Beating Hearts (
2024) | IMDb:
0
Local rebellious teenager Clotaire falls for his schoolmate Jackie, but gang violence leads him to a darker destructive path. After years apart, the star-crossed lovers discover that every path they've taken leads them back together.
Starring:
François Civil
,
Adèle Exarchopoulos
,
Benoît Poelvoorde
,
Anthony Bajon
,
Alain Chabat
,
Élodie Bouchez
This One Summer (
2023) | IMDb:
5.5
Every summer, 10-year-old Dune goes with her parents to the south-west coast of France, where she meets her best friend Mathilde. Together, they explore pine forests, contemplate the shape of clouds, follow teenagers and crash their parties, and secretly watch horror films. But this one summer is special for Dune – last year, the family skipped their usual holiday without her knowing why. She feels that something has changed. As childhood becomes a little more distant, she begins to see adults and teenagers differently and understand their secrets.
Starring:
Rose Pou Pellicer
,
Juliette Havelange
,
Marina Foïs
,
Gael García Bernal
,
Adèle Wismes
,
Ángela Molina
Things to Come (
2016) | IMDb:
6.9
Nathalie teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris. She is passionate about her job and particularly enjoys passing on the pleasure of thinking. Married with two children, she divides her time between her family, former students and her very possessive mother. One day, Nathalie’s husband announces he is leaving her for another woman. With freedom thrust upon her, Nathalie must reinvent her life.
Starring:
Isabelle Huppert
,
André Marcon
,
Roman Kolinka
,
Edith Scob
,
Sarah Le Picard
,
Solal Forte
Lou! (
2014) | IMDb:
6
Lou, a creative and dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives alone with her mother in an orange building with tons of little balconies that give access to the roof. Mina has been her best friend since kindergarten, and Lou has been in love with Tristan, one of her neighbors, since elementary school. Her mother has relinquished her own personal happiness of late so as to devote herself to her daughter, but their little bubble bursts when Mom meets a man and Lou at last dares speak to Tristan.
Starring:
Ludivine Sagnier
,
Kyan Khojandi
,
Lola Lasseron
,
Nathalie Baye
,
Julie Ferrier
,
Léa Nataf
Directed by:
Julien Neel
Holy Motors (
2012) | IMDb:
7
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.
Goodbye First Love (
2011) | IMDb:
6.7
A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.
Starring:
Lola Créton
,
Sebastian Urzendowsky
,
Valérie Bonneton
,
Magne-Håvard Brekke
,
Serge Renko
,
Özay Fecht
Directed by:
Mia Hansen-Løve