Browse by Country - France
The Confessional ( Le Confessionnal ) (1995)
Director: Robert Lepage
Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, Patrick Goyette, Ron Burrage
A man searches for lost relatives and missing pieces of family history, somehow linked to the making of Hitchcock's 'I Confess' in Quebec, 1953; past... Read more
Cousin, Cousine (1975)
Director: Jean-charles Tacchella
Starring: Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux
An engaging look at love among the members of a large French family. This french comedy which was later remade in America as 'Cousins'. When two coupl... Read more
Cyclo (1995)
Director: Tran Anh Hung
Starring: Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Le Van Loc, Tran Nu Yen Khe
This powerful tale set in the underworld of post-war Vietnam follows a Ho Chi Minh City pedicab rider struggling to support his sisters and grandfathe... Read more
Danton (1982)
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Patrice Chereau, Roger Planchon
Gerard Depardieu takes the title role in this dramatic recounting of the power struggle between the leading figures of the French revolution, Danton a... Read more
Death and the Maiden (1995)
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson
Roman Polanski's intense film of Ariel Dorfman's play stars Sigourney Weaver as a South American woman who believes that her lawyer husband's associat... Read more
Bed and Board ( Domicile Conjugal ) (1970)
Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Claude Jade, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Hiroko Berghauer
This warm and affectionate film, the penultimate in the Antoine Doinel series, depicts French middle-class life with ironic and wry humour. Jean-Pierr... Read more
The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
Director: Erick Zonca
Starring: Elodie Bouchez, Natacha Regnier, Gregoire Colin
This highly praised debut effort from Erick Zonca focuses on the complex relationship between two young women who meet at a clothing factory in Lille,... Read more
Hail Mary (1985)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste
A reverent modern retelling of the Incarnation and Birth of Christ. The setting is 1980s France where Mary works at her father's gas station. Her sele... Read more
Fiesta (1996)
Director: Pierre Boutron
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gregoire Colin
Set in Spain during the 1936 civil war and exploring the evolution of two individuals; a young man growing from gilded carefree adolescence into a kil... Read more
Fiorile (1993)
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Starring: Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan
U.S. title; 'Wild Flower'. This film of immense elegance set in Tuscany focuses on the Benedetti family who preserve their time-honoured ways, includ... Read more