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French cinema: 2008

35 rhums (2008)
Claire Denis

Lionel has had a hard life. A black immigrant who lost his wife many years ago, he has struggled to bring up his daughter, Joséphine, alone on the modest pay he earns as a train driver...   [More...]

48 heures par jour (2008)
Catherine Castel

Marianne is determined to make a success of her career in advertising. Unfortunately, her ambitions look set to be thwarted by her high-flying husband, Bruno, who expects her to look after their children and take on all the household duties...   [More...]

57000 km entre nous (2008)
Delphine Kreuter

Margot and Michel are a married couple who feel they have a mission to show the world that theirs is the perfect happy family...   [More...]

9mm (2008)
Taylan Barman

A typical day in the life of a typical family in the north of France. Nadine, the mother, is an officer in the anti-drugs squad and is the first to leave the family home...   [More...]

Affaire de famille (2008)
Claus Drexel

Jean and Laure Guignebon are an ordinary middle-class French couple who lead an ordinary middle-class life in Grenoble. Laure preoccupies herself with her souvenir shop and daughter Marine, whilst her husband indulges his passion for football at the nearby stadium...   [More...]

Astérix aux jeux olympiques (2008)
Frédéric Forestier

Alafolix is madly in love with the Greek princess Irina, but she will not consent to marry him unless he wins the Olympic Games...   [More...]

La Belle personne (2008)
Christophe Honoré

After the death of her mother, 16-year-old Junie goes to live with her cousin, Mathias. Junie's arrival at her new school attracts the attention of several of Mathias' friends, but she only consents to go out with one of them, the timid but amiable Otto...   [More...]

Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (2008)
Dany Boon

Philippe Abrams lives in a provincial town in the south of France with his habitually depressed wife Julie and is happily employed as a branch manager of the French postal service...   [More...]

Bouquet final (2008)
Michel Delgado

Unbeknown to his anti-bourgeois beatnik parents, who had hoped that, like them, he might pursue an artistic career, Gabriel opts to become an undertaker...   [More...]

Le Bruit des gens autour (2008)
Diastème

The Festival d'Avignon, one of the cultural highlights of the French calendar, is an appropriate meeting point for artists, romantics and all manner of emotionally disturbed individuals...   [More...]

Cages (2008)
Olivier Masset-Depasse

Eve and Damien live a passionate love affair that is so intense, so solid that it feels as though it could last for an eternity...   [More...]

Capitaine Achab (2008)
Philippe Ramos

Captain Achab is the most famous seaman of the 19th century, but who exactly was he and why do we remember him? Five people who knew him well conjure up their memories of this great man - his father, his aunt, a priest, a sailor and his beloved Anna...   [More...]

Cash (2008)
Eric Besnard

When his brother, a small-time swindler, is killed by one of his former victims, Cash decides to take revenge by organising a swindle of his own...   [More...]

Le Chant des mariées (2008)
Karin Albou

In 1942, Myriam and Nour are two 16-year-old girls who live in the same apartment block in Tunis. Despite their cultural differences - one is a Jew, the other a Muslim - they are the best of friends and know that they can never be separated, no matter what life throws at them...   [More...]

Cliente (2008)
Josiane Balasko

50-something Judith is the host of a popular television shopping programme. After her divorce, she lives with her sister and closest confidante, Irène...   [More...]

Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec (2008)
Antoine de Caunes

In 1980, Coluche is one of the most popular comic performers in France. He attracts the size of audience other comedians can only dream of, be it on stage, on television or on the radio...   [More...]

Comme les autres (2008)
Vincent Garenq

Emmanuel has everything a man could want. A good job, a nice apartment and a steady relationship with the man of his dreams, Philippe...   [More...]

Cortex (2008)
Nicolas Boukhrief

When Charles Boyer, a retired police officer, begins to show signs of Alzheimer's disease, he decides to put himself in the care of a specialist clinic...   [More...]

Le Crime est notre affaire (2008)
Pascal Thomas

Whilst her husband Bélisaire is content with their peaceful retirement, Prudence is slowly dying of boredom. She pines for a real-life crime mystery that will tax her intellect and bring some excitement back into her life...   [More...]

Deux jours à tuer (2008)
Jean Becker

Forty-something Antoine Méliot has everything a man could possibly want to be happy - a well-paid job, a beautiful wife, two adorable children, a nice house, and friends he can always rely on...   [More...]

Eldorado (2008)
Bouli Lanners

Yvan is a forty-something loner who buys and sells vintage cars. When a younger man, Elie, breaks into his house, Yvan has a good excuse to fly off the handle...   [More...]

Élève libre (2008)
Joachim Lafosse

Having failed his high school exams, 16-year-old Jonas pins his hopes on a career as a professional tennis player. Once again, his hopes are dashed but a friend of the people he is living with, 30-something Pierre, takes pity on him and offers to give him private tuition...   [More...]

L'Emmerdeur (2008)
Francis Veber

Ralph Milan is a professional killer who is a master of his art. His next target is Randoni, an important witness in a corruption trial due to take place at the Palais de Justice in Nice...   [More...]

L'Empreinte (2008)
Safy Nebbou

After her husband left her, Elsa Valentin now leads a settled life in a pleasant suburb of Paris with her infant son, Thomas...   [More...]

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...   [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...]

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...]

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...]

La Fille de Monaco (2008)
Anne Fontaine

Bertrand is a remarkably successful lawyer who cannot resist the challenge of defending a seventy-year man charged with murder...   [More...]

Le Grand alibi (2008)
Pascal Bonitzer

During a weekend break at the country estate of Senator Henri Pages, Pierre Collier is murdered. The obvious culprit is his wife, Claire, who is found at the scene of the crime holding a gun...   [More...]



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