French cinema: 1990s
Ma saison préférée (1993)
André Téchiné
Too old to live by herself, Berthe moves in with her daughter, Emile, who is married with grown-up children of her own. Emile's husband resents the intrusion, but the situation is aggravated when Emile's brother, Antoine visits for Christmas...
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André Téchiné
Ma vie en rose (1997)
Alain Berliner
The Fabre family moves into a new house in a respectable middle-class area. During a house-warming party, the youngest son, seven-year old Ludovic makes a grand entrance in a dress, make-up and jewellery...
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Alain Berliner
Ma vie est un enfer (1991)
Josiane Balasko
Léah is a dowdy spinster in her mid-thirties. She resents her self-obsessed mother and hates her job as a dental assistant...
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Josiane Balasko
Madame Bovary (1991)
Claude Chabrol
In 19th century France, Charles Bovary is a country doctor who, after the death of his first wife, does not delay in marrying the daughter of one of his patients, Emma Rouault...
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Claude Chabrol
La Maladie de Sachs (1999)
Michel Deville
Dr Bruno Sachs is the general practitioner of a small provincial town in France. Every day, his patients trundle into his consulting room with their various ailments, real and imaginary...
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Michel Deville
Le Mari de la coiffeuse (1990)
Patrice Leconte
In middle-age, Antoine looks back on his life and recalls happy times when he was a little boy holidaying in Luc-sur-Mer with his brother... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
In middle-age, Antoine looks back on his life and recalls happy times when he was a little boy holidaying in Luc-sur-Mer with his brother... [More...]
Marion (1997)
Manuel Poirier
A working class family moves to a rural Normandy village. The father, a labourer, earns barely money to keep his wife and four young children, but the family are content with what they have... [More...]
Manuel Poirier
A working class family moves to a rural Normandy village. The father, a labourer, earns barely money to keep his wife and four young children, but the family are content with what they have... [More...]
Marius et Jeannette (1997)
Robert Guédiguian
Jeannette is a single mother who is struggling to bring up her children on a meagre salary in Estaque, a working class district of Marseilles... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
Jeannette is a single mother who is struggling to bring up her children on a meagre salary in Estaque, a working class district of Marseilles... [More...]
Les Marmottes (1993)
Élie Chouraqui
One year, Léo Klein decides to spend the Christmas holidays at his chalet in the Alps with his two sons, Max and Simon, along with their wives Marie-Claire and Frédérique, and their children... [More...]
Élie Chouraqui
One year, Léo Klein decides to spend the Christmas holidays at his chalet in the Alps with his two sons, Max and Simon, along with their wives Marie-Claire and Frédérique, and their children... [More...]
Marquise (1997)
Véra Belmont
17th Century France, during the reign of King Louis XIV. Whilst visiting a provincial town, a member of Molière's acting troupe, Gros-René, discovers a beautiful street dancer, Marquise... [More...]
Véra Belmont
17th Century France, during the reign of King Louis XIV. Whilst visiting a provincial town, a member of Molière's acting troupe, Gros-René, discovers a beautiful street dancer, Marquise... [More...]
Marthe (1997)
Jean-Loup Hubert
Autumn, 1915. Wounded on a World War I battlefield, a young soldier named Simon is sent to a town on the Brittany coast to convalesce and receive medical treatment... [More...]
Jean-Loup Hubert
Autumn, 1915. Wounded on a World War I battlefield, a young soldier named Simon is sent to a town on the Brittany coast to convalesce and receive medical treatment... [More...]
Massacres (1991)
Jean-Claude Roy
To clear his gambling debts, a young psychopath named Ronny agrees to deliver a suitcase to Seoul, not realising that the suitcase contains plates for printing forged banknotes... [More...]
Jean-Claude Roy
To clear his gambling debts, a young psychopath named Ronny agrees to deliver a suitcase to Seoul, not realising that the suitcase contains plates for printing forged banknotes... [More...]
Mauvais garçon (1993)
Jacques Bral
Immediately after being released from prison, where he has served a short stretch for petty larceny, 30-something Thomas returns to his girlfriend, only to find she is in bed with another man... [More...]
Jacques Bral
Immediately after being released from prison, where he has served a short stretch for petty larceny, 30-something Thomas returns to his girlfriend, only to find she is in bed with another man... [More...]
Mauvaise passe (1999)
Michel Blanc
Bored with his humdrum middle-class existence, 40-something university lecturer Pierre walks out on his wife Catherine and his son and settles in London to begin work on his first novel... [More...]
Michel Blanc
Bored with his humdrum middle-class existence, 40-something university lecturer Pierre walks out on his wife Catherine and his son and settles in London to begin work on his first novel... [More...]
Mauvaises fréquentations (1999)
Jean-Pierre Améris
Delphine is a 15 year-old-girl who knows nothing about life. Then she meets Olivia, a girl who seems to know everything. It is through Olivia that Delphine begins to unravel the mysteries of adulthood and in no time she has embarked on her first love affair, with a sexually precocious boy named Laurent... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Améris
Delphine is a 15 year-old-girl who knows nothing about life. Then she meets Olivia, a girl who seems to know everything. It is through Olivia that Delphine begins to unravel the mysteries of adulthood and in no time she has embarked on her first love affair, with a sexually precocious boy named Laurent... [More...]
Mayrig (1992)
Henri Verneuil
In 1921, a shipload of Armenian refugees arrive in Marseilles, hoping to begin a new life. These include six-year-old Azad Zakarian, his father Hagop, his mother Araxi and his two aunts Anna and Gayané... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
In 1921, a shipload of Armenian refugees arrive in Marseilles, hoping to begin a new life. These include six-year-old Azad Zakarian, his father Hagop, his mother Araxi and his two aunts Anna and Gayané... [More...]
Merci la vie (1991)
Bertrand Blier
One day, a shy teenager Camille comes across a young woman, Joëlle, lying in the middle of the road in a wedding dress... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
One day, a shy teenager Camille comes across a young woman, Joëlle, lying in the middle of the road in a wedding dress... [More...]
La Mère Christain (1998)
Myriam Boyer
In the early 1950s, Mother Christain runs a small bistro in the town of Lyons. Alone and impoverished, she is scarred by her recent tragic experiences... [More...]
Myriam Boyer
In the early 1950s, Mother Christain runs a small bistro in the town of Lyons. Alone and impoverished, she is scarred by her recent tragic experiences... [More...]
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Luc Besson
At the time of the 100 years' war between England and France, a young country girl, Jeanne, believes she has a mission from God to rid France of the English... [More...]
Luc Besson
At the time of the 100 years' war between England and France, a young country girl, Jeanne, believes she has a mission from God to rid France of the English... [More...]
Métisse (1993)
Mathieu Kassovitz
Jamal and Félix are two young men who could not be more different but they have one thing in common - both are devotedly attached to the same woman, Lola, an 18-year-old half-caste... [More...]
Mathieu Kassovitz
Jamal and Félix are two young men who could not be more different but they have one thing in common - both are devotedly attached to the same woman, Lola, an 18-year-old half-caste... [More...]
Les Milles (1995)
Sébastien Grall
Early in June 1940, Commandant Charles Perrochon is placed in charge of an interment camp built on the site of a disused tile factory in Les Milles, a small town in the south of France... [More...]
Sébastien Grall
Early in June 1940, Commandant Charles Perrochon is placed in charge of an interment camp built on the site of a disused tile factory in Les Milles, a small town in the south of France... [More...]
Milou en mai (1990)
Louis Malle
May 1968. Émile Vieuzac, known to all as Milou, is a contented 60 year-old who lives with his mother in a grand country house in the southwest of France... [More...]
Louis Malle
May 1968. Émile Vieuzac, known to all as Milou, is a contented 60 year-old who lives with his mother in a grand country house in the southwest of France... [More...]
Les Misérables (1995)
Claude Lelouch
France, 1900. When his employer shoots himself after a New Year's party, chauffeur Henri Fortin is condemned for murder and sentenced to a term of hard labour... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
France, 1900. When his employer shoots himself after a New Year's party, chauffeur Henri Fortin is condemned for murder and sentenced to a term of hard labour... [More...]
Mon homme (1996)
Bertrand Blier
Marie makes a reasonable living for herself as a prostitute in Paris. One cold winter's evening, she notices a tramp sleeping by some dustbins and can't help taking pity on him... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Marie makes a reasonable living for herself as a prostitute in Paris. One cold winter's evening, she notices a tramp sleeping by some dustbins and can't help taking pity on him... [More...]
Mon père, ce héros (1991)
Gérard Lauzier
After separating from his wife Irina, 40-something André becomes obsessively preoccupied with his teenage daughter Véronique, who is growing up much faster than he would like... [More...]
Gérard Lauzier
After separating from his wife Irina, 40-something André becomes obsessively preoccupied with his teenage daughter Véronique, who is growing up much faster than he would like... [More...]
Monsieur Naphtali (1999)
Olivier Schatzky
Monsieur Naphtali is one of life's natural recluses, a man who refuses to grow up and who is more than content to spend his entire life within the comforting cocoon of a psychiatric clinic... [More...]
Olivier Schatzky
Monsieur Naphtali is one of life's natural recluses, a man who refuses to grow up and who is more than content to spend his entire life within the comforting cocoon of a psychiatric clinic... [More...]
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Claude Sautet
Through a meeting with a friend, Nelly is introduced to a wealthy retired business man, Monsieur Arnaud. Nelly talks a little about her life - she is married to an unemployed layabout and, having lost a well-paid job, she is now heavily in arrears on her rent... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Through a meeting with a friend, Nelly is introduced to a wealthy retired business man, Monsieur Arnaud. Nelly talks a little about her life - she is married to an unemployed layabout and, having lost a well-paid job, she is now heavily in arrears on her rent... [More...]
Nénette et Boni (1996)
Claire Denis
Since his mother's death a few years ago, Boni, 19, has led a mostly dull life, living in the pokey Marseille flat he inherited from his mother and earning a pittance as a pizza seller... [More...]
Claire Denis
Since his mother's death a few years ago, Boni, 19, has led a mostly dull life, living in the pokey Marseille flat he inherited from his mother and earning a pittance as a pizza seller... [More...]
Netchaïev est de retour (1991)
Jacques Deray
Netchaïev is the code name of a notorious political activist who turned to terrorism in the late 1960s, working as part of an international network of revolutionaries... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Netchaïev is the code name of a notorious political activist who turned to terrorism in the late 1960s, working as part of an international network of revolutionaries... [More...]
Nettoyage à sec (1997)
Anne Fontaine
For the past 15 years a married couple, Jean-Marie and Nicole Kunstler, have run their own dry cleaning business in a French provincial town... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
For the past 15 years a married couple, Jean-Marie and Nicole Kunstler, have run their own dry cleaning business in a French provincial town... [More...]