French cinema: 1990s
Le Petit prince a dit (1992)
Christine Pascal
After the separation of her parents, Adam and Mélanie, 10-year old Violette is cared for by her grandmother, only seeing her busy parents when they have the time...
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Christine Pascal
Petits arrangements avec les morts (1994)
Pascale Ferran
On a beach in Brittany one summer, a nine-year old boy, Jumbo, watches a man build a fantastic sand castle. When the man leaves, Jumbo offers to look after the castle, but it is demolished when he gets into a fight with some other boys...
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Pascale Ferran
Petits désordres amoureux (1998)
Olivier Péray
On a Parisian pavement café, a young intellectual, Alain, meets a stranger, Sophie, and proceeds to tell her a most peculiar love story...
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Olivier Péray
Peut-être (1999)
Cédric Klapisch
New Years Eve 1999. Arthur, a 24-year old science fiction fanatic, meets up with his friends at a lively party to welcome in the new millennium...
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Cédric Klapisch
The Pillow Book (1996)
Peter Greenaway
Nagiko, an attractive fashion model in Hong Kong, has inherited her father's love of calligraphy, which he transmitted to her at an early age...
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Peter Greenaway
Place Vendôme (1998)
Nicole Garcia
Vincent Malivert, the head of a leading jewellery firm on the Place Vendôme in Paris, finds himself in deep water when he becomes implicated in a large-scale jewel trafficking operation orchestrated by a shady Russian cartel... [More...]
Nicole Garcia
Vincent Malivert, the head of a leading jewellery firm on the Place Vendôme in Paris, finds himself in deep water when he becomes implicated in a large-scale jewel trafficking operation orchestrated by a shady Russian cartel... [More...]
Le Plus beau métier du monde (1996)
Gérard Lauzier
After an acrimonious divorce, Laurent Monier takes a teaching job in a problem area just outside Paris so that he can be near to his children... [More...]
Gérard Lauzier
After an acrimonious divorce, Laurent Monier takes a teaching job in a problem area just outside Paris so that he can be near to his children... [More...]
Le Plus bel âge... (1995)
Didier Haudepin
A few weeks into a preparatory course for entry to the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, Delphine witnesses the suicide of a fellow student, Claude... [More...]
Didier Haudepin
A few weeks into a preparatory course for entry to the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, Delphine witnesses the suicide of a fellow student, Claude... [More...]
Plus qu'hier moins que demain (1998)
Laurent Achard
16 year old Françoise lives with her parents and her younger brother Julian in a rural French community. Françoise is in love with Bernard, the son of the owner of a successful canning factory... [More...]
Laurent Achard
16 year old Françoise lives with her parents and her younger brother Julian in a rural French community. Françoise is in love with Bernard, the son of the owner of a successful canning factory... [More...]
Pola X (1999)
Leos Carax
Pierre is a successful young writer who enjoys a privileged, carefree existence with his mother Marie at their grand Normandy château... [More...]
Leos Carax
Pierre is a successful young writer who enjoys a privileged, carefree existence with his mother Marie at their grand Normandy château... [More...]
Ponette (1996)
Jacques Doillon
Leaving hospital with minor injuries after a car accident which nearly cost her her life, four-year-old Ponette finds she has to come to terms with the death of the mother to whom she was utterly devoted... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Leaving hospital with minor injuries after a car accident which nearly cost her her life, four-year-old Ponette finds she has to come to terms with the death of the mother to whom she was utterly devoted... [More...]
Post coïtum animal triste (1997)
Brigitte Roüan
Diane Clovier is a woman in her forties who has made a success of both her professional life and her domestic life. She is married to Philippe, a busy lawyer, has two teenage children and works for a thriving publishing company... [More...]
Brigitte Roüan
Diane Clovier is a woman in her forties who has made a success of both her professional life and her domestic life. She is married to Philippe, a busy lawyer, has two teenage children and works for a thriving publishing company... [More...]
Pour rire! (1996)
Lucas Belvaux
Alice is a successful barrister who lives with her stay-at-home boyfriend Nicholas. When their mutual friend Juliette splits up with her partner Michel, Nicholas takes solace in the fact that his relationship with Alice is a stable one... [More...]
Lucas Belvaux
Alice is a successful barrister who lives with her stay-at-home boyfriend Nicholas. When their mutual friend Juliette splits up with her partner Michel, Nicholas takes solace in the fact that his relationship with Alice is a stable one... [More...]
Pour Sacha (1991)
Alexandre Arcady
In 1967, Sacha, a former philosophy professor, and Laura, a violinist, leave for Israel, to live in a kibbutz near to the border with Syria... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
In 1967, Sacha, a former philosophy professor, and Laura, a violinist, leave for Israel, to live in a kibbutz near to the border with Syria... [More...]
Profil bas (1993)
Claude Zidi
Julien Segal is a seasoned police inspector in his mid-thirties. Although he has an exemplary record, he has become disillusioned with his career and is seriously contemplating giving up his work for good... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Julien Segal is a seasoned police inspector in his mid-thirties. Although he has an exemplary record, he has become disillusioned with his career and is seriously contemplating giving up his work for good... [More...]
La Promesse (1996)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
In the dismal suburbs of a Belgian town, Roger makes a sordid living by smuggling illegal immigrants into the country from Africa and then forcing them to work for a pittance on his construction projects... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
In the dismal suburbs of a Belgian town, Roger makes a sordid living by smuggling illegal immigrants into the country from Africa and then forcing them to work for a pittance on his construction projects... [More...]
Promotion canapé (1990)
Didier Kaminka
Catherine and Françoise, two young women from the provinces, can hardly wait to begin their exciting new life in the big city... [More...]
Didier Kaminka
Catherine and Françoise, two young women from the provinces, can hardly wait to begin their exciting new life in the big city... [More...]
Quand j'avais 5 ans je m'ai tué (1994)
Jean-Claude Sussfeld
In the 1960s, Gil is eight years old, a boy who is forever locked in his own dreamworld. A hyper-sensitive, hyper-imaginative child, he is already in love, with a little girl called Jessica... [More...]
Jean-Claude Sussfeld
In the 1960s, Gil is eight years old, a boy who is forever locked in his own dreamworld. A hyper-sensitive, hyper-imaginative child, he is already in love, with a little girl called Jessica... [More...]
Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999)
Patrick Timsit
When his son Quasimodo shows signs of physical deformity, an important notable of El Paris places him in the care of the city's archdeacon, Serge Frollo, and adopts a pretty Cuban girl, Esmeralda, in his place... [More...]
Patrick Timsit
When his son Quasimodo shows signs of physical deformity, an important notable of El Paris places him in the care of the city's archdeacon, Serge Frollo, and adopts a pretty Cuban girl, Esmeralda, in his place... [More...]
Quelque chose d'organique (1998)
Bertrand Bonello
Paul lives with his young wife Marguerite and his father, an illegal Greek immigrant, in Montreal. He works as a zoo keeper and occupies himself with his infant son from an earlier marriage, who is seriously ill in hospital... [More...]
Bertrand Bonello
Paul lives with his young wife Marguerite and his father, an illegal Greek immigrant, in Montreal. He works as a zoo keeper and occupies himself with his infant son from an earlier marriage, who is seriously ill in hospital... [More...]
Le Radeau de la Méduse (1998)
Iradj Azimi
Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815 resulted not only in the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy but a warming of relations between France and England... [More...]
Iradj Azimi
Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815 resulted not only in the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy but a warming of relations between France and England... [More...]
Les Randonneurs (1997)
Philippe Harel
Five 30-something friends decide to take a break from their busy Parisian lives and head off on an arduous walking tour in the beautiful mountains of Corsica... [More...]
Philippe Harel
Five 30-something friends decide to take a break from their busy Parisian lives and head off on an arduous walking tour in the beautiful mountains of Corsica... [More...]
Recto / Verso (1999)
Jean-Marc Longval
Fred finds himself in financial difficulty when he loses his well-paid job as a television presenter. His only hope of saving himself and his mother from a life of poverty is to accept an offer of work from a popular gay shopping channel... [More...]
Jean-Marc Longval
Fred finds himself in financial difficulty when he loses his well-paid job as a television presenter. His only hope of saving himself and his mother from a life of poverty is to accept an offer of work from a popular gay shopping channel... [More...]
Regarde la mer (1997)
François Ozon
One summer, Sasha, a young English woman, settles into a remote holiday cottage near the coast. With her husband away on business, her only companion is her baby daughter... [More...]
François Ozon
One summer, Sasha, a young English woman, settles into a remote holiday cottage near the coast. With her husband away on business, her only companion is her baby daughter... [More...]
Regarde les hommes tomber (1994)
Jacques Audiard
Simon Hirsch is a fifty-something travelling salesman who is beginning to lose his enthusiasm for living. Bored with his job, no longer interested in women, he teeters on the brink of depression... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
Simon Hirsch is a fifty-something travelling salesman who is beginning to lose his enthusiasm for living. Bored with his job, no longer interested in women, he teeters on the brink of depression... [More...]
La Reine blanche (1991)
Jean-Loup Hubert
In 1940, Jean Ripoche and Yvon Legualoudec had a fierce falling out over their love for the same woman, Liliane. Whilst Jean remained in his hometown of Nantes to marry Liliane, his rival went off to Antilles, to start a new life... [More...]
Jean-Loup Hubert
In 1940, Jean Ripoche and Yvon Legualoudec had a fierce falling out over their love for the same woman, Liliane. Whilst Jean remained in his hometown of Nantes to marry Liliane, his rival went off to Antilles, to start a new life... [More...]
La Reine Margot (1994)
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Rembrandt (1999)
Charles Matton
The great painter Rembrandt van Rijn looks back on his life with regret. His talent and passion for art brought him fame and wealth... [More...]
Charles Matton
The great painter Rembrandt van Rijn looks back on his life with regret. His talent and passion for art brought him fame and wealth... [More...]
Les Rendez-vous de Paris (1995)
Eric Rohmer
Three tales where an amorous rendezvous in Paris ends with an unexpected twist. In the first, 'Le Rendez-vous de 7 heures', a young woman, Esther, is mulling over whether her boyfriend is cheating on her when another young man tries to chat her up... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Three tales where an amorous rendezvous in Paris ends with an unexpected twist. In the first, 'Le Rendez-vous de 7 heures', a young woman, Esther, is mulling over whether her boyfriend is cheating on her when another young man tries to chat her up... [More...]
Ressources humaines (1999)
Laurent Cantet
With a diploma in business studies under his belt, 22-year old Franck returns to his home village, looking forward to a successful business career... [More...]
Laurent Cantet
With a diploma in business studies under his belt, 22-year old Franck returns to his home village, looking forward to a successful business career... [More...]