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Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Language
Français
Description
An 8-year-old black child named Victoria is taken in for a night by the wealthy, white, well-intentioned family of one of her schoolmates. The experience haunts her for years to come, shaping her desires and offering a mirage of privilege that she dreams of but finds impossible to attain. As an adult, she drifts from job to job, but then unexpectedly reconnects with the family’s youngest son in an encounter that will reshape her life yet again....
62) Ma mère
Publisher
TLA International
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Français
Description
Pierre has come to the Canary Islands to stay with his mother, Helene, but after his father's death it becomes clear that there are too many things the teen doesn't know, and his mother is committed to ensuring her son's education. At once sexually charged, romantic and frightening, director Christophe Honore's uncompromising adaptation of George Bataille's posthumous novel is a brave journey into dark, uncharted areas of the human soul.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Français
Description
A man and a woman meet at a chateau, where they feel they have met and possibly had an affair a year ago. Bonus features include audio and video interviews, documentary, short documentaries, booklet with essays by critic Mark Polizzotti and film scholar Francois Thomas, and more.
66) Le doulos
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Français
Description
Just out of prison, Maurice (Serge Reggiani) murders a man and steals the loot of a break-in. Preparing another heist, he asks his friend Silien (Jean-Paul Belmondo) for help. But Silien is an informer and warns the police; Maurice is wounded. Furious, he seeks revenge. Nominated for Best Film at the **Mar del Plata Film Festival.** *"As good as Melville's setups are, the joys of the movie keep returning to Belmondo, then and now the king of effortless...
67) The sower
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Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Winner of the prestigious New Director competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Marine Francen’s debut is a sensual, visually stunning historical romance. In 1851, France’s autocratic President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte has ordered the arrest of all the men of a remote mountain farming village following a Republican uprising. The women spend years in total isolation, forced to tend the crops themselves. Some women have lost their husbands;...
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Français
Description
Arman is 33 and ready to make a change, starting with a run in the park. When he literally bumps into Amélie--slightly cynical but nevertheless lovely--on the jogging path, he's dead-set on making a connection with her. As a bit of contrived fate brings them together, Arman's best friend Benjamin suffers an unexpected stroke, relegating him to the hospital for weeks where he falls for his doting young physical therapist. Over the course of two autumns...
69) Benedetta
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
Français
Description
**WARNING:** This film contains mature content & nudity. Based on a true story, a 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
71) A violent life
Language
Français
Description
Stephane moves to Paris to flee his past. The death of a former comrade brings back memories of his transformation from a middle class youth with conventional aspirations to a radicalized activist with dangerous ties. Stephane returns to Corsica for his friend's funeral, knowing that this trip could cost him his life. Official Selection of **Cannes' Critics Week.** Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the **Seville European Film Festival.** *"...Claire...
73) Razzia
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
In the searing and mesmerizing drama, five Moroccans from different social and religious strata are pushed to the fringe by their extremist government. Spanning three decades and several storylines, director Nabil Ayouch weaves an intricate tale of lost loves, forbidden desires, and fragile dreams in modern day Morocco. The Moroccan Entry for the 2018 Academy Awards, the film was the Opening Night Film at the 2018 New York Jewish Film Festival.
74) 40 love
Publisher
First Run Features
Language
Français
Description
Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 40 LOVE is the story of a father and son who are both trying to transcend their current reality to achieve their dreams. After losing his job as senior executive in a large chain store, Jérôme is determined to start his own new business, despite the concerns of his wife. Their son Ugo, though only 11, already shows great promise as a future tennis pro, and hopes to get accepted to the national training center...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Français
Description
Etienne, a serious and impressionable shaggy-haired young cinephile, leaves behind his steady girlfriend in Lyon to study film in Paris. Settling into a dingy flat with a rotating cast of roommates, he immerses himself in a bohemian world of artists, intellectuals, and fellow film geeks who excitedly share their passion for Bresson, Ford, and obscure Russian directors. It’s a seemingly idyllic life until complicated matters of the flesh, as well...
76) 4 days in France
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Français
Description
On a seemingly ordinary night in Paris, Pierre takes one last look at his lover Paul and steals away, with his Grindr app as his only guide. Paul sets out after him, using his own phone to track Pierre’s movements in a strange and wonderful game of Grindr cat-and-mouse. Nominated for a Queer Lion at the **Venice Film Festival.** *"A sly, sexy and strangely disarming cruise along the queerer backroads of rural France that marks an intriguing debut...
77) The workshop
Language
Français
Description
La Ciotat, the South of France. Antoine attends a summer writing workshop in which a few young people have been selected to write a crime thriller with the help of Olivia, a famous novelist. The creative process will recall the town’s industrial past, a form of nostalgia to which Antoine feels indifferent. More concerned with the fears of the modern world, the young man soon clashes with the group and Olivia, who seems at the same time alarmed and...
78) Pickpocket
Series
Criterion collection volume 314
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005
Language
Français
Description
Michel, an insignificant man who drifts into crime, is arrested and imprisoned. Upon release, he abandons an attempt at reform when a master pickpocket teaches him his art.
79) Port of shadows
Publisher
Homevision
Pub. Date
2004
Language
Français
Description
Down a desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good in life. Fate has a different plan, however, when acts of revenge and kindness turn him into front-page news.
80) Close
Publisher
A24
Language
Français
Description
Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont's second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.
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