French cinema: 2012
38 témoins (2012)
Lucas Belvaux
Louise Morvand returns from a business trip to China and finds that the street where she lives in Le Havre is in a state of shock...
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Lucas Belvaux
À moi seule (2012)
Frédéric Videau
For eight years, Gaëlle has been held captive by Vincent. During this time, she has seen no one else - he was her entire world...
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Frédéric Videau
À pas de loup (2012)
Olivier Ringer
Cathy is a six-year-old girl who believes that she cannot be seen by her parents. She has a chance to test her theory at the end of a weekend at the family's country retreat...
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Olivier Ringer
À perdre la raison (2012)
Joachim Lafosse
Murielle and Mounir are a young couple who desperately want to get married and start a family. Fortunately, they have a kindly benefactor in Dr Pinget, the man who has looked after Mounir since he was a small boy and come to regard him as his own son...
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Joachim Lafosse
Adieu Berthe - L'enterrement de mémé (2012)
Bruno Podalydès
Armand is a mild-mannered 50-something who leads a double life. He manages a pharmacy in a Paris suburb with his wife Hélène but his real passion in life is conjuring, for which he has a natural talent...
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Bruno Podalydès
Les Adieux à la reine (2012)
Benoît Jacquot
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, life at the Palace of Versailles continues in its carefree vein, far from the tumult that is starting to overtake Paris... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, life at the Palace of Versailles continues in its carefree vein, far from the tumult that is starting to overtake Paris... [More...]
Alyah (2012)
Elie Wajeman
Alex is 27 and lives in one of the less salubrious districts of Paris. He makes a dishonest living as a drugs dealer, but most of his hard-earned cash ends up in the pocket of his overly demanding older brother, Isaac... [More...]
Elie Wajeman
Alex is 27 and lives in one of the less salubrious districts of Paris. He makes a dishonest living as a drugs dealer, but most of his hard-earned cash ends up in the pocket of his overly demanding older brother, Isaac... [More...]
Amour (2012)
Michael Haneke
Georges and Anne are a happily married couple who are now in their eighties. Retired piano teachers, they have a daughter who is also a musician, but she lives abroad with her own family... [More...]
Michael Haneke
Georges and Anne are a happily married couple who are now in their eighties. Retired piano teachers, they have a daughter who is also a musician, but she lives abroad with her own family... [More...]
Au cul du loup (2012)
Pierre Duculot
Not yet thirty, Christina leads a humdrum existence in a humdrum town in Belgium, where she lives with her humdrum boyfriend Marco... [More...]
Pierre Duculot
Not yet thirty, Christina leads a humdrum existence in a humdrum town in Belgium, where she lives with her humdrum boyfriend Marco... [More...]
Camille redouble (2012)
Noémie Lvovsky
Camille, a 40-something actress, gets an unexpected shock when she returns home one day to find her husband Eric packing his bags... [More...]
Noémie Lvovsky
Camille, a 40-something actress, gets an unexpected shock when she returns home one day to find her husband Eric packing his bags... [More...]
Comme un homme (2012)
Safy Nebbou
Louis, 16, is the son of the headmaster at the school which he attends and has no history of trouble. His friend Greg, by contrast, is always get himself into deep water on account of his aggressive and rebellious character... [More...]
Safy Nebbou
Louis, 16, is the son of the headmaster at the school which he attends and has no history of trouble. His friend Greg, by contrast, is always get himself into deep water on account of his aggressive and rebellious character... [More...]
Dans la maison (2012)
François Ozon
Germain Germain is a fifty-something literature teacher in a modern French school who has grown disillusioned with his profession... [More...]
François Ozon
Germain Germain is a fifty-something literature teacher in a modern French school who has grown disillusioned with his profession... [More...]
De rouille et d'os (2012)
Jacques Audiard
Homeless and penniless, Ali has no other choice but to turn to his sister for help. Accompanied by his five-year-old son Sam, Ali makes his way to his sister's home in Antibes, confident that she will give him a place to stay whilst he tries to get back on his feet... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
Homeless and penniless, Ali has no other choice but to turn to his sister for help. Accompanied by his five-year-old son Sam, Ali makes his way to his sister's home in Antibes, confident that she will give him a place to stay whilst he tries to get back on his feet... [More...]
La Désintégration (2012)
Philippe Faucon
Ali, Nasser and Hamza are all in their twenties and live on a housing estate in the outskirts of Lille. They meet Djamel, a man who is ten years their senior and who is, in their eyes, someone to be looked up to... [More...]
Philippe Faucon
Ali, Nasser and Hamza are all in their twenties and live on a housing estate in the outskirts of Lille. They meet Djamel, a man who is ten years their senior and who is, in their eyes, someone to be looked up to... [More...]
L'Enfant d'en haut (2012)
Ursula Meier
One winter, Simon, an enterprising 12 year old, makes good use of the cable car that connects the industrial town where he lives with his sister Louise and the opulent ski resort that overlooks it... [More...]
Ursula Meier
One winter, Simon, an enterprising 12 year old, makes good use of the cable car that connects the industrial town where he lives with his sister Louise and the opulent ski resort that overlooks it... [More...]
Et si on vivait tous ensemble? (2012)
Stéphane Robelin
Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne have been firm friends for more than forty years. They have each lived full and happy lives, but when their memories begin to falter and the prospect of moving into a retirement home rears its ugly head, they decide to take a stand against convention... [More...]
Stéphane Robelin
Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne have been firm friends for more than forty years. They have each lived full and happy lives, but when their memories begin to falter and the prospect of moving into a retirement home rears its ugly head, they decide to take a stand against convention... [More...]
Le Grand soir (2012)
Gustave de Kervern
Not and Jean-Pierre are two brothers who could not be more different. In his forties, Not is proud to be the oldest street punk in Europe, happy to live off the detritus of a diseased society in the company of his faithful dog... [More...]
Gustave de Kervern
Not and Jean-Pierre are two brothers who could not be more different. In his forties, Not is proud to be the oldest street punk in Europe, happy to live off the detritus of a diseased society in the company of his faithful dog... [More...]
L'Hiver dernier (2012)
John Shank
On a remote plateau, Johann struggles to keep going the farm that he has inherited from his father. As winter beckons, his business looks increasingly threatened... [More...]
John Shank
On a remote plateau, Johann struggles to keep going the farm that he has inherited from his father. As winter beckons, his business looks increasingly threatened... [More...]
Holy Motors (2012)
Leos Carax
Monsieur Oscar is a man of many faces. In the space of one day, he becomes a pathetic tramp, a ruthless killer, a grotesque sewer-dwelling monster, an erotic dancer, a family man, and more besides..... [More...]
Leos Carax
Monsieur Oscar is a man of many faces. In the space of one day, he becomes a pathetic tramp, a ruthless killer, a grotesque sewer-dwelling monster, an erotic dancer, a family man, and more besides..... [More...]
Ici-bas (2012)
Jean-Pierre Denis
In 1943, when France is under Nazi occupation, Sister Luce is a devout nun who occupies herself tending to the sick at a hospital in Périgueux... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Denis
In 1943, when France is under Nazi occupation, Sister Luce is a devout nun who occupies herself tending to the sick at a hospital in Périgueux... [More...]
Les Invisibles (2012)
Sébastien Lifshitz
They are men and women born between the two wars. The only thing they have in common is that they are homosexuals who chose to live their lives as they wished, at a time when they were censured and rejected by society... [More...]
Sébastien Lifshitz
They are men and women born between the two wars. The only thing they have in common is that they are homosexuals who chose to live their lives as they wished, at a time when they were censured and rejected by society... [More...]
J'enrage de son absence (2012)
Sandrine Bonnaire
Ten years after they went their separate ways following the breakdown of their marriage, Jacques makes a sudden reappearance in Mado's life... [More...]
Sandrine Bonnaire
Ten years after they went their separate ways following the breakdown of their marriage, Jacques makes a sudden reappearance in Mado's life... [More...]
Louise Wimmer (2012)
Cyril Mennegun
Louise Wimmer is nearly fifty. She should be looking forward to a comfortable retirement but instead she has lost virtually everything she had - everything except her pride and her resilience... [More...]
Cyril Mennegun
Louise Wimmer is nearly fifty. She should be looking forward to a comfortable retirement but instead she has lost virtually everything she had - everything except her pride and her resilience... [More...]
Mobile Home (2012)
François Pirot
Having broken up with his girlfriend, Simon returns to his home village where his parents are enjoying a peaceful retirement... [More...]
François Pirot
Having broken up with his girlfriend, Simon returns to his home village where his parents are enjoying a peaceful retirement... [More...]
Le Nez dans le ruisseau (2012)
Christophe Chevalier
Tasked with making a documentary to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie, a television journalist, visits the Swiss town of Confignon which he once visited... [More...]
Christophe Chevalier
Tasked with making a documentary to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie, a television journalist, visits the Swiss town of Confignon which he once visited... [More...]
Populaire (2012)
Régis Roinsard
For a young woman growing up in France in the mid-to-late 1950s, opportunities for leading your own life, free of parental restraint, are few and far between... [More...]
Régis Roinsard
For a young woman growing up in France in the mid-to-late 1950s, opportunities for leading your own life, free of parental restraint, are few and far between... [More...]
Possessions (2012)
Eric Guirado
Tired of their humdrum life in the north of France, a young couple decide to move to a mountain village. Marilyne and Bruno Caron are not well off but they can afford to rent a small chalet in what seems to them to be idyllic surroundings... [More...]
Eric Guirado
Tired of their humdrum life in the north of France, a young couple decide to move to a mountain village. Marilyne and Bruno Caron are not well off but they can afford to rent a small chalet in what seems to them to be idyllic surroundings... [More...]
Quelques heures de printemps (2012)
Stéphane Brizé
When he is released from prison after serving an 18 month sentence for drugs smuggling, Alain Evrard has no choice but to move back in with his elderly mother, Yvette... [More...]
Stéphane Brizé
When he is released from prison after serving an 18 month sentence for drugs smuggling, Alain Evrard has no choice but to move back in with his elderly mother, Yvette... [More...]
Réussir sa vie (2012)
Benoit Forgeard
An underground filmmaker is struggling to complete his latest film when he is visited by the characters of his previous films... [More...]
Benoit Forgeard
An underground filmmaker is struggling to complete his latest film when he is visited by the characters of his previous films... [More...]
Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012)
Claude Miller
France in the late 1920s. Thérèse is coerced into a marriage with her neighbour, Bernard Desqueyroux, who owns a large rural estate in the Landes region of France... [More...]
Claude Miller
France in the late 1920s. Thérèse is coerced into a marriage with her neighbour, Bernard Desqueyroux, who owns a large rural estate in the Landes region of France... [More...]