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Writer
The unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.
Director
The unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.
Screenplay
A French video artist traverses Canada on a train that takes her from the east to the west through the snow. This journey leads her to encounter the last girlfriend of her ex-husband, an internationally respected showman who is now dead. Each of the two women will try to understand how the "man of their life" loved and lived with the other. See how they dance.
Director
A French video artist traverses Canada on a train that takes her from the east to the west through the snow. This journey leads her to encounter the last girlfriend of her ex-husband, an internationally respected showman who is now dead. Each of the two women will try to understand how the "man of their life" loved and lived with the other. See how they dance.
Writer
An adopted boy who, as a taciturn adult, visits his birth mother and strikes up a relationship fraught with tension and emotion.
Director
An adopted boy who, as a taciturn adult, visits his birth mother and strikes up a relationship fraught with tension and emotion.
Director
Writer
In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.
Director
In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.
le professeur André Barth
"Julien Rossi wakes up in a hospital bed and finds he has no memory of the events that left him in a coma in the early hours of New Year's Day. Was he attacked? Or was his head injury caused in an accident? This is only the first of many mysteries Julien has to resolve. Who is Marl?ne, the beautiful woman who claims to be his girlfriend? Why doesn't his real girlfriend, Anna, return his calls? What made him walk out on his job as a leading investigative reporter? Julien relies on Lucas, his best friend and
Writer
This film, loosely inspired by Anton Chekov's The Seagull, weaves a story about sex, family and the business of making films. When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his girlfriend Lili (Swimming Pool's Ludivine Sagnier) --a sexy young local girl--to his famous actress mother Mado, and her lover Brice, an accomplished film director, an unraveling of the delicate peace in their house begins. The graceful beauty Lili, who dreams of becoming a famous actress like Mado, is immediately fascinated by Brice, who gladly falls prey to her charms.
Director
This film, loosely inspired by Anton Chekov's The Seagull, weaves a story about sex, family and the business of making films. When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his girlfriend Lili (Swimming Pool's Ludivine Sagnier) --a sexy young local girl--to his famous actress mother Mado, and her lover Brice, an accomplished film director, an unraveling of the delicate peace in their house begins. The graceful beauty Lili, who dreams of becoming a famous actress like Mado, is immediately fascinated by Brice, who gladly falls prey to her charms.
Screenplay
Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot arranges to kidnap another child, Jose, to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole is looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend Francois and some of his criminal cohorts.
Director
Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot arranges to kidnap another child, Jose, to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole is looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend Francois and some of his criminal cohorts.
Screenplay
Henry Hearst (Gene Hackman) é um rico e famoso advogado que com sua bela esposa (Monica Bellucci) chega ao Festival de San Sebastian em San Juan, Porto Rico, dispostos a auxiliar na arrecadação de verbas para os desabrigados da ilha, vítimas da fúria de um devastador furacão. Porém, no meio da festa, ele e sua esposa são chamados para depor na delegacia por seu amigo Victor (Morgan Freeman), para esclarecer o fato de, no dia anterior, Henry ter encontrado o corpo de uma garota de 12 anos. A partir de então tem início um interrogatório que faz com que Henry logo perceba que ele está sendo acusado de ter cometido o crime.
Screenplay
Claire Weygand, a thirty-year-old young woman who is about to defend her anthropology thesis, unfortunately not only feels bad but even worse and worse with each passing day. The migraine attacks she suffers from indeed keep her from working as hard as she should and in despair she decides to consult Doctor Fish. When the medicine the physician prescribes for her fails, Claire, who can't take it any more, asks him to hospitalize her. In hospital, Claire shares her room with Odette, a young woman who has lost the use of her legs and Eléonore, a frightening old woman. The third episode from "The Blindfold" by Siri Hustvedt.
Director
Claire Weygand, a thirty-year-old young woman who is about to defend her anthropology thesis, unfortunately not only feels bad but even worse and worse with each passing day. The migraine attacks she suffers from indeed keep her from working as hard as she should and in despair she decides to consult Doctor Fish. When the medicine the physician prescribes for her fails, Claire, who can't take it any more, asks him to hospitalize her. In hospital, Claire shares her room with Odette, a young woman who has lost the use of her legs and Eléonore, a frightening old woman. The third episode from "The Blindfold" by Siri Hustvedt.
Screenplay
A schoolboy Nicholas always worries about something. When he goes on a school skiing trip, all his visions and nightmares take him over.
Director
A schoolboy Nicholas always worries about something. When he goes on a school skiing trip, all his visions and nightmares take him over.
Director
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Director
This French documentary is comprised of almost 300 clips from the past 100 years of cinema Francaise. The images within the documentary are free flowing and not in chronological order; they are also not hindered with unnecessary narration or lengthy introductions. The film represents the collaborative efforts of a collective of the country's finest filmmakers.
Writer
An old psychiatrist finds out that he is likely to suffer a second and probably fatal heart attack in the near future. As a consequence he becomes determined to seduce Odile, a young woman he first encounters in a railway compartment.
Director
An old psychiatrist finds out that he is likely to suffer a second and probably fatal heart attack in the near future. As a consequence he becomes determined to seduce Odile, a young woman he first encounters in a railway compartment.
Director
Em 1942, Paris está ocupada pelos nazistas. Sophie Vasseur (Romane Bohringer), uma jovem pianista empobrecida, consegue um emprego com a famosa cantora Irene Brice (Elena Safonova). Charles, o marido possessivo de Irene, é um empresário que colabora com os nazistas e luta com sua consciência. Sophie vai se tornando obcecada por Irene, e assume o papel de criada tão bem como o de acompanhante, vivendo sua vida de forma indireta através dos triunfos de Irene. Quando Irene se muda para Londres, Sophie vai junto, para o desconforto de Charles.
Producer
The theme of death is heavily interwoven in Smolder’s surreal salute to Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz, a Hieronymus Bosch-type artist whose work centered on humans in various stages in torment, as depicted in expansive canvases with gore galore. Smolders has basically taken a standard documentary and chopped it up, using quotes from the long-dead artist, and periodic statements by a historian (Smolders) filling in a few bits of Wiertz’ life.
Director
In a small town in post-World-War-II France, an unhappy sixteen-year-old (Janine Castang) tries to escape her dreary situation by any means at her disposal. Three successive friends (Michel Davenne, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette Dargelos, a photographer and fellow prisoner) help her learn from her mistakes.
Producer
In a small town in post-World-War-II France, an unhappy sixteen-year-old (Janine Castang) tries to escape her dreary situation by any means at her disposal. Three successive friends (Michel Davenne, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette Dargelos, a photographer and fellow prisoner) help her learn from her mistakes.
Adaptation
In a small town in post-World-War-II France, an unhappy sixteen-year-old (Janine Castang) tries to escape her dreary situation by any means at her disposal. Three successive friends (Michel Davenne, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette Dargelos, a photographer and fellow prisoner) help her learn from her mistakes.
Screenstory
Roland and Martine, once child stars in a TV series, have sunk into a life of crime. Answering an ad from Isabelle, a young girl seeking work with children, they abduct her with the intention of selling her into prostitution. At the last moment, having become fond of her, they relent and set out to take her home. She rebels, insisting that she enjoys their exciting life of stolen cars, stolen cheques, hotels and restaurants left without paying the bill, and the threesome become a formidable team. Then Isabelle's mood changes again and she disappears with a hitch-hiker. Worried over her future, Roland and Martine trace her to the town where she is about to get married and abduct her, this time from the church steps. Roaring off in a stolen ambulance, the three are happily on the run again.
Writer
Charlotte Castang is a working-class 13-year-old girl, who lives in a drab, run-down neighbourhood, and is ready to become an adult. Her mother died giving birth to her, and she lives with her crass brother and a father whose attention is elsewhere. Her only friend is Lulu, a sick 10-year-old she regards as a pest. Charlotte is antisocial, bored and dreams of a better life. Her life improves when she meets Clara Bauman, a pianist prodigy.
Director
Charlotte Castang is a working-class 13-year-old girl, who lives in a drab, run-down neighbourhood, and is ready to become an adult. Her mother died giving birth to her, and she lives with her crass brother and a father whose attention is elsewhere. Her only friend is Lulu, a sick 10-year-old she regards as a pest. Charlotte is antisocial, bored and dreams of a better life. Her life improves when she meets Clara Bauman, a pianist prodigy.
Director
Um detetive particular (Michel Serrault), velho e solitário, segue os passos da bela Catherine Leiris (Isabelle Adjani), que roubou e matou o marido rico na noite de seu casamento. Ele começa a se sentir conectado com a mulher, pois ela lembra a filha que nunca conheceu. O amor da vida de Leiris morre em um acidente de ônibus e ela passa a trabalhar como garçonete, levando uma vida solitária. Esse é o momento em que Catherine e o detetive, finalmente, se conhecem.
Writer
Um inspetor da polícia, suspeitando que um advogado cometeu dois assassinatos sexuais de crianças, o mantém detido para uma sessão de interrogatório que dura horas.
Director
Um inspetor da polícia, suspeitando que um advogado cometeu dois assassinatos sexuais de crianças, o mantém detido para uma sessão de interrogatório que dura horas.
Writer
In France in the near future, revolt and chaos erupt. A right-wing politician, Philippe Muphand, is set to take control when his lady friend Caroline walks out, announcing she will take up with the first fool she sees. The fool is Serge Laine, a professor and author of the prize-winning "Le voyage qui ne finit pas," headed to the train station for tickets to Barcelona where he and his wife will enjoy a second honeymoon and he will lecture at the university. Caroline seduces Serge, and he soon abandons wife, family, job, and honesty to embrace Caroline, the romanticism of Jack London, and murder.
Writer
Paul, escritor, está em crise criativa. Economicamente dependente da mulher, Camille, ele a trata cada vez pior, sai mais e mais, paquera as estudantes. Camille o põe para fora de casa. Vagando por Paris sem teto e sem dinheiro, ele faz um aprendizado da insegurança...
Pierre
Paul, escritor, está em crise criativa. Economicamente dependente da mulher, Camille, ele a trata cada vez pior, sai mais e mais, paquera as estudantes. Camille o põe para fora de casa. Vagando por Paris sem teto e sem dinheiro, ele faz um aprendizado da insegurança...
Screenplay
David Martinaud (Gérard Depardieu) é um contador. Ele deixa a cidade toda sexta-feira, fingindo que vai cuidar de seus pais. Mas, na verdade, seus pais estão mortos e ele passa os fins de semana trabalhando em um chalé, no qual pretende morar com Lise (Dominique Laffin), uma mulher que ele ama desde a infância. Mas Lise casou-se com outro homem e tem um bebê. Entretanto o amor doentio de David é capaz de tudo, não reconhecendo obstáculos. Ainda com Miou-Miou... Baseado no livro “This sweet sickness”, de Patricia Highsmith.
Director
David Martinaud (Gérard Depardieu) é um contador. Ele deixa a cidade toda sexta-feira, fingindo que vai cuidar de seus pais. Mas, na verdade, seus pais estão mortos e ele passa os fins de semana trabalhando em um chalé, no qual pretende morar com Lise (Dominique Laffin), uma mulher que ele ama desde a infância. Mas Lise casou-se com outro homem e tem um bebê. Entretanto o amor doentio de David é capaz de tudo, não reconhecendo obstáculos. Ainda com Miou-Miou... Baseado no livro “This sweet sickness”, de Patricia Highsmith.
Un membre du conseil d'administration
In this black comedy, Fred (Jean-Louis Trintingnant) works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. Fred is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial tables to calculate the most common means of death, he cleverly prepares the family bathroom and brings about her demise. For a while he is content with his new freedom, but then he recognizes that a friend is in a similar situation.
Writer
In 1960, Marc and Philippe are counselors at a summer camp in the French countryside. One night, Marc finds Philippe dressed and made up as a woman, and from now on, he will keep on humiliating Philippe.
Director
In 1960, Marc and Philippe are counselors at a summer camp in the French countryside. One night, Marc finds Philippe dressed and made up as a woman, and from now on, he will keep on humiliating Philippe.
Production Manager
Um dos filmes que melhor representa as loucuras que se passam em um set de filmagem. Um ator que fica deprimido porque sua noiva sai com um dublê, uma atriz que se entregou às bebidas e não consegue lembrar de suas falas e muitas outras confusões, que o diretor deve fazer de tudo para contornar, até gravarem uma das cenas mais importantes do filme: a que o dia deve ser transformado em noite artificialmente.
Production Manager
No início do século XX, Claude Roc, um jovem francês de classe média, faz amizade com a inglesa Anne. Enquanto passa um tempo na Inglaterra com a família de Anne, Claude se apaixona pela irmã dela, Muriel, mas as famílias de ambos impõem um ano de separação sem contato antes de poderem se casar.
Writer
Camille invites some soldiers to spend a Sunday in the country with her. When they arrive, they find that something is amiss.
Director
Camille invites some soldiers to spend a Sunday in the country with her. When they arrive, they find that something is amiss.
Dialogue
Sagamore Noonan vit reclu dans une ferme de l'Alabama où il distille de la gnôle au temps de la prohibition. Il reçoit la visite de son frère Doc Noonan et de son fils Billy. Une jeune strip-teaseuse et son compagnon gangster viennent troubler leur tranquillité.
Production Manager
Antoine se casou com sua namorada de infância Christine, e os dois vivem uma vida aconchegante vendendo flores e dando aulas de violino enquanto Antoine trabalha no seu romance de longa data. Christine está grávida do primeiro filho do casal e Antoine inicia um romance com uma bela jovem japonesa.
Unit Manager
In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental capacity, but that his development was hindered by lack of contact with society. He brings the boy home and begins an arduous attempt at education over several years.
Monsieur Lemeri
In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental capacity, but that his development was hindered by lack of contact with society. He brings the boy home and begins an arduous attempt at education over several years.
Production Manager
Adaptado de um livro por William Irish, é um conto noirish (meio "Noir") de um homem que encomenda uma noiva por correspondência, mas recebe em vez disso uma mulher vigarista. Louis Mahe é um plantador de tabaco em Reunion Island. Ele está esperando Julie Roussel para casar com ela. Ele só a conhece por carta. A mulher que vem não gosta do estlo que ele tem, mas ele se casa com ela de qualquer maneira. Logo, ela foge com o dinheiro de Louis. Ela não era a verdadeira Julie Roussel, mas Marion. Louis tenta encontrá-la... Outro filme de Truffaut sobre paixão. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos).
Writer
A woman wants to film a prisoner being tortured.
Director
A woman wants to film a prisoner being tortured.
Assistant Director
Um fim de semana supostamente idílico de uma viagem para o campo se transforma em um pesadelo sem fim de engarrafamentos, revolução, canibalismo e assassinato, quando a sociedade burguesa francesa começa a desmoronar sob o peso de suas próprias preocupações como consumidores.
Bouvard
O "Dela" no título do filme se refere à Paris dos anos 60, um retrato da sociedade de consumo, em meio à pobreza das massas e conflitos como a Guerra do Vietnã. Um dos exemplos dessa atmosfera é Vlady, uma dona-de-casa que se divide entre cuidar da família e a prostituição, o meio mais fácil que encontra para poder ganhar dinheiro e satisfazer suas necessidades mais frívolas.
Assistant Director
Delphine e Solange são duas irmãs de 25 anos que vivem em Rochefort, na França. Delphine é professora de dança, enquanto Solange ensina piano. Ambas sonham em encontrar um grande amor, assim como os rapazes que chegam à cidade e passam a frequentar o bar da família.
Assistant Director
After five years in the army, Valentin Brû marry a haberdasher. They move to Paris, where Valentin sells frames, while his wife becomes fortune teller. One day, Valentin replaces her, and predict a terrible event which will happen.
Director
A young student, alone in Paris, is engaged in strange and bloody experiences of which she is both the authorizer and the victim.
Assistant Director
A troupe of French actors on tour in Normandy become involved in the events of WWII.
Assistant Director
Uma obra de enorme cariz simbólico, onde a concepção humana e espiritual das personagens, virtudes, receios e defeitos, é encompassada pelo olhar e presença de um burro, de seu nome Balthazar, que surge quase como uma figura de matriz religiosa. Não é um burro qualquer. No circo descobrem-lhe qualidades extraordinárias, como uma inteligência rara que lhe permite resolver difíceis operações de multiplicar. Intemporal, pela reflexão que provoca e pela universalidade que evoca.
