French cinema: 2017
À bras ouverts (2017)
Philippe de Chauveron
Jean-Etienne Fougerole is a prominent figure of France's literary scene, an intellectual humanist married to a wealthy heiress who, unlike him, has scant interest in the problems of the world...
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Philippe de Chauveron
L'Amant double (2017)
François Ozon
Chloé is a woman in her mid-twenties who is coping badly with an ever-worsening bout of depression. Medically there is nothing wrong with her, so she takes her doctor's advice and consults a psychiatrist, Paul...
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François Ozon
C'était maintenant (2017)
Jean-Cristophe Sandt
Vincent, a man in his mid-thirties, couldn't be happier with the way his life has turned out. He has a loving wife, Mathilde, whom he adores and children he could never be parted from...
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Jean-Cristophe Sandt
Ce qui nous lie (2017)
Cédric Klapisch
Juliette and Jérémie are two siblings who have chosen to stay at home to help their father run his winegrowing business in the heart of Burgundy...
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Cédric Klapisch
Chez nous (2017)
Lucas Belvaux
Pauline is a single mother of two who is devoted to her work as a home-care nurse in an anonymous town in northern France...
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Lucas Belvaux
La Colle (2017)
Alexandre Castagnetti
Benjamin is understandably miffed when he lands himself a two-hour Saturday detention, but at least the sourness of the occasion is tempered by the fact that Leila, the girl he secretly has a crush on, is to share it with him... [More...]
Alexandre Castagnetti
Benjamin is understandably miffed when he lands himself a two-hour Saturday detention, but at least the sourness of the occasion is tempered by the fact that Leila, the girl he secretly has a crush on, is to share it with him... [More...]
La Confession (2017)
Nicolas Boukhrief
In the present day, a priest is summoned to the bedside of a dying woman, to hear her final confession. The woman, Barny, has long harboured a secret which she feels she must impart to a sympathetic ear before she dies... [More...]
Nicolas Boukhrief
In the present day, a priest is summoned to the bedside of a dying woman, to hear her final confession. The woman, Barny, has long harboured a secret which she feels she must impart to a sympathetic ear before she dies... [More...]
Dalida (2017)
Lisa Azuelos
Dalida was the name that Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti adopted when she began appearing in movies in the mid-1950s. Then the seductive Egyptian was barely into her twenties and could have had no idea of the glittering career that was just over the horizon... [More...]
Lisa Azuelos
Dalida was the name that Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti adopted when she began appearing in movies in the mid-1950s. Then the seductive Egyptian was barely into her twenties and could have had no idea of the glittering career that was just over the horizon... [More...]
Des plans sur la comète (2017)
Guilhem Amesland
Michel and Frank are two brothers who run their own construction company, although 'opportunistic handymen' would probably be a more accurate description of their hapless moneymaking exploits... [More...]
Guilhem Amesland
Michel and Frank are two brothers who run their own construction company, although 'opportunistic handymen' would probably be a more accurate description of their hapless moneymaking exploits... [More...]
Le Divan de Staline (2017)
Fanny Ardant
As he nears the end of his life the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is suffering from chronic fatigue. Following the advice of his doctors, he takes a few days out to recharge his batteries at a remote castle buried in a dense forest... [More...]
Fanny Ardant
As he nears the end of his life the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is suffering from chronic fatigue. Following the advice of his doctors, he takes a few days out to recharge his batteries at a remote castle buried in a dense forest... [More...]
Drôles d'oiseaux (2017)
Élise Girard
Mavie, 27, is an attractive young woman from the provinces who has just arrived in Paris, tentatively groping for a sense of direction in her hitherto aimless life... [More...]
Élise Girard
Mavie, 27, is an attractive young woman from the provinces who has just arrived in Paris, tentatively groping for a sense of direction in her hitherto aimless life... [More...]
Espèces menacées (2017)
Gilles Bourdos
One winter, three families living in the French town of Nice are beset with personal dramas that threaten to upset their plans for a peaceful life... [More...]
Gilles Bourdos
One winter, three families living in the French town of Nice are beset with personal dramas that threaten to upset their plans for a peaceful life... [More...]
Les Fantômes d'Ismaël (2017)
Arnaud Desplechin
Ismaël Vuillard is a fifty-something filmmaker who is struggling to complete a film inspired by the real-life spy exploits of his brother, Ivan Dédalus... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Ismaël Vuillard is a fifty-something filmmaker who is struggling to complete a film inspired by the real-life spy exploits of his brother, Ivan Dédalus... [More...]
Faut pas lui dire (2017)
Solange Cicurel
Laura, Anouch, Eve and Yaël are four cousins who, in spite of their obvious differences, are devotedly attached to one another... [More...]
Solange Cicurel
Laura, Anouch, Eve and Yaël are four cousins who, in spite of their obvious differences, are devotedly attached to one another... [More...]
Les Grands esprits (2017)
Olivier Ayache-Vidal
François Foucault is a highly qualified literature teacher at one of Paris's most prestigious schools, Henri-IV. The forty-something educationalist deplores the quality of teaching in the capital's neglected suburbs and insists that the only way to raise standards is to send better teachers into these benighted schools... [More...]
Olivier Ayache-Vidal
François Foucault is a highly qualified literature teacher at one of Paris's most prestigious schools, Henri-IV. The forty-something educationalist deplores the quality of teaching in the capital's neglected suburbs and insists that the only way to raise standards is to send better teachers into these benighted schools... [More...]
Grave (2017)
Julia Ducournau
Like the rest of her well-educated, middle-class family, Justine is a committed vegetarian who would never dream of eating meat... [More...]
Julia Ducournau
Like the rest of her well-educated, middle-class family, Justine is a committed vegetarian who would never dream of eating meat... [More...]
Happy End (2017)
Michael Haneke
The comfortably off Laurent family lead a privileged life in Calais, if they did but know it. Unaware of, or totally unconcerned by, the plight of the refugees living in abject squalor at the makeshift camps just a few miles from their home, the Laurents are wrapped up in their own petty concerns, which, typically, revolve around inter-generational conflict, marital infidelity and the right to die... [More...]
Michael Haneke
The comfortably off Laurent family lead a privileged life in Calais, if they did but know it. Unaware of, or totally unconcerned by, the plight of the refugees living in abject squalor at the makeshift camps just a few miles from their home, the Laurents are wrapped up in their own petty concerns, which, typically, revolve around inter-generational conflict, marital infidelity and the right to die... [More...]
Jamais contente (2017)
Emilie Deleuze
Aurore is a typically moody 13 year old girl who has good reason to be cheerless when she is held back a year at school. Everything revolts her and so, not surprisingly, she is in a state of constant revolt - against her teachers, her parents, even her classmates... [More...]
Emilie Deleuze
Aurore is a typically moody 13 year old girl who has good reason to be cheerless when she is held back a year at school. Everything revolts her and so, not surprisingly, she is in a state of constant revolt - against her teachers, her parents, even her classmates... [More...]
La Mécanique de l'ombre (2017)
Thomas Kruithof
It has been two years since Duval lost his job. Recovering from a mental breakdown, he hasn't been able to find work since and he struggles to make ends meet... [More...]
Thomas Kruithof
It has been two years since Duval lost his job. Recovering from a mental breakdown, he hasn't been able to find work since and he struggles to make ends meet... [More...]
Mes trésors (2017)
Pascal Bourdiaux
Carole and Caroline are two young women who appear to have nothing in common. The first is a shy computer programmer who lives a hermit-like existence with her mother... [More...]
Pascal Bourdiaux
Carole and Caroline are two young women who appear to have nothing in common. The first is a shy computer programmer who lives a hermit-like existence with her mother... [More...]
Mission Pays Basque (2017)
Ludovic Bernard
Sibylle, a feisty young career go-getter, thinks she has made the deal of the century when she hoodwinks a naive-seeming ironmonger, Ferran Beitialarrangoïta, into selling his Basque Country store for a fraction of its real value... [More...]
Ludovic Bernard
Sibylle, a feisty young career go-getter, thinks she has made the deal of the century when she hoodwinks a naive-seeming ironmonger, Ferran Beitialarrangoïta, into selling his Basque Country store for a fraction of its real value... [More...]
Les Nouvelles aventures de Cendrillon (2017)
Lionel Steketee
If only dreams came true... Julie's heart does a quick double somersault when Marco, the man she has secretly been in love with for years, rings her up unexpectedly - on her birthday... [More...]
Lionel Steketee
If only dreams came true... Julie's heart does a quick double somersault when Marco, the man she has secretly been in love with for years, rings her up unexpectedly - on her birthday... [More...]
Numéro une (2017)
Tonie Marshall
In spite of a prevailing mindset in the workplace that still prevents women from getting to the top, Emmanuelle Blachey has made a success of her career as an engineer and is now hoping to make her mark as a captain of industry... [More...]
Tonie Marshall
In spite of a prevailing mindset in the workplace that still prevents women from getting to the top, Emmanuelle Blachey has made a success of her career as an engineer and is now hoping to make her mark as a captain of industry... [More...]
Ouvert la nuit (2017)
Edouard Baer
Just before his latest show The Woman and the Ape is due to open, Parisian theatre manager Luigi finds himself up to his neck in trouble... [More...]
Edouard Baer
Just before his latest show The Woman and the Ape is due to open, Parisian theatre manager Luigi finds himself up to his neck in trouble... [More...]
Le Parc (2017)
Damien Manivel
One bright summer's day, a young man in his late teens is waiting for someone in a park. He is joined by a girl of about his age and it is apparent that they are on a first date... [More...]
Damien Manivel
One bright summer's day, a young man in his late teens is waiting for someone in a park. He is joined by a girl of about his age and it is apparent that they are on a first date... [More...]
Le Petit Spirou (2017)
Nicolas Bary
Spirou is a happy 14-year-old boy who is destined to become a hotel bellboy, like every member of his family. At the moment, he is leading the insouciant life of any boy of his age - doted on by his affectionate grandfather, messing about with his unruly classmates and struggling to summon up the courage to tell the apple of his eye, the beautiful Suzette, that he is madly in love with her... [More...]
Nicolas Bary
Spirou is a happy 14-year-old boy who is destined to become a hotel bellboy, like every member of his family. At the moment, he is leading the insouciant life of any boy of his age - doted on by his affectionate grandfather, messing about with his unruly classmates and struggling to summon up the courage to tell the apple of his eye, the beautiful Suzette, that he is madly in love with her... [More...]
Primaire (2017)
Hélène Angel
Florence is a primary school teacher who is completely devoted to her work. Her pupils are everything to her, as precious to her as if they were her own children... [More...]
Hélène Angel
Florence is a primary school teacher who is completely devoted to her work. Her pupils are everything to her, as precious to her as if they were her own children... [More...]
Le Prix du succès (2017)
Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Brahim has been waiting for his big break as a stand-up comedian for ten years and now it is finally within his grasp he has no intention of letting it pass him by... [More...]
Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Brahim has been waiting for his big break as a stand-up comedian for ten years and now it is finally within his grasp he has no intention of letting it pass him by... [More...]
Revanche (2017)
Stéphane Roquet
Franck Bériat's life continues its relentless downwards trajectory when he embarks on a new career as an unlicensed private detective... [More...]
Stéphane Roquet
Franck Bériat's life continues its relentless downwards trajectory when he embarks on a new career as an unlicensed private detective... [More...]
Rodin (2017)
Jacques Doillon
Paris, 1880. The celebrated sculptor Auguste Rodin is 40 and has just received his first state commission. This will be the Gates of Hell, one of Rodin's finest achievements which includes two figurines that will evoke his two most famous works - the Kiss and the Thinker... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Paris, 1880. The celebrated sculptor Auguste Rodin is 40 and has just received his first state commission. This will be the Gates of Hell, one of Rodin's finest achievements which includes two figurines that will evoke his two most famous works - the Kiss and the Thinker... [More...]