In this follow-up to his critical success Read My Lips Jacques Audiard has adapted and updated James Toback's cult 1978 noir Fingers to come up with this memorable character study about a young man torn between a life of crime and classical music. Romain Duris in a standout performance portrays the 28 year-old Tom who seems destined to follow in his father's footsteps as a Parisian property shark working in a sleazy and sometimes brutal milieu. However a chance encounter with his late mother's music agent rekindles a desire for a musical career and hope for a better life. The Beat That My Heart Skipped premiered at Berlin 2005 where it played to enthusiastic audiences and won the Silver Bear for Best Score in addition to securing Best Film Not In The English Language at the 2006 BAFTA ceremony
She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
Audrey Tautou stars in this biopic of Gabrielle Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan, only to become the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style.
An elegiac road movie from Pascal Bonitzer 'Petites Coupures' tells the story of Bruno a communist newspaper journalist suffering a mid-life crisis. Torn between his wife Galle and his young girlfriend Nathalie his political beliefs battered by the wind of history Bruno seems to have lost his bearings. After responding to a call for help from his uncle who is fighting a losing battle for re-election as the communist mayor of a small town near Grenoble Bruno gets lost in a dark
Arnaud Desplechin's stunning new film interweaves two stories that of Nora (Emmanuelle Devos) a single mother about to marry for the third time with the tale of her eccentric ex-husband Ismael (Mathieu Amalric) committed to a psychiatric ward by mistake and convinced of his own tragic destiny. Their lives intersect once more when Nora troubled by her young son's uneasy relationship with her new fianc and the failing health of her father visits Ismael with an unusual proposition
Ma Vie Sexuelle is a modern tale of Parisian romance. The film's originality and humour lie in its superb performances for which Mathieu Amalric won a Csar Award for Best Newcomer in his role as Paul. Paul is a fiercely intellectual woman-loving assistant professor at the university of Paris. He became a teacher but hasn't finished his doctorate that would make him a full professor. In this state on a modest salary he lives a half-life waiting to begin what he calls ""his life as a man"". Paul has been dating Esther for ten years. They don't get along in fact they are on the verge of splitting up. Two years ago he had an affair with his best friend's girlfriend. Since he considers it unthinkable to steal his friend's girl the state of his romantic affairs remain much the same way as his professional ones...
Born out of wedlock early in the last century impoverished and unloved Violette Leduc (Emmanuelle Devos) meets Simone de Beauvoir (Sandrine Kiberlain) in post war Saint-Germaindes-Pres. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors based on Violette’s quest for freedom through writing and on Simone’s conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer. Based on the true story of French novelist Violette Leduc Violette is written by Martin Provost Marc Abdelnour and René de Cecatty.
Adapted from a novel, L'Incident by the French author Christian Gailly, the film playfully examines the complications that ensue from the discovery by Georges (Andre Dussollier) of Marguerite's (Sabine Azema) stolen purse.
Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo's idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this brutal loss, even if the priest says she is now in Heaven. Years later in the 90s, adult Massimo has become an accomplished journalist. After reporting on the war in Sarajevo, he begins to suffer from panic attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents' apartment, Massimo is forced to relive his traumatic past. Compassionate doctor Elisa could help tormented Massimo open up and confront his childhood wounds...
Amin works as a hired hand for a building company based in a Paris suburb. He lives in a hostel that he shares with other African immigrants including a Moroccan co-worker who unlike Amin cannot adjust to his circumstances. That s not to say Amin doesn t miss home and his wife and three children, to whom he sends money and whatever gifts he can afford. Then he encounters Gabrielle, a middle-aged French divorcée whose house Amin has been hired to renovate. As time passes, an intimacy develops between the two and they gradually open up about their lives.
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