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, 1h39Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films
Actors Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, Aure Atika, Philippe Lefebvre, Constantin Alexandrov, Saïd Amadis
The main plot starts with the disappearances of an OSS agent, Jack Jefferson, and a Soviet cargo ship in Cairo. Agent OSS 117 is sent to investigate the events, since he and agent Jefferson share a history, shown in a short opening sequence and in flashbacks throughout the film. OSS 117 stumbles into a web of international intrigue, that involves the French, the Soviets, the British, separate factions of Egyptians, a goofy Belgian spy and even a splinter group of the Nazis from the beginning.
The Valet (2006)
, 1h25Directed by Francis Veber
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Daniel Auteuil, Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Berry, Virginie Ledoyen
Pierre Levasseur is a wealthy married Parisian executive involved in an affair with top model Elena Simonsen. When a paparazzo catches the two of them departing their secret hideaway and their photograph is published on the front page of the local newspaper, Pierre's wife Christine confronts him. He claims he has no idea who the woman is, and that she must have been a companion of the man seen walking beside them. Fully aware of Pierre's difficult situation, Elena gives him an ultimatum: he must choose between her and his wife. Because Christine is the majority shareholder of his business, Pierre is in danger of losing his fortune if he divorces her. His lawyer Maître Foix advises him the only way to resolve the issue is to find the anonymous man in the photo and have him pose as Elena's lover.
Belle and Sebastian (2013)
, 1h38Directed by Nicolas Vanier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Margaux Châtelier, Dimitri Storoge, Mehdi El Glaoui, Andreas Pietschmann
In the French Alps, during the year 1943, Sébastien is a seven year old orphan boy living with César, an adoptive "grandfather" and his daughter, Angélina. The unusual little family lives in the small village of Saint-Martin, whose inhabitants, despite the German occupation, secretly organize the passage of Jewish exiles into Switzerland. The village is also plagued by a mysterious "Beast" who preys on the flocks of the shepherds and the inhabitants, including Cesar's animals. Sébastien is a very lonely child who is suffering from the absence of his mother. He believes that she migrated "to America, just over the mountains", and spends all his days in the mountains. One day, on the way home, he meets a huge dog, wild and completely discredited: it is the so-called "Beast". Sébastien is not slow to make friends with the animal, a female sheepdog, and names her "Belle" because he is struck by her beauty after she is cleaned up from the mud that she was coated with. Sebastian decides to keep his friendship with Belle secret to protect her.
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The Round Up (2010)
, 1h55Directed by Roselyne Bosch
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes French war films, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Mélanie Laurent, Jean Reno, Sylvie Testud, Gad Elmaleh, Raphaëlle Agogué, Hugo Leverdez
Jo Weisman, a young Jewish Parisian, and his family are taken by the Nazis and Vichy collaborators in the rafle du Vel' d'Hiv. Anna Traube, a 20-year-old woman, walks out of the velodrome with forged papers; her mother and sister are captured. Annette Monod, a Protestant nurse, volunteers for the velodrome, and assists Jewish doctor David Sheinbaum. From the Vélodrome d'Hiver Jo's family and Sheinbaum are transferred to the Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp. Monod comes along. She does what she can to help the children, who are soon falling sick from the camp diet and conditions.
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Hibernatus (1969)
, 1h18Directed by Édouard Molinaro, Philippe Monnier
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about families, Théâtre, Comedy science fiction films, Films based on plays
Actors Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Bernard Alane, Michael Lonsdale, Martine Kelly, Claude Piéplu
A man frozen for 65 years is found in the ice of the North Pole by a scientific polar expedition. While he is brought back to life by professor Edouard Lauriebat (Michael Lonsdale), the man is identified as Paul Fournier, who was exploring the pole in 1905 and is now, thanks to hibernation, a 90 years old young man. Edmée de Tartas (Claude Gensac), born Fournier, is identified as the granddaughter of Paul and convinces her husband, Hubert Barrère de Tartas (Louis de Funès), that Paul must be given back to his family, while the government wishes to treat Paul as a research subject. After a kidnapping and a pursuit, the authorities reluctantly agree, but impose, for the sake of Paul's mental health, that his environment be the same as in 1905. As Paul thinks Edmée is his mother, Hubert must play the role of a man courting Edmée and Didier (Olivier de Funès), the son of Edmée and Hubert plays the role of a student living with the family. First under control, the situation gradually deteriorates especially when Paul's actions become a threat to Hubert's plan to marry his son to the daughter of Crepin-Jaujard, one of his business partners.
You Are So Beautiful (2005)
, 1h35Directed by Isabelle Mergault
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Michel Blanc, Medeea Marinescu, Vladimir Yordanoff, Eva Darlan, Élisabeth Commelin, Valérie Bonneton
Aymé played by Blanc, a recently widowed farmer, is eager to find a new wife to help him run his farm. Desperate, he seeks the aid of a local matchmaker who suggest that he go to Romania to find a new wife. There he meets Elena played by Marinescu.
Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
, 1h25Directed by Guillaume Gallienne
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Françoise Fabian, Guillaume Gallienne, Diane Kruger, André Marcon, Nanou Garcia, Yves Jacques
In a theatre, Guillaume recounts how his life developed as a youth. As a young effeminate boy, his mother casually dismisses his antics. When he asks to go learn Spanish, his mother sends him to La Línea de la Concepción. There he stays with Paqui, a Spanish woman unable to speak French. As they awkwardly try to communicate, she suggests teaching him how to dance the sevillanas. Becoming proficient, Guillaume dances at a local festival but is subjected to laughter. Oblivious to why, he asks a woman named Pilar to dance with him. She politely refuses, explaining to him how he dances like a girl. He asks her if she thinks he looks like a girl. She agrees and he happily remarks that his mother would be delighted.
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C'est la vie! (2017)
, 1h57Directed by Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Films about marriage
Actors Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Macaigne, Eye Haïdara, Alban Ivanov
Max, un organisateur de mariage expérimenté, doit gérer le mariage de Pierre et Héléna dans un château de prestige. Il doit faire appel à une équipe de serveurs, trouver des cuisiniers, un photographe, un orchestre et un animateur tout en gérant les demandes et problèmes de chacun, mais aussi les siens.
The Last Metro (1980)
, 2h11Directed by François Truffaut
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Heinz Bennent, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost
Set during the German occupation of Paris during the Second World War, it tells the story of Lucas Steiner, a Jewish theatre director and his Gentile wife, Marion Steiner, who struggles to keep him concealed from the Nazis in their theatre cellar while she performs both his former job as the director and hers as an actress.
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The Merry Widow (2007)
, 1h37Directed by Isabelle Mergault
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Michèle Laroque, Jacques Gamblin, Vladimir Yordanoff, Tom Morton, Claire Nadeau, Valérie Mairesse
Anne-Marie Gratigny is the wife of a famous plastic surgeon, Gilbert. She has a good life, with maids, money, and everything ordinary women would dream of. But her marriage is a total failure. Her husband lives for his job and does not pay proper attention to Anne-Marie. As a result of years of neglect, Mrs. Gratigny has a lover named Leo, who works as a ship builder, and is urging Anne-Marie to leave her husband and this unbearable situation, and go with him to China, where he is seeking a big project for his work. However, after spending an entire day out, planning her departure, when Anne-Marie returns home, she is surprised to find the whole family there, with some very shocking news: Gilbert has died in a car accident. Relieved that her failed marriage is at an end, Anne-Marie now sees the chance to meet her lover more often, and is looking forward to being able to go to China with him, but all her hopes are dashed by the continuous presence of her family and in particular her son, who won't give her a break, thinking she's in shock because of losing her husband. She now has to pretend to be in mourning and hide her happiness and relief.
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Peppermint Soda (1977)
, 1h40Directed by Diane Kurys
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about sexuality, La sexualité des mineurs
Actors Odile Michel, Éléonore Klarwein, Yves Rénier, Anouk Ferjac, Michel Puterflam, Robert Rimbaud
In 1963, thirteen-year-old Anne and fifteen-year-old Frederique are two Jewish sisters whose parents are separated. They live in Paris with their mom and spend their summer holidays at the beach with their father, around whom they both feel awkward. They attend a strict school.
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An Officer and a Spy (2019)
, 2h12Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Grégory Gadebois, Hervé Pierre, Vladimir Yordanoff
En 1894, le capitaine Alfred Dreyfus, officier français de confession juive, est condamné à la déportation à vie pour avoir fourni des documents secrets à l'Allemagne. Le commandant Marie-Georges Picquart, promu lieutenant-colonel et chef du Deuxième Bureau, découvre que le commandant Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy espionne pour l'Allemagne et que son propre adjoint, Hubert Henry, sait que le véritable traître n'est pas Dreyfus mais Esterhazy, surnommé Dubois. Par devoir et sens de l'honneur, Picquart refuse d'obéir à ses chefs qui lui ordonnent d'étouffer l'affaire. Il est menacé, arrêté, emprisonné, mais persiste jusqu'à ce que la vérité éclate et que Dreyfus soit libéré et réhabilité. Pendant douze ans, cette « affaire » déchire la France de la Troisième République et fait scandale dans le monde entier.
The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016)
, 1h50Directed by Jean-Marie Poiré
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Time travel films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Marie-Anne Chazel, Valérie Lemercier, Franck Dubosc, Karin Viard
Arrivés en 1793, en pleine Révolution française, Godefroy de Montmirail et son écuyer Jacquouille la Fripouille rencontrent Jacquouillet, descendant de Jacquouille et accusateur public, et se retrouvent empêtrés dans la tourmente de la Terreur. Godefroy est confronté à sa descendance de l'époque, qui essaie d'échapper à la Révolution : lui et son écuyer les aident à fuir et tentent de retrouver un descendant de l'Enchanteur pour rentrer à leur époque. Les deux voyageurs temporels subissent en effet des effets secondaires inquiétants dus aux couloirs du temps non refermés.
A Woman in White (1965)
, 1h50Directed by Claude Autant-Lara
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films
Actors Marie-Josée Nat, Claude Gensac, Jean Valmont, Paloma Matta, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Robert Benoît
Claude Sauvage, une jeune gynécologue tenace, tient la chronique de quelques mois d'internat dans un hôpital parisien. Vie privée et carrière médicale, elle consigne ses doutes et désirs dans une société où la place et le sort des femmes demeurent à cette époque un enjeu secondaire. L'itinéraire personnel de Claude croise à travers le cas de quelques patientes le débat alors crucial sur l'ambition professionnelle féminine, la contraception et le droit à l'avortement.
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The Joint Brothers (1986)
, 1h30Directed by Hervé Palud, Alain Nauroy
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Buddy films
Actors Gérard Lanvin, Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, Valérie Mairesse, Daniel Russo, Thomas M. Pollard
Renvoyé de son énième emploi, Momo (Jacques Villeret) est violemment interpellé durant son bain, par son père (Michel Galabru) qui l'enjoint à quitter instamment le domicile familial. Aussitôt, il rejoint son ami Manu (Gérard Lanvin) qui est employé dans une cafétéria, vivant également sans le sou. Ils décident de se rendre dans une discothèque "underground" où Momo compte trouver Sammy (Thomas M. Pollard), un homme qui peut leur faire gagner de l'argent facilement.