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1 Journée (2009)

Jacob Berger

Serge, a radio presenter, begins his daily routine by leaving his family apartment at the crack of dawn so that he can pay his mistress a brief call before setting out for work. On his way, he is convinced that he has knocked someone over. He stops his car, explores the area, but can find no sign of an injured person, so he resumes his journey to his office, somewhat shaken... [More...]

10 jours en or (2012)

Nicolas Brossette

Marc Bajau travels the length and breadth of the country for a well-known clothing label. He enjoys the freedom this life affords him and the opportunity to meet new people wherever he goes. But just as he is about to set off for his latest promotion, his most recent amorous conquest walks out on him, leaving him to take charge of her six-year-old son Lucas... [More...]

Les 11 commandements (2004)

François Desagnat

The world is in a bad state, a seriously bad state. Forget Armageddon and all that tepid four men of the apocalypse rubbish. This is the real deal. Human beings no longer know how to laugh. Luckily, God is a resourceful kind of bloke and he (eventually) comes up with the answer: eleven brand spanking new commandments to lighten up the human race... [More...]

125 rue Montmartre (1959)

Gilles Grangier

Pascal scrapes a modest living selling newspapers in the streets of Paris. Although a little rough around the edges, he has a good heart, so that when he sees a man jump into the Seine, he does not hesitate to come to his aid. The suicide, Didier, is on the brink of a nervous breakdown after his wife Catherine’s attempts to seize his fortune from him... [More...]

13 m² (2007)

Barthélémy Grossmann

José, Farouk and Réza are three young men from a rough area of Paris. For them, life is hard and increasingly precarious as they are drawn further and further into crime just to survive. One day, they attack an armoured van and run off with a sack load of cash. The robbery hasn’t gone quite as planned and the three friends end up taking refuge in a cramped hide out, where they intend to stay until things have quietened down... [More...]

13 Tzameti (2005)

Géla Babluani

A young immigrant Sébastien arrives in France and gets work repairing the roof of a house belonging to a strange couple. When the man dies from a drugs overdose, the woman informs Sébastien that she cannot pay him for his work. Overhearing a conversation, Sébastien learns that his employer had just received a letter containing instructions for a job that would earn him a large sum of money... [More...]

15 ans et demi (2008)

François Desagnat

After 15 years in the United States, Philippe Le Tallec returns to France, intending to take care of his daughter Eglantine. He hopes he can make up for lost time but his daughter has too many other interests to spend time with her father. Realising that his parenting skills are not what they should be, Philippe enlists on a training course for fathers in distress..... [More...]

15 août (2001)

Patrick Alessandrin

One August, three friends – Max, Vincent and Raoul – arrive at their rented holiday home, only to find that their wives have gone off on their own, leaving them to look after their children. As the days pass, and the three men struggle to adapt to their new role, nerves soon begin to fray, and they wonder why their wives have abandoned them and if they will ever return… ... [More...]

17 filles (2011)

Delphine Coulin

In a small town by the sea, 17 teenage girls at the same school make a group decision that will prove incomprehensible to everyone else in the town. They will all get pregnant at the same time... [More...]

17 fois Cécile Cassard (2002)

Christophe Honoré

Traumatised by the tragic death of her husband, Cécile Cassard asks her friend Edith to take care of her infant son whilst she tries to piece her life back together. Following a suicide attempt, she finds herself in the seedier area of Toulouse. As she wanders the streets without purpose she encounters young men who are attracted towards her, but she is incapable of starting a relationship with anyone... [More...]

18 ans après (2003)

Coline Serreau

Having turned 18, Marie agrees to spend her summer holidays with her mother, who has just returned from America with her husband and two sons. The ménage is completed by Marie’s three “adopted” fathers – Michel, Jacques and Pierre. The uncomfortable family reunion is tainted by Marie’s first bitter-sweet encounter with love... [More...]

2 Days in New York (2012)

Julie Delpy

Marion, a young French woman, lives in New York with Mingus, a radio journalist, and their two children from previous relationships. As Marion, a photographer, prepares her latest exhibition, her father and sister decide to visit her. As her father does not speak a word of English and her sister is going through a severe emotional crisis, it proves to be an eventful visit..... [More...]

24 heures de la vie d’une femme (2002)

Laurent Bouhnik

Louis, a disillusioned old man, returns to the French Riviera, the scene of his turbulent adolescence. By chance, he meets a young woman, Olivia, who, after a violent break up with her boyfriend, chooses to tag along with him. Louis recounts a story told to him, more than sixty years ago, by a Mrs Marie Collins Brown after his mother had run off with her lover... [More...]

24 mesures (2007)

Jalil Lespert

One Christmas Eve brings together four total strangers, for an evening that will mark their lives forever. Helly is a young prostitute who hopes that one day she can earn enough money to take back her son, who is currently with foster parents. Whilst looking for business, she meets Didier, a taxi driver who is at the end of his tether... [More...]

25 degrés en hiver (2004)

Stéphane Vuillet

Miguel is a Spanish immigrant who has settled in Brussels. He works for his brother, the owner of a travel agency shop, and is bringing up his young daughter alone after his wife left him to pursue a singing career in America. One day, Miguel is heading to the airport to collect a client when he is caught up in a traffic jam... [More...]

27 rue de la Paix (1937)

Richard Pottier

Gloria Grand is determined to divorce her wastrel husband Denis so that she can marry her true love, the lawyer Maître Bernard. One of Denis’ mistresses, a Parisian nightclub singer named Jenny Clarens, agrees to support Gloria’s case for divorce, but a short while later her dead body is found in the River Seine... [More...]

3 hommes et un couffin (1985)

Coline Serreau

Pierre, Jacques and Michel are three free-living bachelors who share a luxury flat in Paris. Their routine is abruptly disrupted when a baby girl is deposited on their door step. Whilst Pierre, the unwitting father, enjoys a three week holiday in Thailand, his flatmates are left holding the fort, taking turns to look after the baby... [More...]

3 zéros (2002)

Fabien Onteniente

Football enthusiast Manu sees himself as a talent spotter and sets his sights on a young soccer player, Tibor, with whom he once shared a prison cell. Having learnt that Tibor has signed up with a football club, Manu contrives, with the help of recruitment godfather Colonna, to have him released so that he play in the French national team... [More...]

30 ans (2000)

Laurent Perrin

In 1974, three friends – Aurelian, Barbara and Antoine – form a small theatre company in Paris. Their plays reflect their concern for Chile, which is suffering under the regime of General Pinochet. A young actress, Jeanne, appears on the scene; she catches the attention of both Aurelian and Antoine before falling for an ageing Chilean actor... [More...]

30° couleur (2012)

Lucien Jean-Baptiste

When he was ten years old, Patrick, a West Indian, was sent by his mother to study in France. Thirty years later, he is a distinguished historian, proud of his achievements and so well-integrated into French society that he has almost lost sight of his racial origins. On hearing that his mother is at death’s door, Patrick immediately heads off for Martinique with his daughter and arrives at the height of the carnival season... [More...]

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