French cinema: 2009
Diamant 13 (2009)
Gilles Béhat
Mat is a world-weary cop who has long had his illusions torn from him. Now in his late fifties, one of the least enthusiastic members of the 13th night division, he carries out his professional duties with an almost robotic perfunctoriness...
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Gilles Béhat
Donne-moi la main (2009)
Pascal-Alex Vincent
Two identical twins, Antoine and Quentin discover they are not so similar as they had thought when they undertake a long pilgrimage to Spain, to attend the funeral of their recently deceased mother...
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Pascal-Alex Vincent
L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (2009)
Serge Bromberg
It has been referred to as Henri-Georges Clouzot's lost masterpiece. L'Enfer, the film the director was unable to complete in 1964, has long fascinated devotees of French cinema, but to this day few have seen the remarkable footage that Clouzot shot for this mythical work...
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Serge Bromberg
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...
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Gérard Bitton
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...
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Nicolas Saada
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
La Fille du RER (2009)
André Téchiné
Twenty-something Jeanne lives with her mother Louise in a Paris suburb. Whilst Louise occupies herself as a child minder, Jeanne is busy looking for work... [More...]
André Téchiné
Twenty-something Jeanne lives with her mother Louise in a Paris suburb. Whilst Louise occupies herself as a child minder, Jeanne is busy looking for work... [More...]
Gamines (2009)
Éléonore Faucher
I'm not one to complain. I'd much rather have a laugh and enjoy myself. For the last thirty years or so, I've reacted to all those glum sympathetic looks by saying: 'I don't have a father, but I don't mind... [More...]
Éléonore Faucher
I'm not one to complain. I'd much rather have a laugh and enjoy myself. For the last thirty years or so, I've reacted to all those glum sympathetic looks by saying: 'I don't have a father, but I don't mind... [More...]
Hadewijch (2009)
Bruno Dumont
A mother superior is so shocked by the manic faith of one of her novices that she has no choice but to expel her from the convent... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
A mother superior is so shocked by the manic faith of one of her novices that she has no choice but to expel her from the convent... [More...]
Les Herbes folles (2009)
Alain Resnais
Marguerite is out shopping when a street thief suddenly snatches her handbag and hurries away. Georges later finds the discarded handbag when he comes to collect his car in an underground car park... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Marguerite is out shopping when a street thief suddenly snatches her handbag and hurries away. Georges later finds the discarded handbag when he comes to collect his car in an underground car park... [More...]
Le Hérisson (2009)
Mona Achache
Renée Michel is not the uncultivated concierge that she pretends to be, but a fifty-something woman with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a passion for great works of literature... [More...]
Mona Achache
Renée Michel is not the uncultivated concierge that she pretends to be, but a fifty-something woman with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a passion for great works of literature... [More...]
J'ai tué ma mère (2009)
Xavier Dolan
Hubert Minel is a 16-year-old French Canadian student who lives in Montreal with his mother, Chantale. Since her husband walked out on her nine years ago, Chantale has struggled to bring up her son single-handedly, but he shows her little gratitude for her efforts... [More...]
Xavier Dolan
Hubert Minel is a 16-year-old French Canadian student who lives in Montreal with his mother, Chantale. Since her husband walked out on her nine years ago, Chantale has struggled to bring up her son single-handedly, but he shows her little gratitude for her efforts... [More...]
Je l'aimais (2009)
Zabou Breitman
For twenty years, Pierre has been carrying with him a secret that he has been unable to share with anyone. One evening, he decides he must confide the one great tragedy of his existence in his step-daughter Chloé... [More...]
Zabou Breitman
For twenty years, Pierre has been carrying with him a secret that he has been unable to share with anyone. One evening, he decides he must confide the one great tragedy of his existence in his step-daughter Chloé... [More...]
Je ne dis pas non (2009)
Iliana Lolitch
Adèle is a 30-something publishing assistant who has one fatal flaw: she just cannot say no. Everyone takes advantage of her good nature, her colleagues, her friends, and especially her collection of boyfriends... [More...]
Iliana Lolitch
Adèle is a 30-something publishing assistant who has one fatal flaw: she just cannot say no. Everyone takes advantage of her good nature, her colleagues, her friends, and especially her collection of boyfriends... [More...]
Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante (2009)
Claude Miller
Thomas was four when he and his younger brother were adopted by Yves and Annie Jouvet. When he is twelve, he becomes obsessed with finding his biological mother, Julie... [More...]
Claude Miller
Thomas was four when he and his younger brother were adopted by Yves and Annie Jouvet. When he is twelve, he becomes obsessed with finding his biological mother, Julie... [More...]
Joueuse (2009)
Caroline Bottaro
Hélène is a woman in her forties who leads a contented but routine life in a small Corsican village. Happily married to Ange, she has a 15-year-old daughter, Lisa and works as a hotel chambermaid... [More...]
Caroline Bottaro
Hélène is a woman in her forties who leads a contented but routine life in a small Corsican village. Happily married to Ange, she has a 15-year-old daughter, Lisa and works as a hotel chambermaid... [More...]
La Journée de la jupe (2009)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Sonia Bergerac is a teacher in an ordinary inner city high school on the outskirts of Paris. She is about to start a lesson on Molière when her class is disrupted by unruly pupils... [More...]
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Sonia Bergerac is a teacher in an ordinary inner city high school on the outskirts of Paris. She is about to start a lesson on Molière when her class is disrupted by unruly pupils... [More...]
La Loi de Murphy (2009)
Christophe Campos
Elias can hardly wait to complete his two year suspended sentence in the hospital where he works as a nurse. He has just a few hours to go and then he will be a free man - but a lot can happen in two hours, as he soon discovers... [More...]
Christophe Campos
Elias can hardly wait to complete his two year suspended sentence in the hospital where he works as a nurse. He has just a few hours to go and then he will be a free man - but a lot can happen in two hours, as he soon discovers... [More...]
London River (2009)
Rachid Bouchareb
After the London bombings of July 2005, an anxious mother, Elisabeth, tries to get in touch with her daughter. When she fails to reach her on her mobile phone, Elisabeth leaves her home in Guernsey and travels to London to look for her daughter on foot... [More...]
Rachid Bouchareb
After the London bombings of July 2005, an anxious mother, Elisabeth, tries to get in touch with her daughter. When she fails to reach her on her mobile phone, Elisabeth leaves her home in Guernsey and travels to London to look for her daughter on foot... [More...]
Loup (2009)
Nicolas Vanier
Sergueï is a nomadic reindeer herder, one of many who live in the wild mountains of eastern Siberia. Sergueï's clan is led by his father and comprises four families, who own a herd of 3,000 reindeer which they drive from one pasture to another as the seasons change... [More...]
Nicolas Vanier
Sergueï is a nomadic reindeer herder, one of many who live in the wild mountains of eastern Siberia. Sergueï's clan is led by his father and comprises four families, who own a herd of 3,000 reindeer which they drive from one pasture to another as the seasons change... [More...]
Lourdes (2009)
Jessica Hausner
Christine suffers from multiple sclerosis and has spent most of her life in a wheelchair. Tired of her solitary existence, she decides to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, where she hopes she will find new friends and give her life a renewed sense of purpose... [More...]
Jessica Hausner
Christine suffers from multiple sclerosis and has spent most of her life in a wheelchair. Tired of her solitary existence, she decides to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, where she hopes she will find new friends and give her life a renewed sense of purpose... [More...]
Lucky Luke (2009)
James Huth
Daisy Town was once a haven of peace before the outlaws, gamblers and other low-life took over and turned it into one of the most lawless places in the whole of the Wild West... [More...]
James Huth
Daisy Town was once a haven of peace before the outlaws, gamblers and other low-life took over and turned it into one of the most lawless places in the whole of the Wild West... [More...]
Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
Stéphane Brizé
Jean is a man in his forties who could not be more content with the way his life is going. He is happily married with a son and enjoys his work as a mason... [More...]
Stéphane Brizé
Jean is a man in his forties who could not be more content with the way his life is going. He is happily married with a son and enjoys his work as a mason... [More...]
Mères et filles (2009)
Julie Lopes-Curval
Audrey is an independently minded thirty-year-old who has always been intrigued by her family history. It was in the 1950s that her grandmother Louise abandoned her family when her children were still young, leaving no trace as to where she might be going... [More...]
Julie Lopes-Curval
Audrey is an independently minded thirty-year-old who has always been intrigued by her family history. It was in the 1950s that her grandmother Louise abandoned her family when her children were still young, leaving no trace as to where she might be going... [More...]
Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Bazil has every reason to hate the armaments industry with every fibre of his being. First his father was killed by an explosive device when he was boy... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Bazil has every reason to hate the armaments industry with every fibre of his being. First his father was killed by an explosive device when he was boy... [More...]
Ne me libérez pas, je m'en charge (2009)
Fabienne Godet
Michel Vaujour is one of France's most notorious criminals, although he is more famous for his prison break-outs than his robberies... [More...]
Fabienne Godet
Michel Vaujour is one of France's most notorious criminals, although he is more famous for his prison break-outs than his robberies... [More...]
Neuilly sa mère! (2009)
Gabriel Laferrière
Sami Benboudaoud is fourteen and perfectly settled in his immigrant community on a typical French housing estate. To him there is no better place on Earth than this down-at-heel neighbourhood where crime in rampant and car-burning is an essential rite of passage... [More...]
Gabriel Laferrière
Sami Benboudaoud is fourteen and perfectly settled in his immigrant community on a typical French housing estate. To him there is no better place on Earth than this down-at-heel neighbourhood where crime in rampant and car-burning is an essential rite of passage... [More...]