Josiane Balasko films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

The Tenant

1976 · Film

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him into the last tenant so that he too will kill himself.

The Bonfire of Destiny

2019 · TV

After a devastating fire in 1897 Paris, three women find their lives upended by betrayals, deceptions and romantic turmoil. Inspired by real events.

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

1982 · Film

Félix, disguised as Father Christmas, hands out leaflets advertising a sexy Christmas party. His place is taken by an African Santa Claus and he returns to his caravan only to find his girlfriend Josette about to leave him. When he comes...

French Fried Vacation 2

1979 · Film

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.

By the Grace of God

2019 · Film

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...

French Fried Vacation

1978 · Film

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual...

When Fall Is Coming

2024 · Film

Michelle is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a Burgundy village, close to her longtime friend Marie-Claude. When her Parisian daughter Valérie drops off her son Lucas to spend school vacation with his grandma, Michelle, stressed out by...

Tralala

2021 · Film

Tralala, a 48-year-old singer-composer, is an homeless in Paris. One evening, he believes he's meeting the Blessed Virgin who says to him before disappearing : "Above all, do not be yourself".

Old Fashioned

2020 · Film

Paul Château-Têtard, a 45-year-old bachelor from the best of Parisian nobility, has – for the first time in his life – to take the Metro, and even buy a ticket. It is with extraordinary luck that the beautiful young Ava happens to be...

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

1977 · Film

Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.

Knock, Knock, It’s Mom!

2021 · Film

While her apartment is being renovated, Jacqueline is thrilled to be forced into spending “a few days” with her eldest daughter Carole and her son-in-law, who are both in couples therapy. These “few days” turn into “a few months”...

C'est la vie

2020 · Film

Mes très chers enfants

2021 · Film

Parents with empty nest syndrome find a clever way to make their kids stay interested: winning the lottery.

L'Esprit de famille

2020 · Film

A writer must face the sudden death of his father, but after the burial, the latter reappears to him. He will have to learn to live with this facetious companion, but difficult to explain the situation to his family, because he is the only...

Party of Fools

2024 · Film

Paris, 1894. Who is Fanni, who claims to be voluntarily locked up in a women-only mental institution? Searching for her mother among the multitude of so-called 'madwomen', Fanni discovers a community of modern heroines who defy her...

Des mains en or

2023 · Film

Philippe is a well-known writer, whose life was going smoothly: a surgeon wife, a circle of high-ranking friends, a Parisian mansion... And above all, an imminent entry into the Académie Française. Except that Philippe suffers from...

Offshoring

2025 · Film

The day Redouane is going to get his promotion and finally become a foreman, he learns that the mattress factory where he works is being relocated to India. Determined to keep his promotion, he agrees to leave while having the guarantee of...

Tombé du ciel

2026 · Film

Tough Luck

2026 · Film

​Arrested by mistake and mistaken for France’s most wanted man, Serge Martin, a peaceful retiree, becomes the target of the media. Caught up in a never-ending whirlwind, he’ll do everything he can to prove his innocence and get his life...