Biography
Françoise Madeleine Hardy (17 January 1944 – 11 June 2024) was a French singer-songwriter who was known for singing melancholic, sentimental ballads. Hardy rose to prominence in the early 1960s as a leading figure in French yé-yé music and became a cultural icon in France and internationally. In addition to her native French, she also sang in English, Italian, and German. Her musical career spanned more than 50 years, with over 30 studio albums released. She also represented Monaco at the Eurovi...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The portrait of a woman who remembers. Sheila tells the story of Sheila, without concessions or evasions. Her childhood, her parents, her beginnings, ...
Anhedonia
2022
Music
In a dystopian near future, a class of people are vaccinated with Anhedonia, a vaccine that causes the loss of pleasure and feelings in order to keep ...
Françoise Hardy, une icône
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Françoise Hardy is one of the rare artists who keeps an intact aura and arouses such a fascination throughout her career with all generations. Her and...
Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses
2020
as Self
La Génération Salut les copains
2019
as Self
Oh Les Filles!
2019
as Self
What if French Rock were born with Edith Piaf? From sweet sixties pop to today's gender-indifferent anthems, from feminist rebels of the seventies to...
Dutronc, la vie malgré lui
2017
as Self
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was s...
Vadim Mister Cool
2016
as Self (archive footage)
As a poster boy for hedonism, his whole life was one big party. A journalist, filmmaker, director, producer, actor, novelist, ladies' man and prolific...
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
2016
as Self
Sensitive lookback on Françoise Hardy's career and life.
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
2016
Songs
Sensitive lookback on Françoise Hardy's career and life.
Gainsbourg and His Girls
2010
as Self - Singer (voice)
Provocative, misunderstood, unloved, cynical poet... Serge Gainsbourg as seen by the women in his life: Juliette Gréco, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, ...
Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni
2009
as Self
A documentary tracking the life and career of the model-musician turned first lady of France.
The Invisible Collection
2009
Music
A story about art and educated men, and how their art and culture reveal themselves useless in the face of the harsh realities of the 20th century li...
Tour d'Eurovision
2005
as Self
Documentary about the first five decades of the Eurovision Song Contest
Bonjour la France
2004
as Self
The Barbarian Invasions
2003
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer....
The Barbarian Invasions
2003
Thanks
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer....
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
2000
Thanks
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 betwee...
Émilie Jolie
1980
as La sorcière-princesse
The Doves
1972
The lives of two families in Montreal.
La Lucarne magique
1971
as Une vedette
Françoise et Udo...
1968
as Françoise
This is the story of a meeting between a man and a woman. In a train, an Austrian singer and a French teacher exchange on their past, their character,...
Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose
1968
as Self
Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose is a 1968 American television special hosted by Princess Grace Kelly guiding the public through a tour of Monte Carlo. She ...
Grand Prix
1966
as Lisa
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a serie...
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
1966
as Self
A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix
Europa canta
1966
as Self - Singer
Little Europe, a town in the American West, is chosen as the site for a European Music Festival to be internationally broadcast via television. The pe...
Masculin Féminin
1966
as American Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves...
A Bullet Through the Heart
1966
as Anna
A Bullet Through the Heart (French: Une balle au cœur, Greek: Μια σφαίρα στην καρδιά) is a 1966 Franco-Greek film directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet. Fran...
High Pressure
1965
as Self
What's New Pussycat?
1965
as Mayor's Secretary
A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is havin...
Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone
1964
as Self
Thirty Italian singers from the sixties sing their hits.
I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully
1964
as Self
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
1963
as Ophélie
An old castle in Sweden, inhabited by a family of 18th century dressing eccentrics, holds secrets, deception, and rumors of murder.