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- DirectorFrédéric BeigbederStarsLouise BourgoinGaspard ProustJoeyStarrA look at the dissolution of a marriage.
- DirectorFrédéric BeigbederStarsGaspard ProustAudrey FleurotAnamaria VartolomeiA scout for a modeling agency becomes embroiled in a social media scandal.
- DirectorJean-Pierre AmérisStarsBenoît PoelvoordeVirginie EfiraFrançois MorelDepressed by his loneliness, Paul-André, a shy and wealthy man, offers to rent the family of a good-natured woman with two kids in exchange for settling her debts.
- DirectorMartin ProvostStarsEmmanuelle DevosSandrine KiberlainOlivier GourmetViolette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Then begins an intense relationship between the two women that will last throughout their lives, a relationship based on the quest for freedom through writing for Violette and conviction for Simone to have in their hands the fate of an extraordinary writer.
- DirectorClovis CornillacStarsMélanie BernierClovis CornillacLilou FogliA lone man who craves peace and quiet in his apartment is disturbed by his new neighbour, a female piano player. As they comedically strive to drive each other out, frustration turns to friendship and more.
- DirectorLouis ClichyAlexandre AstierStarsRoger CarelLorànt DeutschLaurent LafitteJulius Caesar plots to absorb Asterix and his fellow indomitable Gauls into his Empire by building an estate - the first building of a new Roman colony - next to their village.
- DirectorJuliano Ribeiro SalgadoWim WendersStarsSebastião SalgadoWim WendersLélia Wanick SalgadoThe life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
- DirectorJamel DebbouzeStarsJamel DebbouzeMélissa TheuriauArié ElmalehThe outcast son of a primate King learns about being a monkey.
- DirectorPhilippe de ChauveronStarsChristian ClavierChantal LaubyAry AbittanA French Catholic couple sees their life get turned upside-down when their four daughters get married to men of different nationalities and religions.
- DirectorLucas BelvauxStarsÉmilie DequenneLoïc CorberySandra NkakeParisian philosophy teacher Clément is sent to Arras where he meets pretty hairstylist Jennifer who becomes his lover. Free in their hearts and bodies, they could share this perfect love if the cultural and social divide were not as deep.
- DirectorDaniel CohenStarsJean RenoMichaël YounRaphaëlle AgoguéA veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsJean RochefortJohnny HallydayJean-François StéveninA man steps off a train into a French village awaiting the day when he will rob the town bank. He meets a retired poetry teacher striking up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.
- DirectorPatrice ChéreauStarsIsabelle AdjaniDaniel AuteuilJean-Hugues AngladeYoung Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsDaniel AuteuilJuliette BinocheMaurice BénichouA married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
- DirectorPascal PlissonStarsJackson SaikongSalome SaikongSamuel J. EstherJackson, the Kenyan; Carlito, the Argentinian; Zahira, the Moroccan; Samuel, the Indian: four children who live light years away from each other and who have never met but who have a common point: they have to cover tremendously long distances to reach their school. On foot, on horseback or in a wheelchair, but all with an extraordinary determination...
- DirectorCaroline BottaroStarsSandrine BonnaireKevin KlineFrancis RenaudA chambermaid on Corsica is obsessed with chess after seeing a US expat play it lovingly with l'Américaine. She cleans his house and now also plays with him on Tuesdays.
- DirectorDamián SzifronStarsDarío GrandinettiMaría MarullMónica VillaSix short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
- DirectorRabah Ameur-ZaïmecheStarsRabah Ameur-ZaïmecheAhmed HammoudiBrahim Ameur-ZaïmecheKamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He tries, with his family's support, to find a job and live a normal life. But nothing's normal in the ghetto.
- CreatorEmmanuel DaucéCharline de LépineDan FranckStarsBruno WolkowitchGrégory FitoussiPhilippe MagnanAfter the assassination of the president, the electoral campaign begins again. The president's former advisor, is trying to promote his foals. The Secretary of State, is also in the running. The dirty tricks multiply.
- DirectorJames HuthStarsJean DujardinClovis CornillacÉlodie BouchezA wannabe surfer parties on the French Riviera while awaiting the perfect wave.
- DirectorPascal PlissonStarsNidhi JhaAlbert Gonzalez MonteagudoDelgermurun 'Deegii' BatjargalSeparated by the distance of the countries where they live, four young people are united by their desire to overcome obstacles to conquer their dreams and passions in search of a better life.
- CreatorAlexandra ClertGuy-Patrick SainderichinStarsCaroline ProustAudrey FleurotThierry GodardFollows criminal investigations in Paris from all the different points of view of those involved.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsLothaire BluteauCatherine WilkeningJohanne-Marie TremblayA group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.
- DirectorÉric BesnardStarsVirginie EfiraBenjamin LavernheLucie FagedetLouise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.
- DirectorRoschdy ZemStarsOmar SyJames ThierréeClotilde HesmeThe rise and fall of the famous clown Chocolat, the first black circus performer who revolutionised the stagnant circus acts and conquered Paris of the Belle Époque with his exuberance and originality.
- DirectorJulie DelpyStarsJulie DelpyDany BoonVincent LacosteViolette, a 40-year old workaholic with a career in the fashion industry falls for a provincial computer geek, Jean-Rene, while on a spa retreat with her best friend.
- CreatorEmmanuel DaucéFrédéric KrivinePhilippe TriboitStarsRobin RenucciAudrey FleurotThierry GodardTraces the experiences of various residents of a fictional small village just inside the occupation zone during WWII. Deals with issues including collaboration, the Resistance, the fate of French Jews, and war profiteering.
- CreatorHervé HadmarMarc HerpouxStarsMarie DompnierJan HammeneckerAlexandre CarrièreSet in a small coastal village in France, this is a quiet thriller of crime and dark secrets. The opening sequence takes place in a house just put out for sale. In it, the discovery of what appears to be the dead family in the house, implicates the former chief-of-police to the plot. The now-retired chief-of-police, having made a lot of enemies in his past career, is recovering from a car crash which he barely survived.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando ReyDelphine SeyrigPaul FrankeurA surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
- DirectorJean BeckerStarsFrançois CluzetNicolas DuvauchelleSophie VerbeeckIn a small town, crushed by the heat of summer, in 1919, a war hero was held prisoner in a deserted barracks. In front of the door, his whipped dog barks day and night. Not far away, in the countryside, a young woman worn out by the work of the land, too educated to be a simple peasant, wait and hope. The judge who arrives to unravel this case is an aristocrat whose war has made the principles falter. Three characters and, in the middle of them, a dog, which holds the key of the drama.
- CreatorEric RochantStarsMathieu KassovitzFlorence Loiret CailleJonathan ZaccaïA very unique and captivating series about the "bureau des légendes", the mythical powerhouse within the French Secret Service and its dare devil ghost agents.
- DirectorColine SerreauStarsMuriel RobinArtus de PenguernJean-Pierre DarroussinThree siblings who detest each other and hiking must complete together a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in order to be eligible to inherit their mother's wealth.
- DirectorColine SerreauStarsColine SerreauVincent LindonJames ThierréeOn a distant planet, rural vegans master telepathy and mental power to travel interstellar etc. Mila is sent to Earth to report back. She lands in Paris - quite a cultural shock. Earthlings are strange.
- StarsAlain DelonCédric ChevalmeElena Sofia RicciA retiring police inspector finds that he can't escape the rougher life he had growing up.
- CreatorHubert BessonStarsLaurent KérusoréMichel CordesSylvie FleppPlus belle la vie narrates the everyday life of the people who are living in a fictitious neighborhood called Le Mistral.
- CreatorThierry BizotAnne GiafferiStarsIsabelle GélinasBruno SalomoneAlexandra GentilMockumentary about the conservative Lepic family and their neighbors the liberal Boulay family, who are good friends. Their biggest point of contention is how they educate their children.
- DirectorMarion VernouxStarsNicolas DuvauchelleAna GirardotBéatrice DalleAfter a brutal car accident, Marilyn must take care of her man suffering a serious head trauma.
- DirectorGuillaume CanetStarsFrançois CluzetMarion CotillardBenoît MagimelA near-fatal accident leaves one friend in the hospital while the rest go on their annual vacation. But their secrets and personal grief threaten to drive them apart.
- DirectorÉtienne ChatiliezStarsTsilla CheltonCatherine JacobIsabelle NantyAuntie Danielle, supposedly in ailing health but in reality just a nasty old bitch, lives with a paid housekeeper who she regularly abuses. When the housekeeper dies falling off a ladder, Danielle moves in with her great-nephew and his family. She continues using her nastiness to manipulate everyone into doing things her way until the family goes on vacation to Greece. The young housekeeper they hire to watch after her knows what Auntie is doing, and deals with her accordingly, and they begin forming respect for each other.
- DirectorNils TavernierStarsJacques GamblinLaetitia CastaFlorence ThomassinCheval is a postman who travels every day along the Drôme. He meets the woman of his life, Philomena and from their union Alice was born. He then throws himself into a crazy gamble: to build her with his own hands, an incredible palace.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsFrançois WertheimerAgnès VardaJean La PlancheVarda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsFlorence DelayJean-Claude FourneauRoger HonoratA Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.