French cinema: 1990s
Un frère (1997)
Sylvie Verheyde
Despite his modest background, Loïc is determined to make a living as a photographer, with a little help from his friend Vincent, who comes from a respectable bourgeois milieu...
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Sylvie Verheyde
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...
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Jacques Audiard
Un indien dans la ville (1994)
Hervé Palud
Stéphane Marchado, an international trader who is addicted to living life in the fast lane, finds himself in a quandary when his girlfriend Charlotte insists that they get married...
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Hervé Palud
Un pont entre deux rives (1999)
Frédéric Auburtin
1962. Although Mina and Georges are happily married, with a teenage son, times are hard. With her husband out of work, Mina is forced to accept a job as a housemaid...
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Frédéric Auburtin
Un week-end sur deux (1990)
Nicole Garcia
Camille Valmont is a committed actress who has sacrificed everything, including her family, for her career. This is why she ended up being divorced by her husband Adrien and why she is only allowed to see her two young children - Gaëlle and Vincent - every other weekend...
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Nicole Garcia
Un, deux, trois, soleil (1993)
Bertrand Blier
Victorine is an imaginative teenage girl who is having a hard time growing up in the rough suburbs of Marseille. Her alcoholic father, a Greek immigrant, is too fond of the pastis to show much interest in her, and her mother makes up for this neglect by constantly imposing herself on her... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Victorine is an imaginative teenage girl who is having a hard time growing up in the rough suburbs of Marseille. Her alcoholic father, a Greek immigrant, is too fond of the pastis to show much interest in her, and her mother makes up for this neglect by constantly imposing herself on her... [More...]
Une époque formidable... (1991)
Gérard Jugnot
When Michel Berthier loses his executive job with American Bed he is unable to tell his family that he is now unemployed... [More...]
Gérard Jugnot
When Michel Berthier loses his executive job with American Bed he is unable to tell his family that he is now unemployed... [More...]
Une liaison pornographique (1999)
Frédéric Fonteyne
She is a woman in her mid-forties who wants a man to enact her sexual fantasies with her. She has in no interest in finding love... [More...]
Frédéric Fonteyne
She is a woman in her mid-forties who wants a man to enact her sexual fantasies with her. She has in no interest in finding love... [More...]
Une minute de silence (1998)
Florent-Emilio Siri
Two friends, Marek, a Polish immigrant, and Mimmo, an Italian, work in a coal mine in the town of Merlebach, near to the French-German border... [More...]
Florent-Emilio Siri
Two friends, Marek, a Polish immigrant, and Mimmo, an Italian, work in a coal mine in the town of Merlebach, near to the French-German border... [More...]
L'Univers de Jacques Demy (1995)
Agnès Varda
An engaging portrait of Jacques Demy, one of the France's most significant film directors, seen through the eyes of his widow, Agnès Varda... [More...]
Agnès Varda
An engaging portrait of Jacques Demy, one of the France's most significant film directors, seen through the eyes of his widow, Agnès Varda... [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...]
Van Gogh (1991)
Maurice Pialat
In the spring of 1890, the impoverished artist Vincent Van Gogh moves to Auvers-sur-Oise, not far from Paris. He stays at a modest inn and places himself under the care of the kindly Dr Gachet... [More...]
Maurice Pialat
In the spring of 1890, the impoverished artist Vincent Van Gogh moves to Auvers-sur-Oise, not far from Paris. He stays at a modest inn and places himself under the care of the kindly Dr Gachet... [More...]
La Vengeance d'une blonde (1994)
Jeannot Szwarc
Gérard Bréha, a presenter on a local news programme, is offered a job with the prestigious cable channel, TV8, presenting the late news bulletin... [More...]
Jeannot Szwarc
Gérard Bréha, a presenter on a local news programme, is offered a job with the prestigious cable channel, TV8, presenting the late news bulletin... [More...]
La Vengeance d'une femme (1990)
Jacques Doillon
A young woman, Suzy, returns to Paris to attend the funeral of her lover, André. By chance, she meets up with André's wife, Cecile, and the two open their hearts to share each other's grief... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
A young woman, Suzy, returns to Paris to attend the funeral of her lover, André. By chance, she meets up with André's wife, Cecile, and the two open their hearts to share each other's grief... [More...]
Le Vent de la nuit (1999)
Philippe Garrel
For some time, Paul, a 30-something arts student, has been having an affair with an older married woman, Hélène... [More...]
Philippe Garrel
For some time, Paul, a 30-something arts student, has been having an affair with an older married woman, Hélène... [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...]
La Vérité si je mens (1997)
Thomas Gilou
Jobless and penniless, Eddie Vuibert has the good fortune to run into Victor Benzakhem, a Jewish businessman who manages a successful textile business in an immigrant quarter of Paris... [More...]
Thomas Gilou
Jobless and penniless, Eddie Vuibert has the good fortune to run into Victor Benzakhem, a Jewish businessman who manages a successful textile business in an immigrant quarter of Paris... [More...]
Versailles Rive-Gauche (1992)
Bruno Podalydès
Arnaud is determined to make a good impression on his new girlfriend Claire. He has spent hours tidying his tiny apartment on the rue Carnot in Versailles and now everything is prepared for the most perfect of evenings... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Arnaud is determined to make a good impression on his new girlfriend Claire. He has spent hours tidying his tiny apartment on the rue Carnot in Versailles and now everything is prepared for the most perfect of evenings... [More...]
Les Victimes (1996)
Patrick Grandperret
Pierre Duval is a publisher who is madly in love with Manou, an attractive but unpredictable young woman. Unfortunately, she is married to a renowned architect, Bernard Jaillac, who has no intention of letting her go... [More...]
Patrick Grandperret
Pierre Duval is a publisher who is madly in love with Manou, an attractive but unpredictable young woman. Unfortunately, she is married to a renowned architect, Bernard Jaillac, who has no intention of letting her go... [More...]
Victor... pendant qu'il est trop tard (1998)
Sandrine Veysset
Victor is a troubled ten-year-old boy who has had enough of his neglectful parents. One evening, he runs away from home and takes refuge amid the hustle and bustle of a busy funfair... [More...]
Sandrine Veysset
Victor is a troubled ten-year-old boy who has had enough of his neglectful parents. One evening, he runs away from home and takes refuge amid the hustle and bustle of a busy funfair... [More...]
La Vie de Jésus (1997)
Bruno Dumont
For Freddy, an unemployed young man suffering from autism, life is one long round of unending monotony. Living in Bailleul, a small backwater town in Northern France, there is nothing for him to do other than to listlessly roam the district on his motorbike with his gang of friends... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
For Freddy, an unemployed young man suffering from autism, life is one long round of unending monotony. Living in Bailleul, a small backwater town in Northern France, there is nothing for him to do other than to listlessly roam the district on his motorbike with his gang of friends... [More...]
La Vie des morts (1991)
Arnaud Desplechin
Deciding that life is not worth living, Patrick, a depressed 20-year-old man, attempts suicide by putting a bullet in his head... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Deciding that life is not worth living, Patrick, a depressed 20-year-old man, attempts suicide by putting a bullet in his head... [More...]
La Vie rêvée des anges (1998)
Erick Zonca
A young woman, Isa, arrives in Lille, with no job, no money, and nowhere to live. She meets up with Marie, a girl of her own age, and the two become friends... [More...]
Erick Zonca
A young woman, Isa, arrives in Lille, with no job, no money, and nowhere to live. She meets up with Marie, a girl of her own age, and the two become friends... [More...]
La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 (1994)
Jan Bucquoy
A writer, Jan Bucquoy, narrates his sex life from his first sexual experience (with a teenage boy a few years older than him) to age 28, where he is living alone having split up with his wife, after having had an affair with a Karma Sutra obsessed model.... [More...]
Jan Bucquoy
A writer, Jan Bucquoy, narrates his sex life from his first sexual experience (with a teenage boy a few years older than him) to age 28, where he is living alone having split up with his wife, after having had an affair with a Karma Sutra obsessed model.... [More...]
La Vieille qui marchait dans la mer (1991)
Laurent Heynemann
Lady M spends her retirement by the sea, in which she wades every day to assuage her rheumatism. She lives with her former companion, an ex-diplomat, Pompilius, and although they taunt and harangue each other, they share a close friendship... [More...]
Laurent Heynemann
Lady M spends her retirement by the sea, in which she wades every day to assuage her rheumatism. She lives with her former companion, an ex-diplomat, Pompilius, and although they taunt and harangue each other, they share a close friendship... [More...]
Ville à vendre (1992)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Moussin is a small derelict town in the industrial east of France where eight out of ten people are unemployed. Whilst the town appears to be in a state of irreversible decline with virtually every house up for sale, the mood of the local population is upbeat, thanks to generous allowances handed out by the town's mayor... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Moussin is a small derelict town in the industrial east of France where eight out of ten people are unemployed. Whilst the town appears to be in a state of irreversible decline with virtually every house up for sale, the mood of the local population is upbeat, thanks to generous allowances handed out by the town's mayor... [More...]
Les Visiteurs (1993)
Jean-Marie Poiré
The year is 1122 and the kingdom of the Franks is locked in a seemingly interminable war against the Norman kings of England... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré
The year is 1122 and the kingdom of the Franks is locked in a seemingly interminable war against the Norman kings of England... [More...]
Les Voleurs (1996)
André Téchiné
After the sudden death of his brother Ivan, Lyon-based cop Alex returns to the family home in the Rhône-Alpes with his girlfriend Juliette... [More...]
André Téchiné
After the sudden death of his brother Ivan, Lyon-based cop Alex returns to the family home in the Rhône-Alpes with his girlfriend Juliette... [More...]
Western (1997)
Manuel Poirier
When a Spanish sales rep Paco Cazale gives a lift to a Russian hitch-hiker, Nino, his life takes an unexpected turn. First he is stranded when Nino drives off with his car... [More...]
Manuel Poirier
When a Spanish sales rep Paco Cazale gives a lift to a Russian hitch-hiker, Nino, his life takes an unexpected turn. First he is stranded when Nino drives off with his car... [More...]
XXL (1997)
Ariel Zeitoun
Alain Berrebi runs a fashion store in Paris' Jewish district. He has big ideas for his business, but these are constantly thwarted by a neighbouring Chinese shop... [More...]
Ariel Zeitoun
Alain Berrebi runs a fashion store in Paris' Jewish district. He has big ideas for his business, but these are constantly thwarted by a neighbouring Chinese shop... [More...]