The films of
Emmanuelle Béart
Manon des sources (1986)
Claude Berri 		  J'embrasse pas (1991)
André Téchiné 		  La Belle noiseuse (1991)
Jacques Rivette 		 
     
Manon des sources is the sequel to Jean de Florette, taking off where that film finished. This film shares the high production values of the earlier film...  [More...]   J’embrasse pas is a grim, melancholic portrait of a bright-eyed adolescent searching and failing to find meaning in his life. Although it doesn’t achieve the realism and force of André Téchiné’s...  [More...]   A subtle yet unmistakably dark study in obsession and an individual’s search for identity, La Belle noiseuse is one of Jacques Rivette’s most remarkable films...  [More...]  
Un coeur en hiver (1992)
Claude Sautet 		  L'Enfer (1994)
Claude Chabrol 		  Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Claude Sautet 		 
     
This is the kind of gentle romantic drama in which director Claude Sautet in particular, and French cinema in general, excels. Through some brilliant acting performances (notably from Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuelle Béart)...  [More...]   This is yet another brilliantly constructed thriller from the master of the genre, Claude Chabrol. In the best tradition of the film thriller, the suspected menace is more imagined than real...  [More...]   Claude Sautet’s final film is amongst his finest achievements, a dark, intriguing tale of repressed love performed by two of France’s most talented actors...  [More...]  
Une femme française (1995)
Régis Wargnier 		  La Bûche (1999)
Danièle Thompson 		  Le Temps retrouvé (1999)
Raoul Ruiz 		 
     
 [More...]   Having made a career as one of the most successful screenwriters in French cinema, Danièle Thompson finally made the transition to director with La Bûche...  [More...]   In this film, an adaptation of the final volume of Marcel Proust’s sixteen-volume epic À la récherche du temps perdu (aka: In Remembrance of Things Past)...  [More...]  
Les Destinées sentimentales (2000)
Olivier Assayas 		  8 femmes (2002)
François Ozon 		  Les Égarés (2003)
André Téchiné 		 
     
This lavish period epic is an unexpected and radical departure for director Olivier Assayas, who has acquired a reputation as very modern and unconventional film-maker...  [More...]   With this outrageous mélange of murder mystery à la Agatha Christie and camp pastiche of 1950s Hollywood musical, François Ozon proves that he is not just one of France’s most versatile film...  [More...]   This engaging wartime drama from director André Téchiné is a fine adaptation of the novel "Le Garçon aux yeux gris" Gilles Perrault...  [More...]  
Histoire de Marie et Julien (2003)
Jacques Rivette 		  Nathalie... (2003)
Anne Fontaine 		  À boire (2004)
Marion Vernoux 		 
     
Histoire de Marie et Julien is a marked contrast to Jacques Rivette’s previous feature, Va savoir (2000), and represents a kind of return to the darker...  [More...]   Once again, director Anne Fontaine explores the darker side of human sexuality in this polished and most unusual romantic drama. It is a subject which Fontaine generally handles well...  [More...]   Whatever appeal this chaotic comedy has wears exceedingly thin after the first twenty minutes or so – in spite of its attractive cast and the fact that it was directed by Marion Vernoux...  [More...]  

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