French cinema: 2000s
Joueuse (2009)
Caroline Bottaro
Hélène is a woman in her forties who leads a contented but routine life in a small Corsican village. Happily married to Ange, she has a 15-year-old daughter, Lisa and works as a hotel chambermaid...
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Caroline Bottaro
La Journée de la jupe (2009)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Sonia Bergerac is a teacher in an ordinary inner city high school on the outskirts of Paris. She is about to start a lesson on Molière when her class is disrupted by unruly pupils...
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Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Joyeux Noël (2005)
Christian Carion
24th December 1914. Five months into World War I, regiments of French and Scottish troops face off their German opponents in the muddy, snow-covered wastes of No Man's Land...
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Christian Carion
Just Visiting (2001)
Jean-Marie Poiré
During the One Hundred Years War, the French Duke Thibault de Malfète travels to England to marry his beloved Princess Rosalind...
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Jean-Marie Poiré
Khamsa (2008)
Karim Dridi
Marco is only eleven years old, but he already has a history of delinquency. His mother, an Algerian, is dead, and his father, a gypsy, has no interest in him...
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Karim Dridi
Là-bas... mon pays (2000)
Alexandre Arcady
French television journalist Pierre Nivel is surprised when, out of the blue, he receives a phone call from an Algerian woman he has not seen for thirty years... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
French television journalist Pierre Nivel is surprised when, out of the blue, he receives a phone call from an Algerian woman he has not seen for thirty years... [More...]
Lady Chatterley (2006)
Pascale Ferran
England, 1921. Lady Constance Chatterley is a prisoner in a dead, passionless marriage. She is still devoted to her husband, Clifford, now a ruin of a man, paralysed by the injuries he sustained on the Flanders battlefields... [More...]
Pascale Ferran
England, 1921. Lady Constance Chatterley is a prisoner in a dead, passionless marriage. She is still devoted to her husband, Clifford, now a ruin of a man, paralysed by the injuries he sustained on the Flanders battlefields... [More...]
Lady Jane (2008)
Robert Guédiguian
In 1960s Marseilles, three tearaway adolescents - Muriel, François and René - make a dishonest living by selling stolen fur coats... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
In 1960s Marseilles, three tearaway adolescents - Muriel, François and René - make a dishonest living by selling stolen fur coats... [More...]
Laissez-passer (2002)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the 1940s, with France under Nazi occupation, the Germans continue to allow the French to make their own films, but under their supervision... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In the 1940s, with France under Nazi occupation, the Germans continue to allow the French to make their own films, but under their supervision... [More...]
Laissons Lucie faire! (2000)
Emmanuel Mouret
In sunny Marseille, twenty-something Lucie makes a living by selling bathing costumes to tourists on the beach. Her boyfriend, Lucien, fancies himself as a policeman, but when he is turned down for the job he does the only thing he can do, which is to get himself hired as a secret agent... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
In sunny Marseille, twenty-something Lucie makes a living by selling bathing costumes to tourists on the beach. Her boyfriend, Lucien, fancies himself as a policeman, but when he is turned down for the job he does the only thing he can do, which is to get himself hired as a secret agent... [More...]
Le Lait de la tendresse humaine (2001)
Dominique Cabrera
Not long after giving birth, Christelle walks out of the family home and after wandering about blindly persuades a neighbour she has never spoken to before to take her in... [More...]
Dominique Cabrera
Not long after giving birth, Christelle walks out of the family home and after wandering about blindly persuades a neighbour she has never spoken to before to take her in... [More...]
Lemming (2005)
Dominik Moll
Alain Getty is a young robotics engineer whose latest invention, the Flying Webcam, delights his boss, Richard Pollock. One evening, Alain invites Pollock and his wife, Alice, to dine at his home with his wife Bénédicte... [More...]
Dominik Moll
Alain Getty is a young robotics engineer whose latest invention, the Flying Webcam, delights his boss, Richard Pollock. One evening, Alain invites Pollock and his wife, Alice, to dine at his home with his wife Bénédicte... [More...]
Leur morale... et la nôtre (2008)
Florence Quentin
André and Muriel are a happily married French couple who make a comfortable living by claiming refunds on products they buy from their supermarket and later selling the same products in their shop at a discount... [More...]
Florence Quentin
André and Muriel are a happily married French couple who make a comfortable living by claiming refunds on products they buy from their supermarket and later selling the same products in their shop at a discount... [More...]
Liberté-Oléron (2001)
Bruno Podalydès
Jacques is determined to make the most of his summer holidays on the island of Oléron. His wife Albertine may be content to lounge around on the beach and dream of ways to improve their second home, but he is a man of action and intends to make this an adventure that he and his four children will remember for the rest of their lives... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Jacques is determined to make the most of his summer holidays on the island of Oléron. His wife Albertine may be content to lounge around on the beach and dream of ways to improve their second home, but he is a man of action and intends to make this an adventure that he and his four children will remember for the rest of their lives... [More...]
Le Libertin (2000)
Gabriel Aghion
France, in the mid-1700s. Denis Diderot, arguably the greatest philosopher of his age, is labouring on what will be his undoubted masterpiece, The Encyclopaedia... [More...]
Gabriel Aghion
France, in the mid-1700s. Denis Diderot, arguably the greatest philosopher of his age, is labouring on what will be his undoubted masterpiece, The Encyclopaedia... [More...]
Les Liens du sang (2008)
Jacques Maillot
Lyons, in the late 1970s. François is a dedicated police inspector. His brother Gabriel is a crook who has just finished serving a prison sentence for murder... [More...]
Jacques Maillot
Lyons, in the late 1970s. François is a dedicated police inspector. His brother Gabriel is a crook who has just finished serving a prison sentence for murder... [More...]
Lili et le baobab (2006)
Chantal Richard
Lili, a thirty-something photographer, accepts a commission to take some photographs of a town in Senegal. Here, she befriends a secretive local woman, Aminata and, despite the language barrier, Lili develops a liking for the country and its people... [More...]
Chantal Richard
Lili, a thirty-something photographer, accepts a commission to take some photographs of a town in Senegal. Here, she befriends a secretive local woman, Aminata and, despite the language barrier, Lili develops a liking for the country and its people... [More...]
Lise et André (2000)
Denis Dercourt
Lise, a prostitute and single mother, is devastated when her young son, Bastien, is knocked down in a car accident. As her son lies in a coma, she turns to a priest, André, but he, a frail old man who is losing his faith, has nothing to offer her... [More...]
Denis Dercourt
Lise, a prostitute and single mother, is devastated when her young son, Bastien, is knocked down in a car accident. As her son lies in a coma, she turns to a priest, André, but he, a frail old man who is losing his faith, has nothing to offer her... [More...]
La Loi de Murphy (2009)
Christophe Campos
Elias can hardly wait to complete his two year suspended sentence in the hospital where he works as a nurse. He has just a few hours to go and then he will be a free man - but a lot can happen in two hours, as he soon discovers... [More...]
Christophe Campos
Elias can hardly wait to complete his two year suspended sentence in the hospital where he works as a nurse. He has just a few hours to go and then he will be a free man - but a lot can happen in two hours, as he soon discovers... [More...]
Loin (2001)
André Téchiné
Serge is a young man in his mid-twenties who works as a long-distance lorry driver. His work consists of shipping rolls of fabric to Morocco and then collecting clothes manufactured in this country, which he drives back to Europe... [More...]
André Téchiné
Serge is a young man in his mid-twenties who works as a long-distance lorry driver. His work consists of shipping rolls of fabric to Morocco and then collecting clothes manufactured in this country, which he drives back to Europe... [More...]
London River (2009)
Rachid Bouchareb
After the London bombings of July 2005, an anxious mother, Elisabeth, tries to get in touch with her daughter. When she fails to reach her on her mobile phone, Elisabeth leaves her home in Guernsey and travels to London to look for her daughter on foot... [More...]
Rachid Bouchareb
After the London bombings of July 2005, an anxious mother, Elisabeth, tries to get in touch with her daughter. When she fails to reach her on her mobile phone, Elisabeth leaves her home in Guernsey and travels to London to look for her daughter on foot... [More...]
Louise-Michel (2008)
Gustave de Kervern
Jobs are increasingly hard to come by in northern France, which is why the workers at a textiles factory in Picardy become anxious when a nasty rumour begins to circulate in the town... [More...]
Gustave de Kervern
Jobs are increasingly hard to come by in northern France, which is why the workers at a textiles factory in Picardy become anxious when a nasty rumour begins to circulate in the town... [More...]
Loup (2009)
Nicolas Vanier
Sergueï is a nomadic reindeer herder, one of many who live in the wild mountains of eastern Siberia. Sergueï's clan is led by his father and comprises four families, who own a herd of 3,000 reindeer which they drive from one pasture to another as the seasons change... [More...]
Nicolas Vanier
Sergueï is a nomadic reindeer herder, one of many who live in the wild mountains of eastern Siberia. Sergueï's clan is led by his father and comprises four families, who own a herd of 3,000 reindeer which they drive from one pasture to another as the seasons change... [More...]
Lourdes (2009)
Jessica Hausner
Christine suffers from multiple sclerosis and has spent most of her life in a wheelchair. Tired of her solitary existence, she decides to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, where she hopes she will find new friends and give her life a renewed sense of purpose... [More...]
Jessica Hausner
Christine suffers from multiple sclerosis and has spent most of her life in a wheelchair. Tired of her solitary existence, she decides to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, where she hopes she will find new friends and give her life a renewed sense of purpose... [More...]
Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés (2003)
Stéphane Clavier
Edgar Lamarck is a shrewd chartered accountant who anticipates having an easy time on the Riviera. He gets in a good day's work by persuading shipyard owner Thierry Ferrand that his business is worth less than it really is... [More...]
Stéphane Clavier
Edgar Lamarck is a shrewd chartered accountant who anticipates having an easy time on the Riviera. He gets in a good day's work by persuading shipyard owner Thierry Ferrand that his business is worth less than it really is... [More...]
Lucky Luke (2009)
James Huth
Daisy Town was once a haven of peace before the outlaws, gamblers and other low-life took over and turned it into one of the most lawless places in the whole of the Wild West... [More...]
James Huth
Daisy Town was once a haven of peace before the outlaws, gamblers and other low-life took over and turned it into one of the most lawless places in the whole of the Wild West... [More...]
Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
Yvan Attal
Yvan is a young sports journalist who still hasn't come to terms with the fact that he is married to a successful film star, Charlotte... [More...]
Yvan Attal
Yvan is a young sports journalist who still hasn't come to terms with the fact that he is married to a successful film star, Charlotte... [More...]
Ma mère (2004)
Christophe Honoré
When he learns of the death of his father, 17 year old Pierre experiences a sudden and dramatic crisis of identity. Whilst holidaying with his mother, Hélène, on a Mediterranean island, he undergoes a turbulent and destructive initiation into the mysteries of sex... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
When he learns of the death of his father, 17 year old Pierre experiences a sudden and dramatic crisis of identity. Whilst holidaying with his mother, Hélène, on a Mediterranean island, he undergoes a turbulent and destructive initiation into the mysteries of sex... [More...]
Ma vie en l'air (2005)
Rémi Bezançon
Yann Kerbec has a morbid fear of flying, which he attributes to the fact that his mother died whilst giving birth to him in an aeroplane... [More...]
Rémi Bezançon
Yann Kerbec has a morbid fear of flying, which he attributes to the fact that his mother died whilst giving birth to him in an aeroplane... [More...]
Madame Edouard (2004)
Nadine Monfils
A bizarre series of murders in Brussels disturbs the peace of Commissaire Léon, who would rather be getting on and doing some knitting... [More...]
Nadine Monfils
A bizarre series of murders in Brussels disturbs the peace of Commissaire Léon, who would rather be getting on and doing some knitting... [More...]