French cinema: 2000s
Neuilly sa mère! (2009)
Gabriel Laferrière
Sami Benboudaoud is fourteen and perfectly settled in his immigrant community on a typical French housing estate. To him there is no better place on Earth than this down-at-heel neighbourhood where crime in rampant and car-burning is an essential rite of passage...
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Gabriel Laferrière
Nid de guêpes (2002)
Florent-Emilio Siri
During the 2001 Bastille Day celebrations in France, a band of criminals led by Nasser and Santino prepare to raid a depot and make off with a lorry load of expensive computers...
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Florent-Emilio Siri
No pasaran (2009)
Emmanuel Caussé
Maxence Lafourcade is a contented thirty-something who is happy rearing pigs on his small farm in the Pyrenees. Imagine then his horror when he discovers that the authorities have given the green light for a motorway to be built just a few feet from his doorstep...
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Emmanuel Caussé
Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser (2009)
Christophe Honoré
Since the break-up of her marriage, Léna has coped as best she may to bring up her two young children single-handedly...
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Christophe Honoré
Nos 18 ans (2008)
Frédéric Berthe
In 1990, 18-year-old Lucas has reached the first important milestone in his life: he has finally come to the end of his last year at school...
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Frédéric Berthe
Nos amis les flics (2004)
Bob Swaim
Frédo is a small-time crook who has a knack of botching every job he turns his hand to. With the help of his four loyal buddies, Frédo tackles his next hold-up with his usual ineptitude, with the result that he ends up on the wrong-side of the notoriously hard to please crime boss Toussaint... [More...]
Bob Swaim
Frédo is a small-time crook who has a knack of botching every job he turns his hand to. With the help of his four loyal buddies, Frédo tackles his next hold-up with his usual ineptitude, with the result that he ends up on the wrong-side of the notoriously hard to please crime boss Toussaint... [More...]
Nos enfants chéris (2003)
Benoît Cohen
One day, two ex-lovers, Martin and Constance, run into each other in a supermarket. After several years apart, they find they are now in their early thirties, are married and are just discovering the joys of parenthood... [More...]
Benoît Cohen
One day, two ex-lovers, Martin and Constance, run into each other in a supermarket. After several years apart, they find they are now in their early thirties, are married and are just discovering the joys of parenthood... [More...]
Nos jours heureux (2006)
Olivier Nakache
A glutton for punishment, Vincent once again sets out for another stint at a summer camp for infants. This year, his anxieties are multiplied tenfold, since he has been promoted to camp director, which means he will carry the can if anything goes wrong... [More...]
Olivier Nakache
A glutton for punishment, Vincent once again sets out for another stint at a summer camp for infants. This year, his anxieties are multiplied tenfold, since he has been promoted to camp director, which means he will carry the can if anything goes wrong... [More...]
Nos retrouvailles (2007)
David Oelhoffen
20-year-old Marco is uncertain how to react when, after a long period of separation, his father, Gabriel, suddenly re-enters his life... [More...]
David Oelhoffen
20-year-old Marco is uncertain how to react when, after a long period of separation, his father, Gabriel, suddenly re-enters his life... [More...]
Notre musique (2004)
Jean-Luc Godard
Hell: images of war, some real, others cinematic recreations, some portraying the brutality and carnage, others glorifying this most universal of human pursuits... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Hell: images of war, some real, others cinematic recreations, some portraying the brutality and carnage, others glorifying this most universal of human pursuits... [More...]
Notre univers impitoyable (2008)
Léa Fazer
Margot and Victor would appear to be the perfect couple. They share not only their private life but also work together in the same prestigious law firm... [More...]
Léa Fazer
Margot and Victor would appear to be the perfect couple. They share not only their private life but also work together in the same prestigious law firm... [More...]
Nous resterons sur Terre (2009)
Pierre Barougier
In the face of dramatic climate change and dwindling natural resources, we have almost reached the point at which the survival of our species is threatened unless we change our behaviour... [More...]
Pierre Barougier
In the face of dramatic climate change and dwindling natural resources, we have almost reached the point at which the survival of our species is threatened unless we change our behaviour... [More...]
Le Nouveau protocole (2008)
Thomas Vincent
Raoul Kraft is leading a tranquil life as a forester in the Vosges Mountains when he learns that his 18-year-old son has been killed in a road accident... [More...]
Thomas Vincent
Raoul Kraft is leading a tranquil life as a forester in the Vosges Mountains when he learns that his 18-year-old son has been killed in a road accident... [More...]
Nouvelle chance (2006)
Anne Fontaine
Some years after his momentous visit to the Orient, Augustin Dos Santos returns to France with his young family and gets a job as a swimming pool attendant in a posh hotel... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
Some years after his momentous visit to the Orient, Augustin Dos Santos returns to France with his young family and gets a job as a swimming pool attendant in a posh hotel... [More...]
Nue propriété (2006)
Joachim Lafosse
Since her husband left her for another woman many years ago, Pascale has struggled to keep her family farm in Belgium going, with the support of her two sons, François and Thierry... [More...]
Joachim Lafosse
Since her husband left her for another woman many years ago, Pascale has struggled to keep her family farm in Belgium going, with the support of her two sons, François and Thierry... [More...]
L'Occitanienne (2008)
Jean Périssé
Who was L'Occitanienne, the mysterious woman that preoccupied the celebrated French writer René de Chateaubriand in his later years... [More...]
Jean Périssé
Who was L'Occitanienne, the mysterious woman that preoccupied the celebrated French writer René de Chateaubriand in his later years... [More...]
On va s'aimer (2006)
Ivan Calbérac
Even though Laurent is fond of Camille and has been in a relationship with her for some time he cannot bring himself to marry her... [More...]
Ivan Calbérac
Even though Laurent is fond of Camille and has been in a relationship with her for some time he cannot bring himself to marry her... [More...]
OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions (2006)
Michel Hazanavicius
In 1955, Cairo is a hornet's nest of political intrigue, with several countries fighting for their vested interests. When one of his government agents is killed in the Egyptian capital, the French President sends a replacement in the form of Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, code name OSS 117... [More...]
Michel Hazanavicius
In 1955, Cairo is a hornet's nest of political intrigue, with several countries fighting for their vested interests. When one of his government agents is killed in the Egyptian capital, the French President sends a replacement in the form of Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, code name OSS 117... [More...]
OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (2009)
Michel Hazanavicius
In 1967, France's top secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, codenamed OSS 117, is sent to Brazil to locate a former high-ranking Nazi who is threatening to sell a microfilm listing the names of French collaborators in WWII... [More...]
Michel Hazanavicius
In 1967, France's top secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, codenamed OSS 117, is sent to Brazil to locate a former high-ranking Nazi who is threatening to sell a microfilm listing the names of French collaborators in WWII... [More...]
Oui, mais... (2001)
Yves Lavandier
Eglantine Laville is 17 and already she is finding life too hard to cope with. It is not difficult to see why this might be... [More...]
Yves Lavandier
Eglantine Laville is 17 and already she is finding life too hard to cope with. It is not difficult to see why this might be... [More...]
Le P'tit curieux (2004)
Jean Marboeuf
Clément is a nine-year-old boy with an insatiable curiosity for the world around him. There are so many things that puzzle him - for instance, why do his mother and father live apart... [More...]
Jean Marboeuf
Clément is a nine-year-old boy with an insatiable curiosity for the world around him. There are so many things that puzzle him - for instance, why do his mother and father live apart... [More...]
Le Pacte des loups (2001)
Christophe Gans
France, 1765. For the past year, the rural region of Gévaudan has been terrorised by a wild beast who brutally kills peasant women and resists any attempt at capture... [More...]
Christophe Gans
France, 1765. For the past year, the rural region of Gévaudan has been terrorised by a wild beast who brutally kills peasant women and resists any attempt at capture... [More...]
Le Pacte du silence (2003)
Graham Guit
In a prison, a young detainee awakes to find her cell has been set alight. Simultaneously, an identical woman in Carmelite convent collapses for no apparent reason... [More...]
Graham Guit
In a prison, a young detainee awakes to find her cell has been set alight. Simultaneously, an identical woman in Carmelite convent collapses for no apparent reason... [More...]
Palais royal! (2005)
Valérie Lemercier
Arnaud's carefree life as a playboy prince comes to an abrupt end when his father, the much-loved king of a European country, is killed in a skiing accident... [More...]
Valérie Lemercier
Arnaud's carefree life as a playboy prince comes to an abrupt end when his father, the much-loved king of a European country, is killed in a skiing accident... [More...]
Panique au village (2009)
Stéphane Aubier
Cowboy and Indian live happily together in a house in the country with their friend Horse. To celebrate Horse's birthday, Cowboy and Indian agree to organise a barbecue, but instead of the 50 bricks they ordered on the internet they somehow end up with 50 trillion... [More...]
Stéphane Aubier
Cowboy and Indian live happily together in a house in the country with their friend Horse. To celebrate Horse's birthday, Cowboy and Indian agree to organise a barbecue, but instead of the 50 bricks they ordered on the internet they somehow end up with 50 trillion... [More...]
Papa (2005)
Maurice Barthélémy
Louis would seem to have the best father a boy of his age could ask for - thoughtful, caring, always laughing. And yet, somehow, there seems to be an unbridgeable gulf between the two of them... [More...]
Maurice Barthélémy
Louis would seem to have the best father a boy of his age could ask for - thoughtful, caring, always laughing. And yet, somehow, there seems to be an unbridgeable gulf between the two of them... [More...]
Le Papillon (2002)
Philippe Muyl
Julien is a lonely old widower who devotes himself entirely to his one remaining passion in life: butterfly collecting. There is one particular butterfly that has so far eluded him and which he is determined to add to his already ample collection... [More...]
Philippe Muyl
Julien is a lonely old widower who devotes himself entirely to his one remaining passion in life: butterfly collecting. There is one particular butterfly that has so far eluded him and which he is determined to add to his already ample collection... [More...]
Par suite d'un arrêt de travail... (2008)
Frédéric Andréi
Not for the first time, the workers of France are in revolt. Strikes, demonstrations and a general mood of rampant bolshiness bring the entire country to a standstill... [More...]
Frédéric Andréi
Not for the first time, the workers of France are in revolt. Strikes, demonstrations and a general mood of rampant bolshiness bring the entire country to a standstill... [More...]
Parc (2009)
Arnaud des Pallières
Georges Clou is a prosperous businessman who is proud of his success. He lives with his family in the south of France, in an immaculate gated residential area named Le Parc, where only the best people live... [More...]
Arnaud des Pallières
Georges Clou is a prosperous businessman who is proud of his success. He lives with his family in the south of France, in an immaculate gated residential area named Le Parc, where only the best people live... [More...]
Le Parfum de la dame en noir (2005)
Bruno Podalydès
Joseph Rouletabille is haunted by the memory of a woman who used to visit him when he was at boarding school many years ago... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Joseph Rouletabille is haunted by the memory of a woman who used to visit him when he was at boarding school many years ago... [More...]