French cinema: 2000s
La Fille coupée en deux (2007)
Claude Chabrol
Gabrielle is a young and very attractive TV weather presenter. Her interest in literature brings her into contact with Charles Saint-Denis, a successful writer with a temperament to match...
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Claude Chabrol
La Fille de Monaco (2008)
Anne Fontaine
Bertrand is a remarkably successful lawyer who cannot resist the challenge of defending a seventy-year man charged with murder...
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Anne Fontaine
La Fille du RER (2009)
André Téchiné
Twenty-something Jeanne lives with her mother Louise in a Paris suburb. Whilst Louise occupies herself as a child minder, Jeanne is busy looking for work...
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André Téchiné
Les Filles ne savent pas nager (2000)
Anne-Sophie Birot
Gwen and Lise are two young teenagers who meet up once a year during their holidays and keep in touch throughout the rest of the year by writing to one another...
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Anne-Sophie Birot
Filles uniques (2003)
Pierre Jolivet
Carole is a successful lawyer, organised, self-disciplined and so busy that she only ever sees her husband at bedtime. Tina is a petty thief, wild, emotional and has no difficulty picking up men for one night stands...
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Pierre Jolivet
Le Fils de l'épicier (2007)
Eric Guirado
When Antoine Sforza offers to lend some money to his best friend Claire he could not have imagined where this would lead... [More...]
Eric Guirado
When Antoine Sforza offers to lend some money to his best friend Claire he could not have imagined where this would lead... [More...]
Le Fils (2002)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Olivier is a carpentry instructor at a vocational training centre that assists in the rehabilitation of convicted criminals... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Olivier is a carpentry instructor at a vocational training centre that assists in the rehabilitation of convicted criminals... [More...]
Flandres (2006)
Bruno Dumont
Somewhere in the depths of rural Flanders, a young farmer named Demester is pursuing a torrid love affair with an attractive woman of his own age, Barbe... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
Somewhere in the depths of rural Flanders, a young farmer named Demester is pursuing a torrid love affair with an attractive woman of his own age, Barbe... [More...]
La Fleur du mal (2003)
Claude Chabrol
François Vasseur returns to his well-to-do family home in Bordeaux after a four year stay in the United States and finds little has changed... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
François Vasseur returns to his well-to-do family home in Bordeaux after a four year stay in the United States and finds little has changed... [More...]
Les Fragments d'Antonin (2006)
Gabriel Le Bomin
France, 1919. At a makeshift hospital in the country, Professor Labrousse is leading a study into the mental trauma experienced by former combatants of the war that has just ravaged most of Europe... [More...]
Gabriel Le Bomin
France, 1919. At a makeshift hospital in the country, Professor Labrousse is leading a study into the mental trauma experienced by former combatants of the war that has just ravaged most of Europe... [More...]
France Boutique (2003)
Tonie Marshall
France and Olivier Mestral have been together for ten years but now the strain on their marriage is beginning to show. One reason for this could be the fall off in the popularity of the shopping channel they have created, France Boutique... [More...]
Tonie Marshall
France and Olivier Mestral have been together for ten years but now the strain on their marriage is beginning to show. One reason for this could be the fall off in the popularity of the shopping channel they have created, France Boutique... [More...]
La France (2007)
Serge Bozon
In the autumn of 1917, Camille is anxious for news of her husband, who is away fighting in a seemingly interminable war. Then, one day, she receives a short letter from her husband in which he calls an abrupt end to their marriage, without any explanation... [More...]
Serge Bozon
In the autumn of 1917, Camille is anxious for news of her husband, who is away fighting in a seemingly interminable war. Then, one day, she receives a short letter from her husband in which he calls an abrupt end to their marriage, without any explanation... [More...]
Le Frère du guerrier (2002)
Pierre Jolivet
Thirteenth Century France. When his mother dies, Arnaud honours her wish to carry on the family tradition of preparing herbal medicines for the local community... [More...]
Pierre Jolivet
Thirteenth Century France. When his mother dies, Arnaud honours her wish to carry on the family tradition of preparing herbal medicines for the local community... [More...]
Gabrielle (2005)
Patrice Chéreau
Paris in the early 1900s. Jean Hervey is a successful businessman who enjoys the popularity and comfort that his wealth brings him... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Paris in the early 1900s. Jean Hervey is a successful businessman who enjoys the popularity and comfort that his wealth brings him... [More...]
Gamer (2001)
Patrick Levy
Tony, 22, is obsessed with video games. When he is not mixed up in petty trafficking or housebreaking, he divides his time between the games arcades and his Playstation... [More...]
Patrick Levy
Tony, 22, is obsessed with video games. When he is not mixed up in petty trafficking or housebreaking, he divides his time between the games arcades and his Playstation... [More...]
Gamines (2009)
Éléonore Faucher
I'm not one to complain. I'd much rather have a laugh and enjoy myself. For the last thirty years or so, I've reacted to all those glum sympathetic looks by saying: 'I don't have a father, but I don't mind... [More...]
Éléonore Faucher
I'm not one to complain. I'd much rather have a laugh and enjoy myself. For the last thirty years or so, I've reacted to all those glum sympathetic looks by saying: 'I don't have a father, but I don't mind... [More...]
Gangsters (2002)
Olivier Marchal
Franck Chaievski is a small-time crook who is used to being picked up by the police. A habitual recidivist, he cannot escape from a life of crime, and when his latest hold-up goes badly wrong he finds himself back in police custody, along with his girlfriend Nina Delgado, a drug-addicted prostitute... [More...]
Olivier Marchal
Franck Chaievski is a small-time crook who is used to being picked up by the police. A habitual recidivist, he cannot escape from a life of crime, and when his latest hold-up goes badly wrong he finds himself back in police custody, along with his girlfriend Nina Delgado, a drug-addicted prostitute... [More...]
Garçon stupide (2004)
Lionel Baier
Despite his lack of education, 20-year-old Loïc is convinced that one day he will make something of his life. In the meantime, he earns a subsistence wage in a chocolate factory and spends his evenings meeting up with older men for no-strings sex... [More...]
Lionel Baier
Despite his lack of education, 20-year-old Loïc is convinced that one day he will make something of his life. In the meantime, he earns a subsistence wage in a chocolate factory and spends his evenings meeting up with older men for no-strings sex... [More...]
Les Gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels (2001)
Eric Assous
When she finds out that her lover Philippe is planning to spend his holiday with his wife and children in the Antilles, Camille is furious... [More...]
Eric Assous
When she finds out that her lover Philippe is planning to spend his holiday with his wife and children in the Antilles, Camille is furious... [More...]
Gentille (2005)
Sophie Fillières
Choosing a life companion is a tricky business, as Fontaine Leglou discovers at a somewhat delicate time in her life. In her late thirties, she is all too aware that menopause is careering towards her, and yet she still has doubts as to whether her present lover, Michel Strogoff, is the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with... [More...]
Sophie Fillières
Choosing a life companion is a tricky business, as Fontaine Leglou discovers at a somewhat delicate time in her life. In her late thirties, she is all too aware that menopause is careering towards her, and yet she still has doubts as to whether her present lover, Michel Strogoff, is the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with... [More...]
Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse (2000)
Agnès Varda
Acclaimed filmmaker Agnès Varda embarks on a new odyssey, inspired by the word 'glaneur' which offers up a multitude of meanings... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Acclaimed filmmaker Agnès Varda embarks on a new odyssey, inspired by the word 'glaneur' which offers up a multitude of meanings... [More...]
Le Goût des autres (2000)
Agnès Jaoui
Castella is a successful businessman, but he is coarse and uneducated and he finds himself increasingly alone and unfulfilled... [More...]
Agnès Jaoui
Castella is a successful businessman, but he is coarse and uneducated and he finds himself increasingly alone and unfulfilled... [More...]
Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (2000)
François Ozon
In 1970s Germany, Franz, a student in his early twenties, allows Léopold, a man thirty years his senior, to take him back to his apartment... [More...]
François Ozon
In 1970s Germany, Franz, a student in his early twenties, allows Léopold, a man thirty years his senior, to take him back to his apartment... [More...]
La Graine et le mulet (2007)
Abdellatif Kechiche
Despite his age, Slimane Beiji, a 60-year-old North African immigrant, continues to toil for a meagre wage at a shipyard in the southern French town of Sète... [More...]
Abdellatif Kechiche
Despite his age, Slimane Beiji, a 60-year-old North African immigrant, continues to toil for a meagre wage at a shipyard in the southern French town of Sète... [More...]
Le Grand alibi (2008)
Pascal Bonitzer
During a weekend break at the country estate of Senator Henri Pages, Pierre Collier is murdered. The obvious culprit is his wife, Claire, who is found at the scene of the crime holding a gun... [More...]
Pascal Bonitzer
During a weekend break at the country estate of Senator Henri Pages, Pierre Collier is murdered. The obvious culprit is his wife, Claire, who is found at the scene of the crime holding a gun... [More...]
Le Grand Meaulnes (2006)
Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
November, 1910. Monsieur and Madame Seurel run a small boarding school in a village in the Sologne region of France. One evening, they take in a new pupil... [More...]
Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
November, 1910. Monsieur and Madame Seurel run a small boarding school in a village in the Sologne region of France. One evening, they take in a new pupil... [More...]
Les Grandes personnes (2008)
Anne Novion
To celebrate his daughter Jeanne's 17th birthday, Albert, a divorced librarian, takes her to the Swedish island Styrsö for their summer holiday... [More...]
Anne Novion
To celebrate his daughter Jeanne's 17th birthday, Albert, a divorced librarian, takes her to the Swedish island Styrsö for their summer holiday... [More...]
La Guerre à Paris (2002)
Yolande Zauberman
Paris 1943. Jules and Thomas are two brothers who couldn't be more different. Whilst Thomas, the younger brother, is eager to participate in his father's resistance adventures against the Nazis, Jules, 19, has no ideals, and no desire to get involved in a lost cause... [More...]
Yolande Zauberman
Paris 1943. Jules and Thomas are two brothers who couldn't be more different. Whilst Thomas, the younger brother, is eager to participate in his father's resistance adventures against the Nazis, Jules, 19, has no ideals, and no desire to get involved in a lost cause... [More...]
Hadewijch (2009)
Bruno Dumont
A mother superior is so shocked by the manic faith of one of her novices that she has no choice but to expel her from the convent... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
A mother superior is so shocked by the manic faith of one of her novices that she has no choice but to expel her from the convent... [More...]
Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien (2000)
Dominik Moll
Michel, a young teacher, is driving his wife and three young daughters to their country home. During a stop at a petrol station, he meets another man, Harry, who recognises him as a fellow schoolmate... [More...]
Dominik Moll
Michel, a young teacher, is driving his wife and three young daughters to their country home. During a stop at a petrol station, he meets another man, Harry, who recognises him as a fellow schoolmate... [More...]