Amanda Sthers
Writing
Biography
Amanda Queffélec-Maruani (born 18 April 1978), known professionally as Amanda Sthers, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker. Sthers is of Tunisian Sefardi and Breton origins. She has written ten novels which have been translated in more than 14 countries. Sthers has been given the title of "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" by the French government. Her first play, "Le Vieux Juif blonde" is today studied at Harvard University. Her play "Le Lien" has been performed in Paris and at the Avignon Festival in 2013, and was widely performed in Italy in 2016. Sthers wrote and directed the movie Je vais te manquer in which she directed Carole Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, and Mélanie Thierry. In 2015, she wrote an adaptation of Les Terres Saintes / Holy Lands, which she later directed in English.Shooting took place during winter 2017 in Israel. At the 2017 Zurich Film Festival, Madame, a feature film that she wrote and directed in English was screened, starring Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, and Rossy de Palma. Singer and actor Patrick Bruel was Sthers' first husband with who she married on 21 September 2004. The two have two children, Oscar and Léon who was born 28 September 2005. The couple separated in 2007. Sthers moved to Los Angeles with her two children in 2017 where she started a film production company. Source: Article "Amanda Sthers" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
When an administrator in Paris is sent to Sweden to close a toy company before Christmas, she meets the manager, who plays with her heartstrings.
Love in Lapland
A suburban American woman inherits her grandfather’s Mafia empire and, guided by the Firm’s trusted consigliere, defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
Mafia Mamma
Anne and Bob, a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic Paris. To impress their sophisticated friends, they decide to host a lavish dinner party, but must disguise their maid as a noblewoman to even out the number of guests. When the maid runs off with a wealthy guest, Anne must chase her around Paris to thwart the joyous and unexpected love affair.
Madame
A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.
Bonnie
When Alexander and Laura meet during a party what they feel for each other is obvious, but she’s about to get married and Alexander shares a daughter with his beautiful wife. Thanks in part to the support of his lifelong friends, Alexander's childhood memories constantly resurface, leading him to reflect on what was, what will be, and what could have been.
Promises
When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.
Holy Lands
In an airport, six destinies, during a short moment, will change, separate and meet. And if these characters were going through, without knowing it, the most important moment of their lives? Olivier and Lila ... Will he miss his love or will she miss the plane? Julia and Marcel ... Will she avoid death or will he mess up his life? Fanny and Max ... Will she lack of courage or will he be out of luck?
You'll Miss Me
“Love Birds” revolves around a female lovebird who travels the country to find her crush. She travels with an annoying but amusing pigeon, and will discover that all forms of love exists in nature, from gay couples to single moms or stepfamilies, and maybe the one she thinks she is supposed to love may not be “the one.”
Lovebirds
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Le vieux juif Blonde
A comedy about friendship that has many surprises in store for us! How can we find the perfect friend? By connecting to Amitic, the friendly version of Meetic. Pierre, a snobbish Parisian banker, one day sees Serge Brown who claims to be... his best friend! Contrary to all evidence, their friendly compatibility reaches 100% according to the computer program! Brown then turns into a real ball, ready to do anything to live this unexpected friendship, leaves to blackmail Pierre. The latter is not helped in this ordeal by his wife Martine, totally seduced by Marron and very happy with the prospect of a little weekend for three in Creuse.
Amis
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Conseil de famille
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