Skip to main content
Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)

Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)

Joann Sfar 2010 2h 10m 7.3

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.

Upside Down

Upside Down

Juan Diego Solanas 2012 1h 44m 6.1

In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?

The Artist

The Artist

Michel Hazanavicius 2011 1h 40m 7.8

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

Poulet aux prunes

Poulet aux prunes

Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud 2011 1h 32m 7.8

Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.

The Prodigies

The Prodigies

Antoine Charreyron 2011 1h 27m 7.0

Five teenage prodigies brutally beaten in New York’s Central Park plot an apocalyptic revenge against the world. Only master prodigy Jimbo Farrar knows their formidable power. But can he alone hold their rage at bay?

Lascars

Lascars

Emmanuel Klotz, Albert Pereira-Lazaro 2009 1h 36m 8.4

It’s summer in the hood. As every year, there are those who stay, those who leave, and... those who should have left. Some, like Joe Hustleton, work «under the table» in the rich neighborhoods and fall head over heels for a pretty girl.

Maniac

Maniac

Franck Khalfoun 2012 1h 29m 6.2

The owner of a mannequin shop develops a dangerous obsession with a young artist.

My Own Love Song

My Own Love Song

Olivier Dahan 2010 1h 40m 6.0

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

Fatal

Fatal

Michaël Youn 2010 1h 35m 5.8

Fatal... short for Fatal Bazooka, a hardcore bling-bling rapper. A huge music star. Millions of fans, tons of hits, 4 Artist Of The Year Music Awards of Music, a fashion line, a magazine, and soon his own amusement park: Fataland. He is the undisputed number one, until...

Syngué sabour, pierre de patience

Syngué sabour, pierre de patience

Atiq Rahimi 2012 1h 42m

A woman in an unnamed, war-torn Middle Eastern country delivers an engrossing, emotional monologue to her comatose husband, in novelist and filmmaker Atiq Rahimi's poetic and politically charged allegory based on his award-winning novel. (TIFF)

Elle s'appelait Sarah

Elle s'appelait Sarah

Gilles Paquet-Brenner 2010 1h 51m 7.2

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment.

À l'origine

À l'origine

Xavier Giannoli 2009 2h 10m 7.0

France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he meets the lady mayor of a small village that the road will go through.

Benda Bilili!

Benda Bilili!

Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye 2010 1h 26m 7.3

Ricky has a dream: to make Staff Benda Bilili the best band in Congo Kinshasa. Roger, a street child, more than ever wants to join these stars of the ghetto, who get around in customized tricycles. Together, they must avoid the pitfalls of the street, stay united and find the force to hope in music.

L'ordre et la morale

L'ordre et la morale

Mathieu Kassovitz 2011 2h 16m 6.3

April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France to re-establish order. 2 men confront each other: Philippe Legorjus, chief of the terrorist squad, and Alphonse Dianou, head of the kidnappers.

Ces amours-là

Ces amours-là

Claude Lelouch 2010 2h

A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passion. She follows the men she loves unconditionally, suffering betrayal and hardship.

Espion(s)

Espion(s)

Nicolas Saada 2009 1h 39m 7.5

In London, an airport baggage handler is forced by French and British intelligence agents to seduce the wife of a businessman with ties to Syrian terrorists.

Sans arme, ni haine, ni violence

Sans arme, ni haine, ni violence

Jean-Paul Rouve 2008 1h 40m 4.7

Albert Spaggiari is arrested in Nice and brought to a judge's office for interrogation, but he escapes to South America where he meets a journalist who is investigating the event.

Totally spies! Le film

Totally spies! Le film

Pascal Jardin 2009 1h 15m

An origin story of how three high school girls became, like, totally spies.

Stars 80

Stars 80

Thomas Langmann, Frédéric Forestier 2012 1h 50m 4.0

Die-hard fans of the 1980s, Vincent and Antoine run a company that supplies doubles of faded stars throughout the whole of France. What starts out as a promising business venture ends up as a calamity when Vincent and Antoine have over forty engagements booked but no one to attend them. They then have a brainwave.

Chez Gino

Chez Gino

Samuel Benchetrit 2011 1h 40m

Gino Roma holds a pizzeria for thirty years in Brussels, purchased with money from his wife Simone. His quiet life is turned upside down when he learns of the imminent death of his uncle, godfather of the Mafia, Italian billionaire with a promised big inheritance.

Nicostratos le pélican

Nicostratos le pélican

Olivier Horlait 2011 1h 35m

After his wife died a man refuses to go out and doesn't want to talk to his only son. Life has no meaning for him. One day his son finds a baby pelican and decides to leave the bird at home. Pelican helps the boy find his father again and revive him back to life ...

Je n'ai rien oublié

Je n'ai rien oublié

Bruno Chiche 2010 1h 33m

Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big holiday house he keeps. He returns to the town he grew up in, to the family home, where Philippe, Thomas's son, and Simone are getting married.

On ne choisit pas sa famille

On ne choisit pas sa famille

Christian Clavier 2011 1h 43m 6.0

César Borgnoli, an unsuccessful car salesman from Italy, lives well beyond his means. In order to get out of his financial disaster, he agrees to a deal: he pretends to be the husband of his sister's girlfriend Kim so she can legally adopt a little girl from Thailand.

Un barrage contre le Pacifique

Un barrage contre le Pacifique

Rithy Panh 2008 1h 55m

A troubled mother's spirit crumbles when her adult children strike out for independence. Feeling abandoned she contemplates taking drastic action.

Une affaire d'état

Une affaire d'état

Eric Valette 2009 1h 39m 7.0

As a hostage situation in Africa threatens the Presidency, the politicians and their fixers jockey for position. The cops become involved when the body of an escort girl is found in a Parisian car park, and things start to unravel.