French cinema: 1990s
Elles (1997)
Luís Galvão Teles
Linda is a busy television presenter who, along with her four female friends, is the wrong side of 40 and heading for a mid-life crisis...
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Luís Galvão Teles
Elles n'oublient jamais (1994)
Christopher Frank
Julien is a hard-nosed executive who works for a debt collection agency in Paris. Whilst his wife and son are away on holiday, he is attracted to a young woman, Angela, whom he notices in a terrace café opposite his office...
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Christopher Frank
Elles ne pensent qu'à ça... (1994)
Charlotte Dubreuil
Margeau returns to Paris from New York when her daughter, Jess, takes an overdose of sleeping pills. The rest of the family arrive in toe, including Jess and Margeau's former husbands and their current partners...
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Charlotte Dubreuil
En avoir (ou pas) (1995)
Laetitia Masson
When she loses her job at a fish canning factory, Alice, a young woman from a socially deprived background, decides to make some major changes in her life...
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Laetitia Masson
En plein coeur (1998)
Pierre Jolivet
Desperate to find the money to pay their rent, two adolescent girls Cécile and Samira attempt to hold up a jeweller's, but it all goes wrong...
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Pierre Jolivet
Enfants de salaud (1996)
Tonie Marshall
When Julius Mandenne is put on trial for the unspeakably gruesome murder of his lady friend, his past comes back to haunt him in the guise of his four illegitimate children, each the product of a brief liaison with a different woman... [More...]
Tonie Marshall
When Julius Mandenne is put on trial for the unspeakably gruesome murder of his lady friend, his past comes back to haunt him in the guise of his four illegitimate children, each the product of a brief liaison with a different woman... [More...]
Les Enfants du marais (1999)
Jean Becker
Garris, a young man scarred by his experiences of the First World War, settles in a marshland community in Southern France... [More...]
Jean Becker
Garris, a young man scarred by his experiences of the First World War, settles in a marshland community in Southern France... [More...]
Les Enfants du siècle (1999)
Diane Kurys
In the early 1830s, Baroness Dudevant leaves her husband and decides to start a new life in Paris. Adopting the name George Sand, she embarks on a career as a writer and feminist, shocking French bourgeois society with both her behaviour and her radical views... [More...]
Diane Kurys
In the early 1830s, Baroness Dudevant leaves her husband and decides to start a new life in Paris. Adopting the name George Sand, she embarks on a career as a writer and feminist, shocking French bourgeois society with both her behaviour and her radical views... [More...]
L'Enfer (1994)
Claude Chabrol
Paul Pieur is the proud owner of a country hotel which has no difficulty attracting guests, despite its proximity to an airbase... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Paul Pieur is the proud owner of a country hotel which has no difficulty attracting guests, despite its proximity to an airbase... [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...]
Est - Ouest (1999)
Régis Wargnier
1946. Following an amnesty from Communist leader Stalin, a physician Alexeï returns to his native Russia after a period of exile in France... [More...]
Régis Wargnier
1946. Following an amnesty from Communist leader Stalin, a physician Alexeï returns to his native Russia after a period of exile in France... [More...]
L'Examen de minuit (1998)
Danièle Dubroux
Keen to find a husband, Séréna places an ad in the newspapers, and receives a promising reply from a landowner living in Chateauneuf-sur-Rhône... [More...]
Danièle Dubroux
Keen to find a husband, Séréna places an ad in the newspapers, and receives a promising reply from a landowner living in Chateauneuf-sur-Rhône... [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...]
Fallait pas!... (1996)
Gérard Jugnot
After a disastrous outdoor training course in the snow-decked mountains, human resources manager Bernard Leroy makes a hasty return to his fiancée's château on the eve of their wedding... [More...]
Gérard Jugnot
After a disastrous outdoor training course in the snow-decked mountains, human resources manager Bernard Leroy makes a hasty return to his fiancée's château on the eve of their wedding... [More...]
Fanfan (1993)
Alexandre Jardin
The instant that Fanfan enters his life Alexandre finds he is profoundly perturbed by her. If he were not already committed to another woman, Laure, he knows he would lose his heart to her in a moment... [More...]
Alexandre Jardin
The instant that Fanfan enters his life Alexandre finds he is profoundly perturbed by her. If he were not already committed to another woman, Laure, he knows he would lose his heart to her in a moment... [More...]
Fantôme avec chauffeur (1996)
Gérard Oury
Georges Morel, chauffeur to the wealthy industrialist Philippe Bruneau-Teissier, is gunned down by unknown assassins just after he discovers he has won a fortune on the national lottery... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Georges Morel, chauffeur to the wealthy industrialist Philippe Bruneau-Teissier, is gunned down by unknown assassins just after he discovers he has won a fortune on the national lottery... [More...]
Farinelli (1994)
Gérard Corbiau
In the 18th century, under the sobriquet Farinelli, Carlo Broschi became the world's most famous castrato. Accompanied by his older brother Riccardo, who writes his music and helps to consummate his amorous entanglements, he is received by the courts of Europe... [More...]
Gérard Corbiau
In the 18th century, under the sobriquet Farinelli, Carlo Broschi became the world's most famous castrato. Accompanied by his older brother Riccardo, who writes his music and helps to consummate his amorous entanglements, he is received by the courts of Europe... [More...]
Faux et usage de faux (1990)
Laurent Heynemann
The writer Anatole Hirsch has become one of the most eminent literary figures in France. But whilst his books sell very respectably he is increasingly convinced this is because of his celebrity and not a reflection of the merit of his work... [More...]
Laurent Heynemann
The writer Anatole Hirsch has become one of the most eminent literary figures in France. But whilst his books sell very respectably he is increasingly convinced this is because of his celebrity and not a reflection of the merit of his work... [More...]
La Femme défendue (1997)
Philippe Harel
François and Muriel meet at a mutual friend's party. He is 39, a businessman, married with a son. She is 22 and lives alone, although she has a boyfriend, Pascal... [More...]
Philippe Harel
François and Muriel meet at a mutual friend's party. He is 39, a businessman, married with a son. She is 22 and lives alone, although she has a boyfriend, Pascal... [More...]
La Femme du cosmonaute (1998)
Jacques Monnet
Anna can hardly believe her good fortune when her astronaut husband, Jean-Paul, is selected for a solo space mission which will take him out of her life for six whole months... [More...]
Jacques Monnet
Anna can hardly believe her good fortune when her astronaut husband, Jean-Paul, is selected for a solo space mission which will take him out of her life for six whole months... [More...]
La Femme fardée (1990)
José Pinheiro
As a cruise liner sets out to sea its passengers can have no idea of the stormy passage that lies ahead. Armand Bautet-Lebrêche, a powerful magnate, is accompanied by his stunning wife Edma, who amuses herself with her fellow passengers - Éric Lethuillier, the owner of a leftwing newspaper who likes to taunt his wife Clarisse, an alcoholic heiress who overdoes the make-up; Simon Béjard, a populist filmmaker travelling with aspiring actress Olga; Andréas Fayard, a professional gigolo in search of a fortune; and Julien Peyrat, a louche auctioneer... [More...]
José Pinheiro
As a cruise liner sets out to sea its passengers can have no idea of the stormy passage that lies ahead. Armand Bautet-Lebrêche, a powerful magnate, is accompanied by his stunning wife Edma, who amuses herself with her fellow passengers - Éric Lethuillier, the owner of a leftwing newspaper who likes to taunt his wife Clarisse, an alcoholic heiress who overdoes the make-up; Simon Béjard, a populist filmmaker travelling with aspiring actress Olga; Andréas Fayard, a professional gigolo in search of a fortune; and Julien Peyrat, a louche auctioneer... [More...]
The Fifth Element (1997)
Luc Besson
In the year 2259, an unknown alien force threatens to engulf the planet Earth. The only thing that can repel this evil are the Five Elements, donated to humanity at the dawn of antiquity by a race of alien benefactors... [More...]
Luc Besson
In the year 2259, an unknown alien force threatens to engulf the planet Earth. The only thing that can repel this evil are the Five Elements, donated to humanity at the dawn of antiquity by a race of alien benefactors... [More...]
La Fille de d'Artagnan (1994)
Bertrand Tavernier
In 1645, Eloise, the daughter of the great swordmaster D'Artagnan, lives in a monastery in southern France. One night, the monastery is disturbed by nobles pursing an escaped negro slave... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In 1645, Eloise, the daughter of the great swordmaster D'Artagnan, lives in a monastery in southern France. One night, the monastery is disturbed by nobles pursing an escaped negro slave... [More...]
La Fille de l'air (1992)
Maroun Bagdadi
Brigitte lives with her boyfriend, Daniel, who is on the run having escaped from prison for a series of armed robbery offences... [More...]
Maroun Bagdadi
Brigitte lives with her boyfriend, Daniel, who is on the run having escaped from prison for a series of armed robbery offences... [More...]
La Fille seule (1995)
Benoît Jacquot
Early one morning, Valérie meets up as agreed with her boyfriend Rémi at a café neat St-Lazare station in Paris... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Early one morning, Valérie meets up as agreed with her boyfriend Rémi at a café neat St-Lazare station in Paris... [More...]
La Fille sur le pont (1999)
Patrice Leconte
A young woman is about to jump from a bridge on the River Seine in Paris when a stranger approaches her. He is Gabor, a professional knife-thrower who offers her a chance to begin a new life as his stage partner... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
A young woman is about to jump from a bridge on the River Seine in Paris when a stranger approaches her. He is Gabor, a professional knife-thrower who offers her a chance to begin a new life as his stage partner... [More...]
Le Fils du Français (1999)
Gérard Lauzier
After his mother's death, Benjamin has allowed himself to be tossed back and forth between his two grand-mothers, Anne and Suzanne, who inhabit two different social milieus and completely fail to see eye to eye... [More...]
Gérard Lauzier
After his mother's death, Benjamin has allowed himself to be tossed back and forth between his two grand-mothers, Anne and Suzanne, who inhabit two different social milieus and completely fail to see eye to eye... [More...]
Le Fils préféré (1994)
Nicole Garcia
Jean-Paul Mantegna is the 40-something owner of a hotel on the French Riviera. Saddled with debts, he desperately needs to raise a large sum of money to keep his business afloat, so he turns to the only members of his family who can help him - his brothers Francis and Philippe... [More...]
Nicole Garcia
Jean-Paul Mantegna is the 40-something owner of a hotel on the French Riviera. Saddled with debts, he desperately needs to raise a large sum of money to keep his business afloat, so he turns to the only members of his family who can help him - his brothers Francis and Philippe... [More...]
Fin août, début septembre (1998)
Olivier Assayas
Gabriel, in his early thirties, finds his life upended after separating from his partner Jenny and then discovering that his best friend Adrien, a writer, has a terminal illness... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
Gabriel, in his early thirties, finds his life upended after separating from his partner Jenny and then discovering that his best friend Adrien, a writer, has a terminal illness... [More...]
La Flor de mi secreto (1995)
Pedro Almodóvar
Leo Macías is a writer of trashy romantic fiction who, under the pseudonym Amanda Gris, is one of the most popular authors in Spain... [More...]
Pedro Almodóvar
Leo Macías is a writer of trashy romantic fiction who, under the pseudonym Amanda Gris, is one of the most popular authors in Spain... [More...]