The films of
Vincent Lindon
Notre histoire (1984)
Bertrand Blier 		  37°2 le matin (1986)
Jean-Jacques Beineix 		  L'Étudiante (1988)
Claude Pinoteau 		 
     
In a similar vein to Blier’s splendidly surreal Buffet froid, Notre histoire takes conventional themes, such as bourgeois hypocrisy and obsessive love...  [More...]   After the comparative failure of his second film, La Lune dans le caniveau (1983), French film director Jean-Jacques Beineix managed to redeem himself in the eyes of both critics and cinema-goers with his third film...  [More...]   After their successful collaboration on La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982) debutante actress Sophie Marceau and director Claude Pinoteau conspired to serve up yet another dollop of low calorie entertainment for dewy...  [More...]  
Quelques jours avec moi (1988)
Claude Sautet 		  Gaspard et Robinson (1990)
Tony Gatlif 		  La Baule-les-Pins (1990)
Diane Kurys 		 
     
Quelques jours avec moi is another engaging romantic drama from director Claude Sautet, this time featuring the dream pairing of Daniel Auteuil with Sandrine Bonnaire...  [More...]   This bittersweet comedy makes a poignant statement about the importance of friendship and family in an increasingly fragmented society. Beautifully filmed...  [More...]   La Baule-les-Pins is the third in a loose trilogy of semi-autobiographical films in which director Diane Kurys draws on her experiences of childhood and adolescence...  [More...]  
Netchaïev est de retour (1991)
Jacques Deray 		  La Crise (1992)
Coline Serreau 		  La Haine (1995)
Mathieu Kassovitz 		 
     
This convoluted political thriller sees Yves Montand (in his last film appearance but one) again playing the part of a tough law enforcer up against a dangerous opponent within a corrupt political establishment...  [More...]   Tirelessly funny yet very truthful in its portrayal of human relationships and some important social themes, La Crise is a worthy successor to Coline Serreau’s previous cinematic successes...  [More...]   The 1990s was a good decade for French cinema, with some great internationally acclaimed successes and booming box office receipts in France. But there is one film that stands out above all others for its impact...  [More...]  
Fred (1997)
Pierre Jolivet 		  Le Septième ciel (1997)
Benoît Jacquot 		  L'École de la chair (1998)
Benoît Jacquot 		 
     
Several filmmakers have attempted to combine social realist drama and the traditional film noir thriller but few have been as successful as French director Pierre Jolivet...  [More...]   Le Septième ciel is characteristic of Benoît Jacquot’s individual style of cinema, a compelling portrait of troubled yet seemingly ordinary individuals who find themselves driven to the edge by events...  [More...]   L’École de la chair is an unsentimental, refreshingly honest portrayal of two people’s quest for emotional and sexual fulfilment...  [More...]  
Paparazzi (1998)
Alain Berbérian 		  Belle maman (1999)
Gabriel Aghion 		  Ma petite entreprise (1999)
Pierre Jolivet 		 
     
After his first film, a totally off-the-wall comedy entitled Cité de la peur (1994), director Alain Berberian was approached by producer Alain Sarde with the idea of making a film about the paparazzi...  [More...]   Although less original and daring than Gabriel Aghion’s previous film, Pédale douce (1996), Belle maman is a respectable comedy-romance which benefits from an exceptional star-studded cast...  [More...]   There are not many film makers who can use a tough social drama as the basis for a fast-moving light-hearted comedy, but Pierre Jolivet manages just that with Ma petite entreprise...  [More...]  

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