One of Agnès Varda’s most critically acclaimed films, Sans toit ni loi tells
the moving story of a young woman who rejects society and civilisation so that she can
pursue her dream of living entirely freely... [More...]
Emile Zola’a classic 1885 novel, Germinal, gets the Claude Berri treatment, and
no expense is spared. In a typically lavish Berry blockbuster that cost over 30
million dollars (the most expensive film ever made... [More...]
After his monumental and hugely successful Cyrano
de Bergerec, director Jean-Paul Rappeneau attempted an even more lavish super-production
with his next film... [More...]
Le Bonheur est dans le pré is curious blend of satire and black comedy which
has its pleasures but also some frustrations. On the plus side, the performances
from all the lead actors are constantly entertaining... [More...]
Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain was the film which defined French cinema
across the world in the year 2001. Not only was it the most successful film made
in France that year... [More...]
Almost the antithesis of the modern crime thriller, Un honnête commerçant
is an atypical Belgian film that gives a dark Kafkaesque twist to the
familiar police procedural drama... [More...]
Quand la mer monte is a
beguiling first film from the improbable directorial partnership of
actress Yolande Moreau and cinematographer Gilles Porte... [More...]
Costa-Gavras, renowned for an impressive series of political
thriller-dramas in the ’70s and ’80s, makes a rare excursion into black
comedy with this inspired adaptation of a popular novel by American
writer... [More...]
Catherine Breillat is no stranger to controversy. The director
who shocked audiences with her overt portrayal of female sexuality and
outrageously lurid sex scenes in a string of films that includes Une vraie jeune fille... [More...]
