French cinema: 2009
1 Journée (2009)
Jacob Berger
Serge, a radio presenter, begins his daily routine by leaving his family apartment at the crack of dawn so that he can pay his mistress a brief call before setting out for work...
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Jacob Berger
36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup (2009)
Jacques Rivette
A small circus troupe is about to embark on its summer season when its owner dies suddenly. Realising that their livelihoods are in peril, the members of the circus get in touch with their boss's estranged daughter Kate and urge her to take over the management of the circus...
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Jacques Rivette
À l'aventure (2009)
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Sandrine is bored with her comfortable middle-class existence in a dull provincial town. Finally, tired of the daily rituals and the endless compromises that constrain her freedom, she leaves her home and her boyfriend and sets out in search of adventure...
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Jean-Claude Brisseau
À l'origine (2009)
Xavier Giannoli
Ex-convict Philippe Miller makes his living as a confidence trickster, something he is particularly adept at. Seeing an abandoned road works, he sees an opportunity to make some easy money...
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Xavier Giannoli
Adieu Gary (2009)
Nassim Amaouche
Samir returns to his hometown in the Ardèche after completing a lengthy stretch in prison for trafficking. The town has practically become a wasteland after the closure of a large factory where Samir's father Francis once worked...
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Nassim Amaouche
L'Affaire Farewell (2009)
Christian Carion
Moscow in the early 1980s, at the height of the Cold War. Sergueï Grigoriev is a colonel in the KGB who has become so disillusioned with the regime running his country that he decides to bring down the system... [More...]
Christian Carion
Moscow in the early 1980s, at the height of the Cold War. Sergueï Grigoriev is a colonel in the KGB who has become so disillusioned with the regime running his country that he decides to bring down the system... [More...]
Aliker (2009)
Guy Deslauriers
Martinique in the 1930s. André Aliker is a young militant communist who, against the wishes of his family, takes on the job of editing and printing his party's one-sheet pamphlet... [More...]
Guy Deslauriers
Martinique in the 1930s. André Aliker is a young militant communist who, against the wishes of his family, takes on the job of editing and printing his party's one-sheet pamphlet... [More...]
L'Armée du crime (2009)
Robert Guédiguian
In Paris during the Nazi occupation, a labourer named Missak Manouchian leads a group of young Jewish immigrants, of various nationalities: Spanish, Rumanian, Hungarian, Polish, Italian and Armenian... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
In Paris during the Nazi occupation, a labourer named Missak Manouchian leads a group of young Jewish immigrants, of various nationalities: Spanish, Rumanian, Hungarian, Polish, Italian and Armenian... [More...]
L'Autre (2009)
Patrick-Mario Bernard
Anne-Marie and Alex have been living together quite happily for several years, but now they have reached a stage in their relationship where they must decide whether they should commit themselves to each other... [More...]
Patrick-Mario Bernard
Anne-Marie and Alex have been living together quite happily for several years, but now they have reached a stage in their relationship where they must decide whether they should commit themselves to each other... [More...]
Le Bal des actrices (2009)
Maïwenn
An enterprising young film director, Maïwenn, decides to make a documentary about actresses. She meets a number of diverse women who have chosen to make the dramatic art their career and becomes increasingly fascinated by their complex lives and personalities... [More...]
Maïwenn
An enterprising young film director, Maïwenn, decides to make a documentary about actresses. She meets a number of diverse women who have chosen to make the dramatic art their career and becomes increasingly fascinated by their complex lives and personalities... [More...]
Bancs publics (Versailles rive droite) (2009)
Bruno Podalydès
From the office where she works, in the heart of Versailles, Lucie cannot help noticing a large black banner with the words "Man Alone" hanging from a window of the building opposite... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
From the office where she works, in the heart of Versailles, Lucie cannot help noticing a large black banner with the words "Man Alone" hanging from a window of the building opposite... [More...]
Bazar (2009)
Patricia Plattner
Sixty-year-old Gabrielle is passionate about her work as an antiques dealer. It is her life, her raison d'être, and so she is understandably shaken when she is evicted from her shop... [More...]
Patricia Plattner
Sixty-year-old Gabrielle is passionate about her work as an antiques dealer. It is her life, her raison d'être, and so she is understandably shaken when she is evicted from her shop... [More...]
Les Beaux gosses (2009)
Riad Sattouf
Hervé is an ordinary 14-year-old who lives alone with his mother on a housing estate in Brittany. Like most boys of his age, his one thought is to get himself a girlfriend, but his attempts to do so seem doomed to failure... [More...]
Riad Sattouf
Hervé is an ordinary 14-year-old who lives alone with his mother on a housing estate in Brittany. Like most boys of his age, his one thought is to get himself a girlfriend, but his attempts to do so seem doomed to failure... [More...]
Bellamy (2009)
Claude Chabrol
As is his custom, police commissioner Paul Bellamy takes his annual summer break in the south of France, staying with wife Francoise's family in Nimes... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
As is his custom, police commissioner Paul Bellamy takes his annual summer break in the south of France, staying with wife Francoise's family in Nimes... [More...]
Cendres et sang (2009)
Fanny Ardant
Since the death of her husband ten years ago, Judith has lived in exile in Marseilles with her three children. In all this time, she has refused to make contact with her family, but when her cousin invites her to attend her wedding, Judith has no choice but to accept, despite her fears of what may ensue... [More...]
Fanny Ardant
Since the death of her husband ten years ago, Judith has lived in exile in Marseilles with her three children. In all this time, she has refused to make contact with her family, but when her cousin invites her to attend her wedding, Judith has no choice but to accept, despite her fears of what may ensue... [More...]
Le Chien (2009)
Christian Monnier
Kevin and Jean-Claude are two men who live a solitary existence on a farm in the midst of unspoiled countryside. Their shared tranquillity is disturbed one day when Jean-Claude catches the eye of Michèle, who sees him as a potential one night stand... [More...]
Christian Monnier
Kevin and Jean-Claude are two men who live a solitary existence on a farm in the midst of unspoiled countryside. Their shared tranquillity is disturbed one day when Jean-Claude catches the eye of Michèle, who sees him as a potential one night stand... [More...]
Le Coach (2009)
Olivier Doran
Maximilien Chêne is a personal coach who is a master of his craft, but whilst his talents are in great demand he has many personal failings of his own... [More...]
Olivier Doran
Maximilien Chêne is a personal coach who is a master of his craft, but whilst his talents are in great demand he has many personal failings of his own... [More...]
Coco avant Chanel (2009)
Anne Fontaine
In the 1890s, Gabrielle and her sister, two little orphan girls, find themselves in an austere convent school where they wait in vain for their father to collect them... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
In the 1890s, Gabrielle and her sister, two little orphan girls, find themselves in an austere convent school where they wait in vain for their father to collect them... [More...]
Coco Chanel et Igor Stravinsky (2009)
Jan Kounen
In Paris, 1913, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel is beginning to make a name for herself as a couturiere. Meanwhile, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysees, Igor Stravinsky is staging his avant-garde ballet The Rite of Spring... [More...]
Jan Kounen
In Paris, 1913, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel is beginning to make a name for herself as a couturiere. Meanwhile, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysees, Igor Stravinsky is staging his avant-garde ballet The Rite of Spring... [More...]
Le Code a changé (2009)
Danièle Thompson
Marie-Laurence and Piotr are a couple who could not be happier. She is a successful young lawyer; he is still trying to find a job... [More...]
Danièle Thompson
Marie-Laurence and Piotr are a couple who could not be happier. She is a successful young lawyer; he is still trying to find a job... [More...]
Coeur animal (2009)
Séverine Cornamusaz
In a remote region of rural Switzerland, a farmer and his wife eke out a harsh existence, appearing to live in a century far removed from our own... [More...]
Séverine Cornamusaz
In a remote region of rural Switzerland, a farmer and his wife eke out a harsh existence, appearing to live in a century far removed from our own... [More...]
Commis d'office (2009)
Hannelore Cayre
Antoine Lahoud has just turned forty when he realises he has lost his enthusiasm for his work as a criminal lawyer. It galls him that he receives so little remuneration and even less gratitude for the work he does for the betterment of society... [More...]
Hannelore Cayre
Antoine Lahoud has just turned forty when he realises he has lost his enthusiasm for his work as a criminal lawyer. It galls him that he receives so little remuneration and even less gratitude for the work he does for the betterment of society... [More...]
Le Concert (2009)
Radu Mihaileanu
Way back in the 1970s, Andrei Filipov was one of the most famous conductors in the Soviet Union. He worked with the world-renowned Bolshoi Orchestra and led a privileged and comfortable life... [More...]
Radu Mihaileanu
Way back in the 1970s, Andrei Filipov was one of the most famous conductors in the Soviet Union. He worked with the world-renowned Bolshoi Orchestra and led a privileged and comfortable life... [More...]
Cyprien (2009)
David Charhon
Cyprien may be in his mid-thirties but he remains the timid adolescent, addicted to computer games and constantly mocked by his colleagues at the fashion magazine company for which he works as an IT technician... [More...]
David Charhon
Cyprien may be in his mid-thirties but he remains the timid adolescent, addicted to computer games and constantly mocked by his colleagues at the fashion magazine company for which he works as an IT technician... [More...]
Dans tes bras (2009)
Hubert Gillet
Louis was abandoned by his mother when he was just a few weeks old. Now aged 16, he wants to know more about his origins, so, against the wishes of his adopted parents, he heads south in search of some answers... [More...]
Hubert Gillet
Louis was abandoned by his mother when he was just a few weeks old. Now aged 16, he wants to know more about his origins, so, against the wishes of his adopted parents, he heads south in search of some answers... [More...]
De l'autre côté du lit (2009)
Pascale Pouzadoux
After ten years of married life, Ariane and Hugo are in danger of slipping into a predictable routine that could be fatal for both their careers and their future together... [More...]
Pascale Pouzadoux
After ten years of married life, Ariane and Hugo are in danger of slipping into a predictable routine that could be fatal for both their careers and their future together... [More...]
Demain dès l'aube (2009)
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
Le Dernier pour la route (2009)
Philippe Godeau
Hervé, the head of a press agency, finds that his life and his career are being ruined by his alcohol addiction. Realising that he risks losing everything that he holds dear, he takes the decision to give up drinking and begins a course of detoxification at a specialist centre in Geneva... [More...]
Philippe Godeau
Hervé, the head of a press agency, finds that his life and his career are being ruined by his alcohol addiction. Realising that he risks losing everything that he holds dear, he takes the decision to give up drinking and begins a course of detoxification at a specialist centre in Geneva... [More...]
Le Dernier vol (2009)
Karim Dridi
French Sahara, 1933. Having set out to find the man she loves, an aviator who went missing during an attempted flight from London to Cape Town, Marie Vallières de Beaumont is forced to land her biplane near to an outpost of the French Camel Corps... [More...]
Karim Dridi
French Sahara, 1933. Having set out to find the man she loves, an aviator who went missing during an attempted flight from London to Cape Town, Marie Vallières de Beaumont is forced to land her biplane near to an outpost of the French Camel Corps... [More...]
Les Derniers jours du monde (2009)
Arnaud Larrieu
Robinson Laborde is in Biarritz, reflecting on the events of the past year, when he learns that the world is about to end... [More...]
Arnaud Larrieu
Robinson Laborde is in Biarritz, reflecting on the events of the past year, when he learns that the world is about to end... [More...]