French cinema: 1990s
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)
Yves Robert
Parisian vet Henry Sauveur would most probably be enjoying a fairly decent existence, if it weren't for the pathetic egocentrics and loathsome trouble-causers who keep thrusting their way into his life like unwelcome guests at a party...
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Yves Robert
Bar des rails (1991)
Cédric Kahn
Richard leads a humdrum existence in a typically dull French provincial town. He is 16 and lives with his mother, who makes enough money to support them on her income as a dressmaker...
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Cédric Kahn
La Baule-les-Pins (1990)
Diane Kurys
July 1958. Two young sisters, Frédérique and Sophie, are packed off to the seaside, to spend their summer holidays under the care of their housemaid, Odette, whilst their mother Lena and father Michel stays at home in Lyon...
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Diane Kurys
Beau fixe (1992)
Christian Vincent
One summer, a young medical student, Valérie, invites her three friends, Armelle, Frédérique and Carine, to study with her at her family villa in the coastal resort of Saint-Palais-sur-Mer...
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Christian Vincent
Beau travail (1999)
Claire Denis
As he struggles to adjust to civilian life, a former military man Galoup recalls his past life in the French Foreign Legion, in particular the incidents which led to his humiliating dismissal...
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Claire Denis
Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996)
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite... [More...]
Belle maman (1999)
Gabriel Aghion
Antoine, a successful lawyer, is about to get married to Séverine when he falls for his future mother-in-law Léa, a 50-something who manages a luxury hotel in the Bahamas... [More...]
Gabriel Aghion
Antoine, a successful lawyer, is about to get married to Séverine when he falls for his future mother-in-law Léa, a 50-something who manages a luxury hotel in the Bahamas... [More...]
La Belle noiseuse (1991)
Jacques Rivette
A young Parisian artist, Nicolas, arrives in provincial France with his girlfriend, Marianne, to visit a reclusive, once great artist, Edouard Frenhofer... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
A young Parisian artist, Nicolas, arrives in provincial France with his girlfriend, Marianne, to visit a reclusive, once great artist, Edouard Frenhofer... [More...]
Bernie (1996)
Albert Dupontel
Bernie has spent his entire life in an orphanage. He has no family, no knowledge of his origins, but, aged 30, he is determined to find out where he comes from... [More...]
Albert Dupontel
Bernie has spent his entire life in an orphanage. He has no family, no knowledge of his origins, but, aged 30, he is determined to find out where he comes from... [More...]
Betty (1992)
Claude Chabrol
Rejected by her family in Lyon, Betty ends up alone and drunk in a Parisian bar. She meets a man who takes her to a nearby restaurant... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Rejected by her family in Lyon, Betty ends up alone and drunk in a Parisian bar. She meets a man who takes her to a nearby restaurant... [More...]
Bimboland (1998)
Ariel Zeitoun
Ethnology student Cécile Bussy believes she has discovered a tribe in the Amazonian rain forest which has been completely untouched by civilisation... [More...]
Ariel Zeitoun
Ethnology student Cécile Bussy believes she has discovered a tribe in the Amazonian rain forest which has been completely untouched by civilisation... [More...]
Le Bleu des villes (1999)
Stéphane Brizé
Traffic warden Solange has grown tired of her ordinary day-to-day existence in a dull provincial town. Whilst her husband, Patrick, is perfectly content working as an assistant in a hospital morgue and decorating their new home, she yearns for a change... [More...]
Stéphane Brizé
Traffic warden Solange has grown tired of her ordinary day-to-day existence in a dull provincial town. Whilst her husband, Patrick, is perfectly content working as an assistant in a hospital morgue and decorating their new home, she yearns for a change... [More...]
Le Bonheur est dans le pré (1995)
Étienne Chatiliez
Francis Bergeade is heading for a mid-life crisis. The workers in his factory which manufactures toilet accessories are up in arms when he announces cut backs... [More...]
Étienne Chatiliez
Francis Bergeade is heading for a mid-life crisis. The workers in his factory which manufactures toilet accessories are up in arms when he announces cut backs... [More...]
Bonsoir (1994)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
After having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
After having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society... [More...]
Border Line (1992)
Danièle Dubroux
Hélène, a middle-aged woman who has been married for over 20 years, decides to visit her former lover. She learns that he has recently died and that his son, Julien, is living in his apartment... [More...]
Danièle Dubroux
Hélène, a middle-aged woman who has been married for over 20 years, decides to visit her former lover. She learns that he has recently died and that his son, Julien, is living in his apartment... [More...]
Le Bossu (1997)
Philippe de Broca
Philippe the Duke of Nevers is in love with Blanche de Caylus, the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat, and he is over the moon when he learns that she has given him a child outside wedlock... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Philippe the Duke of Nevers is in love with Blanche de Caylus, the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat, and he is over the moon when he learns that she has given him a child outside wedlock... [More...]
La Bouche de Jean-Pierre (1996)
Lucile Hadzihalilovic
When her mother tries to kill herself, nine-year-old Mini is left in a highly traumatised state. Until her mother is well enough to leave hospital, the little girl must stay with her aunt, Solange, in a tiny apartment that is barely big enough for one... [More...]
Lucile Hadzihalilovic
When her mother tries to kill herself, nine-year-old Mini is left in a highly traumatised state. Until her mother is well enough to leave hospital, the little girl must stay with her aunt, Solange, in a tiny apartment that is barely big enough for one... [More...]
Les Braqueuses (1994)
Jean-Paul Salomé
Four childhood girlfriends decide to rebel. They are: Cécile, a poorly paid teacher, Bijou, who has just been ditched by her boyfriend after giving birth, Muriel, who cares for her handicapped husband, and Lola, who has just left prison... [More...]
Jean-Paul Salomé
Four childhood girlfriends decide to rebel. They are: Cécile, a poorly paid teacher, Bijou, who has just been ditched by her boyfriend after giving birth, Muriel, who cares for her handicapped husband, and Lola, who has just left prison... [More...]
Le Brasier (1991)
Eric Barbier
1931, in a mining town in Trieux, Northern France, mutual distrust and resentment divides the native French population and the growing community of Polish immigrants who work along side each other in the mines... [More...]
Eric Barbier
1931, in a mining town in Trieux, Northern France, mutual distrust and resentment divides the native French population and the growing community of Polish immigrants who work along side each other in the mines... [More...]
La Bûche (1999)
Danièle Thompson
Five days before Christmas, Yvette attends the funeral of her second husband, in the presence of her three daughters, Louba, Sonia and Milla... [More...]
Danièle Thompson
Five days before Christmas, Yvette attends the funeral of her second husband, in the presence of her three daughters, Louba, Sonia and Milla... [More...]
C'est arrivé près de chez vous (1992)
Rémy Belvaux
In present day Belgium, Ben leads what at first sight seems to be a pretty normal existence. He is in a steady relationship with a girl he likes and who likes him, he has a good social life and he gets on well with his mum and dad... [More...]
Rémy Belvaux
In present day Belgium, Ben leads what at first sight seems to be a pretty normal existence. He is in a steady relationship with a girl he likes and who likes him, he has a good social life and he gets on well with his mum and dad... [More...]
C'est la tangente que je préfère (1997)
Charlotte Silvera
Sabine is 15 and has a special aptitude for mathematics. She earns money by giving maths lessons to her classmates and whenever she encounters a problem in her life she tries to reason it out with mathematics... [More...]
Charlotte Silvera
Sabine is 15 and has a special aptitude for mathematics. She earns money by giving maths lessons to her classmates and whenever she encounters a problem in her life she tries to reason it out with mathematics... [More...]
C'est quoi la vie? (1999)
François Dupeyron
Nicolas lives on a farm in the heart of rural France. The farm presently belongs to his father Marc, who is fighting a losing battle to pay off his accumulating debts whilst supporting his family... [More...]
François Dupeyron
Nicolas lives on a farm in the heart of rural France. The farm presently belongs to his father Marc, who is fighting a losing battle to pay off his accumulating debts whilst supporting his family... [More...]
Ça commence aujourd'hui (1999)
Bertrand Tavernier
Daniel Lefebvre is the head teacher of a primary school in a socially deprived town in the north of France. He lives with Valeria, a metal sculptress... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
Daniel Lefebvre is the head teacher of a primary school in a socially deprived town in the north of France. He lives with Valeria, a metal sculptress... [More...]
Les Cachetonneurs (1998)
Denis Dercourt
Roberto, a young freelance musician, agrees to give a New Year's Eve concert of chamber music and Viennese waltzes at an aristocrat's château in Normandy... [More...]
Denis Dercourt
Roberto, a young freelance musician, agrees to give a New Year's Eve concert of chamber music and Viennese waltzes at an aristocrat's château in Normandy... [More...]
Caméléone (1996)
Benoît Cohen
One night, Léa, a former prostitute, shoots dead a man who has been stalking her. The killing is witnessed by two newspaper delivery men, Luc and Jean, who offer Léa protection... [More...]
Benoît Cohen
One night, Léa, a former prostitute, shoots dead a man who has been stalking her. The killing is witnessed by two newspaper delivery men, Luc and Jean, who offer Léa protection... [More...]
Capitaine Conan (1996)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the final months of World War I, the French infantry are actively engaged in mopping up the enemy trenches on the Macedonian Front... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In the final months of World War I, the French infantry are actively engaged in mopping up the enemy trenches on the Macedonian Front... [More...]
Les Caprices d'un fleuve (1996)
Bernard Giraudeau
In 1786, Jean-François de la Plaine, a friend of King Louis XVI of France, kills a man in a duel. By way of punishment, he is sent into exile and made governor of a small French trading post in West Africa, Port Saint-Louis... [More...]
Bernard Giraudeau
In 1786, Jean-François de la Plaine, a friend of King Louis XVI of France, kills a man in a duel. By way of punishment, he is sent into exile and made governor of a small French trading post in West Africa, Port Saint-Louis... [More...]
Casque bleu (1994)
Gérard Jugnot
Bordeaux winegrower Patrick Ponsac finds himself on the receiving end of his jealous wife's ire when he dares to start an affair with another woman... [More...]
Gérard Jugnot
Bordeaux winegrower Patrick Ponsac finds himself on the receiving end of his jealous wife's ire when he dares to start an affair with another woman... [More...]
Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)
Agnès Varda
Simon Cinéma is an old man who lives alone in a castle museum with his faithful butler Firmin. A one time actor, producer and filmmaker, he is convinced that he is the last word on cinema... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Simon Cinéma is an old man who lives alone in a castle museum with his faithful butler Firmin. A one time actor, producer and filmmaker, he is convinced that he is the last word on cinema... [More...]