French cinema: 1995
À la vie, à la mort! (1995)
Robert Guédiguian
In Estaque, the working class district of north Marseilles, a family of Spanish immigrants struggles to survive. Marie-Sol's job as a housekeeper provides both an income and a modest home, but her husband Patrick has been unemployed for years...
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Robert Guédiguian
L'Appât (1995)
Bertrand Tavernier
An adolescent girl, Nathalie, shares a small Parisian apartment with her two friends, Eric and Bruno. None of them has any hope of getting a job but they all have unrealistic aspirations...
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Bertrand Tavernier
Les Apprentis (1995)
Pierre Salvadori
Antoine Parent is an aspiring writer who suffers from depression and a chronic inability to make money from his art. He lives in Paris and shares a modest apartment with his good-for-nothing friend Fred Rouyer, who appears to be more than content with his life as an inveterate loser...
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Pierre Salvadori
Au petit Marguery (1995)
Laurent Bénégui
For the past 30 years, Hippolyte and his wife Joséphine have managed a chic restaurant, Le petit Marguery, in a busy district of Paris...
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Laurent Bénégui
Augustin (1995)
Anne Fontaine
Augustin is a friendless 30-year-old who works for an insurance company but dreams of becoming a big film star. As he waits for opportunity to come knocking on his door, he goes for auditions for walk-on parts, so far with limited success...
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Anne Fontaine
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...]
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...]
La Cérémonie (1995)
Claude Chabrol
The Lelievres are a happy, comfortably rich family who live in a remote mansion near the Brittany coast. Madame Lelievre is far too busy to take on all the domestic chores, so she hires a maid to do all this for her... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
The Lelievres are a happy, comfortably rich family who live in a remote mansion near the Brittany coast. Madame Lelievre is far too busy to take on all the domestic chores, so she hires a maid to do all this for her... [More...]
La Cité des enfants perdus (1995)
Marc Caro
On an isolated disused sea rig live the remnants of a mad scientist's experiments into creating alternative life forms. These include Irvin, a brain in a fish tank, six identical clones of the inventor himself, and Krank, a Frankensteinesque monster who ages prematurely because he cannot dream... [More...]
Marc Caro
On an isolated disused sea rig live the remnants of a mad scientist's experiments into creating alternative life forms. These include Irvin, a brain in a fish tank, six identical clones of the inventor himself, and Krank, a Frankensteinesque monster who ages prematurely because he cannot dream... [More...]
Dis-moi oui... (1995)
Alexandre Arcady
Stéphane Villiers, a thirty-something paediatrician in Bordeaux, gets more than he bargained for when he befriends a 12-year-old girl named Éva one evening... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
Stéphane Villiers, a thirty-something paediatrician in Bordeaux, gets more than he bargained for when he befriends a 12-year-old girl named Éva one evening... [More...]
Douce France (1995)
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa... [More...]
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa... [More...]
Élisa (1995)
Jean Becker
When her husband walks out on her, Elisa attempts to kill her young daughter Marie and then commits suicide. Marie, however, survives, and grows up in an orphanage... [More...]
Jean Becker
When her husband walks out on her, Elisa attempts to kill her young daughter Marie and then commits suicide. Marie, however, survives, and grows up in an orphanage... [More...]
En avoir (ou pas) (1995)
Laetitia Masson
When she loses her job at a fish canning factory, Alice, a young woman from a socially deprived background, decides to make some major changes in her life... [More...]
Laetitia Masson
When she loses her job at a fish canning factory, Alice, a young woman from a socially deprived background, decides to make some major changes in her life... [More...]
La Fille seule (1995)
Benoît Jacquot
Early one morning, Valérie meets up as agreed with her boyfriend Rémi at a café neat St-Lazare station in Paris... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Early one morning, Valérie meets up as agreed with her boyfriend Rémi at a café neat St-Lazare station in Paris... [More...]
Gazon maudit (1995)
Josiane Balasko
Laurent, a successful estate agent, and his wife Loli have two children, a nice house in the South of France and appear to be the very model of a happily married couple... [More...]
Josiane Balasko
Laurent, a successful estate agent, and his wife Loli have two children, a nice house in the South of France and appear to be the very model of a happily married couple... [More...]
La Haine (1995)
Mathieu Kassovitz
This film follows one day in the lives of three unemployed young men who live on a housing estate in a deprived suburb of Paris... [More...]
Mathieu Kassovitz
This film follows one day in the lives of three unemployed young men who live on a housing estate in a deprived suburb of Paris... [More...]
Le Hussard sur le toit (1995)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
In the summer of 1832, Europe is in the grip of a terrible cholera epidemic. With the demise of Napoleon and the disintegration of the French Empire, Austria is poised to overtake Italy... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
In the summer of 1832, Europe is in the grip of a terrible cholera epidemic. With the demise of Napoleon and the disintegration of the French Empire, Austria is poised to overtake Italy... [More...]
Lumière et compagnie (1995)
Theodoros Angelopoulos
To mark the centenary of the invention of the cinematograph by the Lumière brothers in 1885, forty filmmakers from around the world each contribute a 52 second film, shot with the Lumières' original camera...... [More...]
Theodoros Angelopoulos
To mark the centenary of the invention of the cinematograph by the Lumière brothers in 1885, forty filmmakers from around the world each contribute a 52 second film, shot with the Lumières' original camera...... [More...]
Les Milles (1995)
Sébastien Grall
Early in June 1940, Commandant Charles Perrochon is placed in charge of an interment camp built on the site of a disused tile factory in Les Milles, a small town in the south of France... [More...]
Sébastien Grall
Early in June 1940, Commandant Charles Perrochon is placed in charge of an interment camp built on the site of a disused tile factory in Les Milles, a small town in the south of France... [More...]
Les Misérables (1995)
Claude Lelouch
France, 1900. When his employer shoots himself after a New Year's party, chauffeur Henri Fortin is condemned for murder and sentenced to a term of hard labour... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
France, 1900. When his employer shoots himself after a New Year's party, chauffeur Henri Fortin is condemned for murder and sentenced to a term of hard labour... [More...]
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Claude Sautet
Through a meeting with a friend, Nelly is introduced to a wealthy retired business man, Monsieur Arnaud. Nelly talks a little about her life - she is married to an unemployed layabout and, having lost a well-paid job, she is now heavily in arrears on her rent... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Through a meeting with a friend, Nelly is introduced to a wealthy retired business man, Monsieur Arnaud. Nelly talks a little about her life - she is married to an unemployed layabout and, having lost a well-paid job, she is now heavily in arrears on her rent... [More...]
Par-delà les nuages (1995)
Michelangelo Antonioni
An American film director visits exotic locations in Europe, recalling tales of love and desire. On his travels, he meets and is instantly attracted to young woman who admits to having murdered her father...... [More...]
Michelangelo Antonioni
An American film director visits exotic locations in Europe, recalling tales of love and desire. On his travels, he meets and is instantly attracted to young woman who admits to having murdered her father...... [More...]
Le Plus bel âge... (1995)
Didier Haudepin
A few weeks into a preparatory course for entry to the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, Delphine witnesses the suicide of a fellow student, Claude... [More...]
Didier Haudepin
A few weeks into a preparatory course for entry to the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, Delphine witnesses the suicide of a fellow student, Claude... [More...]
Les Rendez-vous de Paris (1995)
Eric Rohmer
Three tales where an amorous rendezvous in Paris ends with an unexpected twist. In the first, 'Le Rendez-vous de 7 heures', a young woman, Esther, is mulling over whether her boyfriend is cheating on her when another young man tries to chat her up... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Three tales where an amorous rendezvous in Paris ends with an unexpected twist. In the first, 'Le Rendez-vous de 7 heures', a young woman, Esther, is mulling over whether her boyfriend is cheating on her when another young man tries to chat her up... [More...]
Le Roi de Paris (1995)
Dominique Maillet
In the 1930s, Victor Derval is the most admired stage actor in Paris. One night, he is accosted by a young Hungarian woman, Lisa Lanska... [More...]
Dominique Maillet
In the 1930s, Victor Derval is the most admired stage actor in Paris. One night, he is accosted by a young Hungarian woman, Lisa Lanska... [More...]
Les Trois frères (1995)
Didier Bourdon
Didier, Bernard and Pascal - three men from three very different walks of life - are brought together in a solicitor's office when they each learn of their mother's death... [More...]
Didier Bourdon
Didier, Bernard and Pascal - three men from three very different walks of life - are brought together in a solicitor's office when they each learn of their mother's death... [More...]
Les Truffes (1995)
Bernard Nauer
Patrick has had enough of his miserable life in the rain-sodden north of France. If he's not being beaten to a pulp in rigged boxing matches for the benefit of his coach M'sieur Martinez, he is being nagged to death by his annoying neighbour or else threatened by intimidating baillifs... [More...]
Bernard Nauer
Patrick has had enough of his miserable life in the rain-sodden north of France. If he's not being beaten to a pulp in rigged boxing matches for the benefit of his coach M'sieur Martinez, he is being nagged to death by his annoying neighbour or else threatened by intimidating baillifs... [More...]
L'Univers de Jacques Demy (1995)
Agnès Varda
An engaging portrait of Jacques Demy, one of the France's most significant film directors, seen through the eyes of his widow, Agnès Varda... [More...]
Agnès Varda
An engaging portrait of Jacques Demy, one of the France's most significant film directors, seen through the eyes of his widow, Agnès Varda... [More...]