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  • 36 (2004)
    Review preview for 36

    Directed by Olivier Marchal, an ex-cop himself, the film looks terrific.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Power play and dirty tricks in the French police force.
  • Days Of Glory (2006)
    Review preview for Days Of Glory

    Days of Glory is a great film, thoroughly deserving of the award attention that it has received.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Four North African men join the French army to fight the Nazis, but will their deeds be remembered?
  • The Edge Of The Blade (2023)
    Review preview for The Edge Of The Blade

    Perez manages the set-piece confrontations with precision and a nail-biting suspense.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    Paris, 1887. Duels have been officially outlawed but are still regular practice. This historical drama is set against that backdrop.
  • Filles Uniques (2002)
    Review preview for Filles Uniques

    Watching the two women find common ground, and then wreak havoc upon it, is what makes this otherwise unremarkable film worthwhile.

    Claire Sawers · 3 out of 5
    A female friendship develops between a strait-laced Parisian judge and a shoplifter.
  • The Girl With A Bracelet (2019)
    Review preview for The Girl With A Bracelet

    This is the sort of story that will be familiar to viewers of the likes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as the lifestyle of the accused is put on trial as much as her actions.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Courtroom drama about a teenager caught up in a murder case.
  • Giraffada (2013)
    Review preview for Giraffada

    A pleasant enough story with much to engage younger members of the family.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3 out of 5
    A bond develops between a child and a giraffe.
  • The Girl From Monaco (2008)
    Review preview for The Girl From Monaco

    Anne Fontaine and co-scribe Benoît Graffin simply cannot make up their minds.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A lawyer in a high-profile trial falls for a local weathergirl... much to the concern of the bodyguard who has been hired to protect him.
  • Happy Few (2010)
    Review preview for Happy Few

    The moneyed, beautiful bourgeoisie cooly emoting the eloquent travails of a menage á quatre.

    Paul Griffiths · 3 out of 5
    Life becomes complicated when two respectable Parisian couples decide to start sleeping together.
  • London River (2009)
    Review preview for London River

    Emotional explorations are the life-blood of London River, but it is clogged up by the weight of sorrow running through it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Two parents from very different backgrounds hunt their missing children after the London terror attacks.
  • Monsieur N (2003)
    Review preview for Monsieur N

    The cast aren't helped by René Manzor's confused script that takes a blatantly humourous premise far too seriously and then is unsure whether to turn it into a weighty drama, or a twisty thriller.

    David Haviland · 2 out of 5
    The last years of Napoleon's life.
  • Oh Mercy! (2019)
    Review preview for Oh Mercy!

    Based on Mosco Boucault’s documentary Roubaix, Commissariat Central, and using the actual interrogation transcripts, Desplechin shoots for a different tone.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A police chief in northern France tries to solve a case where an old woman was brutally murdered.
  • Other People's Children (2022)
    Review preview for Other People's Children

    As richly drawn as it is delicately handled.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.
  • Point Blank (2010)
    Review preview for Point Blank

    While Sartet's back story is as pulpy as they come, it's the delivery that matters and in terms of action thrills, Cavayé never takes his foot off the throttle.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    An ordinary nurse defies all odds to help an injured gangster escape from the hospital where he works in order to save his kidnapped, pregnant wife.

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