French cinema: 2000s
Haute tension (2003)
Alexandre Aja
Best friends Marie and Alex decide to take a break in the countryside to revise for their exams. But soon after they arrive at Alex's family home, a remote country house, a sinister looking visitor arrives in a van...
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Alexandre Aja
Les Hauts murs (2008)
Christian Faure
France, some time between the wars. After his father was killed in WWI, Yves Tréguier was adopted by the state and placed in the care of institutions and individuals that saw him more as a burden than a child...
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Christian Faure
Hell (2006)
Bruno Chiche
Ella, known as Hell to her friends, is an 18-year-old rich kid who abandons her studies to pursue a hedonistic lifestyle which consists of shopping in designer stores and get stoned in hot Parisian nightclubs...
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Bruno Chiche
Hello Goodbye (2008)
Graham Guit
Alain and Gisèle Gaash are a happily married couple who, now into their fifties, lead a comfortable existence in Paris...
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Graham Guit
Les Herbes folles (2009)
Alain Resnais
Marguerite is out shopping when a street thief suddenly snatches her handbag and hurries away. Georges later finds the discarded handbag when he comes to collect his car in an underground car park...
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Alain Resnais
Le Hérisson (2009)
Mona Achache
Renée Michel is not the uncultivated concierge that she pretends to be, but a fifty-something woman with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a passion for great works of literature... [More...]
Mona Achache
Renée Michel is not the uncultivated concierge that she pretends to be, but a fifty-something woman with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a passion for great works of literature... [More...]
L'Heure d'été (2008)
Olivier Assayas
One summer, three successful forty-something siblings return to their family home in the country to celebrate the 75th birthday of their mother, Hélène Berthier... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
One summer, three successful forty-something siblings return to their family home in the country to celebrate the 75th birthday of their mother, Hélène Berthier... [More...]
L'Heure zéro (2007)
Pascal Thomas
Just what was Guillaume Neuville thinking when he invited his ex-wife Aude and his latest wife Caroline to his Aunt Camilla's home in Brittany... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Just what was Guillaume Neuville thinking when he invited his ex-wife Aude and his latest wife Caroline to his Aunt Camilla's home in Brittany... [More...]
Histoire de Marie et Julien (2003)
Jacques Rivette
Julien is a middle-aged clock repairman who lives alone in a big house with only his cat for company. He has acquired some items which threaten a businesswoman, Madame X, who trades in fake fabrics, and begins to blackmail her... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Julien is a middle-aged clock repairman who lives alone in a big house with only his cat for company. He has acquired some items which threaten a businesswoman, Madame X, who trades in fake fabrics, and begins to blackmail her... [More...]
Holy Lola (2004)
Bertrand Tavernier
Pierre and Géraldine Ceyssac are a French couple who, unable to have children of their own, head off to Cambodia in the hope of adopting an orphan... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
Pierre and Géraldine Ceyssac are a French couple who, unable to have children of their own, head off to Cambodia in the hope of adopting an orphan... [More...]
Home (2008)
Ursula Meier
Marthe, Michel and their three children have been living in perfect harmony for ten years. Their house is in the most peaceful spot, miles from anywhere beside a stretch of motorway that was never completed... [More...]
Ursula Meier
Marthe, Michel and their three children have been living in perfect harmony for ten years. Their house is in the most peaceful spot, miles from anywhere beside a stretch of motorway that was never completed... [More...]
L'Homme de sa vie (2006)
Zabou Breitman
Frédéric is an ordinary looking man in his forties who is perfectly settled with his wife Frédérique... [More...]
Zabou Breitman
Frédéric is an ordinary looking man in his forties who is perfectly settled with his wife Frédérique... [More...]
L'Homme du train (2002)
Patrice Leconte
One evening, a stranger, Milan, arrives in a small French town and enters a pharmacy to buy some aspirin. There, he meets Manesquier, a retired teacher who lives alone in a huge house... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
One evening, a stranger, Milan, arrives in a small French town and enters a pharmacy to buy some aspirin. There, he meets Manesquier, a retired teacher who lives alone in a huge house... [More...]
L'Homme qui marche (2008)
Aurélia Georges
In the 1950s, Viktor Atemian is a forty-something Russian immigrant who makes a living as a translator in Paris. One day, Victor decides to become a writer, so he sells his apartment and moves into a modest hotel... [More...]
Aurélia Georges
In the 1950s, Viktor Atemian is a forty-something Russian immigrant who makes a living as a translator in Paris. One day, Victor decides to become a writer, so he sells his apartment and moves into a modest hotel... [More...]
Hors de prix (2006)
Pierre Salvadori
Jean Simon appears content in his lowly subservience as a barman and general dogsbody at a high-end Biarritz hotel catering for the cream of French society... [More...]
Pierre Salvadori
Jean Simon appears content in his lowly subservience as a barman and general dogsbody at a high-end Biarritz hotel catering for the cream of French society... [More...]
HS - hors service (2001)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Marchand is happy with his life, until the day his wife discovers he is a professional hitman and not, as he claims to be, a shoe salesman... [More...]
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Marchand is happy with his life, until the day his wife discovers he is a professional hitman and not, as he claims to be, a shoe salesman... [More...]
L'Iceberg (2005)
Dominique Abel
Fiona manages a fast-food restaurant in an average town and lives in an average house, married to an average man. One evening, she manages to lock herself in her restaurant's freezer room, and there she must stay until she is let out the following morning... [More...]
Dominique Abel
Fiona manages a fast-food restaurant in an average town and lives in an average house, married to an average man. One evening, she manages to lock herself in her restaurant's freezer room, and there she must stay until she is let out the following morning... [More...]
L'Idole (2002)
Samantha Lang
Living in an anonymous Parisian apartment block is Zao, an elderly Chinese cook who has made up his mind to end his days in the not too distant future... [More...]
Samantha Lang
Living in an anonymous Parisian apartment block is Zao, an elderly Chinese cook who has made up his mind to end his days in the not too distant future... [More...]
Il est plus facile pour un chameau... (2003)
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Federica is a young woman desperately searching for meaning in her life. Being the daughter of an incredibly wealthy Italian businessman, she has no need to work, so she drifts about aimlessly, struggling to find worthwhile pursuits to occupy her time... [More...]
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Federica is a young woman desperately searching for meaning in her life. Being the daughter of an incredibly wealthy Italian businessman, she has no need to work, so she drifts about aimlessly, struggling to find worthwhile pursuits to occupy her time... [More...]
Il ne faut jurer de rien! (2005)
Eric Civanyan
Paris, 1830. Another revolution, another vacancy on the French throne. It's a great time for free enterprise though. Georges van Buck, the owner of a tailoring business, imagines that he will soon own the most exclusive fashion house in France, if he can just think up a name for it... [More...]
Eric Civanyan
Paris, 1830. Another revolution, another vacancy on the French throne. It's a great time for free enterprise though. Georges van Buck, the owner of a tailoring business, imagines that he will soon own the most exclusive fashion house in France, if he can just think up a name for it... [More...]
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)
Philippe Claudel
For 15 years, Juliette has had nothing to do with her family and has lived apart, a solitary and tortured existence. On impulse, she finally decides to renew her acquaintance with her sister, Léa, who has made a successful career for herself and has started a family... [More...]
Philippe Claudel
For 15 years, Juliette has had nothing to do with her family and has lived apart, a solitary and tortured existence. On impulse, she finally decides to renew her acquaintance with her sister, Léa, who has made a successful career for herself and has started a family... [More...]
Ils (2006)
David Moreau
Clémentine and Lucas are a young French couple who have been living in Bucharest for several months. She works as a teacher, he is a writer... [More...]
David Moreau
Clémentine and Lucas are a young French couple who have been living in Bucharest for several months. She works as a teacher, he is a writer... [More...]
Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (2004)
Yvan Attal
Vincent and Georges are two 40-somethings who are both beginning to hanker after a more exciting love life. Each man feels he is trapped in a long-term relationship with a woman who, on the face of it, would appear to be his ideal partner... [More...]
Yvan Attal
Vincent and Georges are two 40-somethings who are both beginning to hanker after a more exciting love life. Each man feels he is trapped in a long-term relationship with a woman who, on the face of it, would appear to be his ideal partner... [More...]
Imposture (2005)
Patrick Bouchitey
For years, Serge Pommier has dreamt of writing a novel worthy of his reputation as a man of letters. Lacking inspiration, he occupies himself by writing literary reviews and teaching at a university... [More...]
Patrick Bouchitey
For years, Serge Pommier has dreamt of writing a novel worthy of his reputation as a man of letters. Lacking inspiration, he occupies himself by writing literary reviews and teaching at a university... [More...]
Inch'Allah dimanche (2001)
Yamina Benguigui
In 1974, Zouina makes up her mind to leave her native Algeria and settle in France with her husband. The latter has been living and working in France for over a decade, and Zouina feels the time is right for her immediate family to relocate... [More...]
Yamina Benguigui
In 1974, Zouina makes up her mind to leave her native Algeria and settle in France with her husband. The latter has been living and working in France for over a decade, and Zouina feels the time is right for her immediate family to relocate... [More...]
L'Incruste (2004)
Alexandre Castagnetti
Swindler and serial liar Paul is looking for his next squat when he happens across Alexandre, a young musician. The latter is living in an apartment belonging to his friend Christophe, who is at present in Africa... [More...]
Alexandre Castagnetti
Swindler and serial liar Paul is looking for his next squat when he happens across Alexandre, a young musician. The latter is living in an apartment belonging to his friend Christophe, who is at present in Africa... [More...]
Indigènes (2006)
Rachid Bouchareb
In 1943, at the height of the Second World War, around 200 thousand natives from French colonial Africa are recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces... [More...]
Rachid Bouchareb
In 1943, at the height of the Second World War, around 200 thousand natives from French colonial Africa are recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces... [More...]
Inguélézi (2004)
François Dupeyron
Geneviève is unsure how she is going to cope after the sudden death of her husband. After dropping her daughter off at her mother's, she takes to the road and is so wrapped up in her grief that she scarcely notices the world around her... [More...]
François Dupeyron
Geneviève is unsure how she is going to cope after the sudden death of her husband. After dropping her daughter off at her mother's, she takes to the road and is so wrapped up in her grief that she scarcely notices the world around her... [More...]
Inju, la bête dans l'ombre (2008)
Barbet Schroeder
Alex Fayard, a successful writer of crime fiction, arrives in Japan to promote his latest book. He takes advantage of this visit to look up Shundei Oe, the celebrated Japanese writer who inspired him in his career... [More...]
Barbet Schroeder
Alex Fayard, a successful writer of crime fiction, arrives in Japan to promote his latest book. He takes advantage of this visit to look up Shundei Oe, the celebrated Japanese writer who inspired him in his career... [More...]
Les Insaisissables (2000)
Christian Gion
Maître Grimbert is a veteran bailiff who takes a sadistic delight in his profession. He likes nothing better than to march into people's homes, an unopposable emblem of officialdom at its most heartless and efficient, and oversee the seizure of his victims' asserts... [More...]
Christian Gion
Maître Grimbert is a veteran bailiff who takes a sadistic delight in his profession. He likes nothing better than to march into people's homes, an unopposable emblem of officialdom at its most heartless and efficient, and oversee the seizure of his victims' asserts... [More...]