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French cinema: Comedy/Drama
La Dilettante (1999)
Pascal Thomas
On the spur of the moment, Pierette Dumortier abandons her husband and her comfortable middle-class life in Switzerland and takes the train to Paris...
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Pascal Thomas
La Discrète (1990)
Christian Vincent
Antoine, an unsuccessful writer, is taken aback when his girlfriend, Solange, leaves him for another man. Usually, it is he who ends a relationship, not his partner...
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Christian Vincent
La Dolce vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Marcello Rubini is an Italian gossip columnist who loves to bask in the reflected glory of the rich and famous, his only chance of enjoying the sweet life of Rome's upper set...
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Federico Fellini
Don Quichotte (1933)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Don Quixote squanders his fortune by buying books about chivalry, which he reads assiduously. After doing so for many years, he believes he is himself a knight, sent on a divine mission to wrong all of the injustices in the world...
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Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Douce France (1995)
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa...
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Malik Chibane
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...]
La Drôlesse (1979)
Jacques Doillon
Mado is an eleven-year-old girl who, ignored by her sisters and maltreated by her mother, leads a solitary, loveless existence... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Mado is an eleven-year-old girl who, ignored by her sisters and maltreated by her mother, leads a solitary, loveless existence... [More...]
Du côté d'Orouët (1973)
Jacques Rozier
One September, three young women take a break from their routine lives in Paris and head for a quiet seaside resort on the Atlantic coast... [More...]
Jacques Rozier
One September, three young women take a break from their routine lives in Paris and head for a quiet seaside resort on the Atlantic coast... [More...]
L'Eau à la bouche (1960)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
In the East-Pyrenees, Milena lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
In the East-Pyrenees, Milena lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death... [More...]
L'École buissonnière (1949)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1920, Monsieur Pascal, a veteran of the First World War, arrives in a small Provençal town to take up a teaching post... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1920, Monsieur Pascal, a veteran of the First World War, arrives in a small Provençal town to take up a teaching post... [More...]
L'Écume des jours (2013)
Michel Gondry
Colin is the archetypal happy bachelor. He has wealth and health and sees life as one perpetual party, his every need catered for by his faithful man-servant Nicolas... [More...]
Michel Gondry
Colin is the archetypal happy bachelor. He has wealth and health and sees life as one perpetual party, his every need catered for by his faithful man-servant Nicolas... [More...]
L'Effet aquatique (2016)
Sólveig Anspach
Samir is a 40-something who lives in Montreuil and works as a crane operator. One day, he notices an attractive widow named Agathe in a bar and finds himself strongly drawn to her... [More...]
Sólveig Anspach
Samir is a 40-something who lives in Montreuil and works as a crane operator. One day, he notices an attractive widow named Agathe in a bar and finds himself strongly drawn to her... [More...]
L'Effrontée (1985)
Claude Miller
For Charlotte, a 13 year old girl living in a rural village in France, adolescence is proving to be a traumatic experience... [More...]
Claude Miller
For Charlotte, a 13 year old girl living in a rural village in France, adolescence is proving to be a traumatic experience... [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...]
Elle (2016)
Paul Verhoeven
Michèle Leblanc is the managing director of a successful video games company. She is not the kind of woman who allows others to take control of her life... [More...]
Paul Verhoeven
Michèle Leblanc is the managing director of a successful video games company. She is not the kind of woman who allows others to take control of her life... [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'Ennui (1998)
Cédric Kahn
Traumatised by the separation from his wife, a philosophy teacher, Martin finds himself experiencing a mid-life crisis. When he learns that an ageing artist he met recently died whilst making love, he is intrigued and visits the artist's studio... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
Traumatised by the separation from his wife, a philosophy teacher, Martin finds himself experiencing a mid-life crisis. When he learns that an ageing artist he met recently died whilst making love, he is intrigued and visits the artist's studio... [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...]
Et si on vivait tous ensemble? (2012)
Stéphane Robelin
Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne have been firm friends for more than forty years. They have each lived full and happy lives, but when their memories begin to falter and the prospect of moving into a retirement home rears its ugly head, they decide to take a stand against convention... [More...]
Stéphane Robelin
Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne have been firm friends for more than forty years. They have each lived full and happy lives, but when their memories begin to falter and the prospect of moving into a retirement home rears its ugly head, they decide to take a stand against convention... [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...]
L'Exercice de l'État (2011)
Pierre Schoeller
Bertrand Saint-Jean is France's Minister of Transport, an ambitious man who manages to keep his head in an emergency - or so he thinks... [More...]
Pierre Schoeller
Bertrand Saint-Jean is France's Minister of Transport, an ambitious man who manages to keep his head in an emergency - or so he thinks... [More...]
Extension du domaine de la lutte (1999)
Philippe Harel
A lonely computer programmer reflects on the empty meaningless of his loveless, solitary existence. Since his partner walked out on him two years ago, he does nothing at weekends and regards his work as a monotonous chore... [More...]
Philippe Harel
A lonely computer programmer reflects on the empty meaningless of his loveless, solitary existence. Since his partner walked out on him two years ago, he does nothing at weekends and regards his work as a monotonous chore... [More...]
Extérieur, nuit (1980)
Jacques Bral
Léo and Bony are two friends who both seem to have arrived at a crossroads in their lives. They belong to the May '68 generation who believed they could change the world, only to be disillusioned by what followed... [More...]
Jacques Bral
Léo and Bony are two friends who both seem to have arrived at a crossroads in their lives. They belong to the May '68 generation who believed they could change the world, only to be disillusioned by what followed... [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...]
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...]
Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
Christian-Jaque
In the mid-1700s, Fanfan la Tulipe is an inveterate skirt-chaser whose days of youthful debauchery appear to be at end when he is forced into marrying his latest amorous conquest, a farmer's daughter... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In the mid-1700s, Fanfan la Tulipe is an inveterate skirt-chaser whose days of youthful debauchery appear to be at end when he is forced into marrying his latest amorous conquest, a farmer's daughter... [More...]
Fanny (1932)
Marc Allégret
Such is the status accorded to single mothers in France of the 1930s that Fanny has no choice but to surrender herself to a marriage of convenience... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Such is the status accorded to single mothers in France of the 1930s that Fanny has no choice but to surrender herself to a marriage of convenience... [More...]
Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974)
Luis Buñuel
In the Spanish city of Toledo, rebels refusing to be freed by Napoleonic troops declare "Down with freedom!" as they are shot dead by a firing squad... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
In the Spanish city of Toledo, rebels refusing to be freed by Napoleonic troops declare "Down with freedom!" as they are shot dead by a firing squad... [More...]
Faut que ça danse! (2007)
Noémie Lvovsky
When busy 30-something Sarah discovers she is pregnant, she soon realises that she has more than she can cope with. She already has enough on her plate, with the demands of her partner François, her over-active father Salomon and her withdrawn mother Geneviève... [More...]
Noémie Lvovsky
When busy 30-something Sarah discovers she is pregnant, she soon realises that she has more than she can cope with. She already has enough on her plate, with the demands of her partner François, her over-active father Salomon and her withdrawn mother Geneviève... [More...]
La Femme de l'aviateur (1980)
Eric Rohmer
A postal worker, François, is about to visit his girlfriend, Anne, early one morning, when he sees another man leaving her apartment... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
A postal worker, François, is about to visit his girlfriend, Anne, early one morning, when he sees another man leaving her apartment... [More...]