In the middle of a performance at la Comédie-Française, an actor dies on stage, poisoned. Martin, member of the troupe and friend of the victim, becomes the center of everyone’s attention. Suspected by the police, he’s also chased by a mysterious organization, Le Parfum vert, that seems to have ordered the murder.Read More »
Vincent Lacoste
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Nicolas Pariser – Le parfum vert AKA The Green Perfume (2022)
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Christophe Honoré – Le lycéen AKA Winter Boy (2022)
Christophe Honoré2021-2030DramaFranceQueer Cinema(s)Quote:
Set over the course of one winter, it revolves around a 17-year-old high school student struggling to get to grips with new challenges posed by death, life, the city and “the temptation of renouncement”. In a bid to regain his momentum, he decides to ditch the lies he has been feeding himself.Read More » -
Quentin Dupieux – Fumer fait tousser AKA Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)
2021-2030ComedyFranceQuentin DupieuxSci-FiPLOT: A group of vigilantes called the “tobacco-forces” is falling apart. To rebuild team spirit, their leader suggests that they meet for a week-long retreat, before returning to save the world.Read More »
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Danielle Arbid – Peur de rien AKA Parisienne (2015)
Drama2011-2020Danielle ArbidFranceLina is a Lebanese Student that just arrived to Paris to continue her studies in a French University in 1993, only to find that the Chaos that was home was no different than what she will witness in the French capital. But Paris will offer her the opportunity to find herself and acquire a new self confidence that she didn’t know she had in herself.Read More »
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Mikhaël Hers – Amanda (2018)
2011-2020DramaFranceMikhaël HersDavid, who gets by doing odd jobs, meets Lena, who has just moved up to Paris, and falls in love. But soon after, his life is brutally interrupted by the sudden death of his sister. Beyond the shock, and the pain, David now finds himself alone with his young niece Amanda to care for.Read More »
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Christophe Honoré – Plaire, aimer et courir vite AKA Sorry Angel (2018)
2011-2020Christophe HonoréDramaFranceQueer Cinema(s)Quote:
As any cinephile can tell you, there are some directors we love despite the fact they have never made a great film, but rather for the uniqueness of their voice and the hope that one day they will deliver on their potential. In the case of Christophe Honoré, his delightful “Love Songs” landed him on that list, even if no one would argue that the effervescent 2007 ménage-à-trois musical was a masterpiece, while every subsequent film has slightly chipped away at our affection.Read More »
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Justine Triet – Victoria (2016) (HD)
2011-2020ComedyDramaFranceJustine TrietSynopsis:
Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who’s struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. At a friend’s wedding she reconnects with Vincent, an old friend, and Sam, an old client. Her life is about to take a new turn.Read More » -
Pascal Bonitzer – Tout de suite maintenant (2016)
2011-2020ComedyDramaFrancePascal BonitzerNora Sator, a dynamic young thirty-year-old, began her career in high finance.
When she learns that her boss and wife have frequented her father in their youth, she discovers that a mysterious rivalry still opposes them.
Ambitious, Nora quickly gains the confidence of her superiors but maintains complicated relations with her colleague Xavier, unlike her sister Maya who quickly succumbs to her charms …
Between stories of family, heart and professional intrigues, destinies intermingle and the masks fall.Read More »