After one full-length film –
Riens du tout (1991) – and a few short
films, director Cédric Klapisch made an indelible impression on French cinema with
Le Péril jeune in 1994... [More...]
With its contemporary setting, in an ordinary area of Paris, and naturalistic performances
(most of the cast being non-professional actors), Chacun cherche son chat is less
a story about a young woman’s quest to... [More...]
With his first full length film, director Dutch Jan Kounen set out to shock, and with
Dobermann he manages to achieve just that. This is 100 minutes of non-stop
comic-book violence... [More...]
Gadjo dilo concludes Tony Gatlif’s loosely
assembled and highly acclaimed trilogy exploring the culture of the Romany gypsies.
After Les Princes (1982)... [More...]
Déjà mort is the film which earned its director Olivier Dahan his
reputation as a film director to watch out for. It is a brave attempt to push
the film noir genre into new territory... [More...]
Je suis né d’une cigogne is both an insanely
anarchic portrait of adolescent rebellion and an ingenious parable of social exclusion
and immigration in an uncaring society... [More...]
After three successful social comedies (which include the popular Chacun
cherche son chat), Cédric Klapisch’s first foray into a genre film
comes as something of a surprise... [More...]
Christophe Honoré had distinguished himself as a writer in France – of children’s
books, adult fiction and screenplays – before directing this... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot’s faithful adaptation of the novel "Adolphe" by Benjamin Constant
is an absorbing and poignant account of an ill-fated love affair... [More...]
One of the French film highlights of the year 2002, L’Auberge espagnole is
a vibrant yet intelligent comedy-drama about young people from different cultures and
nationalities coming together and discovering a shared... [More...]
Having failed spectacularly in an over-zealous attempt to bring a fresh
re-interpretation of one icon of French popular culture in Belphégor... [More...]
Exils is a peculiar kind of road-movie which
explores two apparently contradictory themes – the need for individual freedom and the
need to belong somewhere... [More...]
Film noir and social realist themes are woven together in this stylish thriller-drama
from Jacques Audiard. Based on James Toback’s minor 1977 work Fingers
(which starred Harvey Keitel)... [More...]
It’s hardly surprising, giving the enormous success of L’Auberge espagnole (2002),
that director Cédric Klapisch would make a sequel featuring the
same menagerie of colourful characters... [More...]
