French cinema: 2000
Marie-Line (2000)
Mehdi Charef
Marie-Line is a down-to-earth woman in her mid-forties who works hard for a living whilst she copes, as best she can, with a failing marriage...
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Mehdi Charef
Meilleur espoir féminin (2000)
Gérard Jugnot
Yvon Rance is the proud owner of a modest hairdressing salon in the small Breton town of Cancale. Since his wife left him some years ago, he has had to bring up his daughter Laetitia by himself and naturally he has become overly protective towards her...
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Gérard Jugnot
Merci pour le chocolat (2000)
Claude Chabrol
A piano student, Jeanne Pollet, learns that she was very nearly switched at birth with the son of a famous concert pianist, André Polonski...
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Claude Chabrol
Nationale 7 (2000)
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
After a full and active life, a middle-aged man, René, is struck by a muscle-wasting disease and finds himself in a care home for the mentally and physically disabled...
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Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Petite chérie (2000)
Anne Villacèque
Although she is about 30, Sybille still lives at home with her parents and has never had a boyfriend. On the train to her humdrum job as a bank clerk, she reads cheap romantic fiction and fantasises about the passions she fears she will never know, on account of her plain appearance and shyness...
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Anne Villacèque
Presque rien (2000)
Sébastien Lifshitz
Whilst on holiday in the Atlantic coastal town of Pornichet one summer, 19 year old Mathieu finds himself attracted to a muscular boy of his own age, Cédric... [More...]
Sébastien Lifshitz
Whilst on holiday in the Atlantic coastal town of Pornichet one summer, 19 year old Mathieu finds himself attracted to a muscular boy of his own age, Cédric... [More...]
Promenons-nous dans les bois (2000)
Lionel Delplanque
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf..? Evidently not the five actors who are invited to a remote country house to offer their modern interpretation of the tale Little Red Riding Hood... [More...]
Lionel Delplanque
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf..? Evidently not the five actors who are invited to a remote country house to offer their modern interpretation of the tale Little Red Riding Hood... [More...]
Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune? (2000)
Chris Vander Stappen
Sacha Kessler is a young Belgian woman who is in a terrible quandary. Her lesbian lover Odile has given her an ultimatum: unless she comes out of the closet, and tells her family that she is in a settled relationship with another woman, the affair will be over... [More...]
Chris Vander Stappen
Sacha Kessler is a young Belgian woman who is in a terrible quandary. Her lesbian lover Odile has given her an ultimatum: unless she comes out of the closet, and tells her family that she is in a settled relationship with another woman, the affair will be over... [More...]
Les Rivières pourpres (2000)
Mathieu Kassovitz
An expert in serial killings, Pierre Niemans, is called in to investigate a gruesome murder in the French Alps, not far from an isolated university village... [More...]
Mathieu Kassovitz
An expert in serial killings, Pierre Niemans, is called in to investigate a gruesome murder in the French Alps, not far from an isolated university village... [More...]
Le Roi danse (2000)
Gérard Corbiau
Whilst conducting a Te Deum in honour of his king, Louis XIV of France, the great musician Jean-Baptiste Lully pierces his toe with his stick... [More...]
Gérard Corbiau
Whilst conducting a Te Deum in honour of his king, Louis XIV of France, the great musician Jean-Baptiste Lully pierces his toe with his stick... [More...]
Saint-Cyr (2000)
Patricia Mazuy
In 1686, Madame de Maintenon, the last wife of King Louis XIV, founded Saint-Cyr, a private school for the daughters of nobles ruined by the preceding decades of war... [More...]
Patricia Mazuy
In 1686, Madame de Maintenon, the last wife of King Louis XIV, founded Saint-Cyr, a private school for the daughters of nobles ruined by the preceding decades of war... [More...]
Samia (2000)
Philippe Faucon
Samia is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her family of Algerian Muslims on the grubby outskirts of northern Marseille. She is the sixth of eight children and is pressurised by her parents to adhere rigidly to their traditions and not be seduced by the sordid distractions of their adopted country... [More...]
Philippe Faucon
Samia is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her family of Algerian Muslims on the grubby outskirts of northern Marseille. She is the sixth of eight children and is pressurised by her parents to adhere rigidly to their traditions and not be seduced by the sordid distractions of their adopted country... [More...]
Sauve-moi (2000)
Christian Vincent
A young Rumanian woman, Agatha, arrives in the French town of Roubaix, hoping to rekindle a love affair with a French doctor whom she met during his last visit to her country... [More...]
Christian Vincent
A young Rumanian woman, Agatha, arrives in the French town of Roubaix, hoping to rekindle a love affair with a French doctor whom she met during his last visit to her country... [More...]
Les Savates du bon Dieu (2000)
Jean-Claude Brisseau
20-something Fred lives with his young wife Élodie in the rundown suburbs and struggles to earn enough to support himself and his young family... [More...]
Jean-Claude Brisseau
20-something Fred lives with his young wife Élodie in the rundown suburbs and struggles to earn enough to support himself and his young family... [More...]
Scènes de crimes (2000)
Frédéric Schoendoerffer
After their teenage daughter, Marie Bourgoin, suddenly goes missing, the owners of a Parisian inn soon begin to suspect the worst... [More...]
Frédéric Schoendoerffer
After their teenage daughter, Marie Bourgoin, suddenly goes missing, the owners of a Parisian inn soon begin to suspect the worst... [More...]
Le Secret (2000)
Virginie Wagon
Marie is a woman in her mid-thirties who has been in a stable marriage for over ten years with her husband François and has a young son... [More...]
Virginie Wagon
Marie is a woman in her mid-thirties who has been in a stable marriage for over ten years with her husband François and has a young son... [More...]
Selon Matthieu (2000)
Xavier Beauvois
Matthieu and Éric are brothers who work at the same factory in Le Havre as their 53-year-old father. It on the night of Éric's wedding that Matthieu learns that his father has just been sacked on the most trivial of grounds - for smoking a cigarette inside the factory... [More...]
Xavier Beauvois
Matthieu and Éric are brothers who work at the same factory in Le Havre as their 53-year-old father. It on the night of Éric's wedding that Matthieu learns that his father has just been sacked on the most trivial of grounds - for smoking a cigarette inside the factory... [More...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Toreros (2000)
Eric Barbier
For a time Manuel was one of Spain's leading toreadors, but his glittering career was tragically cut short when he sustained a serious injury in the course of one of his vastly attended bull fights... [More...]
Eric Barbier
For a time Manuel was one of Spain's leading toreadors, but his glittering career was tragically cut short when he sustained a serious injury in the course of one of his vastly attended bull fights... [More...]
Tout va bien, on s'en va (2000)
Claude Mouriéras
Three sisters living in Lyons find their lives disrupted when their father, Louis, re-appears unexpectedly after an absence of 15 years... [More...]
Claude Mouriéras
Three sisters living in Lyons find their lives disrupted when their father, Louis, re-appears unexpectedly after an absence of 15 years... [More...]
Une affaire de goût (2000)
Bernard Rapp
Frédéric Delamont is a rich and powerful industrialist who takes an almost sadistic relish in exerting his power and influence over others... [More...]
Bernard Rapp
Frédéric Delamont is a rich and powerful industrialist who takes an almost sadistic relish in exerting his power and influence over others... [More...]
Une femme d'extérieur (2000)
Christophe Blanc
Françoise and Jacques have been together fifteen years and appear perfectly settled in their comfortable middle-class life... [More...]
Christophe Blanc
Françoise and Jacques have been together fifteen years and appear perfectly settled in their comfortable middle-class life... [More...]
La Vache et le président (2000)
Philippe Muyl
Lucas is an eight-year old boy who lives with his father, Romain, on a small farm in Brittany. They own a small herd of cows which includes a young Galloway calf, named Maéva... [More...]
Philippe Muyl
Lucas is an eight-year old boy who lives with his father, Romain, on a small farm in Brittany. They own a small herd of cows which includes a young Galloway calf, named Maéva... [More...]
La Veuve de Saint-Pierre (2000)
Patrice Leconte
In 1849, the calm of a small community on the bleak island St Pierre, off the coast of French Canada, is disrupted when a drunk stabs another man to death... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
In 1849, the calm of a small community on the bleak island St Pierre, off the coast of French Canada, is disrupted when a drunk stabs another man to death... [More...]
La Vie moderne (2000)
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Marguerite is a solitary 17-year old, overly judgemental of others and incapable of having a normal relationship with anyone... [More...]
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Marguerite is a solitary 17-year old, overly judgemental of others and incapable of having a normal relationship with anyone... [More...]