Browse by Country - France
The Roof ( Il Tetto ) (1956)
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Starring: Gabriella Pallotta, Giorgio Listuzzi
De Sica once again returns to poor, post-war Italy to tell the small and unpretentious story of a young newly-wed couple. Having no money, they first... Read more
The Class ( Entre Les Murs ) (2008)
Director: Laurent Cantet
Starring: Francois Begaudeau, Franck Keita, Nassim Amrabt, Esmerelda Ouertani
French director Laurent Cantet does something miraculous with the well-worn conceit of a teacher and his underprivileged students in this fresh and op... Read more
You, The Living (2007)
Director: Roy Andersson
Starring: Jessika Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Bjorn Englund, Leif Larsson
A tragi-comic panorama of the human condition, Swedish director Roy Andersson ('Songs from the Second Floor') has stitiched together 50 short scenes o... Read more
Poltergay (2006)
Director: Eric Lavaine
Starring: Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu, Lionel Abelanski, Gilles Gaston Dreyfus, Jean...
An over-the-top horror spoof from France, with a young married couple thrilled to have bought a decrepit old mansion at a cheap price only to discover... Read more
Private Property (2006)
Director: Joachim Roenning
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Yannick Renier, Jeremie Renier
In this shrewd family drama, Isabelle Huppert plays a weary middle-aged divorcee who longs to break away from family life with her two sons, both in t... Read more
Rosetta / La Promesse (1999)
Director: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Starring: Emilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Jeremie Renier, Olivier Gourme...
'Rosetta' (1999, 90 mins) Winner of the 1999 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and widely hailed as a masterpiece, 'Rosetta' is an extraordinary... Read more
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe / The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1972)
Director: Yves Robert
Starring: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort
The original French comedy and its successful sequel: 'The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe' - Bernard Milan covets Louis Toulouse's job in the secr... Read more
Transporter 3 (2008)
Director: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Francois Berleand, Robert Knepper, Jeroen Krabb...
The driving gloves are back on in this full throttle, over-the-top actioner as mercenary delivery guy Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is enlisted to tran... Read more
The Wrestler (2008)
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis, Todd Barry, Judah...
Mickey Rourke made a barn-storming comeback with this portrayal of a down and out wrestler who wants back in the ring for one more shot at glory. Not... Read more
Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train (1998)
Director: Patrice Chereau
Starring: Charles Berling, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Vincent Perez, Bruno Todeschini, Valeri...
A Paris-to-Limoges train ride for the funeral of a brash, charismatic artist brings together a disparate group of people - the friends, family, and fo... Read more