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French cinema: 1990s

Sushi Sushi (1991)
Laurent Perrin

Forty-something university arts lecturer Maurice Hartmann has grown tired of his predictable life and longs for a change...   [More...]

Tango (1993)
Patrice Leconte

When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a stunt pilot, Vincent, kills both his wife and her lover, but - to his surprise - he is acquitted of the murder...   [More...]

Tatie Danielle (1990)
Étienne Chatiliez

At first glance, Danielle Billard appears such a respectable nice old lady, but those who know her well live in fear, for she is the most mischievous of souls...   [More...]

Taxi (1998)
Gérard Pirès

In Marseilles, a pizza delivery boy, Daniel, quits his job and starts up as a taxi driver. His car has been especially souped-up to have the power of a formula one racing car, which he frequently demonstrates to passengers and traffic police...   [More...]

Le Temps retrouvé (1999)
Raoul Ruiz

As he lies on his death bed, attended by his maid, the writer Marcel Proust recounts his life in a series of fragmented, inter-locking recollections...   [More...]

Tenue correcte exigée (1997)
Philippe Lioret

Richard Poulenc faces a nine month prison sentence for social security fraud unless he can obtain a signature from his former wife, Catherine, testifying that they have been separated for ten years...   [More...]

Terminale (1998)
Francis Girod

In their final year at a French high school, a group of friends are incensed and traumatised when a fellow student, Caroline, commits suicide during one of their lessons...   [More...]

Tiré à part (1996)
Bernard Rapp

Edward Lamb, the owner of a small publishing house, is surprised when he receives a manuscript from a French author, Nicholas Fabry...   [More...]

Tombés du ciel (1993)
Philippe Lioret

Arturo Conti's plans for celebrating the New Year in France with his Spanish wife go seriously awry when he arrives at Roissy airport in Paris without any form of identification...   [More...]

La Totale! (1991)
Claude Zidi

To all who know him, François Voisin is nothing more than an ordinary family man and telecoms engineer. In reality, he is an experienced secret agent whose improbable exploits of the past two decades could fill the pages of several long (albeit mediocre) thriller novels...   [More...]

Toto le héros (1991)
Jaco Van Dormael

In a retirement home, old Thomas looks back on his life, a life marred by hatred for one man: Alfred. As a boy, Thomas was convinced that he and Alfred, his next-door neighbour, were switched at birth...   [More...]

Tous les matins du monde (1991)
Alain Corneau

At the time of Louis XIV of France, a brilliant court musician, Marin Marais, reflects on his tutelage under the great viola player, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe...   [More...]

Tout ça... pour ça! (1993)
Claude Lelouch

A talented young lawyer, Marie, finds herself taking on the defence of three unfortunate men - Vincent, Jacques and Henri - who have managed to get themselves into deep water through a series of improbable escapades brought about by the women who led them astray...   [More...]

Tout doit disparaître (1997)
Philippe Muyl

Robert Millard is a businessman who sells gadgets that are designed to make the world a quieter place. Unfortunately, his private life is anything but quiet...   [More...]

Toutes peines confondues (1992)
Michel Deville

When an elderly couple are found dead, murdered in their Alpine village, the attention of the police is immediately focussed on their son, Antoine Gardella...   [More...]

Trafic d'influence (1999)
Dominique Farrugia

Maxime de Labardière and Gérard Ravanelli are two corrupt politicians who have just been convicted of abusing their position for their own personal gain...   [More...]

Train de vie (1998)
Radu Mihaileanu

In the summer of 1941, Schlomo "the fool" hastens back to his Jewish settlement in an East European country with the news that the Nazis are approaching...   [More...]

Trois couleurs Rouge (1994)
Krzysztof Kieslowski

Valentine is an attractive young fashion model living in Geneva. Whilst driving home one evening, she accidentally runs over a dog...   [More...]

Trois couleurs: Blanc (1994)
Krzysztof Kieslowski

Karol, a Polish hairdresser living in Paris, is divorced by his wife for failing to consummate their marriage. When the embittered wife burns down his hairdressing salon and frames him for arson, Karol is forced to return to his native Poland...   [More...]

Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993)
Krzysztof Kieslowski

After the death of her husband, a famous composer, and her daughter in a car accident, a young woman, Julie, decides to start a new life for herself...   [More...]

Les Trois frères (1995)
Didier Bourdon

Didier, Bernard and Pascal - three men from three very different walks of life - are brought together in a solicitor's office when they each learn of their mother's death...   [More...]

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...   [More...]

Trois vies et une seule mort (1996)
Raoul Ruiz

A radio broadcaster narrates a series of remarkable tales from his studio, beginning with the story of travelling salesman Mateo Strano...   [More...]

Les Truffes (1995)
Bernard Nauer

Patrick has had enough of his miserable life in the rain-sodden north of France. If he's not being beaten to a pulp in rigged boxing matches for the benefit of his coach M'sieur Martinez, he is being nagged to death by his annoying neighbour or else threatened by intimidating baillifs...   [More...]

Tumultes (1990)
Bertrand Van Effenterre

Three sisters are reunited with their parents at their home on the Brittany coast. Their brother Patrick has died tragically and they must somehow come to terms with the loss...   [More...]

Un air de famille (1996)
Cédric Klapisch

Whilst his brother Philippe is making a name for himself as a high-flying company executive, Henri has to content himself with running the saloon bar he inherited from his father...   [More...]

Un amour de sorcière (1997)
René Manzor

It seems that witches are a dying breed on planet Earth. There are just six left, and only one of these - Molok - is committed to the cause of evil...   [More...]

Un coeur en hiver (1992)
Claude Sautet

Stéphane and Maxime are partners in a successful business that makes and repairs violins. Stéphane is surprised when, one day, Maxime announces he is in love and plans to marry one of his clients, an attractive young violinist named Camille...   [More...]

Un crime (1993)
Jacques Deray

Fifteen months after being arrested for the murder of his wealthy parents, Frédéric Chapelin-Tourvel is acquitted on evidence provided by his girlfriend, Franca Miller...   [More...]

Un divan à New York (1996)
Chantal Akerman

Henry Harriston, a successful psychoanalyst living in New York City decides he needs a break from the constant daily grind of attending to other people's bruised psyches...   [More...]



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