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French cinema: Comedy/Drama
Trois ponts sur la rivière (1999)
Jean-Claude Biette
Arthur, a history teacher living in Paris, is on the brink of a journey of self-discovery. Living alone for some years has made him self-centred and unfriendly - he argues with his colleagues and brushes aside his next-door neighbour's gestures of friendship...
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Jean-Claude Biette
Trop belle pour toi (1989)
Bertrand Blier
Bernard Barthélémy is a successful car dealer who has a beautiful and adoring wife, Florence. His ordered, middle-class life is suddenly upended when he falls in love with his secretary, Colette...
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Bertrand Blier
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...
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Bouli Lanners
Un baiser s'il vous plaît (2007)
Emmanuel Mouret
During a business trip to Nantes, Emilie loses her way and asks a stranger, Gabriel, for directions. Gabriel feels instantly drawn to the attractive young woman and offers her a lift in his van...
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Emmanuel Mouret
Un beau soleil intérieur (2017)
Claire Denis
After breaking up with her husband, Isabelle, a Parisian artist, is torn between her new quest for love and her desire to live life to the fullest extent...
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Claire Denis
Un conte de Noël (2008)
Arnaud Desplechin
Abel and Junon Vuillard are a happily married couple with three children who could not be more different. Although a great deal of water has passed under the bridge since, early in their marriage the couple suffered a terrible tragedy which time still hasn't healed... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Abel and Junon Vuillard are a happily married couple with three children who could not be more different. Although a great deal of water has passed under the bridge since, early in their marriage the couple suffered a terrible tragedy which time still hasn't healed... [More...]
Un couteau dans le coeur (2018)
Yann Gonzalez
In the late 1970s, Anne Parèze is a 40-something producer of low-budget porn movies based in Paris. As her career wanes, she turns to drink and becomes increasingly emotionally unstable... [More...]
Yann Gonzalez
In the late 1970s, Anne Parèze is a 40-something producer of low-budget porn movies based in Paris. As her career wanes, she turns to drink and becomes increasingly emotionally unstable... [More...]
Un de la légion (1936)
Christian-Jaque
Fernand Espitalion is a timid man who quietly accepts the humiliations heaped on him by his domineering wife Antoinette. Theirs is a marriage of convenience not mutual tenderness... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Fernand Espitalion is a timid man who quietly accepts the humiliations heaped on him by his domineering wife Antoinette. Theirs is a marriage of convenience not mutual tenderness... [More...]
Un grand patron (1951)
Yves Ciampi
Louis Delage is one of the greatest surgeons of his time and nothing matters more to him than his career. He has a strained relationship with Dr Tannard, his cousin, who is jealous of his success... [More...]
Yves Ciampi
Louis Delage is one of the greatest surgeons of his time and nothing matters more to him than his career. He has a strained relationship with Dr Tannard, his cousin, who is jealous of his success... [More...]
Un héros très discret (1996)
Jacques Audiard
In the 1930s, Albert Dehousse is an imaginative but solitary boy growing up in a village in Northern France. His mother is devoted to him and clings to the memory of her husband, who died a hero's death in the First World War... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
In the 1930s, Albert Dehousse is an imaginative but solitary boy growing up in a village in Northern France. His mother is devoted to him and clings to the memory of her husband, who died a hero's death in the First World War... [More...]
Un taxi mauve (1977)
Yves Boisset
After the death of his son, Philippe Marchal, a French writer, seeks the seclusion of a small coastal village in Ireland... [More...]
Yves Boisset
After the death of his son, Philippe Marchal, a French writer, seeks the seclusion of a small coastal village in Ireland... [More...]
Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960)
Denys de La Patellière
Libya, 1942. Four soldiers in the Free French Forces are crossing the desert when their jeep breaks down. They have no other option but to continue their journey to Tobruk on foot... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
Libya, 1942. Four soldiers in the Free French Forces are crossing the desert when their jeep breaks down. They have no other option but to continue their journey to Tobruk on foot... [More...]
Une femme de ménage (2002)
Claude Berri
Since his wife left him six months ago, a middle-aged sound engineer, Jacques, has allowed himself to sink into a life of routine and solitary depression... [More...]
Claude Berri
Since his wife left him six months ago, a middle-aged sound engineer, Jacques, has allowed himself to sink into a life of routine and solitary depression... [More...]
Une nouvelle amie (2014)
François Ozon
A comfortably situated housewife, Claire falls into a deep depression when her best friend, Laura, is struck down by a terminal illness... [More...]
François Ozon
A comfortably situated housewife, Claire falls into a deep depression when her best friend, Laura, is struck down by a terminal illness... [More...]
Une place sur la Terre (2013)
Fabienne Godet
Antoine is a jaded 40-something photographer who has become disillusioned with life. He finds living by himself ever more difficult, and this is probably why he shows such a keen interest in his next-door neighbour's son Matéo... [More...]
Fabienne Godet
Antoine is a jaded 40-something photographer who has become disillusioned with life. He finds living by himself ever more difficult, and this is probably why he shows such a keen interest in his next-door neighbour's son Matéo... [More...]
Uranus (1990)
Claude Berri
Little by little, normality returns to a small French town after World War II. The town is as scarred by the petty recriminations between its inhabitants as by the very evident signs of bombings... [More...]
Claude Berri
Little by little, normality returns to a small French town after World War II. The town is as scarred by the petty recriminations between its inhabitants as by the very evident signs of bombings... [More...]
Va savoir (2001)
Jacques Rivette
Camille returns to Paris, after three years in Italy, as the leading actress in a production of Pirandello's play Come tu me vuoi... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Camille returns to Paris, after three years in Italy, as the leading actress in a production of Pirandello's play Come tu me vuoi... [More...]
Va voir maman, papa travaille (1978)
François Leterrier
Agnès Lucas is a busy career woman in her mid-thirties who finds fulfilment through her work as a decorator and still manages to find time to bring up her seven-year old son, Jérôme... [More...]
François Leterrier
Agnès Lucas is a busy career woman in her mid-thirties who finds fulfilment through her work as a decorator and still manages to find time to bring up her seven-year old son, Jérôme... [More...]
La Vache et le prisonnier (1959)
Henri Verneuil
In 1943, Charles Bailly is an unhappy prisoner-of-war on a farm in Nazi Germany. After two years of captivity, he makes up his mind to escape and return to his hometown of Marseille... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
In 1943, Charles Bailly is an unhappy prisoner-of-war on a farm in Nazi Germany. After two years of captivity, he makes up his mind to escape and return to his hometown of Marseille... [More...]
La Vallée fantôme (1987)
Alain Tanner
In Geneva, Paul, a filmmaker in his fifties, has lost interest in his profession. He wants to make another film, but he lacks inspiration and cannot decide either on the subject or the location... [More...]
Alain Tanner
In Geneva, Paul, a filmmaker in his fifties, has lost interest in his profession. He wants to make another film, but he lacks inspiration and cannot decide either on the subject or the location... [More...]
La Vanité (2015)
Lionel Baier
David Miller is a retired architect afflicted with an inoperable cancer who has made up his mind to die. To that end, he contacts an association in Switzerland that offers an assisted suicide service and arranges a time and a place for the event to take place... [More...]
Lionel Baier
David Miller is a retired architect afflicted with an inoperable cancer who has made up his mind to die. To that end, he contacts an association in Switzerland that offers an assisted suicide service and arranges a time and a place for the event to take place... [More...]
La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
Roman Polanski
Alone in a Paris theatre, Thomas laments the fact that he has not been able to find an actress for the lead role of his next play... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Alone in a Paris theatre, Thomas laments the fact that he has not been able to find an actress for the lead role of his next play... [More...]
Vénus beauté (institut) (1999)
Tonie Marshall
Angèle is a middle-aged beautician who refuses to settle down with a man, preferring a string of one night stands and short-term relationships... [More...]
Tonie Marshall
Angèle is a middle-aged beautician who refuses to settle down with a man, preferring a string of one night stands and short-term relationships... [More...]
Vénus et Fleur (2004)
Emmanuel Mouret
Whilst holidaying in the South of France one summer, Fleur, a shy Parisian, meets an out-going Russian named Vénus... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
Whilst holidaying in the South of France one summer, Fleur, a shy Parisian, meets an out-going Russian named Vénus... [More...]
Victoria (2016)
Justine Triet
Since her egocentric husband David walked out on her, Victoria Spick has been left to bring up their two young children alone - not an easy task when you have a high-pressured career as a criminal lawyer... [More...]
Justine Triet
Since her egocentric husband David walked out on her, Victoria Spick has been left to bring up their two young children alone - not an easy task when you have a high-pressured career as a criminal lawyer... [More...]
La Vie d'artiste (2007)
Marc Fitoussi
Three people in search of fame and fortune... Alice has ambitions of becoming a well-known actress but must content herself with lending her voice to a character in a Japanese cartoon... [More...]
Marc Fitoussi
Three people in search of fame and fortune... Alice has ambitions of becoming a well-known actress but must content herself with lending her voice to a character in a Japanese cartoon... [More...]
La Vie d'un honnête homme (1953)
Sacha Guitry
Through a combination of hard work and ruthlessness, Albert Ménard-Lacoste has become a wealthy businessman, although his austerity prevents him from being loved, even by his family... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
Through a combination of hard work and ruthlessness, Albert Ménard-Lacoste has become a wealthy businessman, although his austerity prevents him from being loved, even by his family... [More...]
La Vie de famille (1985)
Jacques Doillon
Emmanuel lives in Aix-en-Provence with his second wife Mara and the latter's teenage daughter Natacha. Emmanuel's relationship with his stepdaughter is strained... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Emmanuel lives in Aix-en-Provence with his second wife Mara and the latter's teenage daughter Natacha. Emmanuel's relationship with his stepdaughter is strained... [More...]
La Vie devant soi (1977)
Moshé Mizrahi
In her younger days, Madame Rosa used to make a decent living for herself as a prostitute in a popular district of Paris... [More...]
Moshé Mizrahi
In her younger days, Madame Rosa used to make a decent living for herself as a prostitute in a popular district of Paris... [More...]
La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille (1988)
Étienne Chatiliez
When she breaks up with her boyfriend, a paediatric surgeon, a nurse reveals that, twelve years ago, she switched two babies just after their birth... [More...]
Étienne Chatiliez
When she breaks up with her boyfriend, a paediatric surgeon, a nurse reveals that, twelve years ago, she switched two babies just after their birth... [More...]