Synopsis:
Francois has fallen madly in love with a sublime woman. Then he discovers that she is manipulating him, pretending that he is her husband, Anthony Zimmer, a man on the run from hitmen and the authorities. Even though Francois knows that Chiara has lied to him, that she is familiar with the people hunting them, he would give everything he owns – maybe even his life – to know the joy of holding her in his arms once more.Read More »
Yvan Attal
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Jerome Salle – Anthony Zimmer (2005)
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Jacques Doillon – Amoureuse AKA Lover (1992)
1991-2000DramaFranceJacques DoillonRomanceSynopsis wrote:
Marie lives with Antoine, but while he is away she meets Paul, a filmmaker visiting from Canada. Paul is instantly smitten and wants her to marry him. She puts him off by saying that she and Antoine have decided to have a baby. When Antoine returns, he becomes vividly jealous of his girlfriend’s chaste encounter, which provokes her into having an affair with Paul.Read More » -
Jacques Doillon – Amoureuse AKA Lover (1992)
1991-2000DramaFranceJacques DoillonRomance‘An expectant mother begins to question the identity of her unborn child’s father after entering into an extramarital affair with her sister’s lover. Marie and Antoine are living together and deeply in love when Marie voices her desire to become a mother. Unfortunately for Marie, Antoine has no interest in starting a family. Shortly thereafter, Marie meets Paul, and coolly rejects his advances. But later, when Paul begins sleeping with Marie’s sister Juliette, Marie realizes that he may in fact be the man of her dreams. Subsequently alternating between Antoine and Paul as she wrestles with her nagging conscience, Marie later learns she is pregnant and realizes that she can’t be certain which of her lovers is the father.” allmovieRead More »
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Lucas Belvaux – 38 témoins AKA One Night (2012)
2011-2020CrimeFranceLucas BelvauxA brutal murder in Le Havre: 38 people must have noticed, but say they heard or saw nothing. A claustrophobic, moving, beautifully shot film with a strong cast including Yvan Attal, Sophie Quinton and Nicole Garcia. A clear picture of what fear and shame do to people.
Outside an apartment complex in the French port city of Le Havre, a female student is gruesomely murdered in the middle of the night. The complex’s 38 inhabitants say they heard or saw nothing. Until one of them, the introverted pilot Pierre (Yvan Attal), decides to break the silence. He admits to the police that he was awakened by a desperate, primeval cry. A cry that cannot have escaped his neighbours’ attention.Read More »
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Eric Rochant – Un monde sans pitié aka Love Without Pity (1989)
France1981-1990Eric RochantRomancesynopsis
The French Love Without Pity strikes different people different ways. To some, it’s the last word in profundity; to others, it’s a subtitled yawnfest. We suggest that you judge for yourself this story of low-down louse Hippolyte Girardot, who regards the women in his life as little more that doormats upon which to wipe his feet. It’s “just deserts” time when Girardot falls head over heels for Mireille Perrier, who proceeds to treat him like dirt.Read More » -
Michael Winterbottom – With or Without You (1999)
Drama1991-2000Michael WinterbottomRomanceUnited KingdomRosie and Vincent know each other for ten years, and are married for five. She doesn’t like her job, he isn’t too pleased working with her dad. They’re trying to have a baby. One morning Benoit, a Frenchman and former pen pal of Rosie, whom she never met, comes to visit. Did Rosie love him? Does she love him now?Read More »