French cinema: 2001
Just Visiting (2001)
Jean-Marie Poiré
During the One Hundred Years War, the French Duke Thibault de Malfète travels to England to marry his beloved Princess Rosalind...
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Jean-Marie Poiré
Le Lait de la tendresse humaine (2001)
Dominique Cabrera
Not long after giving birth, Christelle walks out of the family home and after wandering about blindly persuades a neighbour she has never spoken to before to take her in...
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Dominique Cabrera
Liberté-Oléron (2001)
Bruno Podalydès
Jacques is determined to make the most of his summer holidays on the island of Oléron. His wife Albertine may be content to lounge around on the beach and dream of ways to improve their second home, but he is a man of action and intends to make this an adventure that he and his four children will remember for the rest of their lives...
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Bruno Podalydès
Loin (2001)
André Téchiné
Serge is a young man in his mid-twenties who works as a long-distance lorry driver. His work consists of shipping rolls of fabric to Morocco and then collecting clothes manufactured in this country, which he drives back to Europe...
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André Téchiné
Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
Yvan Attal
Yvan is a young sports journalist who still hasn't come to terms with the fact that he is married to a successful film star, Charlotte...
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Yvan Attal
Mademoiselle (2001)
Philippe Lioret
Claire is proud of the fact that she is one of life's highfliers. She is married, with two adorable children, and has a successful career with a major pharmaceuticals company... [More...]
Philippe Lioret
Claire is proud of the fact that she is one of life's highfliers. She is married, with two adorable children, and has a successful career with a major pharmaceuticals company... [More...]
Martha... Martha (2001)
Sandrine Veysset
Martha is a vulnerable young woman who, after a traumatic childhood, now finds calm and contentment with her husband Reymond and their little girl, Lise... [More...]
Sandrine Veysset
Martha is a vulnerable young woman who, after a traumatic childhood, now finds calm and contentment with her husband Reymond and their little girl, Lise... [More...]
Mauvais genres (2001)
Francis Girod
When a Belgian professor is arrested for molesting children, his son, Bo, is hassled by the police into testifying against him... [More...]
Francis Girod
When a Belgian professor is arrested for molesting children, his son, Bo, is hassled by the police into testifying against him... [More...]
Mercredi, folle journée! (2001)
Pascal Thomas
A typical Wednesday in the busy French harbour town of Nantes. Whilst children enjoy their day off school, the adults carry on with their frantic and increasingly stressful lives... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
A typical Wednesday in the busy French harbour town of Nantes. Whilst children enjoy their day off school, the adults carry on with their frantic and increasingly stressful lives... [More...]
Oui, mais... (2001)
Yves Lavandier
Eglantine Laville is 17 and already she is finding life too hard to cope with. It is not difficult to see why this might be... [More...]
Yves Lavandier
Eglantine Laville is 17 and already she is finding life too hard to cope with. It is not difficult to see why this might be... [More...]
Le Pacte des loups (2001)
Christophe Gans
France, 1765. For the past year, the rural region of Gévaudan has been terrorised by a wild beast who brutally kills peasant women and resists any attempt at capture... [More...]
Christophe Gans
France, 1765. For the past year, the rural region of Gévaudan has been terrorised by a wild beast who brutally kills peasant women and resists any attempt at capture... [More...]
Le Petit poucet (2001)
Olivier Dahan
Once upon a time, in a far off land, there was a little boy named Tom Thumb. He lived on a farm with his parents and many brothers, all of whom despised him because he was so small and puny... [More...]
Olivier Dahan
Once upon a time, in a far off land, there was a little boy named Tom Thumb. He lived on a farm with his parents and many brothers, all of whom despised him because he was so small and puny... [More...]
La Pianiste (2001)
Michael Haneke
Erika Kohut is a brilliant pianist who gives master class piano lessons in Vienna. Although in her forties, she still lives with her dominating mother and apparently has no interest in men... [More...]
Michael Haneke
Erika Kohut is a brilliant pianist who gives master class piano lessons in Vienna. Although in her forties, she still lives with her dominating mother and apparently has no interest in men... [More...]
Le Placard (2001)
Francis Veber
François Pignon has been employed as an accountant at a rubber factory for twenty years. His wife Christine has left him and now he learns that he is about to be made redundant... [More...]
Francis Veber
François Pignon has been employed as an accountant at a rubber factory for twenty years. His wife Christine has left him and now he learns that he is about to be made redundant... [More...]
La Plage noire (2001)
Michel Piccoli
In an unnamed country, a group of revolutionaries say their goodbyes, glad to have seen a brutal dictatorship replaced by a nascent democracy... [More...]
Michel Piccoli
In an unnamed country, a group of revolutionaries say their goodbyes, glad to have seen a brutal dictatorship replaced by a nascent democracy... [More...]
Le Pornographe (2001)
Bertrand Bonello
In the 1970s, Jacques Laurent was a major director of pornographic films in France. In the early 1980s he gave up film making, frustrated at not being able to make the kind of films he wanted to... [More...]
Bertrand Bonello
In the 1970s, Jacques Laurent was a major director of pornographic films in France. In the early 1980s he gave up film making, frustrated at not being able to make the kind of films he wanted to... [More...]
Les Portes de la gloire (2001)
Christian Merret-Palmair
Régis Demanet is the leader of a team of door-to-door salesmen who stalk the streets of northern French towns trying to coerce undiscerning householders into buying a bogus encyclopaedia... [More...]
Christian Merret-Palmair
Régis Demanet is the leader of a team of door-to-door salesmen who stalk the streets of northern French towns trying to coerce undiscerning householders into buying a bogus encyclopaedia... [More...]
Profils paysans: l'approche (2001)
Raymond Depardon
In the year 2000, the journalist-filmmaker Raymond Depardon returns to the rural France of his happy childhood. Having gained the confidence of several smallscale farmers, many of whom are at or beyond the age of retirement, he gets them to talk about their concerns, be it their mistrust of those they trade with or their anxiety about the future... [More...]
Raymond Depardon
In the year 2000, the journalist-filmmaker Raymond Depardon returns to the rural France of his happy childhood. Having gained the confidence of several smallscale farmers, many of whom are at or beyond the age of retirement, he gets them to talk about their concerns, be it their mistrust of those they trade with or their anxiety about the future... [More...]
Reines d'un jour (2001)
Marion Vernoux
One day in December, four people living in the same region of Paris are about to embark on day of emotional turmoil. Marie loses her job in a photo-shop when a customer complains she ruined her wedding photos... [More...]
Marion Vernoux
One day in December, four people living in the same region of Paris are about to embark on day of emotional turmoil. Marie loses her job in a photo-shop when a customer complains she ruined her wedding photos... [More...]
La Répétition (2001)
Catherine Corsini
In adolescence, Nathalie and Louise's childhood friendship turns to passionate love, but when Louise sees her lesbian lover flirting with men she puts an abrupt end to the relationship... [More...]
Catherine Corsini
In adolescence, Nathalie and Louise's childhood friendship turns to passionate love, but when Louise sees her lesbian lover flirting with men she puts an abrupt end to the relationship... [More...]
Roberto Succo (2001)
Cédric Kahn
Whilst on holiday in the South of France, a sixteen year old girl, Léa, is enchanted by a strange young man, Kurt, who says little about his past and who speaks with an Italian accent... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
Whilst on holiday in the South of France, a sixteen year old girl, Léa, is enchanted by a strange young man, Kurt, who says little about his past and who speaks with an Italian accent... [More...]
Les Rois mages (2001)
Didier Bourdon
Guided by the divine star in the Orient, Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard undertake their holy pilgrimage towards a modest little stable in Bethlehem so they can offer their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the future saviour of mankind... [More...]
Didier Bourdon
Guided by the divine star in the Orient, Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard undertake their holy pilgrimage towards a modest little stable in Bethlehem so they can offer their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the future saviour of mankind... [More...]
Se souvenir des belles choses (2001)
Zabou Breitman
When Claire Poussin, a seemingly healthy thirty-year-old, begins having difficulty speaking and remembering things her older sister Nathalie becomes concerned... [More...]
Zabou Breitman
When Claire Poussin, a seemingly healthy thirty-year-old, begins having difficulty speaking and remembering things her older sister Nathalie becomes concerned... [More...]
Le Soleil au-dessus des nuages (2001)
Eric Le Roch
For Jean, a fifty-something bachelor, his only pleasure is to make life unbearable for those around him. He insults his neighbour, is rude to strangers, and treats his colleagues at work with contempt... [More...]
Eric Le Roch
For Jean, a fifty-something bachelor, his only pleasure is to make life unbearable for those around him. He insults his neighbour, is rude to strangers, and treats his colleagues at work with contempt... [More...]
Le Souffle (2001)
Damien Odoul
David, a 15-year old city boy, spends his summer holiday on his uncle's farm in the Limousin region of France. He passes the time doing chores, listening to music on his personal headphones and relieving himself in the fields... [More...]
Damien Odoul
David, a 15-year old city boy, spends his summer holiday on his uncle's farm in the Limousin region of France. He passes the time doing chores, listening to music on his personal headphones and relieving himself in the fields... [More...]
Sur mes lèvres (2001)
Jacques Audiard
Carla works for a property development company where, on account of her partial deafness, she is teased and abused by her male office colleagues... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
Carla works for a property development company where, on account of her partial deafness, she is teased and abused by her male office colleagues... [More...]
Tanguy (2001)
Étienne Chatiliez
Edith and Paul Guetz are so happy with the birth of their son Tanguy that they promise he can live with them forever. Twenty-eight years later, Tanguy, a cultivated intellectual, is still ensconced in the family home - and his parents can hardly wait to see the back of him... [More...]
Étienne Chatiliez
Edith and Paul Guetz are so happy with the birth of their son Tanguy that they promise he can live with them forever. Twenty-eight years later, Tanguy, a cultivated intellectual, is still ensconced in the family home - and his parents can hardly wait to see the back of him... [More...]
La Tour Montparnasse infernale (2001)
Charles Nemes
One evening, Éric and Ramzy are cleaning the windows of the Montparnasse Tower, oblivious to the dramatic events taking place within... [More...]
Charles Nemes
One evening, Éric and Ramzy are cleaning the windows of the Montparnasse Tower, oblivious to the dramatic events taking place within... [More...]
Trois huit (2001)
Philippe Le Guay
Pierre is a married man in his mid-thirties who works long hours at a glass-producing factory and leads a contented family life... [More...]
Philippe Le Guay
Pierre is a married man in his mid-thirties who works long hours at a glass-producing factory and leads a contented family life... [More...]
Trouble Every Day (2001)
Claire Denis
A pharmaceuticals researcher Shane Brown takes his new wife June to Paris for their honeymoon. Unbeknown to his wife, Shane is suffering from a mental disorder which compels him to bite into his partner whilst making love... [More...]
Claire Denis
A pharmaceuticals researcher Shane Brown takes his new wife June to Paris for their honeymoon. Unbeknown to his wife, Shane is suffering from a mental disorder which compels him to bite into his partner whilst making love... [More...]