French cinema: 2005
Espace détente (2005)
Yvan Le Bolloc'h
In the French department of La Vuele, a small company named Geugène Electro Stim manages to remain a going concern thanks to the popularity of its electric stimulation gadget, the C14...
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Yvan Le Bolloc'h
Gabrielle (2005)
Patrice Chéreau
Paris in the early 1900s. Jean Hervey is a successful businessman who enjoys the popularity and comfort that his wealth brings him...
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Patrice Chéreau
Gentille (2005)
Sophie Fillières
Choosing a life companion is a tricky business, as Fontaine Leglou discovers at a somewhat delicate time in her life. In her late thirties, she is all too aware that menopause is careering towards her, and yet she still has doubts as to whether her present lover, Michel Strogoff, is the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with...
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Sophie Fillières
L'Iceberg (2005)
Dominique Abel
Fiona manages a fast-food restaurant in an average town and lives in an average house, married to an average man. One evening, she manages to lock herself in her restaurant's freezer room, and there she must stay until she is let out the following morning...
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Dominique Abel
Il ne faut jurer de rien! (2005)
Eric Civanyan
Paris, 1830. Another revolution, another vacancy on the French throne. It's a great time for free enterprise though. Georges van Buck, the owner of a tailoring business, imagines that he will soon own the most exclusive fashion house in France, if he can just think up a name for it...
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Eric Civanyan
Imposture (2005)
Patrick Bouchitey
For years, Serge Pommier has dreamt of writing a novel worthy of his reputation as a man of letters. Lacking inspiration, he occupies himself by writing literary reviews and teaching at a university... [More...]
Patrick Bouchitey
For years, Serge Pommier has dreamt of writing a novel worthy of his reputation as a man of letters. Lacking inspiration, he occupies himself by writing literary reviews and teaching at a university... [More...]
Iznogoud (2005)
Patrick Braoudé
In a distant land, many centuries ago, the caliph Haroun El Poussah is loved by everyone except his grand vizir, the thoroughly despicable and insanely ambitious Iznogoud... [More...]
Patrick Braoudé
In a distant land, many centuries ago, the caliph Haroun El Poussah is loved by everyone except his grand vizir, the thoroughly despicable and insanely ambitious Iznogoud... [More...]
J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka (2005)
Serge Le Péron
In January 1966, Georges Figon, a renowned criminal, is found dead in a Parisian apartment. His death is connected with the recent abduction and alleged execution in France of Mehdi Ben Barka, leader of the opposition party in Morocco and a key political figure in the Third World... [More...]
Serge Le Péron
In January 1966, Georges Figon, a renowned criminal, is found dead in a Parisian apartment. His death is connected with the recent abduction and alleged execution in France of Mehdi Ben Barka, leader of the opposition party in Morocco and a key political figure in the Third World... [More...]
Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005)
Stéphane Brizé
After his divorce, Jean-Claude Delsart finds he has lost his zest for living. Now in his fifties, increasingly estranged from his son Jean-Yves, he finds his work as a bailiff dishearteningly dull and has no enthusiasm for starting new relationships... [More...]
Stéphane Brizé
After his divorce, Jean-Claude Delsart finds he has lost his zest for living. Now in his fifties, increasingly estranged from his son Jean-Yves, he finds his work as a bailiff dishearteningly dull and has no enthusiasm for starting new relationships... [More...]
Je préfère qu'on reste amis (2005)
Olivier Nakache
Thirty-something and chronically lacking in self-confidence, IT expert Claude Mendelbaum pines in solitude for the soul mate he knows he will never have... [More...]
Olivier Nakache
Thirty-something and chronically lacking in self-confidence, IT expert Claude Mendelbaum pines in solitude for the soul mate he knows he will never have... [More...]
Je vous trouve très beau (2005)
Isabelle Mergault
When his wife dies in a terrible accident, farmer Aymé Pigrenet soon discovers he needs a replacement. It isn't so much affection that he craves but someone who can take on the thousand-and-one jobs that his wife did and for which he is manifestly ill-equipped - complex, highly specialised tasks such as operating the washing machine without drowning his cat... [More...]
Isabelle Mergault
When his wife dies in a terrible accident, farmer Aymé Pigrenet soon discovers he needs a replacement. It isn't so much affection that he craves but someone who can take on the thousand-and-one jobs that his wife did and for which he is manifestly ill-equipped - complex, highly specialised tasks such as operating the washing machine without drowning his cat... [More...]
Joyeux Noël (2005)
Christian Carion
24th December 1914. Five months into World War I, regiments of French and Scottish troops face off their German opponents in the muddy, snow-covered wastes of No Man's Land... [More...]
Christian Carion
24th December 1914. Five months into World War I, regiments of French and Scottish troops face off their German opponents in the muddy, snow-covered wastes of No Man's Land... [More...]
Lemming (2005)
Dominik Moll
Alain Getty is a young robotics engineer whose latest invention, the Flying Webcam, delights his boss, Richard Pollock. One evening, Alain invites Pollock and his wife, Alice, to dine at his home with his wife Bénédicte... [More...]
Dominik Moll
Alain Getty is a young robotics engineer whose latest invention, the Flying Webcam, delights his boss, Richard Pollock. One evening, Alain invites Pollock and his wife, Alice, to dine at his home with his wife Bénédicte... [More...]
Ma vie en l'air (2005)
Rémi Bezançon
Yann Kerbec has a morbid fear of flying, which he attributes to the fact that his mother died whilst giving birth to him in an aeroplane... [More...]
Rémi Bezançon
Yann Kerbec has a morbid fear of flying, which he attributes to the fact that his mother died whilst giving birth to him in an aeroplane... [More...]
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
Dave Borthwick
Whilst his friends are enjoying an outdoor music concert, Dougal, the world's most follicly endowed dog, looks for his next sugar trip, and ends up crashing a sweet trolley into the Magic Roundabout... [More...]
Dave Borthwick
Whilst his friends are enjoying an outdoor music concert, Dougal, the world's most follicly endowed dog, looks for his next sugar trip, and ends up crashing a sweet trolley into the Magic Roundabout... [More...]
La Marche de l'empereur (2005)
Luc Jacquet
Every year, the emperor penguins leave the ocean that has been their home during the summer months and walk across the frozen Antarctic wastes to their breeding ground on a safe plateau of ice... [More...]
Luc Jacquet
Every year, the emperor penguins leave the ocean that has been their home during the summer months and walk across the frozen Antarctic wastes to their breeding ground on a safe plateau of ice... [More...]
Les Mauvais joueurs (2005)
Frédéric Balekdjian
Vahé Krikorian is an Armenian immigrant who lives in the crowded Sentier district of Paris. Crippled with debts, his father is forced to close the shop where he works and so, to make ends meet, he resorts to playing three card tricks with Sahak and his brother Toros... [More...]
Frédéric Balekdjian
Vahé Krikorian is an Armenian immigrant who lives in the crowded Sentier district of Paris. Crippled with debts, his father is forced to close the shop where he works and so, to make ends meet, he resorts to playing three card tricks with Sahak and his brother Toros... [More...]
Mon petit doigt m'a dit... (2005)
Pascal Thomas
Bélisaire and Prudence Beresford are surprised to learn of the death of an aged aunt not long after they paid her a visit at her comfortable retirement home... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Bélisaire and Prudence Beresford are surprised to learn of the death of an aged aunt not long after they paid her a visit at her comfortable retirement home... [More...]
Les Mots bleus (2005)
Alain Corneau
Haunted by memories of her troubled childhood, Clara finds it hard to live a normal adult life. It does not help that she has to bring up her daughter Anna alone, a daughter who has been dumb since birth... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Haunted by memories of her troubled childhood, Clara finds it hard to live a normal adult life. It does not help that she has to bring up her daughter Anna alone, a daughter who has been dumb since birth... [More...]
La Moustache (2005)
Emmanuel Carrère
One evening, whilst getting ready for a dinner date, Marc takes the momentous decision to shave off his moustache. To his surprise, his wife Agnès fails to see any change in his appearance, and neither do the two friends they spend the evening with... [More...]
Emmanuel Carrère
One evening, whilst getting ready for a dinner date, Marc takes the momentous decision to shave off his moustache. To his surprise, his wife Agnès fails to see any change in his appearance, and neither do the two friends they spend the evening with... [More...]
Palais royal! (2005)
Valérie Lemercier
Arnaud's carefree life as a playboy prince comes to an abrupt end when his father, the much-loved king of a European country, is killed in a skiing accident... [More...]
Valérie Lemercier
Arnaud's carefree life as a playboy prince comes to an abrupt end when his father, the much-loved king of a European country, is killed in a skiing accident... [More...]
Papa (2005)
Maurice Barthélémy
Louis would seem to have the best father a boy of his age could ask for - thoughtful, caring, always laughing. And yet, somehow, there seems to be an unbridgeable gulf between the two of them... [More...]
Maurice Barthélémy
Louis would seem to have the best father a boy of his age could ask for - thoughtful, caring, always laughing. And yet, somehow, there seems to be an unbridgeable gulf between the two of them... [More...]
Le Parfum de la dame en noir (2005)
Bruno Podalydès
Joseph Rouletabille is haunted by the memory of a woman who used to visit him when he was at boarding school many years ago... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Joseph Rouletabille is haunted by the memory of a woman who used to visit him when he was at boarding school many years ago... [More...]
Les Parrains (2005)
Frédéric Forestier
In 1980, four crooks - Max, Lucien, Serge and Henri - fail to pull off a daring jewel robbery. Max ends up in prison whilst his three partners in crime escape and settle into humdrum, semi-respectable lives... [More...]
Frédéric Forestier
In 1980, four crooks - Max, Lucien, Serge and Henri - fail to pull off a daring jewel robbery. Max ends up in prison whilst his three partners in crime escape and settle into humdrum, semi-respectable lives... [More...]
Peindre ou faire l'amour (2005)
Arnaud Larrieu
William and Madeleine are a happily married couple in their early fifties. They live in Grenoble, a picturesque town near the French Alps... [More...]
Arnaud Larrieu
William and Madeleine are a happily married couple in their early fifties. They live in Grenoble, a picturesque town near the French Alps... [More...]
Le Petit lieutenant (2005)
Xavier Beauvois
As soon as he graduates from police training college, the young Antoine Derouère chooses Paris as his first posting... [More...]
Xavier Beauvois
As soon as he graduates from police training college, the young Antoine Derouère chooses Paris as his first posting... [More...]
La Petite Chartreuse (2005)
Jean-Pierre Denis
Pascale is an out-of-work actress who lives alone with her eight year old daughter, Eva. She isn't the most attentive of mothers and, one day, she forgets to collect Eva from school... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Denis
Pascale is an out-of-work actress who lives alone with her eight year old daughter, Eva. She isn't the most attentive of mothers and, one day, she forgets to collect Eva from school... [More...]
Les Poupées russes (2005)
Cédric Klapisch
At 30, Xavier's private life is as messy and unfulfilled as his professional life. Unable to find a publisher for his novel "L'Auberge espagnole", he has ended up writing scripts for mediocre TV series and works as a ghost writer for a young supermodel... [More...]
Cédric Klapisch
At 30, Xavier's private life is as messy and unfulfilled as his professional life. Unable to find a publisher for his novel "L'Auberge espagnole", he has ended up writing scripts for mediocre TV series and works as a ghost writer for a young supermodel... [More...]
Profils paysans: le quotidien (2005)
Raymond Depardon
In 2002, the journalist and filmmaker Raymond Depardon returns to the small farms he visited a few years earlier in Lozère, Ardèche and Haute-Loire, continuing his personal portrait of traditional farmers who are struggling to eke out an existence at the start of the third millennium... [More...]
Raymond Depardon
In 2002, the journalist and filmmaker Raymond Depardon returns to the small farms he visited a few years earlier in Lozère, Ardèche and Haute-Loire, continuing his personal portrait of traditional farmers who are struggling to eke out an existence at the start of the third millennium... [More...]
Le Promeneur du champ de Mars (2005)
Robert Guédiguian
As he approaches the end of his second term as President of France, François Mitterand agrees to cooperate with a young journalist, Antoine Moreau, on the writing of his biography... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
As he approaches the end of his second term as President of France, François Mitterand agrees to cooperate with a young journalist, Antoine Moreau, on the writing of his biography... [More...]