French Film Festival — A–Z of films

A sugary delight with a delightfully bitter aftertaste.

Sautet's film offers an interesting snapshot of shifting sands in the Seventies sexual revolution.

Dosch uses the true story to make wider observations about the often fraught relationships between humans and animals.

Audiard has assembled a remarkable team of actors

The problem is that the new Emmanuelle is as completely unsexy, cold and sterile as the environment the titular protagonist inhabits.

The action is pacy but that doesn’t mean Courvoisier skims the surface.

Even if the result is not ultimately very surprising, it’s well handled, with a mature understanding and a depth of commitment to character.

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

Last Tango In Paris is perhaps Brando's last truly great film, and bringing him together as it does with Bertolucci, it's something which no lover of film can afford to miss.

The two siblings bond and the disparate threads of their relationship prove immensely touching as they ruminate on the lost years and chances.

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

Deray makes his characters sweat metaphorically as well as physically as his film morphs from erotic romance into psychological thriller.

There is a feeling of being in a constant movement, with cars and buildings whizzing by as Souleymane is rushing through the city, either riding his bike, or running from one type of public transport to the next.