French cinema: 1994
À la folie (1994)
Diane Kurys
Alice is an aspiring artist living in Paris with her boyfriend, Franck, a boxer. Her life is upturned when her sister, Elsa, unexpectedly re-enters her life after several years of separation...
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Diane Kurys
Aux petits bonheurs (1994)
Michel Deville
Hélène returns to a grand country house she once visited in her youth, over twenty years ago, in the vain hope of finding the man she once loved...
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Michel Deville
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...
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Jean-Pierre Mocky
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...
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Jean-Paul Salomé
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...
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Gérard Jugnot
La Cité de la peur (1994)
Alain Berbérian
Odile Deray, press secretary responsible for promoting the low budget horror film “Red is Dead”, hires a security agent, Serge Karamazov, to protect the film's star, Simon Jérémi, during the Cannes Film Festival... [More...]
Alain Berbérian
Odile Deray, press secretary responsible for promoting the low budget horror film “Red is Dead”, hires a security agent, Serge Karamazov, to protect the film's star, Simon Jérémi, during the Cannes Film Festival... [More...]
Le Colonel Chabert (1994)
Yves Angelo
Colonel Chabert is mistaken for dead during the Napoleonic war with Russia. When he returns to Paris some years later, he finds that his wife, Anne, has married the Count Ferraud, and is using Chabert's wealth to finance Ferraud's social advancement... [More...]
Yves Angelo
Colonel Chabert is mistaken for dead during the Napoleonic war with Russia. When he returns to Paris some years later, he finds that his wife, Anne, has married the Count Ferraud, and is using Chabert's wealth to finance Ferraud's social advancement... [More...]
Consentement mutuel (1994)
Bernard Stora
Going by appearances, Romain and Jeanne's divorce is an amiable affair. The couple arrive at an equitable settlement - their daughter Mado will live with Jeanne and will spend every other weekend and half of her school holidays with Romain... [More...]
Bernard Stora
Going by appearances, Romain and Jeanne's divorce is an amiable affair. The couple arrive at an equitable settlement - their daughter Mado will live with Jeanne and will spend every other weekend and half of her school holidays with Romain... [More...]
L'Eau froide (1994)
Olivier Assayas
Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine are two of a kind - rebellious adolescents from comfortable middleclass backgrounds, both living with divorced parents who show them no sympathy or understanding... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine are two of a kind - rebellious adolescents from comfortable middleclass backgrounds, both living with divorced parents who show them no sympathy or understanding... [More...]
Elles n'oublient jamais (1994)
Christopher Frank
Julien is a hard-nosed executive who works for a debt collection agency in Paris. Whilst his wife and son are away on holiday, he is attracted to a young woman, Angela, whom he notices in a terrace café opposite his office... [More...]
Christopher Frank
Julien is a hard-nosed executive who works for a debt collection agency in Paris. Whilst his wife and son are away on holiday, he is attracted to a young woman, Angela, whom he notices in a terrace café opposite his office... [More...]
Elles ne pensent qu'à ça... (1994)
Charlotte Dubreuil
Margeau returns to Paris from New York when her daughter, Jess, takes an overdose of sleeping pills. The rest of the family arrive in toe, including Jess and Margeau's former husbands and their current partners... [More...]
Charlotte Dubreuil
Margeau returns to Paris from New York when her daughter, Jess, takes an overdose of sleeping pills. The rest of the family arrive in toe, including Jess and Margeau's former husbands and their current partners... [More...]
L'Enfer (1994)
Claude Chabrol
Paul Pieur is the proud owner of a country hotel which has no difficulty attracting guests, despite its proximity to an airbase... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Paul Pieur is the proud owner of a country hotel which has no difficulty attracting guests, despite its proximity to an airbase... [More...]
Farinelli (1994)
Gérard Corbiau
In the 18th century, under the sobriquet Farinelli, Carlo Broschi became the world's most famous castrato. Accompanied by his older brother Riccardo, who writes his music and helps to consummate his amorous entanglements, he is received by the courts of Europe... [More...]
Gérard Corbiau
In the 18th century, under the sobriquet Farinelli, Carlo Broschi became the world's most famous castrato. Accompanied by his older brother Riccardo, who writes his music and helps to consummate his amorous entanglements, he is received by the courts of Europe... [More...]
La Fille de d'Artagnan (1994)
Bertrand Tavernier
In 1645, Eloise, the daughter of the great swordmaster D'Artagnan, lives in a monastery in southern France. One night, the monastery is disturbed by nobles pursing an escaped negro slave... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In 1645, Eloise, the daughter of the great swordmaster D'Artagnan, lives in a monastery in southern France. One night, the monastery is disturbed by nobles pursing an escaped negro slave... [More...]
Le Fils préféré (1994)
Nicole Garcia
Jean-Paul Mantegna is the 40-something owner of a hotel on the French Riviera. Saddled with debts, he desperately needs to raise a large sum of money to keep his business afloat, so he turns to the only members of his family who can help him - his brothers Francis and Philippe... [More...]
Nicole Garcia
Jean-Paul Mantegna is the 40-something owner of a hotel on the French Riviera. Saddled with debts, he desperately needs to raise a large sum of money to keep his business afloat, so he turns to the only members of his family who can help him - his brothers Francis and Philippe... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
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...]
Neuf mois (1994)
Patrick Braoudé
Like all men, psychiatrist Samuel is not well equipped to deal with his first pregnancy. He is unlikely to get much sympathy from his friend Marc, who has just left his wife because he cannot agree to start a family, nor from Georges and Dominique, who are resigned to the fact that their fourth child is on the way... [More...]
Patrick Braoudé
Like all men, psychiatrist Samuel is not well equipped to deal with his first pregnancy. He is unlikely to get much sympathy from his friend Marc, who has just left his wife because he cannot agree to start a family, nor from Georges and Dominique, who are resigned to the fact that their fourth child is on the way... [More...]
Le Parfum d'Yvonne (1994)
Patrice Leconte
A bewildered young man looks back into the embers of his past, trying to find some sense in what he has experienced. In 1958, he sought refuge in Switzerland to avoid the Algerian war, posing as a Russian count, Victor Chmara... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
A bewildered young man looks back into the embers of his past, trying to find some sense in what he has experienced. In 1958, he sought refuge in Switzerland to avoid the Algerian war, posing as a Russian count, Victor Chmara... [More...]
La Partie d'échecs (1994)
Yves Hanchar
One day, a preacher, Ambroise, saves a young orphan, Max, from killing himself. When they sit down to play chess, Max is revealed to have an unnatural skill in the game... [More...]
Yves Hanchar
One day, a preacher, Ambroise, saves a young orphan, Max, from killing himself. When they sit down to play chess, Max is revealed to have an unnatural skill in the game... [More...]
Les Patriotes (1994)
Eric Rochant
Immediately after turning 18, Ariel Brenner, a Parisian Jew, leaves his comfortable middleclass home and family in France and sets out for Israel, to live in a kibbutz... [More...]
Eric Rochant
Immediately after turning 18, Ariel Brenner, a Parisian Jew, leaves his comfortable middleclass home and family in France and sets out for Israel, to live in a kibbutz... [More...]
Le Péril jeune (1994)
Cédric Klapisch
Former classmates Bruno, Alain, Momo and Léon find themselves reunited in a hospital several years after leaving school... [More...]
Cédric Klapisch
Former classmates Bruno, Alain, Momo and Léon find themselves reunited in a hospital several years after leaving school... [More...]
Personne ne m'aime (1994)
Marion Vernoux
One evening, 40-something Parisian Annie gets into a violent argument with her lover and ends up being thrown out into the street... [More...]
Marion Vernoux
One evening, 40-something Parisian Annie gets into a violent argument with her lover and ends up being thrown out into the street... [More...]
Petits arrangements avec les morts (1994)
Pascale Ferran
On a beach in Brittany one summer, a nine-year old boy, Jumbo, watches a man build a fantastic sand castle. When the man leaves, Jumbo offers to look after the castle, but it is demolished when he gets into a fight with some other boys... [More...]
Pascale Ferran
On a beach in Brittany one summer, a nine-year old boy, Jumbo, watches a man build a fantastic sand castle. When the man leaves, Jumbo offers to look after the castle, but it is demolished when he gets into a fight with some other boys... [More...]
Quand j'avais 5 ans je m'ai tué (1994)
Jean-Claude Sussfeld
In the 1960s, Gil is eight years old, a boy who is forever locked in his own dreamworld. A hyper-sensitive, hyper-imaginative child, he is already in love, with a little girl called Jessica... [More...]
Jean-Claude Sussfeld
In the 1960s, Gil is eight years old, a boy who is forever locked in his own dreamworld. A hyper-sensitive, hyper-imaginative child, he is already in love, with a little girl called Jessica... [More...]
Regarde les hommes tomber (1994)
Jacques Audiard
Simon Hirsch is a fifty-something travelling salesman who is beginning to lose his enthusiasm for living. Bored with his job, no longer interested in women, he teeters on the brink of depression... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
Simon Hirsch is a fifty-something travelling salesman who is beginning to lose his enthusiasm for living. Bored with his job, no longer interested in women, he teeters on the brink of depression... [More...]
La Reine Margot (1994)
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Les Roseaux sauvages (1994)
André Téchiné
France, 1962. Whilst the Algerian war is at its height, four young people staying at a borading school in Provence experience their political and sexual awakenings... [More...]
André Téchiné
France, 1962. Whilst the Algerian war is at its height, four young people staying at a borading school in Provence experience their political and sexual awakenings... [More...]