, 1h57 Directed byMichael Haneke OriginFrance GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Romance ThemesFilms about suicide ActorsJuliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot, Aïssa Maïga, Daniel Duval Roles Editor Rating72% The quiet life of a Paris family is disturbed when they receive a series of surveillance tapes of the exterior of their residence from an anonymous source. Georges Laurent is the successful host of a French literary television program, living with his wife Anne, a book publisher, and their 12-year-old son Pierrot. Unmarked videocassettes arrive on their doorstep, tapes that show extended observation of their home's exterior from a static street camera that is never noticed. At first passive and harmless, but later accompanied by crude, disturbing crayon drawings, the tapes lead to questions about Georges' early life that disrupt both his work and marriage. But because the tapes do not contain an open threat, the police refuse to help the family.
, 1h57 Directed byMichael Haneke OriginFrance GenresDrama, War, Romance ThemesMedical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Sign-language films, French Sign Language films, Films about language and translation ActorsJuliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Djibril Kouyaté, Luminița Gheorghiu, Bruno Todeschini Roles Editor Rating70% The film features several different storylines, all of which intersect periodically throughout the film. The film's opening scene features a brief encounter with four of the main characters: Anne Laurent (Juliette Binoche) is an actress working in Paris, and she walks briefly with her boyfriend's younger brother Jean. After they part, Jean throws a piece of garbage at Maria, a homeless woman sitting on the side of the road. Amadou, the child of Malian immigrants, witnesses this and confronts Jean. The two fight, and eventually Amadou and Maria are both taken to a police station for questioning. Amadou is released presumably shortly after, though we learn that he was held, beaten and shamed, but Maria is deported to her native Romania and she reconnects with her family there.
, 2h4 Directed byHenri Verneuil OriginFrance GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Spy ThemesSpy films, Radio, Political films ActorsYul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Jean Desailly, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret, Michel Bouquet Roles Assistant Editor Rating61% Aleksey Teodorovic Vlassov (Yul Brynner) is a high ranking KGB official who defects while in France. He has with him highly-classified information as part of a deal with Western intelligence for his arrival in the United States. The debriefing is held at Langley by DCI Allan Davies (Henry Fonda) and MI6 representative Philip Boyle (Dirk Bogarde). Vlassov hands off a list of enemy agents in Western Europe including a deep penetration into NATO. Davies wants to begin operations to arrest the agents; however, those on the list suddenly begin to die off. The CIA also has suspicions over the authenticity of Vlassov's claims. The CIA discovers that a defection photo of Vlassov was taken in the Soviet Union, not in Turkey, judging from the contours of Mt. Ararat in the background. Vlassov also fails a lie detector test after he angrily protests about sexual related questions asked by the CIA during the test.
, 1h35 Directed byYves Boisset, Guy Cavagnac OriginFrance GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ActorsMichel Bouquet, Françoise Fabian, Michel Constantin, Pierre Massimi, Gianni Garko, Henri Garcin Roles Assistant Editor Rating67% Barnero est un flic amer travaillant dans une ville qu'il juge pourrie. Il assiste écœuré à la montée en puissance de Tavernier dit le Mandarin, implanté dans l'immobilier depuis son retour d'Indochine. Ce dernier est un fasciste doublé d'un truand. Il commence une carrière politique locale et en sous main, il développe le racket et le trafic de drogue, sans pour autant être inquiété car il ne se mouille pas directement et dispose d'appuis. Ses hommes de mains, dirigés par Beausourire, exercent des pressions sur Dassa, le propriétaire d'une boîte, afin que celui-ci accepte d'ouvrir son établissement à la vente de drogue. Dassa est agressé une première fois et son ami Dan Rover lui offre de l'aider. Dassa ne craint pas les pressions du Mandarin qu'il sous-estime. Quand Dassa est exécuté, son ami Dan se reproche de n'avoir pas su le convaincre. Hélène, la sœur de Roger Dassa, arrive de Londres. Elle refuse de rencontrer Dan, car elle l'accuse d'être le responsable des ennuis de son frère.
, 2h40 Directed byMichel Hazanavicius OriginFrance GenresDrama, War, Musical ActorsBérénice Bejo, Annette Bening, Bjarne Henriksen Roles Sound Editor Rating67% The film begins and ends on the October 16th, 1999 with 20-year-old Kolia, (Maksim Emelyanov), a Russian army recruit, recording and narrating with a handheld video camera, as young, drunken Russian soldiers taunt, terrorize and finally execute a civilian Chechen couple in front of their teenage daughter Raissa (Zukhra Duishvili). Kolia's story is one of four personal narratives that unfold against the backdrop of the ruins of a village in Chechnya, the flood of civilian refugees from the village, and a family partially reunited. We first meet Kolia as a pot-smoking guitar player in Perm, 2300 kilometers from the Chechen border, where he is taken into custody for possession of drugs and drafted into army service. As a new recruit he undergoes a brutal transformation from an innocent youth into a "dehumanized killing machine." When Kolia's fellow soldiers, kill the Chechnan couple, the couple's nine-year-old son, Hadji (Abdul Khalim Mamutsiev) hides and watches and when it is safe, he is able to carry his infant brother to relative safety. The trauma of his parents' death renders him mute. He is helped along the way to the refugee camp by other Chechen refugees and eventually, he is befriended by Carole (Bérénice Bejo), a French-born, Chechnya-based NGO worker. Carole, who works as a researcher and representative of the Human Rights Committee of the European Union, helps Hadji regain his ability to speak. Hadji's elder sister Raïssa searches for both brothers. Helen (Annette Bening), a Red Cross worker, is interviewed by Carol and places hope in the International response to the Second Chechen War to the centuries-old struggle of the Chechen people. Raissa reunited with her baby brother escapes once again from the village with the help of other Chechen refugees. She has to leave without Hadji against her will because of the Russian federal forces' aerial bombing. Raissa helps Helen at the International Red Cross orphanage. Both Helen and Carole are discouraged when the United Nations Commission of Human Rights report of April 2000 does not declare the situation in Chechnya a humanitarian disaster. Carole delivers her report to the United Nations but soon realizes that not many of the participants are listening. With the help of Carole and Helen Hadji is reunited with his siblings. The film ends at the beginning with Kolia's filming of the attack on Hadji's family.
, 1h40 Directed byMichel Hazanavicius OriginFrance GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance ThemesFilms about animals, Films about films, Films about television, Films about dogs, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère ActorsJean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, John Goodman, Uggie, Penelope Ann Miller Roles Sound Editor Rating77% In 1927, silent film star George Valentin is posing for pictures outside the premiere of his latest hit film when a young woman, Peppy Miller, accidentally bumps into him. Valentin reacts with humor to the accident and shows off with Peppy for the cameras. The next day, Peppy finds herself on the front page of Variety with the headline "Who's That Girl?" Later, Peppy auditions as a dancer and is spotted by Valentin, who insists that she have a part in Kinograph Studios' next production, despite objections from the studio boss, Al Zimmer. While performing a scene in which they dance together, Valentin and Peppy show great chemistry, despite her being merely an extra. With a little guidance from Valentin (he draws a beauty spot on her, which will eventually be her trademark, after finding her in his dressing room), Peppy slowly rises through the industry, earning more prominent starring roles.
, 1h51 Directed byMichael Haneke OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Thriller, Horror, Crime ThemesJeu, Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry ActorsTim Roth, Naomi Watts, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart, Siobhan Fallon Hogan Roles Sound Editor Rating65% George and Ann Farber, their son Georgie, and their dog arrive at their lake house. Their next-door neighbour, Fred, is seen with two young men, Peter and Paul, who seem to be friends or relatives. They find Fred reacting somewhat awkwardly. Fred and Paul come over to help put the boat into the lake. Lucky, the dog, keeps barking at Paul, but George ignores it. After Fred and Paul leave, George and Georgie stay outside by the lake, tending to their boat. Georgie asks his father why Fred was behaving so strangely.
, 1h37 Directed byClaude Berri OriginFrance GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance ActorsAudrey Tautou, Guillaume Canet, Laurent Stocker, Françoise Bertin, Firmine Richard, Danièle Lebrun Roles Sound Editor Rating66% The film opens showing the day-to-day life of an elderly lady named Paulette. Paulette lives alone, dedicated to her animals, in particular her cats, and her garden. Her worst fear is of dying far from her home and garden. However, when she takes a fall she is sent to hospital who then advise that she recovers in a nursing-home, much to her dismay.