Released Date:
1986-11-07
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
120 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (12334 Reviews)
Director:
Jean-Jacques BeineixPhilippe Djian (novel)
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Zorg is a handyman working at in France, maintaining and looking after the bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. One day Betty walks into his life, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. After a dispute with Zorg's boss they leave and Betty manages to get a job at a restaurant. She persuades Zorg to try and get one of his books published but it is rejected which makes Betty fly into a rage. Suddenly Betty's wild manners start to get out of control. Zorg sees the woman he loves slowly going insane. Can his love prevail even if it comes to the worst?
Released Date:
1987-09-30
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
122 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (140 Reviews)
Director:
Jacques DerayDanièle Thompson
Andrzej Zulawski (story)
Mad love. Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. First, she is with Raoul, the older one; then passion for Clèment, the younger doctor, takes over. Raoul fights back, playing on Clèment's guilt and Juliette's lack of self-assurance; then, Clèment makes his case to Juliette, abandons his fiancèe, and takes her to the provinces where he sets up practice and asks her to have a baby. She panics and abruptly leaves Clèment, taking up with Raoul again. When she contracts Hodgkin's disease and the treatment does no good, Raoul believes she has the malady of love. Is there a cure?
Released Date:
1989-08-16
Languages:
English, French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
(365 Reviews)
Director:
Alain CorneauGenres:
DramaAntonio Tabucchi (based on the novel by)
Alain Corneau (adaptation)
Louis Gardel (adaptation)
Released Date:
1994-12-09
Languages:
French, Italian
Countries:
France, Italy, Germany
Runtime:
159 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (12786 Reviews)
Director:
Patrice ChèreauAlexandre Dumas père (novel)
Danièle Thompson (scenario & adaptation)
Patrice Chèreau (scenario & adaptation)
Danièle Thompson (dialogue)
The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the Hugenot King Henri of Navarre. Catherine of Medici maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest.
Released Date:
1996-06-21
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Italy, Germany
Runtime:
106 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (3188 Reviews)
Director:
Claude SautetGenres:
DramaJacques Fieschi
Claude Sautet
Yves Ulmann
When Nelly, a woman being just divorced, meets by chance M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired, begins a strange and special relationship between the two personalities.
Released Date:
2009-04-08
Languages:
French, Italian
Countries:
France, Switzerland
Runtime:
94 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (768 Reviews)
Director:
Benoèt JacquotGenres:
DramaBenoèt Jacquot (scenario)
Julien Boivent (collaboration)
Pascal Quignard (novel)
Villa Amalia is the story of Ann, a musician, whose life is turned upside down by a kiss. When she sees Thomas kissing another woman, Ann makes a clean break, leaving him and everything else far behind her. Suddenly unsure of everything that seemed so certain, Ann knows only that she must change her life and become someone else to find herself. With her music and the friendship of Georges, who pops out of her distant past, she sets off on a journey that will take her to an island where the Villa Amalia stands.
Released Date:
2013-06-05
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (578 Reviews)
Director:
Germinal AlvarezGerminal Alvarez
Vanessa Lepinard (participation)
Nathalie Saugeon
Inspector Richard Kemp never got around to putting the handcuffs around the Eardrum Slasher, a dangerous serial killer whose rampage began 20 years before. When Hèlène, a psychologist, witnesses the Slasher's latest crime and offers to testify, Kemp falls in love with her at first sight. In a mysterious turn of event, Kemp is suddenly transported back in time to the site of the Eardrum Slasher's first murder, he realizes that this could provide a second chance to catch the killer. As he tries to help his younger self and meets the much younger Hèlène, Kemp triggers a series of events with unforeseen consequences.
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