French cinema: 1999
The Lost Son (1999)
Chris Menges
Xavier Lombard, an impoverished private detective living alone in London, is hired by a wealthy couple to trace their missing son, Leon...
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Chris Menges
Lovers (1999)
Jean-Marc Barr
Jeanne, a young woman in her twenties, works in a bookshop in Paris. One day, a good-looking man of about her own age enters the shop in search of a book on the painter Rossetti...
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Jean-Marc Barr
Ma petite entreprise (1999)
Pierre Jolivet
Ivan is the owner of a carpentry business which has been in his family for three generations. Imagine his despair when, one day, his workshop and most of his stock are decimated by a fire...
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Pierre Jolivet
La Maladie de Sachs (1999)
Michel Deville
Dr Bruno Sachs is the general practitioner of a small provincial town in France. Every day, his patients trundle into his consulting room with their various ailments, real and imaginary...
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Michel Deville
Mauvaise passe (1999)
Michel Blanc
Bored with his humdrum middle-class existence, 40-something university lecturer Pierre walks out on his wife Catherine and his son and settles in London to begin work on his first novel...
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Michel Blanc
Mauvaises fréquentations (1999)
Jean-Pierre Améris
Delphine is a 15 year-old-girl who knows nothing about life. Then she meets Olivia, a girl who seems to know everything. It is through Olivia that Delphine begins to unravel the mysteries of adulthood and in no time she has embarked on her first love affair, with a sexually precocious boy named Laurent... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Améris
Delphine is a 15 year-old-girl who knows nothing about life. Then she meets Olivia, a girl who seems to know everything. It is through Olivia that Delphine begins to unravel the mysteries of adulthood and in no time she has embarked on her first love affair, with a sexually precocious boy named Laurent... [More...]
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Luc Besson
At the time of the 100 years' war between England and France, a young country girl, Jeanne, believes she has a mission from God to rid France of the English... [More...]
Luc Besson
At the time of the 100 years' war between England and France, a young country girl, Jeanne, believes she has a mission from God to rid France of the English... [More...]
Monsieur Naphtali (1999)
Olivier Schatzky
Monsieur Naphtali is one of life's natural recluses, a man who refuses to grow up and who is more than content to spend his entire life within the comforting cocoon of a psychiatric clinic... [More...]
Olivier Schatzky
Monsieur Naphtali is one of life's natural recluses, a man who refuses to grow up and who is more than content to spend his entire life within the comforting cocoon of a psychiatric clinic... [More...]
The Ninth Gate (1999)
Roman Polanski
Dean Corso makes a living hunting down rare books for wealthy clients. New York publisher Boris Balkan offers him a blank cheque if he can prove the authenticity of a 17th Century book of satanic spells, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Dean Corso makes a living hunting down rare books for wealthy clients. New York publisher Boris Balkan offers him a blank cheque if he can prove the authenticity of a 17th Century book of satanic spells, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows... [More...]
Nos vies heureuses (1999)
Jacques Maillot
Soon after leaving hospital following a suicide attempt, Julie falls in love with a young Moroccan, Ali, who came to France to study but who works in a restaurant... [More...]
Jacques Maillot
Soon after leaving hospital following a suicide attempt, Julie falls in love with a young Moroccan, Ali, who came to France to study but who works in a restaurant... [More...]
La Nouvelle Ève (1999)
Catherine Corsini
Not for Camille the oppressive yoke of matrimony. She may be thirty but she has no intention of settling down just yet. She enjoys her freedom far too much to do anything so rash and grown-up as starting a family... [More...]
Catherine Corsini
Not for Camille the oppressive yoke of matrimony. She may be thirty but she has no intention of settling down just yet. She enjoys her freedom far too much to do anything so rash and grown-up as starting a family... [More...]
Pas de scandale (1999)
Benoît Jacquot
Grégoire Jeancourt is a company director who has just come out of prison after completing a four month sentence for fraud... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Grégoire Jeancourt is a company director who has just come out of prison after completing a four month sentence for fraud... [More...]
Les Passagers (1999)
Jean-Claude Guiguet
Men and women, like lost souls, drift across Paris, their journeys made easier and emptier by the new tramway system that carries them along with their solemn thoughts and sad remembrances... [More...]
Jean-Claude Guiguet
Men and women, like lost souls, drift across Paris, their journeys made easier and emptier by the new tramway system that carries them along with their solemn thoughts and sad remembrances... [More...]
Peau d'homme coeur de bête (1999)
Hélène Angel
Discharged from the police for assaulting a prostitute, Francky retreats to the family homestead in the country, where his elderly mother and younger brother Alex live with his two young daughters (the product of a broken marriage)... [More...]
Hélène Angel
Discharged from the police for assaulting a prostitute, Francky retreats to the family homestead in the country, where his elderly mother and younger brother Alex live with his two young daughters (the product of a broken marriage)... [More...]
Peau neuve (1999)
Emilie Deleuze
Alain seems to be a perfectly settled thirty-year-old. He has a well-paid job as a computer games tester that he enjoys and is happily married, with a four-year-old daughter... [More...]
Emilie Deleuze
Alain seems to be a perfectly settled thirty-year-old. He has a well-paid job as a computer games tester that he enjoys and is happily married, with a four-year-old daughter... [More...]
Peut-être (1999)
Cédric Klapisch
New Years Eve 1999. Arthur, a 24-year old science fiction fanatic, meets up with his friends at a lively party to welcome in the new millennium... [More...]
Cédric Klapisch
New Years Eve 1999. Arthur, a 24-year old science fiction fanatic, meets up with his friends at a lively party to welcome in the new millennium... [More...]
Pola X (1999)
Leos Carax
Pierre is a successful young writer who enjoys a privileged, carefree existence with his mother Marie at their grand Normandy château... [More...]
Leos Carax
Pierre is a successful young writer who enjoys a privileged, carefree existence with his mother Marie at their grand Normandy château... [More...]
Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999)
Patrick Timsit
When his son Quasimodo shows signs of physical deformity, an important notable of El Paris places him in the care of the city's archdeacon, Serge Frollo, and adopts a pretty Cuban girl, Esmeralda, in his place... [More...]
Patrick Timsit
When his son Quasimodo shows signs of physical deformity, an important notable of El Paris places him in the care of the city's archdeacon, Serge Frollo, and adopts a pretty Cuban girl, Esmeralda, in his place... [More...]
Rembrandt (1999)
Charles Matton
The great painter Rembrandt van Rijn looks back on his life with regret. His talent and passion for art brought him fame and wealth... [More...]
Charles Matton
The great painter Rembrandt van Rijn looks back on his life with regret. His talent and passion for art brought him fame and wealth... [More...]
Ressources humaines (1999)
Laurent Cantet
With a diploma in business studies under his belt, 22-year old Franck returns to his home village, looking forward to a successful business career... [More...]
Laurent Cantet
With a diploma in business studies under his belt, 22-year old Franck returns to his home village, looking forward to a successful business career... [More...]
Rien à faire (1999)
Marion Vernoux
An unemployed working class woman, Marie, has difficulty filling her empty days until one day she meets Pierre at a supermarket checkout... [More...]
Marion Vernoux
An unemployed working class woman, Marie, has difficulty filling her empty days until one day she meets Pierre at a supermarket checkout... [More...]
Rien sur Robert (1999)
Pascal Bonitzer
A middle-aged film critic's life is turned upside down when his younger wife leaves him to start an affair with a TV director... [More...]
Pascal Bonitzer
A middle-aged film critic's life is turned upside down when his younger wife leaves him to start an affair with a TV director... [More...]
Romance (1999)
Catherine Breillat
Marie is a young schoolteacher who is in a stable and loving relationship with her boyfriend Paul, a male model who is often away from home... [More...]
Catherine Breillat
Marie is a young schoolteacher who is in a stable and loving relationship with her boyfriend Paul, a male model who is often away from home... [More...]
Rosetta (1999)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Rosetta is an adolescent girl for whom every day is a struggle against an unsympathetic world. Living on a squalid campsite with her drunken mother, she has no friends and has to sell second hand clothes to make ends meet... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Rosetta is an adolescent girl for whom every day is a struggle against an unsympathetic world. Living on a squalid campsite with her drunken mother, she has no friends and has to sell second hand clothes to make ends meet... [More...]
Le Schpountz (1999)
Gérard Oury
Irénée Fabre has one dream - to become a great film actor. It's no small ambition for a man who lives in deepest Provence and spends his days working in his uncle's modest grocery business... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Irénée Fabre has one dream - to become a great film actor. It's no small ambition for a man who lives in deepest Provence and spends his days working in his uncle's modest grocery business... [More...]
Superlove (1999)
Jean-Claude Janer
The Holy Mother is very selective in whom she chooses to show herself to these days. Not one for the celebrity phenomenon that plagues our modern era, she tends to keep herself to herself, putting in the odd appearance now and again just to keep the old faith alive and reassure her believers that they are on the right lines... [More...]
Jean-Claude Janer
The Holy Mother is very selective in whom she chooses to show herself to these days. Not one for the celebrity phenomenon that plagues our modern era, she tends to keep herself to herself, putting in the odd appearance now and again just to keep the old faith alive and reassure her believers that they are on the right lines... [More...]
Le Temps retrouvé (1999)
Raoul Ruiz
As he lies on his death bed, attended by his maid, the writer Marcel Proust recounts his life in a series of fragmented, inter-locking recollections... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
As he lies on his death bed, attended by his maid, the writer Marcel Proust recounts his life in a series of fragmented, inter-locking recollections... [More...]
Trafic d'influence (1999)
Dominique Farrugia
Maxime de Labardière and Gérard Ravanelli are two corrupt politicians who have just been convicted of abusing their position for their own personal gain... [More...]
Dominique Farrugia
Maxime de Labardière and Gérard Ravanelli are two corrupt politicians who have just been convicted of abusing their position for their own personal gain... [More...]
Trois ponts sur la rivière (1999)
Jean-Claude Biette
Arthur, a history teacher living in Paris, is on the brink of a journey of self-discovery. Living alone for some years has made him self-centred and unfriendly - he argues with his colleagues and brushes aside his next-door neighbour's gestures of friendship... [More...]
Jean-Claude Biette
Arthur, a history teacher living in Paris, is on the brink of a journey of self-discovery. Living alone for some years has made him self-centred and unfriendly - he argues with his colleagues and brushes aside his next-door neighbour's gestures of friendship... [More...]
Un pont entre deux rives (1999)
Frédéric Auburtin
1962. Although Mina and Georges are happily married, with a teenage son, times are hard. With her husband out of work, Mina is forced to accept a job as a housemaid... [More...]
Frédéric Auburtin
1962. Although Mina and Georges are happily married, with a teenage son, times are hard. With her husband out of work, Mina is forced to accept a job as a housemaid... [More...]