French cinema: 2005
13 Tzameti (2005)
Géla Babluani
A young immigrant Sébastien arrives in France and gets work repairing the roof of a house belonging to a strange couple...
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Géla Babluani
À ce soir (2005)
Laure Duthilleul
Awaking early one morning, Nelly finds her husband Manuel is still asleep. A hardworking doctor, Manuel deserves a lie in, so Nelly leaves him in peace...
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Laure Duthilleul
Akoibon (2005)
Edouard Baer
To save his friend from being dismembered piece by piece, small-time con artist Nader must travel to a remote holiday island and deliver Chris Barnes, a faded celebrity, into the hands of a mysterious (and totally ruthless) boss...
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Edouard Baer
Les Amants réguliers (2005)
Philippe Garrel
May 1968. The streets of Paris are ablaze as students and riot police unwittingly re-enact the famous barricade scene from Les Misèrables ...
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Philippe Garrel
Les Âmes grises (2005)
Yves Angelo
France, 1917. A young schoolteacher, Lysia Verhaeren, arrives in a small town near to the Western Front to take up her first post at an infant's school...
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Yves Angelo
L'Amour aux trousses (2005)
Philippe de Chauveron
Paul and Franck are two French police officers in the narcotics squad who are the closest of friends. In the course of tracking down a dangerous drugs dealer one of their fellow officers is shot dead and Paul ends up with a serious leg injury... [More...]
Philippe de Chauveron
Paul and Franck are two French police officers in the narcotics squad who are the closest of friends. In the course of tracking down a dangerous drugs dealer one of their fellow officers is shot dead and Paul ends up with a serious leg injury... [More...]
Angel-A (2005)
Luc Besson
28 year-old con artist André lies so easily that he has even convinced himself he is the model citizen. In reality, he is the type that would sell his grandmother for a packet of cigarettes... [More...]
Luc Besson
28 year-old con artist André lies so easily that he has even convinced himself he is the model citizen. In reality, he is the type that would sell his grandmother for a packet of cigarettes... [More...]
Anthony Zimmer (2005)
Jérôme Salle
One of the world's most notorious criminals, Anthony Zimmer is doggedly pursued by the police and Russian mafia but he has a knack of evading capture... [More...]
Jérôme Salle
One of the world's most notorious criminals, Anthony Zimmer is doggedly pursued by the police and Russian mafia but he has a knack of evading capture... [More...]
L'Antidote (2005)
Vincent De Brus
Jacques-Alain Marty is the head of Vladis Entreprises, one of the largest conglomerates in France. His success is compromised by frequent anxiety attacks that cause him to sweat and muddle his words... [More...]
Vincent De Brus
Jacques-Alain Marty is the head of Vladis Entreprises, one of the largest conglomerates in France. His success is compromised by frequent anxiety attacks that cause him to sweat and muddle his words... [More...]
Aux abois (2005)
Philippe Collin
Paris, in the 1950s. Since his divorce, Paul lives alone in an apartment which he can no longer afford. Unemployed, he cannot even find the money to pay his wife's alimony and he is teetering on the verge of suicide... [More...]
Philippe Collin
Paris, in the 1950s. Since his divorce, Paul lives alone in an apartment which he can no longer afford. Unemployed, he cannot even find the money to pay his wife's alimony and he is teetering on the verge of suicide... [More...]
L'Avion (2005)
Cédric Kahn
Christmas evening, eight-year-old Charly anxiously awaits the return of his father, Pierre, to the family home. Pierre, an aerospace engineer, is often away working on secret military projects, but he has promised his son a bike for Christmas... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
Christmas evening, eight-year-old Charly anxiously awaits the return of his father, Pierre, to the family home. Pierre, an aerospace engineer, is often away working on secret military projects, but he has promised his son a bike for Christmas... [More...]
Backstage (2005)
Emmanuelle Bercot
Lucie, a typical 17-year-old girl, is obsessed with her pop idol, Lauren Waks. How then should she react when, one evening, the pop star should walk into her living room and sing a song for her benefit... [More...]
Emmanuelle Bercot
Lucie, a typical 17-year-old girl, is obsessed with her pop idol, Lauren Waks. How then should she react when, one evening, the pop star should walk into her living room and sing a song for her benefit... [More...]
Boudu (2005)
Gérard Jugnot
Christian Lespinglet is the owner of a struggling art gallery in Aix-en-Provence. One evening starts by him trying to seduce his assistant Coralie and ends with him coming to the rescue of a drowning tramp named Boudu... [More...]
Gérard Jugnot
Christian Lespinglet is the owner of a struggling art gallery in Aix-en-Provence. One evening starts by him trying to seduce his assistant Coralie and ends with him coming to the rescue of a drowning tramp named Boudu... [More...]
Caché (2005)
Michael Haneke
Georges and Anne are a comfortably settled middle-aged couple who have a nice apartment in Paris. He hosts a popular literary review programme on television; she is a successful writer; they have a teenage son... [More...]
Michael Haneke
Georges and Anne are a comfortably settled middle-aged couple who have a nice apartment in Paris. He hosts a popular literary review programme on television; she is a successful writer; they have a teenage son... [More...]
Le Cactus (2005)
Gérard Bitton
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing - especially when you are a chronic hypochondriac like Sami. He is the kind of person who manages to contract every illness known to man just by hearing about it... [More...]
Gérard Bitton
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing - especially when you are a chronic hypochondriac like Sami. He is the kind of person who manages to contract every illness known to man just by hearing about it... [More...]
Camping à la ferme (2005)
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Six juvenile delinquents from inner city Paris are offered an alternative to the usual short sharp shock of a prison sentence - a month in the country doing odd jobs for the community... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Six juvenile delinquents from inner city Paris are offered an alternative to the usual short sharp shock of a prison sentence - a month in the country doing odd jobs for the community... [More...]
Les Chevaliers du ciel (2005)
Gérard Pirès
During an air display at Farnborough, a Mirage 2000 jet goes off the radar. Two French fighter pilots, Antoine Marchelli and Sébastien Vallois, are sent to intercept the plane... [More...]
Gérard Pirès
During an air display at Farnborough, a Mirage 2000 jet goes off the radar. Two French fighter pilots, Antoine Marchelli and Sébastien Vallois, are sent to intercept the plane... [More...]
Combien tu m'aimes? (2005)
Bertrand Blier
The star attraction at Charly's popular nightclub in Pigalle is Daniela, an Italian prostitute that no man can resist, apparently... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
The star attraction at Charly's popular nightclub in Pigalle is Daniela, an Italian prostitute that no man can resist, apparently... [More...]
Le Couperet (2005)
Costa-Gavras
When dedicated company man Bruno Davert loses his job in a corporate reorganisation, he comes close to losing his self-respect and his family... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
When dedicated company man Bruno Davert loses his job in a corporate reorganisation, he comes close to losing his self-respect and his family... [More...]
Crustacés et coquillages (2005)
Olivier Ducastel
One year, 40-something Marc decides to spend his long summer holiday in the region of the South of France where he grew up... [More...]
Olivier Ducastel
One year, 40-something Marc decides to spend his long summer holiday in the region of the South of France where he grew up... [More...]
De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (2005)
Jacques Audiard
28 year old Tom Seyr is the son of a small time gangster and seems set to follow in his father's footsteps. He earns his crust through crooked real estate deals with his two thuggish associates Fabrice and Sami... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
28 year old Tom Seyr is the son of a small time gangster and seems set to follow in his father's footsteps. He earns his crust through crooked real estate deals with his two thuggish associates Fabrice and Sami... [More...]
Le Démon de midi (2005)
Marie-Pascale Osterrieth
Anna and Julien are an ordinary-looking Parisian couple who have enjoyed the most harmonious of love affairs for fifteen years... [More...]
Marie-Pascale Osterrieth
Anna and Julien are an ordinary-looking Parisian couple who have enjoyed the most harmonious of love affairs for fifteen years... [More...]
Douches froides (2005)
Antony Cordier
Mikael is an ordinary 17-year old lad from a typical French working class family. With his father unemployed, his mother has become the family breadwinner, but she earns barely enough to make ends meet... [More...]
Antony Cordier
Mikael is an ordinary 17-year old lad from a typical French working class family. With his father unemployed, his mother has become the family breadwinner, but she earns barely enough to make ends meet... [More...]
Edy (2005)
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié
The joie de vivre has definitely gone out of Edy's life. He has made a successful career for himself as an insurance agent, but as his retirement comes ever nearer he finds he has less and less enthusiasm for his work... [More...]
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié
The joie de vivre has definitely gone out of Edy's life. He has made a successful career for himself as an insurance agent, but as his retirement comes ever nearer he finds he has less and less enthusiasm for his work... [More...]
Emmenez-moi (2005)
Edmond Bensimon
When his nephew, Benoît, manages to get hold of a video-camera, fifty-something Jean-Claude feels obliged to record a personal message for his lifelong hero, Charles Aznavour... [More...]
Edmond Bensimon
When his nephew, Benoît, manages to get hold of a video-camera, fifty-something Jean-Claude feels obliged to record a personal message for his lifelong hero, Charles Aznavour... [More...]
L'Enfant (2005)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Bruno, 20, and his girlfriend Sonia, 18, are both unemployed, but they manage to get by with welfare payments and a small income from Bruno's petty crimes... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Bruno, 20, and his girlfriend Sonia, 18, are both unemployed, but they manage to get by with welfare payments and a small income from Bruno's petty crimes... [More...]
Les Enfants (2005)
Christian Vincent
After the breakdown of his marriage, fifty-something Pierre resolves to do the best for his two sons - fourteen-year-old Victor and nine-year-old Thomas... [More...]
Christian Vincent
After the breakdown of his marriage, fifty-something Pierre resolves to do the best for his two sons - fourteen-year-old Victor and nine-year-old Thomas... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Gabrielle (2005)
Patrice Chéreau
Paris in the early 1900s. Jean Hervey is a successful businessman who enjoys the popularity and comfort that his wealth brings him... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Paris in the early 1900s. Jean Hervey is a successful businessman who enjoys the popularity and comfort that his wealth brings him... [More...]
Gentille (2005)
Sophie Fillières
Choosing a life companion is a tricky business, as Fontaine Leglou discovers at a somewhat delicate time in her life. In her late thirties, she is all too aware that menopause is careering towards her, and yet she still has doubts as to whether her present lover, Michel Strogoff, is the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with... [More...]
Sophie Fillières
Choosing a life companion is a tricky business, as Fontaine Leglou discovers at a somewhat delicate time in her life. In her late thirties, she is all too aware that menopause is careering towards her, and yet she still has doubts as to whether her present lover, Michel Strogoff, is the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with... [More...]