French cinema: 2000s
Rumba (2008)
Dominique Abel
Teachers at a school in the country, Fiona and Dom are a couple who share an intense passion for Latin dancing. Their house is filled with trophies from the dancing tournaments they have won over the years...
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Dominique Abel
Saint-Jacques... La Mecque (2005)
Coline Serreau
Middle-aged schoolteacher Clara and her two brothers, chief executive Pierre and alcoholic layabout Claude, absolutely hate one another...
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Coline Serreau
Samia (2000)
Philippe Faucon
Samia is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her family of Algerian Muslims on the grubby outskirts of northern Marseille. She is the sixth of eight children and is pressurised by her parents to adhere rigidly to their traditions and not be seduced by the sordid distractions of their adopted country...
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Philippe Faucon
Sans rancune (2009)
Yves Hanchar
Whilst attending a Belgian boarding school in the 1950s, 17-year-old Laurent Matagne suspects that his French teacher, Vapeur, might be his father, who is thought to have died in an air raid in 1940...
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Yves Hanchar
Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)
Julian Schnabel
Chief editor of the fashion magazine Elle and father of two children, Jean-Dominique Bauby is a man to whom life could not have been kinder...
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Julian Schnabel
La Science des rêves (2006)
Michel Gondry
After the death of his father, Stéphane Miroux leaves his home in Mexico and returns to Paris to live with his mother, whom he has not seen since he was a child... [More...]
Michel Gondry
After the death of his father, Stéphane Miroux leaves his home in Mexico and returns to Paris to live with his mother, whom he has not seen since he was a child... [More...]
Se souvenir des belles choses (2001)
Zabou Breitman
When Claire Poussin, a seemingly healthy thirty-year-old, begins having difficulty speaking and remembering things her older sister Nathalie becomes concerned... [More...]
Zabou Breitman
When Claire Poussin, a seemingly healthy thirty-year-old, begins having difficulty speaking and remembering things her older sister Nathalie becomes concerned... [More...]
Selon Matthieu (2000)
Xavier Beauvois
Matthieu and Éric are brothers who work at the same factory in Le Havre as their 53-year-old father. It on the night of Éric's wedding that Matthieu learns that his father has just been sacked on the most trivial of grounds - for smoking a cigarette inside the factory... [More...]
Xavier Beauvois
Matthieu and Éric are brothers who work at the same factory in Le Havre as their 53-year-old father. It on the night of Éric's wedding that Matthieu learns that his father has just been sacked on the most trivial of grounds - for smoking a cigarette inside the factory... [More...]
Séraphine (2008)
Martin Provost
On the eve of the First World War, the German art dealer Wilhelm Uhde rents an apartment in a small French town where he hopes to write and take stock of his life... [More...]
Martin Provost
On the eve of the First World War, the German art dealer Wilhelm Uhde rents an apartment in a small French town where he hopes to write and take stock of his life... [More...]
Le Silence de Lorna (2008)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Lorna is a young Albanian woman whose dream is to settle in Belgium with her boyfriend Sokol and open a snack bar. Through a gangster Fabio, she gains Belgian citizenship by marrying a Belgian drug addict, Claudy... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Lorna is a young Albanian woman whose dream is to settle in Belgium with her boyfriend Sokol and open a snack bar. Through a gangster Fabio, she gains Belgian citizenship by marrying a Belgian drug addict, Claudy... [More...]
Son frère (2003)
Patrice Chéreau
After many years apart, 30-something Thomas returns to his brother Luc with the news that he is suffering from a potentially fatal blood disease... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
After many years apart, 30-something Thomas returns to his brother Luc with the news that he is suffering from a potentially fatal blood disease... [More...]
Sous le sable (2000)
François Ozon
Marie Drillon, a woman in her early fifties, lectures in English literature at Paris university and has been happily married for twenty-five years... [More...]
François Ozon
Marie Drillon, a woman in her early fifties, lectures in English literature at Paris university and has been happily married for twenty-five years... [More...]
Stand-by (2000)
Roch Stéphanik
Having been together for eight years, Gérard and Hélène appear settled in their relationship. Now they are preparing to embark on a new life in Argentina... [More...]
Roch Stéphanik
Having been together for eight years, Gérard and Hélène appear settled in their relationship. Now they are preparing to embark on a new life in Argentina... [More...]
Stupeur et tremblements (2003)
Alain Corneau
Having completed her studies, a twenty-year old Belgian girl, Amélie, returns to Japan, the country where she spent the first five years of her life... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Having completed her studies, a twenty-year old Belgian girl, Amélie, returns to Japan, the country where she spent the first five years of her life... [More...]
Sur mes lèvres (2001)
Jacques Audiard
Carla works for a property development company where, on account of her partial deafness, she is teased and abused by her male office colleagues... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
Carla works for a property development company where, on account of her partial deafness, she is teased and abused by her male office colleagues... [More...]
Sur ta joue ennemie (2008)
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Julien has paid the debt he owes society: thirteen years in prison for a crime he committed when he was sixteen. Now, on the day of his release, he hopes to make a clean break... [More...]
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Julien has paid the debt he owes society: thirteen years in prison for a crime he committed when he was sixteen. Now, on the day of his release, he hopes to make a clean break... [More...]
Swimming Pool (2003)
François Ozon
Sarah Morton is a successful writer of crime fiction. Feeling the time has come for her to attempt a more serious novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher, John Bosland, to work at his holiday home in the South of France... [More...]
François Ozon
Sarah Morton is a successful writer of crime fiction. Feeling the time has come for her to attempt a more serious novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher, John Bosland, to work at his holiday home in the South of France... [More...]
Swing (2002)
Tony Gatlif
During the summer holidays, Max, a 10-year old boy, stays with his grandmother in the Alsace region of France. Frequently, he slips away to visit a community of Manouche gypsies, having befriended a young gypsy girl named Swing... [More...]
Tony Gatlif
During the summer holidays, Max, a 10-year old boy, stays with his grandmother in the Alsace region of France. Frequently, he slips away to visit a community of Manouche gypsies, having befriended a young gypsy girl named Swing... [More...]
Les Témoins (2007)
André Téchiné
In the summer of 1984, a gay teenager named Manu arrives in Paris looking for work. He stays with his sister, Julie, an aspiring opera singer who rents a tiny room in a cheap hotel frequented by drug addicts and prostitutes... [More...]
André Téchiné
In the summer of 1984, a gay teenager named Manu arrives in Paris looking for work. He stays with his sister, Julie, an aspiring opera singer who rents a tiny room in a cheap hotel frequented by drug addicts and prostitutes... [More...]
Le Temps des porte-plumes (2006)
Daniel Duval
In the summer of 1954, nine-year-old Pippo is adopted by Gustave and Cécile, a farming couple who live in a region of central France... [More...]
Daniel Duval
In the summer of 1954, nine-year-old Pippo is adopted by Gustave and Cécile, a farming couple who live in a region of central France... [More...]
Le Temps qui reste (2005)
François Ozon
Romain is young and handsome; he has a successful career as a fashion photographer; and, at age 30, he has everything to live for... [More...]
François Ozon
Romain is young and handsome; he has a successful career as a fashion photographer; and, at age 30, he has everything to live for... [More...]
Thomas est amoureux (2000)
Pierre-Paul Renders
Thomas, 32, is the victim of chronic agoraphobia and hasn't left his apartment in eight years. His only contact with the outside world is via his visiophone, which keeps him in touch with his mother, his therapist and his insurance agent... [More...]
Pierre-Paul Renders
Thomas, 32, is the victim of chronic agoraphobia and hasn't left his apartment in eight years. His only contact with the outside world is via his visiophone, which keeps him in touch with his mother, his therapist and his insurance agent... [More...]
Les Toits de Paris (2007)
Hiner Saleem
Paris, during a long hot summer heat wave. Marcel is an old man for whom home is a tiny room beneath the roofs of a Parisian apartment block... [More...]
Hiner Saleem
Paris, during a long hot summer heat wave. Marcel is an old man for whom home is a tiny room beneath the roofs of a Parisian apartment block... [More...]
Tout est pardonné (2007)
Mia Hansen-Løve
In the mid-1990s, Victor, a journalist, lives with his partner, Anette, and their six-year-old daughter, Pamela, in Vienna... [More...]
Mia Hansen-Løve
In the mid-1990s, Victor, a journalist, lives with his partner, Anette, and their six-year-old daughter, Pamela, in Vienna... [More...]
Travail d'Arabe (2003)
Christian Philibert
Momo is a French Arab of North African origin who has just come out of prison after serving a short sentence for drugs dealing... [More...]
Christian Philibert
Momo is a French Arab of North African origin who has just come out of prison after serving a short sentence for drugs dealing... [More...]
Très bien, merci (2007)
Emmanuelle Cuau
Alex and Béatrice are an ordinary, law-abiding couple who enjoy a well-ordered life in the French capital. He is an accountant, she is a taxi driver... [More...]
Emmanuelle Cuau
Alex and Béatrice are an ordinary, law-abiding couple who enjoy a well-ordered life in the French capital. He is an accountant, she is a taxi driver... [More...]
Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003)
Sylvain Chomet
The solitary Madame Souza is resolved to do all she can to cheer up her sad orphaned grandson, Champion. When she discovers his passion for cycling, she buys him a bicycle and starts to train him so that he can enter the Tour de France cycling competition... [More...]
Sylvain Chomet
The solitary Madame Souza is resolved to do all she can to cheer up her sad orphaned grandson, Champion. When she discovers his passion for cycling, she buys him a bicycle and starts to train him so that he can enter the Tour de France cycling competition... [More...]
Trois huit (2001)
Philippe Le Guay
Pierre is a married man in his mid-thirties who works long hours at a glass-producing factory and leads a contented family life... [More...]
Philippe Le Guay
Pierre is a married man in his mid-thirties who works long hours at a glass-producing factory and leads a contented family life... [More...]
Le Tueur (2008)
Cédric Anger
Léo Zimmerman is a successful businessman who is looking forward to spending Christmas with his beloved daughter. His plans look as if they are about to be frustrated when a suspicious-looking young man named Dimitri Kopas shows up in his office and tries to pass himself off as a client... [More...]
Cédric Anger
Léo Zimmerman is a successful businessman who is looking forward to spending Christmas with his beloved daughter. His plans look as if they are about to be frustrated when a suspicious-looking young man named Dimitri Kopas shows up in his office and tries to pass himself off as a client... [More...]
Ultranova (2005)
Bouli Lanners
Dimitri is an introverted 20-something who sells turnkey houses with his colleagues Phil, a prankster, and Verbrugghe, a moody manic depressive... [More...]
Bouli Lanners
Dimitri is an introverted 20-something who sells turnkey houses with his colleagues Phil, a prankster, and Verbrugghe, a moody manic depressive... [More...]