French cinema: 2012
Dead Man Talking (2012)
Patrick Ridremont
In an undisclosed country, William Lamers is sentenced to death for homicide. The procedure by which he is to be executed is rigidly set out by law in all but one detail...
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Patrick Ridremont
Dépression et des potes (2012)
Arnaud Lemort
Franck has no reason to be unhappy with his life, but he is. He has everything a man could possibly want to be happy - a nice home, an interesting job, a delicious Brazilian girlfriend...
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Arnaud Lemort
La Désintégration (2012)
Philippe Faucon
Ali, Nasser and Hamza are all in their twenties and live on a housing estate in the outskirts of Lille. They meet Djamel, a man who is ten years their senior and who is, in their eyes, someone to be looked up to...
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Philippe Faucon
Do Not Disturb (2012)
Yvan Attal
One evening, Jeff turns up unexpectedly on his friend Ben's doorstep and cajoles him into joining him for a night on the town for old time's sake...
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Yvan Attal
Elles (2012)
Malgorzata Szumowska
As she prepares a dinner party for her husband, Anne, a writer on a leading women's magazine, is struggling to complete an article on student prostitution...
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Malgorzata Szumowska
L'Enfant d'en haut (2012)
Ursula Meier
One winter, Simon, an enterprising 12 year old, makes good use of the cable car that connects the industrial town where he lives with his sister Louise and the opulent ski resort that overlooks it... [More...]
Ursula Meier
One winter, Simon, an enterprising 12 year old, makes good use of the cable car that connects the industrial town where he lives with his sister Louise and the opulent ski resort that overlooks it... [More...]
Et si on vivait tous ensemble? (2012)
Stéphane Robelin
Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne have been firm friends for more than forty years. They have each lived full and happy lives, but when their memories begin to falter and the prospect of moving into a retirement home rears its ugly head, they decide to take a stand against convention... [More...]
Stéphane Robelin
Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne have been firm friends for more than forty years. They have each lived full and happy lives, but when their memories begin to falter and the prospect of moving into a retirement home rears its ugly head, they decide to take a stand against convention... [More...]
Le Grand soir (2012)
Gustave de Kervern
Not and Jean-Pierre are two brothers who could not be more different. In his forties, Not is proud to be the oldest street punk in Europe, happy to live off the detritus of a diseased society in the company of his faithful dog... [More...]
Gustave de Kervern
Not and Jean-Pierre are two brothers who could not be more different. In his forties, Not is proud to be the oldest street punk in Europe, happy to live off the detritus of a diseased society in the company of his faithful dog... [More...]
Le Guetteur (2012)
Michele Placido
Parisian police chief Mattei has set up an ambush to capture a notorious gang of bank robbers. Just as the operation looks as if it might succeed, a lone sniper appears from nowhere and systematically slaughters most of Mattei's team... [More...]
Michele Placido
Parisian police chief Mattei has set up an ambush to capture a notorious gang of bank robbers. Just as the operation looks as if it might succeed, a lone sniper appears from nowhere and systematically slaughters most of Mattei's team... [More...]
L'Hiver dernier (2012)
John Shank
On a remote plateau, Johann struggles to keep going the farm that he has inherited from his father. As winter beckons, his business looks increasingly threatened... [More...]
John Shank
On a remote plateau, Johann struggles to keep going the farm that he has inherited from his father. As winter beckons, his business looks increasingly threatened... [More...]
Holy Motors (2012)
Leos Carax
Monsieur Oscar is a man of many faces. In the space of one day, he becomes a pathetic tramp, a ruthless killer, a grotesque sewer-dwelling monster, an erotic dancer, a family man, and more besides..... [More...]
Leos Carax
Monsieur Oscar is a man of many faces. In the space of one day, he becomes a pathetic tramp, a ruthless killer, a grotesque sewer-dwelling monster, an erotic dancer, a family man, and more besides..... [More...]
Ici-bas (2012)
Jean-Pierre Denis
In 1943, when France is under Nazi occupation, Sister Luce is a devout nun who occupies herself tending to the sick at a hospital in Périgueux... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Denis
In 1943, when France is under Nazi occupation, Sister Luce is a devout nun who occupies herself tending to the sick at a hospital in Périgueux... [More...]
Les Infidèles (2012)
Emmanuelle Bercot
What makes a man become unfaithful to his wife? This is a question that has vexed philosophers and talk show hosts for centuries, and it is one that two macho 30-something Frenchmen, Fred and Greg, really would like to have an answer to, because infidelity is something they are both desperately addicted to... [More...]
Emmanuelle Bercot
What makes a man become unfaithful to his wife? This is a question that has vexed philosophers and talk show hosts for centuries, and it is one that two macho 30-something Frenchmen, Fred and Greg, really would like to have an answer to, because infidelity is something they are both desperately addicted to... [More...]
Les Invisibles (2012)
Sébastien Lifshitz
They are men and women born between the two wars. The only thing they have in common is that they are homosexuals who chose to live their lives as they wished, at a time when they were censured and rejected by society... [More...]
Sébastien Lifshitz
They are men and women born between the two wars. The only thing they have in common is that they are homosexuals who chose to live their lives as they wished, at a time when they were censured and rejected by society... [More...]
J'enrage de son absence (2012)
Sandrine Bonnaire
Ten years after they went their separate ways following the breakdown of their marriage, Jacques makes a sudden reappearance in Mado's life... [More...]
Sandrine Bonnaire
Ten years after they went their separate ways following the breakdown of their marriage, Jacques makes a sudden reappearance in Mado's life... [More...]
JC comme Jésus-Christ (2012)
Jonathan Zaccaï
Jean-Christophe Kern, a.k.a. JC, is a filmmaking phenomenon. Aged 15, he was the youngest person ever to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, for his first film, which also took a César... [More...]
Jonathan Zaccaï
Jean-Christophe Kern, a.k.a. JC, is a filmmaking phenomenon. Aged 15, he was the youngest person ever to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, for his first film, which also took a César... [More...]
Je me suis fait tout petit (2012)
Cécilia Rouaud
There is nothing to keep Yvan in Paris. A 30-something schoolteacher, he is ready to pack up and start a new life somewhere else... [More...]
Cécilia Rouaud
There is nothing to keep Yvan in Paris. A 30-something schoolteacher, he is ready to pack up and start a new life somewhere else... [More...]
Laurence Anyways (2012)
Xavier Dolan
Laurence is a young teacher who is in a seemingly solid relationship with his partner Fred. Whilst Laurence is deeply in love with Fred, he is compelled to break some shocking news to her on his thirtieth birthday... [More...]
Xavier Dolan
Laurence is a young teacher who is in a seemingly solid relationship with his partner Fred. Whilst Laurence is deeply in love with Fred, he is compelled to break some shocking news to her on his thirtieth birthday... [More...]
Louise Wimmer (2012)
Cyril Mennegun
Louise Wimmer is nearly fifty. She should be looking forward to a comfortable retirement but instead she has lost virtually everything she had - everything except her pride and her resilience... [More...]
Cyril Mennegun
Louise Wimmer is nearly fifty. She should be looking forward to a comfortable retirement but instead she has lost virtually everything she had - everything except her pride and her resilience... [More...]
Madame Solario (2012)
René Féret
Lake Como in September 1906. The aristocratic residents of a luxury hotel welcome the latest arrival in their happy little community, the young and beautiful Madame Natalia Solario, who is virtually penniless after her divorce... [More...]
René Féret
Lake Como in September 1906. The aristocratic residents of a luxury hotel welcome the latest arrival in their happy little community, the young and beautiful Madame Natalia Solario, who is virtually penniless after her divorce... [More...]
Le Magasin des suicides (2012)
Patrice Leconte
There once was a town so mired in misery that everyone who lived there no longer had the will to go on living. In this gloomy metropolis, the only business that thrives is a little shop which specialises in suicide... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
There once was a town so mired in misery that everyone who lived there no longer had the will to go on living. In this gloomy metropolis, the only business that thrives is a little shop which specialises in suicide... [More...]
Main dans la main (2012)
Valérie Donzelli
When Hélène Marchal and Joachim Fox meet they would appear to have nothing in common. She runs a prestigious dance school in Paris; he is a provincial artisan who is at least ten years her junior... [More...]
Valérie Donzelli
When Hélène Marchal and Joachim Fox meet they would appear to have nothing in common. She runs a prestigious dance school in Paris; he is a provincial artisan who is at least ten years her junior... [More...]
Mains armées (2012)
Pierre Jolivet
Lucas Scali is 46, a police chief who is on the trail of illegal arms traffickers in Marseille. Having uncovered a large criminal network that is involved in stealing NATO weapons and drugs smuggling, Lucas heads off for Paris to link up with a narcotics squad... [More...]
Pierre Jolivet
Lucas Scali is 46, a police chief who is on the trail of illegal arms traffickers in Marseille. Having uncovered a large criminal network that is involved in stealing NATO weapons and drugs smuggling, Lucas heads off for Paris to link up with a narcotics squad... [More...]
Maman (2012)
Alexandra Leclère
Sandrine and Alice are two sisters who have good reason to hate their mother. They blame her for everything. It was she who walked out on them when they were infants, she who destroyed their father, and in doing so ruined their lives... [More...]
Alexandra Leclère
Sandrine and Alice are two sisters who have good reason to hate their mother. They blame her for everything. It was she who walked out on them when they were infants, she who destroyed their father, and in doing so ruined their lives... [More...]
La Mer à boire (2012)
Jacques Maillot
Georges Pierret is a shipyard owner who has run into financial difficulty. As his debts mount, he can no longer turn to his bank for support... [More...]
Jacques Maillot
Georges Pierret is a shipyard owner who has run into financial difficulty. As his debts mount, he can no longer turn to his bank for support... [More...]
Mes héros (2012)
Éric Besnard
Maxime is willing to sacrifice everything, even his family, to ensure that he can make a success of his ambulance business... [More...]
Éric Besnard
Maxime is willing to sacrifice everything, even his family, to ensure that he can make a success of his ambulance business... [More...]
Mince alors! (2012)
Charlotte de Turckheim
Nina is young, pretty - and round. Unfortunately, her husband Gaspard only has eyes for women with stick-insect waistlines, particularly since the couple moved to Paris to sell bathing costumes for the ultra-thin... [More...]
Charlotte de Turckheim
Nina is young, pretty - and round. Unfortunately, her husband Gaspard only has eyes for women with stick-insect waistlines, particularly since the couple moved to Paris to sell bathing costumes for the ultra-thin... [More...]
Mobile Home (2012)
François Pirot
Having broken up with his girlfriend, Simon returns to his home village where his parents are enjoying a peaceful retirement... [More...]
François Pirot
Having broken up with his girlfriend, Simon returns to his home village where his parents are enjoying a peaceful retirement... [More...]
Les Mouvements du bassin (2012)
Hervé P. Gustave
Hervé is a solitary man who lives only for his lessons in self-defence. Having been dismissed from his job at a zoo because he depressed all the animals, he finds work as a night watchman in a factory... [More...]
Hervé P. Gustave
Hervé is a solitary man who lives only for his lessons in self-defence. Having been dismissed from his job at a zoo because he depressed all the animals, he finds work as a night watchman in a factory... [More...]
Le Nez dans le ruisseau (2012)
Christophe Chevalier
Tasked with making a documentary to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie, a television journalist, visits the Swiss town of Confignon which he once visited... [More...]
Christophe Chevalier
Tasked with making a documentary to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie, a television journalist, visits the Swiss town of Confignon which he once visited... [More...]