Films in the French language
Certification12
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Elsa, a woman with a long history of depression, in the midst of a divorce from her husband of twelve years, develops an obsession with a seven year old girl she sees at a birthday party when she comes to pick up her son Thomas. Determined to find out more about the girl, Elsa uses Thomas as a way into the girl's family, by helping a friendship develop between Thomas and th find out more...
Certification15
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Certification15
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An assassin caught between the KGB and the CIA plays the two against each other in an attempt to reclaim her life in ANNA; a sophisticated and satisfying action-thriller written and directed by Luc Besson. ANNA POLIATOVA (Sasha Luss) is discovered by a modelling scout while selling tchotchkes at a craft market and is whisked off to Paris where she becomes an instant sensati find out more...
Certification15
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Recovering from a car accident and in the grips of delirious illusion, Anna, a young, gentle and shy young woman, convinces herself that her orthopedic surgeon is fervently in love with her. Nothing can shake her certainty, but her initial hope becomes resentment and is swiftly followed by hatred.
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Certification12
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Certification15
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Lisa and Julien are a blissfully married couple, leading an idyllic life together with their young son Oscar. Tragically, as is so often the case with these celluloid nirvana' s, Lisa is wrongfully arrested for a brutal murder and sentenced to 20 years behind bars. Julien may only be a humble teacher but he is a driven man; to gain his wife her freedom whatever it takes and regardless of the potential consequences. Anything for her is a slick stylish thriller that snorts loudly in the face of pl
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Certification15
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A quality cast of notable French actors feature in this elegantly scripted tale of love tangles. 30-year old Lola is torn between David and Tom, thus precipitating a waltz of break-ups, make-ups and betrayals. Some might regard it all as a Gallic Gold Blend advert, others as an intense drama!
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Certification15
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A random act of kindness snowballs into vivid proof that "no good deed goes unpunished". Antoine (Auteuil), a restaurant headwaiter, takes a shortcut through a park one night and spots Louis, a despondent, lovelorn stranger, attempting to kill himself. Antoine intervenes - despite Louis' vehement protests - and hustles him home to his flat. It isn't long before Antoine decided to fix all that is wrong in Louis's life. He artfully intercepts a suicide note sent to Louis's grandparents, riotously
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Certification18
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Part docu-drama, part bodice-ripper, this is the story of the daughter of renowned painter Orazio Gentileschi. Although sharing her father's passion for art, the seventeen-year-old Artemisia is frustated by the patriarchal constraints of 17th Century Italy, which forbids women from studying at the Academy. Eventually allowed by her father to study alongside radical painter Agostino Tassi, events spiral out of control when Artemisia's interest in her mentor takes a more personal turn. Superb cost
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CertificationU
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Taking man's inhumanity to man as its central theme, 'Au Hasard Balthazar' traces the life of a donkey, christened Balthazar by a group of young children, from birth to death. Balthazar's story begins on a small farm in a rural district of France. Throughout his life he is owned by many of the locals, returning to some of them more than once, and is set various tasks, from drawing a carriage to performing in a circus, turning a grindstone to acting as a smuggler's means of transport. Some owners
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CertificationPG
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In a Catholic boarding school during the Nazi occupation of France, Julien Quietin, played by Gaspard Manesse as the character based around Malle, is no ordinary student, he is intelligent and different from the others. A new student arrives at the school one day and becomes a sort of intellectual rival to Julien, but, after some early hostilities, the boys begin to connect and eventually become good friends. Malle does not rely on overly dramatic sequences where not necessary as a way to build
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Certification15
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A skilfully worked road movie/love story. Bruno (Attal), is an insecure young man who foolishly hijacks a school bus to show his love for his girlfriend - to the consternation of the authorities and the bewildered passengers. Attal is excellent, and manages to win the sympathy of all involved. Also starring the enchanting and infuriatingly unavailable Charlotte Gainsbourg.
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Certification15
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Azur is the blue-eyed fair-haired child, Asmar his olive-skinned soulmate, one wet-nursed by and the other the natural child of an Arab slave in the Christian West. After years of seperation, and as young adults, the two meet again, this time in an Arab world of souks, vivid textiles, beautiful gardens, technology, elaborate palaces and smiling people. Now they both seek the same goal, to rescue and marry the legendary Djinn fairy.
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Certification15
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Two girls embark on a road trip of destruction after being brutally raped. No longer interested in the consequences of their actions this at times plays like Thelma and Louise on crack, but while the imagery is slick and the scenes of sex and violence are some of the most graphic you'll ever legitimately see, 'Baise-Moi' is ultimately more fascinating for it's controversy than it is as a film... leaves you gasping on occasion mind.
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Certification15
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A wonderfully serene and charming comedy, the third instalment of the saga of Antoine Doinel, in which he wanders into a job as a private investigator, and then falls hopelessly and unrealistically in love with a client's wife. Classically Truffaut, with a gentle, wandering narrative, fantastic cinematography (Paris the summer of 1968) and some very funny dialogue. A real corker.
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CertificationPG
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In the shared courtyard of a house in Mali's capital, two interlocking trials take place, one describes the disintegration of a couple's marriage, the other the inept and deceitful policies of the World Bank and the IMF; but as pleas for common sense and decency swirl through the building, the simple necessity of life continues to dominate the communal courtyard. Both a beautifully observed drama and a keenly knowing satire, Bamako is an eminently watchable piece of modern African cinema.
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CertificationPG
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Franz and Arthur team up with an innocent young girl, Odile, and decide to plan a heist, but as the trio cruise the bars and cafes of Paris hatching the perfect crime it becomes apparent, in their less than professional approach, that everything may not go as smoothly as at first hoped. The Outsiders is a tongue-in-cheek homage to early American pulp crime flicks, fast paced and free spirited, Godard's film retains much of its freshness and excitement.
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Certification15
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Two of France's most prolific stars join forces in this dark and stylish thriller, with Depardieu as a petty criminal who finds himself in over his head after killing a boxer. Adjani is magnetic as the girlfriend forced to go undercover with her man, as the pair are dragged deeper into danger. Gripping, modern film noir.
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Certification15
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A sergeant-major finds himself threatened by the heroism of an attractive new recruit and, fuelled by resentment, envy and hate, becomes obsessed with plotting the young man's downfall. Though little is spelt out explicitly in this tale of repressed emotion leading to murderous jealousy, the film is accessible and clear throughout. The director's concerns are with how a wide open colonial outpost may become a prison, how men cope with an all-male society and how the physical can mirror the metap
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