French cinema: 2000s
Entre les murs (2008)
Laurent Cantet
François is a young teacher in a typical French inner city school. His job is not easy, particularly as his students come from difficult backgrounds and find little relevance in what they are taught...
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Laurent Cantet
Entre ses mains (2005)
Anne Fontaine
Claire Gauthier is 30, married with a young daughter and works for an insurance firm in the town of Lille. A good wife, mother and employee, she would appear to be the model of the modern woman...
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Anne Fontaine
L'Envol (2000)
Steve Suissa
Stan is a Jewish lad living in Paris' 9th arrondissement. His ambition is to become an actor, but his parents have already decided that he will work in the family butcher's business...
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Steve Suissa
Épouse-moi (2000)
Harriet Marin
Aware that her marriage is failing, Oriane decides to seek help from a fortune-teller named Bodel. Gazing deep into his crystal ball, Bodel sees what the future has in store for his distressed client...
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Harriet Marin
L'Équipier (2004)
Philippe Lioret
Camille has no need of the family home she has inherited from her parents on the remote Brittany island of Ushant, so she decides to make a return visit and arrange its sale...
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Philippe Lioret
Errance (2003)
Damien Odoul
When his girlfriend Lou bears him a son, Jacques promises to give up his wayward existence of debauchery and petty crime to start a new life... [More...]
Damien Odoul
When his girlfriend Lou bears him a son, Jacques promises to give up his wayward existence of debauchery and petty crime to start a new life... [More...]
Erreur de la banque en votre faveur (2009)
Gérard Bitton
For the past 17 years, Julien Foucault has been a model employee for the bank Berthin-Schwartz. He is sure that the bank will lend him the money he needs to open a restaurant with his friend Étienne... [More...]
Gérard Bitton
For the past 17 years, Julien Foucault has been a model employee for the bank Berthin-Schwartz. He is sure that the bank will lend him the money he needs to open a restaurant with his friend Étienne... [More...]
Espion(s) (2009)
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
L'Esquive (2003)
Abdellatif Kechiche
On a rundown housing estate on the outskirts of Paris, Krimo, a teenage boy of North African descent, lives with his mother in a cramped apartment... [More...]
Abdellatif Kechiche
On a rundown housing estate on the outskirts of Paris, Krimo, a teenage boy of North African descent, lives with his mother in a cramped apartment... [More...]
Et après (2009)
Gilles Bourdos
In 1972, Nathan Del Amico had a near death experience. He was eight at the time, and it was whilst he was rushing to fetch help for his drowning sister that he was struck by a car and sent into a deep coma... [More...]
Gilles Bourdos
In 1972, Nathan Del Amico had a near death experience. He was eight at the time, and it was whilst he was rushing to fetch help for his drowning sister that he was struck by a car and sent into a deep coma... [More...]
Et toi t'es sur qui? (2007)
Lola Doillon
One summer, 15-year-old Elodie and her best friend Julie make up their minds to sleep with a boy for the first time. Julie, a Goth nicknamed Batman by her classmates, has no qualms over who she goes to bed with, but the more sensitive Elodie hankers after the school beau Kevin, who has absolutely no interest in her... [More...]
Lola Doillon
One summer, 15-year-old Elodie and her best friend Julie make up their minds to sleep with a boy for the first time. Julie, a Goth nicknamed Batman by her classmates, has no qualms over who she goes to bed with, but the more sensitive Elodie hankers after the school beau Kevin, who has absolutely no interest in her... [More...]
Être et avoir (2002)
Nicolas Philibert
In the Auvergne region of France, Monsieur Lopez is the sole teacher in a small primary school which caters for 12 pupils aged between four and ten... [More...]
Nicolas Philibert
In the Auvergne region of France, Monsieur Lopez is the sole teacher in a small primary school which caters for 12 pupils aged between four and ten... [More...]
L'Ex-femme de ma vie (2004)
Josiane Balasko
Tom Steiner is a prolific writer who has published numerous pulp fiction novels under several pseudonyms. He is about to get married to Ariane, a press attaché who believes that one day he will be a great writer... [More...]
Josiane Balasko
Tom Steiner is a prolific writer who has published numerous pulp fiction novels under several pseudonyms. He is about to get married to Ariane, a press attaché who believes that one day he will be a great writer... [More...]
Exils (2004)
Tony Gatlif
On the spur of the moment, two young Parisians - Zano and his girlfriend Naïma - make up their mind to undertake a pilgrimage to Algeria, the land from which they both originated... [More...]
Tony Gatlif
On the spur of the moment, two young Parisians - Zano and his girlfriend Naïma - make up their mind to undertake a pilgrimage to Algeria, the land from which they both originated... [More...]
La Fabrique des sentiments (2008)
Jean-Marc Moutout
To all appearances, Eloïse, 37, has made a success of her life. Her job as a property lawyer in Paris gives her a decent income, independence and a chic apartment... [More...]
Jean-Marc Moutout
To all appearances, Eloïse, 37, has made a success of her life. Her job as a property lawyer in Paris gives her a decent income, independence and a chic apartment... [More...]
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The victim of an unhappy and lonely childhood, Amélie Poulain attains adulthood with a strong sense of justice and a willingness to help others, a strange set of qualifications for a modest waitress in a Montmarte café... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The victim of an unhappy and lonely childhood, Amélie Poulain attains adulthood with a strong sense of justice and a willingness to help others, a strange set of qualifications for a modest waitress in a Montmarte café... [More...]
Fais-moi plaisir! (2009)
Emmanuel Mouret
Convinced that her partner, Jean-Jacques, is showing an interest in another woman, Ariane coerces him into having an affair with her, believing that this is the best way to save their relationship... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
Convinced that her partner, Jean-Jacques, is showing an interest in another woman, Ariane coerces him into having an affair with her, believing that this is the best way to save their relationship... [More...]
Faites comme si je n'étais pas là (2000)
Olivier Jahan
High school student Eric lives with his mother, Hélène, and stepfather, René, on a housing estate for low-income families... [More...]
Olivier Jahan
High school student Eric lives with his mother, Hélène, and stepfather, René, on a housing estate for low-income families... [More...]
La Famille Wolberg (2009)
Axelle Ropert
Simon Wolberg is the mayor of a small provincial town in France. A devoted husband and loving father, his two main obsessions in life are listening to American soul music and interfering in the lives of others... [More...]
Axelle Ropert
Simon Wolberg is the mayor of a small provincial town in France. A devoted husband and loving father, his two main obsessions in life are listening to American soul music and interfering in the lives of others... [More...]
Fanfan la Tulipe (2003)
Gérard Krawczyk
In 18th century France, Fanfan la Tulipe is a young man who just can't help attracting women. This state of affairs suits him fine - until the fateful day when one of his more insistent female admirers, a farmer's daughter, looks set to force him into the yoke of holy matrimony... [More...]
Gérard Krawczyk
In 18th century France, Fanfan la Tulipe is a young man who just can't help attracting women. This state of affairs suits him fine - until the fateful day when one of his more insistent female admirers, a farmer's daughter, looks set to force him into the yoke of holy matrimony... [More...]
Faubourg 36 (2008)
Christophe Barratier
France, 1936. The election of the Popular Front government brings hope to a depressed nation but are the expectations of a workers' revolution justified or unreasonably optimistic... [More...]
Christophe Barratier
France, 1936. The election of the Popular Front government brings hope to a depressed nation but are the expectations of a workers' revolution justified or unreasonably optimistic... [More...]
La Fausse suivante (2000)
Benoît Jacquot
An aristocratic young lady disguises herself as a knight with the intention of discovering the true nature of the man she intends to marry... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
An aristocratic young lady disguises herself as a knight with the intention of discovering the true nature of the man she intends to marry... [More...]
Faut que ça danse! (2007)
Noémie Lvovsky
When busy 30-something Sarah discovers she is pregnant, she soon realises that she has more than she can cope with. She already has enough on her plate, with the demands of her partner François, her over-active father Salomon and her withdrawn mother Geneviève... [More...]
Noémie Lvovsky
When busy 30-something Sarah discovers she is pregnant, she soon realises that she has more than she can cope with. She already has enough on her plate, with the demands of her partner François, her over-active father Salomon and her withdrawn mother Geneviève... [More...]
La Faute à Voltaire (2000)
Abdellatif Kechiche
Jallel is a young Tunisian man who travels to France in the hope of finding a better life for himself. By passing himself off as a political refugee from Algeria, he is able to get himself a short-stay visa, but he has no intention of returning to his country of origin... [More...]
Abdellatif Kechiche
Jallel is a young Tunisian man who travels to France in the hope of finding a better life for himself. By passing himself off as a political refugee from Algeria, he is able to get himself a short-stay visa, but he has no intention of returning to his country of origin... [More...]
Les Fautes d'orthographe (2004)
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
France, 1967. Aged 15, Daniel Massu decides that he should be treated like any other boy at the boarding school run by his parents... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
France, 1967. Aged 15, Daniel Massu decides that he should be treated like any other boy at the boarding school run by his parents... [More...]
Fauteuils d'orchestre (2006)
Danièle Thompson
Prompted by her grandmother's recollections, Jessica goes to Paris and finds work as a waitress in a bar frequented by actors and theatre goers... [More...]
Danièle Thompson
Prompted by her grandmother's recollections, Jessica goes to Paris and finds work as a waitress in a bar frequented by actors and theatre goers... [More...]
Félix et Lola (2001)
Patrice Leconte
Félix, a dodgem car operator at a busy fairground, finds himself strangely drawn to one of his customers, an attractive young woman named Lola... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
Félix, a dodgem car operator at a busy fairground, finds himself strangely drawn to one of his customers, an attractive young woman named Lola... [More...]
La Femme invisible (2009)
Agathe Teyssier
Lili is an ordinary 30-something who suddenly realises that she has become invisible. At first, she thought that people were simply ignoring her... [More...]
Agathe Teyssier
Lili is an ordinary 30-something who suddenly realises that she has become invisible. At first, she thought that people were simply ignoring her... [More...]
Les Femmes de l'ombre (2008)
Jean-Paul Salomé
France, on the eve of the allied invasion during WWII. When her husband is killed whilst mounting an ambush against the Nazis, resistance member Louise leaves France and heads for Britain... [More...]
Jean-Paul Salomé
France, on the eve of the allied invasion during WWII. When her husband is killed whilst mounting an ambush against the Nazis, resistance member Louise leaves France and heads for Britain... [More...]
Feux rouges (2004)
Cédric Kahn
At the start of a busy weekend on the roads, stressed insurance agent Antoine and his wife Hélène set out from Paris to collect their two children from a holiday colony in the south-west of France... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
At the start of a busy weekend on the roads, stressed insurance agent Antoine and his wife Hélène set out from Paris to collect their two children from a holiday colony in the south-west of France... [More...]