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- DirectorCédric KlapischStarsFabrice LuchiniDaniel BerliouxMarc BermanA typical French department store: Les Grandes Galeries. All kind of things can be found in there, as well as all kinds of people. Mr Lepetit has just been appointed General Manager of the company.
- DirectorRémi BezançonStarsVincent ElbazMarion CotillardGilles LelloucheWill the fear of flying rob a man of his second chance for love?
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsÉvelyne DandryFrançois MarthouretMarina de VanThe adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and how much do you want-masochist tendencies, and the intrusion of a very free-spirited maid and her husband it all starts with the arrival of an innocent-looking rat.
- DirectorGérard JugnotStarsGérard JugnotVictoria AbrilValérie LemercierComing from France, a couple in crisis offers themselves a second honeymoon on an island off the Balkans, without knowing that a civil war is brewing in the region.
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsYves MontandMichel AlbertiniRoland AmstutzConspiracy thriller inspired by the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. After a fictional president is assassinated, a determined, tough prosecutor investigates the emerging conspiracy behind it.
- DirectorMichel BoujenahStarsPhilippe NoiretCharles BerlingBruno PutzuluAn old man comes up with a subterfuge to reconcile his estranged sons.
- DirectorCharles NemesStarsEric JudorRamzy BediaMarina FoïsTwo brave but brainless window cleaners try to escape the Montparnasse tower in Paris during a hostage situation.
- DirectorSerge GainsbourgStarsJane BirkinJoe DallesandroHugues QuesterPetite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on garbage-truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.Gainsbourg's only decent full-fledged movie IMHO (for fans only)
- DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de OliveiraA retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorJean-Claude BrisseauStarsVanessa ParadisBruno CremerLudmila MikaëlFrancois, 49, is a happily married teacher. Concerned that rebellious student Mathilde is going to be expelled he sets out to help her but is soon drawn into a passionate relationship with her which has devastating consequences.Some nudity (but not much). This was an unsettling film for Vanessa Paradis to act in.
- DirectorJean-François RichetStarsArco Descat C.Jean-Marie RobertMalik ZeggouYoung people and their chances of creating a loving life.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsMarcel DalioNora GregorPaulette DubostA bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsAlain DelonRomy SchneiderMaurice RonetLovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter, Penelope, to stay. Tension rises between them, especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope.
- DirectorRené GoscinnyHenri GruelMorrisStarsRoger CarelGeorges AtlasDaniel CeccaldiA wandering cowboy watches over formidable bandits who, to touch an inheritance, must eliminate the members of the jury who sentenced their uncle.
- DirectorClaude SautetStarsPatrick DewaereBrigitte FosseyJacques DufilhoBruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. His first stop is at his father's apartment.
- DirectorRégis WargnierStarsCatherine DeneuveVincent PerezLinh-Dan PhamEliane adopts Camille, whose Vietnamese parents were friends. In 1930, a French navy officer is interested in Eliane (owns 60km2 plantation) and later in Camille. There's an uprising in Vietnam against French colonial power.Rather shallow movie but beautiful surroundings
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsAnne WiazemskyJean-Pierre LéaudJuliet BertoA small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.
- DirectorJean-François RichetStarsVincent CasselCécile de FranceGérard DepardieuThe story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.Rated R (obviously)
- DirectorDidier BourdonBernard CampanStarsDidier BourdonBernard CampanPascal LégitimusThe Three Kings are about to reach the stable where the baby Jesus has just been born when, by a strange miracle, they get caught in a space/time warp and find themselves transported to three distinct spots on the planet in 2001. Obeying Divine Will, the Three Kings continue on their mission that takes them to Paris, where they finally link up again. After endless complications, gags and misunderstandings, they meet Macha, Jo and Hoeder, respectively the Mary, Joseph and Herod of modern times. But will they find a new Messiah?
- StarsRoger HaninAndréa FerréolJean-Claude DauphinLéon Lécuyer, an idealistic history student, manages to escape from the camp where he was imprisoned and comes back to Paris. He hides in his mother's apartment when the Germans, informed by an anonymous letter, storm their block. He runs away once more and leaves for Lyon. Wishing to serve his country, Léon decides to kill Pierre Laval. But he does so badly that he is arrested and condemned to ten years in prison. Meanwhile in Paris, Charles-Hubert and Julie Poissonnard, the owners of the dairy shop "Au Bon Beurre", where Léon's mother shops, thrive by speculating on people's misery, by getting supplies on the black market, by selling goods ten times what they are worth, while blatantly supporting the policies of Maréchal Pétain. But when Charles-Hubert senses the wind turning, he changes attitudes. He saves a Jew and even "organizes" the Resistance in his neighborhood. After the war, the Poissonards, richer than ever, have gained a new respectability. As for Léon, now a history teacher at Lycée Jean-Baptiste Say, he is transferred against his will for ... giving bad grades to Henri, Poissonard's son.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe NoiretMichel GalabruIsabelle HuppertAn unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career.
- DirectorPhilippe LabroStarsJean-Paul BelmondoCarla GravinaJean RochefortA heir of media empire investigates who the enemy of his family is.
- DirectorGérard JugnotStarsGérard JugnotJean-Claude LeguayJean-Yves ChatelaisFrance, 1965 - An aging mamma's boy becomes the replacement leader of a rowdy group of teenage boy scouts who make his life miserable.
- DirectorClaude ConfortèsStarsMaurice RischCatherine LeprinceRoland GiraudThe love affairs of Bob, a womanizer and seducer and Mammouth, the unhappy loner.Some nudity
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandSimone SignoretGabriele FerzettiA high-ranking official is forced to confess to high treason.