Belle (
2025) | IMDb:
0
A couple have a peaceful existence in a small provincial town. He is a teacher and she runs an opticians practical. Their life is turned upside when Belle, a friend’s daughter who is lodging with them, is found dead in her room. The husband becomes the prime suspect as the only one at home at the time.
Starring:
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Guillaume Canet
,
Patrick Descamps
,
Pauline Nyrls
,
Jérémie Covillault
,
Kamel Laadaili
Boléro (
2024) | IMDb:
0
Boundary-pushing Russian dancer and actress Ida Rubinstein selects renowned French composer Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Ravel ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro.
Starring:
Raphaël Personnaz
,
Doria Tillier
,
Jeanne Balibar
,
Emmanuelle Devos
,
Suzanne Clément
,
Sophie Guillemin
Maigret (
2022) | IMDb:
5.9
In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify her and then understand what happened to the victim.
Starring:
Gérard Depardieu
,
Anne Loiret
,
Aurore Clément
,
Mélanie Bernier
,
Jade Labeste
,
Clara Antoons
Directed by:
Patrice Leconte
The Father (
2020) | IMDb:
8.2
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins
,
Olivia Colman
,
Mark Gatiss
,
Olivia Williams
,
Imogen Poots
,
Rufus Sewell
Gemma Bovery (
2014) | IMDb:
6.4
Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.
Starring:
Gemma Arterton
,
Jason Flemyng
,
Fabrice Luchini
,
Elsa Zylberstein
,
Isabelle Candelier
,
Niels Schneider
Adore (
2013) | IMDb:
6.2
Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotions that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention.
Starring:
Naomi Watts
,
Robin Wright
,
Xavier Samuel
,
James Frecheville
,
Ben Mendelsohn
,
Sophie Lowe
The Illusionist (
2010) | IMDb:
7.5
A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.
Starring:
Jean-Claude Donda
,
Eilidh Rankin
,
Didier Gustin
,
Jil Aigrot
,
Jacques Tati
,
Duncan MacNeil
Days of Darkness (
2007) | IMDb:
6.8
Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but his only real feelings come when he visits his aged mother, whose health is failing. When his wife leaves abruptly to work in Toronto, Jean-Marc sets out to reorder things with his daughters, his social life, and at work. In a world that at best is a farce, does he stand a chance?
Starring:
Marc Labrèche
,
Sylvie Léonard
,
Diane Kruger
,
Caroline Néron
,
Rufus Wainwright
,
Macha Grenon
How I Killed My Father (
2001) | IMDb:
6.9
When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?
Starring:
Michel Bouquet
,
Charles Berling
,
Natacha Régnier
,
Amira Casar
,
Stéphane Guillon
,
François Berléand
Directed by:
Anne Fontaine
Ridicule (
1996) | IMDb:
7.3
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Starring:
Charles Berling
,
Jean Rochefort
,
Fanny Ardant
,
Judith Godrèche
,
Bernard Giraudeau
,
Bernard Dhéran
Directed by:
Patrice Leconte