13 Days, 13 Nights: In the Hell of Kabul (
2025) | IMDb:
0
Kabul, August 15, 2021. US troops are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan, while the Taliban are marching on the capital to seize power. Amid the chaos, Commander Mohamed Bida and his men are in charge of security at the French embassy, the last Western mission to remain open. Trapped along with 500 people, left to their own devices, the team must reach the airport at all costs. A perilous mission with no guarantee of success to flee the hell of Kabul and rescue what remains of humanity.
Starring:
Roschdy Zem
,
Lyna Khoudri
,
Sidse Babett Knudsen
,
Christophe Montenez
,
Yan Tual
,
Avant Strangel
A Difficult Year (
2023) | IMDb:
0
Compulsive spenders Albert and Bruno are in debt up to their necks. While seeking help from community workers to get their lives back on track, they run into a group of young green activists. Lured by the free beer and snacks rather than by the ideals of eco-activists, Albert and Bruno find themselves joining the movement without much conviction.
Starring:
Pio Marmaï
,
Alban Ivanov
,
Noémie Merlant
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
,
Luàna Bajrami
The French Dispatch (
2021) | IMDb:
7.1
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
Starring:
Benicio del Toro
,
Adrien Brody
,
Tilda Swinton
,
Léa Seydoux
,
Frances McDormand
,
Timothée Chalamet
Gloria Mundi (
2019) | IMDb:
6.4
Daniel leaves prison. He returns to Marseilles where Mathilda, his daughter, has just given birth. Nicolas, her spouse, a self-employed driver, is exhausted while Mathilda is a sales assistant on a trial basis. But, one night, Nicolas is assaulted by taxi drivers determined to reduce unfair competition.
Starring:
Ariane Ascaride
,
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
,
Gérard Meylan
,
Anaïs Demoustier
,
Robinson Stévenin
,
Lola Naymark
The Princess of Montpensier (
2010) | IMDb:
6.5
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
Starring:
Mélanie Thierry
,
Lambert Wilson
,
Gaspard Ulliel
,
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
,
Raphaël Personnaz
,
Michel Vuillermoz
Directed by:
Bertrand Tavernier
Army of Crime (
2009) | IMDb:
6.7
This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team's members became martyrs for the Resistance.
Starring:
Simon Abkarian
,
Virginie Ledoyen
,
Robinson Stévenin
,
Lola Naymark
,
Adrien Jolivet
,
Pierre Niney