Browse by Country - France
Lorna's Silence (2008)
Director: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Starring: Fabrizio Rongione, Jeremie Renier, Arta Dobroshi
Lorna is a young Albanian woman living illegally in Belgium whose desire for citizenship leads her into a dangerous world. In order to get the proper... Read more
My Brother is an Only Child (2007)
Director: Daniele Luchetti
Starring: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, Massimo Popolizio
Growing up in small-town Italy during the '60s and '70s, brothers Accio and Manrico embody and celebrate opposing political stances, but share an impa... Read more
Germinal (1993)
Director: Claude Berri
Starring: Anny Duperey, Bernard Fresson, Gerard Depardieu, Judith Henry, Laurent Terzieff,...
A sprawling adaptation of the classic 1884 Emile Zola novel, this manages to tell both the epic tale of a bleak rural community and the personal story... Read more
Breathless ( A bout de souffle ) (1960)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Daniel Boulanger, Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henri-Jacques Huet
A.k.a. "A bout de souffle". There was before "Breathless", and there was after "Breathless". Jean-Luc Godard burst onto the film scene in 1960 with th... Read more
Sarafina! (1992)
Director: Darrell Roodt
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba
Based on the hit play, this musical-drama is set against the backdrop of racial strife in Soweto, South Africa, in 1979, where rebellious schoolteache... Read more
Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
Director: Dany Boon
Starring: Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoe Felix, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret, Anne Marivin
A huge hit in its native France, this 'city slicker meets the yokels' comedy stars Kad Merad as a postal worker whose attempts to orchestrate a transf... Read more
Le Quai Des Brumes ( Port of Shadows ) (1938)
Director: Marcel Carne
Starring: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michele Morgan
Deserter Jean arrives in Le Havre and looks for a shelter before leaving the French territory. Housed in a shed on the docks, he meets the mysterious... Read more
Night Shift (2001)
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Gerald Laroche, Bastien Le Roy
A tense psychological thriller set during the night shift in a small bottle factory. When Pierre takes on a second job at the factory, he is initially... Read more
Female Agents (2008)
Director: Jean-Paul Salome
Starring: Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Deborah Francois, Moritz Bleibtr...
In May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group for two... Read more
The Stolen Children (1992)
Director: Gianni Amelio
Starring: Enrico Lo Verso, Valentina Scalici, Florence Darel
A wonderful story of the friendship that grows between a young carbiniere and the two abused children he is escorting from Milan to a foster home in P... Read more