French cinema: 2009
Neuilly sa mère! (2009)
Gabriel Laferrière
Sami Benboudaoud is fourteen and perfectly settled in his immigrant community on a typical French housing estate. To him there is no better place on Earth than this down-at-heel neighbourhood where crime in rampant and car-burning is an essential rite of passage...
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Gabriel Laferrière
No pasaran (2009)
Emmanuel Caussé
Maxence Lafourcade is a contented thirty-something who is happy rearing pigs on his small farm in the Pyrenees. Imagine then his horror when he discovers that the authorities have given the green light for a motorway to be built just a few feet from his doorstep...
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Emmanuel Caussé
Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser (2009)
Christophe Honoré
Since the break-up of her marriage, Léna has coped as best she may to bring up her two young children single-handedly...
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Christophe Honoré
Nous resterons sur Terre (2009)
Pierre Barougier
In the face of dramatic climate change and dwindling natural resources, we have almost reached the point at which the survival of our species is threatened unless we change our behaviour...
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Pierre Barougier
OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (2009)
Michel Hazanavicius
In 1967, France's top secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, codenamed OSS 117, is sent to Brazil to locate a former high-ranking Nazi who is threatening to sell a microfilm listing the names of French collaborators in WWII...
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Michel Hazanavicius
Panique au village (2009)
Stéphane Aubier
Cowboy and Indian live happily together in a house in the country with their friend Horse. To celebrate Horse's birthday, Cowboy and Indian agree to organise a barbecue, but instead of the 50 bricks they ordered on the internet they somehow end up with 50 trillion... [More...]
Stéphane Aubier
Cowboy and Indian live happily together in a house in the country with their friend Horse. To celebrate Horse's birthday, Cowboy and Indian agree to organise a barbecue, but instead of the 50 bricks they ordered on the internet they somehow end up with 50 trillion... [More...]
Parc (2009)
Arnaud des Pallières
Georges Clou is a prosperous businessman who is proud of his success. He lives with his family in the south of France, in an immaculate gated residential area named Le Parc, where only the best people live... [More...]
Arnaud des Pallières
Georges Clou is a prosperous businessman who is proud of his success. He lives with his family in the south of France, in an immaculate gated residential area named Le Parc, where only the best people live... [More...]
Partir (2009)
Catherine Corsini
Suzanne has grown tired of her comfortable middle-class existence. Now she is forty she yearns for new challenges and decides to resume her old career as a physiotherapist... [More...]
Catherine Corsini
Suzanne has grown tired of her comfortable middle-class existence. Now she is forty she yearns for new challenges and decides to resume her old career as a physiotherapist... [More...]
Le Père de mes enfants (2009)
Mia Hansen-Løve
Film producer Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want - a wife whom he worships, three adorable children, and a job that means everything to him... [More...]
Mia Hansen-Løve
Film producer Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want - a wife whom he worships, three adorable children, and a job that means everything to him... [More...]
Persécution (2009)
Patrice Chéreau
Daniel, a man in his mid-thirties, becomes concerned when he realises he is being spied on by an older man he has never met before... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Daniel, a man in his mid-thirties, becomes concerned when he realises he is being spied on by an older man he has never met before... [More...]
Le Petit Nicolas (2009)
Laurent Tirard
Nicholas is a good-natured little boy who could not be happier. He has a mother and father who dote on him and plenty of friends to play with... [More...]
Laurent Tirard
Nicholas is a good-natured little boy who could not be happier. He has a mother and father who dote on him and plenty of friends to play with... [More...]
Plein sud (2009)
Sébastien Lifshitz
One summer, 27-year-old Sam takes to the road in his car, his direction: south. On the way, he picks up a brother and sister, Mathieu and Léa... [More...]
Sébastien Lifshitz
One summer, 27-year-old Sam takes to the road in his car, his direction: south. On the way, he picks up a brother and sister, Mathieu and Léa... [More...]
Le Premier cercle (2009)
Laurent Tuel
The gangster Milo Malakian is proud of his family tradition and intends that his son Anton will continue his successful career of crime... [More...]
Laurent Tuel
The gangster Milo Malakian is proud of his family tradition and intends that his son Anton will continue his successful career of crime... [More...]
La Première étoile (2009)
Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Gabriel may not be the richest of men but he has everything he needs to be a happy. He gets by on his modest wage, doing any odd job that comes his way, and leads a contented life with his wife Suzy and their three children in one of the less desirable districts of Paris... [More...]
Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Gabriel may not be the richest of men but he has everything he needs to be a happy. He gets by on his modest wage, doing any odd job that comes his way, and leads a contented life with his wife Suzy and their three children in one of the less desirable districts of Paris... [More...]
Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront (2009)
Léa Fehner
At 30, Stéphane becomes depressed when he realises that his life is going nowhere. When a stranger offers him a large sum of money in return for taking his friend's place in prison he readily accepts... [More...]
Léa Fehner
At 30, Stéphane becomes depressed when he realises that his life is going nowhere. When a stranger offers him a large sum of money in return for taking his friend's place in prison he readily accepts... [More...]
R.T.T. (2009)
Frédéric Berthe
Arthur Lepage, the owner of a sports accessories shop, is completely taken aback when his partner of five years, Florence, suddenly announces her decision to leave him so that she can marry another man... [More...]
Frédéric Berthe
Arthur Lepage, the owner of a sports accessories shop, is completely taken aback when his partner of five years, Florence, suddenly announces her decision to leave him so that she can marry another man... [More...]
Rapt (2009)
Lucas Belvaux
Successful businessman Stanislas Graff discovers the true meaning of horror when a band of thugs kidnap him and subject him to the most degrading and brutal period of captivity... [More...]
Lucas Belvaux
Successful businessman Stanislas Graff discovers the true meaning of horror when a band of thugs kidnap him and subject him to the most degrading and brutal period of captivity... [More...]
La Régate (2009)
Bernard Bellefroid
Alex is 15 and lives with his father, an oppressive and violent man who, because of his drink problem, has difficulty holding down a job... [More...]
Bernard Bellefroid
Alex is 15 and lives with his father, an oppressive and violent man who, because of his drink problem, has difficulty holding down a job... [More...]
Les Regrets (2009)
Cédric Kahn
Mathieu Lievin is a 40-year-old architect living in Paris. When he learns that his mother has been hospitalised, he makes a hasty return to the provincial town in which he grew up... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
Mathieu Lievin is a 40-year-old architect living in Paris. When he learns that his mother has been hospitalised, he makes a hasty return to the provincial town in which he grew up... [More...]
Ricky (2009)
François Ozon
Katie is having a hard life as a single mother. Her boyfriend walked out on her after making her pregnant and she has had to bring up her daughter Lisa alone, working long hours in a factory to earn a modest wage to keep them both... [More...]
François Ozon
Katie is having a hard life as a single mother. Her boyfriend walked out on her after making her pregnant and she has had to bring up her daughter Lisa alone, working long hours in a factory to earn a modest wage to keep them both... [More...]
Rien de personnel (2009)
Mathias Gokalp
A large pharmaceuticals company arranges a lavish reception for its employees, ostensibly to launch a new product. In the course of the evening it becomes apparent to the attendees that this is in fact a training exercise for the company's managers... [More...]
Mathias Gokalp
A large pharmaceuticals company arranges a lavish reception for its employees, ostensibly to launch a new product. In the course of the evening it becomes apparent to the attendees that this is in fact a training exercise for the company's managers... [More...]
Romaine par moins 30 (2009)
Agnès Obadia
Romaine is thirty and is in a settled relationship with Justin, her boyfriend of three years. All is well until, one Christmas, the latter gets it into his head to start a new life in Quebec, rearing dogs for a living... [More...]
Agnès Obadia
Romaine is thirty and is in a settled relationship with Justin, her boyfriend of three years. All is well until, one Christmas, the latter gets it into his head to start a new life in Quebec, rearing dogs for a living... [More...]
Rose et noir (2009)
Gérard Jugnot
In 1577, Pic Saint Loup, once the greatest couturier in France, receives the commission of his career. King Henry III engages him to create the most beautiful wedding dress for the marriage of one of his nephews to the daughter of a Spanish nobleman... [More...]
Gérard Jugnot
In 1577, Pic Saint Loup, once the greatest couturier in France, receives the commission of his career. King Henry III engages him to create the most beautiful wedding dress for the marriage of one of his nephews to the daughter of a Spanish nobleman... [More...]
Safari (2009)
Olivier Baroux
It has been thirty years since Richard Dacieris last set foot in the wilds of Africa, but here he is again, acting as a guide for an odd assortment of tourists who are keen to discover the natural wonders of the Dark Continent... [More...]
Olivier Baroux
It has been thirty years since Richard Dacieris last set foot in the wilds of Africa, but here he is again, acting as a guide for an odd assortment of tourists who are keen to discover the natural wonders of the Dark Continent... [More...]
La Sainte Victoire (2009)
François Favrat
Xavier Alvarez is a budding architect in Aix-en-Provence who, despite his best efforts, fails to win the recognition and social standing that he aspires to and which he knows he deserves... [More...]
François Favrat
Xavier Alvarez is a budding architect in Aix-en-Provence who, despite his best efforts, fails to win the recognition and social standing that he aspires to and which he knows he deserves... [More...]
Sans rancune (2009)
Yves Hanchar
Whilst attending a Belgian boarding school in the 1950s, 17-year-old Laurent Matagne suspects that his French teacher, Vapeur, might be his father, who is thought to have died in an air raid in 1940... [More...]
Yves Hanchar
Whilst attending a Belgian boarding school in the 1950s, 17-year-old Laurent Matagne suspects that his French teacher, Vapeur, might be his father, who is thought to have died in an air raid in 1940... [More...]
Soeur Sourire (2009)
Stijn Coninx
Jeannine Deckers, better known as Soeur Sourire or The Singing Nun, became an international pop star in the 1960s. Her albums sold by the millions and in 1963 her hit song Dominque overtook the Beatles and Elvis Presley in the charts... [More...]
Stijn Coninx
Jeannine Deckers, better known as Soeur Sourire or The Singing Nun, became an international pop star in the 1960s. Her albums sold by the millions and in 1963 her hit song Dominque overtook the Beatles and Elvis Presley in the charts... [More...]
Tellement proches (2009)
Olivier Nakache
When Alain married Nathalie, he had no idea that he was also marrying her family. Each Saturday, the couple are dutifully bound to spend their evening with Nathalie's brother, Jean-Pierre, and his wife, Catherine, who consider themselves the perfect example of marital felicity... [More...]
Olivier Nakache
When Alain married Nathalie, he had no idea that he was also marrying her family. Each Saturday, the couple are dutifully bound to spend their evening with Nathalie's brother, Jean-Pierre, and his wife, Catherine, who consider themselves the perfect example of marital felicity... [More...]
Ultimatum (2009)
Alain Tasma
Luisa is an Italian student happily pursuing a course in ancient history at a university in Jerusalem. She is romantically involved with Nathanaël, a French painter of about the same age - early twenties - who supplements his income by working as a watchman in East Jerusalem... [More...]
Alain Tasma
Luisa is an Italian student happily pursuing a course in ancient history at a university in Jerusalem. She is romantically involved with Nathanaël, a French painter of about the same age - early twenties - who supplements his income by working as a watchman in East Jerusalem... [More...]
Un Barrage contre le Pacifique (2009)
Rithy Panh
Indochina in 1931. In the Gulf of Siam, a middle-aged mother is struggling to get by with her two children, Joseph and Suzanne, who are 20 and 16 respectively... [More...]
Rithy Panh
Indochina in 1931. In the Gulf of Siam, a middle-aged mother is struggling to get by with her two children, Joseph and Suzanne, who are 20 and 16 respectively... [More...]