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The Tango Lesson (1997)
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Sally Potter, Pablo Veron, Gustavo Naveira
Semi-autobiographical tale of director/star/writer and former dancer Sally Potter (director of "Orlando") who finds love and the meaning of life in th... Read more
Tatie Danielle (1990)
Director: Etienne Chatiliez
Starring: Tsilla Chelton, Catherine Jacob, Isabelle Nanty
A sharply satirical black comedy about a bitter, calculating and unrepentantly mean old lady who receives sick pleasure out of hurting and manipulatin... Read more
Tess (1979)
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: John Bett, Peter Firth, Nastassja Kinski, Leigh Lawson
Winner of three Academy Awards, Polanski's interpretation of Thomas Hardy's novel is a beautiful and timeless masterwork destined to be a classic. Nas... Read more
The Truce (1997)
Director: Francesco Rosi
Starring: John Turturro, Massimo Ghini, Rade Serbedzija
This is the true story of Italian Jews returning home from Auschwitz after the war. It deals with their experiences in readjusting to life and their f... Read more
A Woman is a Woman ( Une Femme Est Une Femme ) (1961)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo
'A Woman Is A Woman'. Godard's light-hearted tribute to Hollywood musicals, with Anna Karina as a nightclub stripper who wants a baby and expects eith... Read more
The Visitors ( Les Visiteurs ) (1993)
Director: Jean-marie Poire
Starring: Valerie Lemercier, Jean Reno, Christian Clavier
A record-breaking hit in its native France, Jean-Marie Poire's fantasy/comedy stars Jean Reno and Christian Clavier (who co-scripted with Poire) as a... Read more
Western (1997)
Director: Manuel Poirier
Starring: Sergi Lopez, Sacha Bourdo, Elisabeth Vitali
An intelligent and sensitive road-movie about two foreigners spending three weeks together hitch-hiking through northern France. Crackling with traged... Read more
Zazie Dans Le Metro (1960)
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret
Funny in a bold, delicate, freakish, outrageous and occasionally night-marish way and crammed with sight gags and preposterous photographic stunts. 'A... Read more
Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
Director: Tonie Marshall
Starring: Nathalie Baye, Samuel Le Bihan, Bulle Ogier, Jacques Bonnaffe, Mathilde Seigner,...
Aka "Venus Beauty". The Venus Beauty Salon is the local beauty shop run by Nadine, a glamorous businesswoman, who in turn, employs three beauticians.... Read more
Pirates (1986)
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Walter Matthau, Richard Pearson, Damien Thomas, Cris Campion, Charlotte Lewis, R...
Comic-adventure film about buccaneers who take on a Spanish galleon filled with Aztec gold. Polanski is said to have spent $30 million on the film, of... Read more