Released Date:
1979-05-09
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
120 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (509 Reviews)
Director:
Andrè TèchinèPascal Bonitzer (scenario and dialogue)
Andrè Tèchinè (scenario and dialogue)
Jean Gruault (participation)
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Released Date:
1983-03-23
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
94 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (4098 Reviews)
Director:
Eric RohmerFifteen year old Pauline and her older cousin, model-shaped Marion, go to the emptying Atlantic coast for an autumn holiday. Marion ignores the approaches of a surfer and falls for Henri, a hedonist who is only interested in a sexual adventure and drops her soon. Pauline's little romance with a young man (Sylvain) is also spoiled by Henri.
Released Date:
1998-11-01
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
105 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (753 Reviews)
Director:
Eric RohmerGenres:
ComedyIn 1992, the socialist mayor of a little French town with the help of his contacts in Paris get the money to build a multimedia house. But the socialist party lose his majority in the election. But... But... Well everything would have been all right without those seven coincidences.
Released Date:
1998-05-15
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
122 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (1593 Reviews)
Director:
Patrice ChèreauDanièle Thompson (scenario)
Patrice Chèreau (scenario)
Pierre Trividic (scenario)
Danièle Thompson (original idea)
Friends of a recently deceased minor painter Jean-Baptiste take a train in Paris for Limoges, where he wished to be buried, and all the people on the train have their problems.
Released Date:
1983-03-23
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
94 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (4096 Reviews)
Director:
Eric RohmerFifteen year old Pauline and her older cousin, model-shaped Marion, go to the emptying Atlantic coast for an autumn holiday. Marion ignores the approaches of a surfer and falls for Henri, a hedonist who is only interested in a sexual adventure and drops her soon. Pauline's little romance with a young man (Sylvain) is also spoiled by Henri.
Released Date:
2002-09-04
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
93 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.1 (614 Reviews)
Director:
Olivier DahanGenres:
DramaOlivier Dahan
Agnès Fustier-Dahan
Sylvie is a hooker whose illegitimate daughter commits a crime. She and her daughter flee to find Sylvie's first love in the countryside. The daughter is trying to get to know her unwilling mother. Along the way, the two meet a male fugitive and bond with each other.
Released Date:
2003-09-03
Languages:
French, Arabic
Countries:
France, Morocco
Runtime:
112 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (345 Reviews)
Director:
Jacques DoillonGenres:
DramaA cross-cultural drama about a wealthy middle-aged Frenchman's yearning for a nineteen year local girl. Raja is an orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally bankrupt westerner living amid his plush garden. Fred's attempt to seduce Raja, and their mutual attempt at manipulation, are fractured by their gross disparity of income, age and cultural sophistication.
Released Date:
2004-10-13
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Italy, Spain, UK
Runtime:
125 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.4 (5414 Reviews)
Director:
Jean-Paul SalomèJean-Paul Salomè (scenario)
Laurent Vachaud (scenario)
Maurice Leblanc (novel)
Nicolas Saada (script collaborator)
As the daring thief Arsène Lupin (Duris) ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.
Released Date:
2005-09-09
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Italy, Germany
Runtime:
90 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (1482 Reviews)
Director:
Patrice ChèreauPatrice Chèreau
Anne-Louise Trividic
Joseph Conrad (novel)
Paris shortly before World War I. Wealthy and self-satisfied, Jean Hervey is returning home from work, describing life with his wife of 10 years, Gabrielle; he values her as impassive and stolid. However, that day she's gone, leaving a letter that she's joining a man she loves. Jean is devastated, but within minutes she's returned, telling him that her resolve has failed. Over the next two days, he questions, demands, begs, and parries with her: why did she leave, why did she return, does she love him, did she ever love him, who is her lover, is she passionate with her lover? She's calm as alabaster, reserved. Is she in danger? When she makes an offer, how will he respond?
Released Date:
2007-07-20
Languages:
French, English
Countries:
France, UK, Czech Republic
Runtime:
140 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (59358 Reviews)
Director:
Olivier DahanIsabelle Sobelman
Olivier Dahan
An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, èdith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's soon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association.
Released Date:
2007-07-20
Languages:
French, English
Countries:
France, UK, Czech Republic
Runtime:
140 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (59103 Reviews)
Director:
Olivier DahanIsabelle Sobelman
Olivier Dahan
An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, èdith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's soon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association.
Released Date:
2006-08-09
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
85 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (5874 Reviews)
Director:
Denis DercourtDenis Dercourt (scenario and dialogue)
Jacques Sotty (collaboration)
The girl Mèlanie Prouvost is the beloved daughter of the butchers Mrs. Prouvost and Mr. Prouvost. She is an aspirant pianist and her parents make her application to the Conservatory. During the entrance exam, she begins with a great performance but she is distracted by one member of the admittance board, Ariane, and she fails. Years later, Mèlanie is a teenager that has just finished high-school and she is accepted as intern of the law firm owned by the prominent lawyer Mr. Fouchècourt. Mèlanie overhears that he needs someone to take care of his son Tristan and she offers to the position. She needs to travel to another town and when she arrives at the manor, she is welcomed by Ariane, who is the wife of Mr. Fouchècourt. She does not recognize Mèlanie and soon she becomes Ariane's page turner, in the beginning of her carefully planned revenge against the woman that destroyed her dreams.
Released Date:
2008-07-11
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (423 Reviews)
Director:
Serge BozonSerge Bozon
Axelle Ropert
In France in the darkest days of the Great War Camille receives an alarming letter from her soldier boyfriend. Disguising herself as a man she sets off to try and find him. As she lives near the Western Fromt she hooks up with a passing group of French soldiers without too much trouble. But there's something a bit odd about these stragglers, and it's not just their habit of bursting into song at every opportunity.
Released Date:
2009-01-07
Languages:
French
Countries:
Portugal, Germany, France
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (217 Reviews)
Director:
Werner SchroeterGenres:
DramaJuan Carlos Onetti (novel)
Werner Schroeter (screenplay)
Gilles Taurand (screenplay)
A group of people try to flee from a dictatorship government.
Released Date:
2010-05-20
Languages:
French
Countries:
Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany
Runtime:
98 min
IMDB Ratings:
(996 Reviews)
Director:
Sam GarbarskiJirè Taniguchi (manga "Harukanaru machi e")
Philippe Blasband (screenplay)
Sam Garbarski (screenplay)
Jèrème Tonnerre (screenplay)
The film, adapted from the Eisner award nominated manga by Jiro Taniguchi, follows Thomas, a cynical and tired French comic artist who, while visiting his old family home, loses consciousness - only to awaken 40 years in the past in the body of his younger self. While here he faces the choice of changing events at the cost of his own future - and to unravel a lifelong mystery, the reason for his fathers mysterious disappearance that he knows will happen a few months after Thomas's arrival.
Released Date:
2010-05-12
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
90 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.1 (152 Reviews)
Director:
Olivier CoussemacqFifteen-year-old Cèline knows more about life than is appropriate for her age. She wanders the streets, surviving, with the help of her boyfriend Romain, thanks to her defiance and ruthless practicality. She secretly sleeps in the garden house of a luxury villa, where one evening she is discovered by the owner, Judge Henri van Eyck. Despite his wife Nathalie's reticence, he takes the girl in and Cèline gradually gains their goodwill and affection. The fragile balance of their mutual trust, however, comes in serious jeopardy when the web of lies the girl has told her protectors begins to unravel, revealing her real motives.
Released Date:
2013-03-29
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
96 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (160 Reviews)
Director:
Ilan Duran CohenGenres:
BiographyChantal Derudder
Ilan Duran Cohen
The Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger; the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants; who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age; and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church; Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope Jean Paul II - and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew; earning him both friends and enemies from either group. When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz; Lustiger finds himself a mediator between the two communities - and may be forced at last to choose his side.
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