Released Date:
1991-12-18
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
115 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (4790 Reviews)
Director:
Alain CorneauPascal Quignard (based on the novel by)
Alain Corneau (adaptation)
Pascal Quignard (adaptation)
Pascal Quignard (dialogue)
It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into which he moves to dedicate his life to music and his two young daughters Madeleine and Toinette, avoiding the outside world. Rumor about him and his music is widespread, and even reaches to the court of Louis XIV, who wants him at his court in Lully's orchestra, but Monsieur de Sainte Colombe refuses. One day a young man, Marin Marais, comes to see him with a request, he wants to be taught how to play the viola.
Released Date:
1999-10-09
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan
Runtime:
134 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (3159 Reviews)
Director:
Leos CaraxLeos Carax
Jean-Pol Fargeau
Herman Melville (novel)
Lauren Sedofsky
Pierre vive con la madre in Normandia. Un'esistenza tranquilla e felice. Ogni mattina Pierre va a trovare Lucie, la propria fidanzata. Sono in fermento perchè devono sposarsi fra breve. Una sera il giovane fa uno strano incontro. Una donna bella e malinconica, dal volto stranamente familiare. Lei gli dice di essere sua sorella e di chiamarsi Isabelle. Pierre rimane scioccato : perchè la madre non gli ha mai rivelato questo segreto?
Released Date:
1999-10-09
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan
Runtime:
134 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (3176 Reviews)
Director:
Leos CaraxLeos Carax
Jean-Pol Fargeau
Herman Melville (novel)
Lauren Sedofsky
Pierre vive con la madre in Normandia. Un'esistenza tranquilla e felice. Ogni mattina Pierre va a trovare Lucie, la propria fidanzata. Sono in fermento perchè devono sposarsi fra breve. Una sera il giovane fa uno strano incontro. Una donna bella e malinconica, dal volto stranamente familiare. Lei gli dice di essere sua sorella e di chiamarsi Isabelle. Pierre rimane scioccato : perchè la madre non gli ha mai rivelato questo segreto?
Released Date:
2002-11-13
Languages:
French, English, Swedish
Countries:
France, Canada, UK, Switzerland
Runtime:
103 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (526 Reviews)
Director:
Jacob BergerGenres:
DramaPascal Barollier
Jacob Berger
Ed Radtke
Writer Lèo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish Academy. Lèo has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son Paul tries desperately to contact him, but is denied every time by his sister. When Lèo starts traveling to the ceremony in Stockholm by motor bike, Paul decides to follow him and try to speak to him. Clearly Lèo doesn't want to be followed, starts speeding and gets involved in a accident, but isn't badly hurt. The police confuse another motorist for Shepherd and announce his death. Paul, driven by his childhood experiences, decides to kidnap his father.
Released Date:
2007-03-28
Languages:
French, Spanish
Countries:
France, Italy
Runtime:
137 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (1052 Reviews)
Director:
Jacques RivetteHonorè de Balzac (novel)
Pascal Bonitzer
Christine Laurent
Jacques Rivette
In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched for her. Flash back to their meeting in Paris, he recently returned from Africa, she married and part of the highest society. She flirts with him, and soon he's captivated. His behavior is possessive, insistent. Then, it is her turn to become obsessed. Letters, balls, scandal, a kidnapping, and an ultimatum bring her to the cloister and him to melancholy. Whose steel proved sharper? Is it tragic or grotesque?
Released Date:
2008-02-13
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
83 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (2426 Reviews)
Blutch
Charles Burns
Pierre Di Sciullo
Jerry Kramski
Richard McGuire
Michel Pirus
Romain Slocombe
Different black-and-white animation techniques tell several scary stories. There's a story of a teenage boy who meets the wrong girl. Another tale deals with a small community where people disappear and are never seen again. Then there's the narrative of a little Japanese girl who suffers from horrible nightmares followed by a tale where a man doesn't get the rest he hoped for in an old not-so-abandoned house. These stories are connected by the story about a man with a devilish smile and four enormous dogs from hell and by a woman's monologue about her fears.
Released Date:
2008-08-13
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (431 Reviews)
Director:
Pierre SchoellerGenres:
DramaPierre Schoeller
A young mother Nina and her son Enzo find themselves sleeping on the streets on the street of Paris. Their tentative lifestyle eventually leads them to Versailles. Out in the woods near the palace, they encounter a man named Damien who lives cut off from the rest of the world. Nina and Enzo decide to take refuge with him over night. The next morning, Nina appears to have dissappeared. As days and seasons pass, Damien and Enzo grow fond of each other, unaware that one day they will have to leave the safe haven of the hut.
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