French cinema: 1990s
Grosse fatigue (1994)
Michel Blanc
Actor-director Michel Blanc is going through a rough time. He is unable to get his next film off the ground, women no longer find him as irresistible as they should, and, to cap it all, he is unjustly arrested for the rape of Josianne Balasko...
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Michel Blanc
La Guerre sans nom (1992)
Bertrand Tavernier
In this documentary, Patrick Rotman interviews around thirty former French combatants of the Algerian War and allows them to tell their own story of a conflict that lasted eight years and ended in a humiliating defeat for France...
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Bertrand Tavernier
La Haine (1995)
Mathieu Kassovitz
This film follows one day in the lives of three unemployed young men who live on a housing estate in a deprived suburb of Paris...
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Mathieu Kassovitz
L'Homme qui a perdu son ombre (1991)
Alain Tanner
Suffering from a creative block, a writer, Paul, walks away from his wife and job and hides away in a remote Spanish resort in the hope of regaining his inspiration...
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Alain Tanner
Hors la vie (1991)
Maroun Bagdadi
In the late 1980s, Patrick Perrault, a French photographer and journalist, travels to Beirut to make a report on the war that is tearing the region apart...
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Maroun Bagdadi
Le Huitième jour (1996)
Jaco Van Dormael
Harry is a high-powered communications officer for a leading multinational bank. He is comfortably off, well-respected and an incurable workaholic... [More...]
Jaco Van Dormael
Harry is a high-powered communications officer for a leading multinational bank. He is comfortably off, well-respected and an incurable workaholic... [More...]
L'Humanité (1999)
Bruno Dumont
In a town on the north coast of France, a sensitive young police inspector, Pharaon de Winter, investigates the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
In a town on the north coast of France, a sensitive young police inspector, Pharaon de Winter, investigates the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl... [More...]
Irma Vep (1996)
Olivier Assayas
A once great film director, René Vidal, attempts a come back by remaking Louis Feuillade's classic crime serial, Les Vampires... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
A once great film director, René Vidal, attempts a come back by remaking Louis Feuillade's classic crime serial, Les Vampires... [More...]
J'ai horreur de l'amour (1997)
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Annie, a 30-something divorcee, is a doctor with her own medical practice in Paris. One summer, her working days feel as empty and uneventful as her love life - until two men enter her surgery and her life... [More...]
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Annie, a 30-something divorcee, is a doctor with her own medical practice in Paris. One summer, her working days feel as empty and uneventful as her love life - until two men enter her surgery and her life... [More...]
J'entends plus la guitare (1991)
Philippe Garrel
Marianne and Gérard are a couple enjoying a languorous holiday at a villa in the Italian coastal town of Positano... [More...]
Philippe Garrel
Marianne and Gérard are a couple enjoying a languorous holiday at a villa in the Italian coastal town of Positano... [More...]
Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
Agnès Varda
In the late 1930s, 8-year-old Jacques Demy lives with his father, a garage mechanic, and mother, a hairdresser, in a small town near to the large seaport of Nantes... [More...]
Agnès Varda
In the late 1930s, 8-year-old Jacques Demy lives with his father, a garage mechanic, and mother, a hairdresser, in a small town near to the large seaport of Nantes... [More...]
Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les Batailles (1994)
Jacques Rivette
Upon hearing a message from God, a young French maid, Jeanne, feels compelled to leave her home in Domremy. She finally manages to get an audience with Charles, the dauphin of France, and she persuades him that it is her destiny to lead the French to victory against the English... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Upon hearing a message from God, a young French maid, Jeanne, feels compelled to leave her home in Domremy. She finally manages to get an audience with Charles, the dauphin of France, and she persuades him that it is her destiny to lead the French to victory against the English... [More...]
Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons (1994)
Jacques Rivette
After her victory at Orleans, Joan of Arc is emboldened to continue her assault against the English armies. Despite the ambivalence of the Dauphin and his advisers, she galvanises her troops and victory follows victory... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
After her victory at Orleans, Joan of Arc is emboldened to continue her assault against the English armies. Despite the ambivalence of the Dauphin and his advisers, she galvanises her troops and victory follows victory... [More...]
L.627 (1992)
Bertrand Tavernier
Lucien Marguet is a committed cop who gets on the wrong side of his superiors when he voices his dissatisfaction with the rigid set of procedures he is expected to abide by in the pursuit of his duties, procedures that, in his opinion, render the police complacent and ineffective... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
Lucien Marguet is a committed cop who gets on the wrong side of his superiors when he voices his dissatisfaction with the rigid set of procedures he is expected to abide by in the pursuit of his duties, procedures that, in his opinion, render the police complacent and ineffective... [More...]
Léon (1994)
Luc Besson
Léon is a professional hitman whose life is changed forever when he meets Mathilda, a twelve year old girl who lives a few doors next to him... [More...]
Luc Besson
Léon is a professional hitman whose life is changed forever when he meets Mathilda, a twelve year old girl who lives a few doors next to him... [More...]
Lucie Aubrac (1997)
Claude Berri
Lyon, 1943. In Nazi occupied France, Raymond Aubrac is a leading member of the French Resistance. Shortly after blowing up a German supply train, he is arrested, ostensibly for blackmarketeering... [More...]
Claude Berri
Lyon, 1943. In Nazi occupied France, Raymond Aubrac is a leading member of the French Resistance. Shortly after blowing up a German supply train, he is arrested, ostensibly for blackmarketeering... [More...]
Ma petite entreprise (1999)
Pierre Jolivet
Ivan is the owner of a carpentry business which has been in his family for three generations. Imagine his despair when, one day, his workshop and most of his stock are decimated by a fire... [More...]
Pierre Jolivet
Ivan is the owner of a carpentry business which has been in his family for three generations. Imagine his despair when, one day, his workshop and most of his stock are decimated by a fire... [More...]
Ma saison préférée (1993)
André Téchiné
Too old to live by herself, Berthe moves in with her daughter, Emile, who is married with grown-up children of her own. Emile's husband resents the intrusion, but the situation is aggravated when Emile's brother, Antoine visits for Christmas... [More...]
André Téchiné
Too old to live by herself, Berthe moves in with her daughter, Emile, who is married with grown-up children of her own. Emile's husband resents the intrusion, but the situation is aggravated when Emile's brother, Antoine visits for Christmas... [More...]
Ma vie en rose (1997)
Alain Berliner
The Fabre family moves into a new house in a respectable middle-class area. During a house-warming party, the youngest son, seven-year old Ludovic makes a grand entrance in a dress, make-up and jewellery... [More...]
Alain Berliner
The Fabre family moves into a new house in a respectable middle-class area. During a house-warming party, the youngest son, seven-year old Ludovic makes a grand entrance in a dress, make-up and jewellery... [More...]
Le Mari de la coiffeuse (1990)
Patrice Leconte
In middle-age, Antoine looks back on his life and recalls happy times when he was a little boy holidaying in Luc-sur-Mer with his brother... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
In middle-age, Antoine looks back on his life and recalls happy times when he was a little boy holidaying in Luc-sur-Mer with his brother... [More...]
Marius et Jeannette (1997)
Robert Guédiguian
Jeannette is a single mother who is struggling to bring up her children on a meagre salary in Estaque, a working class district of Marseilles... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
Jeannette is a single mother who is struggling to bring up her children on a meagre salary in Estaque, a working class district of Marseilles... [More...]
Mauvais garçon (1993)
Jacques Bral
Immediately after being released from prison, where he has served a short stretch for petty larceny, 30-something Thomas returns to his girlfriend, only to find she is in bed with another man... [More...]
Jacques Bral
Immediately after being released from prison, where he has served a short stretch for petty larceny, 30-something Thomas returns to his girlfriend, only to find she is in bed with another man... [More...]
Mayrig (1992)
Henri Verneuil
In 1921, a shipload of Armenian refugees arrive in Marseilles, hoping to begin a new life. These include six-year-old Azad Zakarian, his father Hagop, his mother Araxi and his two aunts Anna and Gayané... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
In 1921, a shipload of Armenian refugees arrive in Marseilles, hoping to begin a new life. These include six-year-old Azad Zakarian, his father Hagop, his mother Araxi and his two aunts Anna and Gayané... [More...]
Milou en mai (1990)
Louis Malle
May 1968. Émile Vieuzac, known to all as Milou, is a contented 60 year-old who lives with his mother in a grand country house in the southwest of France... [More...]
Louis Malle
May 1968. Émile Vieuzac, known to all as Milou, is a contented 60 year-old who lives with his mother in a grand country house in the southwest of France... [More...]
Les Misérables (1995)
Claude Lelouch
France, 1900. When his employer shoots himself after a New Year's party, chauffeur Henri Fortin is condemned for murder and sentenced to a term of hard labour... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
France, 1900. When his employer shoots himself after a New Year's party, chauffeur Henri Fortin is condemned for murder and sentenced to a term of hard labour... [More...]
Mon père, ce héros (1991)
Gérard Lauzier
After separating from his wife Irina, 40-something André becomes obsessively preoccupied with his teenage daughter Véronique, who is growing up much faster than he would like... [More...]
Gérard Lauzier
After separating from his wife Irina, 40-something André becomes obsessively preoccupied with his teenage daughter Véronique, who is growing up much faster than he would like... [More...]
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Claude Sautet
Through a meeting with a friend, Nelly is introduced to a wealthy retired business man, Monsieur Arnaud. Nelly talks a little about her life - she is married to an unemployed layabout and, having lost a well-paid job, she is now heavily in arrears on her rent... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Through a meeting with a friend, Nelly is introduced to a wealthy retired business man, Monsieur Arnaud. Nelly talks a little about her life - she is married to an unemployed layabout and, having lost a well-paid job, she is now heavily in arrears on her rent... [More...]
Nénette et Boni (1996)
Claire Denis
Since his mother's death a few years ago, Boni, 19, has led a mostly dull life, living in the pokey Marseille flat he inherited from his mother and earning a pittance as a pizza seller... [More...]
Claire Denis
Since his mother's death a few years ago, Boni, 19, has led a mostly dull life, living in the pokey Marseille flat he inherited from his mother and earning a pittance as a pizza seller... [More...]
Nettoyage à sec (1997)
Anne Fontaine
For the past 15 years a married couple, Jean-Marie and Nicole Kunstler, have run their own dry cleaning business in a French provincial town... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
For the past 15 years a married couple, Jean-Marie and Nicole Kunstler, have run their own dry cleaning business in a French provincial town... [More...]
Les Nuits fauves (1992)
Cyril Collard
Jean is an aspiring filmmaker who leads a selfish and hedonistic life. He knows that he is HIV positive but he is determined not to let this take away his zest for life, so he continues living a wild and irresponsible life, enjoying meaningless liaisons with both men and women... [More...]
Cyril Collard
Jean is an aspiring filmmaker who leads a selfish and hedonistic life. He knows that he is HIV positive but he is determined not to let this take away his zest for life, so he continues living a wild and irresponsible life, enjoying meaningless liaisons with both men and women... [More...]