The Piano Teacher (2001)
The Piano Teacher (2001) Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert and Schumann are her forte, but she's not quite at concert level. She's approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is severe. Sh
The Story of Piera (1983)
The Story of Piera (1983) This erotic drama about the incestuous relationship of a mother and daughter is based on the autobiography of Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti.
My Little Princess (2011)
My Little Princess (2011) Violetta is raised by her grandmother. Her mother Hanna tries to make a living on taking photographs and concentrates on her dreams to become a famous artist. In order to succeed as an artist she doesn't worry about dating men of questionable reputation.[5] Only every now a
Greta (2018)
Greta (2018) A young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.
Golden Youth (2019)
Golden Youth 2019 Rose, a 16 year old girl who was abandoned by her parents and taken in by social services, and her fiance, 22 year old Michel, are enjoying their first great and innocent love affair in Paris in 1979, at the height of the popularity of the Le Palace nightclub They are part of the t
Home (2008)
Home 2008 Life for an isolated rural family is upended when a major highway next to their property, constructed 10 years before but apparently abandoned, is finally opened
Malina (1991)
Malina 1991 A female writer and her relationships with two different men, one joyous and one introverted
The School of Flesh (1998)
The School of Flesh (1998) Fashion executive Dominique's obsession for Quentin, a young bisexual hustler, fills her desire for physical love but leaves her taxed emotionally. Twists and turns in the relationship, along with the man's violent and abusive nature, force Dominique to reconcile the confl
Ma mere (2004)
Ma mere 2004 Pierre, a youth, comes from his grandmothers in France to stay with his parents in the Canary Islands His father talks oddly about his lost youth and leaves abruptly for France Mom promises to take Pierre to a nightclub, remarking that people will think hes her lover He prays His father
White as Snow (2019)
White as Snow 2019 Claire, a beautiful young woman works at her late fathers hotel that is now managed by her evil stepmother Maud Claire unwittingly sparks uncontrollable jealousy in Maud, whose young lover has fallen in love with Claire Maud decides to get rid of Claire who finds shelter in a farm
Souvenir (2016)
Souvenir (2016) Because of the stupid life in a pâté-factory, former singer Laura falls in love with a colleague, a much younger boy and boxer, and after a small performance, a reenactment of her singing character, she tries to reenter the national song contest.
EO (2022)
EO 2022 Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes
The Bedroom Window (1987)
The Bedroom Window (1987) Terry is having an affair with his boss' wife Sylvia. One night after an office party they are together and Sylvia witnesses an attack on Denise from Terry's bedroom window. She doesn't want to expose their relationship and so is reluctant about talking to the police. Terry
Elle (2016)
Elle (2016) Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle's life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn
Happy End (2017)
Happy End (2017) A well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.
La cérémonie (1995)
La cérémonie (1995) The upper-class owner of a gallery, Catherine Lelievre, hires the efficient and quiet maid Sophie to work in the family manor in the French countryside. Her husband Georges Lelievre, who is an opera lover, her daughter Melinda and her teenage son Gilles welcome Sophie and appre
Barrage (2017)
Barrage (2017) After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherine's mother Elisabeth. She then kidnaps Alba and takes her on a trip to a lake up North.
Mama Weed (2020)
Mama Weed (2020) A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.
Passion (1982)
Passion (1982) On a movie set, in a factory, and at a hotel, Godard explores the nature of work, love and film making. While Solidarity takes on the Polish government, a Polish film director, Jerzy, is stuck in France making a film for TV. He's over budget and uninspired; the film, called "Passion,"
A Womans Revenge (1990)
A Womans Revenge (1990) Suzy, a beautiful woman, is coming back to Paris to attend the funeral of her lover, a married man. Cecile, his wife, is holding Suzy responsible for his suicide. By finding Suzy in Paris, Cecile is trying to seek the truth by playing a psychological game on her.
Loulou (1980)
Loulou (1980) Maurice Pialat's portrait of contemporary France mocks prosperity as a substitute for social and sexual revolution. Nelly abandons her bourgeois friends and a steady relationship for the unemployed layabout Loulou, whose charms include focusing his energy into sex.
The Brontë Sisters (1979)
The Brontë Sisters (1979) In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Violette (1978)
Violette (1978) In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working-class (and possibly incestuous) family, with troubling consequences.
Amour (2012)
Amour (2012) Georges and Anne are a couple of retired music teachers enjoying life in their eighties. However, Anne suddenly has a stroke at breakfast and their lives are never the same. That incident begins Anne's harrowingly steep physical and mental decline as Georges attempts to care for her at
Amateur (1994)
Amateur (1994) Isabelle is an exnun waiting for her special mission from God. In the meantime, she is making a living writing pornography. She meets Thomas, a sweet, confused amnesiac who cannot remember that he used to be a vicious pornographer, responsible for turning his young wife, Sofia, into t
White Material (2009)
White Material (2009) Denis revisits Africa, this time exploring a place rife with civil and racial conflict. A white French family outlawed in its home and attempting to save its coffee plantation connects with a black hero also embroiled in the tumult. All try to survive as their world rapidly cru
Story of Women (1988)
Story of Women (1988) Marie Latour, a woman of limited schooling, raises two children in a ratty flat during World War II in occupied France. In 1941, her husband Paul returns from German captivity, too weak to hold a job. Marie discovers she can make money performing abortions, using a soapy water
La séparation (1994)
La séparation (1994) One night at the cinema, Pierre reaches for out to take Anne's hand. She is annoyed and rebuffs him. He feels rejected. This moment begins the story of the disintegration of a couple... Pierre and Anne live in Paris with their two-year-old child Louis. After the night in the ci
Louder Than Bombs (2015)
An upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death, brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family house forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the sa
Every Man for Himself (1980)
Every Man for Himself (1980) An examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations.
Merci pour le Chocolat (2000)
Merci pour le Chocolat (2000) In Lausanne, the aspirant pianist Jeanne Pollet has lunch with her mother Louise Pollet, her boyfriend Axel and his mother. Lenna leans that when she was born, a nurse had mistakenly told to the prominent pianist André Polonski that she would be his daughter. André ha
Things to Come (2016)
Things to Come (2016) Nathalie teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris. She is passionate about her job and particularly enjoys passing on the pleasure of thinking. Married with two children, she divides her time between her family, former students and her very possessive mother. One day, Natha
Coup de torchon (1981)
Coup de torchon 1981 1938, in a French african colony Lucien Cordier is the cop of this village, populated with blacks and a few whites usually racialist and lustful He is a washout, everyone including his wife Huguette humiliates him He never arrests anyone and looks at elsewhere when a dirty trick
Les soeurs fâchées (2004)
Les soeurs fâchées (2004) Louise, younger sister, natural and straightforward, lives in province; Martine, older sister, beautiful and aloof, lives in the Parisian upper middle class. Louise has written a novel. On Monday she will go for an appointment with a publisher in Paris, which may change h
Time of the Wolf (2003)
Time of the Wolf (2003) In an undefined time, the environment has been totally destroyed and now the water is contaminated and the animals have been burned. Georges Laurent travels with her wife Anne Laurent, their teenage daughter Eva and their son Ben from the city to their cabin in the countrysid
The Lacemaker (1977)
The Lacemaker (1977) Beatrice is a very reserved and quiet young woman. Her friend Marylene is left by her lover and brings her to Cabourg (Normandy) for a few days' vacation. There, Beatrice, an apprentice hairdresser, meets Francois, a middle-class intellectual. Francois becomes her first lover, b
Madame Hyde (2017)
Madame Hyde (2017) Mrs. Géquil is a teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels different. Will she be able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mrs. Hyde contained?
La Truite (The Trout) (1982)
La Truite (The Trout) (1982) Frederique (Huppert) leaves her family's small-town trout farm to embark on an journey taking her to Japan and into the arms of a man. Irritations concerning her actions and present state ...
The Crime Is Mine (2023)
The Crime Is Mine 2023 Madeleine Verdier, a penniless actress is accused of the murder of a famous producer With the help of her best friend she proves that, she is acquitted for self defense Then begins a life of glory and success, until truth comes
Two (2002)
Two (2002) A young woman named Magdalena retrieves a postcard that had been cast into the wind by her biological mother (Bulle Ogier) from a seaside town in Portugal and discovers that she has a twin sister named Maria.
About Joan (2022)
About Joan 2022 Overwhelmed when a figure from her past reemerges, Joan Verra retreats to the countryside with her son Nathan There she experiences fragmented recollections of her past romantic encounters
Les possédés (1988)
Les possédés (1988) This story begins in 1870 at a little town somewhere in Russia. It processed the real "Nyecsajev story". A group of young revolutionists wanna ruin the system with violence. They think this is the only chance to reform the old Russian Society. The leader of this group is Pierre
The Swindle (1997)
The Swindle (1997) Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money. On whose side is Betty - Victor's, Maurice's
My Best Friends Girl (1983)
My Best Friends Girl (1983) Isabelle Huppert plays an attractive Parisienne out looking for some fun during her vacation on the ski slopes of Courchevel in the Alps when she starts up a relationship with a great-looking sportswear salesman, but at the same time she is entranced by a little chubby di
Claires Camera (2017)
Claires Camera (2017) About a part time high school teacher and writer.
Frankie (2019)
Frankie (2019) Three generations grappling with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in Sintra, Portugal, a historic town known for its dense gardens and fairy-tale villas and palaces.
Le juge et lassassin (1976)
Le juge et lassassin (1976) France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier, a former Sergeant in the French military, shoots his beloved and attempts to kill himself. Having survived with two bullets in his brain, he is released from the Dole medical facility, a place of mental and physical filthiness. Then begins a
Paris Follies (2014)
Paris Follies 2014 Brigitte and Xavier are a couple of cattle farmers living and working together in Normandy They have always got on well but now that their two children have left the household, routine and weariness have set in One night, Brigitte, who has been invited to a party by a group of Par
Tip Top (2013)
Tip Top 2013 Farid, an Algerian turned informant for the French police, is found murdered in a small French town Two offbeat and unethical female investigators a fercely authoritarian Isabelle Huppert paired with an inquisitive and voyeuristic Sandrine Kimberlain are brought in to investigate the po
Sincerely Charlotte (1985)
Sincerely Charlotte 1985 The flighty Charlotte is angry with her lover Bernard She goes to his flat and soon leaves, distraught, turning up at the studio of Mathieu, her one time lover Hes now with Christine, whom he intends to marry, and her son Freddy Charlotte tells Mathieu that Bernard is dead,
Macadam Stories (2015)
Macadam Stories 2015 Against the backdrop of a dilapidated apartment building in the heart of the French urban jungle, stories of social anonymity, loneliness, and the painful effect of times penetrating caress become intertwined with selfless acts of kindness, solidarity, and an odd encounter with
Madame Bovary (1991)
Madame Bovary 1991 In nineteenth century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire Emma Rouault marries a dull country doctor Charles Bovary To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner Rodolphe Boulanger and a law student Leon Dupuis, and runs up ruin