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The House by the Sea (2017)La Villa
By a little bay near Marseilles lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days: Angela (Ariane Ascaride), an actress living in Paris, Joseph (Jean-Pierre Darroussin), who has just fallen in love with a girl half his age and Armand (Gérard Meylan), the only one who stayed behind in the bay to run the family's small restaurant. It's time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father's ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil. - Director:
- Robert Guédiguian
- Cast:
- Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan
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Leap Year (2010)Año bisiesto
This highly charged sexual thriller from Mexico follows Laura (Monica del Carmen), a freelance journalist, as she alleviates the boredom of her solitary existence by moving from one anonymous sexual encounter to another. Upon meeting Arturo (Gustavo Sanchez Parra), she finds herself drawn into a sadomasochistic relationship in which he is the dominant partner. Increasingly, however, the balance of power shifts. What begins as an attempt by two lonely people to connect with one another soon becomes something more dangerous. When Laura marks a red square around an upcoming date on her calendar, the wheels are set in motion for a startling conclusion. - Director:
- Michael Rowe
- Cast:
- Mónica Del Carmen, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Armando Hernández
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Red Lights (2003)Feux Rouges
On the hottest day of the year Antoine and Helene hit the road, destined for the south of France. The oppressive heat and traffic gridlock take their toll on Antoine's frazzled nerves and, as he attempts to cool off with one cold beer after another, tensions between the bickering couple are pushed to boiling point. As night draws in Antoine stops off at yet another bar but returns to the car to find Helene missing. Panic-stricken, he embarks on a desperate search, only to find events spiralling far beyond his control with horrifying consequences... - Director:
- Cédric Kahn
- Cast:
- Carole Bouquet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Vincent Deniard
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The powerful feature-film debut of acclaimed young director Joe Stephenson, this compelling coming-of-age drama builds upon on a remarkable central performance from newcomer Scott Chambers. Chambers plays Richard, a fifteen-year-old boy with learning difficulties who lives in a shabby caravan with his older brother, Polly. Life for the siblings is harsh, with the engaging, nature-loving teenager yearning for stability while frequently finding himself on the wrong side of his brother's destructive, often violent moods. Finding it easier to communicate with animals none more so than his beloved hen, Fiona Richard nevertheless forms a strong friendship with rebellious seventeen-year-old Annabel, whose family have recently acquired the farmland on which the brothers live. But growing conflict with the new landowners will lead to a situation that severely tests Richard's natural optimism, as a world of privilege collides with the brothers' precarious, marginalised existence. - Director:
- Joe Stephenson
- Cast:
- Scott Chambers, Morgan Watkins, Yasmin Paige
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Dark Horse (2005)Voksne Mennesker
Daniel (Jakob Cedergren) is an irresponsible but charming young Copenhagen graffiti artist who doesn't care even though everybody is trying to track him down: Parking attendants, landlords, bills and the police. One day he falls in love with Franc (Tilly Scott Pedersen), a girl just as reckless and fascinating as he is. All of a sudden his easy-going days are over as he comes face to face with a serious leap of faith. Featuring an impressive score by the director's band Slowblow, Kari - who intriguingly describes his aim as wishing to create what would have happened if Krzysztof Kieslowski directed an episode of Seinfeld - has crafted an innovative and beguiling second feature that offers an idiosyncratic glimpse into an outsider's personal odyssey. - Director:
- Dagur Kári
- Cast:
- Jakob Cedergren, Nicolas Bro, Tilly Scott Pedersen
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Noi Albinoi (2002)Nói albínói / Noi the Albino
Is he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi (Tómas Lemarquis) drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland, cut off from the outside world by a shroud of snow. He dreams of escape from this white-walled prison with Iris (Elín Hansdóttir), a pretty young city girl who works in a local gas station, but his clumsy breaks for freedom spiral out of control and seem doomed to end in failure. - Director:
- Dagur Kári
- Cast:
- Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Elín Hansdóttir
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Petit Mal (2022)Petit mal
Have you ever met a throuple? We are opening the doors of our home to show you our life, as a female throuple. To share and experience the intimate details, both unique and universal with the shifting dynamics of a polyamorous relationship. This real fiction shows how we deal with loneliness, jealousy and how we adapt when three have become two. - Director:
- Ruth Caudeli
- Cast:
- Silvia Santamaría, Ruth Caudeli, Ana María Otálora
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Tandem (1994)Chikan densha hitozuma-hen: Okusama wa chijo
Midnight in a coffee shop. Two men, one middle aged one mid twenties make friends, exchanging cigarettes and stories about their sex lives, unaware they have unwittingly exchanged partners. Though various disclosures and conflicts the men discover as much about themselves as they do about each other. The story, told in flashbacks, as the two men travel through the night on a motorcycle, is loaded with highly charged eroticism. - Director:
- Toshiki Satô
- Cast:
- Takeshi Itô, Hotaru Hazuki, Yuri Ishihara
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There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: Sister, Brother, many children and an old woman that never leaves her bed but stays in contact with the world through her radio. Since the content of this picture is not as important as the pictures and allegories, the simple plot can not be described further. - Director:
- Louis Malle
- Cast:
- Cathryn Harrison, Therese Giehse, Alexandra Stewart
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The Woman Next Door (1981)La Femme D'a Cote
Bernard Coudray has a beautiful family and is happy with his life. That is until Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard move into the house next door. Bernard and Mathilde know each other, they were once passionately in love but went their separate ways. Once reunited, the pair starts a fervent but turbulent affair. Torn between their unyielding lust for each other and the comfort and stability that is their marriages, this really is a case of can't live with and can't live without. - Director:
- François Truffaut
- Cast:
- Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin
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Seventeen (2017)Siebzehn
Somewhere in Lower Austria; the school term is drawing to a close and the summer holidays are not far off. Boarding school pupil Paula (Elisabeth Wabitsch), seventeen, is secretly in love with her girlfriend Charlotte (Anaelle Dézsy). But Charlotte's going out with Michael (Leo Plankensteiner). Lovelorn, Paula decides to try and take her mind of things by getting involved with schoolmate Tim (Alexander Wychodil), whose feelings for her are at least genuine. Paula has no idea how often Charlotte thinks of her. And then there's Lilli (Alexandra Schmidt), who is just dying for someone to fancy her and tries to play the wild seductress. Paula must decide if she wants to follow her own feelings or yield to other people's. - Director:
- Monja Art
- Cast:
- Elisabeth Wabitsch, Michael Smulik, Daniela Wimmer
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Paris Memories (2022)Revoir Paris
From acclaimed French filmmaker Alice Winocour comes an exceptional new drama."Paris Memories" follows Mia (Virginie Efira) as she struggles to make sense of her experience in the aftermath of a violent attack. Her isolation and confusion leads her to meet with others who were there, including Thomas (Benoit Magimel) who she forges a close relationship with. As Mia works through her fractured memories, she starts to rebuild her life and reconnect with the city she loves. Featuring outstanding performances, Winocour's new film is a powerful story of hope, humanity and compassion. - Director:
- Alice Winocour
- Cast:
- Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Grégoire Colin
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My Wife Is an Actress (2001)Ma Femme Est Une Atrice
Yvan (writer/director Yvan Attal), a young sports writer, is married to Charlotte (Charlotte Gainsbourg), one of France's most famous actresses. They try to live a normal life, but her fame makes it difficult as autograph hunters interrupt their dinners, cops about to serve traffic summonses let them off with a warning and a smile when they recognise her, and impossible-to-get restaurant reservations magically appear when Charlotte makes the calls instead of Yvan. All this threatens and challenges his male ego, but Yvan is able to take her stardom in his stride. Until, that is, a man at a bar asks him if he gets jealous watching his wife make love in the nude to another man on screen. It has never seriously worried him before, but the stranger has sown the first seed of doubt in his head... - Director:
- Yvan Attal
- Cast:
- Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Terence Stamp
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Leaving (2009)Partir
Suzanne (Kristin Scott Thomas) and her husband Samuel (Yvan Attal) enjoy a pleasant, middle-class life with their two children. When she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist, Suzanne is brought into contact with a builder called Ivan (Sergi Lopez), a tough yet down-to-earth odd-job man who has recently been released from prison. Their mutual attraction is sudden and violent, sending them on a whirlwind affair of the senses. As Suzanne's life spirals out of control, she must decide between her family and living this all-engulfing passion to the full. - Director:
- Catherine Corsini
- Cast:
- Kristin Scott-Thomas, Sergi López, Yvan Attal
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Marianne (Catherine Deneuve) is at a terrible crossroads in her life, following the shock of her husband Vincent's apparent suicide and the revelation that his prestigious jewellery business is riddled with crippling debt. Once a promising young jeweller herself, Marianne has gradually sunk into alcoholism since her marriage, but the discovery of seven magnificent diamonds, secretly stashed away by Vincent, rekindles her forgotten ambition. Resolving to sell them, she unwittingly enters the shady underworld of the diamond trade, uncovering a sinister web of intrigue that will lead to a mysterious former lover and a dangerous struggle for her own survival. - Director:
- Nicole Garcia
- Cast:
- Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner
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