Directed & Written by André Téchiné Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd Written by Mr. Téchiné, Mehdi Ben Attia & Philippe Djian, based on the novel Impardonnables by Djian Released by Strand Releasing French & Italian with English subtitles France. 110 min. Not rated With André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, Mélanie Thierry & Adriana Asti, Mauro Conte […]
Directed by Maïwenn Produced by Alain Attal Written by Maïwenn & Emmanuelle Bercot Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles France. 127 min. Not rated With Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Joeystarr, Maïwenn & Emmanuelle Bercot The opening of Polisse announces the assuredness of actress-turned-writer/director Maïwenn’s study of Paris cops working in the Child Protection […]
Written & Directed by Mia Hansen-Love Produced by Philippe Martin & David Thion Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles. France/Germany. 110 min. Not rated With Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Havard Brekke, Valérie Bonneton, Serge Renko & Ozay Fecht Since the beginning of time, people have been falling in and out of love with […]
Directed by Julien Leclercq Written by Leclercq & Simon Moutairou Produced by Leclercq, Julien Madon & Marc Olla French & Arabic with English subtitles Released by Screen Media Films France. 90 min. Rated R With Vincent Elbaz, Aymen Saïdi & Mélanie Bernier Director Julien Leclercq’s grippingly re-creates the true story of the hijacking by Arab […]
Written & Directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne Produced by the Dardennes & Denis Frey Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles Belgium/France/Italy. 87 min. Rated PG-13 With Cécile de France, Thomas Doret, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione & Egon Di Mateo In an act of grand thievery, debut child actor Thomas Doret makes off […]
Directed by Valérie Donzelli Produced by Edouard Weil Written by Donzelli & Jérémie Elkaïm Released by Sundance Selects. French with English subtitles. France. 100 min. Not rated With Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm, César Desseix, Brigitte Sy, Elina Lowensohn, Michèle Moretti & Philippe Laudenbach Whatever direction Valérie Donzelli takes in her second feature film, she goes […]
Written & Directed by Patric Chiha Produced by Charlotte Vincent & Aurora Films Released by Strand Releasing French with English subtitles. France/Austria. 110 min. Not rated. With Béatrice Dalle, Isaïe Sultan, Alaine Libolt, Raphaël Bouvet, Sylvia Rohrer, Manuel Marmier & Udo Samel A suggestive relationship between Pierre (Isaïe Sultan), a handsome teenage boy, and Nadia […]
Written & Directed by Bertrand Bonello Produced by Bonello & Kristina Larsen Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles France. 125 min. Not rated With Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel, Noémie Lvovsky, Alice Barnole & Iliana Zabeth Set in a brothel at the turn of the 20th century Paris, this methodical […]
Directed by Xavier Durringer Produced by Eric & Nicholas Altmayer Written by Patrick Rotman & Durringer Released by Music Box Films French with English subtitles France. 105 min. Not rated With Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq, Hippolyte Girardot & Samuel Labarthe Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election as French president was a triumph for the […]