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Lady of the Night (1986)La signora della notte
Simona (Serenda Grandi) is married to Marco who neglects her. Growing dissatisfied. she provokes her husband by readily accepting the many sexual advances of friends and strangers. Then, to satisfy her increasingly depraved and perverse desires, she seeks night-time partners leading to ever riskier and sometimes violent encounters. On one such night, Marco catches Simona in the act, and the couple separate. Marco is immediately consoled by his beautiful young neighbour but soon Simona and Marco find that they cannot live without each other. Then one night Simona is attacked by a masked man. But is he a stranger... - Director:
- Piero Schivazappa
- Cast:
- Serena Grandi, Fabio Sartor, Francesca Topi
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Almost Nothing (2000)Presque Rien
Midwinter envelopes a bleak and deserted costal -resort in sheets of freezing rain. Mathieu (Jeremie Elkaim) young, shy and introverted, returns to the place where he fell in love. Eighteen months previously, a family summer holiday catapulted him headfirst into a passionate teenage romance with the sensual, confident Cedric (Stephane Rideau). it all seems a lifetime away. That chance meeting brought about a year of pleasure and passion mixed with the torture and torment of first love. The pain and passion still burning within Mathieu can only embrace the future by reconciling with the past. - Director:
- Sébastien Lifshitz
- Cast:
- Jérémie Elkaïm, Stéphane Rideau, Dominique Reymond
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A modern retelling of the famous Greek legend where the god Zeus assumes human form to seduce a mortal woman by impersonating her husband. 'Helas Pour Moi' is a characteristically fascinating and profound work from director Jean-Luc Godard. At a Swiss lakeside resort, a book publisher (Bernard Verley) investigates a mysterious tale about a god-like being who supposedly entered the body of a man, Simon (Gerard Depardieu) to experience physical love with his wife, Rachel (Laurence Masliah). Did this actually happen or is Rachel just covering up her infidelity to her husband? Exploring through a simple parable the meaning of human existence in a godless universe, the film is audacious in both its style and in its broaching of subjects essential to humanity. - Director:
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast:
- Gérard Depardieu, Laurence Masliah, Bernard Verley
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Lola and the Sea (2019)Lola / Lola vers la mer
Just as Lola (Mya Bollaers) learns that she can finally transition, she receives unexpected news, and must return home to face her estranged father, Philippe (Benoît Magimel) for the first time in 2 years. Driven together by the common goal to fulfil her mother's last wishes, together they reluctantly embark on a journey to the North Sea. Forced to spend time together, Philippe begins to accept his daughter for the first time. 'Lola and the Sea' is a tender exploration of family relationships and identity, featuring music from Culture Club, Antony and the Johnsons and 4 Non Blondes. - Director:
- Laurent Micheli
- Cast:
- Mya Bollaers, Benoît Magimel, Els Deceukelier
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Anaïs in Love (2021)Les amours d'Anaïs
In this sparkling and elegant romantic comedy, the free-spirited and giddily impulsive Anais (Anais Demoustier) careers from one lover to the next while trying to find some direction in her life. Following a brief dalliance with an older man (Denis Podalydes), she finds herself captivated instead by his beautiful long-time partner Emilie (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), a successful and beguilingly charismatic writer, and an affair begins which may just offer the contentment Anais has been searching for. Featuring stunning Paris and Brittany locations, and a lead performance of immense charm by Anais Demoustier, the debut film by writer-director Charlene Bourgeois-Tacquet is playful, passionate, and thoroughly enchanting. - Director:
- Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
- Cast:
- Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès
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When the out of control Betty (Marie Trintignant) meets the recently widowed Laure (Stephane Audran) in a bar, they seem to have an instant bond. But when Laure decides to take her in and Betty begins to reveal a sad and sometimes horrific life story of betrayal and self destruction, something snaps. What follows is one of the most intriguing cat and mouse battles ever witnessed. - Director:
- Claude Chabrol
- Cast:
- Marie Trintignant, Stéphane Audran, Jean-François Garreaud
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It All Starts Today (1999)Ça commence aujourd'hui
Idealistic teacher Daniel Lefebvre (Philippe Torreton) fights personal and professional battles in this uncompromising drama from acclaimed French Director Bertrand Tavernier. Teaching at a school in an impoverished former mining community, Daniel is constantly faced with complex and emotional decisions as he seeks to inspire and educate the children in his power, against the odds. Despite the endless frustrations of bureaucratic social services, and dealing with abusive parents and troubled children, Daniel holds onto his integrity, in this hard hitting but essentially life affirming drama. - Director:
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Cast:
- Philippe Torreton, Maria Pitarresi, Nadia Kaci
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A Soft Place
Two women conspire in a laundromat after finding themselves in a sticky situation.
A bedroom tryst brought them together, but hubby's stained duvet threatens to tear them apart!
Private LifeRuth Ackroyd leaves the monotony of her work at her father's textile mill on a Friday evening and secretly takes the train to Manchester. There, she meets a man on the platform, but all is not what it seems...
Dani and Alice
Dani and Alice are coming to the end of a tumultuous relationship. As they prepare to leave their favourite girl bar, the ramifications of Alice's actions earlier in the night are brought up in a heated conversation, with tragic end results.
Below the Belt
Seventeen year old girls Jill and Oona explore their sexuality in between bouts of boxing and playfignting. Yet when Oona invites Jill back to her house, the sparring spills over into something mush more intense.
Fem
Portraying femininity from ancient mythology and popular cinematic culture, Fern subverts images of empowered women to experimental and lyrical effect, with a butch narration from Peggy Shaw of 'Split Britches'.
Wicked Desire
The Crabb family in Texas are thrown a curve-ball when they discover that daughter Jessica is moonlighting under a secret identity at school. Through the eyes of younger sister Bee. we witness the attempts of the family to make Jessies 'normal'.
Congratulations Daisy Graham
Daisy Graham is having a hard day. Everyone in town insists she prepare for the big ceremony tomorrow. But Daisy has more important things to think about-Like the box of bullet sie needs to track down.
Late
Maggie has missed a date with a girl she really liked and will not return her best friend's phone calls. By looking around her apartment and listening to her phone messages, we learn why.
Happy Birthday
A hilarious role-reversal tale of two couples, two birthdays and a sex toy! Abigail wants a dildo. Hannah wants a baby. Jack and Madeleine are happy with things just the way they are.- Director:
- Angela Cheng
- Cast:
- Nathalie Toriel, Lucy Liemann, Bird La Bird
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Born in 68 (2009)Nés en 68
It is May 1968 and the youth of France are in revolt. Catherine, Yves and Herve are in the throes of a passionate three-way relationship, but when student uprising turn Paris into a revolutionary warzone, they flee to the countryside and set up a commune free from morals, taboos and sexual boundaries. However, the years of free love are short-lived, as their ambitions and pursuit of personal fulfillment leads to choices that will tear them apart. When Catherine's generation gives birth to another, equally revolutionary wave of excitable young adults it becomes apparent that they embody a very different world. Between the end of Communism and the beginning of gay liberation, cracks being to appear in the militant heritage that moulded the generation before them. Through their differences, relationships are severed, cultivated and reconciled against the backdrop of series of political and historical events that changed the world forever. - Director:
- Olivier Ducastel
- Cast:
- Laetitia Casta, Yannick Renier, Yann Trégouët
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Highly Strung (2009)Je te mangerais
Accepted by the prestigious Conservatoire in Lyon, pretty young piano student Marie moves to the city and lodges with her childhood friend Emma, whom she hasn't seen for years. Emma is beautiful now, and a shell of mystery and secrets. Marie is a whirlwind of freedom, exhilarated by her independence and eager for new passions. Slowly the two young women are drawn together in a dance of desire which is not always reciprocal and not always safe, as their emotions wildly rise and fall. A desperate sexual and psychological obsession beckons. - Director:
- Sophie Laloy
- Cast:
- Judith Davis, Marc Chapiteau, Fabienne Babe
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Sister (2012)L'enfant d'en haut
Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) lives with his older sister Louise (Lea Seydoux) in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With Louise drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, twelve year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Every day, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists to resell to the local kids down in the valley. He is able to keep their little family afloat with his small-time hustles and Louise is thankful for the money he brings in. But, when Simon partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, he begins to lose his boundaries, affecting his relationship with his sister and plummeting him into dangerous territory. - Director:
- Ursula Meier
- Cast:
- Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Martin Compston
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Nina (Julia Kijowska) has everything a woman in her society supposedly wants: a successful job she enjoys, an army of friends, a happy marriage with a doting husband (Andrzej Konopka), but something is missing... Young lesbian Magda (Eliza Rycembel) is a party animal in an open relationship who frequently exercises her skills at picking up women in nightclubs, no woman is beyond her reach...When Nina and Magda meet, worlds collide. A burgeoning attraction takes over, presenting unforeseen consequences that propel them into exciting but unknown territory. - Director:
- Olga Chajdas
- Cast:
- Julia Kijowska, Eliza Rycembel, Andrzej Konopka
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Home is a road movie in reverse about an offbeat family who live peacefully in an isolated house alongside an abandoned motorway. Starring French cinema legend Isabelle Huppert and Olivier Gourmet, it shows how their lives change direction when the road outside opens to traffic. Combining natural beauty with urban sprawl to create a view on contemporary life affected by car culture, noise pollution, environmental change and social malaise, Home is ultimately about the importance of family. All this is visually captured by celebrated cinematographer Agnes Godard, told through the distinctive new voice in independent cinema Ursula Meier and accompanied by a sultry soundtrack. - Director:
- Ursula Meier
- Cast:
- Jean-François Stévenin, Isabelle Huppert, David Collin
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My Friend from Faro (2008)Mein Freund aus Faro / To Faro
An eternal daydreamer and closet lesbian, Mel (Anjorka Strechel) wants nothing more than to quit her job and fly away. Things change when the beautiful and streetwise Jenny (Lucie Hollmann) literally crashes into her life when Mel nearly runs her over in her classic BMW. It is love at first sight, however there is just one problem: Jenny mistakenly assumes Mel to be a boy. Despite this, the pair become 'boyfriend and girlfriend'. With Mel attempting to disguise her true gender at every turn, her journey from tomboy to out lesbian is peppered with life-defining dilemmas and sweet surprises. - Director:
- Nana Neul
- Cast:
- Anjorka Strechel, Lucie Hollmann, Manuel Cortez
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Featuring the seminal Pusher and its two explosive sequels, The Pusher Trilogy forms an intricate, gripping and grisly cycle of crime films. Emanating from Danish director and screenwriter Nicolas Winding Refn, The Pusher Trilogy takes you to places that even your imagination dare not go.
Pusher
Follow small time dealer Frank as a sure fire deal goes sour and his life goes from bad to worse. As he searches for a way out of his private hell we see the hopeless, desperate and at times extreme measures Forced upon those involved in the Copenhagen underworld.
Pusher II - With blood on my hands
Last seen bloody and beaten after snitching on a friend, the Trilogy turns its attention to Tony. Released from prison he learns that he has a baby - could there be a worse candidate for a parent? ...But is this career criminal ready to grow up?
Pusher III - I'm the angel of death
It is now the turn of Copenhagen ganglord Milo (who appears throughout the Trilogy) to feel the pinch when a younger and even more vicious gang roll into town, forcing him to get his own hands dirty for the first time. Over the course of 24 hours he must broker deals, dispose of corpses and plan his daughter's 25th birthday celebrations. The stress of Milo's day only serves to emphasise the bleak nature of criminal existence, offering only soulless rewards.- Director:
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Cast:
- Zlatko Buric, Mads Mikkelsen, Kim Bodnia
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