French cinema: 2002
Gangsters (2002)
Olivier Marchal
Franck Chaievski is a small-time crook who is used to being picked up by the police. A habitual recidivist, he cannot escape from a life of crime, and when his latest hold-up goes badly wrong he finds himself back in police custody, along with his girlfriend Nina Delgado, a drug-addicted prostitute...
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Olivier Marchal
La Guerre à Paris (2002)
Yolande Zauberman
Paris 1943. Jules and Thomas are two brothers who couldn't be more different. Whilst Thomas, the younger brother, is eager to participate in his father's resistance adventures against the Nazis, Jules, 19, has no ideals, and no desire to get involved in a lost cause...
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Yolande Zauberman
L'Homme du train (2002)
Patrice Leconte
One evening, a stranger, Milan, arrives in a small French town and enters a pharmacy to buy some aspirin. There, he meets Manesquier, a retired teacher who lives alone in a huge house...
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Patrice Leconte
L'Idole (2002)
Samantha Lang
Living in an anonymous Parisian apartment block is Zao, an elderly Chinese cook who has made up his mind to end his days in the not too distant future...
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Samantha Lang
Irène (2002)
Ivan Calbérac
Irène has just turned thirty. She is attractive, has a well-paid job in a good company, has plenty of girl friends and has just moved into a nice Parisian apartment...
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Ivan Calbérac
Irréversible (2002)
Gaspar Noé
Marcus and his friend Pierre are on a killer rampage. They storm a gay S&M nightclub in search of a man who must take their revenge... [More...]
Gaspar Noé
Marcus and his friend Pierre are on a killer rampage. They storm a gay S&M nightclub in search of a man who must take their revenge... [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...]
La Maîtresse en maillot de bain (2002)
Lyèce Boukhitine
In a provincial French town, three thirty-something men are without work but find solace in their friendship. The bond that keeps them together is a graffiti sketch of their schoolteacher in a swimming costume, which they painted on a wall when they were children and which they now religiously protect... [More...]
Lyèce Boukhitine
In a provincial French town, three thirty-something men are without work but find solace in their friendship. The bond that keeps them together is a graffiti sketch of their schoolteacher in a swimming costume, which they painted on a wall when they were children and which they now religiously protect... [More...]
Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours (2002)
Robert Guédiguian
Marie-Jo is a woman who, in early middle age, appears to have all she could want to lead a comfortable and fulfilled life... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
Marie-Jo is a woman who, in early middle age, appears to have all she could want to lead a comfortable and fulfilled life... [More...]
Mille millièmes (2002)
Rémi Waterhouse
In an anonymous apartment block on the Rue des Oursins in Paris, Patrick Bertil is anxious to create a duplex by combining his flat with that of his wife so that they can live together... [More...]
Rémi Waterhouse
In an anonymous apartment block on the Rue des Oursins in Paris, Patrick Bertil is anxious to create a duplex by combining his flat with that of his wife so that they can live together... [More...]
Mon idole (2002)
Guillaume Canet
Bastien, young and ambitious production assistant for a popular reality TV programme, is offended when his employer, the star presenter Philippe Letzger, steals his idea for a new programme... [More...]
Guillaume Canet
Bastien, young and ambitious production assistant for a popular reality TV programme, is offended when his employer, the star presenter Philippe Letzger, steals his idea for a new programme... [More...]
Monique (2002)
Valérie Guignabodet
To all appearances, Alex and Claire are a perfectly normal middle-aged, middle class couple. But when Alex falls into a mood of depression, Claire leaves him to start an affair with another man... [More...]
Valérie Guignabodet
To all appearances, Alex and Claire are a perfectly normal middle-aged, middle class couple. But when Alex falls into a mood of depression, Claire leaves him to start an affair with another man... [More...]
Monsieur Batignole (2002)
Gérard Jugnot
Paris 1942. With the French capital under Nazi control, Edmond Batignole struggles to make an honest living as a butcher... [More...]
Gérard Jugnot
Paris 1942. With the French capital under Nazi control, Edmond Batignole struggles to make an honest living as a butcher... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
Peau d'ange (2002)
Vincent Perez
17-year old Angèle leaves home and finds work as a housemaid to a bourgeois couple in a nearby town. One day, she meets a young man in a suit, Grégoire, who passes himself off as a manager in a music company... [More...]
Vincent Perez
17-year old Angèle leaves home and finds work as a housemaid to a bourgeois couple in a nearby town. One day, she meets a young man in a suit, Grégoire, who passes himself off as a manager in a music company... [More...]
Les Petites couleurs (2002)
Patricia Plattner
Christelle is a hairdresser in a small provincial town. Aged 35, she has been married to an older man for almost 20 years, during which time she has been bullied, deceived and taken for granted... [More...]
Patricia Plattner
Christelle is a hairdresser in a small provincial town. Aged 35, she has been married to an older man for almost 20 years, during which time she has been bullied, deceived and taken for granted... [More...]
Quelqu'un de bien (2002)
Patrick Timsit
When Pierre discovers that he needs a liver transplant to save his life, his girlfriend Marie suggests that his brother, Paul, may be a willing donor... [More...]
Patrick Timsit
When Pierre discovers that he needs a liver transplant to save his life, his girlfriend Marie suggests that his brother, Paul, may be a willing donor... [More...]
Le Raid (2002)
Djamel Bensalah
Sami and his loyal friends Tacchini, Yaya and Kader form a gang of petty criminals who scrape by in the suburbs of Paris... [More...]
Djamel Bensalah
Sami and his loyal friends Tacchini, Yaya and Kader form a gang of petty criminals who scrape by in the suburbs of Paris... [More...]
La Repentie (2002)
Laetitia Masson
An aura of mystique surrounds a woman who has just arrived in Nice by train. Dressed entirely in black and wearing dark glasses, she can hardly help arousing fascination, and yet it is quite evident she does not seek the company of others... [More...]
Laetitia Masson
An aura of mystique surrounds a woman who has just arrived in Nice by train. Dressed entirely in black and wearing dark glasses, she can hardly help arousing fascination, and yet it is quite evident she does not seek the company of others... [More...]
Rue des plaisirs (2002)
Patrice Leconte
One rainy night, three prostitutes pass the time whilst waiting for clients by recalling the story of one of their former acquaintances... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
One rainy night, three prostitutes pass the time whilst waiting for clients by recalling the story of one of their former acquaintances... [More...]
Sex Is Comedy (2002)
Catherine Breillat
Making a film is never an easy endeavour, but for Jeanne her latest magnum opus, Scènes intimes, is rapidly turning into the mother of all nightmares... [More...]
Catherine Breillat
Making a film is never an easy endeavour, but for Jeanne her latest magnum opus, Scènes intimes, is rapidly turning into the mother of all nightmares... [More...]
La Sirène rouge (2002)
Olivier Megaton
Brought up by a cruel and domineering mother, Alice is a deeply disturbed 12-year-old who lives in perpetual fear - and with good reason... [More...]
Olivier Megaton
Brought up by a cruel and domineering mother, Alice is a deeply disturbed 12-year-old who lives in perpetual fear - and with good reason... [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...]
Total Kheops (2002)
Alain Bévérini
Present day Marselles. On the day of his release from jail, Manu is shot down after a nocturnal safe-cracking job. His death is mourned not only by his girlfriend, Lole, but also his two long-standing male friends, Ugo and Fabio... [More...]
Alain Bévérini
Present day Marselles. On the day of his release from jail, Manu is shot down after a nocturnal safe-cracking job. His death is mourned not only by his girlfriend, Lole, but also his two long-standing male friends, Ugo and Fabio... [More...]
The Transporter (2002)
Louis Leterrier
Frank leads a comfortable life by the sea in Nice. He earns a decent wage as a courier, delivering anything, anywhere for anyone, but only if the price is right... [More...]
Louis Leterrier
Frank leads a comfortable life by the sea in Nice. He earns a decent wage as a courier, delivering anything, anywhere for anyone, but only if the price is right... [More...]
Un couple épatant (2002)
Lucas Belvaux
After a medical examination, Alain Costes manages to convince himself that he has an incurable illness. His attempt to conceal his mounting anxiety and depression causes his wife, Cécile, to think that he may be having an affair with another woman... [More...]
Lucas Belvaux
After a medical examination, Alain Costes manages to convince himself that he has an incurable illness. His attempt to conceal his mounting anxiety and depression causes his wife, Cécile, to think that he may be having an affair with another woman... [More...]
Un monde presque paisible (2002)
Michel Deville
The Second World War and the Nazi Occupation have taken their toll on Jewish families living in Paris. Now that these painful experiences are behind them, one couple, Albert and Léa, set about re-starting their small tailoring business in a busy Jewish district of the capital... [More...]
Michel Deville
The Second World War and the Nazi Occupation have taken their toll on Jewish families living in Paris. Now that these painful experiences are behind them, one couple, Albert and Léa, set about re-starting their small tailoring business in a busy Jewish district of the capital... [More...]
Une femme de ménage (2002)
Claude Berri
Since his wife left him six months ago, a middle-aged sound engineer, Jacques, has allowed himself to sink into a life of routine and solitary depression... [More...]
Claude Berri
Since his wife left him six months ago, a middle-aged sound engineer, Jacques, has allowed himself to sink into a life of routine and solitary depression... [More...]
Une part du ciel (2002)
Bénédicte Liénard
Claudine's days are spent folding pastries on a production line in a food processing factory. A militant trades union leader, she strives to get better pay and working conditions from her employers, but progressively her union's influence is diminishing... [More...]
Bénédicte Liénard
Claudine's days are spent folding pastries on a production line in a food processing factory. A militant trades union leader, she strives to get better pay and working conditions from her employers, but progressively her union's influence is diminishing... [More...]