Junon (Catherine Deneuve) and Abel (Jean-Paul Roussillon) welcome their three grown children home for a crowded family Christmas. Joining them are Elizabeth (Anne Consigny), a melancholic playwright, Ivan (Melvil Poupaud), the young peacemaker, and Henri (Mathieu Amalric), the self-destructive black sheep who was banished from family five years earlier. With a history of leukemia in the family, the disease has returned, further complicating the already uncomfortable reunion. Directed by Arnaud Desplechin. With Chiara Mastroianni and Emmanuelle Devos. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Foreign Film. Year: 2008.
Melvil Poupaud in A Christmas Tale
Nora Wilder (Parker Posey) is cynical, thirty-something New Yorker with absolutely no marriage prospects, a fact her mother (Gena Rowlands) reminds her of on a daily basis. Bored with her job at an upscale hotel and envious of her best friend Audrey's (Drea de Matteo) perfect marriage, Nora doesn't believe her fortunes will ever change. But, after a series of horrible dates, Nora meets a Frenchman named Julien (Melvil Poupaud) who makes her see the world in a different light. But, before she can find true love, Nora must overcome the feelings that have been holding her back for so long. Directe by Zoe R. Cassavetes. With Tim Guinee and Justin Theroux. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.
Melvil Poupaud in Broken English
Young Californian Isabel Walker (Kate Hudson) goes to France to visit her pregnant sister, Roxeanne (Naomi Watts). Finding Roxanne, a darkly romantic poet, sad and broken after being jilted by her husband, Charles-Henri de Persand (Melvil Poupaud), Isabel complicates matters by entering an affair with Charles-Henri's uncle (Thierry Lhermitte), an older, married French diplomat. In the scandal the follows, the Walker girls' American idealism goes head-to-head with the Persand's French rationalism when it is discovered that Roxanne posseses a paiting worth millions of dollars. Directed by James Ivory. With Bebe Neuwirth, Glenn Close, Stockard Channing and Sam Waterston, Thomas Lennon and Leslie Caron. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2003.
Melvil Poupaud in Le Divorce