French cinema: 1990
L'Amour (1990)
Philippe Faucon
As their summer holidays draw to a close, the thoughts of a disparate collection of teenagers in the suburbs of Paris turn to love...
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Philippe Faucon
Aux yeux du monde (1990)
Eric Rochant
Bruno is a 22 year old man who is fed up with his mediocre life and desperately wants to make a wild dramatic gesture to prove to himself and the world that he exists...
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Eric Rochant
La Baule-les-Pins (1990)
Diane Kurys
July 1958. Two young sisters, Frédérique and Sophie, are packed off to the seaside, to spend their summer holidays under the care of their housemaid, Odette, whilst their mother Lena and father Michel stays at home in Lyon...
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Diane Kurys
Le Château de ma mère (1990)
Yves Robert
After his previous summer, 11-year-old Marcel is so in love with the countryside of Provence that he can scarcely bear to be separated from it...
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Yves Robert
Conte de printemps (1990)
Eric Rohmer
Jeanne is a high school teacher of philosophy who finds herself temporarily homeless when her fiancé Mathieu goes away for a few days...
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Eric Rohmer
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The popular swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is consumed by his ardent love for his cousin Roxanne but, tragically, his features are so deformed by his large nose that he has little chance of gaining her affections... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The popular swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is consumed by his ardent love for his cousin Roxanne but, tragically, his features are so deformed by his large nose that he has little chance of gaining her affections... [More...]
Daddy Nostalgie (1990)
Bertrand Tavernier
Caroline is a writer who, after her divorce, lives alone in Paris with her infant son. On hearing the news that her father has just undergone a serious operation, she immediately sets out to rejoin her parents at their home in the south of France... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
Caroline is a writer who, after her divorce, lives alone in Paris with her infant son. On hearing the news that her father has just undergone a serious operation, she immediately sets out to rejoin her parents at their home in the south of France... [More...]
La Désenchantée (1990)
Benoît Jacquot
Beth is a precocious 17 year old schoolgirl who lives with her bedridden mother, Thérèse, a former prostitute, and her younger brother, Rémi... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Beth is a precocious 17 year old schoolgirl who lives with her bedridden mother, Thérèse, a former prostitute, and her younger brother, Rémi... [More...]
La Discrète (1990)
Christian Vincent
Antoine, an unsuccessful writer, is taken aback when his girlfriend, Solange, leaves him for another man. Usually, it is he who ends a relationship, not his partner... [More...]
Christian Vincent
Antoine, an unsuccessful writer, is taken aback when his girlfriend, Solange, leaves him for another man. Usually, it is he who ends a relationship, not his partner... [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 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...]
La Fracture du myocarde (1990)
Jacques Fansten
Traumatised by the idea that he might be put into an orphanage, 12 year old Martin tries to hide the sudden death of his mother... [More...]
Jacques Fansten
Traumatised by the idea that he might be put into an orphanage, 12 year old Martin tries to hide the sudden death of his mother... [More...]
Gaspard et Robinson (1990)
Tony Gatlif
Although temperamentally very different, Gaspard and Robinson have become the closest of friends. After his wife walked out on him on hearing that he had lost his job, Gaspard found his recurring bouts of depression hard to cope with, until the happy day when he met Robinson... [More...]
Tony Gatlif
Although temperamentally very different, Gaspard and Robinson have become the closest of friends. After his wife walked out on him on hearing that he had lost his job, Gaspard found his recurring bouts of depression hard to cope with, until the happy day when he met Robinson... [More...]
La Gloire de mon père (1990)
Yves Robert
In the late 1890s, Joseph Pagnol, a schoolteacher and staunch atheist, lives with his wife Augustine in a district of Marseille... [More...]
Yves Robert
In the late 1890s, Joseph Pagnol, a schoolteacher and staunch atheist, lives with his wife Augustine in a district of Marseille... [More...]
Il y a des jours... et des lunes (1990)
Claude Lelouch
It has long been thought that the lunar cycle has an influence over the affairs of man, but does it also effect the relationships between men and women... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
It has long been thought that the lunar cycle has an influence over the affairs of man, but does it also effect the relationships between men and women... [More...]
Lacenaire (1990)
Francis Girod
In the 1830s, Pierre-François Lacenaire was the most notorious criminal in France. From an early age, he rebelled against his comfortable bourgeois background, managing to get himself expelled from a Jesuit seminary... [More...]
Francis Girod
In the 1830s, Pierre-François Lacenaire was the most notorious criminal in France. From an early age, he rebelled against his comfortable bourgeois background, managing to get himself expelled from a Jesuit seminary... [More...]
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...]
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...]
Nikita (1990)
Luc Besson
Nikita is the sole survivor of a bloody shoot out between police and a band of drug-crazed social dropouts. Violently aggressive and mentally unstable, the young woman is taken into police custody, but soon find herself a prisoner in a secret government department... [More...]
Luc Besson
Nikita is the sole survivor of a bloody shoot out between police and a band of drug-crazed social dropouts. Violently aggressive and mentally unstable, the young woman is taken into police custody, but soon find herself a prisoner in a secret government department... [More...]
Nouvelle vague (1990)
Jean-Luc Godard
Elena Torlato-Favrini, an incredibly rich and successful businesswoman, lives on a vast country estate in Switzerland. Whilst out driving one day, she sees an older man lying on the side of the road and comes to his aid... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Elena Torlato-Favrini, an incredibly rich and successful businesswoman, lives on a vast country estate in Switzerland. Whilst out driving one day, she sees an older man lying on the side of the road and comes to his aid... [More...]
Nuit d'été en ville (1990)
Michel Deville
Having made love for the first time, a young couple attempt to get to know one another. Neither had expected anything more than a one-night stand when he, Louis, accepted an invitation from her, Emilie, back to her apartment one hot summer's evening... [More...]
Michel Deville
Having made love for the first time, a young couple attempt to get to know one another. Neither had expected anything more than a one-night stand when he, Louis, accepted an invitation from her, Emilie, back to her apartment one hot summer's evening... [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...]
Ripoux contre ripoux (1990)
Claude Zidi
After five years of partnership with his fellow crooked policeman, René, François decides to go straight, in the hope of getting a promotion to the rank of commissioner... [More...]
Claude Zidi
After five years of partnership with his fellow crooked policeman, René, François decides to go straight, in the hope of getting a promotion to the rank of commissioner... [More...]
S'en fout la mort (1990)
Claire Denis
Jocelyn and Doh are two illegal immigrants from Africa who work for a disreputable restaurateur Pierre Ardennes, training cocks to fight in an illicit gambling hall just outside Paris... [More...]
Claire Denis
Jocelyn and Doh are two illegal immigrants from Africa who work for a disreputable restaurateur Pierre Ardennes, training cocks to fight in an illicit gambling hall just outside Paris... [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...]
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...]
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...]
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 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... [More...]
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... [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...]
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...]