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The Sword and the Balance (1963)
, 2h11Directed by André Cayatte
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes La provence
Actors Anthony Perkins, Jean-Claude Brialy, Renato Salvatori, Pascale Audret, Anne Tonietti, Marie Déa
On the French Riviera, the son of a wealthy local woman is kidnapped for ransom. The police soon begin an investigation into finding the boy and apprehending two assailants. The kidnappers manage to escape the clutches of the police, killing their victim in the process. But, three men are eventually discovered by the police at a lighthouse!.
The Murdered House (1988)
, 1h50Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes La provence
Actors Patrick Bruel, Anne Brochet, Agnès Blanchot, Ingrid Held, Yann Collette, Roger Jendly
1896, dans les hautes terres sauvages de la Haute-Provence, la famille Monge est sauvagement assassinée par trois inconnus en pleine nuit. Nourrisson seul survivant de ce massacre, Séraphin Monge revient sur les lieux vingt-cinq ans plus tard, à sa démobilisation après la fin de la Grande Guerre. L'image de sa mère morte en essayant de l'atteindre une dernière fois le hante. Il entreprend de détruire sa maison pour retrouver la paix, tout en cherchant à identifier les meurtriers pour venger sa mère. À sa grande surprise, un inconnu le devance sur le chemin de sa vengeance et massacre tous ceux qui semblent posséder une partie du puzzle de la sombre histoire des Monge.
The Stronghold (2021)
Directed by Cédric Jimenez
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes La corruption policière, Medical-themed films, La provence, Films about drugs
Actors Adèle Exarchopoulos, François Civil, Gilles Lellouche, Karim Leklou, Cyril Lecomte, Michaël Abiteboul
En 2012, les quartiers nord de Marseille détiennent le « titre » du pire taux de criminalité de France. En raison de la pression de la hiérarchie, les policiers de la BAC Nord vont tout faire pour améliorer leurs résultats. Certains vont parfois franchir la « ligne jaune ».
Bye-Bye (1995)
, 1h45Directed by Karim Dridi
Origin Suisse
Genres Drama
Themes La provence
Actors Sami Bouajila, Nozha Khouadra, Philippe Ambrosini, Ouassini Embarek, Frédéric Andrau, Moussa Maaskri
Comment Ismaël va vaincre sa culpabilité, survenue à la suite d'un drame familial qui provoqua le départ de ses parents pour le bled, et sauver son frère Mouloud, quatorze ans, qui lui, refuse de rentrer au pays et fréquente de dangereux dealers à Marseille.
At Eternity's Gate (2018)
, 1h50Directed by Julian Schnabel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Peinture, La provence, Vincent van Gogh
Actors Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner
À la fin des années 1880, Vincent Van Gogh s'installe à Arles. Il séjournera ensuite à Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, avant de finir ses jours à Auvers-sur-Oise.
A Good Year (2006)
, 1h58Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, La provence, Films about the labor movement, Children's films
Actors Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Didier Bourdon, Abbie Cornish, Tom Hollander
In the prologue, a young Max Skinner, whose parents have died in an accident, spends his childhood summer holidays learning to appreciate the finer things in life at his Uncle Henry's vineyard estate in Provence in south-eastern France. Some 25 years later, Max is an unethical yet very successful hard-working London-based bond trader with a large portion sense of humour.
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
, 2h8Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about films, La provence, Films about television
Actors Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, Edmond O'Brien, Olga San Juan, Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi
Down on his luck, veteran movie director and writer Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart) is reduced to working for abusive, emotionally stunted business tycoon Kirk Edwards (Warren Stevens), who has decided he wants to produce a film to stroke his monumental ego. Looking for a fresh leading lady, they discover, in a Madrid night club, stunning dancer Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner), a blithe but proud spirit who likes to go barefoot and has a troubled home life.
Transit (2018)
, 1h41Directed by Christian Petzold
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Romance
Themes Politique, La provence, Political films
Actors Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Àlex Brendemühl, Maryam Zaree, Émilie de Preissac
Parabole des réfugiés fuyant des régimes fascistes pour l'Amérique, transitant par un Marseille contemporain même si les indices temporels sont flous.
Mother (1992)
, 2h10Directed by Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes La provence, Political films
Actors Richard Berry, Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif, Isabelle Sadoyan, Nathalie Roussel, Jacky Nercessian
Azad Zakarian est devenu, sous le pseudonyme de Pierre Zakar, un auteur de théâtre à succès. À la mort de son père, il retrouve ses racines.
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
, 1h34Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes La provence
Actors Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg, Mylène Demongeot, Geoffrey Horne, Juliette Gréco
On the French Riviera, Cécile (Jean Seberg) is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond (David Niven). Anne (Deborah Kerr), a mature and cultured friend of Raymond's late wife, arrives at Raymond's villa for a visit. Cécile is afraid that Anne will disrupt the undisciplined way of life that she has shared with her father.
Isadora (1968)
, 2h48Directed by Karel Reisz
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, La provence
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, John Fraser, Bessie Love, Zvonimir Črnko
In 1927, Isadora Duncan has become a legend as the innovator of modern dance, a temperamental bohemian, and an outspoken advocate of free love. Now past 40, she lives in poverty in a small hotel on the French Riviera with her companion Mary Estelle Dempsey/Mary Desti (named only as Mary in the film) and her secretary Roger, to whom she is dictating her memoirs. As a young girl in California, Isadora first demonstrates her disdain for accepted social standards by burning her parents' marriage certificate and pledging her dedication to the pursuit of art and beauty. In 1896, she performs under the name of Peppy Dora in a rowdy music hall in Chicago and publicly embarrasses the theatre manager into paying her $300 so that she can take her family to England. Modeling her free-form style of dance and costume after Greek classicism, she rapidly acquires international acclaim.
Zarafa (2012)
, 1h18Directed by Jean-Christophe Lie, Rémi Bezançon
Origin France
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about slavery, La provence, Films about racism, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about cows, Mise en scène d'une girafe, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Simon Abkarian, Ronit Elkabetz, Max Renaudin-Pratt, Vernon Dobtcheff, Roger Dumas, Clara Quilichini
The film consists of a village elder (Vernon Dobtcheff) telling a story to a group of eager children.
Nenette and Boni (1997)
, 1h43Directed by Claire Denis
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes La provence
Actors Grégoire Colin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Vincent Gallo, Jacques Nolot, Alice Houri, Gérard Meylan
After the death of his mother, Boni (Grégoire Colin) moves his friends into her house and begins working selling pizzas. He entertains violent sexual fantasies about a baker (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) who lives nearby. He is visited by his younger sister Nénette (Alice Houri), whom he is estranged from, who reveals that she is pregnant and moves into his home against his wishes.
Marius and Jeannette (1997)
, 1h45Directed by Robert Guédiguian
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes La banlieue française, La provence
Actors Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Pascale Roberts, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Jacques Boudet, Blanche Guichou
Marius and Jeannette live in the same working-class apartment complex in Marseille, in close proximity with their neighbors. The lame Marius is a security guard at an abandoned cement works, and since the company has gone out of business and the plant will soon be demolished, he is squatting in order to save money. Jeannette is a single mother raising her two children on her own on a meagre supermarket checkout operator salary. They meet when Jeannette tries to steal two cans of paint from the cement lot, and Marius catches her and tries to chase her. The following day Marius comes to her door to apologize, and brings her the two cans of paint. A relationship soon develops between them, but as both have been wounded by marital difficulties, and life in general, they are hesitant to become committed. It does not help that Jeannette's romantic fantasy notions are different from Marius' practical ideas. The two must learn how to love again in order for their relationship to blossom.
Dalida (2017)
, 2h4Directed by Lisa Azuelos
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes La provence
Actors Riccardo Scamarcio, Jean-Paul Rouve, Sveva Alviti, Patrick Timsit, Alessandro Borghi, Vincent Pérez
En 1967, Dalida se rend à l'hôtel et tente sans succès de se suicider. L'ex-mari Lucien Morisse, son ex-amant Jean Sobieski et son frère Orlando (né Bruno) se jettent à ses côtés pendant sa convalescence. Les trois hommes expliquent les différentes facettes de la personnalité de Dalida. Elle grandit avec amour de la musique grâce à son père violoniste au Caire mais se sentait toujours laide à cause des grandes lunettes qu'elle portait. Elle est découverte à Paris par Lucien Morisse, un programmeur de radio parisien qui finalement, craque pour elle et laisse tomber sa femme pour elle. Dalida est devenue désillusionnée avec Lucien quand il différe le mariage et un enfant pour se concentrer sur la construction de sa carrière. Néanmoins, elle l'épouse, mais rapidement, elle commence une liaison avec l'artiste Jean Sobieski. Elle quitte finalement Jean, pour avoir une liaison avec Luigi Tenco, un chanteur capricieux. Luigi se suicide après s'être effondré et être sorti de scène lors d'une compétition musicale à Sanremo en Italie. Dalida trouve son corps et c'est ce que ses amis et sa famille croient qui a contribué à sa dépression nerveuse et à sa tentative de suicide peu de temps après.