French cinema: 2000
L'Affaire Marcorelle (2000)
Serge Le Péron
At the end of a solitary evening, François Marcorelle, a respected magistrate, finds himself in the bedroom of a young Polish woman, whom he met at a Turkish restaurant...
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Serge Le Péron
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
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...
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Olivier Ducastel
Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse (2000)
Agnès Varda
Acclaimed filmmaker Agnès Varda embarks on a new odyssey, inspired by the word 'glaneur' which offers up a multitude of meanings...
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Agnès Varda
Le Goût des autres (2000)
Agnès Jaoui
Castella is a successful businessman, but he is coarse and uneducated and he finds himself increasingly alone and unfulfilled...
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Agnès Jaoui
Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (2000)
François Ozon
In 1970s Germany, Franz, a student in his early twenties, allows Léopold, a man thirty years his senior, to take him back to his apartment... [More...]
François Ozon
In 1970s Germany, Franz, a student in his early twenties, allows Léopold, a man thirty years his senior, to take him back to his apartment... [More...]
Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien (2000)
Dominik Moll
Michel, a young teacher, is driving his wife and three young daughters to their country home. During a stop at a petrol station, he meets another man, Harry, who recognises him as a fellow schoolmate... [More...]
Dominik Moll
Michel, a young teacher, is driving his wife and three young daughters to their country home. During a stop at a petrol station, he meets another man, Harry, who recognises him as a fellow schoolmate... [More...]
Marie-Line (2000)
Mehdi Charef
Marie-Line is a down-to-earth woman in her mid-forties who works hard for a living whilst she copes, as best she can, with a failing marriage... [More...]
Mehdi Charef
Marie-Line is a down-to-earth woman in her mid-forties who works hard for a living whilst she copes, as best she can, with a failing marriage... [More...]
Merci pour le chocolat (2000)
Claude Chabrol
A piano student, Jeanne Pollet, learns that she was very nearly switched at birth with the son of a famous concert pianist, André Polonski... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
A piano student, Jeanne Pollet, learns that she was very nearly switched at birth with the son of a famous concert pianist, André Polonski... [More...]
Nationale 7 (2000)
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
After a full and active life, a middle-aged man, René, is struck by a muscle-wasting disease and finds himself in a care home for the mentally and physically disabled... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
After a full and active life, a middle-aged man, René, is struck by a muscle-wasting disease and finds himself in a care home for the mentally and physically disabled... [More...]
Presque rien (2000)
Sébastien Lifshitz
Whilst on holiday in the Atlantic coastal town of Pornichet one summer, 19 year old Mathieu finds himself attracted to a muscular boy of his own age, Cédric... [More...]
Sébastien Lifshitz
Whilst on holiday in the Atlantic coastal town of Pornichet one summer, 19 year old Mathieu finds himself attracted to a muscular boy of his own age, Cédric... [More...]
Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune? (2000)
Chris Vander Stappen
Sacha Kessler is a young Belgian woman who is in a terrible quandary. Her lesbian lover Odile has given her an ultimatum: unless she comes out of the closet, and tells her family that she is in a settled relationship with another woman, the affair will be over... [More...]
Chris Vander Stappen
Sacha Kessler is a young Belgian woman who is in a terrible quandary. Her lesbian lover Odile has given her an ultimatum: unless she comes out of the closet, and tells her family that she is in a settled relationship with another woman, the affair will be over... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
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...]
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...]
Une affaire de goût (2000)
Bernard Rapp
Frédéric Delamont is a rich and powerful industrialist who takes an almost sadistic relish in exerting his power and influence over others... [More...]
Bernard Rapp
Frédéric Delamont is a rich and powerful industrialist who takes an almost sadistic relish in exerting his power and influence over others... [More...]
La Veuve de Saint-Pierre (2000)
Patrice Leconte
In 1849, the calm of a small community on the bleak island St Pierre, off the coast of French Canada, is disrupted when a drunk stabs another man to death... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
In 1849, the calm of a small community on the bleak island St Pierre, off the coast of French Canada, is disrupted when a drunk stabs another man to death... [More...]