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French cinema: 2000s

Cages (2008)
Olivier Masset-Depasse

Eve and Damien live a passionate love affair that is so intense, so solid that it feels as though it could last for an eternity...   [More...]

Calvaire (2004)
Fabrice Du Welz

Marc Stevens is an itinerant singer who performs mainly for retirement homes. After an engagement at a hospice is cancelled, his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere...   [More...]

Camping (2006)
Fabien Onteniente

Every August for the last thirty years, Jacky and Laurette Pic have spent their summer holiday near the same stretch of French coast, pitching their caravan in exactly the same spot in the same camp site, Les Flots Bleus...   [More...]

Camping à la ferme (2005)
Jean-Pierre Sinapi

Six juvenile delinquents from inner city Paris are offered an alternative to the usual short sharp shock of a prison sentence - a month in the country doing odd jobs for the community...   [More...]

Le Candidat (2007)
Niels Arestrup

On the eve of a presidential election, Michel Dedieu is called upon to replace his party leader. As an army of political advisors close in on him, Dedieu struggles to create a positive image for himself, ahead of a crucial televised debate with his opponent......   [More...]

Capitaine Achab (2008)
Philippe Ramos

Captain Achab is the most famous seaman of the 19th century, but who exactly was he and why do we remember him? Five people who knew him well conjure up their memories of this great man - his father, his aunt, a priest, a sailor and his beloved Anna...   [More...]

La Captive (2000)
Chantal Akerman

Simon is a cultivated young writer who is morbidly obsessed with knowing everything about his girlfriend Ariane. Even though they cohabit, living in adjacent rooms in a large Parisian apartment belonging to Simon's grandmother, they seem unable to connect fully...   [More...]

La Capture (2007)
Carole Laure

Rose belongs to that rare breed of young women who appear not to have been spoiled or disillusioned by life. A professional dancer, barely twenty years old, she has a poise and maturity that belie her innocence...   [More...]

Carrément à l'Ouest (2001)
Jacques Doillon

Alex is a drug-dealer and swindler with a violent streak. When one of his clients, a student named François, fails to give him the money he is owed, he reacts as he always reacts, by beating up his debtor...   [More...]

Cash (2008)
Eric Besnard

When his brother, a small-time swindler, is killed by one of his former victims, Cash decides to take revenge by organising a swindle of his own...   [More...]

Cause toujours! (2004)
Jeanne Labrune

As Jacinthe goes to war with a plague of insects that have invaded her apartment, her husband Bruno takes the insects' side and hinders her campaign of extermination...   [More...]

Cavale (2002)
Lucas Belvaux

Bruno Le Roux is an extreme left-wing activist who, after his escape from prison, is more determined than ever to carry on his fight against capitalism...   [More...]

Ce jour-là (2003)
Raoul Ruiz

Livia is a rich heiress who lives in a grand house in a remote part of Switzerland, resented by her relatives who are jealous of her fortune and desperately want to get their hands on it...   [More...]

Ceci est mon corps (2001)
Rodolphe Marconi

The son of a highly successful businessman, Antoine looks set to follow in his father's footsteps after a brilliant start to his academic career...   [More...]

Cendres et sang (2009)
Fanny Ardant

Since the death of her husband ten years ago, Judith has lived in exile in Marseilles with her three children. In all this time, she has refused to make contact with her family, but when her cousin invites her to attend her wedding, Judith has no choice but to accept, despite her fears of what may ensue...   [More...]

Cet amour-là (2001)
Josée Dayan

For five years, a young university student, Yann Andréa, has been corresponding with the legendary writer and filmmaker Marguerite Duras...   [More...]

Cette femme-là (2003)
Guillaume Nicloux

The 29th of February is a date that haunts Michèle Varin, a woman police officer coping badly with depression and loneliness...   [More...]

Ceux d'en face (2001)
Jean-Daniel Pollet

When her boyfriend, Sébastien, leaves unexpectedly for a voyage of self-discovery in a distant country, Linda is tasked with collecting his suitcase from a friend, Mikaël, an ageing composer who lives alone in a remote country house...   [More...]

Ceux qui restent (2007)
Anne Le Ny

On one of his frequent visits to the hospital where his wife is being treated for breast cancer, Bertrand meets a young woman, Loraine, whose partner is also seriously ill...   [More...]

La Chambre des magiciennes (2000)
Claude Miller

Claire, a 30-year-old anthropology student, is suffering from severe migraine attacks and consults the bizarre Dr Fish. When the medicine she is prescribed fails to have any effect, Claire insists on being admitted to hospital...   [More...]

La Chambre des officiers (2001)
François Dupeyron

At the start of the First World War, a young lieutenant, Adrien, is badly injured in a shell explosion. When he comes to, he realises that the lower part of his face has been blown away, although he is otherwise unharmed...   [More...]

Change moi ma vie (2001)
Liria Bégéja

Nina is an actress in her late forties who is struggling to find work after her return to Paris. She has spent several years in Russia with her lover, but when he left her she decided to return to France and resume her once promising career...   [More...]

Changement d'adresse (2006)
Emmanuel Mouret

David, a young musician, arrives in Paris hoping to start a new and exciting chapter in his life. First he needs somewhere to stay and it is indeed providential that he should happen to run into someone who not only has a flat to share but also is a music lover...   [More...]

Les Chansons d'amour (2007)
Christophe Honoré

Ismaël and Julie are a young couple living in Paris. To spice up their ailing love life, they invite another young woman, Alice, to share their bed...   [More...]

Le Chant des mariées (2008)
Karin Albou

In 1942, Myriam and Nour are two 16-year-old girls who live in the same apartment block in Tunis. Despite their cultural differences - one is a Jew, the other a Muslim - they are the best of friends and know that they can never be separated, no matter what life throws at them...   [More...]

Chaos (2001)
Coline Serreau

On their way to a dinner date one evening, Paul and Hélène, a middle class couple, witness an horrific assault on a young Arab woman...   [More...]

Charly (2007)
Isild Le Besco

Nicolas, a 14-year-old boy living with foster parents, is inexplicably disturbed when he sees a postcard of Belle-Île-en-Mer...   [More...]

Charmant garçon (2001)
Patrick Chesnais

Octave is a 50-year-old divorcee who hangs about town with his drinking buddies Hector and Achille. Well into middle-age, it is fair to say that all three men are negotiating a mid-life crisis...   [More...]

Les Chevaliers du ciel (2005)
Gérard Pirès

During an air display at Farnborough, a Mirage 2000 jet goes off the radar. Two French fighter pilots, Antoine Marchelli and Sébastien Vallois, are sent to intercept the plane...   [More...]

Le Chien (2009)
Christian Monnier

Kevin and Jean-Claude are two men who live a solitary existence on a farm in the midst of unspoiled countryside. Their shared tranquillity is disturbed one day when Jean-Claude catches the eye of Michèle, who sees him as a potential one night stand...   [More...]



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