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François Ozon
Writer 58 years old

François Ozon

Paris, France

François Ozon (born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter and 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 (2002) and Swimming Pool... Read full bio →

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22 titles
L'étranger

L'étranger

François Ozon 2025 2h 2m 6.0

In 1930s Algeria, the daily life of an indifferent Frenchman is shaken by the death of his mother and a fateful encounter on a beach.

Quand vient l'automne

Quand vient l'automne

François Ozon 2024 1h 44m 5.0

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.

Mon crime

Mon crime

François Ozon 2023 1h 43m 5.0

Paris, France, 1935, and a young actress has just been acquitted of murdering a famous French Producer. However, this is where the story just begins. Is she really innocent?, or has she gotten away with Murder?

Peter von Kant

Peter von Kant

François Ozon 2022 1h 25m

Peter Von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means.

Été 85

Été 85

François Ozon 2020 1h 41m

When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.

Grâce à Dieu

Grâce à Dieu

François Ozon 2018 2h 17m 6.0

Alexandre lives in Lyon with his wife and children. One day, he discovered by chance that the priest who abused him to scouts always officiates with children. He then starts a fight, quickly joined by François and Emmanuel, also victims of the priest, to "release their word" on what they suffered.

L'amant double

L'amant double

François Ozon 2017 1h 48m

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.

Frantz

Frantz

François Ozon 2016 1h 53m 5.3

In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.

Une nouvelle amie

Une nouvelle amie

François Ozon 2014 1h 45m 6.7

A young woman makes a surprising disovery about the husband of her late best friend.

Jeune & jolie

Jeune & jolie

François Ozon 2013 1h 35m 7.0

The portrait of a 17-year-old girl, in 4 seasons and 4 songs.

Dans la maison

Dans la maison

François Ozon 2012 1h 45m 6.9

A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.

Potiche

Potiche

François Ozon 2010 1h 43m 5.6

A housewife takes over her husband's umbrella business after his illness.

Ricky

Ricky

François Ozon 2009 1h 30m 6.0

When Katie meets Paco, they fall in love. From this an extraordinary child is born; Ricky, who quickly develops into something wonderful and not so normal.

Angel

Angel

François Ozon 2007 2h 14m 4.5

Set in Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations of being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists (if such things existed at the time). Based on the book by Elizabeth Taylor, "Angel".

Le temps qui reste

Le temps qui reste

François Ozon 2005 1h 18m 7.0

Romain, 31, a fashion photographer with terminal cancer, elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.

5x2

5x2

François Ozon 2004 1h 30m 5.5

Five stages in the romance between a woman and a man.

Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool

François Ozon 2003 1h 42m 6.8

In the middle of this amusing thriller is a relationship between two different types of females, one is a well know British author and the other is a sex-crazed French teen. The two get into some relationship trouble while living together in this film of psychological imagery and an erotic exploration of the female body.

8 femmes

8 femmes

François Ozon 2002 1h 51m 7.2

Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.

Sous le sable

Sous le sable

François Ozon 2000 1h 36m 7.8

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.

Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes

Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes

François Ozon 2000 1h 26m 9.0

In 1970s Germany, Léopold, a 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces 20-year-old Franz, who swiftly moves into his apartment. The dynamic between them intensifies with the sudden arrival of their ex-girlfriends.

Les amants criminels

Les amants criminels

François Ozon 1999 1h 36m 6.0

After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the woods, only to find themselves hopelessly lost – much like the fairy-tale plight of Hansel and Gretel.

Sitcom

Sitcom

François Ozon 1998 1h 20m 7.8

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...

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