French cinema: 1993
588 rue paradis (1993)
Henri Verneuil
It has been forty years since Azad Zakarian, then just a boy, fled Armenia and settled in France with his family. Thanks to his parents' selfless devotion to him, Azad has had the best education a boy of his age could hope to get himself and now he is a prominent writer, better known by his pseudonym Pierre Zakar...
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Henri Verneuil
L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque (1993)
Eric Rohmer
The mayor of a provincial French town manages to get funding to build a media centre, in a picturesque location amidst green fields and old stone houses...
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Eric Rohmer
Cible émouvante (1993)
Pierre Salvadori
Whilst fulfilling one of his contracts, hitman Victor Meynard is spotted by delivery boy Antoine. Logically, Victor knows he should kill Antoine as he is a dangerous witness, but he can't bring himself to do it...
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Pierre Salvadori
Cuisine et dépendances (1993)
Philippe Muyl
When Martine meets an old friend that she hasn't seen for over ten years she naturally invites him to dinner, and naturally he accepts...
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Philippe Muyl
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...
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Agnès Varda
Fanfan (1993)
Alexandre Jardin
The instant that Fanfan enters his life Alexandre finds he is profoundly perturbed by her. If he were not already committed to another woman, Laure, he knows he would lose his heart to her in a moment... [More...]
Alexandre Jardin
The instant that Fanfan enters his life Alexandre finds he is profoundly perturbed by her. If he were not already committed to another woman, Laure, he knows he would lose his heart to her in a moment... [More...]
Les Gens normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel (1993)
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Martine, a woman in her mid-twenties, is struggling to get on with her life after breaking up with her boyfriend François... [More...]
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Martine, a woman in her mid-twenties, is struggling to get on with her life after breaking up with her boyfriend François... [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...]
Hélas pour moi (1993)
Jean-Luc Godard
On the sedate banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, a community of people lead an idyllic life. These include Simon and Rachel Donnadieu, the owners of a popular restaurant... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
On the sedate banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, a community of people lead an idyllic life. These include Simon and Rachel Donnadieu, the owners of a popular restaurant... [More...]
Louis, enfant roi (1993)
Roger Planchon
France, 1648. Whilst the nobility attempt to hold onto their power, the masses rise up in protest, and the country is torn by civil war and famine... [More...]
Roger Planchon
France, 1648. Whilst the nobility attempt to hold onto their power, the masses rise up in protest, and the country is torn by civil war and famine... [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...]
Les Marmottes (1993)
Élie Chouraqui
One year, Léo Klein decides to spend the Christmas holidays at his chalet in the Alps with his two sons, Max and Simon, along with their wives Marie-Claire and Frédérique, and their children... [More...]
Élie Chouraqui
One year, Léo Klein decides to spend the Christmas holidays at his chalet in the Alps with his two sons, Max and Simon, along with their wives Marie-Claire and Frédérique, and their children... [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...]
Métisse (1993)
Mathieu Kassovitz
Jamal and Félix are two young men who could not be more different but they have one thing in common - both are devotedly attached to the same woman, Lola, an 18-year-old half-caste... [More...]
Mathieu Kassovitz
Jamal and Félix are two young men who could not be more different but they have one thing in common - both are devotedly attached to the same woman, Lola, an 18-year-old half-caste... [More...]
L'Oeil de Vichy (1993)
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol assembles a montage of newsreel clips from the time of the Nazi Occupation to show France not how he saw it, but how the Vichy government wanted it to be seen... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol assembles a montage of newsreel clips from the time of the Nazi Occupation to show France not how he saw it, but how the Vichy government wanted it to be seen... [More...]
Profil bas (1993)
Claude Zidi
Julien Segal is a seasoned police inspector in his mid-thirties. Although he has an exemplary record, he has become disillusioned with his career and is seriously contemplating giving up his work for good... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Julien Segal is a seasoned police inspector in his mid-thirties. Although he has an exemplary record, he has become disillusioned with his career and is seriously contemplating giving up his work for good... [More...]
Smoking / No Smoking (1993)
Alain Resnais
In a village in Yorkshire, Celia Teasdale, the wife of a school headmaster, is busy with her spring cleaning. Venturing out into her garden, she considers whether she should light a cigarette or not... [More...]
Alain Resnais
In a village in Yorkshire, Celia Teasdale, the wife of a school headmaster, is busy with her spring cleaning. Venturing out into her garden, she considers whether she should light a cigarette or not... [More...]
La Soif de l'or (1993)
Gérard Oury
Urbain Donnadieu's first love is money. It's also his second, third and fourth love. The only reason he married - a tax inspector named Fleurette - was to evade a fine for tax evasion... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Urbain Donnadieu's first love is money. It's also his second, third and fourth love. The only reason he married - a tax inspector named Fleurette - was to evade a fine for tax evasion... [More...]
Tango (1993)
Patrice Leconte
When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a stunt pilot, Vincent, kills both his wife and her lover, but - to his surprise - he is acquitted of the murder... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a stunt pilot, Vincent, kills both his wife and her lover, but - to his surprise - he is acquitted of the murder... [More...]
Tombés du ciel (1993)
Philippe Lioret
Arturo Conti's plans for celebrating the New Year in France with his Spanish wife go seriously awry when he arrives at Roissy airport in Paris without any form of identification... [More...]
Philippe Lioret
Arturo Conti's plans for celebrating the New Year in France with his Spanish wife go seriously awry when he arrives at Roissy airport in Paris without any form of identification... [More...]
Tout ça... pour ça! (1993)
Claude Lelouch
A talented young lawyer, Marie, finds herself taking on the defence of three unfortunate men - Vincent, Jacques and Henri - who have managed to get themselves into deep water through a series of improbable escapades brought about by the women who led them astray... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
A talented young lawyer, Marie, finds herself taking on the defence of three unfortunate men - Vincent, Jacques and Henri - who have managed to get themselves into deep water through a series of improbable escapades brought about by the women who led them astray... [More...]
Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
After the death of her husband, a famous composer, and her daughter in a car accident, a young woman, Julie, decides to start a new life for herself... [More...]
Krzysztof Kieslowski
After the death of her husband, a famous composer, and her daughter in a car accident, a young woman, Julie, decides to start a new life for herself... [More...]
Un crime (1993)
Jacques Deray
Fifteen months after being arrested for the murder of his wealthy parents, Frédéric Chapelin-Tourvel is acquitted on evidence provided by his girlfriend, Franca Miller... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Fifteen months after being arrested for the murder of his wealthy parents, Frédéric Chapelin-Tourvel is acquitted on evidence provided by his girlfriend, Franca Miller... [More...]
Un, deux, trois, soleil (1993)
Bertrand Blier
Victorine is an imaginative teenage girl who is having a hard time growing up in the rough suburbs of Marseille. Her alcoholic father, a Greek immigrant, is too fond of the pastis to show much interest in her, and her mother makes up for this neglect by constantly imposing herself on her... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Victorine is an imaginative teenage girl who is having a hard time growing up in the rough suburbs of Marseille. Her alcoholic father, a Greek immigrant, is too fond of the pastis to show much interest in her, and her mother makes up for this neglect by constantly imposing herself on her... [More...]
Les Visiteurs (1993)
Jean-Marie Poiré
The year is 1122 and the kingdom of the Franks is locked in a seemingly interminable war against the Norman kings of England... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré
The year is 1122 and the kingdom of the Franks is locked in a seemingly interminable war against the Norman kings of England... [More...]