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La Piscine and Holy Cow!
All Your Faces
(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Jeanne Herry; Writer: Jeanne Herry; Stars: Birane Ba, Leïla Bekhti, Anne Benoît, Dali Benssalah, Élodie Bouchez, Suliane Brahim, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Gilles Lellouche, Miou-Miou, Pascal Sangla, Fred Testot, Denis Podalydès, Raphaël Quenard, Sébastien Houbani)
Drama about victims of violent crime and perpetrators, who meet up in a restorative justice.
Amal
(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2023; Director: Jawad Rhalib; Writer: Jawad Rhalib, David Lambert, Chloé Leonil; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Kenza Benbouchta, Ethelle Gonzalez-Lardued, Johan Heldenberg, Babetida Sadjo, Medhy Khachachi)
Amal, a teacher in a Brussels school, encourages her pupils to cultivate a love of reading and freedom of expression, even if it means putting herself in danger.
And The Party Goes On (Et la fête continue)
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2023; Director: Robert Guédiguian; Writer: Robert Guédiguian, Serge Valletti; Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Lola Naymark, Robinson Stévenin, Gérard Meylan, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Alice Da Luz, Pauline Caupenne, Jacques Boudet, Yann Trégouët, Adrien Jolivet, Xavier Mathieu, Miveck Packa, Julie Lucazeau, Cathy Darietto)
A middle-aged matriarch gets a new lease of life after meeting a man as she approaches retirement.
Animal Tales Of Christmas Magic
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Camille Alméras, Ceylan Beyoglu, Natalia Chernysheva, Haruna Kishi, Caroline Attia Larivière, Olesya Shchukina; Writer: Camille Alméras, Ceylan Beyoglu, Natalia Chernysheva, Haruna Kishi, Caroline Attia Larivière, Olesya Shchukina)
Animated tale.
Boléro
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Anne Fontaine; Writer: Anne Fontaine, Claire Barré, Pierre Trividic, Jacques Fieschi, Frere Jean-Pierre Longeat, Marcel Marnat; Stars: Raphaël Personnaz, Doria Tillier, Jeanne Balibar, Emmanuelle Devos, Vincent Perez, Sophie Guillemin, Alexandre Tharaud, Florence Ben Sadoun, Mélodie Adda, Katia Tchenko, Serge Riaboukine, Constance Verluca, Joniece Jamison, Jelle De Beule, Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc)
The Crime Is Mine and Last Tango In Paris
Coup De Chance
(Country: France, US, UK; Year: 2023; Director: Woody Allen; Writer: Woody Allen; Stars: Lou de Laâge, Valérie Lemercier, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Schneider, Grégory Gadebois, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Elsa Zylberstein, Anne Loiret, Sara Martins, Arnaud Viard, William Nadylam, Jeanne Bournaud, Yannick Choirat, Philippe Uchan, Benoît Forgeard)
A perfect couple's idyll is threatened when the woman crosses paths with an old high school friend.
The Crime Is Mine
(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: François Ozon; Writer: François Ozon, Philippe Piazzo, based on the play by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil; Stars: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Madeleine Verdier, Rebecca Marder, Pauline Mauléon, Isabelle Huppert, Danny Boon, Andre Dussollier)
When a glamorous but talentless young actress is accused of murdering a sleazy producer, her aspiring lawyer friend spies a money-making opportunity.
César And Rosalie
(Country: France, Italy, West Germany; Year: 1972; Director: Claude Sautet; Writer: Jean-Loup Dabadie, Claude Sautet, Claude Néron; Stars: Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey, Bernard Le Coq, Eva Maria Meineke, Henri-Jacques Huet, Isabelle Huppert, Gisela Hahn, Betty Beckers, Hervé Sand, Jacques Dhéry, Pippo Merisi, Carlo Nell, Carole Lixon, Dimitri Petricenko)
A love triangle between a woman and two very different men is explored in typically French fashion.
Day For Night (La Nuit américaine)
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 1973; Director: François Truffaut; Writer: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman; Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Nike Arrighi, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez, Gaston Joly, Zénaïde Rossi)
Problems occur among the cast and crew during the shooting of a film about a married woman who has a fling with the father of her French husband.
Dog On Trial (Le Proces Du Chien)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Laetitia Dosch; Writer: Anne-Sophie Bailly, Laetitia Dosch; Stars: Laetitia Dosch, Anabela Moreira, Anne Dorval, François Damiens, Pierre Deladonchamps, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Christian Dustour)
A young lawyer tries to save a dog from capital punishment.
Emmanuelle and The Marching Band
Elementary
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Claire Simon)
Documentary about teachers' devotion to their students.
Emilia Perez
(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2024; Director: Jacques Audiard; Writer: Jacques Audiard; Stars: Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, Edgar Ramírez, Karla Sofía Gascón, Adriana Paz, James Gerard, Shiraz Tzarfati, Agathe Bokja, Marie-Elisabeth Robert, Stéphane Ly-Cuong, Eric Geynes, Anabel Lopez, Eduardo Aladro, Line Phé, Cyrus Khodaveisi)
A lawyer gets an offer to help a cartel boss start a new life.
Emmanuelle
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Audrey Diwan; Writer: Emmanuelle Arsan, Audrey Diwan, Rebecca Zlotowski; Stars: Naomi Watts, Jamie Campbell Bower, Noémie Merlant, Will Sharpe, Isabella Wei, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Chacha Huang, Andrea Dolente, Adrienne Lau, Agathe Bokja, Adam Pak, Bianca Lau, Txomin Vergez, Carole Franck, Andrew Sit-Chun Tse)
Emmanuelle is in search of a lost pleasure. She flies alone to Hong Kong on a business trip. In this sensual global city, where she initiates numerous encounters, she meets Kei, a man who constantly eludes her.
Everybody Loves Touda
(Country: Morocco; Year: 2024; Director: Nabil Ayouch; Writer: Nabil Ayouch, Maryam Touzani; Stars: Nisrin Erradi, Jalila Talemsi)
A singer plans to build a better future for her son.
Faithful
(Country: France, Belgium, Algeria; Year: 2020; Director: Hélier Cisterne; Writer: Joseph Andras, Antoine Barraud, Hélier Cisterne, Katell Quillévéré; Stars: Vincent Lacoste, Vicky Krieps, Jules Langlade, Marc Brunet, Thomas Ducasse, Jeanne Carré, Raphaël Thiéry, Yoann Zimmer, Meriem Medjkane, Abdelah Besseghir, Eric Borgen, Jacques Mazeran, Malik Benchiha, Madi Belem, Bertrand Bossard)
1956. Algeria is a French colony. Fernand and Hélène are madly in love. Fernand is an activist, fighting for independence alongside the Algerians. Hélène is fighting for Fernand’s life.
Julie Keeps Quiet and Dog On Trial
Filmlovers! (Spectateurs)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Arnaud Desplechin; Writer: Arnaud Desplechin; Stars: Milo Machado-Graner, Mathieu Amalric, Françoise Lebrun, Micha Lescot, Salif Cissé, Olga Milshtein)
A film enthusiast follows the footsteps of Paul Dédalus.
Holy Cow! (Vingt Dieux!)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Louise Courvoisier; Writer: Louise Courvoisier, Théo Abadie; Stars: Clément Faveau, Maïwène Barthelemy, Luna Garret, Mathis Bertrand, Dimitry Baudry), Trailer
After the sudden death of his father an 18-year-old finds himself looking after his sister... and changing his life.
It's Raining Men
(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Caroline Vignal; Writer: Caroline Vignal, Noémie de Lapparent; Stars: Laure Calamy, Vincent Elbaz, Suzanne De Baecque, Sylvain Katan, Laurent Poitrenaux, Ismaël Sy Savané, Nicolas Godart, Alexandre Steiger, Zoé Richard, Daphné Crépieux, Pascal Rénéric, Myriem Akheddiou, Sarah Touffic Othman-Schmitt, César de Gouvello, Antoine Abinal)
Iris has an idyllic life but, as she nears 50 a stranger's suggestion that she 'take a lover' leads her to register for a dating app with unexpected consequences.
Julie Keeps Quiet (Julie zwijgt)
(Country: Belgium, Sweden; Year: 2024; Director: Leonardo van Dijl; Writer: Ruth Becquart, Leonardo van Dijl; Stars: Tessa Van den Broeck, Grace Biot, Alyssa Lorette, Ruth Becquart, Koen De Bouw, Pierre Gervais, Claire Bodson, Laurent Caron)
As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet…
Last Tango In Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi, Le Dernier Tango à Paris)
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 1972; Director: Bernardo Bertolucci; Writer: Bernardo Bertolucci; Stars: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Maria Michi)
Two strangers meet in a empty apartment and begin a passionate but anonymous affair.
Souleymane's Story and One Fine Morning
A Man And A Woman (Un homme et une femme)
(Country: France; Year: 1966; Director: Claude Lelouch; Writer: Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven; Stars: Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh, Valérie Lagrange, Antoine Sire, Souad Amidou, Henri Chemin, Yane Barry, Paul Le Person, Simone Paris, Gérard Sire)
A widow and a widower find solace in friendship.
Marcello Mio
(Year: 2024; Director: Christophe Honoré)
Chiara Mastroianni plays a version of herself as she interrogates the legacy of her father Marcello Mastroianni.
The Marching Band (En Fanfare)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Emmanuel Courcol; Writer: Emmanuel Courcol, Irène Muscari; Stars: Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin, Ludmila Mikaël, Jacques Bonnaffé, Sarah Suco, Nathalie Desrumaux)
A conductor discovers he was adopted and has a younger sibling.
Maria
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Jessica Palud; Writer: Jessica Palud, Laurette Polmanss, Vanessa Schneider; Stars: Hugo Becker, Marie Gillain, Yvan Attal, Anamaria Vartolomei, Giuseppe Maggio, Céleste Brunnquell, Stanislas Merhar, Aurélie Garault, Annaig Briand, Alexandre Ionescu, Patrice Tepasso, Swann Dupont, Jérémy Charvet)
Consideration of the life and career of Last Tango In Paris star Maria Schneider.
Maybe More
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Olivier Ducray, Wilfried Méance; Writer: Jean-Paul Bathany, Olivier Ducray, Wilfried Méance, Cesc Gay; Stars: Isabelle Carré, Bernard Campan, Julia Faure, Pablo Pauly, Florès Cardo, Jeanne Peltier Lanovsky, Léa Nauleau, Angel)
Emilia Perez and César And Rosalie
Mousey (Maoussi)
(Director: Charlotte Schioler)
One Fine Morning
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Mia Hansen-Løve; Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Nicole Garcia, Pascal Greggory, Kester Lovelace, Ema Zampa)
A woman who is raising her daughter alone and looking after her dad, who has a degenerative disease, embarks on a passionate affair.
One Year, One Night
(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2022; Director: Isaki Lacuesta; Writer: Fran Araújo, Isa Campo, Ramón González; Stars: Alba Guilera, Miko Jarry, Noémie Merlant, Quim Gutiérrez, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Natalia de Molina, Sophie Broustal, Enric Auquer, Bruno Todeschini, Mike F. Pamphile, José Javier Domínguez, Blanca Apilánez, C. Tangana, Jean-Louis Tilburg, Alex Moreu Garriga)
Céline and Ramón, a young couple who survived the Bataclan terrorist attack, struggle to regain a sense of normality.
La Piscine (Swimming Pool)
(Country: France; Year: 1969; Director: Jacques Deray; Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Emmanuel Conil, Jacques Deray; Stars: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin, Paul Crauchet, Steve Eckardt, Maddly Bamy, Suzie Jaspard, Thierry Chabert, Stéphanie Fugain)
A couple's idyllic summer break is interrupted by the arrival of an old flame and his daughter.
The President's Wife (Bernadette)
(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Léa Domenach; Writer: Clémence Dargent, Léa Domenach; Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Denis Podalydès, Michel Vuillermoz, Sara Giraudeau, Laurent Stocker, François Vincentelli, Lionel Abelanski, Artus, Scali Delpeyrat, Barbara Schulz, Vincent Primault, Olivier Balazuc, Maud Wyler, Jacky Nercessian, Olivier Breitman)
Comedy based on actual events that unfolded in the life of French president Jacques Chirac and his wife Bernadette.
One Year, One Night and Le Temps D'aimer
Rise
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Cédric Klapisch; Writer: Cédric Klapisch; Stars: Marion Barbeau)
Reeling in the wake of devastating physical and emotional injuries a ballerina Elise slowly rebuilds her life
Savages (Sauvages)
(Country: Switzerland, France, Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Claude Barras; Writer: Claude Barras, Nancy Huston, Morgan Navarro; Stars: Babette De Coster, Martin Verset, Laetitia Dosch, Benoît Poelvoorde, Pierre-Isaïe Duc, Michel Vuillermoz, Gaël Faye, Sailyvia Paysan)
Stop-motion animation about a girl and an orangutan facing up to deforestation in Borneo.
Seeds Of Hope
(Country: Democratic Republic of Congo, UK; Year: 2013; Director: Fiona Lloyd-Davies)
Filmed over three years, this documentary takes us into the lives of Congolese women and children.
Souleymane's Story (L’Histoire de Souleymane, The Story of Souleymane)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Boris Lojkine; Writer: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut; Stars: Abou Sangare, Nina Meurisse, Alpha Oumar Sow
Emmanuel Yovanie, Younoussa Diallo)
Two days in the life of a bike delivery guy who is trying to get asylum.
Le Temps D'aimer
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2023; Director: Katell Quillévéré; Writer: Katell Quillévéré, Gilles Taurand; Stars: Anaïs Demoustier, Vincent Lacoste, Christian Starr Lassen, Thibault Maunoury)
A hotel waitress, who has a young child, meets a rich student. The relationship between them quickly becomes intense, but over time it is evident that the student is trying to escape by entangling her destiny with his.
Toni
(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Nathan Ambrosioni; Writer: Nathan Ambrosioni; Stars: Camille Cottin, Léa Lopez, Thomas Gioria, Louise Labèque, Oscar Pauleau, Juliane Lepoureau, Catherine Mouchet, Guillaume Gouix, Florence Muller, Saadia Bentaïeb, Benoît Giros, Caroline Espargilière, Louis-Aubry Longerais, Eric Fardeau, Cyrille De Gonzalgue)
A former pop sensation and single mother of five must, along with her lively brood, must adapt to a moment of collective transformation.
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