French cinema: 2017
120 battements par minute (2017)
Robin Campillo
By the early 1990s, the AIDS pandemic has become headline news the world over, but public awareness of this terrible human disaster does not equate to genuine concern for the victims - far from it...
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Robin Campillo
7 jours pas plus (2017)
Héctor Cabello Reyes
Pierre is a 50-something ironmonger who leads a contented life running the family business in a town in northern France. One day, whilst walking around the port, he runs into Ajit, a young Indian man in his thirties who has just come to shore on a cargo vessel and is desperately looking for his uncle...
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Héctor Cabello Reyes
À bras ouverts (2017)
Philippe de Chauveron
Jean-Etienne Fougerole is a prominent figure of France's literary scene, an intellectual humanist married to a wealthy heiress who, unlike him, has scant interest in the problems of the world...
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Philippe de Chauveron
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
L'Atelier (2017)
Laurent Cantet
In the populous Mediterranean sea town of La Ciotat, Olivia Dejazet, a well-known author, runs a writers' workshop for students of mixed race and modest means...
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Laurent Cantet
Au revoir là-haut (2017)
Albert Dupontel
Édouard Péricourt and Albert Maillard are two ordinary men who manage to get themselves caught up in the madness of the First World War... [More...]
Albert Dupontel
Édouard Péricourt and Albert Maillard are two ordinary men who manage to get themselves caught up in the madness of the First World War... [More...]
Avant la fin de l'été (2017)
Maryam Goormaghtigh
After spending the last five years in Paris completing his education, Arash decides that the French way of life is not for him and makes up his mind to return to his home country of Iran... [More...]
Maryam Goormaghtigh
After spending the last five years in Paris completing his education, Arash decides that the French way of life is not for him and makes up his mind to return to his home country of Iran... [More...]
Barbara (2017)
Mathieu Amalric
Yves Zand, a rigorously auteur film director, has started work on his dream project - a biographical film of the iconic French singer Barbara... [More...]
Mathieu Amalric
Yves Zand, a rigorously auteur film director, has started work on his dream project - a biographical film of the iconic French singer Barbara... [More...]
Barrage (2017)
Laura Schroeder
When she gave birth for the first time, Catherine, then in her early twenties, didn't feel she was up to the responsibility of motherhood and so she placed her baby daughter Alba in the care of her mother Elisabeth... [More...]
Laura Schroeder
When she gave birth for the first time, Catherine, then in her early twenties, didn't feel she was up to the responsibility of motherhood and so she placed her baby daughter Alba in the care of her mother Elisabeth... [More...]
Bonne pomme (2017)
Florence Quentin
Gérard Morlet is a mild-mannered 60-something who has grown to resent being put upon by his friends and family, who are always quick to take advantage of his generous nature... [More...]
Florence Quentin
Gérard Morlet is a mild-mannered 60-something who has grown to resent being put upon by his friends and family, who are always quick to take advantage of his generous nature... [More...]
C'était maintenant (2017)
Jean-Cristophe Sandt
Vincent, a man in his mid-thirties, couldn't be happier with the way his life has turned out. He has a loving wife, Mathilde, whom he adores and children he could never be parted from... [More...]
Jean-Cristophe Sandt
Vincent, a man in his mid-thirties, couldn't be happier with the way his life has turned out. He has a loving wife, Mathilde, whom he adores and children he could never be parted from... [More...]
Ce qui nous lie (2017)
Cédric Klapisch
Juliette and Jérémie are two siblings who have chosen to stay at home to help their father run his winegrowing business in the heart of Burgundy... [More...]
Cédric Klapisch
Juliette and Jérémie are two siblings who have chosen to stay at home to help their father run his winegrowing business in the heart of Burgundy... [More...]
Le Chemin (2017)
Jeanne Labrune
Camille, a woman in her mid-twenties, joins a Catholic mission in Cambodia and prepares herself for the day when she must take her vows... [More...]
Jeanne Labrune
Camille, a woman in her mid-twenties, joins a Catholic mission in Cambodia and prepares herself for the day when she must take her vows... [More...]
Cherchez la femme! (2017)
Sou Abadi
To complete her studies at Paris's Institute of Political Studies, Leila decides to enrol in an internship at the United Nations in New York, along with her boyfriend Armand... [More...]
Sou Abadi
To complete her studies at Paris's Institute of Political Studies, Leila decides to enrol in an internship at the United Nations in New York, along with her boyfriend Armand... [More...]
Chez nous (2017)
Lucas Belvaux
Pauline is a single mother of two who is devoted to her work as a home-care nurse in an anonymous town in northern France... [More...]
Lucas Belvaux
Pauline is a single mother of two who is devoted to her work as a home-care nurse in an anonymous town in northern France... [More...]
Chouquette (2017)
Patrick Godeau
Since her wealthy husband Gepetto left her some years ago after a far from harmonious marriage, Chouquette has lived alone in her large house situated on a Breton island, her only companion being her ever-faithful pet seal... [More...]
Patrick Godeau
Since her wealthy husband Gepetto left her some years ago after a far from harmonious marriage, Chouquette has lived alone in her large house situated on a Breton island, her only companion being her ever-faithful pet seal... [More...]
Ciel rouge (2017)
Olivier Lorelle
In 1946, after the surrender of Japan at the end of the Second World War, the French army now concerns itself with the pacification of Indochina, the colony that France has no intention of surrendering... [More...]
Olivier Lorelle
In 1946, after the surrender of Japan at the end of the Second World War, the French army now concerns itself with the pacification of Indochina, the colony that France has no intention of surrendering... [More...]
Coexister (2017)
Fabrice Eboué
Nicolas Lejeune is a music producer who appears to have reached an impasse in both his professional and his private lives... [More...]
Fabrice Eboué
Nicolas Lejeune is a music producer who appears to have reached an impasse in both his professional and his private lives... [More...]
La Colle (2017)
Alexandre Castagnetti
Benjamin is understandably miffed when he lands himself a two-hour Saturday detention, but at least the sourness of the occasion is tempered by the fact that Leila, the girl he secretly has a crush on, is to share it with him... [More...]
Alexandre Castagnetti
Benjamin is understandably miffed when he lands himself a two-hour Saturday detention, but at least the sourness of the occasion is tempered by the fact that Leila, the girl he secretly has a crush on, is to share it with him... [More...]
La Confession (2017)
Nicolas Boukhrief
In the present day, a priest is summoned to the bedside of a dying woman, to hear her final confession. The woman, Barny, has long harboured a secret which she feels she must impart to a sympathetic ear before she dies... [More...]
Nicolas Boukhrief
In the present day, a priest is summoned to the bedside of a dying woman, to hear her final confession. The woman, Barny, has long harboured a secret which she feels she must impart to a sympathetic ear before she dies... [More...]
Crash Test Aglaé (2017)
Eric Gravel
Aglaé is a single-minded young woman in her twenties who works at a factory in France that specialises in crash testing... [More...]
Eric Gravel
Aglaé is a single-minded young woman in her twenties who works at a factory in France that specialises in crash testing... [More...]
Dalida (2017)
Lisa Azuelos
Dalida was the name that Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti adopted when she began appearing in movies in the mid-1950s. Then the seductive Egyptian was barely into her twenties and could have had no idea of the glittering career that was just over the horizon... [More...]
Lisa Azuelos
Dalida was the name that Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti adopted when she began appearing in movies in the mid-1950s. Then the seductive Egyptian was barely into her twenties and could have had no idea of the glittering career that was just over the horizon... [More...]
Demain et tous les autres jours (2017)
Noémie Lvovsky
Mathilde Zasinger is a nine-year-old girl who lives alone with her mother after her parents' separation. Madame Zasinger's increasingly erratic behaviour doesn't seem to trouble her devoted daughter, who becomes complicit in her childish flights of fancy... [More...]
Noémie Lvovsky
Mathilde Zasinger is a nine-year-old girl who lives alone with her mother after her parents' separation. Madame Zasinger's increasingly erratic behaviour doesn't seem to trouble her devoted daughter, who becomes complicit in her childish flights of fancy... [More...]
Des plans sur la comète (2017)
Guilhem Amesland
Michel and Frank are two brothers who run their own construction company, although 'opportunistic handymen' would probably be a more accurate description of their hapless moneymaking exploits... [More...]
Guilhem Amesland
Michel and Frank are two brothers who run their own construction company, although 'opportunistic handymen' would probably be a more accurate description of their hapless moneymaking exploits... [More...]
Le Divan de Staline (2017)
Fanny Ardant
As he nears the end of his life the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is suffering from chronic fatigue. Following the advice of his doctors, he takes a few days out to recharge his batteries at a remote castle buried in a dense forest... [More...]
Fanny Ardant
As he nears the end of his life the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is suffering from chronic fatigue. Following the advice of his doctors, he takes a few days out to recharge his batteries at a remote castle buried in a dense forest... [More...]
Djam (2017)
Tony Gatlif
Djam is a free-spirited young woman who lives on the island of Lesbos with her stepfather Kakourgos, a restaurant owner who is in some financial difficulty... [More...]
Tony Gatlif
Djam is a free-spirited young woman who lives on the island of Lesbos with her stepfather Kakourgos, a restaurant owner who is in some financial difficulty... [More...]
Drôles d'oiseaux (2017)
Élise Girard
Mavie, 27, is an attractive young woman from the provinces who has just arrived in Paris, tentatively groping for a sense of direction in her hitherto aimless life... [More...]
Élise Girard
Mavie, 27, is an attractive young woman from the provinces who has just arrived in Paris, tentatively groping for a sense of direction in her hitherto aimless life... [More...]
L'École buissonnière (2017)
Nicolas Vanier
For a parentless little boy living in Paris in 1930 life appears to offer few prospects. But just when Paul appears destined for a life of unremitting misery Fate intervenes and he is catapulted from his grim orphanage into the splendorous depths of the French countryside... [More...]
Nicolas Vanier
For a parentless little boy living in Paris in 1930 life appears to offer few prospects. But just when Paul appears destined for a life of unremitting misery Fate intervenes and he is catapulted from his grim orphanage into the splendorous depths of the French countryside... [More...]
Embrasse-moi (2017)
Océane Michel
Océanerosemarie is a vivacious young woman who believes in living life to the full and has no shortage of friends - a fair number of whom are ex-girlfriends she cannot seem to shake off... [More...]
Océane Michel
Océanerosemarie is a vivacious young woman who believes in living life to the full and has no shortage of friends - a fair number of whom are ex-girlfriends she cannot seem to shake off... [More...]
Épouse-moi mon pote (2017)
Tarek Boudali
Yassine is a young man in his thirties who leaves his home in Morocco to study architecture in Paris. Things do not turn out as well as he had hoped and, after failing his exams and losing his visa, Yasmine finds himself living in France as an illegal immigrant... [More...]
Tarek Boudali
Yassine is a young man in his thirties who leaves his home in Morocco to study architecture in Paris. Things do not turn out as well as he had hoped and, after failing his exams and losing his visa, Yasmine finds himself living in France as an illegal immigrant... [More...]