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Foundation date 1 january 1971
L’Union générale cinématographique (ou UGC) est l’un des plus importants groupes européens d’exploitation cinématographique, et le 2e en France. C’est aussi un acteur majeur dans les domaines de la production, de la distribution et du négoce de droits audiovisuels. Son président est Guy Verrecchia.
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(2019)Filmography of Union générale cinématographique (210 films)
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Once in a Lifetime (2014)
, 1h45Directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, La banlieue française, Films about education, Films about children, L'enseignement secondaire en France
Actors Ariane Ascaride, Geneviève Mnich, Ahmed Dramé, Xavier Maly, Noémie Merlant, Amine Lansari
Based on a true story, the film chronicles the relationship of a teacher with teenagers who have long since dropped out of the school system. This teacher of Leon Blum high school at Créteil (Val-de-Marne), decides to pass a national competition whose theme is : "Children and adolescents in the Nazi concentration camp system". First rough and frustrating, the atmosphere will soon evolve into contact with a survivor of the camps and under the open intensity during the visit of a museum dedicated to this dark period of history. This experience will change their lives.
Josephine (2013)
, 1h35Directed by Agnès Obadia
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Marilou Berry, Bérengère Krief, Mehdi Nebbou, Alice Pol, Sarah Suco, Charlie Dupont
Joséphine, 30 ans, célibataire, vit avec son chat Brad Pitt et cherche l'homme de ses rêves. Lors d'un repas de famille, sa jeune sœur, Diane, parfaite en tout point, annonce son futur mariage : c'est la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase pour Joséphine, qui n'a pas encore trouvé l'homme de sa vie. Sous l'emprise de la jalousie, elle prétend qu'elle aussi va se marier, avec un chirurgien brésilien prénommé Marcelo et partir vivre avec lui dans son pays. Joséphine se laisse alors entraîner dans la spirale d'un mensonge dont les conséquences vont faire basculer sa vie.
Des Lendemains Qui Chantent (2013)
, 1h34Directed by Nicolas Castro
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Pio Marmaï, Laetitia Casta, Ramzy Bedia, Gaspard Proust, André Dussollier, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
10 mai 1981, c'est l’élection de François Mitterrand et dans la vie de Léon, jeune journaliste de gauche, c'est aussi le jour de sa rencontre avec Noémie. Son frère Olivier, jeune trotskiste monté à Paris pour entrer en politique lui propose de le rejoindre. Tous deux orphelins de mère, ils apprennent rapidement que les espoirs qu'ils avaient ne vont pas se concrétiser.
Big is Beautiful (2012)
, 1h40Directed by Charlotte de Turckheim
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about disabilities
Actors Victoria Abril, Lola Dewaere, Catherine Hosmalin, Grégory Fitoussi, Mehdi Nebbou, Julia Piaton
The young, round and lovely Nina is married to Gaspard, who, unfortunately, rather likes very thin women. The couple move to Paris and Nina is preparing to launch a sophisticated line of swimwear. Because of her love for her husband, Nina accepts his ambiguous gift: a slimming treatment at Brides-les-Bains, considered "the last hope of the fat". There, she makes two flamboyant friends. Sophie, a lawyer from Marseille who likes to control everything, including herself. Émilie is a caregiver whose weight has begun to affect her health and her love life yet her motto remains, "Big is beautiful".
Thérèse (2012)
, 1h50Directed by Claude Miller
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier, Isabelle Sadoyan, Stanley Weber, Francis Perrin
In the south-west of France, in the late 1920s, Thérèse Laroque agrees to a marriage of convenience between wealthy families by marrying Bernard Desqueyroux, a bourgeois landowner. They then settle on his family's property, located in a vast area stretching over acres of pine forests. Bernard is a local man with a passion for hunting and defending with conviction the family traditions. However, Thérèse is quickly stifled by the monotony of her married life. She gives birth to a daughter (Marie), but her boredom seems to grow every day; she is looking "somewhere else". Bernard, who has several ailments and who was prescribed arsenic is physically more difficult. Thérèse takes the opportunity she's given to nurse him to poison her husband. But she makes a mistake by forging a prescription at the pharmacy and is discovered. In addition to being dishonored by her own family, she is disowned by her husband's. She faces justice for the alleged murder attempt until her husband and in-laws, who intend to keep up appearances within their provincial society, make up their own version of what happened. The case is dismissed and Therese is confined to the house. Eventually she is allowed to leave and live in Paris on the understanding that she will only return for weddings and funerals.
The Night Clerk (2011)
Directed by Raphaël Jacoulot
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about families, Psychologie, Films about the labor movement
Actors Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Rottiers, Ludmila Mikaël, Sylvie Testud, Céline Sallette, Xavier Robic
Frédéric travaille dans un grand hôtel à la montagne. C'est l'hiver, il neige et un client disparaît.
Wok the Kasbah (2011)
, 1h36Directed by Nicolas Benamou
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Vincent Lacoste, Alice Belaïdi, Nader Boussandel, Claude Gensac, Francis Kuntz, Julie Ferrier
À Belleville, deux restaurants se font face : le Berbère King de la famille Chouffry et l'Empire du dragon de la famille Zy. Tout allait bien, jusqu'à ce que Samir Chouffry accuse monsieur Zy d'avoir mangé son chien.
Ducoboo (2011)
, 1h36Directed by Philippe de Chauveron
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Children's films
Actors Élie Semoun, Vincent Claude, Joséphine de Meaux, Bruno Podalydès, Helena Noguerra, Edgar Givry
La première scène du film débute à l'école primaire Lafontaine, un jeudi 15 juin, alors que Ducobu dort durant les cours, mais il est rapidement réveillé par son professeur, celui-ci l'obligeant à aller au tableau. Durant la scène suivante, le père de Ducobu, Hervé Ducobu, est convoqué chez la directrice pour, encore une fois, entendre que son fils n'est plus admis à l'établissement scolaire du fait qu'il ait de mauvaises notes. Après avoir déménagé pour être placé dans un autre établissement nommé l'école Saint-Potache, Ducobu fait la connaissance de son nouveau professeur, monsieur Gustave Latouche, de ses camarades de classe ainsi que de sa nouvelle voisine de table, Léonie Gratin.
Rebellion (2011)
, 2h15Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Origin France
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes French war films, Fiction sur la gendarmerie, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Political films
Actors Mathieu Kassovitz, Malik Zidi, Alexandre Steiger, Sylvie Testud, Daniel Martin, Philippe Torreton
In a French colony 30 policemen are taken hostage by local separatists. Captain Philippe Legorjus is sent out to negotiate with rebel leader Alphonse Dianou. With him come 300 French soldiers who stand ready in case his efforts for a peaceful solution should fail.
Tous les soleils (2011)
, 1h45Directed by Philippe Claudel
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about computing, Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians
Actors Stefano Accorsi, Neri Marcorè, Clotilde Courau, Anouk Aimée, Lisa Cipriani, Xavier Boulanger
Alessandro is an Italian teacher who is determined to be a good father for his teenage daughter Irina. This is impeded by Alessandro's brother Crampone who lives in the same household and who never ceased to foster revolutionary political ideas.
Ao: The Last Hunter (2010)
, 1h24Directed by Jacques Malaterre
Origin France
Genres Documentary, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about animals, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques
Actors Helmi Dridi, Vesela Kazakova, Aruna Shields
Pendant trois cent mille ans, les Néandertaliens ont occupé l'Europe, mais leur espèce tend à disparaître : elle ne compte qu’un seul représentant, Ao. Son clan ayant été anéanti par des Homo sapiens, Ao commence à errer, sans cesse poursuivi par la vision de son frère Oa et décidé à revenir dans son vieux clan paternel. Il est capturé par une tribu d’Homo sapiens hostiles et fait la connaissance d’Aki, une femme Homo sapiens prisonnière. Tous les deux réussissent à s'échapper et avec le temps, après la méfiance et la suspicion que la femme avait initialement éprouvé envers cet homme différent, Ao et Aki commencent à se connaître et à se comprendre. À la fin Ao découvre qu'il est le dernier des Néandertaliens, mais il lui reste sa compagne, Aki, et les fruits de leur amour : sa petite fille et un nouvel enfant qui s’annonce.
Sarah's Key (2010)
, 1h51Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Kristin Scott Thomas, Niels Arestrup, Arben Bajraktaraj, Mélusine Mayance, Frédéric Pierrot, Aidan Quinn
In 1942, 10-year-old Sarah Starzynski (Mélusine Mayance) hides her younger brother from French police by locking him in a secret closet and telling him to stay there until she returns. She takes the key with her when she and her parents are transported to the Vélodrome d'Hiver, where they are held in inhuman conditions by the Paris Police and French Secret Service.
The Other Dumas (2010)
, 1h45Directed by Safy Nebbou
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Dominique Blanc, Mélanie Thierry, Catherine Mouchet, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
February 1848. Alexandre Dumas (Gérard Depardieu) is at the height of his fame. He has withdrawn for a few days into the immense Château de Monte-Cristo near Le Port-Marly, that he is building. There he works with his collaborator, Auguste Maquet, (Benoît Poelvoorde). If the books bear Dumas' name, the tiring work undertaken by Maquet is colossal. Nevertheless, for ten years, Maquet has remained in the great man's shadow and never challenged his supremacy. When a quarrel breaks out between the two men, after Maquet passes himself off as Dumas in order to seduce Charlotte (Mélanie Thierry), - a crucial question presents itself: what is the exact part each man has in the work's success. Who is the father of d'Artagnan, and of Monte Cristo? In short, who is really the author? Their relationship, so peaceful until this point is placed in doubt and topples over into confrontation. And not far away, in Paris, a revolution is building which will seal the fate of another relationship—that of Louis-Philippe— with the people of France.
Secrets of State (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Philippe Haïm
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes French war films, Spy films
Actors Gérard Lanvin, Vahina Giocante, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Simon Abkarian, Mehdi Nebbou, Rachida Brakni
Un groupe terroriste est identifié à Damas par les agents de la DGSE. Alex, (Gérard Lanvin) chef d'équipe à la DGSE recrute Diane, étudiante en langues orientales et copine de son fils comme nouvel agent. Elle suit un entraînement pour se fondre dans la foule et obtenir des renseignements.
The Witnesses (2007)
, 1h52Directed by André Téchiné
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Aviation films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila, Julie Depardieu, Johan Libéreau, Constance Dollé
It is the summer of 1984 in Paris. Sarah, a well-to-do writer of children’s books, and her working-class husband, Mehdi, an inspector of North African descent, are confronting some marital problems after the recent arrival of their first child. Sarah, stumbling over a bout of writer's block, has little maternal instinct towards their newborn baby, whose cries she tunes out with earplugs while she works. Her husband despairs when she neglects the child, does what he can to fill in, and sometimes parks the child with his parents. The couple have an open marriage and both are allowed to take outside lovers in a “don’t ask, don’t tell” arrangement that seems to work, although not without tensions.