François Ozon

François Ozon
Date of Birth: 15 Nov 1967
Country: France
Biography: François Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality. He has achieved international acclaim for his films 8 femmes and Swimming Pool. (Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 35 (Director), 34 (Writer)
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Criminal Lovers
Sexy Alice (Natacha Regnier), a manipulator of men, coerces the sexually uncertain Luc (Jeremie Renier) into murdering the handsome Said (Salim Kechiouche). Although getting rid of the body proves problematic, the couple's real problems begin when they take refuge in an old cottage in the forest. (imdb comments)
Swimming Pool
Europe's most daring and inventive writer/director, François Ozon, reunites with his two favorite leading ladies, Charlotte Rampling (of "Under the Sand") and Ludivine Sagnier (of "8 Women") in this deliciously sophisticated and sexy mystery. (Focus Features)
Under the Sand
Marie, a professor of English literature in a Paris university, has been happily married to Jean for 25 years, although they have no children. During their summer vacations in the southwest of France, Jean leaves Marie sunbathing on the beach and goes to swim in the sea. When Marie turns back, she cannot find Jean. Has he left her? commited suicide? drowned? With no clue and no body to mourn over, Marie acts as her husband was still alive. (imdb)
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Germany in the 70s. Léopold, a 50 year old businessman, meets Franz, who is 20. He invites him back to his place. A love affair begins. One day, something of little importance leads to a difference of opinion. And from this moment on, there's no such thing as "we" anymore. (imdb)
8 Women
One murdered man, eight women, each seeming to be more eager than the others to know the truth. Gimme, gimme, gimme some clues to make up my mind. And eventually enter the truth. Oh, thou cruel woman! (imdb)
5x2
5x2 is a haunting and realistic evocation of the evanescence of love, and how adult relationships evolve over time. Returning to a more intimate scale following his international smash "Swimming Pool," Ozon's chamber drama is an anatomy of a failed marriage told in reverse chronology. (ThinkFilm)
A Summer Dress
It's summer. Sébastien loves the singer Sheila. Lucia loves boys. And all Frédéric wants, is to get a nice tan... (imdb)
See the Sea
Sasha, a young British woman, is living with her baby daughter at Ile d'Yeu, a peaceful beach community... (imdb)
Scènes de lit
Seven brief scenes, each with a couple, explore the surprises and the changes of heart that can occur during sexual encounters... (imdb)
X 2000
X 2000 (1998) - Short Film
Morning has broken on January 1, 2000. A man rises from his bed, leaving a woman asleep. He walks through an apartment littered with the detritus of last night's party (imdb)
Truth or Dare
Innocence gives way to experience. Two girls and two boys, probably about 14 or 15 years old, play a game of truth or dare... (imdb)
La Petite mort
Family ties. Paul is an artist, his current project is to take photos of the faces of men during orgasm... (imdb)
Time to Leave
A handsome, successful fashion photographer (Poupaud) learns that he has a malignant brain tumor that will soon kill him. Hiding his diagnosis, he alienates his family and his young boyfriend, but during a short stay with his grandmother (Moreau), his vulnerability is met with a big heart and sound advice. A chance encounter with a roadside café waitress (Bruni-Tedeschi) results in an unusual bargain that provides a happy, playful dimension to the proceedings. (Strand Releasing)
Sitcom
The adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and sado-masochist tendencies, and the intrusion of a very free-spirited maid and her husband... And it all started with the arrival in the family of an innocent looking rat... (imdb)
Angel
Based on the book by Elizabeth Taylor, "Angel", this is the story of a young woman with incredible imagination who refuses to accept the world around her, and creates her own realities. (imdb)
Un lever de rideau
A young Frenchman is determined to dump his girlfriend due to her invariable excessive tardiness. (imdb)
Ricky
When Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, and ordinary man, something magical happens: a love story. From this union an extraordinary child is born: Ricky. (imdb)
Photo de famille
After a family dinner, the son poisons his mother, stabs his sister and chokes his father, then reunites the three of them on the living-room couch and takes a pictures of them, with him in the center, smiling, holding them still. (imdb)
Le refuge
Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis' brother joins her in her refuge. (imdb)
Potiche
Mr Pujol rules his factory with an iron fist. When he suffers from a stroke, his wife surprisingly takes over... with some unexpected consequences...
In the House
Kristin Scott Thomas and Emmanuelle Seigner star in the new film from French auteur François Ozon (Under the Sand, 8 Women), about a high-school student whose essays about a friend's family start to blur the lines between reality and fiction -- and may conceal a dark purpose. (tiff.net)
Young & Beautiful
The portrait of a 17 years-old girl, in 4 seasons and 4 songs. (imdb)
The New Girlfriend
A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend. (TIFF)
Frantz
"Frantz" takes place in the aftermath of WWI and centers around the encounter between a young German (Paula Beer) who grieves the death of her fiancé in France, and a mysterious French man (Niney) who visits the fiance's grave to lay flowers. (Variety)
Victor
Victor (1993) - Short Film
A well brought up young man commits an irreparable yet liberating act after a failed suicide attempt. (imdb)
L\
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity. (imdb)
Grâce à Dieu
Three men, abused by the same priest during their childhood, engage in a fight for justice that will expose their personal experiences and question their life with their wife, family and colleagues. (imdb)
Été 85
What do you dream of when you're 16 years old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself. (imdb)
Mes parents un jour d\
Anne-Marie Ozon, Rene Ozon
Les doigts dans le ventre
A young woman wanders through Paris spending most of her time eating all the junk she can: in a fast-food, out of a tin can and so on. She steals some more food in a supermarket, meets a friend who gently carresses her belly in the street, then goes back home where she makes herself vomit in the toilets. She is then ready for the family dinner.
Tout s\
When André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuelle hurries to her father's bedside. Sick and half-paralyzed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to help him end his life. But how can you honor such a request when it's your own father? (imdb)
Une rose entre nous
An eccentric British woman picks up a young apprentice hairdresser on a wild night in Paris. (imdb)
Peter von Kant
Film adaptation of cult play "The Bitter Tears."
Mon crime
When Madeleine is accused of killing a renowned film producer who attempted to take advantage of her, she finds herself thrust into the limelight, facing public scrutiny and the relentless pursuit of justice. Despite the overwhelming evidence against her, Madeleine maintains her innocence, insisting that she acted in self-defense.
Quand vient l’automne
Michelle, a retiree in Burgundy, expects her grandson Lucas but a mistake ruins her plans. Her friend Marie-Claude's son is released from prison, reviving Michelle's purpose. (imdb)