Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-jean-de-la-fontaine"

1. In the House (2012)

R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

7.3

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72 Metascore

A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Schmitt, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 34,399 | Gross: $0.35M

2. Wild Reeds (1994)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

7.3

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83 Metascore

The fates of two partners are divided.

Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny

Votes: 6,661 | Gross: $0.92M

3. Amanda (2018)

TV-14 | 107 min | Drama

7.0

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63 Metascore

After his sister is brutally killed, David finds himself in charge of his 7 year old niece, Amanda.

Director: Mikhaël Hers | Stars: Vincent Lacoste, Isaure Multrier, Stacy Martin, Ophélia Kolb

Votes: 3,503

4. The Big Hit (2020)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

7.0

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An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."

Director: Emmanuel Courcol | Stars: Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho, Sofian Khammes

Votes: 2,944

5. Two English Girls (1971)

130 min | Drama, Romance

7.2

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At the beginning of the 20th century, middle-class young Frenchman Claude Roc meets young Englishwoman Ann Brown in Paris. They become friends and she invites him to spend holidays at the ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter, Sylvia Marriott

Votes: 5,875

6. Regular Lovers (2005)

183 min | Drama, Romance

6.8

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76 Metascore

1968 and 1969 in Paris during and after the student and trade-union revolt. 20-year-old François is a poet dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov ... See full summary »

Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Louis Garrel, Clotilde Hesme, Julien Lucas, Eric Rulliat

Votes: 2,990

7. Madame de Sévigné (2023)

93 min | Drama, History

5.6

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In the middle of the 17th century, the Marquise de Sévigné wanted to make her daughter a brilliant and independent woman in her own image. But the more she tries to control the young ... See full summary »

Director: Isabelle Brocard | Stars: Karin Viard, Ana Girardot, Cédric Kahn, Noémie Lvovsky

Votes: 67

8. The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (1993)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

6.9

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The socialist mayor of Saint-Juire has set his heart on building a cultural and sports complex in the village meadow. He's a well liked by the local people and has managed to raise the loans needed for the complex thanks to his contacts.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Pascal Greggory, Arielle Dombasle, Fabrice Luchini, Clémentine Amouroux

Votes: 1,734

9. Notre Dame (2019)

88 min | Comedy

5.4

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Maud wins the opportunity to refurbish the iconic Notre Dame. Personal and professional issues stand in comical tension as she goes through an emotional storm.

Director: Valérie Donzelli | Stars: Valérie Donzelli, Pierre Deladonchamps, Thomas Scimeca, Bouli Lanners

Votes: 678

10. Mother of Mine (1926)

Not Rated | 65 min | Drama

6.8

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A sincere working-class 13-year old in France is adopted by a well-meaning philanthropic millionairess from America -- who promises his doting mother that the boy will have the finest education -- but things are not so simple.

Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Jean Forest, Rolla Norman, Françoise Rosay, Cécile Guyon

Votes: 289

11. La grande lessive (!) (1968)

95 min | Comedy

6.2

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An addiction is spreading in Paris: Television. Literature teacher Saint-Just is confronted by overtired pupils who can no longer keep their eyes open from all the TV. He and a colleague set out on a mission to save the pupils from the TV.

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Roland Dubillard, Jean Tissier

Votes: 451

12. L'école est finie (2018)

87 min | Comedy

5.2

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Agathe Langlois, Parisian, has everything to be happy and she has just been established as an English teacher. But when she learns that she is transferred hundreds of kilometers from her home, in the countryside, it is the cold shower

Director: Anne Depétrini | Stars: Bérengère Krief, Grégory Fitoussi, Marilou Berry, Anne Depétrini

Votes: 436

13. Father, Mother, My Wife and I (1955)

105 min | Comedy

6.1

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Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Robert Lamoureux, Gaby Morlay, Fernand Ledoux, Nicole Courcel

Votes: 190

14. Unlikely Roommates (2009 TV Movie)

79 min | Comedy

6.1

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Madeleine wants her half-brother Joseph out of his (in fact her) Parisian apartment. The grumpy old man sees but one solution to stay put: he rents one of the rooms to a student. But this proves to be a girl, an unlikely roommate indeed...

Director: Emilie Deleuze | Stars: Michel Galabru, Luce Radot, Alexandra Stewart, Venantino Venantini

Votes: 147