French cinema: 1996
L'Appartement (1996)
Gilles Mimouni
Max is about to set off for Tokyo, where he intends to get married to his fiancé and start a promising executive career...
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Gilles Mimouni
Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996)
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite...
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Edouard Molinaro
Bernie (1996)
Albert Dupontel
Bernie has spent his entire life in an orphanage. He has no family, no knowledge of his origins, but, aged 30, he is determined to find out where he comes from...
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Albert Dupontel
La Bouche de Jean-Pierre (1996)
Lucile Hadzihalilovic
When her mother tries to kill herself, nine-year-old Mini is left in a highly traumatised state. Until her mother is well enough to leave hospital, the little girl must stay with her aunt, Solange, in a tiny apartment that is barely big enough for one...
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Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Caméléone (1996)
Benoît Cohen
One night, Léa, a former prostitute, shoots dead a man who has been stalking her. The killing is witnessed by two newspaper delivery men, Luc and Jean, who offer Léa protection...
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Benoît Cohen
Capitaine Conan (1996)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the final months of World War I, the French infantry are actively engaged in mopping up the enemy trenches on the Macedonian Front... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In the final months of World War I, the French infantry are actively engaged in mopping up the enemy trenches on the Macedonian Front... [More...]
Les Caprices d'un fleuve (1996)
Bernard Giraudeau
In 1786, Jean-François de la Plaine, a friend of King Louis XVI of France, kills a man in a duel. By way of punishment, he is sent into exile and made governor of a small French trading post in West Africa, Port Saint-Louis... [More...]
Bernard Giraudeau
In 1786, Jean-François de la Plaine, a friend of King Louis XVI of France, kills a man in a duel. By way of punishment, he is sent into exile and made governor of a small French trading post in West Africa, Port Saint-Louis... [More...]
Chacun cherche son chat (1996)
Cédric Klapisch
Chloé is a young make-up assistant living in Paris. She shares an apartment with a gay friend Michel and her treasured cat Gris-Gris... [More...]
Cédric Klapisch
Chloé is a young make-up assistant living in Paris. She shares an apartment with a gay friend Michel and her treasured cat Gris-Gris... [More...]
Clubbed to Death (Lola) (1996)
Yolande Zauberman
Lola, a young woman in her early twenties, takes a daytrip to Paris from her home in the provinces but ends up missing the last bus home... [More...]
Yolande Zauberman
Lola, a young woman in her early twenties, takes a daytrip to Paris from her home in the provinces but ends up missing the last bus home... [More...]
Le Coeur fantôme (1996)
Philippe Garrel
Philippe, a middle-aged artist, leaves his wife and children when he learns that his wife has a lover. He consoles himself with the company of prostitutes until he meets Justine, a young woman who instantly falls in love with him... [More...]
Philippe Garrel
Philippe, a middle-aged artist, leaves his wife and children when he learns that his wife has a lover. He consoles himself with the company of prostitutes until he meets Justine, a young woman who instantly falls in love with him... [More...]
Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) (1996)
Arnaud Desplechin
Paul Dédalus is fast approaching thirty when he realises the mess he has made of his life. Saddled with an assistant teaching job at Nanterre university that he has come to loathe, he struggles to complete his thesis whilst agonising over whether he should end his relationship with Esther, the woman he has been living with for ten years... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Paul Dédalus is fast approaching thirty when he realises the mess he has made of his life. Saddled with an assistant teaching job at Nanterre university that he has come to loathe, he struggles to complete his thesis whilst agonising over whether he should end his relationship with Esther, the woman he has been living with for ten years... [More...]
Conte d'été (1996)
Eric Rohmer
Gaspard, an introspective maths student, plans to spend his summer holidays in the Brittany town of Dinard. When his girlfriend Léna fails to turn up as agreed he is left alone to lie on the beach and compose songs with his guitar... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Gaspard, an introspective maths student, plans to spend his summer holidays in the Brittany town of Dinard. When his girlfriend Léna fails to turn up as agreed he is left alone to lie on the beach and compose songs with his guitar... [More...]
Le Cri de la soie (1996)
Yvon Marciano
In 1914, an uneducated young woman named Marie Benjamin is arrested after stealing some silk from a Parisian department store... [More...]
Yvon Marciano
In 1914, an uneducated young woman named Marie Benjamin is arrested after stealing some silk from a Parisian department store... [More...]
Delphine 1, Yvan 0 (1996)
Dominique Farrugia
Yvan and Delphine are a young couple who allow a television film crew to record their day-to-day experiences over a year... [More...]
Dominique Farrugia
Yvan and Delphine are a young couple who allow a television film crew to record their day-to-day experiences over a year... [More...]
Désiré (1996)
Bernard Murat
Désiré would be the perfect valet were it not for his unerring ability for stealing the heart of every woman he meets... [More...]
Bernard Murat
Désiré would be the perfect valet were it not for his unerring ability for stealing the heart of every woman he meets... [More...]
L'Élève (1996)
Olivier Schatzky
France, towards the end of the 19th Century. Julien, 25 years old, has ambitions to be a writer, but circumstances force him to take up a job as a private teacher... [More...]
Olivier Schatzky
France, towards the end of the 19th Century. Julien, 25 years old, has ambitions to be a writer, but circumstances force him to take up a job as a private teacher... [More...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Les Grands ducs (1996)
Patrice Leconte
Victor and Eddie are two ageing actors who seem destined to spend the rest of their careers dashing from theatre to theatre to play bit parts... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
Victor and Eddie are two ageing actors who seem destined to spend the rest of their careers dashing from theatre to theatre to play bit parts... [More...]
Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi (1996)
Claude Lelouch
Fabio Lino is an ex-actor who finds he can put his acting skills to better use in his current job as a policeman. Benoit Blanc is a successful business man who has more than an eye for the ladies... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Fabio Lino is an ex-actor who finds he can put his acting skills to better use in his current job as a policeman. Benoit Blanc is a successful business man who has more than an eye for the ladies... [More...]
Le Huitième jour (1996)
Jaco Van Dormael
Harry is a high-powered communications officer for a leading multinational bank. He is comfortably off, well-respected and an incurable workaholic... [More...]
Jaco Van Dormael
Harry is a high-powered communications officer for a leading multinational bank. He is comfortably off, well-respected and an incurable workaholic... [More...]
Irma Vep (1996)
Olivier Assayas
A once great film director, René Vidal, attempts a come back by remaking Louis Feuillade's classic crime serial, Les Vampires... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
A once great film director, René Vidal, attempts a come back by remaking Louis Feuillade's classic crime serial, Les Vampires... [More...]
Le Jaguar (1996)
Francis Veber
In a bid to raise awareness about the plight of the Amazonians, whose way of life is threatened by the destruction of the rain forests, anthropologist Jean Campana begins a tour of France in the company of Wanu, a shaman... [More...]
Francis Veber
In a bid to raise awareness about the plight of the Amazonians, whose way of life is threatened by the destruction of the rain forests, anthropologist Jean Campana begins a tour of France in the company of Wanu, a shaman... [More...]
Le Journal du séducteur (1996)
Danièle Dubroux
A young student, Claire, falls obsessively in love with a another student, Gregoire after having read his copy of Kierkegaard's novel, Le Journal du séducteur... [More...]
Danièle Dubroux
A young student, Claire, falls obsessively in love with a another student, Gregoire after having read his copy of Kierkegaard's novel, Le Journal du séducteur... [More...]
Love, etc. (1996)
Marion Vernoux
Benoît, a banker in his early thirties, and Pierre, a literature professor, have been friends for longer than either of them can remember... [More...]
Marion Vernoux
Benoît, a banker in his early thirties, and Pierre, a literature professor, have been friends for longer than either of them can remember... [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...]
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...]
Passage à l'acte (1996)
Francis Girod
Antoine Rivière has made a name for himself, both as an author of several noteworthy books and as a reputable psychoanalyst... [More...]
Francis Girod
Antoine Rivière has made a name for himself, both as an author of several noteworthy books and as a reputable psychoanalyst... [More...]
Pédale douce (1996)
Gabriel Aghion
Adrien is about to close an important business deal with banking supremo Alexandre. Before signing the contract, Alexandre invites Adrien to a dinner party, insisting that he bring his wife... [More...]
Gabriel Aghion
Adrien is about to close an important business deal with banking supremo Alexandre. Before signing the contract, Alexandre invites Adrien to a dinner party, insisting that he bring his wife... [More...]