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1) Delicatessen
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
Français
Description
It has been fifteen years since the nuclear disaster. In the middle of a vacant lot stands an old building inhabited by some rather strange people whose primary concern is food. The entire Tapioca family; Mr. and Mrs. Interligator, a couple of dreadful snobs; the Kube brothers, who do nothing but manufacture little round boxes that moo when turned upside-down; Mr. Potin, holed up with his frogs and snails; and Miss Plusse, a lady of uncertain virtue;...
2) Contempt
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1963.
Language
Français
Description
When he is asked to rewrite the screenplay of the Odyssey, which is being filmed by Fritz Lang in Rome, he sets in motion his own odyssey. En route to Rome with his wife Camille, who he adores, his wife tells him that she has nothing but CONTEMPT for him.
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
Français
Description
The Ambassador of the small South American country of Miranda is trafficking in drugs with some French bourgeois friends of his. But every time they want to have dinner together, their plans are put off due to unexpected events. In their quest of a lavish feast, the dividing-line between reality and dreams becomes unclear for each guest, leading to complete and utter ridicule.
5) Diva
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
Français
Description
Eighteen year-old Jules, an opera buff and post office worker, makes a pirate tape of the celebrated DIVA Cynthia Hawkins who flatly refuses to be recorded. The next day, just before being murdered, a prostitute slips a cassette revealing a scandalous illicit business into the bag on his moped. From this point on, these priceless recordings turn Jules's life upside down, as he is hunted by the police, killers and strange Asian men. Only the enigmatic...
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
In 1917, in a German camp, a group of French prisoners - including the aristocratic Boieldieu, Maréchal the foreman and the Jewish banker Rosenthal - prepare to escape. At the last moment, they are moved to a fortress commanded by Von Rauffenstein, who becomes friendly with Boieldieu.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Français
Description
Cook Eugenie and her boss Dodin have grown fond of one another for over 20 years, and their romance gives rise to dishes that impress even the world's most illustrious chefs. When Dodin is faced with Eugenie's reluctance to commit, he begins to cook for her.
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Français
Description
A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver and his fare, a 92-year-old woman whose warmth belies her shocking past. Charles is a taxi driver in Paris, and he is having a very bad day. Enter Madeleine, an immaculately groomed nonagenarian, who informs Charles that the trip today will not be a direct one. She is moving into a nursing home and would like to make some stops along the way...
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Français
Description
Fanny and Jean look like the ideal married couple: they're both professionally accomplished, they live in a gorgeous apartment in an exclusive neighborhood of Paris, and they seem to be in love just as much as they were when they first met. But when Fanny accidentally bumps into Alain, a former high school classmate, she's swept off her feet. They soon see each other again and get closer and closer.
10) Saint Omer
Series
Criterion collection volume 1212
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Français
Description
Bringing a documentarian's sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama finds herself shaken to the core by a case that proves to have profound resonances with her own life. Interweaving...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Français
Description
After a struggling actress stands trial for the murder of a lascivious producer in 1930s Paris, she ascends to scandalous stardom with her lawyer roommate. A new life of fame, wealth, and tabloid celebrity awaits, until the truth comes out.
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