, the chateau is high in both decay and debt. The brothers want to leave, but the servants want desperately to keep their home.
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Fear and Trembling 2003  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Alain Corneau
Cast: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Taro Suwa, Bison Katayama, Yasunari Kondo, Sokyu Fujita, Gen Shimaoka, Heileigh Gomes, Eri Sakai
A young Belgian, Amelie (Sylvie Testud), suffers culture shock when she enters the corporate world of Japan and finds that her supervisors humiliate her at every turn.
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I'm Going Home 2001 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Antoine Chappey, Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Jean Koeltgen, Jean-Michel Arnold, Adrien de Van, Sylvie Testud, Ricardo Trepa
After an aging Parisian actor, Gilbert Valence (Michel Piccoli), learns that his daughter and son-in-law have died in a car accident, he takes over the support of his six-year-old grandson, Serge (Jean Koeltgen). Life goes on for Gilbert–until he is cast in an American film version of "Ulysses," and he realizes while making the difficult movie that it is time to go home.
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La Vie en Rose 2007 PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Musical
aka: La Mome
Director: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Clotilde Courau, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Martins, Catherine Allegret, Marc Barbe, Caroline Sihol, Manon Chevallier, Pauline Burlet
Writer-director Olivier Dahan's story skips back and forth as it chronicles events in the life of fabled French singer Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard). She was born into poverty to street singer mother Anetta (Clotilde Courau) and circus contortionist father Louis (Jean-Paul Rouve), but as a young girl (played by Manon Chevallier) Edith was given to Louis' mother (Catherine Allegret) to raise. Later, with support from friend Momone (Sylvie Testud), song writer Raymond Asso (Marc Barbe), and manager Louis Barrier (Pascal Greggory) she succeeds as a singer. As the story shows, Edith's powerful singing voice helps her survive when she goes through the trials and triumphs of her short, bittersweet life. The film received two Academy Awards including Best Actress (Cotillard) and received one other nomination.
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A Loving Father 2002 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jacob Berger
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Sylvie Testud, Julien Boisselier, Noemie Kocher, Hiyam Abbas, Frederic Polier, Pierre-Alexandre Crevaux, Pippa Schallier, Johanna Mohs, Jacques Frantz, Sten Eirik
Leo (Gerard Depardieu) is notified that he has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son, Paul (Gerard's actual son Guillaume Depardieu), attempts to congratulate his father, but his words fall on deaf ears. As Leo motorcycles his way to Sweden, Paul also heads out to track down his father, still wanting to connect. Paul finds him at the site where Leo's motorcycle crashed with Leo injured. Leo insists he does not need to go to the hospital, but Paul is intent on reaching out to his father and ties him in the back seat to aid in the reconciliation process.
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Murderous Maids 2000 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Pierre Denis
Cast: Sylvie Testud, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Isabelle Renauld, Dominique Labourier, Jean-Gabriel Nordmann, Marie Donnio, Francois Levantal, Nadia Barentin, Lily Boulogne, Jean Terensier, Alain Rimoux, Michael Abiteboul, Tessa Szczeciniarz, Charlotte Guille, Camille Leproust
This film is the latest in a series of plays, books, and films concerning the famous case of sisters Christine and Lea Papin (Sylvie Testud and Julie-Marie Parmentier), chambermaids who murdered their employer and her daughter in 1933. It follows Christine from her troubled childhood to her incestuous relationship with her younger sister Lea and finally her fall–taking her sister with her.
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Tomorrow We Move 2004  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Chantal Akerman
Cast: Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clement, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Natacha Regnier, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Reymond, Elsa Zylberstein, Gilles Privat, Georges Siatidis, Anne Coesens
Charlotte (Sylvie Testud) and her mother, Catherine (Aurore Clement), live amidst clutter in cramped quarters where Catherine teaches piano lessons. The decision is made to move, and realtor Popernick (Jean-Pierre Marielle) enters the picture–introducing Charlotte to prospective tenants, some of which become new friends.
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| 1. Beyond Silence (1996)
2. The Chateau (2001)
3. Fear and Trembling (2003)
4. I'm Going Home (2001)
5. La Vie en Rose (2007)
aka: La Mome
6. A Loving Father (2002)
7. Murderous Maids (2000)
8. Tomorrow We Move (2004)
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