French cinema: 2001
15 août (2001)
Patrick Alessandrin
One summer, the spouses of three women girlfriends meet up at their rented holiday home in the sunny coastal resort of La Baule and have a nasty surprise waiting for them...
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Patrick Alessandrin
À ma soeur! (2001)
Catherine Breillat
Whilst on holiday with her family, 15 year old Elena meets an an older Italian student, Fernando. Elena is eager to fall in love and Fernando, a smooth-talking Don Juan type, persaudes her to have sex with him...
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Catherine Breillat
Les Acteurs anonymes (2001)
Benoît Cohen
Been bitten by the acting bug? Had your life totally ruined by the compulsive need to regurgitate words that are not your own in front of an audience or camera...
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Benoît Cohen
Les Âmes fortes (2001)
Raoul Ruiz
In 1945, a number of old women gather together at the sombre occasion of a wake and reflect on the life of someone in their midst...
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Raoul Ruiz
L'Anglaise et le duc (2001)
Eric Rohmer
Grace Elliott, a well-connected English lady, is living in Paris at the time of the French Revolution. She was once the lover of the Duke of Orléans, cousin of King Louis XVI, who remains her closest friend and confidant...
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Eric Rohmer
Barnie et ses petites contrariétés (2001)
Bruno Chiche
Barnard Barnich, known to all as Barnie, is a successful 40-something businessman who works in London but lives in Calais with his devoted wife Lucy... [More...]
Bruno Chiche
Barnard Barnich, known to all as Barnie, is a successful 40-something businessman who works in London but lives in Calais with his devoted wife Lucy... [More...]
Bella ciao (2001)
Stéphane Giusti
As Italy falls under the control of the Fascists, Orféo Mancini, a life-long supporter of the Communist party, decides to leave his country, with his wife Nella and their two children, Oreste and Bianca... [More...]
Stéphane Giusti
As Italy falls under the control of the Fascists, Orféo Mancini, a life-long supporter of the Communist party, decides to leave his country, with his wife Nella and their two children, Oreste and Bianca... [More...]
Belphégor - Le Fantôme du Louvre (2001)
Jean-Paul Salomé
A collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts dating back three thousand years is taken to the Louvre Museum in Paris for analysis and classification... [More...]
Jean-Paul Salomé
A collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts dating back three thousand years is taken to the Louvre Museum in Paris for analysis and classification... [More...]
Betty Fisher et autres histoires (2001)
Claude Miller
After making her name as a writer in the United States, Betty Fisher returns to France with her four-year-old son Joseph, leaving her partner Édouard in New York... [More...]
Claude Miller
After making her name as a writer in the United States, Betty Fisher returns to France with her four-year-old son Joseph, leaving her partner Édouard in New York... [More...]
C'est la vie (2001)
Jean-Pierre Améris
Dimitri is not yet fifty when he is diagnosed with an incurable disease. Reluctantly, he gives up his comfortable home in Marseille and takes up residence in a hospice, where he will live out the last few weeks that remain to him... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Améris
Dimitri is not yet fifty when he is diagnosed with an incurable disease. Reluctantly, he gives up his comfortable home in Marseille and takes up residence in a hospice, where he will live out the last few weeks that remain to him... [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Josée Dayan
For five years, a young university student, Yann Andréa, has been corresponding with the legendary writer and filmmaker Marguerite Duras... [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Comédie de l'innocence (2001)
Raoul Ruiz
On his ninth birthday, Camille casually tells his mother, Arianne, that she is not his real mother and that he desperately wants to go home, to his real home... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
On his ninth birthday, Camille casually tells his mother, Arianne, that she is not his real mother and that he desperately wants to go home, to his real home... [More...]
Comment j'ai tué mon père (2001)
Anne Fontaine
Jean-Luc has made a successful career in private medicine, specialising in anti-ageing treatments. He appears to have it all: his own gerontology clinic at Versailles, which brings him wealth and esteem, and a beautiful young wife Isa... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
Jean-Luc has made a successful career in private medicine, specialising in anti-ageing treatments. He appears to have it all: his own gerontology clinic at Versailles, which brings him wealth and esteem, and a beautiful young wife Isa... [More...]
Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite (2001)
Pascale Bailly
Michèle has barely turned twenty and yet already she has made up her mind that her life is a complete failure. Her modelling career seems to be going nowhere and now she is alone, depressed and fed up after breaking up with her boyfriend Bertrand... [More...]
Pascale Bailly
Michèle has barely turned twenty and yet already she has made up her mind that her life is a complete failure. Her modelling career seems to be going nowhere and now she is alone, depressed and fed up after breaking up with her boyfriend Bertrand... [More...]
Éloge de l'amour (2001)
Jean-Luc Godard
A filmmaker Edgar is preparing to make a film about the four stages of love (meeting, passion, separation and reconciliation)... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
A filmmaker Edgar is preparing to make a film about the four stages of love (meeting, passion, separation and reconciliation)... [More...]
L'Emploi du temps (2001)
Laurent Cantet
When he is fired from his job as a high-powered consultant, Vincent hides the fact from his friends and family by pretending to have found a new job at the United Nations... [More...]
Laurent Cantet
When he is fired from his job as a high-powered consultant, Vincent hides the fact from his friends and family by pretending to have found a new job at the United Nations... [More...]
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The victim of an unhappy and lonely childhood, Amélie Poulain attains adulthood with a strong sense of justice and a willingness to help others, a strange set of qualifications for a modest waitress in a Montmarte café... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The victim of an unhappy and lonely childhood, Amélie Poulain attains adulthood with a strong sense of justice and a willingness to help others, a strange set of qualifications for a modest waitress in a Montmarte café... [More...]
Félix et Lola (2001)
Patrice Leconte
Félix, a dodgem car operator at a busy fairground, finds himself strangely drawn to one of his customers, an attractive young woman named Lola... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
Félix, a dodgem car operator at a busy fairground, finds himself strangely drawn to one of his customers, an attractive young woman named Lola... [More...]
Gamer (2001)
Patrick Levy
Tony, 22, is obsessed with video games. When he is not mixed up in petty trafficking or housebreaking, he divides his time between the games arcades and his Playstation... [More...]
Patrick Levy
Tony, 22, is obsessed with video games. When he is not mixed up in petty trafficking or housebreaking, he divides his time between the games arcades and his Playstation... [More...]
Les Gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels (2001)
Eric Assous
When she finds out that her lover Philippe is planning to spend his holiday with his wife and children in the Antilles, Camille is furious... [More...]
Eric Assous
When she finds out that her lover Philippe is planning to spend his holiday with his wife and children in the Antilles, Camille is furious... [More...]
HS - hors service (2001)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Marchand is happy with his life, until the day his wife discovers he is a professional hitman and not, as he claims to be, a shoe salesman... [More...]
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Marchand is happy with his life, until the day his wife discovers he is a professional hitman and not, as he claims to be, a shoe salesman... [More...]
Inch'Allah dimanche (2001)
Yamina Benguigui
In 1974, Zouina makes up her mind to leave her native Algeria and settle in France with her husband. The latter has been living and working in France for over a decade, and Zouina feels the time is right for her immediate family to relocate... [More...]
Yamina Benguigui
In 1974, Zouina makes up her mind to leave her native Algeria and settle in France with her husband. The latter has been living and working in France for over a decade, and Zouina feels the time is right for her immediate family to relocate... [More...]
Les Jolies choses (2001)
Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Although they look so alike, Lucie and her twin sister Marie are polar opposites. Whereas Marie is introverted, restrained and intelligent, Lucie is outgoing and impulsive... [More...]
Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Although they look so alike, Lucie and her twin sister Marie are polar opposites. Whereas Marie is introverted, restrained and intelligent, Lucie is outgoing and impulsive... [More...]