French cinema: 1990s
Conte d'automne (1998)
Eric Rohmer
Magali is an attractive widow in her mid-forties who, since her children left home, now lives alone, tending to her large vineyard in the Rhone valley...
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Eric Rohmer
Conte d'été (1996)
Eric Rohmer
Gaspard, an introspective maths student, plans to spend his summer holidays in the Brittany town of Dinard. When his girlfriend Léna fails to turn up as agreed he is left alone to lie on the beach and compose songs with his guitar...
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Eric Rohmer
Conte d'hiver (1992)
Eric Rohmer
During a summer holiday, Félicie and Charles meet and have a whirlwind romance. Due to a mix-up with their addresses, they lose track of one another, even though Félicie is carrying Charles' child...
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Eric Rohmer
Conte de printemps (1990)
Eric Rohmer
Jeanne is a high school teacher of philosophy who finds herself temporarily homeless when her fiancé Mathieu goes away for a few days...
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Eric Rohmer
Les Convoyeurs attendent (1999)
Benoît Mariage
A new millennium beckons but life goes on as usual in a dull industrial town in Belgium. Family man Roger Closset works as a journalist on a local newspaper, L'Espoir, zipping around on his moped in search of an interesting news story, with little hope of finding one...
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Benoît Mariage
La Crise (1992)
Coline Serreau
Victor's cosy little world comes tumbling down around him when, on the same day, he loses both his wife and his well-paid job as a legal consultant... [More...]
Coline Serreau
Victor's cosy little world comes tumbling down around him when, on the same day, he loses both his wife and his well-paid job as a legal consultant... [More...]
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The popular swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is consumed by his ardent love for his cousin Roxanne but, tragically, his features are so deformed by his large nose that he has little chance of gaining her affections... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The popular swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is consumed by his ardent love for his cousin Roxanne but, tragically, his features are so deformed by his large nose that he has little chance of gaining her affections... [More...]
Daddy Nostalgie (1990)
Bertrand Tavernier
Caroline is a writer who, after her divorce, lives alone in Paris with her infant son. On hearing the news that her father has just undergone a serious operation, she immediately sets out to rejoin her parents at their home in the south of France... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
Caroline is a writer who, after her divorce, lives alone in Paris with her infant son. On hearing the news that her father has just undergone a serious operation, she immediately sets out to rejoin her parents at their home in the south of France... [More...]
Delicatessen (1991)
Marc Caro
In a grim, post-apocalyptic future, food is so scarce that people are forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive... [More...]
Marc Caro
In a grim, post-apocalyptic future, food is so scarce that people are forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive... [More...]
Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (1993)
Agnès Varda
Twenty-five years after the making of Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Agnès Varda - the wife of the film's director, Jacques Demy - returns to the French town of Rochefort with some of the film's cast and production team... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Twenty-five years after the making of Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Agnès Varda - the wife of the film's director, Jacques Demy - returns to the French town of Rochefort with some of the film's cast and production team... [More...]
Dieu seul me voit (1998)
Bruno Podalydès
Albert, a shy absent-minded sound engineer, is coming to a mid-life crisis. Despite his best attempts, he still has not found the woman of his dreams - but that looks set to change... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Albert, a shy absent-minded sound engineer, is coming to a mid-life crisis. Despite his best attempts, he still has not found the woman of his dreams - but that looks set to change... [More...]
La Dilettante (1999)
Pascal Thomas
On the spur of the moment, Pierette Dumortier abandons her husband and her comfortable middle-class life in Switzerland and takes the train to Paris... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
On the spur of the moment, Pierette Dumortier abandons her husband and her comfortable middle-class life in Switzerland and takes the train to Paris... [More...]
Le Dîner de cons (1998)
Francis Veber
Every week, a group of successful Parisian businessmen attend a dinner party to which they each invite someone who appears to be an idiot... [More...]
Francis Veber
Every week, a group of successful Parisian businessmen attend a dinner party to which they each invite someone who appears to be an idiot... [More...]
La Discrète (1990)
Christian Vincent
Antoine, an unsuccessful writer, is taken aback when his girlfriend, Solange, leaves him for another man. Usually, it is he who ends a relationship, not his partner... [More...]
Christian Vincent
Antoine, an unsuccessful writer, is taken aback when his girlfriend, Solange, leaves him for another man. Usually, it is he who ends a relationship, not his partner... [More...]
La Double vie de Véronique (1991)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Weronika is a young concert singer who lives in Poland with her father. One day, she glimpses a woman on a coach who looks exactly like her... [More...]
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Weronika is a young concert singer who lives in Poland with her father. One day, she glimpses a woman on a coach who looks exactly like her... [More...]
Douce France (1995)
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa... [More...]
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa... [More...]
En avoir (ou pas) (1995)
Laetitia Masson
When she loses her job at a fish canning factory, Alice, a young woman from a socially deprived background, decides to make some major changes in her life... [More...]
Laetitia Masson
When she loses her job at a fish canning factory, Alice, a young woman from a socially deprived background, decides to make some major changes in her life... [More...]
L'Enfer (1994)
Claude Chabrol
Paul Pieur is the proud owner of a country hotel which has no difficulty attracting guests, despite its proximity to an airbase... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Paul Pieur is the proud owner of a country hotel which has no difficulty attracting guests, despite its proximity to an airbase... [More...]
L'Ennui (1998)
Cédric Kahn
Traumatised by the separation from his wife, a philosophy teacher, Martin finds himself experiencing a mid-life crisis. When he learns that an ageing artist he met recently died whilst making love, he is intrigued and visits the artist's studio... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
Traumatised by the separation from his wife, a philosophy teacher, Martin finds himself experiencing a mid-life crisis. When he learns that an ageing artist he met recently died whilst making love, he is intrigued and visits the artist's studio... [More...]
Est - Ouest (1999)
Régis Wargnier
1946. Following an amnesty from Communist leader Stalin, a physician Alexeï returns to his native Russia after a period of exile in France... [More...]
Régis Wargnier
1946. Following an amnesty from Communist leader Stalin, a physician Alexeï returns to his native Russia after a period of exile in France... [More...]
Extension du domaine de la lutte (1999)
Philippe Harel
A lonely computer programmer reflects on the empty meaningless of his loveless, solitary existence. Since his partner walked out on him two years ago, he does nothing at weekends and regards his work as a monotonous chore... [More...]
Philippe Harel
A lonely computer programmer reflects on the empty meaningless of his loveless, solitary existence. Since his partner walked out on him two years ago, he does nothing at weekends and regards his work as a monotonous chore... [More...]
La Fille de l'air (1992)
Maroun Bagdadi
Brigitte lives with her boyfriend, Daniel, who is on the run having escaped from prison for a series of armed robbery offences... [More...]
Maroun Bagdadi
Brigitte lives with her boyfriend, Daniel, who is on the run having escaped from prison for a series of armed robbery offences... [More...]
Le Fils préféré (1994)
Nicole Garcia
Jean-Paul Mantegna is the 40-something owner of a hotel on the French Riviera. Saddled with debts, he desperately needs to raise a large sum of money to keep his business afloat, so he turns to the only members of his family who can help him - his brothers Francis and Philippe... [More...]
Nicole Garcia
Jean-Paul Mantegna is the 40-something owner of a hotel on the French Riviera. Saddled with debts, he desperately needs to raise a large sum of money to keep his business afloat, so he turns to the only members of his family who can help him - his brothers Francis and Philippe... [More...]
Fin août, début septembre (1998)
Olivier Assayas
Gabriel, in his early thirties, finds his life upended after separating from his partner Jenny and then discovering that his best friend Adrien, a writer, has a terminal illness... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
Gabriel, in his early thirties, finds his life upended after separating from his partner Jenny and then discovering that his best friend Adrien, a writer, has a terminal illness... [More...]
La Fracture du myocarde (1990)
Jacques Fansten
Traumatised by the idea that he might be put into an orphanage, 12 year old Martin tries to hide the sudden death of his mother... [More...]
Jacques Fansten
Traumatised by the idea that he might be put into an orphanage, 12 year old Martin tries to hide the sudden death of his mother... [More...]
Fred (1997)
Pierre Jolivet
Fred is an unemployed crane operator who lives in the industrial suburbs with his girlfriend Lisa. The latter has a young son, the product of another relationship, and works in research laboratory... [More...]
Pierre Jolivet
Fred is an unemployed crane operator who lives in the industrial suburbs with his girlfriend Lisa. The latter has a young son, the product of another relationship, and works in research laboratory... [More...]
Gadjo dilo (1997)
Tony Gatlif
A young Frenchman, Stéphane, is making his way across rural Romania in search of a gypsy singer who fascinated his recently deceased father... [More...]
Tony Gatlif
A young Frenchman, Stéphane, is making his way across rural Romania in search of a gypsy singer who fascinated his recently deceased father... [More...]
Gazon maudit (1995)
Josiane Balasko
Laurent, a successful estate agent, and his wife Loli have two children, a nice house in the South of France and appear to be the very model of a happily married couple... [More...]
Josiane Balasko
Laurent, a successful estate agent, and his wife Loli have two children, a nice house in the South of France and appear to be the very model of a happily married couple... [More...]
Germinal (1993)
Claude Berri
During the 1870s, an unemployed machine-worker named Étienne Lantier arrives at Montsou, a small mining town in the north of France, looking for work... [More...]
Claude Berri
During the 1870s, an unemployed machine-worker named Étienne Lantier arrives at Montsou, a small mining town in the north of France, looking for work... [More...]
La Gloire de mon père (1990)
Yves Robert
In the late 1890s, Joseph Pagnol, a schoolteacher and staunch atheist, lives with his wife Augustine in a district of Marseille... [More...]
Yves Robert
In the late 1890s, Joseph Pagnol, a schoolteacher and staunch atheist, lives with his wife Augustine in a district of Marseille... [More...]