French cinema: 1991
Agantuk (1991)
Satyajit Ray
Anila Bose lives in Calcutta with her husband Sudhindra and their young son Satyaki. The family is comfortably off and live in a grand house which they have inherited...
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Satyajit Ray
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
Leos Carax
Paris, 1989. Leaving a shelter for homeless people, Alex, a wild-looking young man in his twenties, heads across town to his favourite spot on the Pont-Neuf...
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Leos Carax
Atlantis (1991)
Luc Besson
Contrary to the legend, Atlantis was not destroyed centuries ago but continues to exist, a vast and fabulous kingdom beneath the waves inhabited by fantastic creatures of all shapes and sizes...
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Luc Besson
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 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...
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Jacques Rivette
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...]
Les Clés du paradis (1991)
Philippe de Broca
Despite his success as a writer, Gaspard is bored with his life and, thanks to his ex-wife's over-generous alimony, is facing financial ruin... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Despite his success as a writer, Gaspard is bored with his life and, thanks to his ex-wife's over-generous alimony, is facing financial ruin... [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...]
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...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
J'embrasse pas (1991)
André Téchiné
An idealistic 17-year old youth, Pierre, leaves his home in the rural South-West of France, hoping to make a career as an actor in Paris... [More...]
André Téchiné
An idealistic 17-year old youth, Pierre, leaves his home in the rural South-West of France, hoping to make a career as an actor in Paris... [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...]
Ma vie est un enfer (1991)
Josiane Balasko
Léah is a dowdy spinster in her mid-thirties. She resents her self-obsessed mother and hates her job as a dental assistant... [More...]
Josiane Balasko
Léah is a dowdy spinster in her mid-thirties. She resents her self-obsessed mother and hates her job as a dental assistant... [More...]
Madame Bovary (1991)
Claude Chabrol
In 19th century France, Charles Bovary is a country doctor who, after the death of his first wife, does not delay in marrying the daughter of one of his patients, Emma Rouault... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
In 19th century France, Charles Bovary is a country doctor who, after the death of his first wife, does not delay in marrying the daughter of one of his patients, Emma Rouault... [More...]
Massacres (1991)
Jean-Claude Roy
To clear his gambling debts, a young psychopath named Ronny agrees to deliver a suitcase to Seoul, not realising that the suitcase contains plates for printing forged banknotes... [More...]
Jean-Claude Roy
To clear his gambling debts, a young psychopath named Ronny agrees to deliver a suitcase to Seoul, not realising that the suitcase contains plates for printing forged banknotes... [More...]
Merci la vie (1991)
Bertrand Blier
One day, a shy teenager Camille comes across a young woman, Joëlle, lying in the middle of the road in a wedding dress... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
One day, a shy teenager Camille comes across a young woman, Joëlle, lying in the middle of the road in a wedding dress... [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...]
Netchaïev est de retour (1991)
Jacques Deray
Netchaïev is the code name of a notorious political activist who turned to terrorism in the late 1960s, working as part of an international network of revolutionaries... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Netchaïev is the code name of a notorious political activist who turned to terrorism in the late 1960s, working as part of an international network of revolutionaries... [More...]
L'Opération Corned-Beef (1991)
Jean-Marie Poiré
Philippe Boulier, code name “Le Squale” is an agent in the French secret service. He is recalled from South America to help dismantle an arms trafficking network in France, “Operation Corned Beef”... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré
Philippe Boulier, code name “Le Squale” is an agent in the French secret service. He is recalled from South America to help dismantle an arms trafficking network in France, “Operation Corned Beef”... [More...]
Paris s'éveille (1991)
Olivier Assayas
19-year old Adrien leaves his mother in Toulouse after becoming mixed up in a theft. He heads for Paris where he hopes his estranged father, Clément, will offer him a helping hand... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
19-year old Adrien leaves his mother in Toulouse after becoming mixed up in a theft. He heads for Paris where he hopes his estranged father, Clément, will offer him a helping hand... [More...]
Pour Sacha (1991)
Alexandre Arcady
In 1967, Sacha, a former philosophy professor, and Laura, a violinist, leave for Israel, to live in a kibbutz near to the border with Syria... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
In 1967, Sacha, a former philosophy professor, and Laura, a violinist, leave for Israel, to live in a kibbutz near to the border with Syria... [More...]
La Reine blanche (1991)
Jean-Loup Hubert
In 1940, Jean Ripoche and Yvon Legualoudec had a fierce falling out over their love for the same woman, Liliane. Whilst Jean remained in his hometown of Nantes to marry Liliane, his rival went off to Antilles, to start a new life... [More...]
Jean-Loup Hubert
In 1940, Jean Ripoche and Yvon Legualoudec had a fierce falling out over their love for the same woman, Liliane. Whilst Jean remained in his hometown of Nantes to marry Liliane, his rival went off to Antilles, to start a new life... [More...]
Sale comme un ange (1991)
Catherine Breillat
A fifty-something police inspector Georges Deblache appears to have had enough of life. A confirmed bachelor, who has grown used to dinners-for-one and nights with prostitutes, he envies his young partner, Didier Theron, who has recently married an attractive woman, Barbara... [More...]
Catherine Breillat
A fifty-something police inspector Georges Deblache appears to have had enough of life. A confirmed bachelor, who has grown used to dinners-for-one and nights with prostitutes, he envies his young partner, Didier Theron, who has recently married an attractive woman, Barbara... [More...]
Simple mortel (1991)
Pierre Jolivet
Stéphane Marais, a researcher in ancient languages, begins to receive bizarre radio messages in one of the languages he is studying... [More...]
Pierre Jolivet
Stéphane Marais, a researcher in ancient languages, begins to receive bizarre radio messages in one of the languages he is studying... [More...]
Sushi Sushi (1991)
Laurent Perrin
Forty-something university arts lecturer Maurice Hartmann has grown tired of his predictable life and longs for a change... [More...]
Laurent Perrin
Forty-something university arts lecturer Maurice Hartmann has grown tired of his predictable life and longs for a change... [More...]
La Totale! (1991)
Claude Zidi
To all who know him, François Voisin is nothing more than an ordinary family man and telecoms engineer. In reality, he is an experienced secret agent whose improbable exploits of the past two decades could fill the pages of several long (albeit mediocre) thriller novels... [More...]
Claude Zidi
To all who know him, François Voisin is nothing more than an ordinary family man and telecoms engineer. In reality, he is an experienced secret agent whose improbable exploits of the past two decades could fill the pages of several long (albeit mediocre) thriller novels... [More...]
Toto le héros (1991)
Jaco Van Dormael
In a retirement home, old Thomas looks back on his life, a life marred by hatred for one man: Alfred. As a boy, Thomas was convinced that he and Alfred, his next-door neighbour, were switched at birth... [More...]
Jaco Van Dormael
In a retirement home, old Thomas looks back on his life, a life marred by hatred for one man: Alfred. As a boy, Thomas was convinced that he and Alfred, his next-door neighbour, were switched at birth... [More...]
Tous les matins du monde (1991)
Alain Corneau
At the time of Louis XIV of France, a brilliant court musician, Marin Marais, reflects on his tutelage under the great viola player, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe... [More...]
Alain Corneau
At the time of Louis XIV of France, a brilliant court musician, Marin Marais, reflects on his tutelage under the great viola player, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe... [More...]