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From the Land of the Moon (2016)Mal de pierres
In a small village in rural France, Garbrielle (Marion Cotillard) dreams of a more passionate life, much to her family's chagrin. With the intent of making her into a respectable woman, they marry her off to honest farmer Jose (Alex Brendemühl). Once married Gabrielle develops an illness and is sent to the Alps for treatment. There she meets a dashing injured veteran of the Indochina War (Louis Garrel). The affair rekindles the passion buried deep inside her. With this newfound love, she is determined to run away and free herself from the marriage that imprisons her. This time she's determined to follow her dream. - Director:
- Nicole Garcia
- Cast:
- Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Àlex Brendemühl
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One Day in Summer (2005)Un jour d'ete
Set in a quiet, rural village in France which becomes saturated with anxiety when a tragic accident results in the death of a local teenage boy, One Day In Summer presents itself as a rites of passage for an ensemble of characters caught up in the unassuming narrative of this coming of age story. The heat-drenched summer landscape acquires a sinister and brooding aspect as everyone looks for someone to blame. Amidst this tense dissection of a small community's secrets the film casts a restrained yet penetrating gaze upon the life-changing summer of a teenage boy. After the death of his best friend, Sebastien has to come to terms with conflicting feelings towards him. His unspoken longing and sexual awakening are cut short by the freak accident that robs him of his friendship and their last summer together before university. With a heady mix of unrequited feelings and resentment complicated by past bereavements and class difference Sebastien's inner turmoil is sharply contrasted against the shimmering heat and beautiful countryside of France. Sebastien's confusion is further complicated by the admiring advances if the son of the town's mayor who Sebastien blames for the death of his friend. - Director:
- Franck Guérin
- Cast:
- Baptiste Bertin, Catherine Mouchet, Jean-François Stévenin
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The Escapees (1981)Les paumées du petit matin / The Runaways
Two female patients one rebellious (Laurence Dubas), the other despondent (Christiane Coppe) flee the grounds of a mental hospital and drift across the French countryside. After finding refuge among a band of gypsy-like exotic dancers, they cross paths with a petty criminal (Marianne Valiot), an aging fortune-teller (Louise Dhour) and a quartet of swingers with sinister intentions. - Director:
- Jean Rollin
- Cast:
- Laurence Dubas, Christiane Coppé, Marianne Valiot
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Barbara (2019)Tezuka's Barbara
One of Osamu Tezuka's most adult and sexually-charged works, Barbara (1973-74) was originally serialized as a follow-up to Ayako (1972-73) in Big Comic from July 1973 to May 1974. Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is tossed upside down by a mysterious girl named "Barbara". The controversial story, dealing with various taboos such as forbidden love, mystery, art, Eros, scandal and occultism, was said to have been impossible to be cinematized at the time of its original publication, but was made into a live-action film for the 90th Anniversary of Osamu Tezuka's birth by his son Macoto Tezka. - Director:
- Macoto Tezuka
- Cast:
- Gorô Inagaki, Fumi Nikaidô, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
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100 Code (2015)The Hundred Code
New York. Stockholm. Over the past 16 months, young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead and buried in a field of asphodels. Tracking the killer from New York to Stockholm, NYPD detective Tommy Conley (Dominic Monaghan) is on a special dispensation to observe and advise the Stockholm PD. Upon arrival he is paired with Swedish cop Michael Eklund (Michael Nyqvist), a detective who has dedicated his life to the job. Both men are tormented by their pasts, but as they dig deeper into the seedy world of online chatrooms and the Swedish underworld, it becomes clear that they are dealing with more than just a lone serial killer... Gripping and atmospheric, '100 Code' mixes the action and intrigue of US drama with the dark sophistication of Nordic Noir to create the most engrossing new series of the year. - Director:
- Robert Moresco
- Cast:
- Michael Nyqvist, Dominic Monaghan, Felice Jankell
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The Town Is Quiet (2000)La Ville Est Tranquille
Robert Guediguian, director of 'A la Place du Coeur' and 'Marius & Jeanette', returns once again to Marseilles n this compassionate and moving drama. Beautifully observed, uncompromisingly honest and always engrossing, Guediguian skillfully interweaves the stories of several different characters, following their everyday struggles to survive life in the teeming cultural melting pot of the city. Among the director's regular troupe of actors, Ariane Ascaride is outstanding as Michele, a woman who is pushed to extremes trying to cope with her wayward daughter. Acclaimed by critics and audiences, 'La Ville est Tranquille' is a passionate and powerful film from one of French cinema's most distinctive directors. - Director:
- Robert Guédiguian
- Cast:
- Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan
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Take Me for a Ride (2016)UIO: Sácame a Pasear
How do you deal with being 'different'? Starting her senior year in high school, Sara (Samanta Caicedo) doesn't have many friends and is caught between an overbearing mother, and a more understanding father. With uneasiness at school and tension in the household, Sara escapes to smoke in a little alley alone - that is - until Andrea (Maria Juliana Rangel), a new classmate, arrives. A close friendship develops to all that can see, but behind closed doors, an intimate relationship unfolds, which, when discovered, throws everything into disarray. - Director:
- Micaela Rueda
- Cast:
- Samanta Caicedo, Maria Juliana Rangel, Diego Naranjo
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3 Hearts (2014)3 Coeurs
A touching and tense drama about destiny, connections, and passion, "3 Hearts" presents a headily romantic look at a classic love triangle. One night in provincial France, Marc (Benoît Poelvoorde) meets Sylvie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) after missing his train back to Paris. Instantly and intensely drawn to one another, they wander through the streets until morning in rare, almost choreographed, harmony. A thwarted plan for a second meeting sends each in a separate direction - Sylvie reunites with her ex and leaves France; Marc falls in love and marries. What neither knows is that Marc's new bride is Sylvie's sister, Sophie (Chiara Mastroianni). Upon Sylvie's return to France, the spark between her and Marc is reignited in ways that will forever alter the relationships between sister to sister and husband to wife. - Director:
- Benoît Jacquot
- Cast:
- Benoît Poelvoorde, Irina Wanka, Charlotte Gainsbourg
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David Ryan (Jonathan Byrne) is left at the alter on his wedding day when his bride to be (Justine Mitchell) has a last moment change of heart. After drowning his sorrows at the airport, Ryan misses his flight and finds himself being driven to the cottage that was to have been his wedding present. His driver is Claire Kennedy (Alex Reid), a recently fired waitress with a few romance issues of her own. In the depths of rural Ireland David and Claire's worlds collide and the pair begin a hilarious and chaotic adventure that proves that sometimes loves lies the most unlikeliest of the places. - Director:
- Karl Golden
- Cast:
- Jonathan Byrne, Alex Reid, Justine Mitchell
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Bitter Sweet (2004)Noko furin: torareta onna
From the director of the trendy cult movie 'The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanoi' comes this tale of sexual awakening, love and betrayal. Centring on a young women who is about to get married and who on the eve of her wedding embarks on an affair with an older man. 'Bitter Sweet' is a sophisticated tale of love, sex and relationships and a fine example of 'Pink Cinema'. - Director:
- Mitsuru Meike
- Cast:
- Konatsu, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Yumika Hayashi
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Producing Adults (2004)Lapsia ja aikuisia - Kuinka niitä tehdään?
Pretty, intelligent and headstrong Venla (Minna Haapkylä) nearly has it all - a secure job as a marriage counsellor, a large house with all the mod-cons and a sporting champion for a husband. All she wants now is a baby. However, when hubby is caught spiking her drink with contraceptives, her world is turned upside down. Turning to lesbian work colleague Satu (Minttu Mustakallio), Venla embarks on a mission to get herself pregnant, with or without a man by her side - which is just as well, as she's falling in love with Satu! - Director:
- Aleksi Salmenperä
- Cast:
- Minna Haapkylä, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Minttu Mustakallio
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He's My Girl (2009)La folle histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy
Among the crowded streets around Paris's Chateau Rouge Metro station, a modern apartment block rises up incongruously. Here, virtuoso clarinettist Simon Eskenazy (Antoine de Caunes) is trying to finish his record. He is also resisting his sick mother's pleas to stay in his apartment, while coming to terms with the reappearance of ex-wife Rosalie (Elsa Zylberstein) and their ten-year-old son; then there are his musicians, his insistent agent, Arlette (Catherine Hiegel), and his current lover, Raphael (Micha Lescot). And then there is Naim (Mehdi Dehbi). By night he is Rose, waitress at the 'Paradise' cabaret. Fragile yet violent, loving, funny, elusive and provocative, he is the artist of his own life; in a heartbeat, he can transform himself into a femme fatale. Simon, an Ashkenazi Jew, and Naim, a Muslim, are worlds apart. But this film is both a love story and a dizzying comedy, in which Simon is forced to let go of all his preconceived ideas and fears. - Director:
- Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
- Cast:
- Antoine de Caunes, Mehdi Dehbi, Elsa Zylberstein
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Isabelle Huppert stars as Ann. a gifted and brilliant musician whose sense of security falls to pieces when she witnesses her husband kissing another woman. Without hesitation, she abandons him and takes a headlong rush into a new beginning, embarking on a transnational journey that ultimately takes her to an isolated island villa and into the arms of local woman Giulia. with whom Ann begins to explore a whole new facet of life. - Director:
- Benoît Jacquot
- Cast:
- Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Xavier Beauvois
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Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013)Nugu-ui Ttal-do Anin Haewon
After her mother leaves for Canada in the hope of starting a new life, film student and aspiring actress Haewon begins to sink into a deep depression. In the hope of finding solace, she re-ignites an affair with her ex-lover, a much older married professor. But within the kaleidoscopic inner world of her emotions, her dreams slowly begin to interweave with her reality and evolve into something that will change her life forever. - Director:
- Sang-soo Hong
- Cast:
- Jeong Eun-Chae, Sun-kyun Lee, Joon-sang Yoo
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)Les neiges du Kilimandjaro
Despite losing his job, Michel lives happily with Marie-Claire. They have been in love for more than 30 years... Their children and grand-children delight them... They have plenty of close friends... They are proud of their union and political struggles... Their conscience is as clear as their view of life. This happiness will be shattered by two young men, armed and masked, who beat them, tie them up, snatch their wedding rings and flee with their credit cards... The shock will be all the more violent when they discover that this brutal attack was organised by one of the young workers laid off at the same time as Michel. Michel and Marie-Claire gradually discover that their attacker, Christophe, only did what he did because he had no choice.. - Director:
- Robert Guédiguian
- Cast:
- Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan
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