Released Date:
2000-11-15
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
89 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (403 Reviews)
Director:
Jeanne LabruneGenres:
ComedySuch an inconsequential event - the unfortunate purchase of a package of cling film - reveals the character and behavior of a small group of individuals caught up in the chaos of today's society. Though it creates arguments and inner questioning, this event - and its various consequences - also creates bonds.
Released Date:
2002-03-27
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
92 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (15360 Reviews)
Director:
Laetitia ColombaniLaetitia Colombani
Caroline Thivel (collaborating writer)
Angelique, a young student, is in love with a married doctor. We see her attempts to make him leave his pregnant wife, but he does not appear for meetings or finally the booked journey to Florence. Then the movie is turned back to the beginning, and the view changes: We are now following the view of the doctor instead of Angeliques. And things look quite different now...
Released Date:
2004-11-24
Languages:
French, English, Italian, Khmer
Countries:
France
Runtime:
128 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (588 Reviews)
Director:
Bertrand TavernierGenres:
DramaDominique Sampiero
Bertrand Tavernier
Tiffany Tavernier
The trials and tribulations of a French couple's efforts to adopt an orphan baby in Cambodia.
Released Date:
2005-09-21
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Belgium
Runtime:
90 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (779 Reviews)
Director:
Anne FontaineGenres:
DramaDominique Barbèris (novel)
Julien Boivent
Anne Fontaine
In Lille, Claire Gauthier is an ordinary married woman with a young daughter that works in an insurance company analyzing losses of insured properties. When the single veterinary Laurent Kessler claims damage in his basement caused by a flooding due to water leakage, Claire resolves the situation favorably for him. The weird Laurent visits Claire in her office successively, inviting her for drinks and lunch, and they get close to each other. Meanwhile, a serial killer is terrorizing Lille, killing women with a scalpel. Claire feels a great attraction for Laurent, who has an unusual behavior in her apartment. When Claire sees a scalpel in the pocket of Laurent's jacket, she fears him, but still loves him.
Released Date:
2006-05-03
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
106 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.6 (982 Reviews)
Director:
Christian VincentGenres:
ComedyOlivier Dazat (scenario and dialogue)
Christian Vincent (scenario and dialogue)
Franssou, a charming Parisian English teacher, who shares part of her life with a boring middle-aged lover, dreams of another life. So, when she unexpectedly inherits 50,000 euros, she grasps the opportunity and goes to the French Riviera in order to take it easy in luxury. In the four-star hotel where she rents a room she comes across Stèphane, a strange guy who is in the process of arranging Elton John's next coming to the place. Intrigued by the noisy ostentatious fellow, she follows him until she finally comes into contact with him. She knows Stèphane is at bay and decides to take advantage of it.
Released Date:
2006-11-22
Languages:
French, English
Countries:
France, Italy
Runtime:
120 min
IMDB Ratings:
(3231 Reviews)
Director:
Alain ResnaisAlan Ayckbourn (play)
Jean-Michel Ribes
Seven lonely lives in Paris: a middle-aged estate agent who thinks a colleague is sending messages in video tapes she loans him; his co-worker whose Bible is close at hand in times of stress; her late-night charge, who's an angry, nasty bedridden old man; his son, a patient bartender; the bartender's best patron, an ex-soldier who's lost his moorings while his fiancèe looks for a large flat for them; and, the estate agent's much younger sister, who answers ads in the personal and waits in cafès with a red flower pinned on her jacket. Will any connect? Can open hearts trump fears?
Released Date:
2008-02-29
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
92 min
Rated:
G
IMDB Ratings:
(2575 Reviews)
Director:
Luc JacquetLuc Jacquet
Eric Rognard
It has been described as both a nature documentary and a "fairy tale" look at the story of young girl and her friendship with a fox.
Released Date:
2007-04-11
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
106 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (715 Reviews)
Director:
Michel SpinosaGenres:
DramaIn the grips of delirious illusion, Anna, a young, gentle and shy young woman convinces herself that Doctor Zanevsky is fervently in love with her. Nothing can shake her certainty... But after hope will come resentment, followed by hatred...
Released Date:
2008-02-29
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
92 min
Rated:
G
IMDB Ratings:
(2586 Reviews)
Director:
Luc JacquetLuc Jacquet
Eric Rognard
It has been described as both a nature documentary and a "fairy tale" look at the story of young girl and her friendship with a fox.
Released Date:
2008-10-01
Languages:
French, English
Countries:
France
Runtime:
104 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (868 Reviews)
Director:
Josiane BalaskoJosiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (adaptation)
Franck Lee Joseph (adaptation)
Marco leads a double life. As Marco, he is a construction worker but rich ladies craving sexual excitation know him as Patrick. As Marco he is married to Fanny, an ambitious young woman who has opened her own hairdressing salon in partnership with her friend Rosalie. Marco/Patrick is not a male prostitute at heart: in fact he does the job in order to support his wife's business. Which doesn't prevent Judith, an elegant tele-shopping presenter who buys his services, from falling in love with him. But when Fanny learns what Marco does and with whom, she first gets mad but soon starts interfering in their affair.
Released Date:
2010-09-10
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
88 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (1947 Reviews)
Director:
Franèois OzonGenres:
DramaMathieu Hippeau (screenplay)
Franèois Ozon (screenplay)
Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis' brother joins her in her refuge.
Released Date:
2011-11-25
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Belgium
Runtime:
80 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (7054 Reviews)
Director:
Jean-Pierre AmèrisJean-Pierre Amèris
Philippe Blasband
What happens when a man and a woman share a common passion? They fall in love. And this is what happens to Jean-Renè, the boss of a small chocolate factory, and Angèlique, a gifted chocolate maker he has just hired. What occurs when a highly emotional man meets a highly emotional woman? They fall in love, and this is what occurs to Jean-Renè and Angèlique who share the same handicap. But being pathologically timid does not make things easy for them. So whether they will manage to get together, join their solitudes and live happily ever after is a guessing matter.
Released Date:
2012-09-05
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
100 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (617 Reviews)
Director:
Pascal BonitzerAgnès de Sacy (scenario)
Pascal Bonitzer (scenario)
Released Date:
2014-11-12
Languages:
French, Sign Languages
Countries:
France
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (406 Reviews)
Director:
Jean-Pierre AmèrisGenres:
BiographyJean-Pierre Amèris (screenplay)
Philippe Blasband (screenplay)
Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.
Released Date:
2015-09-11
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
91 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (2173 Reviews)
Director:
Mèlanie LaurentGenres:
DramaAnne-Sophie Brasme (novel)
Julien Lambroschini (screenplay)
Mèlanie Laurent (screenplay)
It is tale of two teenage girls who develop an intense and dangerous friendship. Charlie is a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, disillusionment and solitude. When the beautiful and self-confident Sarah arrives and the two become inseparable, Charlie is thrilled to feel alive, fulfilled and invincible in their intense friendship. But as Sarah tires of Charlie and begins to look elsewhere for a new friend, their friendship takes an ominous turn.
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