Philippe Morier-Genoud
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philippe Morier-Genoud is a French theatre and film actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Morier-Genoud, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Astérix: Le secret de la potion magique
Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Getafix decides that it is time to secure the future of the village. Accompanied by Asterix and Obelix, he undertakes to travel the Gallic world in search of a talented young druid to transmit the Secret of the Magic Potion.
Yves Saint Laurent
A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
Astérix: Le domaine des dieux
In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built next to the village to start a new Roman colony.
Zarafa
After escaping the clutches of a slave trader, a bold ten-year-old Sudanese boy befriends a young giraffe and a kind Bedouin, who takes them on a splendid journey via a hot-air balloon as far as the palace of King Charles X of France.
Un conte de Noël
The Vuillard's shared history of physical and mental illness, estrangement, self harm, and loss doesn't lead itself to the idea of a cheerful holiday season. But can a Christmastime reunion, a scheme concocted by three of the youngest family members, finally bring peace their clan?
Laissez-passer
In German-occupied France, two filmmakers solve the collaboration dilemma differently.
Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust
A lush, elegant epic taking us on a time-swirling trip down the infinitely complex labyrinth that is Marcel Proust's memory lane.
Les couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2
The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the present, with often drastic consequences. Godefroy de Montmirail travels to today to recover the missing family jewels and a sacred relic, guarantor of his wife-to-be's fertility.
Les palmes de M. Schutz
A humoristic view of the lives of Marie and Pierre Curie and their discoveries around radioactivity.
Trois couleurs: Blanc
White is the second film from the trilogy by Kieślowski. “White” meaning equality. Here Kieślowski shows his talent at making comedies. It’s about the relationship between Karol, a polish hair dresser, and the beautiful Dominique, who he’s dependant on.
Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons
The second film covers Joan's trial and the end of her life.
Trois couleurs: Bleu
Blue This is the first film in a trilogy of films who’s colors make up the three colors of France. With the colors meaning – freedom, equality and brotherliness. “Blue” relating to the French ideals of freedom that are somewhat vague. A film by Krzysztof Kie?lowski.
Mayrig
Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, which he dedicated to his mother and made into this 1991 film with the same name.
J'entends plus la guitare
Gerard aime Marianne et cet amour est le sens de sa vie. Un jour, Marianne part avec un autre homme. Gerard rencontre Linda, Aline puis Adrienne mais Marianne est toujours la.
Homo Faber
April 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico, where he learns that he became a father in 1938. He takes a ship from NYC to France and meets cute, young Sabeth. Is it fate?
The Sheltering Sky
John Malkovich and Debra Winger play Port and Kit Moresby, who flee New York for North Africa, where they hope to find mystical truths that will reignite the spark of their marriage. Instead they lose their moral bearings (with help from a friend, played by Campbell Scott, who has an affair with Kit) while traveling deeper into the Sahara.
Cyrano de Bergerac
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
La salle de bain
For no apparent reason, "the man" decides he is going to live only in the bathroom of his apartment (clothed). Perhaps he wants the isolation he might find there.
Bunker Palace Hôtel
In an imaginary dictature of a futuristic world, rebellion has broken out. The men in power scramble to the Bunker Palace Hotel, a bunker built long ago for just this kind of contingency.
Au revoir les enfants
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed.
Hurlevent
Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
Vivement dimanche!
After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent hides out from the cops while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.
La femme d'à côté
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.