French cinema: 1990s
L'Oeil de Vichy (1993)
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol assembles a montage of newsreel clips from the time of the Nazi Occupation to show France not how he saw it, but how the Vichy government wanted it to be seen...
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Claude Chabrol
Olivier, Olivier (1992)
Agnieszka Holland
The Duvals are a typical French family, leading an apparently peaceful existence in the heart of rural France. But appearances can be deceptive...
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Agnieszka Holland
On connaît la chanson (1997)
Alain Resnais
In Paris, Camille divides her time between studying for a degree in history and working as a tourist guide. Her sister Odile is obsessed with changing her apartment, but gets no encouragement from her mediocre husband Claude, with whom she is becoming increasingly frustrated...
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Alain Resnais
Le Parfum d'Yvonne (1994)
Patrice Leconte
A bewildered young man looks back into the embers of his past, trying to find some sense in what he has experienced. In 1958, he sought refuge in Switzerland to avoid the Algerian war, posing as a Russian count, Victor Chmara...
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Patrice Leconte
Paris s'éveille (1991)
Olivier Assayas
19-year old Adrien leaves his mother in Toulouse after becoming mixed up in a theft. He heads for Paris where he hopes his estranged father, Clément, will offer him a helping hand...
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Olivier Assayas
Les Passagers (1999)
Jean-Claude Guiguet
Men and women, like lost souls, drift across Paris, their journeys made easier and emptier by the new tramway system that carries them along with their solemn thoughts and sad remembrances... [More...]
Jean-Claude Guiguet
Men and women, like lost souls, drift across Paris, their journeys made easier and emptier by the new tramway system that carries them along with their solemn thoughts and sad remembrances... [More...]
Les Patriotes (1994)
Eric Rochant
Immediately after turning 18, Ariel Brenner, a Parisian Jew, leaves his comfortable middleclass home and family in France and sets out for Israel, to live in a kibbutz... [More...]
Eric Rochant
Immediately after turning 18, Ariel Brenner, a Parisian Jew, leaves his comfortable middleclass home and family in France and sets out for Israel, to live in a kibbutz... [More...]
Le Péril jeune (1994)
Cédric Klapisch
Former classmates Bruno, Alain, Momo and Léon find themselves reunited in a hospital several years after leaving school... [More...]
Cédric Klapisch
Former classmates Bruno, Alain, Momo and Léon find themselves reunited in a hospital several years after leaving school... [More...]
Le Petit prince a dit (1992)
Christine Pascal
After the separation of her parents, Adam and Mélanie, 10-year old Violette is cared for by her grandmother, only seeing her busy parents when they have the time... [More...]
Christine Pascal
After the separation of her parents, Adam and Mélanie, 10-year old Violette is cared for by her grandmother, only seeing her busy parents when they have the time... [More...]
Le Plus bel âge... (1995)
Didier Haudepin
A few weeks into a preparatory course for entry to the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, Delphine witnesses the suicide of a fellow student, Claude... [More...]
Didier Haudepin
A few weeks into a preparatory course for entry to the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, Delphine witnesses the suicide of a fellow student, Claude... [More...]
Plus qu'hier moins que demain (1998)
Laurent Achard
16 year old Françoise lives with her parents and her younger brother Julian in a rural French community. Françoise is in love with Bernard, the son of the owner of a successful canning factory... [More...]
Laurent Achard
16 year old Françoise lives with her parents and her younger brother Julian in a rural French community. Françoise is in love with Bernard, the son of the owner of a successful canning factory... [More...]
Pola X (1999)
Leos Carax
Pierre is a successful young writer who enjoys a privileged, carefree existence with his mother Marie at their grand Normandy château... [More...]
Leos Carax
Pierre is a successful young writer who enjoys a privileged, carefree existence with his mother Marie at their grand Normandy château... [More...]
Ponette (1996)
Jacques Doillon
Leaving hospital with minor injuries after a car accident which nearly cost her her life, four-year-old Ponette finds she has to come to terms with the death of the mother to whom she was utterly devoted... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Leaving hospital with minor injuries after a car accident which nearly cost her her life, four-year-old Ponette finds she has to come to terms with the death of the mother to whom she was utterly devoted... [More...]
Quand j'avais 5 ans je m'ai tué (1994)
Jean-Claude Sussfeld
In the 1960s, Gil is eight years old, a boy who is forever locked in his own dreamworld. A hyper-sensitive, hyper-imaginative child, he is already in love, with a little girl called Jessica... [More...]
Jean-Claude Sussfeld
In the 1960s, Gil is eight years old, a boy who is forever locked in his own dreamworld. A hyper-sensitive, hyper-imaginative child, he is already in love, with a little girl called Jessica... [More...]
Regarde la mer (1997)
François Ozon
One summer, Sasha, a young English woman, settles into a remote holiday cottage near the coast. With her husband away on business, her only companion is her baby daughter... [More...]
François Ozon
One summer, Sasha, a young English woman, settles into a remote holiday cottage near the coast. With her husband away on business, her only companion is her baby daughter... [More...]
Regarde les hommes tomber (1994)
Jacques Audiard
Simon Hirsch is a fifty-something travelling salesman who is beginning to lose his enthusiasm for living. Bored with his job, no longer interested in women, he teeters on the brink of depression... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
Simon Hirsch is a fifty-something travelling salesman who is beginning to lose his enthusiasm for living. Bored with his job, no longer interested in women, he teeters on the brink of depression... [More...]
La Reine Margot (1994)
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Ressources humaines (1999)
Laurent Cantet
With a diploma in business studies under his belt, 22-year old Franck returns to his home village, looking forward to a successful business career... [More...]
Laurent Cantet
With a diploma in business studies under his belt, 22-year old Franck returns to his home village, looking forward to a successful business career... [More...]
Ridicule (1996)
Patrice Leconte
France, 1780. Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy is a country aristocrat and engineer who has committed himself to a drainage project that will vastly improve the lives of the poor people of his region... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
France, 1780. Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy is a country aristocrat and engineer who has committed himself to a drainage project that will vastly improve the lives of the poor people of his region... [More...]
Rien à faire (1999)
Marion Vernoux
An unemployed working class woman, Marie, has difficulty filling her empty days until one day she meets Pierre at a supermarket checkout... [More...]
Marion Vernoux
An unemployed working class woman, Marie, has difficulty filling her empty days until one day she meets Pierre at a supermarket checkout... [More...]
Rien sur Robert (1999)
Pascal Bonitzer
A middle-aged film critic's life is turned upside down when his younger wife leaves him to start an affair with a TV director... [More...]
Pascal Bonitzer
A middle-aged film critic's life is turned upside down when his younger wife leaves him to start an affair with a TV director... [More...]
Les Roseaux sauvages (1994)
André Téchiné
France, 1962. Whilst the Algerian war is at its height, four young people staying at a borading school in Provence experience their political and sexual awakenings... [More...]
André Téchiné
France, 1962. Whilst the Algerian war is at its height, four young people staying at a borading school in Provence experience their political and sexual awakenings... [More...]
Rosetta (1999)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Rosetta is an adolescent girl for whom every day is a struggle against an unsympathetic world. Living on a squalid campsite with her drunken mother, she has no friends and has to sell second hand clothes to make ends meet... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Rosetta is an adolescent girl for whom every day is a struggle against an unsympathetic world. Living on a squalid campsite with her drunken mother, she has no friends and has to sell second hand clothes to make ends meet... [More...]
Secret défense (1998)
Jacques Rivette
Sylvie, a young biologist, receives an impromptu visit from her brother who claims to have proof that their father was murdered by Walser, his right-hand man... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Sylvie, a young biologist, receives an impromptu visit from her brother who claims to have proof that their father was murdered by Walser, his right-hand man... [More...]
La Sentinelle (1992)
Arnaud Desplechin
Mathias, the son of diplomat in Berlin, is about to begin his training as a pathologist in Paris. Whilst crossing the Franco-German border on a train, he is singled out and harassed by customs officials... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Mathias, the son of diplomat in Berlin, is about to begin his training as a pathologist in Paris. Whilst crossing the Franco-German border on a train, he is singled out and harassed by customs officials... [More...]
La Séparation (1994)
Christian Vincent
Pierre and Anne are a young couple in their thirties who have been together for several years. They have enjoyed a harmonious and loving relationship for some time, living together in their cosy apartment with their two-year-old son Loulou... [More...]
Christian Vincent
Pierre and Anne are a young couple in their thirties who have been together for several years. They have enjoyed a harmonious and loving relationship for some time, living together in their cosy apartment with their two-year-old son Loulou... [More...]
Le Septième ciel (1997)
Benoît Jacquot
On the surface, Mathilde is a happily married young woman, working in her mother's law office whilst her husband pursues a successful career as a surgeon... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
On the surface, Mathilde is a happily married young woman, working in her mother's law office whilst her husband pursues a successful career as a surgeon... [More...]
Smoking / No Smoking (1993)
Alain Resnais
In a village in Yorkshire, Celia Teasdale, the wife of a school headmaster, is busy with her spring cleaning. Venturing out into her garden, she considers whether she should light a cigarette or not... [More...]
Alain Resnais
In a village in Yorkshire, Celia Teasdale, the wife of a school headmaster, is busy with her spring cleaning. Venturing out into her garden, she considers whether she should light a cigarette or not... [More...]
Tatie Danielle (1990)
Étienne Chatiliez
At first glance, Danielle Billard appears such a respectable nice old lady, but those who know her well live in fear, for she is the most mischievous of souls... [More...]
Étienne Chatiliez
At first glance, Danielle Billard appears such a respectable nice old lady, but those who know her well live in fear, for she is the most mischievous of souls... [More...]
Le Temps retrouvé (1999)
Raoul Ruiz
As he lies on his death bed, attended by his maid, the writer Marcel Proust recounts his life in a series of fragmented, inter-locking recollections... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
As he lies on his death bed, attended by his maid, the writer Marcel Proust recounts his life in a series of fragmented, inter-locking recollections... [More...]