IP 5: L'ile Aux Pachydermes (1992)

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix

Starring: Olivier Martinez, Yves Montand, Geraldine Pailhas

Two young Parisian lawbreakers meet a mysterious older man (Yves Montand, in his final screen role) after hitching a ride in the back of a delivery tr... Read more

Roselyne and the Lions (1989)

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix

Starring: Isabelle Pasco, Gerard Sandoz, Phillippe Clevenot

From the director of 'Diva' and 'Betty Blue' comes yet another stylish work. A teenager leaves school and takes a job at a zoo, where he meets a young... Read more

Someone I Loved (2010)

Director: Zabou Breitman

Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Florence Loiret-Caille, Marie-Josee Croze

After Chole (Florence Loiret Caille) is dumped by her cheating husband, her father-in-law (Daniel Auteuil) attempts to console her by sharing his tale... Read more

Mammuth (2010)

Director: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern

Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Adjani, Yolande Moreau

In this odd but emotion-packed French comedy, Gerard Depardieu plays a recent retiree who discovers his company is attempting to welsh on his pension.... Read more

Locked-in Syndrome (1997)

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix

A 1995 stroke left French writer/magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby unable to move any part of his body except one eyelid. Despite his condition, he... Read more

Last Stop 174 (2009)

Director: Bruno Barreto

From the writer of the ground-breaking 'City of God' comes this fast-paced drama, set on the crime-ridden streets of Rio de Janeiro. Rigorously recon... Read more

The Names of Love (2010)

Director: Michel Leclerc

Starring: Zinedine Soualem, Jacques Gamblin, Jacques Boudet, Sara Forestier

Michel Leclerc's delightful, sexy and audacious crowd-pleaser about a forty-something Jewish scientist who falls in love with a flamboyant Algerian be... Read more

Mozart's Sister (2010)

Director: Rene Feret

Starring: Delphine Chaneac, David Morcar, Marc Barbe, Marie Feret

An enjoyable period drama about Wolgang Mozart's elder sister, Nannerl (Marie Féret). Beginning in 1763, it follows the Mozart family's life on the ro... Read more

Love Crime (2010)

Director: Alain Corneau

Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Ludivine Sagnier

This masterclass in filmmaking is set in the sterile offices of a large multinational company where Isabelle works for Christine, a powerful woman who... Read more

The Moon In The Gutter (1983)

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix

Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Gerard Depardieu, Victoria Abril

Following his American success with 'Diva', much was expected of Beineix, and his 'Moon in the Gutter' was generally panned. But this elegantly shot r... Read more