The Small Victories (
2023) | IMDb:
6.3
Between her roles as mayor and teacher in the small village of Kerguen, Alice's days are very full. When an unexpected new student, 60-year-old Emile, finally decides to learn to read and write, her daily life threatens to become unmanageable. Especially since Alice will also have to save her village and her school...
Starring:
Julia Piaton
,
Michel Blanc
,
Lionel Abelanski
,
Marie Bunel
,
India Hair
,
Marie-Pierre Casey
Just a Breath Away (
2018) | IMDb:
5.9
When a deadly mist engulfs Paris, people find refuge in the upper floors of the buildings. With no information, no electricity and hardly any supplies, Mathieu, Anna and their daughter Sarah try to survive the disaster.
Starring:
Romain Duris
,
Olga Kurylenko
,
Fantine Harduin
,
Michel Robin
,
Anna Gaylor
,
Réphaël Ghrenassia
Uncle Charles (
2012) | IMDb:
4.4
Diagnosed with an incurable illness, Charles, a rugby tycoon who has made a fortune in New Zealand prints an ad in his hometown looking for his sister that he's not seen in fifty years. A notary clerk, believing that Charles has a terminal illness responds to Charles' search for heirs claiming to be his sister. Charles finds that he was misdiagnosed and returns to France to meet his long lost sister.
Starring:
Eddy Mitchell
,
Valérie Bonneton
,
Alexandra Lamy
,
Arnaud Ducret
,
Sophie de Fürst
,
Thomas Solivérès
Directed by:
Étienne Chatiliez
Chicken with Plums (
2011) | IMDb:
7
Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.
Starring:
Mathieu Amalric
,
Édouard Baer
,
Maria de Medeiros
,
Golshifteh Farahani
,
Éric Caravaca
,
Chiara Mastroianni
Carnage (
2011) | IMDb:
7.1
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
Starring:
Jodie Foster
,
Kate Winslet
,
Christoph Waltz
,
John C. Reilly
,
Elvis Polanski
,
Eliot Berger
Micmacs (
2009) | IMDb:
7.1
While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of trash. There Bazil begins his quest for revenge against the people who produced the gun that shot him.
Starring:
Dany Boon
,
Dominique Pinon
,
André Dussollier
,
Jean-Pierre Marielle
,
Julie Ferrier
,
Yolande Moreau
Directed by:
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
I, Cesar (
2003) | IMDb:
6.1
Cesar is a young schoolboy living in Paris with his family. Their life is ordinary, but Cesar wants more excitement (which he creates, in one instance, by claiming to his teachers that his father has been arrested). During the school holidays, Cesar and his friend Sarah decide to help their mutual friend, Morgan, find his father who supposedly lives in London. Each one tells their parents that they're staying with the other two, and together they sneak out to begin their search.
Starring:
Jules Sitruk
,
Joséphine Berry
,
Mabô Kouyaté
,
Anna Karina
,
Stéphane Guillon
,
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Directed by:
Richard Berry
Amélie (
2001) | IMDb:
8.3
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
Starring:
Audrey Tautou
,
Mathieu Kassovitz
,
Rufus
,
Lorella Cravotta
,
Serge Merlin
,
Jamel Debbouze