The Animal Kingdom (
2023) | IMDb:
7.2
In a world hit by a wave of mutations transforming humans into animals, François does everything he can to save his wife. As some of the creatures disappear into a nearby forest, he and their son Émile embark on a quest that will change their lives forever.
Starring:
Romain Duris
,
Paul Kircher
,
Adèle Exarchopoulos
,
Tom Mercier
,
Jean Boronat
,
Nathalie Richard
The Passengers of the Night (
2022) | IMDb:
6.9
On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and encounters a troubled teenager named Talulah whom she invites into her home.
Starring:
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Quito Rayon Richter
,
Noée Abita
,
Megan Northam
,
Thibault Vinçon
,
Emmanuelle Béart
Volontaire (
2018) | IMDb:
5.7
The story revolves around 22-year-old Laure, who is trying to find her feet. After performing brilliantly in her literature studies, she enrols as a communications officer in the Naval Fusiliers. She will quickly have to adapt to and assimilate the rules that apply within the institution. But Laure is a determined woman, and she has a thirst for knowledge – still. A thirst to learn to get to know and be comfortable with herself, and to find her place.
Starring:
Diane Rouxel
,
Lambert Wilson
,
Corentin Fila
,
Alex Descas
,
Igor Kovalsky
,
Jonathan Couzinié
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
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
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (
2007) | IMDb:
8
The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
Starring:
Mathieu Amalric
,
Emmanuelle Seigner
,
Marie-Josée Croze
,
Anne Consigny
,
Patrick Chesnais
,
Niels Arestrup