French cinema: 2000s
La Demoiselle d'honneur (2004)
Claude Chabrol
Since the death of his father, Philippe Tardieu has been the breadwinner and guardian angel for his mother Christine and sisters Patricia and Sophie...
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Claude Chabrol
Depuis qu'Otar est parti (2003)
Julie Bertuccelli
Whilst her brother Otar is illegally employed as a construction worker in Paris, Marina remains in her hometown of Tblisi, Georgia...
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Julie Bertuccelli
Le Dernier des fous (2007)
Laurent Achard
Growing up on his parents' farm in rural France, 10-year-old Martin becomes increasingly unsettled as he witnesses the slow disintegration of his family...
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Laurent Achard
Le Dernier pour la route (2009)
Philippe Godeau
Hervé, the head of a press agency, finds that his life and his career are being ruined by his alcohol addiction. Realising that he risks losing everything that he holds dear, he takes the decision to give up drinking and begins a course of detoxification at a specialist centre in Geneva...
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Philippe Godeau
Les Destinées sentimentales (2000)
Olivier Assayas
Jean Barnery is the pastor of a small village in Charente, Shortly after separating from his wife Nathalie, he meets Pauline, the daughter of one of his parishioners who runs a cognac distillery...
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Olivier Assayas
Les Diables (2002)
Christophe Ruggia
Since they were found abandoned in the street as small children, Joseph and Chloé have spent most of their lives in care homes or with foster parents... [More...]
Christophe Ruggia
Since they were found abandoned in the street as small children, Joseph and Chloé have spent most of their lives in care homes or with foster parents... [More...]
Dialogue avec mon jardinier (2007)
Jean Becker
After the break-up of his marriage, a fifty-something painter decides to swap his hectic life in Paris for the peace and quiet of the countryside... [More...]
Jean Becker
After the break-up of his marriage, a fifty-something painter decides to swap his hectic life in Paris for the peace and quiet of the countryside... [More...]
Douches froides (2005)
Antony Cordier
Mikael is an ordinary 17-year old lad from a typical French working class family. With his father unemployed, his mother has become the family breadwinner, but she earns barely enough to make ends meet... [More...]
Antony Cordier
Mikael is an ordinary 17-year old lad from a typical French working class family. With his father unemployed, his mother has become the family breadwinner, but she earns barely enough to make ends meet... [More...]
Drôle de Félix (2000)
Olivier Ducastel
Félix is a HIV-positive gay man of mixed race who lives in the northern French town of Dieppe with his partner, Daniel... [More...]
Olivier Ducastel
Félix is a HIV-positive gay man of mixed race who lives in the northern French town of Dieppe with his partner, Daniel... [More...]
Les Égarés (2003)
André Téchiné
In June 1940, the German armies are poised to take France when a widowed schoolteacher, Odile, bundles her two infants, Philippe and Cathy, into her car and flees the capital... [More...]
André Téchiné
In June 1940, the German armies are poised to take France when a widowed schoolteacher, Odile, bundles her two infants, Philippe and Cathy, into her car and flees the capital... [More...]
Eldorado (2008)
Bouli Lanners
Yvan is a forty-something loner who buys and sells vintage cars. When a younger man, Elie, breaks into his house, Yvan has a good excuse to fly off the handle... [More...]
Bouli Lanners
Yvan is a forty-something loner who buys and sells vintage cars. When a younger man, Elie, breaks into his house, Yvan has a good excuse to fly off the handle... [More...]
Élève libre (2008)
Joachim Lafosse
Having failed his high school exams, 16-year-old Jonas pins his hopes on a career as a professional tennis player. Once again, his hopes are dashed but a friend of the people he is living with, 30-something Pierre, takes pity on him and offers to give him private tuition... [More...]
Joachim Lafosse
Having failed his high school exams, 16-year-old Jonas pins his hopes on a career as a professional tennis player. Once again, his hopes are dashed but a friend of the people he is living with, 30-something Pierre, takes pity on him and offers to give him private tuition... [More...]
Éloge de l'amour (2001)
Jean-Luc Godard
A filmmaker Edgar is preparing to make a film about the four stages of love (meeting, passion, separation and reconciliation)... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
A filmmaker Edgar is preparing to make a film about the four stages of love (meeting, passion, separation and reconciliation)... [More...]
Embrassez qui vous voudrez (2002)
Michel Blanc
After a stressful year, Elizabeth Lannier is looking forward to her holiday in Le Touquet. When she learns that her best friend Véro will be staying in the same town, she suggests they spend their holiday together... [More...]
Michel Blanc
After a stressful year, Elizabeth Lannier is looking forward to her holiday in Le Touquet. When she learns that her best friend Véro will be staying in the same town, she suggests they spend their holiday together... [More...]
L'Emploi du temps (2001)
Laurent Cantet
When he is fired from his job as a high-powered consultant, Vincent hides the fact from his friends and family by pretending to have found a new job at the United Nations... [More...]
Laurent Cantet
When he is fired from his job as a high-powered consultant, Vincent hides the fact from his friends and family by pretending to have found a new job at the United Nations... [More...]
L'Empreinte (2008)
Safy Nebbou
After her husband left her, Elsa Valentin now leads a settled life in a pleasant suburb of Paris with her infant son, Thomas... [More...]
Safy Nebbou
After her husband left her, Elsa Valentin now leads a settled life in a pleasant suburb of Paris with her infant son, Thomas... [More...]
L'Enfant (2005)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Bruno, 20, and his girlfriend Sonia, 18, are both unemployed, but they manage to get by with welfare payments and a small income from Bruno's petty crimes... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Bruno, 20, and his girlfriend Sonia, 18, are both unemployed, but they manage to get by with welfare payments and a small income from Bruno's petty crimes... [More...]
L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (2009)
Serge Bromberg
It has been referred to as Henri-Georges Clouzot's lost masterpiece. L'Enfer, the film the director was unable to complete in 1964, has long fascinated devotees of French cinema, but to this day few have seen the remarkable footage that Clouzot shot for this mythical work... [More...]
Serge Bromberg
It has been referred to as Henri-Georges Clouzot's lost masterpiece. L'Enfer, the film the director was unable to complete in 1964, has long fascinated devotees of French cinema, but to this day few have seen the remarkable footage that Clouzot shot for this mythical work... [More...]
L'Ennemi intime (2007)
Florent-Emilio Siri
Algeria, 1959. Terrien, a young lieutenant in the French army, takes command of a battalion stationed in the Kabyle mountains... [More...]
Florent-Emilio Siri
Algeria, 1959. Terrien, a young lieutenant in the French army, takes command of a battalion stationed in the Kabyle mountains... [More...]
Entre adultes (2007)
Stéphane Brizé
This is the story of six men and six women, twelve unfortunates who are linked by a chain of disillusioned love. Camille thinks she is in love with Christian, but whilst their stolen moments together enrich her life, he is unable to leave the woman he no longer loves, Caroline... [More...]
Stéphane Brizé
This is the story of six men and six women, twelve unfortunates who are linked by a chain of disillusioned love. Camille thinks she is in love with Christian, but whilst their stolen moments together enrich her life, he is unable to leave the woman he no longer loves, Caroline... [More...]
Entre les murs (2008)
Laurent Cantet
François is a young teacher in a typical French inner city school. His job is not easy, particularly as his students come from difficult backgrounds and find little relevance in what they are taught... [More...]
Laurent Cantet
François is a young teacher in a typical French inner city school. His job is not easy, particularly as his students come from difficult backgrounds and find little relevance in what they are taught... [More...]
Entre ses mains (2005)
Anne Fontaine
Claire Gauthier is 30, married with a young daughter and works for an insurance firm in the town of Lille. A good wife, mother and employee, she would appear to be the model of the modern woman... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
Claire Gauthier is 30, married with a young daughter and works for an insurance firm in the town of Lille. A good wife, mother and employee, she would appear to be the model of the modern woman... [More...]
Espion(s) (2009)
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
L'Esquive (2003)
Abdellatif Kechiche
On a rundown housing estate on the outskirts of Paris, Krimo, a teenage boy of North African descent, lives with his mother in a cramped apartment... [More...]
Abdellatif Kechiche
On a rundown housing estate on the outskirts of Paris, Krimo, a teenage boy of North African descent, lives with his mother in a cramped apartment... [More...]
Et toi t'es sur qui? (2007)
Lola Doillon
One summer, 15-year-old Elodie and her best friend Julie make up their minds to sleep with a boy for the first time. Julie, a Goth nicknamed Batman by her classmates, has no qualms over who she goes to bed with, but the more sensitive Elodie hankers after the school beau Kevin, who has absolutely no interest in her... [More...]
Lola Doillon
One summer, 15-year-old Elodie and her best friend Julie make up their minds to sleep with a boy for the first time. Julie, a Goth nicknamed Batman by her classmates, has no qualms over who she goes to bed with, but the more sensitive Elodie hankers after the school beau Kevin, who has absolutely no interest in her... [More...]
Être et avoir (2002)
Nicolas Philibert
In the Auvergne region of France, Monsieur Lopez is the sole teacher in a small primary school which caters for 12 pupils aged between four and ten... [More...]
Nicolas Philibert
In the Auvergne region of France, Monsieur Lopez is the sole teacher in a small primary school which caters for 12 pupils aged between four and ten... [More...]
La Fabrique des sentiments (2008)
Jean-Marc Moutout
To all appearances, Eloïse, 37, has made a success of her life. Her job as a property lawyer in Paris gives her a decent income, independence and a chic apartment... [More...]
Jean-Marc Moutout
To all appearances, Eloïse, 37, has made a success of her life. Her job as a property lawyer in Paris gives her a decent income, independence and a chic apartment... [More...]
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The victim of an unhappy and lonely childhood, Amélie Poulain attains adulthood with a strong sense of justice and a willingness to help others, a strange set of qualifications for a modest waitress in a Montmarte café... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The victim of an unhappy and lonely childhood, Amélie Poulain attains adulthood with a strong sense of justice and a willingness to help others, a strange set of qualifications for a modest waitress in a Montmarte café... [More...]
Fais-moi plaisir! (2009)
Emmanuel Mouret
Convinced that her partner, Jean-Jacques, is showing an interest in another woman, Ariane coerces him into having an affair with her, believing that this is the best way to save their relationship... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
Convinced that her partner, Jean-Jacques, is showing an interest in another woman, Ariane coerces him into having an affair with her, believing that this is the best way to save their relationship... [More...]
La Famille Wolberg (2009)
Axelle Ropert
Simon Wolberg is the mayor of a small provincial town in France. A devoted husband and loving father, his two main obsessions in life are listening to American soul music and interfering in the lives of others... [More...]
Axelle Ropert
Simon Wolberg is the mayor of a small provincial town in France. A devoted husband and loving father, his two main obsessions in life are listening to American soul music and interfering in the lives of others... [More...]