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21) Venus in Fur
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
A mysterious, sexy actress seduces and dominates an unsuspecting theater director in Roman Polanski's erotic, kinky comedy. Adapted from the Tony Award-winning play.
22) Cezanne et moi
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
This film traces the parallel paths of the careers and friendship of painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. Soon Emile had it all. Meanwhile, Cezanne rejected the Parisian scene and was ignored by his peers.
23) 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....
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...
25) Plonger
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures*
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
César and Paz are madly in love. Paz, a Spanish photographer, is always looking for new people to meet, new countries to discover, new experiences. But César, previously a war journalist, is looking for peace and quiet. Paz gets pregnant and the perspective of motherhood smothers her. Each day she becomes more distant, lost in a quest she can’t quite grasp herself. Until she suddenly leaves Cesar and their baby behind with no explanation. A...
26) Savage State
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When the American Civil War breaks out, a family of french settlers must abandon their Missouri home to flee and go back to Paris. They're escorted by a former mercenary whose troubled past soon catches up with him.
27) Little Hands
Publisher
Salaud Morisset
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
Léo is the two-year old son of the factory manager on the brink of closing. When employees discover the news, Bruno, a more radical worker who is willing to fight for his job, abducts Léo.Through a baby's point of view, “Les petites mains” explores the world through Léo's eyes as he experiences adults' violence and encounters Bruno, who gradually becomes warm-hearted by the little boy. **César Award** winner for Best Short Film.
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**.
30) 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.
31) 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.
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...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
Français
Description
Legendary French New Wave director Jacques Rivette’s intimately epic exploration of the convergence between artistry and eroticism. Edouard Frenhofer is a reclusive painter living in the French countryside with his wife. Their lives are radically upended with the arrival of a younger artist and his girlfriend, who becomes the muse that awakens Edouard’s fading passions. Rivette creates a layered character study, while also offering an immersive...
34) The Visitors
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
Français
Description
In 1122, a brave solider and his right hand man are sent to the future by a sinister witch and an absent-minded wizard. Hilarity ensues as they try to find their way back to their own time while dealing with confusion and chaos of 21st century France.
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...
37) 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**.
38) 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...
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...
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...
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