Released Date:
1998-12-16
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Portugal
Runtime:
122 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (1545 Reviews)
Director:
Cèdric KahnCèdric Kahn (adaptation)
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (adaptation)
Alberto Moravia (based on the novel by)
A philosophy teacher restless with the need to do something with his life meets a young woman suspected of driving an artist to his death. He finds the very simple Cecilia irritating but develops a sexual rapport with her. Obsessed with the need to own and tormented by her inability to respond to him, he becomes increasingly violent in a quest he can't name - a quest that slowly begins to undermine his certainties.
Released Date:
2001-06-15
Languages:
French, Spanish
Countries:
France
Runtime:
117 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (8041 Reviews)
Director:
Dominik MollDominik Moll (scenario)
Gilles Marchand (scenario)
Francis Villain (poem)
On a hot day in a highway gas station men's room, a man Michel doesn't recognize says they went to school together. He's Harry. He suggests they have a drink, so he and his girlfriend follow Michel and his family to their summer place. Michel is amazed when Harry quotes from memory a poem Michel wrote in school. Harry thinks Michel is a great writer, and he's distressed that Michel hasn't written in years. Harry stays awhile (since his father's death, he's a man of leisure) and sets out to eliminate distractions that might keep Michel from writing. First he buys Michel a car (with air conditioning) and then suspicious things happen. Michel picks up a pen, Harry is gratified, but he's not finished being Michel's self-appointed patron.
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:
2011-09-16
Languages:
French, Flemish
Countries:
France
Runtime:
82 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (4726 Reviews)
Director:
Jean BeckerJean Becker (screenplay)
Jean-Loup Dabadie (screenplay)
Marie-Sabine Roger (book)
An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
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