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Full Moon in Paris (1984)Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune
Louise (Pascale Ogier) lives with Remi (Tchéky Karyo) in Marne-la-Vallee. He is an architect, she is an interior decorator. Their lives would be perfect if Remi were less of a homebody, and if Louise were not such a night owl. Conscious of preserving her independence, Louise rents a pied-a-terre in Paris. Octave (Fabrice Luchini), her friend and confidante, is always ready to accompany her during her night prowls. One evening, beneath a full moon, and Octave's jealous, loving gaze, she succumbs to the charms of a sensual dancer. As day breaks she realises, however, that she would much rather be with Remi. - Director:
- Eric Rohmer
- Cast:
- Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini
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Love in the Afternoon (1972)L' Amour l'après-midi
The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. Frederic (Bernard Verley) leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene (Françoise Verley), a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe (Zouzou), who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma. - Director:
- Eric Rohmer
- Cast:
- Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley
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A merry mashup of sisterly affection, parental disappointment, and bold action, 'Polite Society' follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan (Priya Kansara), who believes she must save her older sister Lena (Ritu Arya) from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood. - Director:
- Nida Manzoor
- Cast:
- Eunice Huthart, Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya
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A Good Marriage (1982)Le Beau Mariage
Sabine (Béatrice Romand), a 25 year old arts student, is having an affair with a married man, Simon (Féodor Atkine). When she realises that he will never leave his wife for her, Sabine decides to go out and find herself a husband. At a wedding party, her friend Clarisse (Arielle Dombasle) introduces her to a 25 year old lawyer named Edmond (André Dussollier). In an instant, Sabine decides that Edmond is the man she will marry, but he disappears before they have a chance to speak properly together. Obsessed with the idea of marrying Edmond, Sabine repeatedly calls him, not realising that marriage is the last thing on Edmond's mind.... - Director:
- Eric Rohmer
- Cast:
- Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Féodor Atkine
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Pauline at the Beach (1983)Pauline A La Plage
Recently divorced, Marion (Arielle Dombasle) decides to spend the end of summer in the family beach house on the Normandy coast. She takes her young cousin Pauline (Amanda Langlet), who is delighted to prolong her holidays, along with her. At the beach they meet up with Pierre (Pascal Greggory), Marion's ex-lover who introduces his friend Henri (Féodor Atkine). While at the local casino, Pierre confesses his love to Marion but she is now attracted to Henri. Meanwhile, Pauline has met Sylvain... - Director:
- Eric Rohmer
- Cast:
- Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory
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The Aviator's Wife (1981)La Femme De L'Aviateur
Francois (Philippe Marlaud) loves Anne (Marie Rivière). However, his night-shift job at the post office means they rarely get to spend much time together. One day, he sees her leaving home with her ex, Christian (Mathieu Carrière), who had come to break up with her for good. Reeling from the news, Anne lets Francois fall prey to his jealous imagination. Obsessed with the idea that she may have cheated on him, Francois decides to stay up all night. As he wanders, desolate, through the streets of Paris, he comes across his rival sitting in a cafe with a blonde-haired woman. Intrigued, he follows them. A young woman catches on to what he's up to and accosts him in an alley of the Buttes-Chaumont. - Director:
- Eric Rohmer
- Cast:
- Philippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière, Anne-Laure Meury
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One Fine Morning (2022)Un beau matin
Celebrated writer-director Mia Hansen-Love (Things to Come, Father of My Children) makes a wise and wistful return with 'One Fine Morning', a profoundly moving portrayal of love, loss and contemporary womanhood, featuring a career-best performance from Lea Seydoux. Set in Paris, Seydoux plays Sandra - a young, widowed mother who juggles her job as a translator with caring both for her young daughter and elderly father. Sandra's life is further complicated when she embarks on a passionate affair with Clement, an old friend in an unhappy marriage. Also starring Melvil Poupaud and Pascal Gregory, this Cannes Film Festival award-winner is a gently poignant romantic drama shot through with the director's characteristically charming touch. - Director:
- Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast:
- Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)A Merry War
Richard E Grant and Helena Bonham Carter star in this off-beat tale of love, poetry and house plants. Comstock and Rosemary are a quirky 1930's couple with very modern ideas. He's an eccentric budding poet who decides to quit his nice middle class job as an advertising copy writer in a bid to embrace poverty and his art. Meanwhile, his long suffering girlfriend, Rosemary, works furiously to keep her career and their unconventional relationship on the rails. Their odd but amusingly touching romance bizarrely evolves around Comstock's passion to escape that dreaded symbol of middle class respectability... The Aspidistra. - Director:
- Robert Bierman
- Cast:
- Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham
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3 Faces (2018)Three Faces / Se rokh
In Jafar Panahi's latest film, which won the Best Screenplay Award in Cannes, actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught when she comes across a young girl's video plea for help after her family prevents her from taking up her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to the filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help her with the young girl's troubles. They travel by car to the rural, Azeri-speaking Northwest of Iran, where they encounter the charming and generous folk of the girl's mountain village. But Behnaz and Jafar also discover that old traditions die hard. - Director:
- Jafar Panahi
- Cast:
- Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei
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The Green Ray (1986)Le Rayon Vert / Summer
Delphine's travelling companion cancels two weeks before her holiday, so Delphine (Marie Rivière), a Parisian secretary, is at a loose end. She doesn't want to travel by herself, but has no means boyfriend and seems unable to meet new people. A friend takes her to Cerbourg; after a few days there, the weepy and self pitying Delphine goes back to Paris. She tries the Alps, but returns the same day. Next, it's the beach; once there, she chats with an outgoing Swede, a party girl, and a friendship seems to bud; then suddenly, Delphine bolts, heading back to Paris. On her way, a young man catches her eye; perhaps a sunset and the sun's green ray await. - Director:
- Eric Rohmer
- Cast:
- Marie Rivière, María Luisa García, Vincent Gauthier
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Dr. Luther Brooks (Sidney Poitier) is assigned to treat two prisoners, the Biddle brothers, who were shot during an attempted robbery. Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark) refuses to be treated by the black doctor, and when his brother John dies under Luther's care, Ray becomes consumed with vengeance. His anger and hatred ignites racial tensions within the community, and events quickly spiral out of control. - Director:
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Cast:
- Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally
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When a daydreaming but discontented young teacher is posted to a school in Lunana, a remote village high in the Himalayan mountains, he is disheartened to find a simple yak herding community lacking basic amenities such as electricity or even a blackboard in the classroom. But the enthusiasm of his young students and the unassuming warmth of the village folk buoy his spirits and he must decide whether to return to the city before the gruelling winter sets in or remain in this strange and captivating land. Beautifully photographed in extraordinary mountain locations, this poetic and enchanting drama earned Bhutan the country's first ever Oscar nomination and gives a fascinating insight into a region largely uncharted on screen. - Director:
- Pawo Choyning Dorji
- Cast:
- Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung
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Nayak (1966)The Hero
Uttam Kumar plays a famous Bengali movie star who boards a train to travel to an award ceremony. En route he meets a young journalist (Sharmila Tagore) who is unimpressed by his egotism and celebrity, but decides to interview him. As a rapport develops between them, the film star reveals rather more of his inner self than he intends and is ultimately compelled to re-evaluate his life. - Director:
- Satyajit Ray
- Cast:
- Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen
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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)Im Westen nichts Neues
The story follows teenagers Paul Baumer (Felix Kammerer) and his friends Albert and Muller, who voluntarily enlist in the German army, riding a wave of patriotic fervour that quickly dissipates once they face the brutal realities of life on the front. Paul's preconceptions about the enemy and the rights and wrongs of the conflict soon crumble. However, amid the countdown to Armistice, Paul must carry on fighting until the end, with no purpose other than to satisfy the top brass' desire to end the war on a German offensive. - Director:
- Edward Berger
- Cast:
- Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer
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Mahanagar (1963)The Big City
Set in the mid '50s, Ray's often humorous story of conflicting social values in India's lower-middle class stars Madhabi Mukherjee as housewife Arati Mazumdar. Finding it difficult to make ends meet on her husband's salary alone, Arati takes up a job as a sales woman and finds that she revels in her new-found freedom. But Arati's independence and burgeoning confidence alarms her traditionalist family and threaten to throw her life into chaos. - Director:
- Satyajit Ray
- Cast:
- Madhabi Mukherjee, Anil Chatterjee, Jaya Bhaduri
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