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21) Memoir of War
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
Paris, 1944. In this haunting adaptation of her autobiographical novel, famed author Marguerite Duras shrewdly navigates the French Resistance and the Gestapo to uncover the whereabouts of her imprisoned husband. **César Awards** nominee.
22) Retour du héros
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Français
Description
France 1809. The charming Captain Neuville is set to marry the naive Pauline when the war breaks out, forcing Neuville to depart for the battlefield. After not hearing from the captain for months, Pauline soon starts to become ill with worry. Her sister Elizabeth starts to write fake letters on behalf of Neuville thinking he would never come back. When Neuville finally returns home unexpectedly, he is welcomed in glory but in truth is a war deserter...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
Français
Description
Winner of the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**, UNDER THE SUN OF SATAN tells the story of Donissan, a mediocre seminarist haunted by Evil and the failure of his divine mission. He mortifies his body and is unable to establish any rapport with his parishioners, until the day the abbot meets young Mouchette who has just committed a mortal sin. Based on Georges Bernanos's novel of the same name and starring Academy Award-nominated actor Gérard...
24) Rumba
Publisher
Mk2 Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
Teachers in a rural school, happy couple Fiona and Dom have a common passion: Latin dancing. One night, after a glorious dance competition, there is a car accident and they see their lives turned up and down and up and down and up and down.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
BY THE GRACE OF GOD tells the story of three adult men—Alexandre (Melvil Poupaud), François (Denis Ménochet), and Emmanuel (Swann Arlaud)—who band together to expose the code of silence that continues to enable a priest who abused them as boys. Their experiences powerfully illustrate the varying effects that the trauma of abuse causes on individuals and their families for years. Winner of a **César Award**. Official Selection at the **Berlin...
26) Romance
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
From internationally acclaimed provocateur Catherine Breillat comes a tale of a beautiful woman, frustrated by a lack of intimacy in her relationship, who has several affairs in order to spark the interest of her lover, a self-absorbed male model.
27) Going Away
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
Baptiste is a loner. A gifted primary teacher living in the south of France, he knows how to bring their schoolwork alive for his pupils but never remains in the same job for more than a term. When he is left unwittingly in charge of his student Mathias by the child's negligent father, the boy takes Baptiste to his mother Sandra, a dazzling but fragile woman who works on the beach near Montpellier. An erratic parent who longs to make amends, she welcomes...
28) Black Venus
Publisher
Mk2 Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Paris 1817, at the Royal Academy of Medicine. «I have never seen a human head so similar to that of an ape». Standing by a molded cast of Saartjie Baartman’s body, anatomist Georges Cuvier’s verdict is break body to the audiences of London’s freak shows. Free and enslaved all at the same time, «The Hottentot Venus» became an out in cheers. Seven years earlier, Saartjie left her native South Africa with her master, Caezar, to expose her categoric....
29) In Safe Hands
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
The second feature film from actress-turned-filmmaker Jeanne Herry (Number 1 Fan), IN SAFE HANDS throws us deep into the milieu of the French social assistance services where the fate of one baby boy exposes the conflicting conundrums faced by many women – those giving up their babies and those desperate to have their own. When baby Theo’s birth mother surrenders him to adoption, child protection services, and officers such as Karine (Sandrine...
30) 35 Shots of Rum
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Deutsch
Description
From renowned director of *High Life*, Claire Denis' sublime 35 SHOTS OF RUM is the moving story of a father and daughter whose close-knit, tender relationship is disrupted by a handsome young suitor. Sumptuously filmed and featuring an evocative score by Tindersticks, 35 SHOTS OF RUM casts a unique spell. Official Selection at the **Venice Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
Bravely managing her late husband’s shipping business, Louise also takes care of her disabled daughter Julia. After covering up Julia’s accidental murder of her drug-dealing boyfriend, Louise is blackmailed by his best friend Ben. Initially hostile, Louise gets to know Ben and is startled to find that they have more in common than either would expect. As their connection deepens and danger gets closer, the line between fear and protection starts...
32) Barbara
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
An actress, Brigitte, is preparing to play famous French songstress, BARBARA in a new film. Brigitte works on her character, studying Barbara's voice, her songs, gestures and the way she carried herself. Eventually, the character of BARBARA starts to take her over. As things progress, Yves, the director becomes infatuated with her -- but does his infatuation lie with Brigitte the actress, or BARBARA?
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Français
Description
Hilarious and frequently surreal, the stop-motion extravaganza A TOWN CALLED PANIC has endless charms and raucous laughs for children from eight to eighty. PANIC stars three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and Horse who share a rambling house in a rural town that never fails to attract the weirdest events. Cowboy and Indian’s plan to gift Horse with a homemade barbeque backfires when they accidentally buy 50 million bricks. This sets off a perilously...
34) Sol
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Français
Description
Sol, a famous Argentine Tango performer, has lived in Buenos Aires for many years. Behind her excessive temper and her glowing smile, the Diva hides an injury from which she never really recovered: the loss of her only son, Raphaël.
35) Far from Men
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
Viggo Mortensen stars as a reclusive teacher who must help a wanted man escape into the mountains during the Algerian War.
36) Le Chef
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Français
Description
Self-taught aspiring chef Jacky (Michaël Youn) has the talent, but not the luck. Star chef Alexandre Lagarde (Jean Reno) is in danger of losing his reputation, along with his beloved restaurant. Fate brings the two together and helps them along a journey through the intoxicating world of French haute-cuisine. Premiered at the **Berlin International Film Festival.** *"An amusing soufflé of a comedy that pokes fun at foodies while honoring the art...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
From the visionary mind of François Ozon comes this one-of-a-kind gender-bending melodrama, which both shocks and delights in equal measure. THE NEW GIRLFRIEND blends the macabre with a heartfelt romance in the tale of soft-spoken Claire and her love affair with a mysterious stranger. After mourning the loss of Laura, Claire comes across Laura's husband David dressed head-to-toe in his wife's clothes. Unsure whether his new guise is the result of...
38) En guerre
Publisher
Mk2 Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
Despite heavy financial sacrifices on the part of their employees and record profits that year, the management of Perrin Industries decides to shut down a factory. The 1100 employees, led by their spokesman Laurent Amédéo, decide to fight this brutal decision, ready to do everything to save their jobs.
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
Indochina, 1945. Robert Tassen, a young French soldier is the only survivor of a massacre where his brother perished before his eyes. Blinded by vengeance, Robert engages in a solitary and secret quest to find the assassins. But his meeting with Maï, a young Indochinese woman, will change his beliefs. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Français
Description
In this darkly erotic drama from cult filmmaker Jeanne Labrune, Oscar-nominee Isabelle Huppert (*Elle, The Piano Teacher*) stars as a high-class prostitute named Alice who serves up sexual fantasies for her clientele, from schoolgirl innocence to S&M. Fed up with the seamy underbelly of French masculinity, Alice crosses paths with Xavier, a neurotic psychoanalyst facing a marriage crisis. The two quickly realize their professions share a thing or...
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