French cinema: 2009
1 Journée (2009)
Jacob Berger
Serge, a radio presenter, begins his daily routine by leaving his family apartment at the crack of dawn so that he can pay his mistress a brief call before setting out for work...
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Jacob Berger
36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup (2009)
Jacques Rivette
A small circus troupe is about to embark on its summer season when its owner dies suddenly. Realising that their livelihoods are in peril, the members of the circus get in touch with their boss's estranged daughter Kate and urge her to take over the management of the circus...
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Jacques Rivette
À l'origine (2009)
Xavier Giannoli
Ex-convict Philippe Miller makes his living as a confidence trickster, something he is particularly adept at. Seeing an abandoned road works, he sees an opportunity to make some easy money...
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Xavier Giannoli
L'Affaire Farewell (2009)
Christian Carion
Moscow in the early 1980s, at the height of the Cold War. Sergueï Grigoriev is a colonel in the KGB who has become so disillusioned with the regime running his country that he decides to bring down the system...
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Christian Carion
L'Armée du crime (2009)
Robert Guédiguian
In Paris during the Nazi occupation, a labourer named Missak Manouchian leads a group of young Jewish immigrants, of various nationalities: Spanish, Rumanian, Hungarian, Polish, Italian and Armenian...
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Robert Guédiguian
L'Autre (2009)
Patrick-Mario Bernard
Anne-Marie and Alex have been living together quite happily for several years, but now they have reached a stage in their relationship where they must decide whether they should commit themselves to each other... [More...]
Patrick-Mario Bernard
Anne-Marie and Alex have been living together quite happily for several years, but now they have reached a stage in their relationship where they must decide whether they should commit themselves to each other... [More...]
Le Bal des actrices (2009)
Maïwenn
An enterprising young film director, Maïwenn, decides to make a documentary about actresses. She meets a number of diverse women who have chosen to make the dramatic art their career and becomes increasingly fascinated by their complex lives and personalities... [More...]
Maïwenn
An enterprising young film director, Maïwenn, decides to make a documentary about actresses. She meets a number of diverse women who have chosen to make the dramatic art their career and becomes increasingly fascinated by their complex lives and personalities... [More...]
Les Beaux gosses (2009)
Riad Sattouf
Hervé is an ordinary 14-year-old who lives alone with his mother on a housing estate in Brittany. Like most boys of his age, his one thought is to get himself a girlfriend, but his attempts to do so seem doomed to failure... [More...]
Riad Sattouf
Hervé is an ordinary 14-year-old who lives alone with his mother on a housing estate in Brittany. Like most boys of his age, his one thought is to get himself a girlfriend, but his attempts to do so seem doomed to failure... [More...]
Bellamy (2009)
Claude Chabrol
As is his custom, police commissioner Paul Bellamy takes his annual summer break in the south of France, staying with wife Francoise's family in Nimes... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
As is his custom, police commissioner Paul Bellamy takes his annual summer break in the south of France, staying with wife Francoise's family in Nimes... [More...]
Coco avant Chanel (2009)
Anne Fontaine
In the 1890s, Gabrielle and her sister, two little orphan girls, find themselves in an austere convent school where they wait in vain for their father to collect them... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
In the 1890s, Gabrielle and her sister, two little orphan girls, find themselves in an austere convent school where they wait in vain for their father to collect them... [More...]
Coco Chanel et Igor Stravinsky (2009)
Jan Kounen
In Paris, 1913, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel is beginning to make a name for herself as a couturiere. Meanwhile, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysees, Igor Stravinsky is staging his avant-garde ballet The Rite of Spring... [More...]
Jan Kounen
In Paris, 1913, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel is beginning to make a name for herself as a couturiere. Meanwhile, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysees, Igor Stravinsky is staging his avant-garde ballet The Rite of Spring... [More...]
Coeur animal (2009)
Séverine Cornamusaz
In a remote region of rural Switzerland, a farmer and his wife eke out a harsh existence, appearing to live in a century far removed from our own... [More...]
Séverine Cornamusaz
In a remote region of rural Switzerland, a farmer and his wife eke out a harsh existence, appearing to live in a century far removed from our own... [More...]
Dans tes bras (2009)
Hubert Gillet
Louis was abandoned by his mother when he was just a few weeks old. Now aged 16, he wants to know more about his origins, so, against the wishes of his adopted parents, he heads south in search of some answers... [More...]
Hubert Gillet
Louis was abandoned by his mother when he was just a few weeks old. Now aged 16, he wants to know more about his origins, so, against the wishes of his adopted parents, he heads south in search of some answers... [More...]
Demain dès l'aube (2009)
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
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...]
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...]
Hadewijch (2009)
Bruno Dumont
A mother superior is so shocked by the manic faith of one of her novices that she has no choice but to expel her from the convent... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
A mother superior is so shocked by the manic faith of one of her novices that she has no choice but to expel her from the convent... [More...]
Les Herbes folles (2009)
Alain Resnais
Marguerite is out shopping when a street thief suddenly snatches her handbag and hurries away. Georges later finds the discarded handbag when he comes to collect his car in an underground car park... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Marguerite is out shopping when a street thief suddenly snatches her handbag and hurries away. Georges later finds the discarded handbag when he comes to collect his car in an underground car park... [More...]
Le Hérisson (2009)
Mona Achache
Renée Michel is not the uncultivated concierge that she pretends to be, but a fifty-something woman with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a passion for great works of literature... [More...]
Mona Achache
Renée Michel is not the uncultivated concierge that she pretends to be, but a fifty-something woman with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a passion for great works of literature... [More...]
J'ai tué ma mère (2009)
Xavier Dolan
Hubert Minel is a 16-year-old French Canadian student who lives in Montreal with his mother, Chantale. Since her husband walked out on her nine years ago, Chantale has struggled to bring up her son single-handedly, but he shows her little gratitude for her efforts... [More...]
Xavier Dolan
Hubert Minel is a 16-year-old French Canadian student who lives in Montreal with his mother, Chantale. Since her husband walked out on her nine years ago, Chantale has struggled to bring up her son single-handedly, but he shows her little gratitude for her efforts... [More...]
Je l'aimais (2009)
Zabou Breitman
For twenty years, Pierre has been carrying with him a secret that he has been unable to share with anyone. One evening, he decides he must confide the one great tragedy of his existence in his step-daughter Chloé... [More...]
Zabou Breitman
For twenty years, Pierre has been carrying with him a secret that he has been unable to share with anyone. One evening, he decides he must confide the one great tragedy of his existence in his step-daughter Chloé... [More...]
Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante (2009)
Claude Miller
Thomas was four when he and his younger brother were adopted by Yves and Annie Jouvet. When he is twelve, he becomes obsessed with finding his biological mother, Julie... [More...]
Claude Miller
Thomas was four when he and his younger brother were adopted by Yves and Annie Jouvet. When he is twelve, he becomes obsessed with finding his biological mother, Julie... [More...]
Joueuse (2009)
Caroline Bottaro
Hélène is a woman in her forties who leads a contented but routine life in a small Corsican village. Happily married to Ange, she has a 15-year-old daughter, Lisa and works as a hotel chambermaid... [More...]
Caroline Bottaro
Hélène is a woman in her forties who leads a contented but routine life in a small Corsican village. Happily married to Ange, she has a 15-year-old daughter, Lisa and works as a hotel chambermaid... [More...]
La Journée de la jupe (2009)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Sonia Bergerac is a teacher in an ordinary inner city high school on the outskirts of Paris. She is about to start a lesson on Molière when her class is disrupted by unruly pupils... [More...]
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Sonia Bergerac is a teacher in an ordinary inner city high school on the outskirts of Paris. She is about to start a lesson on Molière when her class is disrupted by unruly pupils... [More...]
Lourdes (2009)
Jessica Hausner
Christine suffers from multiple sclerosis and has spent most of her life in a wheelchair. Tired of her solitary existence, she decides to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, where she hopes she will find new friends and give her life a renewed sense of purpose... [More...]
Jessica Hausner
Christine suffers from multiple sclerosis and has spent most of her life in a wheelchair. Tired of her solitary existence, she decides to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, where she hopes she will find new friends and give her life a renewed sense of purpose... [More...]
Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
Stéphane Brizé
Jean is a man in his forties who could not be more content with the way his life is going. He is happily married with a son and enjoys his work as a mason... [More...]
Stéphane Brizé
Jean is a man in his forties who could not be more content with the way his life is going. He is happily married with a son and enjoys his work as a mason... [More...]
Mères et filles (2009)
Julie Lopes-Curval
Audrey is an independently minded thirty-year-old who has always been intrigued by her family history. It was in the 1950s that her grandmother Louise abandoned her family when her children were still young, leaving no trace as to where she might be going... [More...]
Julie Lopes-Curval
Audrey is an independently minded thirty-year-old who has always been intrigued by her family history. It was in the 1950s that her grandmother Louise abandoned her family when her children were still young, leaving no trace as to where she might be going... [More...]