Francois Ozon
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Français
Description
In Potiche, it's 1977 and women's liberation is in the air but Suzanne (Catherine Deneuve) is still the self-effacing, elegant housewife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol (Fabrice Luchini). Pujol oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally tyrannical with his children and and trophy housewife; When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. To everyone's surprise, she proves herself...
2) Summer of 85
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
Français
Formats
Description
When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams. But will the dream last for more than one summer?
3) Double Lover
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Français
Description
Crafting a deliriously cinematic web of suspense, shock, eroticism, and power dynamics, writer/director François Ozon returns to master the thriller genre with DOUBLE LOVER. Chloé, who works as a guard at a museum in Paris, seeks to shore up her resiliency and enters psychoanalysis. Following the end of the treatment with psychiatrist Paul Meyer, both realize that they have fallen in love. A new chapter begins for Chloé when she and Paul move in...
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...
5) Frantz
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, FRANTZ recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war's "lost generation": Anna, a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien, a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz's grave. Adrien's presence is met with resistance...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
Français
Formats
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 International...
8) Ricky
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Français
Description
When Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, an ordinary man, something magical and miraculous happens: they fall in love. Out of their love comes an extraordinary baby: Ricky.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Français
Description
After a struggling actress stands trial for the murder of a lascivious producer in 1930s Paris, she ascends to scandalous stardom with her lawyer roommate. A new life of fame, wealth, and tabloid celebrity awaits - until the truth comes out.
11) Peter Von Kant
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
Based on the Rainer Werner Fassbinder classic, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, François Ozon's unique retelling finds Peter Von Kant, a successful, famous director, who lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means. He offers to share his apartment and help Amir break into the world of cinema...
12) In The House
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Français
Description
A teenage boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student and writes about their family in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion unleashes a series of uncontrollable events. Nominated for 6 **César Awards** including Best Actor (Fabrice Luchini), Best Director, and Best Film. Winner of the International Critics' Award at the **Toronto...
13) Five Times Two
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
A young couple, Gilles and Marion in their 30's, filmed in five crucial parts of their life.
14) Under the Sand
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
Marie is deeply in love with her husband, Jean. One day while vacationing at the seashore, Jean disappears into the ocean. A distraught Marie notifies the authorities, but sadly, they find no trace of her beloved husband. Later, back in Paris, Marie attends a dinner party hosted by her friend Amanda ; over the course of dinner, it emerges that Marie and Jean had been married for 25 years. Marie speaks of Jean as if he were still alive, something that...
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Français
Description
Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich, and in love, but drugs have invaded their lives. After Louis' fatal overdose, Mousse soon learns she is pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse escapes to a beautiful beach house far from Paris and is soon joined in her refuge by Louis' gay brother, Paul. The two strangers gradually develop an unusual and deeply moving relationship as Ozon continues his unique exploration of the nature of family and blood ties.
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
François Ozon's psychological drama about Claire, a young woman whose closest friend since childhood, Lea, passes away, leaving behind her husband, David and a newborn baby. One day Claire drops by David's house unexpectedly, and finds him feeding his baby with a bottle while dressed in his dead wife's clothes. He explains that Lea was aware of his predilection, and his relief that he's able to share his secret with someone moves both of them to...
17) Under the sand
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Français
Description
For many years, Marie and Jean have happily spent their vacations together at their country house. One day at the beach, Marie naps in the sand while Jean goes for a swim. When she awakens, he is gone. Did he drown? Did he run off? Distraught, Marie notifies the authorities. But after an extensive search, no body is found, and Marie is left in a painful limbo, unable to properly grieve for her lost love.
18) Double lover
Publisher
Entertainment One Film USA
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
Chloe, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Français
Description
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
20) Frantz
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
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Description
Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War (1914-1918), the film recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war's 'lost generation': Anna, a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien, a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz's grave.
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