Zabou Breitman

Zabou Breitman

1959-10-30 Paris, France 97 Credits

Biography

Zabou Breitman (born Isabelle Breitman; 30 October 1959), or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At the age of four, she appeared in her first movie. Since 1981, Zabou has acted in dozens of roles in films, TV movies, and theaters. She made her directoral debut in 2001 with Se souvenir des belles choses, for which she won a César Award for Best Debut. In 2012, she participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue. Zabou h...

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The Better Me

2026

Acting

Alex, a quiet forty-something, leads an ordinary life until new neighbours move in. The husband is Alex’s perfect lookalike… except for one thing: he ...

La Bonne étoile

2025

Acting
No Signal!

No Signal!

2025

Acting

It is about two young step-siblings spending the weekend with their parents in a lodge in a remote forest who accidentally film two bumbling criminals...

Angels & Co.

Angels & Co.

2025

as Séraphine

7.0
Acting

Paul and Léa should never have met. But ever since, they've been irresistibly drawn to each other. Raphaëlle and Gabriel, two angels who are complete ...

Cassandre

Cassandre

2025

as Mère

7.2
Acting

Summer 1998. Countryside. Cassandre is 14. Her parents and older brother notice that her body has changed.

The Boy

The Boy

2025

Director, Screenplay

7.5
Directing Writing

Actress-director Zabou Breitman embarks on an unusual adventure: imagining the life of a boy discovered in an old photo from an album bought at a flea...

Merci Dorothée !

Merci Dorothée !

2025

as Self

7.7
Acting

A spectacular evening hosted by Nikos Aliagas to honor the legendary Dorothée, who shaped the childhood of millions in France. Today’s stars, who grew...

Start Me Up

Start Me Up

2024

4.9
Acting

A grandfather decides to launch a childcare business alongside a bitter divorcee who is also an aging game show icon trying to make a comeback.

Super Papa

Super Papa

2024

as Sylvie

5.5
Acting

For the 8th birthday of his son Gaby, Tom, unwittingly offers him a book ... which contains only blank pages. Faced with Gaby's disappointment and in ...

14 Days to Feel Better

14 Days to Feel Better

2024

as Clara

5.4
Acting

Maxime, an ambitious and Cartesian executive, thinks only of his career and his future marriage to Nafège, the daughter of his boss. On the verge of b...

All Because of the Cat

All Because of the Cat

2023

as Laure

5.7
Acting

Laure and Daniel welcome their friends for the yearly holidays in their country home, but their cat’s disappearance soon makes old secrets resurface.

The Grand Restaurant IV

The Grand Restaurant IV

2022

8.0
Acting

For this new year, Pierre, the director of the Grand Restaurant is thinking big to try to get the famous star from the famous Michalon guide! And for ...

Murder Party

Murder Party

2022

as Emmanuelle

5.2
Acting

Jeanne, a brilliant architect has a new assignment: renovate the sumptuous Daguerre mansion owned by an eccentric family, head of a Board Game empire....

Logiquimperturbabledufou

Logiquimperturbabledufou

2021

Director, Writer

6.0
Directing Writing

It's a crazy story. A happy journey to the epicenters of madness, the show parades portraits of a humanity of bipolar, paranoid and lost of all kinds...

The Devil Inside

The Devil Inside

2020

as Catherine

5.7
Acting

Catherine Borowiak, 50 years old, is the head of a conditional release agency. Being in charge of 20 years old Hugo's case, recently released from jai...

Encore un peu de patience mon amour

Encore un peu de patience mon amour

2020

6.0
Acting

Alice has wanted a child for a long time. Gabrielle just never thought about it. After seven years together they are finally getting started. Appointm...

La Dame de chez Maxim

La Dame de chez Maxim

2020

Stage Director

Directing

Doctor Petypon, a respectable doctor, partied until early morning at Maxim's. His best friend discovers him asleep at noon under an overturned sofa. F...

The Swallows of Kabul

The Swallows of Kabul

2019

Director, Screenplay

7.8
Directing Writing

Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. ...

Poor Bastards

Poor Bastards

2019

1.0
Acting

Poor Bastards is a sketch film, written by twelve authors. Mirror or projection, poor bastards have fun with everyday facts and do not tell a story, b...

Dad Friend

Dad Friend

2018

as Christelle

5.6
Acting

Stéphane defers his frustration at not having had a son on his sons-in-law. So when her younger daughter decides to leave a rugby player than the idol...

Mr & Mme Adelman

Mr & Mme Adelman

2017

as La directrice de l'école d'Arthur

7.5
Acting

How did Sarah and Victor get along for more than 45 years? Who was this enigmatic woman living in the shadow of her husband? Love, ambition, betrayals...

La Loi de Pauline, mauvaise Graine

La Loi de Pauline, mauvaise Graine

2017

as Maître Pauline

6.0
Acting

Pauline, a fifty-year-old woman going through a divorce, starts a career as a lawyer, but her first cases end in disaster. She is assigned to a case o...

He Even Has Your Eyes

He Even Has Your Eyes

2017

as Claire Mallet

6.0
Acting

Paul is married to Sali. Everything would be fine if they could get a child. Until the day when Sali receives the call that they have been waiting for...

Box 27

Box 27

2016

as Patricia

7.5
Acting

Circumstances have forced a father and his young son to live in a garage box, but they have been spotted by someone.

Baden Baden

Baden Baden

2016

as Ana's Mother

6.0
Acting

Charts the trials and tribulations of Ana, a free-spirited 26 year-old returning home to Strasbourg for the summer after living abroad for long enough...

Après moi le bonheur

Après moi le bonheur

2016

as Véronique

7.3
Acting

A dying woman is fighting to choose a new family to keep her four children together, after she's gone.

Arrête ton cinéma !

Arrête ton cinéma !

2016

as Ingrid

4.6
Acting

Sybille, an accomplished actress, is given the chance to direct a film based on her own screenplay. Everything seems to go well at first. Her producer...

Thank You for Calling

Thank You for Calling

2015

as Inspecteur Moretti

5.5
Acting

Biography based on the life of conman Gilbert Chikli who invented the "CEO scam" and was able to persuade bank and company officers to transfer money ...

All Three of Us

All Three of Us

2015

as Mère de Fereshteh

7.5
Acting

An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolut...

Our Futures

Our Futures

2015

as La mère de Yann

6.3
Acting

Yann who is trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to cope with his life generally and especially bereavement decides to look up Thomas, his best friend from ...

Among Friends

Among Friends

2015

as Astrid

5.2
Acting

Three longtime friends set off on a boat trip with their romantic partners, but inclement weather, jealousy and confessions, will put to test their fr...

Discount

Discount

2014

as Sofia Benhaoui

6.0
Acting

To fight against the introduction of automatic checkouts that threaten their jobs, staff members at Hard Discounts secretly create their own "Alternat...

24 Days

24 Days

2014

as Ruth Halimi

6.6
Acting

When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the ...

Darling Trap

Darling Trap

2014

as Clémence Garnier

4.8
Acting

Clémence is pathologically jealous. Gabriel has asked her to marry him. To test whether he is faithful, unbeknownst to him she arranges that he crosse...

Le Système Ribadier

Le Système Ribadier

2013

Director

8.0
Directing
The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf

2013

as Victoire

5.3
Acting

Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So Henri, Philippe, and Louis suddenly started wondering a...

Pieces of Me

Pieces of Me

2013

as Christine

5.0
Acting

A crazy father old before his time, a tyrannical, sick mother, a sister who disappeared four years ago and me, Erell, who films everything, all the ti...

True Friends

True Friends

2013

as Stéphanie

6.0
Acting

The bonds of a 30-year friendship are tested when Walter's 20-year-old daughter, Clemence, falls in love with his friend Paul.

On the Other Side of the Tracks

On the Other Side of the Tracks

2012

as Morland

5.6
Acting

Two mismatched cops team up to investigate the murder of a business mogul's wife.

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Acting
The Minister

The Minister

2011

as Pauline, communications director

6.4
Acting

Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no ...

Titeuf

Titeuf

2011

as Maman (voice)

5.8
Acting

Titeuf is a comic series created by Swiss draughtsman Zep (real name Philippe Chapuis) depicting the life of a young boy (the title's namesake Titeuf,...

No and Me

No and Me

2010

as Lou's mother

6.0
Acting

At thirteen-years-old, with an unusually high IQ and a knack for observing things about other people, Lou Bertignac is not only the youngest in her cl...

No and Me

No and Me

2010

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

At thirteen-years-old, with an unusually high IQ and a knack for observing things about other people, Lou Bertignac is not only the youngest in her cl...

Notre Dame des Barjots

Notre Dame des Barjots

2010

as Véra Cabral

6.0
Acting
Retour en terre inconnue

Retour en terre inconnue

2009

as Self

Acting
The Ordinary People

The Ordinary People

2009

as Christine Barbieri

5.6
Acting

The Muller company organizes a reception to mark the launch of a new product. During the evening, we discover that this is actually a coaching exercis...

Someone I Loved

Someone I Loved

2009

Screenplay, Director

6.2
Writing Directing

One night, Pierre decides to reveal his painful secret to his daughter-in-law, who's just been abandoned by her husband. Pierre's secret is about his ...

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos

2008

as Narrator (French version) (voice)

7.2
Acting

In the remote and forgotten wilderness of Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, one of nature's last great mysteries unfolds: the birth, life and death o...

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

2008

as Marie-Jeanne Duval

7.5
Acting

A sprawling drama centered on five key days in a family's life.

Crossfire

Crossfire

2008

as Commissaire Vasseur

5.2
Acting

A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The d...

Vérités assassines

Vérités assassines

2007

as Véra Cabral

8.0
Acting

Véra Cabral, an emergency psychiatrist, is called in to help Giselle Leguerche, who has been incarcerated for murder. The inmate, who is about to be r...

The Man of My Life

The Man of My Life

2006

Screenplay, Director

5.8
Writing Directing

A man vacationing in the country with his wife and children finds ideas he has of himself unexpectedly challenged.

La vie privée des animaux

La vie privée des animaux

2005

as (voice)

5.3
Acting
The Perfume of the Lady in Black

The Perfume of the Lady in Black

2005

as Edith Rance

6.1
Acting

Newly married, Mathilde and Robert are honeymooning at a resort owned by their friends Edith and Arthur, the Chateau d'Hercule. But an unpleasant shoc...

L'Hiver sous la table

L'Hiver sous la table

2005

Director

Directing
Narco

Narco

2004

as Paméla

5.7
Acting

Gustave Klopp suffers from narcolepsy, he can fall asleep everwhere at anytime whithout warning. Living a simple life with his wife Pam and his best f...

Almost Peaceful

Almost Peaceful

2002

as Léa

5.7
Acting

Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restar...

L'héroïque cinématographe

L'héroïque cinématographe

2002

Acting

The Heroic Cinematographer discusses the relationship between war and cinema beginning in the Civil War.

À l'abri des regards indiscrets

À l'abri des regards indiscrets

2002

as La joueuse

5.5
Acting

January 1st 2002. 1st day of Euro currency. The window of a cash dispenser is lifting up on a square, in Paris. 23 amazing characters will be meeting ...

Bécassine - Le Trésor Viking

Bécassine - Le Trésor Viking

2001

as Loulotte (voice)

6.1
Acting

Known and loved by generations of children, Pinchon's classic Bécassine is now a feature-length movie. A cross between Mary Poppins and Mr Bean, Bécas...

Beautiful Memories

Beautiful Memories

2001

as Marie Bjorg

7.0
Acting

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her...

Beautiful Memories

Beautiful Memories

2001

Director, Screenplay

7.0
Directing Writing

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her...

L'inconnue du Val-Perdu

L'inconnue du Val-Perdu

2001

as Martine

2.0
Acting
Blue Away to America

Blue Away to America

1999

as Anna

6.3
Acting

The victim of a serious accident, Camille finds himself in a strange, huge, rehabilitation centre run by Professor Helpos. He soon teams up with a gro...

My Little Business

My Little Business

1999

as Nathalie

6.1
Acting

A wood worker is trying hard to make his company survive every day... But a fire in his workshop leaves him in a lot of trouble when he realizes his i...

Le double de ma moitié

Le double de ma moitié

1999

as Cécile / Suzy

2.0
Acting

With the help of a hidden twin sister, a couturier tries to take revenge on his wife who cheats on him with his partner.

Ça reste entre nous

Ça reste entre nous

1998

as Marie

4.3
Acting

Martin Lamotte made his directorial debut with this French comedy. Building contractor Patrick is unaware that Helene, his wife for 15 years, intends ...

Proper Attire Required

Proper Attire Required

1997

as Catherine Sperry

5.9
Acting

His estranged wife is worth millions, but poor Paris resident Richard is homeless and jobless. He applied for unemployment benefits and now faces char...

Kitchen with Apartment

Kitchen with Apartment

1993

as Martine

7.0
Acting

Jacques and Martine, an ordinary bourgeois couple, invite to dinner a friend whom they have not seen the last ten years. Since then he has become a me...

Just Before the Storm

Just Before the Storm

1993

as Mathilde

Acting

In this somewhat literary exploration of the meaning of romance, loosely based on the works of Henry James, five modern-day couples gather at a countr...

The Crisis

The Crisis

1992

as Isa Barelle

6.9
Acting

Victor is a legal advisor who finds himself abandoned by his wife and fired the same day. He tries to seek comfort from different friends and family m...

588 rue Paradis

588 rue Paradis

1992

as Astrid Setian

7.2
Acting

A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian roots to adapting in France, forty years after his family's move to Marseilles. He n...

Crimes et jardins

Crimes et jardins

1991

as Viviane

5.0
Acting

Suzanne is a former singer but also a seductress in her sixties. During a reunion meal with the former musicians of the orchestra that accompanied her...

Toujours seuls

Toujours seuls

1991

as Isabelle

5.7
Acting

A large family crams into a three-room flat in a drab suburb.Twelve people ,soon joined,out of the blue, by the prodigal son, released from jail.To ma...

Une époque formidable

Une époque formidable

1991

as Interviewer

6.4
Acting

Michel Berthier, cadre supérieur d'une entreprise de matelasserie, vient d'être licencié. Comme il n'ose pas avouer la vérité à Juliette, sa compagne,...

Blanval

Blanval

1991

as Emma

Acting

August 1917. Two pilots whose aircraft was shot down by the Germans hide in a castle. They meet Justin, the employee, who has just killed his master.

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

1991

as Carole Ribéra

5.3
Acting

This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients... and their rather peculiar and disturbing problems.

Promotion canapé

Promotion canapé

1990

as Carole

5.1
Acting

Two women who want a raise, realize that they can easily get what they want, if they sleep with their boss.

C'est La Vie

C'est La Vie

1990

as Bella

6.0
Acting

A story is about young teenage girl, with sister and brothers, a pleasant uncle and aunt, an annoying nanny, a young boy interested in kissing her, a ...

Moitié-moitié

Moitié-moitié

1989

as Sarah

2.5
Acting

A man and a woman quarrel over an old building, a heritage they share. Their opposing characters make the situation conflictual.

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

1989

as Hélène Parnet

5.2
Acting

Married to Jeremie, Marie wants desperately to have a child. She has a 20 year old daughter from a former marriage with the police commissioner. When ...

La Travestie

La Travestie

1988

as Nicole Armingaud

4.5
Acting

Nicole is a female attorney who is frustrated with the male-dominated world of provincial law. She embezzles money from a law firm and travels to Pari...

Dandin

Dandin

1988

as Angélique

4.4
Acting

Claude Brasseur stars in this cinemadaptation of the Moliere play Georges Dandin, ou le mari confondu. Written in 1668, the play has been somewhat dwa...

Fucking Fernand

Fucking Fernand

1987

as une prostituée

5.6
Acting

A bombing raid makes travelling companions of a blind man, Fernand, and Antoine, a criminal. Fernand is a virgin and is depending on his new friend to...

Le Beauf

Le Beauf

1987

as Marylin

5.0
Acting

Gilbert, assigned to incinerate old banknotes at the Bank of France, lives with his wife, Gisèle, and his young son, Thomas. A few years earlier, he h...

Make It Mine

Make It Mine

1986

as Odile

4.1
Acting

Loïc, a chestnut seller, has a mistress who wants a baby. Not daring to admit to her that he had the mumps late in life, he finds other excuses. Until...

États d'âme

États d'âme

1986

as Hélène

4.0
Acting

In this political drama, five left-leaning friends gradually lose heart in the Socialist government elected in 1981 in France. One of the five men is ...

Follow My Gaze

Follow My Gaze

1986

as L'handicapèe

6.0
Acting

A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy anthology by Jean Curtelin. A...

Billy Ze Kick

Billy Ze Kick

1985

as Juliette Chapeau

5.0
Acting

Billy Ze Kick is name of a fictional serial killer in a bedtime story that a police inspector reads to his daughter. Soon three girls turn up murdered...

Shadey

Shadey

1985

as Hotel Maid

4.4
Acting

A young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the thought...

One Woman or Two

One Woman or Two

1985

as Constance Michoux

5.4
Acting

An ad executive impersonates an archeology professor to avoid a situation with an obsessed former lover. She enlists the help of a hapless archeologis...

Gwendoline

Gwendoline

1984

as Beth

4.9
Acting

A beautiful woman hires an intrepid adventurer to help find her father, who has disappeared in the jungle while searching for a rare and priceless but...

Banzaï

Banzaï

1983

as Sophia, de l'agence de voyages, l'amie d'Isabelle

6.2
Acting

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. ...

The Party 2

The Party 2

1982

as Catherine, Philippe's ex

6.4
Acting

A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have al...

Elle voit des nains partout !

Elle voit des nains partout !

1982

as Blanche-Neige

4.6
Acting

La reine de France meurt en couche. Elle met au monde un petite fille prénommée Blanche-neige. Le roi deçu de n'avoir pas un fils est résolu à faire d...

Mauvaise Pioche

N/A

Acting