French cinema: 2000s
Soeur Sourire (2009)
Stijn Coninx
Jeannine Deckers, better known as Soeur Sourire or The Singing Nun, became an international pop star in the 1960s. Her albums sold by the millions and in 1963 her hit song Dominque overtook the Beatles and Elvis Presley in the charts...
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Stijn Coninx
Les Soeurs fâchées (2004)
Alexandra Leclère
Louise is an aspiring author who currently works in a beauty parlour in Le Mans. Bubbling with optimism and trepidation, she takes the train to Paris for a meeting with a publisher who has expressed an interest in her first novel...
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Alexandra Leclère
Le Soleil au-dessus des nuages (2001)
Eric Le Roch
For Jean, a fifty-something bachelor, his only pleasure is to make life unbearable for those around him. He insults his neighbour, is rude to strangers, and treats his colleagues at work with contempt...
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Eric Le Roch
Son frère (2003)
Patrice Chéreau
After many years apart, 30-something Thomas returns to his brother Luc with the news that he is suffering from a potentially fatal blood disease...
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Patrice Chéreau
Le Souffle (2001)
Damien Odoul
David, a 15-year old city boy, spends his summer holiday on his uncle's farm in the Limousin region of France. He passes the time doing chores, listening to music on his personal headphones and relieving himself in the fields...
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Damien Odoul
Sous le sable (2000)
François Ozon
Marie Drillon, a woman in her early fifties, lectures in English literature at Paris university and has been happily married for twenty-five years... [More...]
François Ozon
Marie Drillon, a woman in her early fifties, lectures in English literature at Paris university and has been happily married for twenty-five years... [More...]
Stand-by (2000)
Roch Stéphanik
Having been together for eight years, Gérard and Hélène appear settled in their relationship. Now they are preparing to embark on a new life in Argentina... [More...]
Roch Stéphanik
Having been together for eight years, Gérard and Hélène appear settled in their relationship. Now they are preparing to embark on a new life in Argentina... [More...]
Stupeur et tremblements (2003)
Alain Corneau
Having completed her studies, a twenty-year old Belgian girl, Amélie, returns to Japan, the country where she spent the first five years of her life... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Having completed her studies, a twenty-year old Belgian girl, Amélie, returns to Japan, the country where she spent the first five years of her life... [More...]
Sunny et l'éléphant (2008)
Frédéric Lepage
Sunny, a teenage orphan, lives and works with elephants in the forests of Thailand. His dream is to become a cornac, an elephant driver, but this is unlikely to become reality as he belongs to the wrong tribe... [More...]
Frédéric Lepage
Sunny, a teenage orphan, lives and works with elephants in the forests of Thailand. His dream is to become a cornac, an elephant driver, but this is unlikely to become reality as he belongs to the wrong tribe... [More...]
Sur mes lèvres (2001)
Jacques Audiard
Carla works for a property development company where, on account of her partial deafness, she is teased and abused by her male office colleagues... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
Carla works for a property development company where, on account of her partial deafness, she is teased and abused by her male office colleagues... [More...]
Sur ta joue ennemie (2008)
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Julien has paid the debt he owes society: thirteen years in prison for a crime he committed when he was sixteen. Now, on the day of his release, he hopes to make a clean break... [More...]
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Julien has paid the debt he owes society: thirteen years in prison for a crime he committed when he was sixteen. Now, on the day of his release, he hopes to make a clean break... [More...]
Sur un air d'autoroute (2000)
Thierry Boscheron
Jeff, a man in his late thirties, is desperate to be near to his former girlfriend, Périnne. As she works at a toll booth on a busy stretch of road, he finds himself a job as a motorway maintenance worker... [More...]
Thierry Boscheron
Jeff, a man in his late thirties, is desperate to be near to his former girlfriend, Périnne. As she works at a toll booth on a busy stretch of road, he finds himself a job as a motorway maintenance worker... [More...]
Survivre avec les loups (2008)
Véra Belmont
Eight-year-old Misha lives with her Jewish parents in Brussels. It is 1942 and the country is under Nazi occupation. Daily, scores of Jews are arrested by German soldiers and loaded onto trains destined for concentration camps in the East... [More...]
Véra Belmont
Eight-year-old Misha lives with her Jewish parents in Brussels. It is 1942 and the country is under Nazi occupation. Daily, scores of Jews are arrested by German soldiers and loaded onto trains destined for concentration camps in the East... [More...]
Swimming Pool (2003)
François Ozon
Sarah Morton is a successful writer of crime fiction. Feeling the time has come for her to attempt a more serious novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher, John Bosland, to work at his holiday home in the South of France... [More...]
François Ozon
Sarah Morton is a successful writer of crime fiction. Feeling the time has come for her to attempt a more serious novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher, John Bosland, to work at his holiday home in the South of France... [More...]
Swing (2002)
Tony Gatlif
During the summer holidays, Max, a 10-year old boy, stays with his grandmother in the Alsace region of France. Frequently, he slips away to visit a community of Manouche gypsies, having befriended a young gypsy girl named Swing... [More...]
Tony Gatlif
During the summer holidays, Max, a 10-year old boy, stays with his grandmother in the Alsace region of France. Frequently, he slips away to visit a community of Manouche gypsies, having befriended a young gypsy girl named Swing... [More...]
T'aime (2000)
Patrick Sébastien
In a rural town, a party is being thrown in honour of its most celebrated resident, Paul Gontier. The festivities are disrupted by Gontier's former wife, Christine, an alcoholic who resents no longer having care of their daughter, Marie... [More...]
Patrick Sébastien
In a rural town, a party is being thrown in honour of its most celebrated resident, Paul Gontier. The festivities are disrupted by Gontier's former wife, Christine, an alcoholic who resents no longer having care of their daughter, Marie... [More...]
Tais-toi! (2003)
Francis Veber
This is the story of Quentin, an empty headed buffoon whose ambition is to run a small bistro, and Ruby, a ruthless crook who will stop at nothing to avenge the death of his girlfriend... [More...]
Francis Veber
This is the story of Quentin, an empty headed buffoon whose ambition is to run a small bistro, and Ruby, a ruthless crook who will stop at nothing to avenge the death of his girlfriend... [More...]
Tanguy (2001)
Étienne Chatiliez
Edith and Paul Guetz are so happy with the birth of their son Tanguy that they promise he can live with them forever. Twenty-eight years later, Tanguy, a cultivated intellectual, is still ensconced in the family home - and his parents can hardly wait to see the back of him... [More...]
Étienne Chatiliez
Edith and Paul Guetz are so happy with the birth of their son Tanguy that they promise he can live with them forever. Twenty-eight years later, Tanguy, a cultivated intellectual, is still ensconced in the family home - and his parents can hardly wait to see the back of him... [More...]
Taxi 2 (2000)
Gérard Krawczyk
The Japanese defence minister arrives in Marseilles to learn how the French police intend to cope with the growing problem of organised crime... [More...]
Gérard Krawczyk
The Japanese defence minister arrives in Marseilles to learn how the French police intend to cope with the growing problem of organised crime... [More...]
Taxi 3 (2003)
Gérard Krawczyk
With Christmas rapidly approaching, Marseille taxi driver Daniel is busy with his favourite pastime, souping up his already over-souped taxi to make it go even faster... [More...]
Gérard Krawczyk
With Christmas rapidly approaching, Marseille taxi driver Daniel is busy with his favourite pastime, souping up his already over-souped taxi to make it go even faster... [More...]
Tel père telle fille (2007)
Olivier De Plas
Bruno is a thirty-something musician who, having grown disillusioned with his profession, decides to strike out in a different direction and become a writer... [More...]
Olivier De Plas
Bruno is a thirty-something musician who, having grown disillusioned with his profession, decides to strike out in a different direction and become a writer... [More...]
Tellement proches (2009)
Olivier Nakache
When Alain married Nathalie, he had no idea that he was also marrying her family. Each Saturday, the couple are dutifully bound to spend their evening with Nathalie's brother, Jean-Pierre, and his wife, Catherine, who consider themselves the perfect example of marital felicity... [More...]
Olivier Nakache
When Alain married Nathalie, he had no idea that he was also marrying her family. Each Saturday, the couple are dutifully bound to spend their evening with Nathalie's brother, Jean-Pierre, and his wife, Catherine, who consider themselves the perfect example of marital felicity... [More...]
Les Témoins (2007)
André Téchiné
In the summer of 1984, a gay teenager named Manu arrives in Paris looking for work. He stays with his sister, Julie, an aspiring opera singer who rents a tiny room in a cheap hotel frequented by drug addicts and prostitutes... [More...]
André Téchiné
In the summer of 1984, a gay teenager named Manu arrives in Paris looking for work. He stays with his sister, Julie, an aspiring opera singer who rents a tiny room in a cheap hotel frequented by drug addicts and prostitutes... [More...]
Le Temps des porte-plumes (2006)
Daniel Duval
In the summer of 1954, nine-year-old Pippo is adopted by Gustave and Cécile, a farming couple who live in a region of central France... [More...]
Daniel Duval
In the summer of 1954, nine-year-old Pippo is adopted by Gustave and Cécile, a farming couple who live in a region of central France... [More...]
Le Temps du loup (2003)
Michael Haneke
With society falling apart in the wake of some global catastrophe, a French family hope to take refuge in their country home... [More...]
Michael Haneke
With society falling apart in the wake of some global catastrophe, a French family hope to take refuge in their country home... [More...]
Les Temps qui changent (2004)
André Téchiné
Engineer Antoine arrives in Tangier to oversee the construction of a state-of-the-art media centre. His real motive for being there is to make contact with Cécile, his first true love, whom he hasn't seen for 30 years... [More...]
André Téchiné
Engineer Antoine arrives in Tangier to oversee the construction of a state-of-the-art media centre. His real motive for being there is to make contact with Cécile, his first true love, whom he hasn't seen for 30 years... [More...]
Le Temps qui reste (2005)
François Ozon
Romain is young and handsome; he has a successful career as a fashion photographer; and, at age 30, he has everything to live for... [More...]
François Ozon
Romain is young and handsome; he has a successful career as a fashion photographer; and, at age 30, he has everything to live for... [More...]
Thomas est amoureux (2000)
Pierre-Paul Renders
Thomas, 32, is the victim of chronic agoraphobia and hasn't left his apartment in eight years. His only contact with the outside world is via his visiophone, which keeps him in touch with his mother, his therapist and his insurance agent... [More...]
Pierre-Paul Renders
Thomas, 32, is the victim of chronic agoraphobia and hasn't left his apartment in eight years. His only contact with the outside world is via his visiophone, which keeps him in touch with his mother, his therapist and his insurance agent... [More...]
Tiresia (2003)
Bertrand Bonello
One evening, Terranova, a solitary young man, drives to the Bois de Boulogne, where he selects the most attractive prostitute he can find, a young Brazilian called Tiresia... [More...]
Bertrand Bonello
One evening, Terranova, a solitary young man, drives to the Bois de Boulogne, where he selects the most attractive prostitute he can find, a young Brazilian called Tiresia... [More...]
Les Toits de Paris (2007)
Hiner Saleem
Paris, during a long hot summer heat wave. Marcel is an old man for whom home is a tiny room beneath the roofs of a Parisian apartment block... [More...]
Hiner Saleem
Paris, during a long hot summer heat wave. Marcel is an old man for whom home is a tiny room beneath the roofs of a Parisian apartment block... [More...]