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The Bear (1988)
, 1h32Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Mise en scène d'un ours, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bart l'ours, Tchéky Karyo, Frank Welker, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe
In the mountainous wilds of British Columbia circa 1885, a young bear cub suffers the accidental death of his mother from a rockslide. Forced to fend for himself, the cub struggles to find food and shelter. Elsewhere in the mountains, a large male grizzly is pursued by two trophy hunters (Jack Wallace and Tcheky Karyo). Although the younger hunter attempts to kill the bear, his shot fails to take the animal down, and the wounded bear flees. Coming across the grizzly a short time later, the cub attempts to befriend him. Uninterested in the cub and distracted by his wound, the adult bear warns the young orphan away with a growl. The cub approaches again, however, and manages to soothingly lick the other bear's wound. A friendship forms between the two bears, and the grizzly takes the orphan under his wing, teaching him to fish and hunt. At night, the cub suffers from nightmares, reliving the tragic death of his mother.
The Chorus (2004)
, 1h36Directed by Christophe Barratier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, L'enfance marginalisée, Musical films
Actors Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Jacques Perrin, Marie Bunel
In 1999, Pierre Morhange, a conductor performing in the United States, is informed that his mother has died before a concert. After the performance, he returns to his home in France for her funeral. An old friend named Pépinot arrives at his door with a diary which belonged to their teacher, Clément Mathieu. They proceed to read it together.
Beauty and the Beast (2014)
, 1h54Directed by Christophe Gans
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Psychologie, Children's films
Actors Léa Seydoux, Vincent Cassel, Eduardo Noriega, André Dussollier, Audrey Lamy, Sara Giraudeau
In France, 1810, a widowed merchant (André Dussollier) is forced to sell his town house and many of his belongings after his ships are lost at sea, leaving him bankrupt. He moves to a simple house in the countryside with his six children, though the only one happy with the change is his youngest daughter, Belle (Léa Seydoux). One day news arrives that one of the merchant's ships is intact, so he and his eldest son return to town in the hopes of collecting the goods that will restore their wealth. However, the goods are seized by the local authorities, and the merchant is forced to flee into the forest when Perducas (Eduardo Noriega) threatens to harm him over his son's debts.
Superchondriac (2013)
, 1h47Directed by Dany Boon
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Monde imaginaire, Films about psychiatry
Actors Dany Boon, Alice Pol, Kad Merad, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Judith El Zein, Marthe Villalonga
Romain Faubert is a mature man who can never hide his hypochondriasis. Romain's fears are profitable for his doctor Dimitri Zvenka. Even so, Dimitri really wants to cure the patient who has no other friend than him. He feels that Romain's actual problem is his loneliness rather than anything else. He subsequently helps Romain in seeking an appropriate female companion, but after a great many futile attempts, he loses hope that Romain could ever succeed. In need of an alternative, he decides to take Romain with him when he goes to an eastern European refugee camp (refugees speak, in fact, Ukrainian), where Dimitri sometimes works on behalf of a non-profit organisation. He believes the sight of people who are really suffering might bring Romain to his senses. Yet Romain finally finds the love of his life when he gets to know Dimitri's sister who confuses him with Anton Miroslav, a certain freedom fighter. The real Anton Miroslav has stolen Romain's ID and is hiding in the apartment of the hypochondriac.
Germinal (1993)
, 2h40Directed by Claude Berri, Frédéric Auburtin
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, La précarité
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Renaud, Jean Carmet, Anny Duperey, Judith Henry
Vers la fin du XIX siècle, Étienne Lantier, machineur au chômage, arrive à la mine « Le Voreux », dans le nord de la France. Après la mort d'une mineuse du nom de Fleurance, il est engagé. Il est envoyé dans un petit groupe dirigé par Toussaint Maheu, qui devient son ami. La famille Maheu compte dix personnes : Maheu, mineur, son père, travaillant également à la mine, sa femme, la Maheude, et leurs enfants. Zacharie, Catherine et Jeanlin, les ainés, travaillent eux aussi à la mine ; Alzire, bossue, garde le lit ; Léonore, Henri et le petit dernier sont encore trop petits pour travailler.
The Tuche Family (2011)
, 1h37Directed by Olivier Baroux
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau, Théo Fernandez, Sarah Stern, Fadila Belkebla
Les Tuche sont une famille vivant à Bouzolles. Jeff Tuche, le père, est un chômeur fier de l'être ; lui et sa femme Cathy ont trois enfants : Stéphanie, bimbo pas très futée, Wilfried, pas encore au fait de ses tendances homosexuelles et qui se prend pour un rappeur gangsta, Donald dit « Coin-Coin », très intelligent. Il y a également la mamie, « Mamie Suze », que seule Cathy comprend et dont l'unique ami est son chien Toby, désormais empaillé. Un jour, les Tuche gagnent 100 millions d'euros à la loterie et décident d'aller à Monaco.
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
, 2h31Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films
Actors Hafsia Herzi, Habib Boufares, Alice Houri, Carole Franck, Mélèze Bouzid, Bruno Lochet
Slimane Beiji (Habib Boufares) is the divorced head of a Franco-Arabic family living in Sete. As he is being forced out of his job at the local shipyard, he interacts in a series of extended vignettes with various members of his extended family including his ex-wife, his sons and daughters, their husbands and wives, and his grandchildren. Determined to leave a legacy for his beloved family, and encouraged by his long-term partner's daughter, Rym, (Hafsia Herzi) he pursues his dream of converting a dilapidated boat into a family restaurant that will specialise in his ex-wife's fish couscous, a meal that she prepares for the entire family every Sunday.
La Belle Époque (2019)
, 1h50Directed by Nicolas Bedos
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, Denis Podalydès
Ancien dessinateur, Victor est aujourd'hui un sexagénaire désabusé. Son mariage avec Marianne bat de l'aile et il est désintéressé et dépassé par ce monde moderne trop technologique. Pour lui remonter le moral, son fils Maxime lui paie une soirée organisée par la société de son ami Antoine. Cette société propose à ses clients de revivre l'époque de leur choix, en mélangeant artifices théâtraux et reconstitution historique. Certains clients, fortunés, choisissent ainsi de passer une soirée avec William Faulkner, Adolf Hitler ou avec des aristocrates au XVII siècle. D'abord réticent, Victor accepte quand Marianne le met à la porte. Il opte alors pour replonger dans la semaine la plus marquante de sa vie, celle où il rencontra le grand amour, quarante ans auparavant, le 16 mai 1974, dans le café La Belle Époque à Lyon. Dans cette « mise en scène », Marianne est incarnée par Margot, une comédienne qui vit une relation compliquée et tumultueuse avec Antoine. Ce dernier, ancien scénariste, est très pointilleux et ne supporte aucune approximation de la part de ses collaborateurs. Peu à peu, Victor va se prêter au jeu, jusqu'à se perdre dans ces souvenirs « reconstitués ».
The Lover (1992)
, 1h55Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Origin France
Genres Drama, Erotic, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about virginity
Actors Tony Leung Ka-fai, Jane March, Melvil Poupaud, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Frédérique Meininger, Jeanne Moreau
The primary characters are known only as the Young Girl and the Chinese Man. The daughter of bitter, fearful, poverty-stricken colonials, the girl is a pretty waif who wears an old silk dress and a fedora, and paints her lips bright red when out of her mother's sight. She and her family are French, but live in Vietnam where her mother is a schoolteacher to local children. Her weak-willed mother, violent older brother, and timid younger brother live in a rural section across the river. The girl is a loner but an excellent student, who dreams of being a writer.
The Three Musketeers (1953)
, 1h56Directed by André Hunebelle
Origin France
Genres Swashbuckler, Adventure
Actors Georges Marchal, André Bourvil, Yvonne Sanson, Gino Cervi, Jean Martinelli, Danielle Godet
Young d'Artagnan leaves his parents and travels from his native Gascony to the capital of France because he wants to prove himself an excellent fencer and to become a musketeer. He is told by his father he must not avoid any duel. On his way to Paris, d'Artagnan feels that his honour is besmirched because he overhears how his horse is derided by a sinister nobleman. He can't help but demand immediate satisfaction. Unfortunately, of all men he finds he has challenged the Count de Rochefort, a shifty character to whom Cardinal Richelieu frequently entrusts covert operations. Rochefort's henchmen take care of d'Artagnan and steal from him. The enraged d'Artagnan is determined to take revenge and will eventually have the chance to do so, for the Queen has given a present to her secret admirer the Duke of Buckingham, and d'Artagnan must retrieve it from him, although he is now already back in England. If he fails her, Cardinal Richelieu is going to disclose Queen Anne's infidelity to King Louis XIII, in order to force a war against England upon him. The Cardinal and Count de Rochefort will do everything in their power if only they can put paid to d'Artagnan's mission. But with help from his three new friends d'Artagnan prevails.
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
, 1h27Directed by André Hunebelle
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Michel Simon, Louis de Funès, Gaby Morlay, Etchika Choureau, Mischa Auer, Maurice Baquet
Maurice Martin s'occupe avec fermeté de la loge de concierge qu'il tient avec sa femme, l'aimable Germaine. Leur fille, Jacqueline, travailleuse et sage, leur donnerait toute satisfaction si une idylle ne s'établissait entre elle et Georges Richet, le fils des propriétaires. Ceux-ci ne veulent à aucun prix de ce mariage, pas plus que les Martin. Après une brouille passagère, les amoureux disparaissent. Les pères, d'abord dressés l'un contre l'autre, se désespèrent et les mères se lamentent. Au retour des jeunes gens, tout le monde se réconcilie et on célèbre le mariage dans la plus franche gaieté.
Paris Casino (1957)
, 1h35Directed by André Hunebelle
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gilbert Bécaud, Vittorio De Sica, Grethe Weiser, Grégoire Aslan, Roland Kaiser, Véra Valmont
Catherine Miller, une vedette du Casino de Paris, est remarquée par Alexandre Gordy, un auteur qui veut la faire jouer dans sa prochaine pièce. Catherine s'installe alors, avec sa famille, chez Gordi sur la Côte d'Azur. Jacques Merval, le secrétaire de Gordi, mais aussi l'auteur véritable des dernières pièces de Gordy, va faire en sorte qu'elle revienne au music-hall.
Captain Blood (1960)
, 1h41Directed by André Hunebelle
Origin France
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Jean Marais, André Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli, Arnoldo Foà, Lise Delamare, Pierrette Bruno
Louis XIII, étant trop jeune et trop faible pour régner, c’est sa mère la reine Marie de Médicis qui gouverne le royaume comme régente. Elle confie tout le pouvoir à son favori Concini qui, conspirant pour éliminer le souverain, sème la terreur dans le pays. Le chevalier François de Capestang, recruté par la noblesse provinciale pour sa grande bravoure, est bien décidé à se battre pour faire triompher la justice en sauvant la couronne de son jeune roi ainsi que la vie de sa bien-aimée Gisèle d'Angoulême dont le père est à la tête de la conjuration des grands seigneurs visant à renverser la Régence, à chasser Concini et à remplacer le roi défaillant.
Blood on His Sword (1961)
, 2hDirected by André Hunebelle
Origin France
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Histoire de France
Actors Jean Marais, Rosanna Schiaffino, Jean-Louis Barrault, Roger Hanin, Guy Delorme, Annie Anderson
Louis XI, roi de France, et Charles le Téméraire, duc de Bourgogne, sont en situation de « guerre froide ». Louis XI cherche à stabiliser la paix malgré les colères du duc et les félonies du traître de Sénac. Le projet du roi est de donner sa filleule, Jeanne de Beauvais, en mariage à Charles, qui la désire. Mais Jeanne est amoureuse du chevalier de Neuville...
Amen. (2002)
, 2h15Directed by Costa-Gavras
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ion Caramitru, Michel Duchaussoy, Ulrich Mühe, Marcel Iureș
The film Amen. examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur), a Waffen-SS officer employed in the SS Hygiene Institute, designing programs for the purification of water and the destruction of vermin. He is shocked to learn that the process he has developed to eradicate typhus, by using a hydrogen cyanide mixture called Zyklon B, is now being used for killing Jews in extermination camps. Gerstein attempts to notify Pope Pius XII (Marcel Iureş) about the gassings, but is appalled by the lack of response he gets from the Catholic hierarchy. The only person moved is Riccardo Fontana (Mathieu Kassovitz), a young Jesuit priest. Fontana and Gerstein attempt to raise awareness about what is happening to the Jews in Europe but even after Fontana appealing to the pope himself, the Vatican makes only a timid and vague condemnation of Hitler and Nazi Germany.