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1) The Midwife
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Two of French cinema's biggest stars shine in this bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire (Catherine Frot), a hardworking midwife, and the lively mistress (Catherine Deneuve) of Claire's deceased father. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival**.
Series
Criterion collection volume 5
Publisher
Jenus films/Home Vision Cinema
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
Français
Description
The partially autobiographical story of a young boy who turns to crime when left to his own devices in an indifferent adult world.
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Language
English
Description
Featuring the voices of Oscar-winner Whoopi Goldberg and Oscar-nominee James Woods, "Mia and the Migoo" is a stunningly beautiful, hand-painted animated feature film. Pedro leaves his poor village and finds work drilling a tunnel through an area of exceptional natural beauty that is to become a luxurious hotel complex. But mysterious forces are working against the project. When a landslide blocks the entrance to the tunnel, Pedro is left trapped....
5) Bonobo
Publisher
Salaud Morisset
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
When the elevator of their public housing breaks down, the fates of Felix, a disabled pensioner, Ana, a single mother struggling with her move and Seydou, a young man passionate about dance intertwine towards an explosive ending where their limits will be tested.
7) Sacrilege
Publisher
Salaud Morisset
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
Saoud is the king of his neighborhood in Saint Etienne, France. A rumor comes up that he might have stolen money from the local mosque. Saoud faces a violent series of accusations which will lead to his fall and exile.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Jean-Luc Godard provides social commentary during a montage of digitally altered, color-saturated film clips. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*A dense visual and aural collage that I've seen twice and expect to see several times more.*" - Manohla Dargis, ***The New York Times***
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
In a desolate stretch of the Sahara, a mysterious car accident leaves a young woman lost and alone. Jake, a reclusive architect, finds her unconscious. He drives her to the nearest doctor, to discover that she's suffering from post-traumatic amnesia. Intoxicated by the woman's beauty, Jake claims to be her husband. He names her Kitty and takes her to his remote desert home to recuperate.
As Kitty struggles to come to grips with who she is, Jake
...Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, starring Jeanne Moreau (Jules and Jim) and Gérard Philipe (La Ronde), is a provocative adaptation of the classic novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Updated to present-day France by director Roger Vadim (Barbarella), the film follows Valmont (Philipe) and Juliette (Moreau) as they manipulate each other into having extra-marital affairs. Juliette points Valmont towards the 16-year-old Cécile (Jeanne Valérie), since she...
Publisher
Michael Blackwood Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Filmed in 1983, AZNAVOUR: BREAKING AMERICA documents French "pop deity" Charles Aznavour as he moves his family from France to Los Angeles, while also attempting to make his name known to the masses in America. Known as "France's Frank Sinatra", we hear Aznavour's distinguished tenor voice as we follow him to rehearsals, recording his songs in english, and performing on Broadway. Within this film Charles' passion for his songs and stage work is displayed....
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
In this Parisian bitter sweet romance from Cédric Klapisch, warehouse employee Rémy (François Civil) and research assistant Mélanie (Ana Girardot) have never met, but they live parallel lives: they reside in neighboring apartment buildings, ride the same subway route, and are troubled by bouts of insomnia and depression. Their days punctuated by unfulfilling jobs, they seek meaningful romantic and platonic connection. As they stumble through psychotherapy,...
14) My Best Part
Publisher
Altered Innocence
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
Nicolas Maury (CALL MY AGENT, KNIFE+HEART) stars in this Cannes Official Competition coming-of-age dramedy as Jérémie, a hypersensitive struggling actor with an uncontrollable green-eyed monster on his back. Grappling with personal loss, a love life in shambles, and a faltering career, Jérémie turns to his clear-headed mother for support (ten-time César Award nominee Nathalie Baye) in this auspicious, often touching, directorial debut.
Publisher
levelFILM
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A group of 40-something men, all on the verge of a mid-life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first ever all-male synchronized swimming team. Braving the skepticism and ridicule of those around them, the group set out an unlikely adventure. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for several **César Awards**, including Best Picture. *"Selling a tragic-to-triumphant story arc repurposed from any number of similar crowd-pleasers,...
16) 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
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 meditation...
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...
19) Nose
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
The prestigious House of Dior opened its doors to access the wonders of perfume creation.
20) 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.
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