French cinema: 2010s
Ain't Misbehavin (Un voyageur) (2013)
Marcel Ophüls
After an absence of 19 years from our screens, director Marcel Ophüls comes out of retirement to construct a cinematic self-portrait, a substitute for the autobiography he always intended to write but never got round to...
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Marcel Ophüls
Alceste à bicyclette (2013)
Philippe Le Guay
Serge Tanneur is a renowned actor who, having reached the summit of his profession, decides to bow out and enjoy a long and quiet retirement at a remote house on the island of Ré...
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Philippe Le Guay
Alyah (2012)
Elie Wajeman
Alex is 27 and lives in one of the less salubrious districts of Paris. He makes a dishonest living as a drugs dealer, but most of his hard-earned cash ends up in the pocket of his overly demanding older brother, Isaac...
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Elie Wajeman
L'Amant double (2017)
François Ozon
Chloé is a woman in her mid-twenties who is coping badly with an ever-worsening bout of depression. Medically there is nothing wrong with her, so she takes her doctor's advice and consults a psychiatrist, Paul...
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François Ozon
Amer (2010)
Hélène Cattet
At three key stages in her life, Ana is assailed by conflicting feelings of fear and desire. In childhood, she is seized with terror when she witnesses an old woman perform a bizarre death ritual whilst her parents yield themselves to a horrifying bestial act...
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Hélène Cattet
Americano (2011)
Mathieu Demy
Martin is a late thirty-something who lives in Paris with his girlfriend Claire, although the spark has long gone out of their relationship and they live together more out of habit than through mutual need... [More...]
Mathieu Demy
Martin is a late thirty-something who lives in Paris with his girlfriend Claire, although the spark has long gone out of their relationship and they live together more out of habit than through mutual need... [More...]
Les Âmes de papier (2013)
Vincent Lannoo
Since his wife's premature death, Paul has little enthusiasm for his career as a writer and he now devotes himself mostly to writing funeral speeches for paying customers... [More...]
Vincent Lannoo
Since his wife's premature death, Paul has little enthusiasm for his career as a writer and he now devotes himself mostly to writing funeral speeches for paying customers... [More...]
L'Ami: François d'Assise et ses frères (2016)
Renaud Fely
In Italy at the start of the 13th century, the son of a wealthy merchant has turned his back on riches and now leads a simple life in the service of the poor and infirm... [More...]
Renaud Fely
In Italy at the start of the 13th century, the son of a wealthy merchant has turned his back on riches and now leads a simple life in the service of the poor and infirm... [More...]
Amour (2012)
Michael Haneke
Georges and Anne are a happily married couple who are now in their eighties. Retired piano teachers, they have a daughter who is also a musician, but she lives abroad with her own family... [More...]
Michael Haneke
Georges and Anne are a happily married couple who are now in their eighties. Retired piano teachers, they have a daughter who is also a musician, but she lives abroad with her own family... [More...]
L'Amour dure trois ans (2012)
Frédéric Beigbeder
Literary critic by day, columnist by night, Marc Marronnier is convinced that love never lasts for more than three years... [More...]
Frédéric Beigbeder
Literary critic by day, columnist by night, Marc Marronnier is convinced that love never lasts for more than three years... [More...]
L'Amour est un crime parfait (2014)
Arnaud Larrieu
Marc may be an enthusiastic literature professor, but he is also an inveterate skirt-chaser, and his habit of taking his female students to bed often brings him into conflict with Richard, his departmental head at Lausanne University... [More...]
Arnaud Larrieu
Marc may be an enthusiastic literature professor, but he is also an inveterate skirt-chaser, and his habit of taking his female students to bed often brings him into conflict with Richard, his departmental head at Lausanne University... [More...]
Amour et turbulences (2013)
Alexandre Castagnetti
Julie, an aspiring young artist, is on a plane from New York to Paris, where she is soon to be married. By chance, she is upgraded to club class and finds herself sitting next to Antoine, a philandering lawyer with whom she had a passionate love affair three years previously... [More...]
Alexandre Castagnetti
Julie, an aspiring young artist, is on a plane from New York to Paris, where she is soon to be married. By chance, she is upgraded to club class and finds herself sitting next to Antoine, a philandering lawyer with whom she had a passionate love affair three years previously... [More...]
L'Amour flou (2018)
Romane Bohringer
The actors Philippe Rebbot and Romane Bohringer first met in 2004. They fell in love, lived together in perfect harmony for ten years, and had two adorable children - Rose and Raoul... [More...]
Romane Bohringer
The actors Philippe Rebbot and Romane Bohringer first met in 2004. They fell in love, lived together in perfect harmony for ten years, and had two adorable children - Rose and Raoul... [More...]
L'Amour fou (2010)
Pierre Thoretton
In 1958, Yves Saint Laurent met the man of his life, Pierre Bergé. For the first time, Bergé talks about his love affair with Saint-Laurent - fifty years of passion and torment, during which time they were to revolutionise the world of women's fashion... [More...]
Pierre Thoretton
In 1958, Yves Saint Laurent met the man of his life, Pierre Bergé. For the first time, Bergé talks about his love affair with Saint-Laurent - fifty years of passion and torment, during which time they were to revolutionise the world of women's fashion... [More...]
L'Amour ne pardonne pas (2015)
Stefano Consiglio
Adrianne is a Frenchwoman in her late fifties who lives a peaceful life in a small town in the south of Italy. It has been some years since her husband died and she divides her time between her job as a nurse, her grown-up daughter and her granddaughter... [More...]
Stefano Consiglio
Adrianne is a Frenchwoman in her late fifties who lives a peaceful life in a small town in the south of Italy. It has been some years since her husband died and she divides her time between her job as a nurse, her grown-up daughter and her granddaughter... [More...]
L'Amour, c'est mieux à deux (2010)
Dominique Farrugia
Michel and Vincent are two men in their mid-to-late thirties who are both strongly attracted towards women but have very different ideas about love and romance... [More...]
Dominique Farrugia
Michel and Vincent are two men in their mid-to-late thirties who are both strongly attracted towards women but have very different ideas about love and romance... [More...]
Les Amours imaginaires (2010)
Xavier Dolan
Francis and Marie are two close friends, both in their mid-twenties, who cannot help falling in love with the same man, Nicolas... [More...]
Xavier Dolan
Francis and Marie are two close friends, both in their mid-twenties, who cannot help falling in love with the same man, Nicolas... [More...]
Les Amours secrètes (2010)
Franck Phelizon
It seems incredibly unlikely, but during the Occupation of France a young Jewish woman was passionately in love with a German soldier... [More...]
Franck Phelizon
It seems incredibly unlikely, but during the Occupation of France a young Jewish woman was passionately in love with a German soldier... [More...]
Angèle et Tony (2011)
Alix Delaporte
Angèle is a young woman who moves to a Normandy fishing town with the intention of starting a new life. For the past two years, she has been in prison and her one ambition now is to win back custody of her son, who is presently in the care of her deceased husband's parents... [More...]
Alix Delaporte
Angèle is a young woman who moves to a Normandy fishing town with the intention of starting a new life. For the past two years, she has been in prison and her one ambition now is to win back custody of her son, who is presently in the care of her deceased husband's parents... [More...]
Angélique (2013)
Ariel Zeitoun
In France during the mid-17th century, Angélique is scarcely more than a child when she marries the wealthy Count Jeoffrey de Peyrac against her will... [More...]
Ariel Zeitoun
In France during the mid-17th century, Angélique is scarcely more than a child when she marries the wealthy Count Jeoffrey de Peyrac against her will... [More...]
Antigang (2015)
Benjamin Rocher
Serge Buren is a cop of some renown, working with a team of younger police officers whose methods are, to say the least, somewhat unconventional... [More...]
Benjamin Rocher
Serge Buren is a cop of some renown, working with a team of younger police officers whose methods are, to say the least, somewhat unconventional... [More...]
Les Apaches (2013)
Thierry de Peretti
As thousands of tourists swamp the beaches, campsites and nightclubs of Corsica, five unruly adolescents hang out in Porto-Vecchio, amusing themselves with their petty criminal exploits... [More...]
Thierry de Peretti
As thousands of tourists swamp the beaches, campsites and nightclubs of Corsica, five unruly adolescents hang out in Porto-Vecchio, amusing themselves with their petty criminal exploits... [More...]
L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) (2011)
Bertrand Bonello
In a Parisian brothel at the start of the 20th century there lives a young prostitute whose face is disfigured by a scar that takes the form of a tragic smile... [More...]
Bertrand Bonello
In a Parisian brothel at the start of the 20th century there lives a young prostitute whose face is disfigured by a scar that takes the form of a tragic smile... [More...]
L'Apparition (2018)
Xavier Giannoli
A reporter on an important regional newspaper, Jacques has acquired a reputation as a rigorous and impartial journalist. After witnessing the death of a close friend and colleague during an assignment in Syria, he suffered a breakdown and was forced to take some time off work... [More...]
Xavier Giannoli
A reporter on an important regional newspaper, Jacques has acquired a reputation as a rigorous and impartial journalist. After witnessing the death of a close friend and colleague during an assignment in Syria, he suffered a breakdown and was forced to take some time off work... [More...]
Arès (2016)
Jean-Patrick Benes
By 2035, France has become one of the poorest countries in the world. A fifth of the population - over ten million people - are without work, and poverty and homelessness are endemic... [More...]
Jean-Patrick Benes
By 2035, France has become one of the poorest countries in the world. A fifth of the population - over ten million people - are without work, and poverty and homelessness are endemic... [More...]
L'Arnacoeur (2010)
Pascal Chaumeil
With the help of his sister Mélanie and brother-in-law Marc, Alex runs a special kind of agency, one that is dedicated to ending unhappy relationships... [More...]
Pascal Chaumeil
With the help of his sister Mélanie and brother-in-law Marc, Alex runs a special kind of agency, one that is dedicated to ending unhappy relationships... [More...]
Arnaud fait son 2e film (2015)
Arnaud Viard
Arnaud is a frustrated filmmaker in his mid-forties who is in the midst of a professional and domestic crisis. With one successful film already under his belt, he is determined to make a second, but try as he might, he can't come up with a subject to tempt his producer... [More...]
Arnaud Viard
Arnaud is a frustrated filmmaker in his mid-forties who is in the midst of a professional and domestic crisis. With one successful film already under his belt, he is determined to make a second, but try as he might, he can't come up with a subject to tempt his producer... [More...]
Arrête de pleurer Pénélope (2012)
Juliette Arnaud
Chloé, Léonie and Pénélope are three friends who haven't seen each other for years. When they finally do meet up again, it is in a solicitor's office... [More...]
Juliette Arnaud
Chloé, Léonie and Pénélope are three friends who haven't seen each other for years. When they finally do meet up again, it is in a solicitor's office... [More...]
Arrêtez-moi (2013)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
One evening, a woman in her mid-forties casually walks into a police station and confesses to the police officer in charge, another woman, that she murdered her husband ten years ago... [More...]
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
One evening, a woman in her mid-forties casually walks into a police station and confesses to the police officer in charge, another woman, that she murdered her husband ten years ago... [More...]
Les Arrivants (2010)
Claudine Bories
Every day, the dedicated staff at CAFDA, a welcome centre in Paris for families seeking asylum in France, have their hands full dealing with a never-ending tide of humanity desperate to start a new life in the West, having fled from countries as far away as Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mongolia... [More...]
Claudine Bories
Every day, the dedicated staff at CAFDA, a welcome centre in Paris for families seeking asylum in France, have their hands full dealing with a never-ending tide of humanity desperate to start a new life in the West, having fled from countries as far away as Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mongolia... [More...]